The Bishonen of February
Chapter 8
A pounding noise woke Nuriko up, causing him to fall off of the couch.
"Oh my god! Chandler, Chandler just tell Monica you love her! I'm coming! I'm coming!" He muttered angrily, the best part was coming up in his favorite show, "Friends".
Hotohori walked over to the door also, "I wonder who that can be. Kina and Yue shouldn't be getting home for a few more hours." He grinned, remembering when Yue asked him to help him pick out a necklace for Kina.
Nuriko gasped in shock as he opened the door to see Yue patting for breath while holding a limp Kina in his arms.
"What happened?" Hotohori demanded while Nuriko took Kina from Yue and set her on the couch. He quickly timed her pulse.
"Her brother...John...called...pacing...something about medicine and doctors...she hung up...then collapsed. I ran... all the way here!" Yue managed to tell the two.
"Quick, Hotohori open the cabinet!" Nuriko turned and yelled at Hotohori.
"Nuriko, but you know she said she never wanted us to use the stuff in there!"
"Hotohori, do you want her to die?!" Nuriko shouted in anger. "HURRY!"
Hotohori ran to a cabinet in Kina's bathroom. He flipped up a mat then he pulled a small key off of the bathroom mat and unlocked the cabinet. Inside were rows and rows of medicine, prescription drugs in all kinds of glass orange bottles. He ran his hand over the containers, looking for a certain one and he smiled when he found it. Quickly, he popped two pills out and handed them to Nuriko.
"Come on Kina." Nuriko opened her mouth and put the pills in, then poured some water in with them, "Just swallow them!" She slowly swallowed and moved her head slightly.
"She'll be fine." Nuriko smiled, her pulse was back to normal.
"What, what happened to her?" Yue looked at her peacefully sleeping now, his face pale from all that happened.
"She collapsed, too many things must have happened to her today. She really doesn't want anyone to know but I guess it's too late to hide it from you now. Kina was born with a very weak heart and the blood flow to her heart is slow, any over excitement could make it stop beating and she'd die. She doesn't want everyone saying, "oh poor dear is going to die soon. How sad." And pitying her. She wants to be treated the same as a regular person would be treated. But she didn't want to live her life like a glass doll, with everybody treating her like if they excite her in any way she'd break and die. Tell me the truth, if you knew about this would you have even done all that you did with her tonight? Would you have wanted her swimming at the ocean? No. You would make her stay still and be careful. And that's not how she wants to live, she wants to be able to do whatever she wants, even if she only has a short time. And that's why..."
Yue looked up, "...and that's why what?"
"That's why you're February. Kina wants to learn about the world in the short time and she wants her memory to live on, her body may die but she wants her essence to live on. Not only that but she wants to make a difference in peoples life. So every month she found a cold-hearted bishonen and tried to teach them something. Maybe it was only to cook but that's one more Ranma that can cook and one more Ascot that can stand up for himself. Kina wants the people to learn to appreciate the life they have while they have it, because hers is cut short."
0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Kina was flying through the air, dreamy bubbles floating everywhere. She gently landed on the floor, flowers sprouting around her feet. A young woman appeared in front of Kina.
"Who...who are you?" Kina questioned boldly.
"Why, I am Miss Kodachi," the woman replied.
"Am...am I dead?"
"Indeed no. If you were dead, then I would be dead too. And I am very much alive. I am an old friend of your mother's. She was very sad that she couldn't come into your dream, but you aren't ready to see her yet, so she sent me instead."
"Why can't I see her?"
"It is a rule. When the time comes, you will understand."
"Isn't it time now? It's been so long since she died in the car crash..."
"What car crash?" Kodachi asked surprisedly. She looked at Kina, obviously confused. Realization finally dawned. "Oh!"
Kina stepped back, emotion overwhelming her. The only thing she'd believed to be true for her entire life came crashing down around her. She finally managed to stutter out a sentence.
"Then...then...h-how did my parents really die? They told me they both were in a car accident..."
Chairs materialized, and the two sat down.
"Like you, your mother was cursed with a very weak heart. Your father knew this, but he still chose to marry her. Love can be so strong sometimes. But exactly twelve years after you were born, your mother's heart gave out. After they declared her deceased, your father couldn't stand it, but he knew he had to care for you. When he was driving home, a drunk truck driver rammed into your father's car."
"So they both didn't die in a car accident?" Kina whispered her face pale.
"No, I'm sorry."
