~Yukio's POV~

I yawned, sitting up in my bed. I remembered the events of the previous night.

'Nii-Chan, I know you can do better, but you're not a disappointment.'

I sighed, rubbing my forehead slightly, feeling bad for letting him feel like that. I looked over at his bed, and to my delight, he was still in bed, sleeping soundly. He looked a little better, and the bags weren't as noticeable, but I knew he was hungry. He was still pale and seemed a little bit skinnier.

I decided to let him sleep, but I would have to make sure to check him when he woke up, and check what's keeping him from keeping his food down; otherwise he'll just keep starving.

When I walked into the dining room, everyone was already waiting there.

"Hey, Yukio." Izumo greeted me.

I nodded in her direction, wondering what could be making it so that my brother couldn't keep his food down.

"Are you okay, Yuki-chan?" Shiemi looked at me with a worried glance on her face.

"Ahh… well, see, last night I woke up at around… 5:00. When I went to see what it was, Rin was there… There were a bunch of empty water bottles and was trying to block the sink from my line of view…" I sighed.

"So?" Shima tilted his head.

"He threw up water for… some reason."

Shima's eyes widened slightly.

"So, I asked him if the reason that he wasn't eating was because he couldn't keep anything down, and he said yes… When he wakes up I'm going to see if he has a temptaint or something that's causing it." I sighed, glancing at everyone.

"I-I'll do everything I can to help!" Shiemi announced, hitting the table with her fists.

I grinned at her. "Thank you, Shiemi, as it may very well require herbs for him to get better."

They nodded their approval, Konekomaru still a little nervous, though.

"Alright, he was really tired, though, so we shouldn't wake him up, we should just wait for him to wake up."

"I agree." Izumo nodded.

"Alright, then."

As if on cue, Rin walked into the room, looking tired.

"Rin, what are you doing up? You still look tired…" I stared at the bags under his eyes.

"I dunno, just… woke up." He shrugged, heading into the kitchen.

"Nii-Chan, you should probably sleep more." I followed him into the kitchen, worried.

"Mm fine, Yukio. Besides, I can't tell you all to wait for me to get off my lazy butt out of bed so you can eat, right?" He grinned, but even the grin told us that he was tired.

"Rin, it's fine, we'll just eat leftovers or something…"

He opened the fridge, staring blankly inside. "There are no leftovers."

I looked over his shoulder, and he was right.

"Rin, I'm sure one of us can cook."

"Nah. I know you're here to try and help me, so… At least want to say thanks…" "While I still can." He added to himself, but I didn't hear it well, and couldn't make it out.

"Rin, when I told you last night when I heard you saying about being sorry for being a disappointment, but I also hear you saying something about not being here much longer to be a disappointment."

Everyone kind of froze up, including Rin.

"What do you mean that you won't be around much longer?" Bon demanded, staring at the back of his head.

"I was tired, so I probably said some stuff I didn't mean." Was all he said, staring to make breakfast.

I sighed, and glared at my students as a sign to keep quiet. They seemed reluctant [except for Konekomaru of course] and didn't say anything.

A few minutes later, Rin exited the kitchen with a large bowl of pancakes and 6 other empty plates.

He set the plates in front of us and left the one with the pancakes on it in the middle, sitting down at the end of the table, away from everyone else, thrumming his fingers lightly on the table.

Everyone ate except for Rin, but you could tell that he wanted to eat the pancakes. I looked at him for a few minutes, wondering how bad his hunger was right now.

Shiemi was about to bite the pancake, when she looked up at Rin, and put it down. "If it makes Rin-sama feel any better…" She looked at Rin, who looked up at her with blank eyes. "Then I won't eat until Rin can eat." She decided promptly, pushing the plate away from her.

Rin looked surprised for a moment, before blushing and looking away. "Shiemi, you don't have to."

Shiemi blushed furiously and put her fists on the table. "Yes, I do!"

Izumo looked at Shiemi for a few moments, before pushing her plate away wordlessly.

I grinned at my brother, pushing my own plate away.

Soon after, Bon, followed by Shima, followed by Konekomaru pushed their plates away.

Rin looked extremely surprised, before shaking his head again. "It's really fine."

I shook my head. "Come on, Rin. Let's go find out what's up."

Rin shook his head again. "Everything's fine, it's probably just a virus or something, it'll pass out of my system in a few days."

I sighed. Then I remembered his healing abilities. "Are you sure?"

He nodded and gave me one of his signature idiot grins. I had missed those grins a lot.

"Well, I got plans again." He finally mumbled, getting up. That happy moment was gone.

He had just turned around when he looked back at us, while we looked at him expectantly.

"But…" He started again, mumbling, sitting down. "I guess I can cancel for today." He grinned.

I felt a wave of relief hitting me. "Really?"

Shiemi clasped her hands together happily, Bon grinned, Shima rubbed the back of his head and laughed a little, even Izumo and Konekomaru managed to give a small grin.

I felt myself smile.

"So… It's the weekend… What do you guys want to do?" He looked at each of us somewhat expectantly.

"Well, first, I should probably just check and see what's wrong with your stomach."

Rin shook his head. "I'll just take another pill and see what happens. If it doesn't get better I promise to come to you." I sighed, shaking my own head. There was no changing his mind once he made his final decision. "Alright, but if doesn't work and you don't come to me I'll be coming after you."

He smiled and almost laughed a little. I felt happy when he did. I haven't heard Rin laugh like that in a long time.

"How about we go to a cafe and just hang out?" Shima suggested. "Or read a romance anime…" He laughed. Rin just smirked. "I think I'd rather go to the cafe."

"So would I." Izumo shook her head slightly. "Me too!" Shiemi exclaimed. Bon and Konekomaru just nodded. "Are you coming, Yuki-chan?" Shiemi asked me.

"Sure, Shiemi." I nodded, and then remembered that Rin couldn't eat anything. "Wait, Rin, how are you going to have anything at the cafe?"

His eyes widened slightly in realization, before closing them for a moment. "I'll just take a pill before we leave, and depending on where we go, it should be in effect by then." Everyone nodded to themselves as if agreeing with what he said. I then sighed, nodding.

"Alright, let's go!" Rin fist-pumped the air and nearly jumped out the room, grabbing a Tums bottle on his way out..

I smiled a little bit as we all followed him out.