"What are you looking at?" He demanded.
"Have a nice night?" Hatori asked sarcastically. Kyo wasn't sure what he was talking about until he noticed Tohru still sleeping next to him. He shook his shoulder, waking her up. She looked up at Hatori.
"How's Yuki?" Was the first thing she asked him.
"He hasn't gotten much better. I'm taking him to my office today. The best thing for you to do is just go to school and get your mind off all of this." He suggested. Tohru looked down and let out a quiet sigh.
Kyo stood up and headed to his room. Tohru went downstairs to get breakfast ready. Shortly after she got down there Kyo came down in his school uniform. For the first time, Tohru noticed that she was still in her clothes from last night. Shigure stumbled out in a mess. He let out a yawn.
"Oh that's attractive." Kyo muttered as he went into the fridge for some milk.
"Breakfast will be ready in a while." Tohru announced. Shigure gave her a smile in response. Hatori walked in as well. Compared to Shigure, he looked pretty together. Even with the fact that he had been up all night with Yuki.
Once Tohru had breakfast done she headed upstairs to bring Yuki some food. Once Shigure was more coherent he turned to Hatori.
"So do you need me to help you with Yuki later?"
"If you want to come along, I don't care." Was the response.
"I'll go too. Besides I don't have anything else to do today." He remarked. Kyo and Hatori both gave him a look.
"Oh really?" Kyo muttered under his breath.
"Are you sure your editor would agree with that?" Hatori mentioned.
"She'll be fine, don't worry"
"I'm glad I'm not the one who has to face her." Hatori took a sip of his tea.
Once Tohru and Kyo headed off to school, Shigure and Hatori went back to Yuki's room. He wasn't any better.
"Are you ready to go?" Hatori asked him. The three of them headed down the stairs. A couple of stairs to the bottom, Yuki's legs went out from under him. Hatori moved fast and kept him from falling the rest of the way.
"He's getting worse. We need to hurry." He informed Shigure. He nodded back and took Yuki from him. They got to the car and Shigure placed Yuki in the front seat. He was still awake but wouldn't be for much longer. Hatori started up the engine.
Despite her efforts, Tohru couldn't concentrate on her school work. She wanted to know what was going on back home. She glanced over at Kyo. Even he seemed to be distracted. He was staring out the window at nothing in particular. The bell rang for lunch. At least the day was half over. Uo walked over to Tohru but she wasn't paying attention.
"Hello, Tohru? Are you in there?" She asked her. She smiled up at her.
"Oh yeah sorry, I was thinking too hard"
"Well apparently you're not the only one." Uo noticed Kyo not moving from his seat. "And here I thought he never was serious." She joked. She walked over and slapped him over the head. His face hit the desk top. He stood up right away to face her.
"What kind of crap are you trying to pull?" He hollered at her.
"Nothing, just wondered if I could slap the orange off your head." She explained. He growled and turned away from her.
"Just leave me alone." He snapped as he stalked off.
"Well that was interesting." Hana mentioned as Tohru and she got over to Uo. "He didn't bother fighting much with you this time did he"
"Yeah, weird. And the prince isn't here either. So what's going on?" Uo turned to Tohru. She wasn't sure what to say.
"Oh well, um...Yuki is at home. He's sick." She explained.
"Really? I don't think he's ever missed a day." Uo pointed out.
"Yes, I find that very strange." Hana commented. Tohru just laughed quietly.
"Well everyone gets sick." She told them. Uo ran a hand through her hair and let out a sigh.
"Hey I'm starved. Let's eat." She decided.
Hatori closed the door to the room Yuki was in and walked over to Shigure. He was standing by the window, smoking. He turned as Hatori came closer.
"So is everything okay?" He asked.
"Yes for now. I gave him a steroid shot and he's doing a breathing treatment. That's all I can do for now. I don't know if anything will change for now. This is a pretty serious episode for him." He answered.
"So if you're here..." Shigure started.
"I have a nurse handling my other case. I'm expecting her here in awhile." Shigure gave him a look.
"So you have a new nurse? When did this happen?"
"I've needed some help for a couple of weeks now. Everyone's been having problems it seems. I don't know if it has to do with the time of year or what." He explained.
"Who else has been sick"
"Not so much sick. Fainting spells, headaches, someone passed out. A couple of bad stomach cramps. But it comes and goes. Usually it only lasted a couple of hours."
"Who's been sick so far?"
"Hastuharu, Ritsu, Hiro, and Kisa. No one's had a problem since then except for Yuki." Shigure finished his cigarette.
"So do you have any idea what's going on?" Hatori heard the outer door open behind him.
"No I really don't. Also, my nurse doesn't know anything yet so keep it quiet." Just as he finished his statement a pretty blond walked in.
"Hey, the baby is doing great. How's everything here?" She asked then stopped when she saw Shigure there.
"On, I'm sorry I didn't know you had company." She apologized.
"Don't worry about it, this is Shigure. Shigure this is Ryana." He introduced them. She bowed quietly.
"It's nice to meet you." Shigure nodded back to her.
"If you don't mind I had some mail I was hoping you could take out for me." Hatori mentioned, grabbing the small pile of mail off his desk. Once she was gone he turned back to Shigure. He was giving him a funny look.
"What?"
"You never said she was cute? And everyone thinks I'm soo bad." He laughed. Hatori just let out a frustrated sigh.
"I'm going to see how Yuki's doing. I'm sure your editor is going crazy by now." He said, hinting at Shigure heading home.