Tohru placed her small hand over Kyo's sweaty head. He was burning up. She
removed her hand and put a wet cloth on his head. She sat there by his
side, while Hatori checked the boy with his stethoscope. Tohru was so
worried. Se clenched her hands till her knuckles turned white. She knew she
should be at school right now, but she just couldn't leave him likes this,
so helpless and alone. Yuki had had to go to school because he had a
student council meeting. He had wanted to stay with her, but she had
insisted that he go. Hatori glanced over at her. "It's ok Miss Honda, I
think he will be just fine if we can get his temper down some. Nothing too
serious. I have to go now, I have other patients waiting, but if his
temperature goes up anymore I want you to call me right away. Give him
plenty of liquid and I'll be back in a couple hours to check on him." Tohru
nodded and Hatori left the room. Tohru watched as Kyo struggled in his
sleep tossing restlessly back and forth, moaning. It was too much for her
to take. Tears streamed down her face as she let out a sob. "Kyo, I'm sorry
I let you get sick like this!" She said as she laid her buried her head in
the bed covers. "It's all my fault, all my fault!"
Kyo saw flashes of feverish dreams. He tossed back and forth trying to clear them from his mind. He was so hot, he was suffocating, but he was too weak to get up. He thought he heard Tohru's voice. She was trying to say something to him. What was it! His mind was too weak to decipher what it was she was saying. He heard her crying, and his a shot of pain stabbed him in the heart. He had to comfort her! Why was she crying? He tried for a little longer to gain consciousness, but he felt his body give out of weakness and he slipped into dreams.
Shigure looked over at Hatori, who looked worried. If Hatori was worried, then Shigure knew something serious was going on. "Is he alright?" Hatori sighed and sat down at the table with Shigure. "Kyo's very sick, I couldn't tell Tohru this, but if his fever doesn't go down soon, he may die." Shigure looked frustrated. "Then why aren't you in there doing anything! Why don't you get him to the hospital?" Hatori stood up and began to pace back and forth. "There's nothing more that I can do. Kyo needs Tohru. I can't take him to a hospital. What if he transforms again?" Shigure was getting unusually angry. "But he could die! Aren't you going to do anything!" Hatori sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I know. But I don't think Kyo needs me right now. There's only so much medicine can do for someone."
Hatori left Shigure's house. He had to go back to Akito. Akito was also very sick right now. He was reluctant to leave Kyo in such a condition, but sometimes these things just had to be done. It was heartbreaking to see Tohru worry over him. Tohru was obviously in love with the boy and that would cause problems. How would Akito react when he found out? And what about Yuki. Yuki and Kyo were both in love with her. One of them was going to be hurt when the decision was made. Hatori just knew that it would be Yuki who would get hurt. Tohru cared a lot for both of them, but she had a special bond with the Kyo. Hatori remembered what Shigure had told him about when Tohru and Shigure first met. She had said that she had always felt sorry for the cat, and that she had decided that she wasn't going to be a dog, she was going to be a cat. Shigure had said that he had known from that moment that she was meant for Kyo.
Yuki stared across the classroom. The teacher droned on and on about something. Yuki wasn't really paying attention. He doodled on his paper absently mindedly writing Tohru's name over and over. He blushed when he realized what he had done. He quickly erased it. His thoughts were totally on Tohru. How was she? He shouldn't have came here no matter how much she begged him to go. He needed to be there with her to support her. He stood up and walked across the classroom. He was determined now. "Mr. Sohma, where are you going?" Yuki didn't answer. Instead he ran out the door and down the hallway. "Don't worry, Miss Tohru. I'm coming for you!"
Shigure was so worried. He had not been expecting something like this to happen. Kyo couldn't die, not when Tohru was so close to healing him. If Kyo could just make it through this...then maybe Tohru would be ready to see the real him.
