Leki and Dane are still crying.

Sorry, they are still sad from the last chapter.

I didn't mean to end that one like that.

However, with the recaps we did I figured it was looking like one of those long drawn out chapters.

Well, guess it is a good thing then. Because now I left you all guessing didn't I?

I promise that I will not wait so long to do a recap again.

After all that one just took to long.

Well, I think we should let you read the next chapter now.

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What's wrong with me?

"Hisoka…" Tsuzuki really did not know what else he could say. Anytime he tried to speak another word, no words would come out. It was as if his words were taking a detour and getting lost somewhere else in his body.

In such a short amount of time, he had already chased off four different nurses two of which kept coming back. He would yell at them and say, "Hisoka doesn't like strangers touching him!" It was now becoming much harder to fight back his tears. He was worried that if Hisoka was to wakeup and see the older man crying then he might worry the fragile youth. That or made him mad. Tsuzuki didn't want neither to happen.

He definitely knew what would happen if Hisoka woke to a bunch of strangers touching him. "You would get very mad if someone you didn't know was touching you," Tsuzuki said.

"So that is why the nurses fear you," Tatsumi said. Tsuzuki turned around to see a very worried man with sapphire eyes standing in the doorway to the room. Tatsumi only took three to four steps into the room when Tsuzuki got up and latched onto him. "Ts-Tsuzuki…"

This time Tsuzuki did not stop his tears. "Why? Why did this happen? Why?"

"It'll be alright Tsuzuki," Tatsumi said as he hugged Tsuzuki very gently.

"Excuse me…" a man called from the door. Tatsumi was the only one who looked since Tsuzuki was still crying into Tatsumi's chest, getting his shirt wet with tears. "Which one of you is Tsuzuki?" The middle aged Doctor asked.

"This is Tsuzuki," Tatsumi said as he motioned to the man that was still crying. "I am this family's case worker Tatsumi Seiichiro. Therefore, if you need to tell or ask anything then you will have to tell both of us."

"Will you follow me then," The Doctor started walking away.

"No…" Tsuzuki did not move.

"Tsuzuki…" Tatsumi was surprised to see that Tsuzuki was refusing to leave the room.

"You can tell us here," Tsuzuki said. "I want to be with Hisoka when he wakes up. I don't want him to think that I abandoned him," Tsuzuki looked at his sleeping Angel.

"Tsuzuki Hisoka knows that you care too much to do something like that," Tatsumi took hold of Tsuzuki's arm and gave a gentle pull. "Besides, the nurses do need to check on him and they can't do that if you chase them like you are planning on eating them as if they were a new type of cake."

"But Tatsumi…" Tsuzuki didn't know what else to say.

"Come on we won't be gone long." with another gentle pull Tsuzuki went willingly out of the room.

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The doctor's office was small. There were shelves that covered almost every side of the room filled with books, little sculptures, and photos in frames of people who most likely are his family. One the wall behind the doctor's desk was framed Certificates, a doctor's license, and some more photos of family.

Please have a seat." The man motioned to the two chairs in front of his desk. Once Tatsumi and Tsuzuki sat down he doctor went behind his desk and did the same.

For nearly three minutes no one spoke. Even though three minutes is short, it felt like three year to Tsuzuki who kept looking back at the door. The doctor hadn't noticed this because he was going through his papers in the folder. However, Tatsumi did and he couldn't help but wonder if Tsuzuki will run right out of the room ad go back to Hisoka if the doctor didn't start speaking soon.

"Oh here it is. Mr. Tsuzuki?" At the sound of his name, Tsuzuki forced himself to look at the doctor. The doctor continued. "It says here that your boy showed physical signs of rape correct?"

"Hai." Tsuzuki said.

"This act happened on Halloween while you two were out trick or treating correct?" Tsuzuki didn't know where the doctor was going with these questions but he gave him a nod in response. "He claims to not remember what happened to him correct?"

