Three men entered the hospital room and dismissed the nurse. Yuki looked up from the cards in his hands. The tallest man, Hoshiwara was Kyo's doctor. He was okay, but a little too unattentive in Yuki's opinion. The other tall man, Aziyago was one of the Interns on staff. He had been very helpful with Kyo's case, and had answered every question Yuki had put to him, to the best of his ability. Never brushing off the teen on the guise of being busy. The shortest man, Kimiura, was the hospital psychologist. Yuki didn't trust him. He had too many nervous wrinkles around his eyes and forehead. He never smiled and never gave a straight answer to a single question that Yuki had, nor did he give credence to the boy's concerns about his cousin.
Yuki, being the closest of Kyo's cousins, was meeting with the man almost as often as Kyo was. So far, this had consisted of very difficult questions being asked about their relationships, home life and family. Yuki was very careful with his answers and assumed the doctor took this for evasion. Which it was, but not for any reason the doctor could come up with. Yuki stood to greet the men, and Kyo finally noticed their arrival. He was more upset that the card game would now be ended prematurely.
"Hoshiwara Sensei, Kon'nichi wa. And Aziyago Sensei, how are you today? I bet you've been here all night. Kimiura Sensei, we are glad you could stop by." Yuki addressed the doctors for his sullen cousin. They both knew the men were here because Akito was coming. But, appearances must be kept up.
"Ahh, Sohma-san, how is our patient today?" Hoshiwara asked, Kyo merely glared at the man. "I understand you've been having some rough nights. Bad dreams?"
"Yes, tell me about these dreams." Kimiura asked.
"Um, we were in the middle of a game, and I was winning." Kyo stalled.
"In your dream?" Kimiura injected.
"No, now." and Kyo pitifully held up his cards in his restrained hand. It was more difficult to play this way, but they still managed. The doctors smirked at him, as Aziyago pulled Yuki aside.
"Yuki-san, could I have a word with you? If Kyo-san doesn't mind. " Kyo sighed and dropped the cards to his lap. He turned to the other doctors and began recounting his dream for them, as Yuki was dragged out with the Intern.
"Kyo-san is very nervous about this visit today, ne? I gather the game is to calm him and make it feel like just another day, eh?" Yuki nodded at him.
"I don't want him to dwell on it. The last time he got upset, he ended up throwing up what little he had eaten. What did you want to talk to me about?" He asked.
"Oh, actually I promised to introduce you to someone. Come on he's waiting." They crossed a hall and entered a lounge area. There at a table holding a cup of coffee in his hands was a very tired looking japanese man in his mid twenties, wearing the usual white pants and smock, and white shoes. He looked up when they entered.
When his eyes settled on the teen, a spark entered them. Yuki had seen this before, and was becoming wary. He crossed to the man and extended his hand.
"I am Sohma Yuki, you wanted to meet me?" And the man smiled largely.
"Yes, how do you do? I am Nijan Kano. I am your cousins overnight nurse." Yuki smiled. This man seemed to radiate caring and attention. The kind of person Kyo needed in his care.
"You are? Tell me, why is my cousin being sedated on a nightly basis? How is it no one can deal with something as simple as a few nightmares?" The questions just flowed out of the boy, and he was becoming more aggitated as he continued. The nurse was backing away now and had raised his hands in his own defense. Yuki stopped when he realized he was wagging his finger in the man's face. "I'm sorry. I guess I get a little carried away when it comes to Kyo." His face was flushed with embarassment.
"It's okay. I heard you two were close. I understand."
"No, you don't. Kyo and I have never been close. That's why I am not taking any chances on losing him. I have to make it up to him." Nijan gestured to the chair across the table. Yuki sat and Aziyago pulled a chair from another table. Nijan sat back down.
"What I wanted to ask is if you would be willing to try something to help us out. You see, the reason the doctors have had to resort to sedation, is that Kyo is beyond reason when he wakes from these dreams. I got the idea with the first bad one, when the guard who helped said that he would have been better if you had been there."
"What do you want me to do?" He asked.
"Come back tonight. Stay here and we will see if you actually help. He calls for you to help him and then when you aren't there is when he freaks. So, are you willing?"
