Chapter 2

'I still can't believe Tori-kun didn't like my costume,' I thought as I scooped up a ladle of the chicken noodle soup, 'he should be feeling better after a good night sleep, ne?'

I opened the door and said softly, so I won't wake him if he was still asleep, "Ohayou, Tori-san. Are you awake?"

He looked up from his folder, "Ohayou."

"I told you to rest," I said snatching the folder and shaking my head, "here, Tori-san. I made you chicken noodle soup for breakfast. Chicken noodle is suppose to be good for cold and flus, right? I read that somewhere. But I can't remember where. Isn't that odd?"

He took the bowl and looked at it suspicious and the put a spoonful into his mouth.

I was very nervous and excited, "So? What do you think Tori-san? Is it good? Tasty? It was very hard to find a fresh chicken, you want to know how I caught it? Of course I used an ingenious plan, but then what would you expect from a genius right? Anyways, first-"

He interrupted me by spitting out a couple of feathers and asked, "What is this?"

I looked at it, "Um…is this a trick question? Because it's obviously chicken feathers from the fresh chicken I caught and put in…"

"You didn't pluck it?" he asked astonished.

"Pluck?" I asked curiously, "like how you pluck your eyebrows? I'm suppose to pluck the feathers off, one-by-one?"

"I don't pluck my eyebrows."

"Really? Because you got such perfect eyebrows," I said with a grin and added to myself, 'everything else about you is perfect too.'

"Drink your soups so you can take your medicine. It's not good to take your medicine on an empty stomach. Oooooh, it's time to take your temperature and see if you're all better. But with my good care how can you not be better," I said laughing.

He was sweating.

I placed a hand on his forehead and frowned, 'It's hot. Hotter than yesterday.'

"I'm a failure! I wanted to nurse you back to health and instead I make you more sick. Your fever is higher than yesterday," I wailed, "Tori-san, we better take you to the hospital where real, professional doctors and nurses can look after-"

I was yet again interrupted but this time by, "Ohayou gozaimasu! Is anyone home?! We came to see Hatori-kun!"

"Oooooh, guest! I'll go get them," I said jumping up and feeling all excited again.

I ran into the waiting area, "Gure-kun…"

"Aya-kun, I miss you so much."

"Not half as much as I missed you," I said and we ran towards each other with opened arms, in slow motion.

"Bakas."

But when I finally reached Shigure I ducked under his arm and ran to Yuki and grinned, "So you're here! I can't express the degree of happiness I derive from knowing you care enough about me to come all this way to see how I'm doing. I must tell you I'm doing great. No better than great. I'm doing-"

"I came to see if you killed Hatori-san yet," he stated.

"Aya-kun, can we go see Hatori-kun?" Momiji asked.

"Sure. Visiting hours are open. Follow me, right this way. Please remember to keep your voices down as to not disturb the other patients."

"Other patients? Are there other people that are sick here?" Momiji asked.

"Well, no," I admitted, "but it just sounded so right."

I slid open the door to Tori-kun's room, "Tori-san, you got visitors."

Momiji jumped onto Hatori and began bouncing on his stomach, "Hatori-kun, are you ok? Are you feeling better? When I heard you were sick I was really worried."

"Ha-san, are you really sick?" Shigure asked.

Hatori nodded.

Shigure grinned like a maniac and his eyes twinkle, "You know what you need? A NEEDLE! So where's your kit? I'll give you an injection and you'll be all better. I promise to be gentle."

"Gure-kun."

"Hm?"

"You know I love you and everything, but Tori-san's my patient!" I said taking off my clothes once again to reveal the nurse outfit from yesterday, "I'm his nurse and he's my patient. I'm not going to let you play doctor and patient with him! And if anyone's going to stick something up his a…arm, it's going to be me!"

"Poor Hatori," Yuki said sympathetically.

"Aaaaaah, nice outfit," Shigure said.

I flipped my hair and strut a little modeling it for him, "Don't you just love it?"

"I love anything on you. Although on you, less is more," he said wiggling his eyebrows suggestively, "I know! We can play doctor, nurse and patient. Won't it be fun? We can have a threesome. What do you think Ha-kun?"

Hatori who was sweating profusely got up and placed Momiji on the bed, went over and pushed Shigure and myself out of the room before sliding the door shut.

Shigure began crying as he slid the door open and said, "Sumimasen, Ha-san. I was just kidding."

~T.B.C