There was a soft knock on the door. Kyo grudgingly went over to answer it. Hatori walked in without saying a word.
"Hey, no hi or anything?" Kyo didn't like being ignored. Hatori turned and gave him a look.
"Hi, now where's Shigure?" He inquired.
"In his room, I guess." Hatori hurried through the house with Kyo following. Shigure slid his door open and walked out.
"That's gotta be a record. I didn't think you drove that fast." He joked. Hatori ignored the comment.
"How's Yuki doing?"
"He's not so great. Tohru is upstairs with him." Hatori headed for the stairs. Shigure was about to follow him when Kyo stopped him.
"Where do you think you're going?" He said in a low tone. He turned back.
"Uh nowhere?" He asked.
"Right. Now tell me what's going on." Shigure let out a long sigh and took a seat.
Kyo sat as well, crossing his arms. Shigure cleared his throat before speaking.
"Yuki could be dying." He bluntly stated. Kyo stared in shock.
"What do you mean?" He demanded.
"Why are you so concerned? I thought you didn't care?" Shigure shot back. Kyo regained his composure.
"You're right, I don't care about him." Shigure looked at him suspiciously. "But what makes you think he's dying.
"Because his Aunt is having her baby two months early. And he didn't transform earlier. There are a lot of other factors involved here but those are the main ones"
Kyo stood up angrily.
"This is so stupid. He's always getting sick, so what's the big deal now?" He growled. Shigure still didn't get why he wasn't happy in some sense.
"Hmm, and here I figured you would be relieved. I mean if he does die then you won't have to see him anymore"
"Are you that dense? If he goes, then I'll never beat him. It's not right. I have to be the one that wins. It's not the same if he let some illness get the better of him."
"So you hate his guts but no one else can hurt him cause you want to. Does this make any sense at all"
"You wouldn't understand." He replied and headed upstairs.
Tohru glanced up as Hatori slide the door open and entered Yuki's room. She released Yuki's hand and stood up as he made his way over to the bed. Yuki squinted up as he came into view. He was still having a hard time breathing.
"Tohru, could you leave for awhile?" He asked her. She nodded quietly and walked out, closing the door behind her. She sat down in the hallway outside the door.
'I hope Hatori can help him. I've never seen Yuki this bad before. This seems serious considering Shigure wanted Hatori here so quickly. And he's still helping with Yuki's aunt.' She pulled her legs up and placed her chin on her knees. The idea of Yuki being this sick made her feel horrible inside. There was nothing she could do to help. She glanced over to the stairs to see Kyo standing there with his hands in his pockets. He looked up and stopped to see her staring his way. She looked upset.
He couldn't help but wonder if Shigure had told her anything. Hatori at least could be discrete. He walked over and slid down next to her. She leaned over onto his shoulder.
"I'm worried." She admitted quietly.
"You shouldn't worry about it. There's nothing anyone can do right now." He answered in a low tone. She nodded back.
Shigure came up as well and glanced over at the two sitting on the floor. He arched an eyebrow then proceeded to Yuki's room. Yuki was leaning forward, in bed. Hatori was talking to him. He had a respirator that he had brought to help him breath better.
"Why... is this...so.. bad?" Yuki asked between breaths. Hatori brought his stethoscope down around his neck.
"There are a lot of factors here. I think we should move you over to my office." He suggested.
"Does this.. have to do...with my aunt?" Yuki mentioned bluntly. Shigure and Hatori exchanged glances. Yuki caught it and let out an annoyed huff.
"Could you two...for once..stop being so secretive"
"All we have are assumptions. It doesn't mean anything." Hatori told him. Yuki was too tired to argue with them.
"So..when are we leaving?" He was starting to feel light headed from lack of oxygen. Hatori changed the setting on the respirator.
"Possibly tomorrow. Depending on how things go tonight. If nothing's improves by then, that's when we'll go." Yuki shook his head and gasped hard.
"It's not...getting any better." He started trembling. "Why haven't I...?"
"You shouldn't talk so much for now. Take it easy." Hatori warned him.
"Yes you should just sleep for now." Shigure agreed. That was advice only he could give considering how much he liked to sleep. Yuki let out one more annoyed huff before settling back down to go to bed.