The healing process for Tohru was fairly quick. At first the gashes that her bandages revealed made her feel slightly woozy, but soon they began to fade and as the past two weeks went by, they were barely noticeable at all. Some gashes had even disappeared completely.
The most depressing of them all was when Tohru was finally allowed to remove the white bandage wrapped around her head. Shigure had helped her unravel it in the bathroom, she was worried that the boys would become worried if it were too gruesome looking.
However, upon looking in the mirror, no blood or puss was revealed, only a pink V-shaped scar that made itself evident on the light ivory of Tohru's skin. Although practically painless, it was still embarrassingly evident. Tohru made a side note to grow out her bangs that summer before school started to hide it.
There had been up-sides to her recent bicycle accident though. Tohru had graciously enjoyed the frequent visits from her friends and Sohma family to see how she was doing. Despite the hospital trip being fairly minor, everyone was still very worried and extremely glad to see that Tohru was doing so well.
Not everything had yet returned to normal yet, despite a couple weeks having passed by. Yuki and Kyo seemed reluctant to return to their normal way of life. Instead of their usual fighting, they seemed much more worried about focusing on Tohru, making sure that she was alright and all despite all physical wounds having been pretty much healed already. It made Tohru feel slightly guilty for worrying them so much.
Yuki seemed to express his worry especially. He would even wake up extra early to help Tohru with the laundry. He had offered to help with the cooking as well, but the entire household decided that it was best if Tohru were to keep those responsibilities. However, it didn't stop Kyo from silently giving her a hand in making breakfast or dinner though.
Tohru found herself with a lot more free time and not much to do considering that she didn't know where her bike was, so she couldn't continue her normal morning paper route routine now that she was all healed. As Tohru lay in her bed thinking about what had become of her beloved bicycle, she decided to make a quick visit to Kyo's room across the hall to find out. He shouldn't be asleep quite yet. She thought to herself.
As she stood outside of Kyo's room, she thought to herself if she should perhaps wait until the morning to ask him about her bike. However, she convinced herself to knock on the door anyways and to call his name. "Kyo?" she whispered through the door, turning the knob and opening the door a creak.
No reply. Tohru swung open the door further and entered Kyo's room. "Kyo?" she called again. There was no reply, but Kyo's open window gave hind to where he was. Tohru lifted her leg over the windowsill and made her way outside to the ladder leading to the rooftop. She gave extra care to not slip on the pant leg of her pink pajamas. She called out his name once more. "Kyo?" she asked out to the open air.
The stars were especially nice that night she noted, as she looked to the rooftop and sky, awaiting an answer. "I'm up here." Kyo replied. Tohru made her way up the sturdy ladder and onto the roof, carefully watching her step. Kyo laid peacefully on his back, facing the stars. It seemed that he was noticing just how beautiful the stars were as well.
Tohru made her way carefully to lie by his side on her back too. "What's up Tohru?" asked Kyo with a calm that only seemed to be present when he was on that rooftop of his. "Just enjoying the stars for now." Replied Tohru truthfully. She was enjoying the stars, she'd ask about the bike in a little bit. There was such a peace about the open night sky; she didn't want to ruin it.
After a few minutes of content silence, Tohru found her voice again. "Hey Kyo?" she asked. "Yeah Tohru?" answered Kyo, still facing the sky. Tohru turned her head to face Kyo. "Do you know where my bike is? I haven't seen it since I crashed." Kyo tensed for a bit. "It's around the back of the house." He finally replied. "I've been fixing it up a bit. The wheel was all bent out of shape… You were too Tohru. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw you."
Tohru was surprised. She had never thought about the fact that someone had probably found her and then taken her to the hospital. The story had never come up in the past two weeks. "You found me?" asked Tohru curiously.
"Yeah." Said Kyo darkly.
It was silent for a few moments longer.
"At first I panicked." Kyo continued. "It thought that maybe… that you were dead." Fear began to rise in Kyo's voice as if Tohru weren't lying by his side safely at that very moment. As if she were in front of him once again, not moving.
" You were so still. I couldn't see if you were breathing or not." Tohru wished for a moment that Kyo would stop talking about it. She hated to see him this way. She hated the idea of making him worry and the picture of her lying in that dirt path motionless. Buy Kyo continued anyway. "You're head was bleeding a lot… And you had ripped straight through the side of your skirt. I guess you skidded a bit."
Tohru understood what he was talking about. Before leaving the hospital, a nurse handed her a bag with her folded clothes in it. Her skirt had a gaping hole along the right side, where scratches then littered her side.
"What happened next?" Tohru found herself asking.
"What else?" Kyo retorted. "I picked you up and ran. I ran to the house. Shigure called Hatori and we met him at the hospital. I'd never seen Shigure drive so carelessly. If I hadn't been so worried about you, I'd probably have taken over the car myself."
Tohru laughed lightly at Kyo's small joke. The rooftop regained its comforting aura. "Thank you Kyo." Said Tohru, returning her gaze to the stars. Kyo turned to face Tohru now, fascinated with the way the light reflected on the surface of her eyes. "Sure." He said, moving back to face the night sky. "Always."
Kyo let his eyes close and the world stopped.
Beep. Beep…
