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Disclaimer: If I owned Prince of Tennis, trust me when I say there would more kissing and less tennis going on.
Turning the spare key in the lock of the Inui's home, Kaidoh murmured a soft greeting despite knowing no one was currently there. Taught to be polite from an early age it had become a reflexive action. Closing the door behind himself, Kaidoh stepped quietly through the almost familiar setting until he reached Inui-senpai's room. He had visited several times in the past but this was the first time he had ever entered someone's unoccupied house. Coupled with the knowledge that the man he admired was currently laying unconscious in a hospital bed, it was a rather overwhelming experience for him. Not wanting to intrude for too long, he quickly packed up the things Inui's mother had asked for and left the silent house behind.
Slinging the bag over his shoulder, Kaidoh set out in a steady jog towards the hospital. It wasn't particularly far away that Inui-san wouldn't have been able to collect the things herself if she wished, but of course she would want to stay with her son. It was understandable and Kaidoh was willing to help out if he was able.
Almost twenty minutes passed before the hospital came into view, Kaidoh slowed his pace to a brisk walk and went into the daunting building. Moving over to the reception desk, he asked for Inui Sadaharu's room. Running his hand through his hair, he eventually found the room about five minutes later, and knocked softly on the door.
Somehow he had kept himself calm during the trip over, however now that a mere door stood between himself and Inui-senpai, Kaidoh was suddenly nervous, unsure of what he would see. Convincing himself that it couldn't be too bad because Inui-san hadn't sounded too panicked on the phone.
The gentle voice belonging senpai's mother called out allowing him entrance. Kaidoh opened the door and stepped through, the boy took a sharp intake of air at the sight in front of him. It was not as bad as he might have imagined during the jog to the hospital but the visage of the person he loved bandaged and bruised was shocking to him. He looked over the bandage covering his senpai's forehead and ankle and that was alright; what really got to Kaidoh was the dark dis-colourisation down the left side of Inui's face.
After forcing himself to look away from the unconscious man, Kaidoh gave the woman sitting nearby a small bow and greeted her, "Good afternoon, Inui-san. I am sorry I didn't bring anything with me."
"Not at all, Kaidoh-kun," he watched as the woman shook her head slightly, "thank you for coming so quickly." The statuesque woman stood, it was obvious where senpai had gotten his height from, taking the small bag Kaidoh held out to her.
He saw her staring at him as if unsure about asking something, "Inui-san?"
"I am sorry to ask more of you but could you possibly stay with him. I would stay myself but I simply can't spare any more time away from work today." She looked conflicted but Kaidoh understood that the entire Inui family was driven and analytical about their lives, unwilling to leave a task unfinished. It was one of the things he admired about Inui-senpai and something he admired about the man's mother as well.
Kaidoh nodded, easing the woman's worry slightly, taking the bag back from her. With a small look back at her son, Inui-san shut the door behind her leaving Kaidoh alone in the hospital room. He sat down in the chair by the bed, setting the bag on the floor beside himself. Now that he was alone, he started to wonder just how this had happened; Inui-senpai could be intimidating with his height and defined muscles. Kaidoh decided it must have been a sneak attack of some kind... 'How dishonourable,' was the only thought that came to mind.
He must of said it out loud because he heard a familar voice say, "What is?"
"Inui-senpai..."