Kyo sat on the roof and coughed. His throat felt dry. He hadn't been eating much lately. He felt tired and felt his head. He had a slight fever. Maybe he should tell Tohru. This had been going on for three days now.
No Tohru had enough problems in her life without worrying about him. It was a summer vacation and Kyo felt Tohru deserved to have fun not worry more. Besides, he was only feverish. He could handle that.
"Come on everyone! Dinner's ready!" Tohru called from inside. Kyo went inside and was the last one there. Like before, he was unusually tired. As if it were pouring rain. He sat down and began to eat.
Actually, it had rained for a while last week. Following this Kyo thought the air had smelled funny and a day or two later he was getting sick. All he did was drink milk and sleep more cause in truth he didn't know much about helping sickness except by eating leeks. And he'd DIE before he did that just to cure a cold.
He wasn't that hungry so he put up his stuff early. He headed to his room and closed the door.
"Is Kyo alright?" Tohru asked. He'd seemed to eat less everyday. She was starting to get worried.
"He's probably just fine Miss Honda. Remember it rained all last week. It's probably just left over from that," Yuki assured her. He muttered "Should've built up some kind of immunity to this kind of thing by now," under his breath afterward.
"Ok." Tohru finished her dinner but she couldn't help feeling something terrible was going to happen. But because she was so hopeful she past it off as just worrying too much.
"Dammit.." Kyo said two days later as he went into another coughing fit. It was getting worse. His arm muscles hurt and he'd even stopped training when he found it hurt so much. This also kept him from fighting Yuki. He recovered from the coughing but his vision went out of focus until he heard someone call his name.
"Kyo?" It was Tohru. "Are you sure you're ok?" she asked. Kyo was on the porch so she'd clearly heard him coughing.
"I'm just fine. Don't worry about other people so much," Kyo stood up and turned to go inside. He took a breath or two to give himself a somewhat steady head. It didn't work. "You'll make...... yourself s...." at this point Kyo just collapsed onto the floor. His eyes closed and the last thing he heard was Tohru's voice calling his name over and over.
"Miss Honda? What's wrong?" Yuki asked, coming around the corner. He stared at the site before him. Kyo was completely face down on the floor with Tohru next to his head, trying to wake him. Kyo's head was slightly turned toward her, indicating he'd been talking to her before fainting.
"Yuki! I think it's serious. Quick! We have to call Hatori!" Tohru jumped up, but paused. "But I don't know the number! Ah! This is terrible!" as soon as the words left her mouth Shigure was there.
"What happened?" he asked. Tohru ran over to him, frantic.
"Kyo's really sick or something! He was coughing so I asked him if he was alright and he said he was but then he stood up and told me I shouldn't worry so much or... that's about when he just collapsed. Oh Shigure! We have to call Hatori!" Tohru said quickly.
"Yes of course Tohru. He'll be fine," Shigure assured he but as soon as he was out of site he hurried up. This really could be something serious. Even Shigure had noticed the cat's strange behavior. No matter how Yuki classified it.
Outside Yuki bent down to where Tohru had resumed her spot by Kyo. She was staring at his face as though he'd wake up suddenly.
"Miss Honda.. I..." Yuki wanted to say he was sorry. It was probably his fault for passing Kyo's behavior off as some stupid rain effect. No. This was the cats fault. If he just asked for help!
Tohru hadn't heard Yuki as she reached out and touched Kyo's shoulder. His body gave a slight twitch and he groaned like it hurt. Tohru quickly withdrew her hand. Just what could be wrong with him!
Yuki and Shigure had taken Kyo upstairs to his room where he was resting. Although it wasn't peaceful resting. Anyone caring to notice the room as they passed it could hear his jagged breathing.
Hatori was over quickly and almost immediately went to see Kyo. He refused to let anyone in the room for about 10 minutes. When he finally came out he didn't have a clear answer.
"Is there anyway we can bring him to my office?" He asked. Shigure was slightly stunned.
"You mean you can't tell from just looking at him?" Shigure asked.
"No. Afraid not Shigure. Please. I'd like to hurry," Hatori headed downstairs with his bag and Shigure headed into Kyo's room.
Yuki was silent for a moment and didn't move until Shigure called for help. Tohru hurried to Hatori's car as the others brought the sick red head.
Shigure sat comfortably in a chair reading a magazine while Yuki stared out the window and Tohru fretted. They were in the waiting room of Hatori's office.
'Poor Kyo. I should have realized sooner he was sick. I'll have to apologize as soon as he gets better,' she promised herself. She thought of all the horrible things that he could have. 'Pneumonia! Cancer! Warts! Wait... never mind...' But there were just some many diseases out there...
Suddenly Hatori came out. It hadn't been that long. He walked over orderly. He sat down and looked at them. Then he closed his eyes and said something.
"I'm sorry to say he has..."
I hate my muse! -feels like crying-
Lana: You.. You'll brake the laptop.. Stop.. Come on.. It's a great idea and Jess loved it. -gives a sympathetic smile-
AF13: I made my favorite guy get a deadly disease Lana! -glare-
Lana: -Drops the act- ya.. Ur a Kyo freak alright. Anyway, if u don't get off your ass I'll burn that stupid plushy or plushie.. and ur handbag and anything else u have with his face on it.
AF13: YOU WOULDN'T DARE!
Lana: would for the fans.
AF13: You're lying through your teeth.
Lana: fine.. Just write.
AF13: Not unless they want me to continue. -points to person reading- Oh. And note that unless in future chapters people beg me to, I will not kill Kyo. But.. I know there are huge Yuki fans out there that wish Kyo would die as much as I wish Yuki would get a life. -twitch-
Lana: stop now or you'll scare them all off.