Title: The laughter of children
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: G
Prompt: Laughter (FB fics Week 1)
Word Count:269
Summary: Hatori reflects on what he has done to Yuki
It was over. The last boy had been given new memories and sent on his way. What remained was the task of dealing with Yuki.
Hatori was not prepared for this task. He was a doctor by training. His ability to change the memories had led the Sohma clan to force him to perform the unpleasant chore of reforming the way events were remembered.
The clan did not care about the people who were hurt in the process. They did not care about the effect on him. They did even care about the effect on the Zodiac members who had to live with the unpleasant memories.
Yuki was just a young boy. Yet he would have to live with the fact that never again could he have friends. No one would ever play with him again. Never again would he hear the laughter of children.
Hatori looked at his own hands. He had taken all of that away from Yuki with a touch of his hands. Yuki would have to live with the consequences of what he had done.
He wondered if Yuki hated him. If someone had taken away all of his friends, he would never have forgiven them. The Sohma clan was more worried about others knowing about their existence that they did not care about the effect of enforced isolation on the members of the Zodiac.
He offered his hand to Yuki. Taking him home was the least he could do. There was nothing he could say that he could ever say that could replace what Yuki had lost and what he had taken from him.