NOTES:

Emiri-chan: Oh that's okay. My friend's dad is in Japan and he's bringing back a whole case of e-ma. She made him promise. :D

007: Oooh. I didn't know James was into slash. That's amazing. But sorry, you'll have to wait for some hott smut and you'll see why after you read this chapter. Just…don't kill me with your amazing high-tech gadgets…at least not yet. XD

YaoiKitty: Kurisu is actually based on Kristal. I figured I should give her some love and put her in my fic. And I figured she should be related to hide…because I can never remember Kyo's last name.

Shin: Oh, well, you'll feel really bad for Kei in this chapter. I don't mean to torture him…it just happens.

Essenity: …I'll have to try that…my mom watches InuYasha. It's scary sort of. She does, but I don't. I love Japan and she doesn't. But she likes some of Gackt's songs…and I'm sorry I couldn't update this before you went back to school. ;-;

Sorry that it took me so long to update. I had to save my fic to a disk and then the disk was destroyed, so I had to rewrite this whole chapter over again. So…ENJOY OR DIE. Or something. :D

Chapter Three

Kei waited until the nurse had set up the IV before he left to buy some flowers for Sho. He nodded at Kurisu as he walked past her, but could hear her heels clicking behind him. "Kei!" She called after him, finally catching up to him at the elevators. "Where are you going?"

"Out." Kei said.

"To?"

"Buy flowers for Sho." Kei replied as the doors to the elevator opened. "Sho'll be fine while I'm gone."

"I'll watch him for you!" Kurisu said as the elevator doors closed. Kei sighed and leaned against the metallic wall. Kurisu was nice enough, but she was just as clingy and annoying as her cousin Kurisutina. But he pushed her out of his mind as he walked down the unusually crowded streets of Mallepa. He knew exactly where the flower shop was, having gone there several times before. But he didn't realize that it was right next to Shinji's old bar until he noticed one of the old waiters standing outside the silver doors.

"Oh I hope Sho never sees this…" Kei muttered. The new owners of Shinji's bar had turned it into a strip club. "He'll be devastated." He then walked into the flower shop and was greeted by the owner, an elderly old man.

"Kei! Back so soon, I see." He said. "What will it be?"

"Just the usual, Tadakichi-san." Kei replied.

"I'll go get it for you." Tadakichi replied, walking into the back room. As he waited, Kei's eyes wandered over the various types of flowers and bushes in the large greenhouse. For such a large store, it didn't get much business. "So what's the occasion?" Tadakichi asked Kei as he emerged from the back room with a bouquet of lilacs.

"My friend is sick." Kei replied, pulling out his wallet to pay.

"Sho?"

"Yeah. He's in the hospital. He lost too much blood somehow."

"Oh…well, I hope he feels better!" He replied as Kei handed him enough money to buy the lilacs.

"Do you have a vase I could put these in?" Kei asked. Tadakichi just smiled and reached under the counter. He put the lilacs in it and added some water.

"Free of charge."

"Oh no, I couldn't—" Tadakichi shoved the vase in Kei's hands.

"You're a regular customer. It's the least I can do!"

"Well, alright." Kei replied, turning to leave. As he left the shop, he waved goodbye.

Kei managed to make it safely back to the third floor. He had spotted Kurisu with a nurse on his way to the elevators, but he managed to blend in with a crowd of nurses and staff. How Kurisu managed to miss the bright purple flowers he was carrying, he didn't know. He was just glad that she was in deep conversation with the nurse.

When Kei entered Sho's room, he smiled softly at the still figure lying in the bed. He set the vase down on the table and glanced at the monitors, noticing that everything seemed to be normal. He turned his attention back to Sho, who looked much better than he had a few hours before. Color had returned to his skin which made him look less like a vampire and more like an angel. Sighing softly, Kei sat down in the chair and watched Sho closely, knowing it would be a while until he could stare into Sho's eyes and whisper "I love you" softly in his ear……

It took Kurisu almost an hour to finally realize that Kei had returned from buying flowers. "Kei! You're back!" She exclaimed as she closed the door behind her. Kei flinched in response; the last time a woman had closed the door with him and Sho in the room, he had ended up getting shot and then killing the woman.

