Times of worry

I don't know why, but I care for you. My feelings are bound to your happiness.

He lay so still. Not a word formed on his lips. His skin where pale, his mouth slightly open. His eyes where closed, and his hands lay lifeless on top of the bed sheets.

"Domeki" Watanuki said looking at his friend. His gritted his teeth together and looked at the nurse. "Will he be fine? How serious is it?"

"He is seriously hurt" The nurse looked at Watanuki with caring eyes. "We don't know if he will recover again"

Watanuki felt sadness fill his entire body. Tears sprung to his eyes, and he wept. Himawari-chan holding him. Together they wept for their friend, Watanuki and Himawari-chan. If this had been yesterday Watanuki would have fainted by the thought of having Himawari-chan hug him. But at that moment he didn't care the slightest.

"The weird thing is that he didn't have wounds nor does it appear to bee any medical reason for his state" The nurse said looking at Domeki. "We do not find anything wrong with him except for the fact that he is dying"

"How do you know that if you don't find anything wrong with him!" Watanuki didn't mean to sound angry, but his body was welling up with emotions that was hard to control.

"His heart beat is so slow. It's almost non-existent. It it's a miracle that he is alive now having that slow a heart rhythm. He must be a really strong person, this Domeki-kun" The nurse said. She was used to this kind of emotional explosions. She had seen it so many times before.

"Its hitsuzen" Yuuko said looking at the red eyed Watanuki standing in front of her. "Its fate"

"I don't care if its fate. What good can come out of Domeki dying?" Watanuki said looking angry at the witch in front of him.

"I didn't say that fate always is good" Yuuko said seating herself at the table. "Fate is something neither good nor evil. Few people notice fate. You are one of those few"

"Stop the riddles. Are there a way to save him" Watanuki said sick of hearing stuff he didn't understand anyway. The important thing was to save Domeki.

"Can you think what the reason for Watanukis state may be? Yuuko said smoking her pipe.

"No, the nurse said he looked perfectly fine. I don't know what stupid thing that moron might have done to…" Watanuki stopped. "Spirits?"

"Yes, a spirit. It attacked him. It attacked a person that could exorcise it. It would have to be awfully strong to manage that" Yuuko said blowing smoke out of her mouth.

"But spirits aren't attracted to him. It's me they are after, not Domeki" Watanuki looked at the chains of smoke filling the room.

"You gave him that spirit" Yuuko said putting her pipe down at the table.

"Me?" Watanuki looked confused. "When?"

"When the three of you ate the bento for lunch the other day" The witch said leaning closer towards Watanuki.

"But we have had lunch together many times, this haven't happened before" Watanuki looked at the witch with eyes of questions.

"He bit you didn't he?" Yuukos face close to Watanukis.

"I… I reached for the sushi inside his mouth, and he…" Watanuki held his hand up. The bite marks where faint but they where there, a light shade of red on his white hand. "Are this supposed to happen?" I am responsible for Domekis state, Watanuki thought, sorrow filling his heart. As many times before Domeki had become the victim because of him.

"When he bit you he swallowed a little amount of blood along with the sushi. To little for him to notice, but enough for it to travel around his veins, mixing itself with his own blood. Now he had also become the target of spirits. And so he attracted them. The weak spirits didn't contact him because they knew of his powers to exorcist. But when a strong one saw him, it couldn't resist and attacked him" Yuuko looked at Watanuki who looked down at his feet. Something shining in his eyes.

"So it's my fault" Watanuki looked up. "Is it my fault he is dying?"

Yuuko didn't answer. She wasn't the person who told you what you wanted to hear. She didn't tell you what you didn't want to hear either. She told you what was necessary, nothing more. To keep the balance.