The Present
"Breakfast time, breakfast time, all for me, breakfast time." Shigure sang softly to himself as he walked down his hall and into the living room.
"Oh! Ha'ri, what are you doing here so early in the morning? I think Tohru is in the kitchen, or maybe in her room ch-" Shigure said but got hit in the head with Hatori's briefcase.
"Ow! Ha'ri that hurt!" Shigure whined as he rubbed his head.
"You deserved it." Hatori said as he watched Shigure whimper.
"Ha'ri! You're so mean!"
"What is all that whining? It's just too early in the morning for that." Kyo complained as he walking into the living room. He just finished his training in the backyard.
"Wait, what is Hatori doing here?" Kyo questioned.
"Hatori's here?" Yuki asked, coming from the same hallway Shigure came just minutes before.
"Go to your room." Hatori whispered in Shigure's ear.
"There's not going to be a war or anything, Ha'ri." Shigure said aloud.
"I'm giving you a simple chore. Now do it."
"But I didn't have my breakfast!" Shigure complained. Hatori gave a little shove to the dog and Shigure sniffled.
"You're so mean Ha'ri!" Shigure said and walked down his hall and into his bedroom again.
"Now Yuki, I want you to watch Shigure's room. Don't let anyone pass or enter his door." Hatori instructed to the rat.
"What ever for?" Kyo asked.
"I'm giving Shigure his check-up." Hatori said and walked down the hallway.
"His check-up?! You came to check him up just last month! He's not sick or anything!" The doctor heard the cat yell.
"Actually, he was. He vomited just yesterday remember? Oh, that's right. You don't because you're an idiot." Hatori heard the rat say. He closed off anything else the two spat out at each other and entered Shigure's room. The doctor found the dog sitting against the wall that was right of his desk.
"Oh there you are Ha'ri! I-"
"Strip down to your waist." Hatori instructed and settled his briefcase on the floor, pulling out his stethoscope. Shigure frowned as he heard some crashing noise outside. He quickly crawled over to his door and slid his paper door open.
"Yuki! Kyo! I hope you didn't wreck my house again!" Shigure hollered down the hallway.
"I do have a needle that I would happily use on you. It is your check-up after all." Hatori threatened the dog and Shigure sadly closed his paper door and crawled back to the wall.
When Shigure followed his cousin's instruction, Hatori put the ear buds of his stethoscope in his ears and gently pressed the silver disk on the dog's stomach, looking for a little fast heartbeat.
"Cold…" Shigure mumbled. Hatori ignored the dog and continued to listen to the little beat. Healthy. The doctor put his instrument away in his briefcase and instructed Shigure to put his robe back on.
"Ha'ri-" Shigure started after he fixed his robe.
"Hm?" Hatori faced the dog after he closed his briefcase. The dog's black hair was covering his eyes and his head was bowed.
"He has found out…" Shigure said in a low voice. Hatori stopped breathing for a moment.
"What are we going to do…?" Shigure sad through a sob then looked up. Tears stained his cheeks and his hands gripped his robe to hold himself steady. Hatori crawled over to the dog and gently kissed Shigure on the forehead.
"What we can do now is get your breakfast." The doctor said, standing up. A smile crept on the dog's face and Hatori outstretched his hand.
"Aw, Ha'ri." Shigure said as he took his cousin's hand and stood up. Shigure wrapped his arms around the doctor's neck and kissed the doctor passionately. Hatori embraced the dog and hugged Shigure tight. Then the paper door suddenly opened.
"Hatori, Shigure, are you- uh…" Yuki said and looked at the too. Luckily, Shigure covered their embrace, quickly enough for Yuki to not notice, by slumping over Hatori.
"Whoops, I slipped. Silly me!" The dog slipped out of Hatori's arms and wore a smile.
"So what were you saying Yuki?" Shigure asked.
"Uh, miss Honda said breakfast is ready."
"Ah, I can't wait for out little flower's cooking! Come on Ha'ri!" Shigure said as he grabbed Hatori's suit sleeve and sang his little song again. The dog happily dragged the dragon out of his room and down the hallway. Yuki followed after the two and shook his head.
"This is going to be a strange- no, a different experience than I had with Kana. But what we can do now is in the present and not what is going to be in the future." Hatori thought as he felt Shigure let go of his sleeve and join Tohru and Kyo at the table. He watched Kyo complain when Yuki joined the table, making Tohru sweat drop. Shigure sat at the table and frowned, looking at his now broken paper door. A breeze blew in from the opening, bringing in Sakura blossoms. Hatori smiled.
"Yes, and a very interesting one." Hatori put down his briefcase and joined the family, sitting down next to the dog and secretly holding Shigure's hand under the table.
"Now, now kids. If you keep on arguing, Tohru's lovely breakfast would sadly go to waste. And we wouldn't want that, would we?" Kyo and Yuki dug into their breakfasts before Shigure even finished his sentence.
"You need to eat too." Hatori pointed out.
"All right, Ha'ri." Shigure said and dug into his breakfast as well. Kyo and Yuki stopped eating for a split second for they were wondering why Hatori and Shigure were calm with each other, but then they just let it slide. Tohru didn't even notice the freeze and started on her breakfast, smiling her face off. Hatori squeezed Shigure's hand once and started on his own. The Sakura blossoms rolled away by the breeze and disappeared through another open door and rode the wind once again.
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Author's note: Shigure is in his fourth month. And if you didn't get who Shigure was refering to, "he", he was talking about Akito! Dun, dun, dun, dun! XP Hope you like it!