Chapter 8
A pounding noise woke Nuriko up, causing him to fall off of the couch.
"Oh my god! Chandler, Chandler just tell Monica you love her! I'm coming! I'm coming!" He muttered angrily, the best part was coming up in his favorite show, "Friends".
Hotohori walked over to the door also, "I wonder who that can be. Kina and Yue shouldn't be getting home for a few more hours." He grinned, remembering when Yue asked him to help him pick out a necklace for Kina.
Nuriko gasped in shock as he opened the door to see Yue patting for breath while holding a limp Kina in his arms.
"What happened?" Hotohori demanded while Nuriko took Kina from Yue and set her on the couch. He quickly timed her pulse.
"Her brother...John...called...pacing...something about medicine and doctors...she hung up...then collapsed. I ran... all the way here!" Yue managed to tell the two.
"Quick, Hotohori open the cabinet!" Nuriko turned and yelled at Hotohori.
"Nuriko, but you know she said she never wanted us to use the stuff in there!"
"Hotohori, do you want her to die?!" Nuriko shouted in anger. "HURRY!"
Hotohori ran to a cabinet in Kina's bathroom. He flipped up a mat then he pulled a small key off of the bathroom mat and unlocked the cabinet. Inside were rows and rows of medicine, prescription drugs in all kinds of glass orange bottles. He ran his hand over the containers, looking for a certain one and he smiled when he found it. Quickly, he popped two pills out and handed them to Nuriko.
"Come on Kina." Nuriko opened her mouth and put the pills in, then poured some water in with them, "Just swallow them!" She slowly swallowed and moved her head slightly.
"She'll be fine." Nuriko smiled, her pulse was back to normal.
"What, what happened to her?" Yue looked at her peacefully sleeping now, his face pale from all that happened.
"She collapsed, too many things must have happened to her today. She really doesn't want anyone to know but I guess it's too late to hide it from you now. Kina was born with a very weak heart and the blood flow to her heart is slow, any over excitement could make it stop beating and she'd die. She doesn't want everyone saying, "oh poor dear is going to die soon. How sad." And pitying her. She wants to be treated the same as a regular person would be treated. But she didn't want to live her life like a glass doll, with everybody treating her like if they excite her in any way she'd break and die. Tell me the truth, if you knew about this would you have even done all that you did with her tonight? Would you have wanted her swimming at the ocean? No. You would make her stay still and be careful. And that's not how she wants to live, she wants to be able to do whatever she wants, even if she only has a short time. And that's why..."
Yue looked up, "...and that's why what?"
"That's why you're February. Kina wants to learn about the world in the short time and she wants her memory to live on, her body may die but she wants her essence to live on. Not only that but she wants to make a difference in peoples life. So every month she found a cold-hearted bishonen and tried to teach them something. Maybe it was only to cook but that's one more Ranma that can cook and one more Ascot that can stand up for himself. Kina wants the people to learn to appreciate the life they have while they have it, because hers is cut short."
0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Kina was flying through the air, dreamy bubbles floating everywhere. She gently landed on the floor, flowers sprouting around her feet. A young woman appeared in front of Kina.
"Who...who are you?" Kina questioned boldly.
"Why, I am Miss Kodachi," the woman replied.
"Am...am I dead?"
"Indeed no. If you were dead, then I would be dead too. And I am very much alive. I am an old friend of your mother's. She was very sad that she couldn't come into your dream, but you aren't ready to see her yet, so she sent me instead."
"Why can't I see her?"
"It is a rule. When the time comes, you will understand."
"Isn't it time now? It's been so long since she died in the car crash..."
"What car crash?" Kodachi asked surprisedly. She looked at Kina, obviously confused. Realization finally dawned. "Oh!"
Kina stepped back, emotion overwhelming her. The only thing she'd believed to be true for her entire life came crashing down around her. She finally managed to stutter out a sentence.
"Then...then...h-how did my parents really die? They told me they both were in a car accident..."
Chairs materialized, and the two sat down.
"Like you, your mother was cursed with a very weak heart. Your father knew this, but he still chose to marry her. Love can be so strong sometimes. But exactly twelve years after you were born, your mother's heart gave out. After they declared her deceased, your father couldn't stand it, but he knew he had to care for you. When he was driving home, a drunk truck driver rammed into your father's car."
"So they both didn't die in a car accident?" Kina whispered her face pale.
"No, I'm sorry."