Tohru was dreaming. In her dreams, she saw Kyo. He was lying on the ground, his beautiful red hair splashed across his face. She ran up to him. "Kyo! Kyo! You have to get up! You have to fight it! Fight it Kyo! Fight the pain!" There was no answer from the limp body. Tears splashed from Tohru's sorrowful eyes onto his pale lifeless face. She shook him trying to wake him, trying to bring him back to life. She would have gladly given her life for him. She needed him so bad. She had never realized how much he had really meant to her. How that she didn't think she could go on if he died. She couldn't make. With her mother and father gone there was already so much emptiness in her heart. She didn't know if she could take it anymore. Could she live without him? Tohru's thoughts swirled around her, until there was only one thing she knew. "Please, Kyo.....I need you....I love you!"
Kyo saw flashes of feverish dreams. He tossed back and forth trying to clear them from his mind. He was so hot, he was suffocating, but he was too weak to get up. He thought he heard Tohru's voice. She was trying to say something to him. What was it! His mind was too weak to decipher what it was she was saying. He heard her crying, and his a shot of pain stabbed him in the heart. He had to comfort her! Why was she crying? He tried for a little longer to gain consciousness, but he felt his body give out of weakness and he slipped into dreams.
Shigure looked over at Hatori, who looked worried. If Hatori was worried, then Shigure knew something serious was going on. "Is he alright?" Hatori sighed and sat down at the table with Shigure. "Kyo's very sick, I couldn't tell Tohru this, but if his fever doesn't go down soon, he may die." Shigure looked frustrated. "Then why aren't you in there doing anything! Why don't you get him to the hospital?" Hatori stood up and began to pace back and forth. "There's nothing more that I can do. Kyo needs Tohru. I can't take him to a hospital. What if he transforms again?" Shigure was getting unusually angry. "But he could die! Aren't you going to do anything!" Hatori sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I know. But I don't think Kyo needs me right now. There's only so much medicine can do for someone."
Hatori left Shigure's house. He had to go back to Akito. Akito was also very sick right now. He was reluctant to leave Kyo in such a condition, but sometimes these things just had to be done. It was heartbreaking to see Tohru worry over him. Tohru was obviously in love with the boy and that would cause problems. How would Akito react when he found out? And what about Yuki. Yuki and Kyo were both in love with her. One of them was going to be hurt when the decision was made. Hatori just knew that it would be Yuki who would get hurt. Tohru cared a lot for both of them, but she had a special bond with the Kyo. Hatori remembered what Shigure had told him about when Tohru and Shigure first met. She had said that she had always felt sorry for the cat, and that she had decided that she wasn't going to be a dog, she was going to be a cat. Shigure had said that he had known from that moment that she was meant for Kyo.
Yuki stared across the classroom. The teacher droned on and on about something. Yuki wasn't really paying attention. He doodled on his paper absently mindedly writing Tohru's name over and over. He blushed when he realized what he had done. He quickly erased it. His thoughts were totally on Tohru. How was she? He shouldn't have came here no matter how much she begged him to go. He needed to be there with her to support her. He stood up and walked across the classroom. He was determined now. "Mr. Sohma, where are you going?" Yuki didn't answer. Instead he ran out the door and down the hallway. "Don't worry, Miss Tohru. I'm coming for you!"
Shigure was so worried. He had not been expecting something like this to happen. Kyo couldn't die, not when Tohru was so close to healing him. If Kyo could just make it through this...then maybe Tohru would be ready to see the real him.
Tohru was dreaming. In her dreams, she saw Kyo. He was lying on the ground, his beautiful red hair splashed across his face. She ran up to him. "Kyo! Kyo! You have to get up! You have to fight it! Fight it Kyo! Fight the pain!" There was no answer from the limp body. Tears splashed from Tohru's sorrowful eyes onto his pale lifeless face. She shook him trying to wake him, trying to bring him back to life. She would have gladly given her life for him. She needed him so bad. She had never realized how much he had really meant to her. How that she didn't think she could go on if he died. She couldn't make. With her mother and father gone there was already so much emptiness in her heart. She didn't know if she could take it anymore. Could she live without him? Tohru's thoughts swirled around her, until there was only one thing she knew. "Please, Kyo.....I need you....I love you!"