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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: COLORFUL AND PRETTY

"Are you going out Doctor Sohma?" Yuki heard a maid ask as he neared the main house, he took a deep breath in he'd rather be caught by Hatori rather than a servant but even that wasn't what he was looking for. Hatori seemed to say something until he heard those words, "Is he going to be alright on his own?"

"Ah.., he should be fine there just let him get some rest," the doctor began to say as he looked over the mentally ill patient in the corner, he was playing with something but Hatori hadn't noticed what.

"But if Akito-sama," the servant persisted as Hatori shook his head, raising a hand as if signalling that he'd speak.

"All he needs right now is rest," the doctor replied bowing his head, "I'll have my assistant look in on him from time to time." After a few more goodbyes were exchanged the doctor walked out stopping in front of Yuki though the rat wished he was concealed. Hatori's stop had to be a coincidence!

"Yuki?" the twenty nine year old asked turning in the direction of his younger cousin so as to see him, "I thought tonight was the night when Tohru-chan was going to be having her parental test, what are you doing near the main house?"

Yuki paused, closing his eyes and stepping out so Hatori could see the depressed state he had entered, almost as if he had to he broke down coughing, his asthma was getting worse with all this added stress and one person he did not want to show that side to was Hatori.

The doctor gazed sympathetically at him, rubbing his back although both of them knew why the rat had come, it was something that the dragon had wanted as well but there were no means for doing so. "Yuki, maybe it would be best to forget about him you seem to be damaging..."

"Hatori," the rat whispered begging the older man to listen, "He's my little cousin and he's done nothing wrong, you should know that. What Akito's doing to him, you could stop it..."

"I," the dragon shifted his eye awkwardly, "I can't stop it, I've already erased his father's memory but he hated Hatsuharu anyway, his mother is pretending to forget it appears she still cares for him." Hatori's eye seemed to sparkle with tears as he kicked the floor to Yuki's surprise since he'd never known Hatori to have these emotions. "I'm barely allowed to see him, I've only treated him three times during his entire visit most of the meals and injections and bands are done by the eldest servant."

Yuki shifted in discomfort, he was torn, part of him wanted to hit the doctor because of just how much he had done or not done to help Haru and the other part wanted to hug him, he seemed so hurt having to do this. If this was how Hatori was putting up then what about Shigure? "I overheard what you and Shigure were saying about Haru...How could you do that to him?" the rat broke into harsh coughs once again as the doctor froze.

"Yuki, come to my office with me, if anyone asks I'll say it's for you to have your lungs tested, you do seem to be having slight asthma attacks, you'll be worse if you keep this up." Yuki stared at Hatori unsure what his cousin was going to do but slowly nodded, whatever they were going to do or going to talk about had to be related to Haru in some way.

Within a few minutes Hatori had entered the room and gestured Haru to the other room where there was this broken child sitting there, swaying from side to side, "If things were ideal I'd have booked him into a nursing home or mental ward until he felt better, these are not ideal conditions."

"So...what's wrong with him?" the rat inquired fearfully as he stood in the office, he could hear this very loud singing, thank god it was blocked by the doors otherwise Akito might have complained about a headache.

Yaneyori Koinobori

Ookiimagoi wa otousan

Chisaihigoi wa kodomotachi

Omoshirosouni oyoideru

"The Boys Day Song?" Yuki blinked unsure what to think, boys day was celebrated by young children but he could remember that voice and it broke his heart at once, his little cousin had lost his mind. He wanted to run, to pretend that he hadn't heard that, maybe if he went everything would be fine, no! That wasn't..."I'm going to see him."

The rat exited the room and spotted the seventeen year old, he had taken some of his clothes off and was playing with a needle and thread, the bands still on but the one on his forehead seemed the most damaged, "Haru?" he tried mentally shivering. "Do you remember me?"

"Yuki-kun," Haru smiled as he pulled the red string through the fiber, "I'm sorry, I...I ate all my sweets today, I...I didn't...please don't..." tears had already pricked his eyes and Yuki shook his head, he didn't want to blame his cousin for this and he didn't want to cause him additional stress either.

