Kuraku
Chapter 4:
A doctor's visit
Just after Kakashi fainted Taki came storming with some bandages and disinfectant.
"What happened?" she asked Iruka, after she had given him a tissues to wipe the blood off his nose and face.
She was now softly dipping Kakashi's facial wounds and caressing him like he was her own child.
Iruka stuttered a little, not knowing what to say. After all, he didn't want to betray his new friend already, but what was he supposed to say? He thought quickly, but no excuse came to his mind. Suddenly Kakashi's body tensed a bit, his eyes began moving and they opened gently into slight slits.
"I… I fell…" he said before his body went limp again, saving Iruka from the unwanted answer he had to make up.
"Come on mom, he has to see a doctor, we'll explain later" Iruka urged desperately.
"Yes, stay with him, I'll go call a doctor" she said and walked out the living room.
"It'll all work out fine Kakashi-kun, I promise!" Iruka said as he carefully stroke some rebellious strands of hair from the boy's face.
Taki called a doctor and came back. She caressed the rest of the wounds on Kakashi's face until the doorbell rang and she had to answer it.
Iruka heard an unknown voice talking to his mother and they entered the living room
"Hello Iruka-kun, I've heard your friend has fallen, I'm doctor Yamacha" he said in a friendly and trusting tone.
"Let's have a look at him, shall we?" he stated more then asking.
He looked at the caressed wounds on Kakashi's face.
"You've done a good job, Mrs Umino," he said gently. "Now Iruka, did your friend said any specific place it hurted before he fainted?" he asked calmly.
"Uhm no, but I saw him having trouble breathing" Iruka said worriedly.
"Ah, let's take a look at his lungs then" the doctor said, more to himself then to his worried audience.
The doctor lifted Kakashi's shirt up to his chin, got his stethoscope from his pocket in the white doctor's coat he was wearing and examined the boy's chest.
The chest had a few scraps on some spots.
The doctor listened carefully to the sounds coming from his patient. When the cold stethoscope made first contact with the warmth of Kakashi's skin, he shivered, but continued his unconscious state.
The doctor mumbled something inaudible and pulled his stethoscope away again. He slowly stroked his hands over Kakashi's chest, feeling every little bump and hole.
"Yes, yes…" he mumble again.
"Doctor? Is it serious?" Taki asked.
"Um, well, it's okay, he only bruised a few of his ribs. He's really tough. He has gotten quite a hit, I can tell. He should be happy with this kind of light damage" the doctor explained.
Kakashi's eyes opened slowly into little slits again. Looking at the bright side of the outside world he closed them quickly again. After repeating this progress a few times he opened his eyes fully, but still looking oddly tiredly at them.
Kakashi's head hurted and an echo kept repeating itself:
"You keep it, you're my friend, I couldn't take money from you" Iruka smiled wider, his eyes becoming slits and he blushed lightly, like he did every time he smiled.
"Thanks, I won't forget this…" and with that Kakashi fainted.
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"You keep it, you're my friend, I couldn't take money from you" Iruka smiled wider.
"Thanks, I won't forget this…" Kakashi fainted.
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"You keep it, you're my friend…" Iruka smiled wider.
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"…You're my friend…" Iruka smiled wider.
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"…You're my friend…" Iruka smiled.
"…You're my friend…"
"…You're my friend…"
"Kakashi?" a voice called out and Kakashi landed back in reality.
"Kakashi, how are you?" a friendly voice asked, a man's voice, a voice he hadn't heard before.
Kakashi's vision was blurred and he rubbed his eyes slowly trying to focus on the more clearer forming person at his side.
He saw an old, gentle looking man with glasses, wearing a big white coat. Next to him was Iruka, worry still written all over his face.
"Hello Kakashi, don't leave us alone again" the doctor said a bit sternly.
He felt his head spin and it made him quite dizzy. He had such a headache, it hurted when he breathed and above all that, he felt terribly sick in the stomach.
"I'm… I'm gonna… I think… I need to… puke," he said, feeling too dizzy to look up
"I'll get you a bucket" Taki fled quickly to the kitchen.
The doctor looked at Kakashi's dark eyes and pupils. Felt his forehead and got to his conclusion.
"On top off all your other injuries you have a mild concussion" the doctor said and shook his head
"What… What have I damaged more?" Kakashi said trembling, he wasn't afraid or anything, but he just couldn't control his voice yet.