"What makes you think he will have a nightmare tonight?" the teen quipped.
"He's had one every night so far. They just got worse over the last three days. I think it's because of this visit today. But, I still think they aren't going to stop just because the visit is over." He was looking at his coffee again.
"I'll come. If you think I can help. Now, it is getting close to the time Akito will be here, I should go back to Kyo." and he rose and exited the room.
Yuki, being the closest of Kyo's cousins, was meeting with the man almost as often as Kyo was. So far, this had consisted of very difficult questions being asked about their relationships, home life and family. Yuki was very careful with his answers and assumed the doctor took this for evasion. Which it was, but not for any reason the doctor could come up with. Yuki stood to greet the men, and Kyo finally noticed their arrival. He was more upset that the card game would now be ended prematurely.
"Hoshiwara Sensei, Kon'nichi wa. And Aziyago Sensei, how are you today? I bet you've been here all night. Kimiura Sensei, we are glad you could stop by." Yuki addressed the doctors for his sullen cousin. They both knew the men were here because Akito was coming. But, appearances must be kept up.
"Ahh, Sohma-san, how is our patient today?" Hoshiwara asked, Kyo merely glared at the man. "I understand you've been having some rough nights. Bad dreams?"
"Yes, tell me about these dreams." Kimiura asked.
"Um, we were in the middle of a game, and I was winning." Kyo stalled.
"In your dream?" Kimiura injected.
"No, now." and Kyo pitifully held up his cards in his restrained hand. It was more difficult to play this way, but they still managed. The doctors smirked at him, as Aziyago pulled Yuki aside.
"Yuki-san, could I have a word with you? If Kyo-san doesn't mind. " Kyo sighed and dropped the cards to his lap. He turned to the other doctors and began recounting his dream for them, as Yuki was dragged out with the Intern.
"Kyo-san is very nervous about this visit today, ne? I gather the game is to calm him and make it feel like just another day, eh?" Yuki nodded at him.
"I don't want him to dwell on it. The last time he got upset, he ended up throwing up what little he had eaten. What did you want to talk to me about?" He asked.
"Oh, actually I promised to introduce you to someone. Come on he's waiting." They crossed a hall and entered a lounge area. There at a table holding a cup of coffee in his hands was a very tired looking japanese man in his mid twenties, wearing the usual white pants and smock, and white shoes. He looked up when they entered.
When his eyes settled on the teen, a spark entered them. Yuki had seen this before, and was becoming wary. He crossed to the man and extended his hand.
"I am Sohma Yuki, you wanted to meet me?" And the man smiled largely.
"Yes, how do you do? I am Nijan Kano. I am your cousins overnight nurse." Yuki smiled. This man seemed to radiate caring and attention. The kind of person Kyo needed in his care.
"You are? Tell me, why is my cousin being sedated on a nightly basis? How is it no one can deal with something as simple as a few nightmares?" The questions just flowed out of the boy, and he was becoming more aggitated as he continued. The nurse was backing away now and had raised his hands in his own defense. Yuki stopped when he realized he was wagging his finger in the man's face. "I'm sorry. I guess I get a little carried away when it comes to Kyo." His face was flushed with embarassment.
"It's okay. I heard you two were close. I understand."
"No, you don't. Kyo and I have never been close. That's why I am not taking any chances on losing him. I have to make it up to him." Nijan gestured to the chair across the table. Yuki sat and Aziyago pulled a chair from another table. Nijan sat back down.
"What I wanted to ask is if you would be willing to try something to help us out. You see, the reason the doctors have had to resort to sedation, is that Kyo is beyond reason when he wakes from these dreams. I got the idea with the first bad one, when the guard who helped said that he would have been better if you had been there."
"What do you want me to do?" He asked.
"Come back tonight. Stay here and we will see if you actually help. He calls for you to help him and then when you aren't there is when he freaks. So, are you willing?"
"What makes you think he will have a nightmare tonight?" the teen quipped.
"He's had one every night so far. They just got worse over the last three days. I think it's because of this visit today. But, I still think they aren't going to stop just because the visit is over." He was looking at his coffee again.
"I'll come. If you think I can help. Now, it is getting close to the time Akito will be here, I should go back to Kyo." and he rose and exited the room.