Kaoru felt like absolute shit, which in turn meant he was still living. "Dammit," he mumbled groggily trying to wake himself up. He could vaguely make out a voice besides him as he felt a sharp pain across his face. Letting out a low groan, Kaoru turned his head in the direction of the attacker and glared through blurry vision. As his vison slowly returned Kaoru began to recognize the setting he was in.

White, everything was white. White walls, white ceiling and an overpowering smell of disinfectant. Kaoru was in a hospital. "Fucking hell," he cursed to himself as he tried to raise his arm only to be met with resistance. Looking down he let out a string of curses as he realized he was bound to the medical bed.

Kaoru began to pull at the bindings to test his limits of reach when a sharp pain struck through his wrist. "Bloody hell!" he cried out as the pain shot through his entire arm. "Yeah, your dumb ass, you slit your wrists, remember?" his annoying mind reminded him. A noise sounded outside the door causing Kaoru to look up distracting him from his wrist. A doctor stepped into his room looking down at a chart before glancing up at him. "Oh, you're awake." She stated plainly.

"Didn't notice." Kaoru shot back dryly. The doctor just stared at him before shrugging and grabbing a pitcher of water. "Are you thirsty?" she asked holding up the pitcher. Kaoru debated adding a snarky comment but the dryness in his mouth reminded him that getting that taken away would be a bad idea. Nodding his head, she gave him a small smile before pouring a glass and putting a straw in it before holding it over him.

Kaoru just glared as he took a sip from the straw. "Kaoru," she said pulling the cup away, "I'm not your enemy here."

"Hard to tell when you just took away my water." He sneered. Sighing, the doctor lowered the cup for him to drink again. "I'm Doctor Tsundra. I'm a psychiatrist here. The doctor that patched you up and will be coming shortly is Doctor Suoh. We want to help you." She continued before Kaoru pulled his head away done drinking.

Unsure what to say Kaoru just gave her a blank face as if questioning her why he was here. Before he or she could say anything, the door opened and another doctor walked in. "Doctor Tsundra," the other doctor said with a nod before turning her head towards Kaoru. "How are you feeling Kaoru? Do you need anything?"

"Oh, I'm fantastic, can't you tell? I mean I'm strapped to this bed like a mental patient and I'm in a hospital. Of course, I'm fine." He snapped pulling at his restraints before gritting his teeth as pain shot through his wrists again. Doctor Suoh raised her eyebrow at him, "Want to tell me what's hurting now?"

"My wrists, what else would?" he replied in defeat sagging against his bed. "Why couldn't I have just died?" he wondered to himself as the doctor looked at his chart then the I.V. attached to his arm. The doctor mumbled something under her breath before grabbing his I.V. and adding something in. "What was that?" Kaoru asked as he watched the fluid enter his arm. "Just a pain killer, idiots here sometimes forgot to add it to your dosage." She grumbled writing something on her clipboard.

"Doctor, we should really get to business." Tsundra said casually glancing at her watch. "You could always leave you bitch." Kaoru thought to himself. Why did people have to act like he was a waste of time? If they really thought that they should have left him to die in his bathroom. "How did I survive?" he whispered not really care if they thought he was crazy for talking to himself. "Your step-brother, Hikaru." Dr. Suoh replied looking at him.

Kaoru must have looked as confused as he felt because the doctor felt like they needed to continue explaining. "Hikaru Ichigaan, he's your step-brother. Or at least he claims to be," she said realizing that the male wasn't understanding. "He's not your brother, is he?"

"Oh, Hikaru. Yeah, sorry he's my brother of sorts. Our parents had been married but got divorced. Me and him are still pretty close though." Kaoru lied quickly, not wanting to make his situation worse.

"Oh, I see then. Well he called the cops and such when you left school he claimed he thought you were hurt."

"Kaoru, you were hurt, weren't you?" the other doctor, Tsundra, cut in.

"Obviously, I'm in a hospital aren't I." he replied annoyance creeping in his voice.

"Do you want to tell me what happened then? Who hurt you?"

"I'm fairly certain you already know that answer."

"Kaoru, we want to help you. You need to tell us why you did this to yourself." Doctor Tsundra replied evenly gesturing to his exposed arms.

Kaoru felt a blush creeping up his cheeks. His arms were exposed and fully bandaged, "How did I not notice that?" he wondered idly. "Alright, you caught me." He sighed knowing there was no way to escape the inevitable. "What you gonna' do? Throw me in the nut house?"

"Kaoru, we know you're not crazy. You're just sick."

"Only in the head ma'am." He smirked. Doctor Suoh stood, "I'm sorry Kaoru I have to leave and attend to the other patients. Doctor Tsundra will stay and continue this though." She said leaving the room.

"Alright, Kaoru," Doctor Tsundra said smiling. "Let's try this again. Do you want to tell me why you did this to yourself?"

Kaoru glared at her hoping she might burst into flames before letting out a long sigh with irritation as the doctor pulled out a note pad. "Look lady, the problem is my dad. That's all you need to know."

"Kaoru, this isn't a parental issue. Why don't you tell me what's really going on." She said leaning back in her seat ready to wait all day if she had to.

"It is just that man who claims to be my father." Kaoru argued. Tsundra just nodded her head and started taking notes. But, Kaoru knew without a single doubt…

She didn't believe him.

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