Taki now came in the room again, holding a little bucket in her hand, as she placed the bucket next to Kakashi.
"You have a few scrape's on your face, a mild concussion as I've said already and a few bruised ribs, nothing too serious" the doctor ended with a sigh.
"You've been lucky, though. You've fallen hard and you should be lucky you don't have serious head wounds and broken ribs" the doctor explained, smiling.
"What happened anyway?" he directed the question more to Iruka then to Kakashi, but Kakashi was the one who answered it.
"Do you know the little cliff next to that road which leads to that mountain?"
"Yes I know it."
"Well we were playing tag and I suddenly slipped and fell off, as far as I can remember Iruka-kun came and got me up upon the road again and he helped me walk to his home" Kakashi told his just thought up story and Iruka nodded in silence
Where had that kid learned to lie like that? Iruka asked himself.
"Then were did you got your nosebleed from?" Taki asked her son.
"Um, ah, at the end of the climb down to get Kakashi-kun up again, I fell too, although it wasn't far down" Iruka lied.
"Well, in a few weeks you'll be totally fine again, just take it easy and don't move to much and fast either, your head won't like it" the doctor helped him slowly up.
Iruka watched them still worried.
The doctor stood up and wanted to walk out.
"Remember what I said Kakashi, don't be too suborn and ignore it" the said sternly.
"That was all I could do," he smiled friendly, "If you have any problems furthermore, just come and see me" and with that Taki lead the doctor out the door.
"Sorry for making you lie for me…" Kakashi apologised.
"It's okay, I won't tell anyone, trust me" Iruka gave the boy a large smile.
"I do already" Kakashi joined his new friend in his large smile.
"So…" Taki came walking in again "I guess we'll walk you back to your house Kakashi, I think your parents are really concerned with you."
It was only then that both boys felt their stomach grumble. Time had past by faster then they had expected and when Iruka looked at the clock in their living room he saw that it was already past noon.
"I guess so" Kakashi said, pain of loneliness flashing through his eyes.
"Mom, can't we eat first? I'm really hungry" Iruka said at bit whiny.
"Okay, but after it we'll go see your parents Kakashi" Taki told the boys.
Kakashi was a bit afraid that his parents wouldn't open the door at his front door. Sure his parents had hired assistants to keep the house clean, a gardener to keep their big garden neat and they even had a butler, but all these people were at his house for the money. If Taki-san would ring at their door, the butler would open it. She would probably ask to see his parents and then his butler would probably ask her name and purpose for a meeting. He would look at his parent's agenda and pick a date next year when she could come and talk to his parents.
That was one thing he preferred not to let happen as an actual event.
"Uhm Taki-san?" the silver-haired boy asked.
"Mmm?" they had moved to sit in the kitchen, as Taki was preparing lunch.
"Well, when I talked to my mom last night, she said that she and my dad would be gone this afternoon" Kakashi announced doubtful.
He didn't knew if it was the best thing to lie to the caring mother, but he saw no other way except the hard truth.
"Ow and when would they be back?" Taki asked surprised.
"Uhm they didn't know" he lied.
"Oh, but what about you then? Tomorrow school begins again. Won't they be worried about you going to school alone?"
"Oh no, they've hired someone to look after me tomorrow" he smiled falsely.
"But that means you'll be home all alone tonight" she said becoming a bit worried.
"Ah, don't worry, I'll manage" he waved his hand indicating he really didn't care.
"Well at your present state, I can't let you be alone," she told him "I don't think any good mother could leave you alone tonight" she added.
That hit him hard, but he couldn't let them notice. It would only provoke questions.
"Really Taki-san, you've already given me to much! I can't accept sleeping here another night" the boy said polite.
"Well at least stay with us tonight, so that I know for sure that you won't get hurt without anyone nearby to help you" she said almost pleading.
"I…I…" she gave him irresistible puppy-eyes, as like his friend sitting next to him.
"Alright, but only if you two stop staring at me like that" he looked down, defeated.
"Good, we'll walk you home around nine, is that okay with you?" she said, maybe the boy wanted to stay up later, but his nod made it clear that he really didn't cared.
A silence settled, no one really willing to talk, but it was broken shortly after Taki had finished making lunch.