Author's Note: I am alive, I swear. Life's been difficult. Here's an update, its short.
"SHIGURE!" Came a cry from the front of the house. Hatori.
"What? I'm eating..." Shigure called back, making Yuki and Kyo wince. "You come here!"
"Can we not yell across the house?" Yuki asked, making a face and looking to Kyo..
"Tohru has... Hello, Kyo." Hatori said, walking into the room looking rather disheveled.
"Yo." Kyo said, still looking down at his food when his head popped up. "Tohru what?!"
"Tohru has woken up, but–" Hatori said, but Kyo was out the door before he could finish the sentence, Yuki following after him.
"Which room is Tohru Honda in?!" Kyo shouted at the nurse at the desk once he reached the hospital. The nurse stared at him, reaching under the desk. "Look, I'm her... Um, brother. Kyo Honda!" He said and the nurse nodded.
"Room 116, but please be quiet, she is–" Yet another sentence incomplete as Kyo rushed off. Yuki sighed, stopping to catch his breath and looked at the nurse, who pointed in the direction Kyo went.
Kyo pushed open the door to Tohru's room, holding his breath. He stepped in quietly and walked to her bed, his fists clenched. She looked the same, so beautiful and... so frail. He frowned and moved beside her, reaching out and touching her shoulder gently. She turned her head and looked at him, smiling.
"Marleo."
"No, Tohru, its Kyo..." He whispered, kneeling down and taking her hand.
"Kyo? Kyo..." Tohru smiled, a ghost of a smile, and squeezed his hand, but Kyo barely felt it. "Your just as handsome as you always are. How long has it been? A month?" She said and tried to reach up to touch his face, but dropped her arm again.
"Tohru," Kyo whispered softly, laying his head down near hers. "I have missed you so much." He said, closing his eyes, humiliated to feel tears in them. Yuki watched this entire scene and smiled, stepping out into the hall.
"SOHMA! There's a call for you!" Marleo's boss, some Chinese guy, yelled. Marleo scowled and almost threw the ramen in his hand at the customer, walking over to the phone and wiping his hands off. This better be a damn good call.
"Hello?" Marleo said, scowling.
"Marleo," Hatori's voice said softly.
"Hari! Hey, man, what's up?"
"Your mother has woken up. Let me talk to your boss and then he will let you off to go to the hospital." Hatori said and Marleo nodded, handing the phone to his boss. He began taking off his uniform and looked to his boss who was grinning like a cat who just had some sweet cream.
"Marleo, go on. You're off. Come back whenever..." He said and Marleo took off. He began running as fast as he could without stopping until he reached the hospital. He nodded to the nurse and caught his breath, then went up to his mom's room.
"Hey, Uncle Yuki!" He said as Yuki tried to stop him, then ran inside Tohru's room. "Mom!" Kyo's head snapped up, staring at Marleo. Marleo snarled and grabbed the nearest blunt object. "Who the fuck are you?"
"Your father." Kyo said softly, standing.
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