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A/n: Forgive me if people seem ooc, I am on medication out the wazoo due to my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday. Please review.
On w/ the story. Yay!
Silence enveloped the two for a moment until Ivy spoke up, "What, don't I get a hug from my own twin brother?"
Numbly Hatori reached out and embraced his fraternal twin sister who gave him a hug in return. Tears ran down Ivy's cheeks and onto Hatori's suit but she hastily wiped them away once the two pulled apart.
"I missed you, Haa-san." Ivy explained.
Hatori smiled slightly, remembering when they were children and Hatori went to summer camp for boys. When he returned, Ivy had flung her arms around him and cried while telling him how lonesome she had been with out him.
Hatori took a deep breath and stepped back with his hands in hers. "Let me see you. You've definitely changed Ive."
His sister laughed in response and replied that he hadn't changed a bit.
The doctor ushered his sister inside and invited her to sit down in the chair in front of his desk.
"So, Ivy, did you fall into a tackle box ear first?"
"Oh, the earrings!" Ivy laughed uncomfortably under her brother's scrutiny; "I got them pierced once for every country the tour took us to. It was the idea of some of the girls who played my sisters in the production."
"And what about the belly button ring?" Hatori questioned taking out a cigarette and lighting it up.
"I lost a bet." Ivy returned simply.
The doctor nodded and blew out some smoke. "It's been quite some time, huh? When did you get back?"
"Nine in the morning today. I took a quick nap and drank an energy drink and headed out to see ya'll."
"Ya'll?" Hatori echoed, "What the hell are you now, Ivy, an American country bumpkin?"
Ivy laughed pulling a strand of hair behind her ear. It was the same laugh Hatori remembered when they were younger but he knew that the woman he was speaking to was almost totally different.
"I've developed a taste for country music." Ivy explained with a small chuckle, "Say, rehearsals don't start until Wednesday so I was wondering if you'd like to get together with Shigure, Ayame and I tomorrow night. It'll be like old times, I promise. And then you can meet my boyfriend, Ian."
" So you got a boyfriend now, huh? Is it serious?" Hatori returned with a cocked eyebrow.
"How should I know? And don't pull that crap about if Akito would approve. I don't give a damn if he does or not."
Silence enveloped the two for a few moments with Ivy's face passive and her brother's indicating that he was not pleased with her sudden burst of independence. Finally Ivy stood up and readjusted her boa.
"Here, I got a present for you. If you change your mind on tomorrow's excursion, then here's my hotel room number. It was nice seeing you Haa-san." She explained handing him a small wrapped package before heading out the door.
After Ivy had left Hatori sat in silence, his gaze never leaving the package. Finally after a few minutes he opened it and an uncharacteristic grin spread across his face. She gave him a copy of Finding Nemo with a note attached to it:
Here's to those old wacky days in High School!
Love,
Ivy
Tohru gingerly peeked into Yuki's bedroom with a plate of onigiri for a snack.
'Good,' she thought, 'He's asleep.'
Quietly she made her way to Yuki's bed and set the plate of snacks on his dresser table. Before she left she took a long glance at Yuki, his fever had gone down in the past day and Hatori did say that food poisoning would take at least three days to be "cured". Yuki did still look rather ashen though and Tohru couldn't help the pang of guilt that ran through her.
'I'll just leave before he wakes up.' She decided to herself but as she turned to go, she felt a hand encircle hers.
"Honda- san," Yuki's voice whispered, "Why are you avoiding me?"
"Avoiding you?" She echoed nervously. The truth was that she was afraid to inflect more harm on him than she already did and she really hated to see Yuki suffer.
"Yes, avoiding me," Yuki persisted as a knock on the door sounded.
"I got to go, that's the door." She explained but Yuki put his other hand on her cheek and replied, "Let Shigure get it. I want to talk to you."
"To me?" Tohru questioned feebly.
"No, to the dust bunnies." Yuki joked. "Pull up a chair and stay for a while."
As Tohru did as she was requested to do the two could hear Shigure's jubilant cry of, "IVY!"
Yuki laughed a bit and explained to the house keeper, " Our cousin Ivy has returned home."
"Your cousin Ivy? How come I didn't meet her before? Where had she been?"
"She was on a world wide tour performing Fiddler on the Roof for two years." Yuki explained.
"Oh, is she one of the zodiac?"
Yuki shook his head, "No, but she is Hatori's twin sister. I guess that because they were together since conception, she's immune to the curse and can touch anyone, even us."
"Hatori never told me he had a twin." Tohru said quietly, taken aback.
"There's a lot about Hatori you don't know."
Tohru stood up letting go of Yuki's hand, "I better go greet her."
"She'll be here for hours. Trust me. She and Shigure are close and knowing Ivy and Shigure, they'll be talking for hours." Yuki explained and gently tugged Tohru onto the edge of his bed. "Stay," He pleaded, "It'll make both of us feel better."
Tohru smiled relieved that Yuki wasn't angry with her. "Alright," She agreed, "Just for a little while."
"Candy Land!" Shigure cried gleefully, his face lighting up with glee.
Ivy nodded with a smile happy that he liked the gift, " You like it? I thought it would help you when you have writer's block."
Shigure didn't respond, instead he showed his gratitude by reading the directions. After a while he looked up and said gleefully, "Multicolored ginger bread men guiding us! This goes right up there with high school girls!"
Ivy laughed at her cousin's statement, agreeing to play a round with Shigure after she gave her gift to Kyo.
"Please hurry, Ivy." Shigure cried as Ivy headed toward the roof, " There's a candy cane lumberjack in here!"
A/n: See what happens when I'm on pain meds? Just wait and see what Ivy has for Kyo. Forgive me if anyone is out of character… once again.
The bribe of cookies and pie still stand for reviewing.
Hope you liked this chappie!