Chapter 21. Nauseous situations.

Hatori drove me back to Shigure's place again, and once more we were both deathly quiet the whole time. Kagura and Hatori had helped me get out to his car, and I felt pretty embarrassed that I had to get help. But even with them just dragging me and me not putting a whole lot of effort into it, I still got nauseous from standing up. Geez, Kagura really DID pack a punch for someone small. Perhaps she went to Shishou's dojo as well?

As Hatori helped me out of the car and into the house, I could hear people come running. Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo all appeared at once from the same direction, probably the living room.

Tohru: "Taren, thank goodness you're… okay…? Oh, Hatori, it's nice to see you! But, why are you with…"

Hatori: "Never mind that for now, just help me carry him somewhere."

Tohru came over to try and help out, but with her size it was hard for her to do anything. So instead Kyo came over.

Kyo: "I guess I have to help carry him."

At first I almost declined the offer because I didn't want to upset him further or anything. However, I kept my mouth shut so I didn't insult him. Besides, it wasn't like I could talk coherently if I had wanted to at the moment, I was too sick. Kyo seemed to be trying to give off an indifferent vibe, but there was something different about how he was acting now compared to before. Together Hatori and Kyo carried me through the house and upstairs into Kyo's room.

Hatori: "Tohru, would you mind getting an icepack? That will probably help out."

Eager to please she hurried off and came back only a minute or so later with one, which Hatori carefully placed on my head after setting me down onto Kyo's bed.

Taren: "Um… Th-this isn't-"

I tried to tell him that it wasn't my bed, but I couldn't get the words out before I felt sick again. Seriously, what had the head injury really done? It didn't seem "not too bad" to me… Instead of trying to talk, I looked over at Kyo to see how he was taking this turn of events. The vibe that he had been attempting to have earlier seemed to have left, and now I caught him looking somewhat concerned until he saw me watching.

Yuki: "So, what exactly happened?"

Hatori: "Don't ask. All you need to know is that he had a little run in with Kagura earlier, and she took some drastic measures to "fix" the problem…"

Yuki and Kyo gulped and looked around nervously. They seemed to get the hint of what may have happened to me, so perhaps they too knew about that dangerous side Kagura had shown me at first…

Hatori: "Well, just let him rest for now. IF he's better in the morning then he can go to school, but I don't advise him moving around any for the time being."

As such Hatori left, and everyone slowly filed out. Yuki was first, and then Kyo trudged along with him a moment later after looking back with a perhaps slightly annoyed look. Tohru stuck around for a bit and asked if I needed anything and if I was alright. I answered what I could, but she began to see that I couldn't talk much so she, too, left and closed the door.

Why did it seem like I was getting hurt and sick way more often than usual since coming into this house? Before all of this nothing of this sort would have happened to me but rarely if ever… Sighing, I tried to calm down my nerves and mind. Perhaps I should wiggle my way onto my own bed instead of Kyo's? With this thought I attempted to do so, but it ended in just another nauseous feeling from my head to my toes. Seriously, at this point I had no idea how I should react next time I saw Kagura… Maybe that situation in and of itself would make me remember how I feel currently and I'll have a relapse! Ah ha ha ha, as if that could happen… Wait, could it? …

Gah, no use thinking about it, that just made how I felt currently worse… Instead I kept trying to distract myself from the horrible feeling and fall asleep. At some point I think I did somewhat, but it was that type of sleep that you just can't quite escape from reality because you feel too sick. I don't know how long it took, but at some point Kyo walked into the room and I woke up.

Taren: "A- ah… Gotta move onto my bed still…"

I said quietly, and tried to roll my body off the bed.

Kyo: "Hey! D-don't do that…!"

Kyo somewhat whispered, trying not to be loud. He ran over and caught me as my torso began falling off onto the floor. Once I got to that halfway upside-down point the sickness hit me full blast again.

Taren: "Uuaarghh…."

I moaned incomprehensibly, and I could have sworn Kyo almost laughed a little. Had I really just made that sound? How embarrassing… Carefully Kyo moved me back up onto his bed and pulled the blankets up onto me.

Taren: "Sorry… I… I took your bed… again…"

Trying to uphold some sort of conversation through it all, I gave up trying to get off his bed and instead focused on breathing normally to clear my head.

Kyo: "You… you don't have to worry… THAT much about it… Just, focus on getting better…. I guess."

I felt the ice pack be replaced, though now it was more like a slush than ice, but it still felt good against my head. Quietly he sat down next to the bed, and slowly I began to fade back into the surface-sleeping phase I had been in before. It was around then that I could have sworn Kyo had begun talking to me, but I also remember having some odd dreams and illusions as well.

Kyo: "I know I haven't been exactly friendly to you… It's just that, well… I've felt so confused lately. I never expected anything like this all to happen, especially for someone other than Tohru to accept that side of me. And you even… you even went as far as to save me from drowning. Why… why would you save me? Weren't you afraid at all, or disgusted? I don't understand. Why… would you? I'm… I'm sorry for being mean like this to you… I just… don't understand…"