A/N: I've been sick for two days now, and I'm bored. Bored. Bored. I can only watch so much Death Note and Naruto, I don't really feel like writing but I'm BORED! This fic is pretty pointless but I guess I also need the comfort Tamaki can provide.
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Tamaki watched his brunet friend rub his temple for the nth time that day, the Shadow King had been shivering as if he was cold. The blond looked up and saw Mori-senpai staring at him as if waiting for instructions. He sighed and stood up.
"Minna-san, I regret to inform everyone that because of an emergency, the Host Club will have to close early. I apologize to our princesses, but we will make up for it tomorrow."
The Host Club members waited until the last costumer left the room before looking at each other, waiting for some sort of announcement again from the King. Tamaki walked towards the end of the room at the table where Kyouya was seated.
"You didn't have to close the Club, I'm fine." The Shadow King said, only to be rendered speechless when Tamaki leaned down and touched their foreheads together. Kyouya found himself gazing into a pair of lonely lavender eyes.
"You're burning Mon Ami." The blonde replied, cupping Kyouya's face tenderly with both his hands. "You look tired." He whispered softly.
The Host Club members glanced at each other.
"Kyouya-senpai is sick?" Kaoru asked stupidly.
"Kyouya-senpai can get sick?!" Hikaru added. Someone touched his shoulder.
"Ah." Mori told him.
"Poor Kyou-chan, he must be so tired these past few days." Huni stated, teary-eyed.
"Shall I call the nurse?" Haruhi asked.
"I'm fine. I have a little headache, that's all." The Shadow King looked annoyed, felt dizzy then collapsed. The last thing he felt was the warmth of strong arms wrapping around him.
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Kyouya opened his eyes and a pair of brown eyes stared back at him. A gold rat. No. Wait. A hamster. The hamster. "Why is it on my chest?" He felt a sudden movement from the foot of his bed. A dog. Antoinette.
"Hohoho! Kyouya! You're awake! You've been asleep since yesterday afternoon!" Tamaki squealed happily, "Sorry, I commissioned our baby Hammy to look after you!" he explained taking the hamster and rubbing it on his cheek.
"Hora!" The Host Club King spoke to the golden furry animal, "Mommy's awake!"
Kyouya closed his eyes. "Mommy? Our baby? Hammy? I'm dreaming."
"Oi, Kyo…Are you alright? Here." The brunet sat up and sipped from the glass his friend handed him. He cleared his throat.
"You called him Hammy?!" He stated incredulously. Glaring at the blond idiot.
Tamaki looked scared and immediately started growing mushrooms in the corner. "But it fits her! She's a hamster!"
The Shadow King watched stupidly as "Hammy" picked a mushroom and started chewing.
Antoinette sniffed then licked her master's puppy looking face.
"Well, I guess I should be relieved, at least Antoinette, isn't doggy and Nekozawa - Kitty." Kyouya rationalized. "What happened yesterday?" he asked, he felt better but common sense told him that he still had fever.
"You fainted. We called your driver and took you home, your brother checked you and said that it was just one of those flu's, you'll feel better by tomorrow!" The blond explained, placing his right hand on the shadow king's forehead. "See? You're better! Last night your temperature was so hot and now you're a little cooler."
"What exactly are you doing here?"
"Mommy! Medical experts say that animals cure sick people! Besides, your daughter wanted to visit!" Tamaki handed him the hamster while he caressed Antoinette's head.
Kyouya stroked the golden fur, it was the reason he bought it, the color reminded him of a certain blond idiot. "Couldn't you have chosen a better name than Hammy?"
"Well…I wanted to name it after you but it's a girl. So I started calling it Kyo. She doesn't respond to the name. So I chose Hammy. By the way, Haruhi and the others visited earlier, but you were still sleeping so they had to leave. Your sister said they can visit again later." The King explained while taking the hamster and placing it in the cage on the table beside Kyouya's bed.
"Then why are you still here?" He asked yawning, he felt sleepy again.
"I'm taking care of you. Fathers take care of mothers when they're sick."
"Tamaki, you are not my father, nor my mother, nor my spouse." He told the blond while fluffing his pillow, getting ready to sleep again. "And I don't have children, animals or humans."
"Hai." The blond miraculously agreed. "But I am your friend and I want to take care of you." He helped Kyouya cover himself with his blanket.
"Don't forget to take your menagerie when you leave." The brunet closed his eyes.
"I won't leave." Tamaki whispered softly before climbing into Kyouya's bed and lying down beside him.
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"Kyouya?" Fuyumi called out, "Are you awake?", "Tamaki?"
No one answered. She opened the door. The scene which greeted her made her giggle.
Her brother was on the right side of his bed sleeping peacefully, A hamster on his side was casually eating a mushroom inside its cage and a golden retriever was curled at the foot of his bed.
But what made her smile was the golden haired teen whose arms were around her brothers' midriff. They were a sight to behold, the mighty shadow king was surrounded by shining, bright creatures almost radiant in their glow.
"How ironic." Fuyumi said to herself.
She knew that while the scene looked like it was Tamaki who needed comfort, it was actually the other way around.
The Host Club King is the only person who can provide Kyouya Ohtori the kind of comfort he needs.
"Take care of him, Tamaki-kun, my little brother needs the kind of love only you can show him." Fuyumi thought before closing the door to her brother's room.
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A/N: I need to thank ms. iluvchocs for the "mushroom eating hamster" idea. I totally stole it!