CHAPTER 10
Shigure hang up the receiver. Yes, he got the telephone company to fix it yesterday. Somehow, the phone call just now disturbed his mind. What happened? How could this be true? She is such a responsible person that he is sure she would not do such a thing. Maybe she...
"Youngsters nowadays..." Shigure spoke to himself.
"What are you grumbling about?"
"Ah, kyon kyon, good morning!"
"YOU AND THAT SNAKE!!! DON'T CALL ME BY THAT NAME!!!!!" Kyo shouted across the fridge while his hand is busy opening the new milk carton that he bought last evening. Oh well, no one does the grocery in this house except for him. If he doesn't buy anything home, Shigure might have starved to death few months ago.
"Sigh... young people nowadays... you should be frank to me! We are relatives after all, aren't we?" Shigure finished with an evil wink, looking straight at Kyo.
"WHAT!? Why are you looking at me with that perverted look!?"
"Didn't I tell you just now? You should be frank. Everyone will know sooner or later anyway... hm... poor Kagura..."
"What? I have no idea what the heck you are saying. And why does all this crap you were talking about have to do with that boar?" Kyo asked curiously while holding his breath, which is an attempt not to blow up in front of Shigure. He had had enough of Shigure. As most of the family members know, Kyo hates to be asked to guess anything. He just doesn't have the patience and like the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.
"Sigh. You are such a S-L-O-W person, aren't you? You sent Tohru home yesterday, didn't you? But this morning Uotani called saying that Tohru did not return to the hostel yesterday. So what else? I am sure you took her to the hotel... you must have made her 'overworked' that she's not able to get up ne? You naughty cat~"
"She's missing and you came up with that excuse!? Don't tell me you told that to the yankee!!? She'll come after me!"
"Ohohohoho~ then I wish you the best of luck, Kyo-kun~~~"
"Hey Shigure, this is no laughing matter! Where is Tohru? I saw her board the bus last night. After the bus was out of sight then only I walked home. Did she overslept and miss the station? Or maybe it's too dark she can't see well?"
"I don't think so." Suddenly Shigure's expression changed. His happy-go-lucky nature no longer showing its face and his teasing with Kyo ended there. It was replaced by a serious expression.
"You know where she went?" Kyo asked, surprised.
"From the conversation you had with her yesterday, couldn't you guess? I believe there's only one answer."
"What? What do you mean? I don't un—"
"Shigure" A deep voice called out.
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"YUKI!!!"
Momiji screamed his name when they saw Yuki lying on the hospital bed.
"Please don't make any noise. He's asleep now and needs sufficient rest. He was barely conscious when passers-by found him lying on the road." The nurse warns.
"Yes... I'm sorry."
"Hatori, what happened?"
"I don't know. I was called by the hospital this morning saying that maybe a relative is in the hospital. They couldn't identify Yuki because he has no documents or identification with him. Luckily he has this picture with him." Hatori took out a picture of Ayame, himself and Shigure.
"One of the doctors here is my ex-classmate. He can recognize me in the picture and contacted me."
"But what happened to Yuki? Did he run away from the main house?" Hatsuharu look on with a worried Momiji.
"I don't know about that either. We will just have to wait for Yuki to wake up and then hear what he says."
"But Hatori, he is seriously injured, isn't he?" Momiji was near tears.
"I have asked the doctor that took a medical check up on Yuki. His left leg was fractured. Probably something heavy fell on his leg and the impact fracture his bone. He has some internal injuries in his abdomen and bruises on his body. From his condition, he hasn't been eating anything much."
Kyo was silent all this while. He watched as Yuki sleeps on. Perhaps he has never liked that rat that he grew up with but watching him lying on the hospital now gave him heartache. In fact, he felt sympathetic towards him. Kyo reflects on what happened this morning. Things happened so fast. He wasn't given any time to finish his sentence when Hatori rushed in and announced that they have to get ready to go to the hospital. In his car waiting were Haru and Momiji. Hatori said that someone found Yuki and he's in the hospital currently but he couldn't be sure because he hasn't been there yet. In fact, he wanted to be sure that the person mentioned by the hospital is Yuki before he informs Ayame, which Hatori did after confirming it was Yuki.
