My second fic, I think that I actually stand a chance of finishing this one, my other one is giving me problems.
Of course none of the character are mine.
This is based off of some speculative thoughts I had the other day, I hope you enjoy it. It should be short, no more than two or three chapters.
More little notes at the bottom...
Hatori sat, bored, in his father's office. His branch of the family had long been in charge of the medical needs of the Somah family, and despite his own "condition", he was expected to continue in that tradition.
Still, on this particular long weekend, he'd much rather be outside with his cousins, Shigure and Ayame. Those two can get on my nerves at times, but anything is better than this.
Sighing, he looked up at the time.
9:30a.m.
He let out another sigh and leaned back in his chair. It had only been half an hour.
But it feels more like at least two.
He balanced the chair on its back legs, resting his feet on the desk in front of him, so that he could get a good look at the ceiling. Part of his brain complained that his father would yell if he found him like that, but he ignored it. Hatori was supposed to be playing receptionist while his father got things ready for the day in the back room. But this early in the morning there was never anything going on, and there hadn't been any outbreaks in the family lately. He'd overheard some of the servants saying that it was because the rat had been born, so now the family was blessed with luck, but he wasn't sure what to think about that.
All he knew was that he was feeling different again, just like before the rat was born. He idly wondered if another zodiac was going to be born. I wonder which it will be…
At that moment, the phone rang. The precarious balance he had on the chair ended as he toppled over. Jumping to his feet he stared at the phone still ringing, before it connected in his head to pick it up.
"Mo-" he got cut off.
"Uh…yeah…"
"Uh…were do you…"
"Uh…right…"
"We'll, uh…be right there"
He hung up the phone a little bewildered and excited.
The man on the other side had been frantic.
Maybe today won't be so boring after all.
He ran to the back room and was about to burst out with his message when his father gave him a look that simply said calm down.
"What did I tell you about running around like those fool friends of yours?" the man questioned, returning to what he was doing.
"Sorry father." Hatori could feel the shame rising in his face.
"Well don't forget it. It's highly uncivilized for a young man your age and with your potential to run around like a maniac."
"Yes sir."
"Now, you had something to say?"
"Yes sir, one of the families on the outside, they're having a baby, but it's too soon."
The older man looked up quickly.
"How soon?"
"I think he said two months, it's another zodiac, isn't it?"
Hatori watched as his father's face grew dark.
"I'll grab my things. You, call Akira-sama"
Hatori nodded and went quickly from the room. Today was definitely going to be and exciting day. The last time he'd had to call the head of the house, it had been for Ayame's little brother a few months before.
That child had been born the rat. I wonder which it will be this time?
He counted through the zodiac, the only ones left where the cow, the tiger, the sheep, the rabbit…he shook his head. He was getting distracted.
Hatori picked up the phone and started to dial before he realized he'd forgotten the number.
Muttering some curses, learned from Shigure, under his breath, he started digging through the paper work and filing cabinets, trying to find it. He was so engrossed in this, he didn't notice the front door open and shut. Nor did he notice the man approaching the desk until he spoke.
"Here, you'll be needing this."
At those words Hatori stood quickly and cracked his head against an open drawer on the filing cabinet behind him.
Blinking away stars and tears he gapped at the man before him.
"Akira-sama…"he breathed as his whirling brain connected the man in front of him with a name, even as the man turned to leave.
Hatori just stared at the empty space where the man had stood, frozen in time.
At the moment, his father came out of the back room with his medical supplies.
"Have you made that phone call yet?"
There was no answer.
"Boy, I asked you a question. Have you done as I…" the doctor's voice trailed off as his eyes caught sight of the terror stricken look on his son's face.
"Akira-sama" he heard the boy say.
"Yes" he frowned, "I told you to call him". He reached across the table for the phone. But before he could hit the auto dial, he spotted something on the desk that hadn't been there before. A red and white beaded bracelet.
He dropped the phone back on its cradle, and picked up the charm instead.
In the silence of the office, he said the only thing that mattered.
"It's the cat."
and aren't you just bored out of your mind now? haha, i'll admit i'm not a great writer, but i had to get this out.
as far as the characters, Akira is Akito's father and the former head of the house. I don't know if Hatori would have reacted in quite that manner to him, but it works for the story. I'm don't think that Hatori's father was the doctor before him, but it also works for the story, so don't complain! Hatori seems a little OOC, but he's young here, so i think it's allowed. Shigure should be making an appearance in the next chapter.
this is just an explination i came up with for myself.
that's it really. and remember kiddies, don't call in sick, call in dead.