"No," Tatsumi said. "It is not a claim it is the truth. Kurosaki really doesn't remember what had happened to him doctor."

"Yes of course." The doctor didn't want to argue that point since there are some children that really don't remember horrible incidents like rape and some who do remember but would rather forget. He cleared his throat and continued. "Does he remember anything now?"

"No he does not," Tsuzuki said as he lowered his head and tears started to form in his eyes again as he remembered what he saw that time on Halloween. He remembered how he wanted to go the boy and never let him go. He had made a promise that he would always protect him. Yet he felt like he was breaking that promise.

"What does this have to do with what happened tonight doctor?" Tatsumi was getting a little annoyed at all the questions that had nothing to do with what happened to Hisoka now.

"N-Nothing I just wanted to be sure," the doctor said. He looked at Tatsumi and could see that he was getting annoyed.

"Then please tell us what happened to him today, here, in the present," Tatsumi said.

"Oh right," The man said as he turned to another page in his folder. "Here it is. We did many tests nothing appears to be broken; the cat scans show nothing is wrong with his brain in any way." He read down all the tests they done. "And the blood tests show that he is fine."

"Then why did he sound like he was in pain? Pain beyond pain," Tsuzuki asked.

"Well, that is a mystery to us as well Mr. Tsuzuki. He it could that he has some kind of new terminal illness." The doctor saw the shock and fear in both their eyes. Therefore, he hurried onward. "It could also be that his body was remembering what happened to him on Halloween. In some cases of children that don't remember the physical pain they went through their body still does. It is like when someone gets a bruise on them somewhere. Even though the event that caused it had long since past that is one way the body remembers what happened." He explained.

"Well, I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing," Tsuzuki said.

Tatsumi agreed with him. "How is he doing right now doctor? What is the next step?"

The middle aged man looked at the notes some more before answering. "He seems fine right now Mr. Tatsumi. His fever has gone down and he is resting," he said. "We will monitor him over night and should everything go fine then we will write up some prescriptions for him to take to help ease his body's memory of the pain he went through that day and he will be allowed to go home."

They stood up and thanked the doctor properly. Then they left his office and started their way back to Hisoka's room.

"I think that we should tell him," Tatsumi said.

"Huh? Tell who his friends?" Tsuzuki didn't know what Tatsumi was saying.

"No, we need to tell Hisoka what was believed to happen to him on Halloween. Otherwise he might question why his body would be remembering a pain that he doesn't remember happening to him," Tatsumi explained. "It should be told as soon as he wakes up. No exceptions."

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It was early morning when Hisoka stirred. His eyes opened very slowly. They blink a few times before the fuzzy images he was seeing became clear. His body felt tire, his eyes temporary blinded by the light that came in from behind the curtains of the window to his right. His ears noticed a small beeping noise. "Beep…. Beep….Beep…." Turning to the source of the noise, the youth discovered it was a heart and oxygen monitoring system. He followed the trail of wires and discovered that they ended on his chest and index finger on his right hand. It took a moment to register that he was in the hospital.

Looking to his right he spotted Tsuzuki and Tatsumi. Tatsumi was asleep in a chair by the wall and Tsuzuki was in a chair close to his bed fast asleep with his head and arms resting on his mattress. Lying completely down, he couldn't get a real good look at things. So, he decided he would try to sit up. That proved to be a little hard to do. Hisoka's body felt so tired that it felt like it wasn't listening to his brains commands to move. He felt something warm and soft touch his hand. The emotion he felt from it was one of relief. He had only managed to get himself up onto his elbows when he felt the soft touch on his hand.

Looking over to his left hand, he found another hand was covering his and giving it a gentle squeeze so not to mess with the two needles in his hand. Looking up, emerald met amethyst. They stayed locked onto one another. Hisoka could see by the light shade of coloring under Tsuzuki's eyes that Tsuzuki has barely slept if he did at all. Despite that, he could spot a warm smile on the man's face. Hisoka was so tempted to lean forward and occupy that small smile with his own lips. However, something inside him wouldn't allow him to. Could it be that he senses something very small coming from the near perfect man before him? Something that tells the teen that he is struggling within him. Something that Tsuzuki wants to say but doesn't know if he should.

