Chapter 17: Ice Cream Parlor Talks and Sour Tasting Lollipops
Princess Sango
Kazuki looked at now half-melting cone and started to lick the edges as Yuki just ate out of a regular cup. "So Kazuki-chan, do you like it here? What was your home like back in, where'd you come from again?"
"Kyoto daddy and I like it here a lot better since I have a daddy and other family here. What'll happen to the house back home though, mom didn't do anything to it."
Yuki smiled, "I'm sure we'll figure that out, don't worry about it. So did your mom ever talk about me? Or the curse until now?"
"Mom told me about the zodiac curse, like the story, but never about the hugging part. As well as for you, Mom told Tomiko stories about you and then Tomiko would tell me, on occasion mom would give me a story but she would end up crying, but I never understood," Kazuki told Yuki innocently.
Yuki hugged his son who he had so much in common with, "It's okay, and you'll understand when you get older. Mommy and daddy's relationship is kind of trying to even out right now, but we won't separate you from one either of us Kazuki, and if we are, you know we still love you right?"
"Yes daddy," Kazuki answered as he started coughing slightly and Yuki gently rubbed his back. Throwing out their ice creams Yuki took him to the park so they could go play somewhere.
Hatori and Tohru…
"You wished to speak to me?" Hatori asked, slightly interested.
"Hai, before Akito died, did he know about Kazuki?" Tohru asked nervously.
"No, he didn't, every Sohma had their mouths tied shut about Kazuki. Really we did, the only one who didn't know about Kazuki was Kureno and Rin, but he's practically as free as I am."
"Who are Kureno and Rin?" Tohru asked confused, she never heard those names before.
"Kureno is the rooster and Rin is the horse of the zodiac, but somehow Kureno got freed from the curse before any of us for different reasons, so now the rooster is no longer considered on the list of the Sohma curse. This year is the year of the rooster and it is yet to be the year of the dog, which Shigure was aiming for, but oh well, which means Kyo's kid is the cat, how ironic," Hatori answered in a monotone voice.
"Hatori, how bad is his condition, is it worse than you thought?" Tohru asked him slightly worried.
"The attacks are going to be stronger than Yuki's but I can assure you there is nothing to worry about. Kazuki will just have to deal with it till his body matures a little, what did you really want to talk to me about?"
Tohru looked up at Hatori straight in the eye, "Did you have a son before you and Kana got split up?"
TBC…