A/N: Ahh, just made it. I'm sure you guys don't mind waiting a couple of hours, I had to finnish the chapter. This ones a bit lengthy for me not the longest chapter I've evr written but rather long. I enjoyed this one a great bunch It's the one where I reveal the twist, but I won't say anything more on that subject. Please enjoy the story and tell me what you think, even if it's just "Umm...good." I just want to know. Thank You very much for reading this far Please enjoy a happy and safe Holiday Season.

Kyou stretched his arms, and turned uncomfotably in his seat, his eyes widened greatly as he felt his cousins arms wrap around his, "Why you-" he struck out feircely, but unfortunately was on the recieving end of a great deal of pain. "Man you really suck when you're asleep." He muttered to Yuki who was grinding his head into Kyou's chest, looking quite comfortable, but near ly breaking one or two ribs in the process.

Yuki's movement's suddenly stopped, and his head moved to look up at Kyou, who was completely mortified because a group of nurses had been standing in a corner watching them and...giggling. Of course Yuki noticed the cat was clearly uncomfortable with this situation, and had to make it worse. "Morning." He sighed not removing his head from Kyou's chest.

"Why you, don't you 'morning' me!" He pushed his cousin off of him. And punched out angrily. His hand was caught by one rather larger and thicker than his own. He looked to see who had gotten in his way.

A very large, bald man stood next to him. "You the boys that came in with the girl last night?" Yuki and Kyou both nodded fearfully. "I'm nurse Chuck. You can come in and see her now, but she's still asleep."

"You're a nurse?" Kyou asked in a shocked tone. To which Yuki stomped on his foot. "Oww! What the-mhur asmt fwr?!" Yuki had clamped his hand over Kyou's mouth.

"You are a stupid creature." Yuki said and then looked up at nurse Chuck, "I need to speak with my cousin for a moment please, Nurse Chuck."

"No problem, your friend's in room 124H when you're ready." Nurse Chuck retreated to an unknown place.

Yuki lead Kyou over into a nook where there were a few vending machines, the area was empty so he could speak without candor. "Miss Honda is lying in that room, right now in pretty bad condition I might add, and we've been out here acting like fools because of some ancient fairy tale. If we go in there and start to fight we'll only cause Miss Honda undue stress. So I think it would be wise, until she is better at least, for us to call a complete and total truce. Are we in agreeance?" he asked extending a hand to his cousin.

"For the first time in our lives, we've come to an understanding about something, you're on rat-boy!" Kyou said in a tone of competition, grabbing Yuki's hand and shaking it. "But I want you to understand one thing, I care about Tohru more than you ever can. We've both gotten our scars because of this curse and the family we've grown up in, yours are too deep to ever heal, Tohru would only suffer to know how you feel." Kyou didn't hold back, there was no way no how he was letting Yuki use an accident as a means to get closer to Tohru. He could just see that rat Yuki tucking her in at night kissing her forehead, it made him sick.

Yuki could only growl in responce, what Kyou said hit a pang of fear in his own heart. 00 He's right! I still haven't changed on the inside, I talk to people more, but the entire time I do my heart races, and my breath shallows. And I smile more but just for appearences. He on the other hand changes ever day when he's around her, our last real fight was over a month ago, and two weeks ago when Haru tried to start something, Kyou didn't even bat an eyelash in anger. How is it that he could heal so quickly? Aren't I the child of the rat? Aren't I the one who's supposed to be blessed, he's the one who's truely cursed, so why does he- 00

"Well aren't you coming?" Kyou said pulling at his cousins arm. "Nurse.....Chuck said we could go see Tohru, remember?"

"Oh, sorry I must have spaced out a bit." 00 Maybe he belongs with her, He's right about one thing though Tohru would only suffer with me. 00

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Tohru lie still in bed, breathing in oxygen through a tube in her nose. Kyou pushed the door open slightly and peaked his head in. After confirming that he was in the right room he pushed it open the rest of the way and walked to the bed-side. "She looks so peaceful when she's asleep." He whispered aloud.

"Yes. Just like Sleeping Beauty." Yuki said on the other side of the bed.

"It's a bit dark in here, I'm going to open the window for her." Kyou turned and started playing with the curtain strings. "Dammit which one makes these things open?" He muttered to himself.

"They're called drapes." Yuki sighed, taking the seat by the bed. "And I believe it's the one on the left there.....no your left." He bit back the urge to add 'stupid cat'.

"Okay, that should add some light." Kyou turned back around, there were no other seats so he stood by her oppisite Yuki.

Suddenly Tohru shot up in bed. "Ohmygoodness, I'm so late I have to get back and make supper!" She spurted quickly. She tried hastily to remove herself from the bed, but was stuck there because of the wires and tubes. Kyou and Yuki both without hesitation jumped at Tohru trying to calm her down and keep her in the bed so that she wouldn't hurt herself. Both boys threw their arms around her and managed to get her back into bed, then breathing rather heavily they turned and looked at each other. Both boy's eyes widened, they then turned and looked at Tohru who was also rather surprised and unsure of the situation. (8 Of course it is every girls dream to be in this situation, Yuki and Kyou hug you and they don't transform...Although I'd replace Yuki with Haru, Hatori and/or Shigure if given the choice. 8)

A/N: Oh yes, I went there, but the story will be more interesting next time, please review. I'll think of it as My Christmas present from you, instead of the holiday cash I was expecting. Also tell me what you think of nurse Chuck. I kinda like him, I thought I might put Him in a few more chapters. I modeled him after one of the guy who works at the vet hospital that helped save my doggie. I almost laughed when he walked in he was like 8' tall, thick he looked like he should have been a sumo wrestler, not a vetinary nurse.