I thought of this after watching Episode 15 when Yuki was smiling at Tooru and Kyo gave them that jealous/longing look and turned away. But I'm a big Yuki/Tooru fan so this fic will be no different.

Rated: PG-13 for sexual innuendo, cussing etc.

Pairings: Yuki/Tooru, and a bit of Kyo/Tooru

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"Good morning, Kyo! As early as ever I see." Tooru smiled brightly as she continued tossing the rice ball in her small hands. Kyo watched her then turned to the refrigerator and opened it. He looked around at the door, then the shelves then at the counter.

"What the hell? Where's the milk?" he said, his annoyance clear on his face. Tooru turned and looked at the garbage where the empty milk carton rested. She turned to him and smiled sheepishly. He eyed her waiting for her answer, "Damn it, Tooru! Say something!"

A loud smack of flesh hitting flesh rang through the house along with the sound of cracking wood. Tooru blinked absently as her blue eyes rested on a very tired looking Yuki. His hair was messy as was his clothes. His usually lovely eyes were dark with sleepless circles and hinted with anger. Kyo lay on the floor clutching his head where it made contact with the roof.

"Don't yell at Honda-san, you stupid cat." Yuki said, his voice held anger but lacked enthusiasm making his order seem like a suggestion. Tooru looked at him softly; she walked up and put her hand on his forehead.

"Oh Yuki! You're burning up. You don't look well at all! Did you get any sleep?" She led him to the table sitting him down and running to the kitchen. Kyo smirked and started to laugh,

"Serves you right, you dumb-ass rat!" just then Kyo buckled over clutching his stomach as a loud grumble was heard. "Oh man…fuck…" He grumbled. Yuki's eyes went wide and his hand went to his mouth as his gag reflex convulsed. Tooru rushed in and looked at them, her eyes became wide when she realized they both were sick. Or getting there.

"Oh no! You both are sick! Kyo! Yuki!" She rushed back and forth in her usually over reacting mode. Yuki looked up at her, his violet eyes pleading as his cheeks flared.

"H-Honda-san, b-b-athroom-m, please-e…" His stomach churned again as his gagged, luckily it was false alarm. Tooru grabbed Yuki and lead him to the bathroom. She went as fast as she could but Yuki's body didn't seem to be his ally at the moment. His knees buckled as he fell to the ground. His body convulsed forward as he bent over the side of the wood walkway emptying his stomach of last night's dinner. Tooru walked forward and pulled back his hair back as he coughed and convulsed once again. She took his hair softly in one hand, pulling it back all the way from his face and rubbed his back soothingly with her other hand. He released the last of the contents in his stomach once again, half of it being acid. He coughed and shivered,

"Yuki? You feel better now? Yuki?" Tooru looked at her friend, worried about his condition. A small 'poof' was heard as he turned into his animal form. She picked him up and ran to her room. She placed him on her bed, "Now you stay here. Umm…yell if you need anything! Oh I mean squeak! Wait no! I'll be right back!" She ran down the stairs in search for her other companion. She looked around,

"Kyo! Where are you! Are you alright!" She ran down the side of the house, "Kyo!" She faintly heard the sound of raw gagging coming from the bathroom. She ran o the bathroom as saw her tough, prideful Kyo kneeling over the toilet, his body convulsing violently as it tried to get ride of what ever it didn't want inside of it. "Oh Kyo…I'm so sorry." She walked up behind him and pulled his bangs out of his face, luckily he didn't have as much hair as Yuki. She rubbed his back soothingly as before with Yuki whispering words of comfort. He, like her rodent friend, emptied his stomach of last night's dinner. He coughed for a moment then looked up at her with his red eyes as if pleading to just kill him and get it over with.

"Oh Kyo…" She said as she helped him to his feet. He shivered as his fever gained control over his body.

"Tooru…" he swallowed down another gag, "please call…" She rubbed his back slowly and softly.

"I know, I will. But we have to get you to bed first." She said leading him to the stairs. He slowly made his way, stumbling every once in awhile as his body ached and convulsed. He got the base of the stairs and fell to his knees holding his stomach in pain. Tooru kneeled next to him, as small poof blew back her hair. She looked down at the orange feline with pity as it shivered as it lies on its side.

"Poor Kyo-kun." She whispered softly cradling the small animal to her chest. Tears sprang up to her eyes as she saw the small mouse on her bed shivering from the fever that raged on. She put Kyo on the other side of the bed. With that, Tooru ran down the stairs and got the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hatori? Hello, it's Tooru." She sniffed and tried to push back her tears, her voice racked under the sadness.

"Tooru, what's wrong? Did something happen? Tooru?"