"Why did you close the door?" Kei blurted out. Kurisu stared at him for a moment, but merely smiled.

"Because I have good news." Kei's expression brightened.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yes," Kurisu replied, smiling. Kei stood up and gently held Sho's limp hand within his own. "I closed the door because Sho should be waking up in a little bit and I figured you would want some privacy. I told the nurses not to come in and if anything happens to Sho, I can take care of it. I am the doctor." Kei smiled.

"Thanks." Kei said gratefully. He turned away from Kurisu and kneeled down next to the bed, resting his head on the white sheets. "I'm sorry Sho…this is all my fault." Almost instantly, he saw Sho standing in front of him, tears streaming down his flawless cheeks.

"It's not your fault, Kei-chan, it's mine," Sho whispered, pulling him close. "I kept resisting…I was the one who kept stalling, not you. Don't blame yourself. I will have to do it sooner or later. And like you said, better sooner than later…Please don't be mad at me."

"How can I be mad at you?" Kei whispered softly. Sho merely smiled.

"Don't ask me. I'll be fine. Don't beat yourself up over something like this. It's my fault, not yours…"

"Kei?" Kurisu said in his ear. Kei's eyes shot open.

"Wh-what happened?" Kei asked, looking confused.

"You fell asleep." Kurisu told him.

"For how long?"

"Half-hour at the most…"

"And has Sho…?" Kei looked at Sho, whose lips were moving soundlessly.

"No. But he's been muttering something…" Kei leaned over Sho and listened intently. "It sounds almost like—"

"Kei." Kei whispered, brushing Sho's bangs away from his eyes. Sho moaned softly, his eyes opening. "Sho?" Sho looked up at him and smiled softly. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah. I feel a lot better," Sho replied.

"Good," Kei replied, brushing his lips past Sho's. "I'm glad." He pressed his lips against Sho's, but was shocked when Sho pushed him away angrily.

"What are you doing?" Sho hissed at him.

"I—"

"Kei-san, we met yesterday!" Kei's breath caught in his chest and his eyes widened. Kurisu turned and glared at him as he fell back onto the wall for support. Why did Sho think they had met yesterday?

"You've been lying to me?" She asked him, outraged.

"I swear I haven't been! God…why does he think we met yesterday?" Kei said, a tear sliding down his cheek. He dared a glance at Sho; he was sitting up in bed, glaring at him in disgust. Kurisu watched the pair for a moment and decided that Kei was telling the truth.

"Sho." She said, stepping towards Sho.

"Yes?"

"I'm Doctor Matsumoto. Can you please tell me what you remember before you fainted."

"Why?" Sho asked angrily.

"Because I'll be able to figure out why you fainted." Kurisu told him.

"Well, I met Kei yesterday when I was walking through my old house—a dilapidated hospital wing and I talked him out of killing himself—" Kurisu glanced at Kei, who merely shrugged as though he didn't know what Sho was talking about. Sho had stopped him from killing himself, but the little child had no idea he had done anything of the sort. "—And then the next day, we decided to take a stroll in the park to get to know each other and then I remember falling and now I'm here."

Sho glanced at Kei and caught the vampire's eye. He glared at Kei with pure hatred; Kei stifled a sob. Even Luka had never done anything like this, and Sho was more important than Luka—Sho had given him a reason to live while Luka had taken away his life. Kei made a sound between a sob and a sigh and closed his eyesb tightly.

"Amnesia." Kurisu told Kei ten minutes later out in the hall. Kei had left the room because watching Sho glare at him was slowly killing him inside. "A severe case of it, I'm afraid to say." Kei buried his face in his hands. "But you do have options…or whatever you'd like to call them. We'll talk more in my office. Follow me, please." Kei obeyed, slowly following Kurisu.

When they reached her office, Kei walked over to a chair and sat down, sighing softly. Kurisu sat down behind her desk and turned her computer on. "There are a few things you can do. For now I gave him some Tylenol and told him to get some sleep."

"Tylenol?" Kei asked.

