Tamaki woke feeling slightly worse than before, There was a moment of confusion as the sound of steady beeping reached his ears, the smell of the heavy disinfectant worsened his nausea causing him to moan softly.
"Tamaki, can you hear me?"the male voice called out softly, the tone was one the teen couldn't ignore. Tamaki struggled to open his eyes, suddenly, a hand grasped his, giving it a comforting squeeze, a second one was pressed to his forehead.
"He's still burning up."Yuzuru Suoh said worriedly
"Master Tamaki is a strong boy, whatever the cause of his illness happens to be, I'm sure he'll overcome it and be back home with us soon." Shima's voice comforted. Moments passed before Tamaki succeeded, his blue eyes fluttered open and he found himself looking up at his father.
"Tamaki, you scared the-"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause so much trouble for you." The young host said weakly.
"I'll go and get the doctor." Shima said disappearing from the room,leaving the father and son alone.
"How are you feeling?"Yuzuru asked tightening his grip on his son's hand.
"I-'
"Before you answer me, I want you to think about your answer. Shima told me about what you tried telling her. I understand that you miss your friends, they certainly are an interesting group, but you need to be truthful and not try to hide these things from Shima and myself especially. I won't have it." His father said sternly.
Tamaki opened his mouth to reply but was silenced by the doctor's arrival. The host wasn't surprised to find Yuuichi Ootori. The eldest Ootori son greeted Yuzuru, shaking his hand before turning to his patient.
"Tamaki, I'm sorry for the circumstances, but it's nice to see you again. Can you tell me what's going on?"
"I'm just not feeling very well, but I'm fine. I really didn't mean to-"
"No one does. The information I have here says that you've had a fever for several days, you had trouble waking up when your father came to check on you, You haven't been eating at all, which is noticeable just looking at you. Do you want to add anything?"
"I'm alright, really. I was just tired, I've been feeling ill but I think I'm feeling better now so if you would just-"
"Tamaki, tell me about the bleeding you were experiencing.'
"It was nothing."
"what bleeding?" Tamaki's father asked.
"It wasn't a lot or anything, I-"
"Tamaki, these things are important, I need you to talk to me. Kyoya already mentioned it so you might as well admit to it. Tamaki sighed.
"He must have been really worried about it if he said something." Tamaki said.
"He was very concerned yes. He wasn't sure what else to do, he consulted me because he wasn't sure if it was something he needed to talk to your father about and didn't want to worry him unnecessarily."
"It was just a little nose bleed, it's not all that-"
"Did you have a headache when it happened?"
"No." Tamaki answered truthfully.
"why haven't you eaten?"
"I feel nauseous a lot lately, and-' he glanced at his father Yuuichi noticed the behavior.
"Mr. Suoh, can I ask you to step into the hall for a moment while I examine your son?" Yuzuru stood up.
"of course, Tamaki, I'll be just out here."He said exiting the room.
"Is that easier for you now?" The doctor asked.
"A little. I just hate to worry him, he has enough going on as it is and me being here isn't helping."
I understand, tell me something, do you have any stomach pain or is it just nausea?"
"There's pain too, sometimes it feel really bad, it happens a lot actually."
"Can you tell me where?"
"My left side." Yuuichi made a note in Tamaki's chart:
"Your left, is it up near your ribs or is it in your lower abdomen?"
"around my ribs, sometimes it feels like it goes up through my body."
"Do you feel pain right now?"
"Yes."
"Alright, I'll just take a look, I need you to be very still." The doctor pulled back the cover and placed his hands on Tamaki's stomach.
"Tell me if the pressure is bothering you." He instructed pressing down in several places until he finally reached the upper abdomen.
Tamaki whimpered in pain.
"It's hurts there." He confirmed.
"Alright, you've given me a good start to figuring this out, I'm going to have a nurse come in shortly to take some blood and then we'll take you for some imaging tests for your stomach. I'm sorry Tamaki, but you'll have to stay here for a while. I can't give you a timeline at the moment, but if you need anything, please ask one of the staff. I'll let you know as soon as I know something." Tamaki gave him a faint smile.
"Thank you. You won't tell Kyoya about-"
"I can't legally unless you give me permission, but I'm guessing when the diagnosis is complete, you'd tell him yourself." The ailing boy nodded.
"Alright, try to rest. I'll talk to your father and send him back in." Yuuichi finished his notes and exited the room.
Tamaki pulled the cover closer, he glanced at the clock on the wall.
5:00. his friends would be busy setting up for the party. A sadness came over him as he wished he could be there. He missed his friends greatly. He closed his eyes. His thoughts wandering to the hosts, he could imagine Honey-senpai standing at the snack table, eyeing the cake they had ordered, Kyoya directing the twins and Haruhi with the decorations and giving last minute instructions to the group. He sighed. What he wouldn't give to be with them.
"Think he's awake Kyoya-senpai?" Haruhi asked quietly.
"Yes, he's just resting, isn't that right Tamaki?" The blonde teen smiled, opening his eyes.
"That's right. How did you know I was here, and shouldn't you be setting up for the party tonight?"
"Relax boss, we stayed late last night decorating everything's fine." Hikaru assured him."
"The party doesn't start until eight anyway."Kaoru added.
"Shima called me earlier. She thought you might like to have some company when possible and your father said it would be fine. "Kyoya replied.
"How do you feel Tama-chan, you look really pale, are you okay?"
"I'll be fine, I'm glad you're here, I wanted to apologize to you. I've asked you to do a lot of extra things lately because I haven't been in class and I'm very-"
"You don't have to be sorry Senpai, just rest so you can come back, it's strange not seeing you there. The guests were asking about you." Haruhi said sadly, she hadn't looked at Tamaki since she entered his hospital room.
"Are you alright Haruhi, you seem sad."
"I'm fine, I'm just not really a fan of hospitals."
"That's understandable. You'd be surprised at the number of people who have a fear of them." Kyoya said.
"By the way, I got your homework for you, but I didn't think you'd be up to doing any of it right now so we left it at your house."
"Thanks Kyoya." The visit with the host club made Tamaki feel more comfortable, though he felt bad for Haruhi. She remained silent for most of the night, only breaking her silence when asked a question.
"I'll be okay." Tamaki told her
"I know you will Senpai, it's just hard to see you in here."Hikaru smirked giving a side glance to Kaoru who gave a short nod of acknowledgment.
"Hey Haruhi, you wanna dance with us tonight?" he asked.
"I don't know you guys, I don't feel much like dancing, and I only really know a little-" Kaoru moved closer.
"That's okay, we can show you some new-"
"Don't you dare, mommy, are you hearing this. I don't want those two shady twins near my precious daughter. I want them as away from her as possible!" Tamaki cried reacting in his typical way, though he knew the reason the twins did it was to annoy him, this time Tamaki saw the need for normalcy for Haruhi's sake and it was the least he would do to attempt to keep everything as normal as possible as long as he could.