She sniffed, not saying anything then went back to the phone, "Its Yuki and Kyo, they're sick. Both of-f t-them were throwing up, I-I didn't k-know what to d-do…I'm so worried H-Hartori…"

"Don't worry, I'm sure they're alright. I'll be right over."

"Bye." She whispered as she cradled the phone, her small hands shaking slightly. She put down the phone on the receiver and used the back of her hand to wipe away stray tears. She ran to the kitchen and grabbed some ice packs and ran back up the stairs. She placed the small rat on top of the ice pack while she lifted the cat's head and placed the ice under. "There."

She watched them and gently stroked the small creature's grey fur. 'Poor Yuki,' she thought, 'he always worried about me and never worried about his own health. Why didn't he tell me he couldn't sleep last night? I could've given him some medicine…'

She looked over at Kyo's small form and gently pet him as he shivered under the heat of his fever. 'Oh Kyo, you worried about me too…that day when I got a bad mark and had a fever, you made me soup and you tried to hide it so much but…you cared about me…'

"If you don't get better soon…I'll go crazy."

Those were his exact words. She smiled at him, "Thank you Kyo, for caring." She turned back to Yuki and smiled softly.

"…I thought you might…that's why I planted them."

"You're…really something."

"I'm glad I came though…I got to see you looking so adorable."

All of the memories of the past year and a half came flooding back as she gazed upon them. This was her family. Her friends. The people she would give anything for. Unknown to her, she began to cry again.

"Tooru." She turned to the door seeing Hatori standing there holding his bag. He nodded to her, silently telling her he had from here. She stood up, holding herself as she walked out of the room. Hatori watched her leave waiting for the door to close before he did anything. Once she was out he kneeled down and began checking them…

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Time passed as Tooru cleaned up the mess left behind. It wasn't until later that Hatori came down from the room.

"They're going to be fine, Tooru." She was up in a flash, her smile never wavering at the good news. Tears still came down her cheeks. Hatori smiled at her happy features. "They have a 24 hour stomach flew, they should be better by tomorrow night. I wouldn't suggest them going to school though. They might change under the body and mind stress. I'll stay here till they come to then given them medicine." She nodded furiously.

"Of course! I know, for being such great help I'll cook you dinner!" She ran to the kitchen and started cooking dinner for Hatori and soup for the boys. Hatori watched as she scrambled through the kitchen coking as fast as she could. He could tell she wasn't sad anymore, probably still worried but at least not crying. He sighed and went back up the Tooru's room where the boys lay. He looked around the room at the rice ball's stuff. It wasn't a bad room but not much in it except for her bed, her desk and a small dresser. He turned to the animals that began to stir quietly. The small rodent blinked it big violet eyes,

"Hatori?" he whispered. The doctor walked over and looked down at him. The rat sat up so it was sitting in a way most rats wouldn't or have a need to. "What happened?"

"You caught the stomach flew and scared poor Tooru, that's what happened." He said in his usual monotone voice, "I need to take your temperature but for both our sakes, I'll wait till your human." Yuki sighed and sat in silence.

"Is Tooru…okay?" he said softly looking up at the man.

"She's fine; making dinner as we speak." The doctor noticed Yuki's small swaying. "And by the looks of it, you've never had the stomach flew before. Luckily this is only a 24 hour one considering it came so quickly. I can't be here all day so I'll tell Tooru to stay home from school today also." Yuki's eyes shot open,

"School! I completely forgot about school! I have to go! I have a meeting!" Yuki said jumping up and down looking like fool in his small form. Hatori took a finger and pushed the small rodent down, "Hey! What the hell Hatori!" Yuki squeaked.

"One: you are already almost 3 hours late. You were asleep for a good 2 hours. Two: you need your rest if you want to get better. I don't even think you boys will be able to go to school tomorrow even. Three: Tooru's worried sick about you; she just stopped crying. Do you really want to worry her more?"

Yuki looked down at the pick sheets. She did seem so frantic when he was getting sick. He didn't want her to cry…Then it dawned on him. He just through up in front of Honda-san! How vile! How disgusting! How….embarrassing. Yuki fell back on the bed, a loud 'poof' was heard as he transformed back into his human state. His face was beat red with embarrassment. He got up and looked around for clothes. Hatori pulled out some clothes he brought from their rooms and handed it to him. Yuki snatched it and changed while his fever raged on, the fierce heat on his cheeks not helping the situation.

