I haven't been writing for a while. Sorry. I had really problems with this chapters. Now if ever I am out of ideas. I do have one chapter finished but that is something I will spare for later.
And yea – merry Chirstmas, even though it's July xD
Chapter 32 – Merry Christmas!
There was snow everywhere in Japan, also in the hospital of Kuroshima. This day had been awaited here for God's know how long.
The Christmas day.
Morning came...
Jakotsu ran through the ward, opening every patient rooms and shouted:
"It's Christmas! Get up! Up, up, up!"
"Arrh..." Miroku mumbled. "Why so early? It IS Christmas after all..."
Inuyasha, too, got up, looking a bit grumpy, until... he remembered the letter Kagome had put next to his letter on the branch. Miroku started changing his clothes, but as Inuyasha slept in the same clothes he wore at daytime, he just walked out from the room.
The boy peeked out from the doorway to the corridor, checking the way both directions. He simply didn't want to meet Jakotsu now. He wanted to spend a nice Christmas (which hadn't happened in years), but he knew that if he bumped in Jakotsu with no nurses around, that would lead to a battle, and that would lead to a wonderful Christmas strapped in bed.
Inuyasha didn't know where to go. He just stood at his room's doorway, looking around. Miroku came to him and could make out what his friend was thinking about.
"Should I get Mitsuhiro?"
Inuyasha turned hid eyes at his friend and nodded.
And so Miroku walked through the ward all the way to the office – but he wasn't there!
"Where's Mitsu?" Miroku asked.
"At the medicine room", Kaede answered. "Why?"
Miroku didn't answer, but got on his way towards the medicine room. He knocked it's door and got in.
"Hello, Miroku", the man greeted. "And merry Christmas!"
"Thanks", Miroku nodded. "I came here to ask you to go to to Inuyasha. He's a bit upset since he really doesn't want to get molested by Jakotsu."
"I see... Well I sure understand him."
"You'll do it?"
"Absolutely."
Miroku got on his way, and Mitsuhiro returned to his work for a while. When he was finished, he headead to his own patients's room and knocked the door. He came in and saw something he was actually pretty surprised of...
Miroku was reading a book, yea, that was what he did all the time, but now he read it aloud and Inuyasha was sitting on his bed in his dog-pose, listening carefully. As the man came in, both turned towards him.
"Nice to see you're having a good time", Mitsuhiro grinned. "But. Inuyasha, thank Miroku, as he came to tell me that you want someone for you for this Christmas to protect you from Jakotsu."
Inuyasha stared at him.
"So, boys. Come. We'll be opening the presents!"
Miroku was expecting Inuyasha wouldn't care, but Mitsuhiro knew he was excited. The boy knew there was this card for him, from his family. But what he didn't know what actually was inside the envelope.
It took a while before until all the patients and nurses were gathered in the living room, some people sitting on the couch, some around the table behind it, someone even on the floor.
Inuyasha was sitting on the other side on the couch, with both Mitsuhiro and Kaede by his side.
Reiki the nurse student was there, spending her first Christmas at work. Wearing a Christmas hat, she sat under the Christmas tree, starting to give out the presents.
Kagome got her letter. After seeing the scrubby writing that said "InUyasHa", Kagome couldn't help but grin a bit. But when she opened the letter, her eyes widened, and she blushed. Oh that adorable, child-like drawing, which, obviously, Inuyasha had drawn. She knew he had done his best, since his hands were shaking almost all the time.
But what really touched her, was the text "I like you", but it wasn't written by Inuyasha, she could tell that. But written or not, she knew it came from him.
Kagome turned her face towards Inuyasha. The boy turned at her. They stared at each other, when Kagome slowly got closer to him. She knew you had to always be careful with him. And when she got to him, she opened her arms and hugged him. Inuyasha's eyes widened, but he closed his eyes and his ears went drooping. Kagome could tell he was nervous – his heart was pounding.
After the hug, Kagome reached for the tree, grabbed the letter from the branch and handed it over to Inuyasha. Inuyasha took it and was happy to finally able to read what was written on it – his name, "Inuyasha".
He opened it.
His ears shot up. He started sniffing the photo. A photo of his beloved Dad and dear big brother Sesshomaru. There was some writing on the corner. Although he couldn't read it, he could guess they were their autographs. And how? When he sniffed closely the writing, he could recognise their scents. "Daddy", "Sesshomaru"... But even if he could recognise the last name, he couldn't be sure if he was smelling correct. "Kagome?" could it be?
It had to be.
So now it was Inuyasha's time to reach towards Kagome. And hug her. Kagome had never blushed this much. She could hear the boy whimper. Kagome smiled and stroke the boy's silky hair.
There were only a few more presents left under the tree. Mitsuhiro took one, read the tag...
"Inuyasha..." he said, but didn't smile. He sighed and rolled his eyes. No-one in the room couldn't even guess what this was about.
Inuyasha opened the gift... OMG! A six-pack on Moutain Dew! Inuyahsa took one of them and started drinking.
But why was Mitsuhiro reacting like that?
"This is from Jakotsu", Mitsuhiro pet Inuyasha's back. The boy's eyes wided in horror and he spurted the soda out from his mouth, hacking.
But why Inuyasha could smell who was his photo present from, but not this Jakotsu's? Because as Jakotsu wasn't allowed to go near scissors, Mitsuhiro had to wrap the six-pack. So Inuyasha could smell only Mitsuhiro's scent.
"Aw c'mon, Inuyasha", Mitsuhiro sighed, sitting next to Inuyasha, on his bed. "You shouldn't be so proud and reject the soda just because it was from Jakotsu. If it was from me, you would maybe have drank all of them by now!"
Inuyasha seemed really grumpy – like he had been humiliated. That insane, crazy gay-guy had just tried to inveigle him with a six-pack on the best drink on earth!
Even though Inuyasha adored Mountain Dew, he didn't want to drink a drip of that Jako-poisoned goo. And so the six-pack was put on the living room's table, so that all the others who wanted to have a one, could. Even though all the patients of this ward hated Jakotsu more or less, others weren't as childish as Inuyasha, and drank the soda with pleasure.
The day went by, calm and peaceful, with great Christmas spirit. There were different nurses in three shifts during the day, but Mitsuhiro was there all day, for Inuyasha. He knew the boy needed him now more than ever, to make sure his Christmas would be spent 100% well this time.
And they succeeded. This was the best Christmas for Inuyasha for years.
