It started when he was eight.
Shiro had sent Yukio home early to rest. He was talking to his teacher after he beat up the kid who's bullying Yukio earlier, when suddenly he felt something warm dripping from his nostrils.
"Huh?"
Rin touched his nostrils and found blood staining his fingers. From what he remembered, he didn't get punched on the nose or anything.
He looked at Shiro and opened his mouth to call him but his stomach had other plans.
Disgusting fluid came out of his mouth before he can stop it. He can barely heard Shiro calling out his name as his legs gave out and he quickly put his hands in front of him to stop himself from face planting into his vomit. His stomach did another round and fluid came out from his mouth again. But this time, it's not just vomit, there's red in it too.
'Blood,' Rin thought, ' I'm vomiting blood.'
A dizzy spell hit him like a ton of bricks. Black spots invaded his vision as he tried to stay concious. He can barely hear the sound of sirens at the distance.
His arms gave out beneath him. But before he collides with his vomit, warm hands stopped him and he knew no more.
UNSEEN=
As the doctor came out of the room, dread settled into Shiro's gut. The expression of the doctor is not a good one. 'What's wrong with Rin that made the doctor look like he's about to deliver the date of an execution?' Shiro thought
"The guardian of Okumura Rin?" The doctor is at his 30's, with messy short brown hair like he repeatedly ran his hand through it. He looked so stressed and sympathetic that Shiro's stomach did back flips.
"I'm sorry," the doctor sounds so regretful that Shiro wants to throw up. "Rin...have a terminal disease."
A lump formed in Shiro's throat. Tears stung his eyes but he blinked them away before they can escape.
"W-what?" Shiro managed to choke out.
The doctor ran his hand through his hair. "We found signs of terminal disease on Rin's blood. The disease is unknown. So we can't give him treatments. All we know is that it's slowly breaking down his organs inside out."
Shiro inhaled sharply, he wanted to curl up on a corner and cry his heart out. He half listened to the doctor as he said Rin have at least eight to ten years to live if he's lucky and he takes the medicine prescribed that will slow the illness down.
As the doctor finished talking about where he can buy the medicine and how many doses to give Rin. He put his hand on Shiro's shoulder and said,
"Be strong, for Rin." then he left.
UNSEEN=
Shiro stood in front of Rin's hospital room. A storm brewed in his mind. His son, his kind, feisty and stubborn son, is dying?
Shiro removed his glasses and covered his face with his hands. Tears streamed down his face but he wiped them away. 'It's no good to cry,' he thought, putting on his glasses. 'the doctor is right, I needs to be strong for Rin.'
And with the flame of determination on his eyes, he composed himself and entered the room.
Unseen=
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