Shigure hang up the receiver. Yes, he got the telephone company to fix it yesterday. Somehow, the phone call just now disturbed his mind. What happened? How could this be true? She is such a responsible person that he is sure she would not do such a thing. Maybe she...
"Youngsters nowadays..." Shigure spoke to himself.
"What are you grumbling about?"
"Ah, kyon kyon, good morning!"
"YOU AND THAT SNAKE!!! DON'T CALL ME BY THAT NAME!!!!!" Kyo shouted across the fridge while his hand is busy opening the new milk carton that he bought last evening. Oh well, no one does the grocery in this house except for him. If he doesn't buy anything home, Shigure might have starved to death few months ago.
"Sigh... young people nowadays... you should be frank to me! We are relatives after all, aren't we?" Shigure finished with an evil wink, looking straight at Kyo.
"WHAT!? Why are you looking at me with that perverted look!?"
"Didn't I tell you just now? You should be frank. Everyone will know sooner or later anyway... hm... poor Kagura..."
"What? I have no idea what the heck you are saying. And why does all this crap you were talking about have to do with that boar?" Kyo asked curiously while holding his breath, which is an attempt not to blow up in front of Shigure. He had had enough of Shigure. As most of the family members know, Kyo hates to be asked to guess anything. He just doesn't have the patience and like the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.
"Sigh. You are such a S-L-O-W person, aren't you? You sent Tohru home yesterday, didn't you? But this morning Uotani called saying that Tohru did not return to the hostel yesterday. So what else? I am sure you took her to the hotel... you must have made her 'overworked' that she's not able to get up ne? You naughty cat~"
"She's missing and you came up with that excuse!? Don't tell me you told that to the yankee!!? She'll come after me!"
"Ohohohoho~ then I wish you the best of luck, Kyo-kun~~~"
"Hey Shigure, this is no laughing matter! Where is Tohru? I saw her board the bus last night. After the bus was out of sight then only I walked home. Did she overslept and miss the station? Or maybe it's too dark she can't see well?"
"I don't think so." Suddenly Shigure's expression changed. His happy-go-lucky nature no longer showing its face and his teasing with Kyo ended there. It was replaced by a serious expression.
"You know where she went?" Kyo asked, surprised.
"From the conversation you had with her yesterday, couldn't you guess? I believe there's only one answer."
"What? What do you mean? I don't un—"
"Shigure" A deep voice called out.
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"YUKI!!!"
Momiji screamed his name when they saw Yuki lying on the hospital bed.
"Please don't make any noise. He's asleep now and needs sufficient rest. He was barely conscious when passers-by found him lying on the road." The nurse warns.
"Yes... I'm sorry."
"Hatori, what happened?"
"I don't know. I was called by the hospital this morning saying that maybe a relative is in the hospital. They couldn't identify Yuki because he has no documents or identification with him. Luckily he has this picture with him." Hatori took out a picture of Ayame, himself and Shigure.
"One of the doctors here is my ex-classmate. He can recognize me in the picture and contacted me."
"But what happened to Yuki? Did he run away from the main house?" Hatsuharu look on with a worried Momiji.
"I don't know about that either. We will just have to wait for Yuki to wake up and then hear what he says."
"But Hatori, he is seriously injured, isn't he?" Momiji was near tears.
"I have asked the doctor that took a medical check up on Yuki. His left leg was fractured. Probably something heavy fell on his leg and the impact fracture his bone. He has some internal injuries in his abdomen and bruises on his body. From his condition, he hasn't been eating anything much."
Kyo was silent all this while. He watched as Yuki sleeps on. Perhaps he has never liked that rat that he grew up with but watching him lying on the hospital now gave him heartache. In fact, he felt sympathetic towards him. Kyo reflects on what happened this morning. Things happened so fast. He wasn't given any time to finish his sentence when Hatori rushed in and announced that they have to get ready to go to the hospital. In his car waiting were Haru and Momiji. Hatori said that someone found Yuki and he's in the hospital currently but he couldn't be sure because he hasn't been there yet. In fact, he wanted to be sure that the person mentioned by the hospital is Yuki before he informs Ayame, which Hatori did after confirming it was Yuki.