The cat beside him woke up quietly and blinked for a moment, another small 'poof' was heard as he changed back. The silent doctor through him some clothes,

"Man, what happened…one moment I'm up and yelling next I'm down for the count…" Kyo said changing. Hatori took out two thermometers,

"It seems you two have the 24 hour stomach flew. Nothing great, but you will be throwing up a lot and probably can't eat a lot of things. My suggestion to you is lots of sleep." Kyo's eyes widened remembering back to when he was tossing his cookies before and right there was Tooru.

"Oh fuck! I just through up in front of Tooru." He put his head in his hands, "Talk about embarrassing." He grumbled. His already flushed face turned redder as he heard the small pleasant humming of the girl of his dreams coming up the stairs. Yuki turned his red face away from the door as did Kyo as she appeared.

"I brought you guys some dinner!" Tooru said smiling. She noticed their looks. "Umm…did I do something wrong? If I did, please tell me!" Her smile faded and her eyes pleaded to them. They sighed.

"You didn't do anything wrong…." Kyo started.

"It's just…embarrassing that we got sick in front of you…" Yuki said looking at her. Kyo glanced at her also,

"Yeah…sorry 'bout that…"

She blinked for a moment and then smiled. After a couple seconds, that smile turned into a small giggle. "Oh no, it was no problem, you don't need to be embarrassed, really. Besides I hardly saw a thing." She smiled. Them looked at each other then looked at her.

"Then what were you doing?" Kyo asked, Yuki nodded in agreement.

"Well I was holding your hair back and rubbing you back like my mom did when I got sick," She started taking the food off the tray, "It was actually easier for Kyo cause his hair is shorter but anyway it wasn't a problem- huh? Did I say something wrong?" She said as she looked up to see their shocked faces and wide eyes. Hatori only smiled.

"You actually pulled our hair back and stood there while we gagged?!" Kyo yelled. Yuki held his face in his hands trying to hide his blush.

"Yes…what's wrong with that?" She said innocently. Kyo flopped on his back on his side of the bed,

"You're just too much…." He said sounding exhausted.

Tooru shrugged off the comment and picked up the two bowls of leek soup. Kyo made it for her when she was sick why make it for them when they're sick? She handed them their dinner. They looked at it then as soon as it happened…

"BATHROOM!" both of them yelled. Yuki raced down the hall into the bathroom, while Kyo sprinted to the one downstairs. Tooru ran out the door looking back and forth freaking out like she usually does. She finally decided to help Yuki since he was the closest. She ran down to the bathroom where Yuki was coughing over the toilet. She kneeled behind him and pooled back his hair gently from his face, rubbing his back like last time,

"My poor Yuki…" she said softly. He convulsed then through up what was left in his stomach. The acid burned as it came up and left his throat. He coughed again, his body shivering from exertion. "My poor, sick Yuki…" she said softly again. He sat back on his heels, his beautiful hair covering his eyes. Tooru continued rubbing his back soothingly whispering the same words over again. Yuki finally heard her, his eyes widening at her tenderness. "My poor Yuki."

"You don't have to be in here Honda-san, if it disgusts you, you don't have to-"

"It doesn't disgust me. Everyone gets sick once in their life. It's not a big deal really…I just hope you feel better." Yuki looked over his shoulder at the girls sparkling blue eyes. He knew he loved her but… there were some thing's he wasn't ready to tell her. And when she looked at him like this it was almost as if that look was for no one else but him …and he hoped…god, he hoped that that was true.

"Do you think you can walk back to your room?"

"I think so." He got up with her help. He slowly made his way to his room and plopped down on his bed. His stomach growled and churned in protest of the impact. He groaned painfully. She pulled back the covers, carefully, not to move him more then necessary. She placed them over him and tucked him in like a child. He watched in amazement. Not even his own mother was this…motherly, to him. She smiled and kissed his forehead like he has done to her many times before.

"Get some sleep, Yuki-kun. I want to see you smile again." She walked to the door, his blush going unnoticed. Tooru ran to Kyo's seeing if he was there. When she got there Hatori was just leaving with a thermometer and a bottle of pills in his hands.

"He's all yours." He said walking to Yuki's room. She nodded and walked into the room. Kyo was sprawled out on his bed, his face flushed from his fever. She walked up to him and placed a cool hand on his forehead,

"Feeling any better?" he shook his head. She sighed and took a wet cloth Hatori left on his bedside and began dabbing his head. "My poor Kyo." She whispered. He looked up at her as she cleaned the sides of his face with the cool cloth. She smiled as he relaxed some. She laid the cloth on his forehead then lifted it a bit and kissed is forehead. His eyes shot open as his face flushed more. "Get better soon, Kyo. I like seeing you full of life." She smiled and walked out of the room. Kyo watched her retreating form. It amazed him every time how kind a person could be…especially to a monster like him.