"Yeah. Y'know, the stuff they give you when you break your bones that makes you really sleepy. I just told him it was Tylenol so he'd take it."

"So you lied to him?" Kei asked, anger in his voice.

"That's not the point, Kei!" Kurisu said.

"Sorry…my nerves are just shot at the moment…" Kei said softly.

"That's all right. Now back to what you can do for Sho," Kurisu said, staring intently at him. "First, we'll prescribe a drug he can take that will help bring his memory back. Second, you need to constantly remind Sho of what's happened in his past. Try to do things that you two have done in the past and Sho may remember. This will also help speed up the prescription, too."

"Anything else?" Kei asked sadly.

"Yes, and I'd recommend this one, too," Kurisu said. Kei leaned forward slightly. "You should have someone, most likely a registered nurse, help you take care of Sho while his memories are…"

"Lost?" Kei suggested. Kurisu smiled softly.

"You could say that." She replied. "It's interesting, his case of amnesia. He remembers how to function and do everything perfectly and the only memories missing are…" Kurisu stopped talking and Kei looked at her.

"Are what?"

"The memories he has of you." She finished softly. "It's sad in a way. The person you love the most to suddenly lose all of their memories of you…"

"So the nurse or doctor that would help me take care of Sho…they'd pretty much move in with us?" Kei asked, quickly changing the subject.

"Pretty much."

"Where would I find a registered nurse or doctor or whatever?"

"You're looking at one." Kurisu replied, turning to her computer. Kei simply looked away, not knowing what to say. "I'd have to say, Kei," Kurisu said, turning to type something into her computer. "You're handling this news very well." But when she looked up at him, she regretted saying it. Kei had his head in his hands; his shoulders were shaking violently. A sob escaped his lips. "Kei?"

"We—we've loved each other for so long, how can he j-just forget me!" Kei sobbed.

"Kei—he hasn't forgotten you! It's just the amnesia!"

"But still! He thinks we met yesterday! We met over twenty years ago!"

"You don't look that old," Kurisu said to herself. Sighing, she walked around to kneel in front of Kei. "Kei…" He looked up as she smiled softly at him. "It'll be okay." Kei threw himself into her arms, sobbing into her shoulder. He couldn't control his emotions. 'Kei-san, we met yesterday!' kept popping into his head and it was breaking his heart. Kurisu wrapped her arms around Kei, a hand running up and down his back comfortingly.

"I'm glad you were there, Kurisu." Kei managed to say once he calmed down. "If I would have just taken him home, I would have freaked out even more…"

"Kei…?"

"I'll take you up on your offer to live with us until he remembers all of his memories with me." Kei said, pulling away.

"Okay. Will you have to do any setting up a room—"

"Nope. You can sleep in my old room." Kei told her, standing up. "I…I just want to go visit him. Is that okay?"

"Sure. I'll go with you for…moral support." Kurisu said, standing up as well. "Oh, by the way. What time is it?" Kei glanced at his watch.

"About three in the morning." Kei said. "Three hours until sunrise."

"Okay……but why did you add the thing about the sunrise?" Kurisu asked.

"Oh. I take it Kurisutina didn't write that down either?" Kei asked, making up a half-lie.

"Write what down?"

"Sunlight makes Sho feverish. Me too."

"Ah. No she didn't write that down. But that happens to me, too."

"Really…" Kei said, uninterested. He followed Kurisu out of her office and down the hall to Sho's room.

"He should be asleep with the pills I gave him, but maybe not…" Kurisu said, stopping outside of the closed door. "Ready?" Kei nodded.

"Always." He whispered. Kurisu opened the door and walked in slowly. Kei followed reluctantly. If Sho glared at him one more time, his heart would break……

I'MSORRYFORTORTURINGKEIAGAINDON'TKILLMEPLEASE! And I already thought of a sequel to this fic. XD I'm amazing, aren't I? It came to me as I was wondering where I should go with this one and it hit me. So yay. The forth installment of this series of hott slash fics will actually be real once I finish some of my other fics. And of course this fic…

So review because I finally updated! HOORAY.