"It'll get tore up… Whether I do it or not. They're not gonna ask questions... just fuck up things like they always do," he complained as he ate the fish that she'd brought him quickly, eating as if he hadn't been fed in days.
She looked to him sadly before kneeling in front of him petting his cheek softly. "... I'm working on it Kyou-kun I really am..." Her voice was filled with sadness now she couldn't even look at him.
Softly nodding, he continued to eat what she'd brought him before sitting the empty dishes to his side and grabbed the blanket, drawing it up around himself. She petted his head softly before she picked up the dish. "... What do you want me to make you tomorrow night?"
"Anything is better than the crap they call food..." he said softly as he covered up in the warmth of the blanket, a very slight smile spreading over the typically hateful, saddened look of his face.
She nodded lightly as she kissed his forehead. "I should get going so you can rest and let the food settle." She stood slowly her eyes hidden in darkness as she headed for the entrance.
Kyou slowly took the glass of warm tea and half of a pill that Hatori held out to him, taking the pill with the tea. "Tohru... thank you," he whispered as he lay down, the pill kicking in quickly, sending him to sleep. She nodded sadly as she walked out of the cage her head low all of this was emotional for her to see him like this night after night she went to bring him food.
Hatori, walking out behind her, locked the cage back and placed a hand on her shoulder. "He's very grateful to you, you know... But he doesn't like to see you upset, that's why he tries not to show his pain..."
She pulled away from him as she headed back toward the room they shared. "... I need to break the curse so he won't suffer anymore..." Hatori's head glanced back at the cage a bit before his head shook and he started walking towards his home once more. She slide the door open as she went to her little spot in the room laying on her sleeping bag not even bothering cover up. Slowly he walked in and shut the door behind him, moving towards his bed.
"Do I have to take the pill Hatori-san...?" Her voice was soft as she spoke her eyes focused on the ceiling.
"Only if you have a hard time sleeping... they're in the top, right drawer of my desk and there is some hot tea in the coffee pot."
She nodded slowly as she turned looking back to him. "... Am I giving Kyou-kun and you false hopes of breaking the curse...?"
"I can't say... you believe you can, and Kyou believes you can... it's possible that you could be the one to finally break it, no one can say if you could or can't."
She nodded faintly as she rolled onto her side looking to the wall. "... I'm going to talk to Akito-sama tomorrow to see if he can tell me anything..." He nodded softly and looked down at her, his head tilting a bit. "... I think I might make Kyou-kun some ramen noodles he'll want something nice and warm..." She smiled faintly.
Nodding softly, he rolled over and curled his arms under his pillow, closing his eyes a bit. "You can in the morning and I'll take it to him."
"What if the others see you though... Won't you get in trouble with Akito-sama?" She looked to Hatori-san now.
"I'll tell them it has medicine in it to keep him from getting sick and they will not ask questions. They want him to suffer, not necessarily die." She nodded slowly as she stood up heading over to the kitchen part of the room as she started to get a stew ready. His eyes closed, he slowly slipped off to sleep once more, finishing off the rest of his sleep that he hadn't got when he went to the cage with her. She stayed up still into the night after she had the ingredients mixed together she set the pan on the stove putting it on simmer to keep warm. She looked to the pill that he left out for her she poured her self a cup of tea taking the pill. She closed her eyes halfway her body was really warn down from being under so much pressure as she slowly made her way to her bed she made a detour moving laying down beside Hatori laying on top of the covers as she laid silently now.
His eyes closed, his arm lifted up and over her, pulling some cover over her as he slept still. She remained silent and still during the night the pill doing wonders on her warn down body. He too slept silently, getting the rest that he needed. She slept on way past morning as she cuddled beneath the sheets of his bed. The morning sun shining through the window hit his eyes, causing him to slowly wake from his slumber, his eyes slipping open slowly. She cuddled against his arm slowly as she continued to sleep. Looking down at her, seeing that she was still asleep, he slowly closed his eyes once more and lay his head back down, deciding he didn't wish to wake her. She woke later on tossing a bit before she finally sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
Slowly he rolled onto his back and looked up at her, folding his arm across his chest once she was off of it. "Did you sleep well?"
Her hands stopped as she blushed a dark red hearing his voice. "... I um... Yes I slept well..." She slid out of bed now as she moved to the stove stumbling a little bit.
Slowly he sat up and scooted to the edge of the bed, sitting on the side of it to rest for a bit before getting up and following her into the kitchen.
"... I'm sorry I must have not been thinking to clearly last night..."She looked down to the stew that she had turned up the heat on.
He shook his head a bit and fixed himself and her a glass of tea. "I don't mind... it's getting cooler, so the extra warmth was rather welcome."
She nodded lightly still blushing. "... I won't do it again though I promise..."
His head shook softly as he smiled and took the bowl moving to the table. She followed behind him slowly sitting across from him. Slowly he started to eat some of the food he'd been given, smiling, enjoying the taste. She ate quietly her head down as she seemed to be searching for something in her mind. His eyes looked down still as he slowly ate his food.
"... Hatori-san do you think the curse can be broken with a sacrifice?"
"A sacri..." his head shook, "Kyou would never forgive you if you went so far..." Slowly he continued to eat, his eyes closing a bit, "Nor would anyone else that has grown close to you."
"... I know so if that is one of the cases I would like you to stay silent about it and not tell anyone." She slowly took a bite of her stew smiling a little. "Kyou-kun will enjoy this."
"It won't come to that... no one will allow it..." he said softly as he shook his head still and pushed his half-eaten stew away. She stood slowly taking his bowl along with hers into the kitchen part of the room. She set them in the sink as she started on a dish for Kyou slicing some fish up. Slowly he stood and walked into the kitchen with her to wash the dishes while she fixed the other stew with the fish. She stirred the fish into the bowl smiling as she hummed. The dishes being washed by him slowly made soft clinking sounds as he caused them to bump against each other and such.
She put a lid over the bowl as she looked to him. "Is there anything you need me to do Hatori-san?"
His head shook slightly. "No, that's ok... I'll take him his food and you just relax for a bit more. You're allowing yourself to stress too much and I think it's causing you to have irrational thoughts..."
"I'm going though to see Akito-sama to ask him about the curse."
"Just... don't ask him about the sacrifice thing..." he said softly as he took the bowl. "Knowing him... he'll lie to you..."
She nodded slowly. "Thank you for taking Kyou-kun something nice and warm."
Nodding softly still, he slowly took the bowl and started to walk out towards the cage. The bowl felt so warm in his hand compared to the cold air that flowed around him outside. She moved over to the dresser he had given her for her personal things. She pulled on a light colored dress as she slowly moved toward the door slowly opening and sliding it closed as she made her way to Akito's room.
Slowly he approached the cage, tapping on it lightly to get Kyou's attention. "I have stew for you."
The boy looked up from where he still lay under the blanket Tohru had given him that night he was confused he had come during the day. His eyes widened thinking something was wrong at this point as he ran to the door. "If they ask, it was a bowl of soup for you to eat with some medicine I gave you for the flu." He said softly as he slowly placed the bowl on the window sill-like edge of the cage, between the bars.
He slowly took the bowl nodding. "Did Tohru make this for me...?"
He nodded softly as he leaned against the door of the cage. "Yes, I told her I would bring it to you so that she would not get in trouble."
He nodded as he sat down starting to eat the warm meal taking his time to savior it. "... Tell her I said thank you..."