"There is an easier way to do that Hisoka," Tsuzuki said. He pressed a button on the bed and watched the bed rise up, and assist Hisoka in sitting up. "Do you remember what happened last night?"

Hisoka looked away from Tsuzuki. "I don't know what caused it. I just was in extreme pain. I also felt very hot. Like my body was on fire," he said. Hisoka looked at Tsuzuki. "Tsuzuki I want you to be honest with me. Tsuzuki what's wrong with me?"

Tsuzuki sighed. He looked at Tatsumi who was still asleep. "Hisoka I will tell you what we know. What we know as far back as what happened to you on Halloween."

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Once Tsuzuki had stopped explaining it all Hisoka was left without words. Really, what does one say to something like this? 'He's telling the truth. I can feel how much it pained him to say it,' he thought as he hugged himself.

Tatsumi had woken up some time in the middle of Tsuzuki telling Hisoka everything. "Hisoka Tsuzuki didn't want you to get hurt. That is why he didn't say anything."

"Can I go home now?" Hisoka's voice was small and quiet.

"I'll go tell the doctor that you are awake." Tatsumi got up and left the room.

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Once the doctor had given, the okay Tsuzuki was able to take Hisoka home. Tatsumi was not able to come in with them because he had to go and get some sleep before he has to leave for work. That just left Tsuzuki to be with Hisoka.

Hisoka was still feeling little weak. So Tsuzuki had to keep a hold of Hisoka. Otherwise, the boy would have fallen down to many times to count between going from the hospital to the car, and then from the car to inside the house.

"Wait right here," Tsuzuki said as he let go of Hisoka to go and shut the door. Hisoka started to head into the living room when he fell onto his knees. "Hisoka!" Tsuzuki shut the door and ran back to the young boy. He knelt to one knee in front of the boy. "I told you to wait--" He was cut off from what he was saying because his lips were busy.

What they were busy with was Hisoka's own lips. His lips were so warm and welcoming that Hisoka didn't bother to resist. 'I know I shouldn't. I know he is a guy like me. But to hell with all that.' He thought as he continued to kiss him.

Tsuzuki was surprised by this sudden movement. However, he didn't fight it. This was something he had hoped for. Something he wanted for a long time. Without thinking, he moved his hands. One wrapped around the boy's waist and the other gently held Hisoka's chin. Their kiss sent shivering warmth throughout their whole body. Tsuzuki moved his hand from the boy's chin to the soft skin of his neck. After that, he went even farther. He brought his hand down and placed it under Hisoka's shirt.

This act stopped Hisoka and while he hated it, he was the first to break the kiss. "To fast," he said as he removed Tsuzuki's hands off him. He was looking down into his lap. "I only just… It is to …" He couldn't get his words out the right way. He felt mixed emotions flowing around in a huge circle inside his heart.

Tsuzuki smiled. "It's alright Hisoka," He said. "We should take things slowly."

"Tsuzuki…" emerald green looked up into Tsuzuki's face.

"Come on lets get you off the floor and into a chair." Tsuzuki took hold of Hisoka's forearms and helped Hisoka to his feet. "Then I shall call your friends and then make something to eat."

Once Hisoka was sat in the armchair in the living room, He went to get the phone when Hisoka spoke up. "I'll do it. We are friends after all." Tsuzuki didn't question that. HE just smiled and gave Hisoka a nod. Once he passed him the paper and the phone, he left the room.

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Leki: Yay he's alright!

Dane: I knew he would be.

Really? Then why were you muttering the words "please let him be okay"?

Dane: Well… umm… That was so that Leki wouldn't feel alone.

Leki: Fibber.

Well, now that that chapter is done I think we should sit back and wait for some reviews on this chapter.