"It's okay Haru...Haru-chan," he forced himself to smile as he looked at Haru's tattered shirt on the floor, "Aren't you cold? You shouldn't take your clothes off unless you're in the bath or you're getting changed." He looked into his cousin's eyes, they seemed so different and weak, "Haru, put your hands up for me alright? Let's try to get your shirt back on.."

"But, if I put my hands up then I won't be able to keep sewing," Haru asked tilting his head to the side as Yuki caught sight of the blood rolling down his cousin's back. Haru was sewing a lovely red heart onto himself. Seeing the horror on the older boy's face Haru frowned, "Is something wrong Yuki-kun?"

Yuki felt his mind wander over the question, he didn't know what to do, "Haru-chan...can you sit here for me, I want to show Hatori your heart."

"But I thought you weren't allowed to leave your room?" Haru frowned confused, "Did Akito let you? Oh and my heart is really pretty isn't it Yuki-kun!?" He had this warped smile on his face and his eyes showed his insanity, he had broken, completely broken.

Yuki walked into the room seeing Haru stay there, still sticking the needle into his body. Tears welled in his eyes and he shook his head letting them fall, "Please go and help him Hatori, I can't...I need a moment to breathe, I'll go back to him afterwards, just please?"

Hatori looked at Yuki confused before going out to the backyard, "Hatsuharu, what are you doing, that can't stay in your arm, we'll have to take it out. Do you want me to do that later when you're asleep or do you?"

"I will" Haru laughed taking the end of the string and just yanking it out of his arm as the blood flooded down. Yuki felt sick from just overhearing this, Hatori dashed back to the office to get a bandage, some cream and a piece of cotton wool. "Look it came out...look Yuki-kun! Look!"

"I see," Yuki nodded trying hard not to throw up, "Haru-chan, I forgot, how old are you?"

"Six! I'm Six Years Old!" he announced with this huge smile on his face as Yuki got down, the ox looked extremely shaky and there was a wheelchair as well as a walker near him, did that mean that he couldn't walk properly? The skin around the bands was turning a sickening yellow.

"Yeah," Yuki whispered helping his cousin put on his shirt and held him in his arms, "Are you going to be alright?" he tried as Hatori looked away.

"Are you going to stay with me tonight?" Haru seemed to ask like a child as Yuki took a deep breath in.

"Let's just say that I'll stay until you fall asleep,"

...And that was a promise...

At the parental test:

Momiji sat in front of his chair as he waited for Kyo to get done, Tohru was a little confused about what made the younger teen so concerned about what the cat was doing, maybe it was because he was worried about Kyo-kun? That must be it!

Kyo exited, the vial of blood in hand and walked into the other room at that point Momiji jumped up following the red headed kid into the next room where there were two other bottles both with names on them, the names were just on sticky paper, easy to take off and put on again.

"So rabbit," he smiled, "I suppose this blood is the one we want to know about?" he picked up the bottle containing Momiji's blood and tapped it with his finger, "Oh let's see what the little bunny has to tell Tohru or perhaps I'll take that off your hand," Kyo fingered Momiji's bottle taking the rabbit's name off.

The half German boy's eyes lit up as he struggled to get his name back from Kyo, he knew that if Tohru were to see the results from this test that she'd know the truth, he didn't want that to happen. Feeling uncomfortable he rubbed the top of his right arm.

"Isn't this what you want?" the cat growled to him as the rabbit stared wide eyed at the vials, without really thinking about it he pulled the sticker off of Yuki's. Now both his vial and Yuki's had no names on it, that made things even worse. Momiji concentrated on the bottles, his was the one in the middle right? Yes the second one.

Kyo put his vial down and ripped the name off as he raised an eyebrow to the bunny, "Makes it fair right?" he asked, "Now she won't know what genes the babies have."

"That isn't funny Kyo," Momiji frowned as the cat laughed to himself

"Do you think I care" Kyo pushed himself onto a counter where about thirty blood samples with no names dropped on top of the ones already there and both teenagers realized that there was no way they knew which bottle was which but they had to put three there just to give the impression that nothing happened.

Without a word to one another the two boys walked out of the room to see Tohru sleeping there, she looked so beautiful to both of them and as they approached her she woke up.

"Oh Momiji-kun, Kyo-kun, welcome back how are you? Are you ready to go now?"

No word of what had happened in that room would be spoken.

Again sorry it's short, I'll try to make the next one extra long to make it up to you guys

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