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Guest: Perhaps and yes, they are too adorable too die...but that doesn't mean they can't:). In all seriousness though, just keep on reading to find out.

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Hayato grunted as he slowly but surely woke up, his green eyes fluttering as he did so. When he was finally truly alert to his surroundings, he fully opened his eyes and looked down at Lambo, who was still peacefully sleeping.

"Did you kick me when you were sleeping or something?" muttered Hayato, having a feeling that something or someone woke him up instead of him waking up naturally.

"Hay…ato…Hayato…" called a familiar voice that too weak and soft to belong to its owner. Hayato's eyes went wide with realization as he quickly shot up, though he was careful to not jostle Lambo too much. He quickly sought for his sibling that voice belonged to and sure enough, Kyoya was weakly reaching out for him, his usually observant eyes unfocused.

"Kyoya!" Hayato cried out worryingly as he quickly but gently laid Lambo down and raced towards his older brother. When he reached his side, Hayato dropped to his knees and grabbed Kyoya's trembling and sweaty hand into his own.

"I'm here Kyoya, what's the matter, what do you need me to do?" Hayato asked, his heart twisting with pain in his chest. Because even though it has been a bit more than a week since Kyoya had fallen ill, Hayato still hasn't figure out a way to be truly help him. Sure, Kyoya got on his nerves from time to time but isn't that what being brothers were all about? And besides, Kyoya was strong and stubborn; he wasn't supposed to get ill like this. It just wasn't right.

"Tsu…Tsuna…" Kyoya managed to say through gritted teeth, his gray eyes trying to focus on his younger brother as he clasped Hayato's hand tightly.

"Tsuna?" asked Hayato, confused. "But I'm not…wait. Where's Tsuna?!"

Hayato, his heart now thumping with fear, looked around the cave wildly, only to find that his precious brother was nowhere in sight. Hayato then had the thought that Tsuna probably went to the bathroom but he quickly dismissed it. Kyoya looked quite distressed and Tsuna promised him before he took his much needed nap (he didn't sleep too well last night for…reasons) that he wouldn't leave Kyoya's side and that he would alert him if he needed help. And Tsuna was never one to break a promise. Even if it meant to answer the call of nature.

"He…he left…h-hasn't come…b-back…" answered Kyoya before entering a body-whacking coughing session. Hayato automatically lifted his older brother up and rubbed his back while he stared at the cave's only entrance, desperately hoping that Tsuna will choose that moment to come back. He didn't. Hayato had a brief thought that he should go look for his missing brother, but he was forced to quickly dismiss it. Kyoya and Lambo couldn't take care of themselves, which meant that someone had to watch over them. And Hayato was the only one who fit the bill at the moment.

"Where did he go?" asked Hayato with a quivering voice as he looked down, only to find that Kyoya's eyes were closed and his body still. So still in fact that it reminded Hayato of the way his Father looked like when he laid in that awful black coffin at the funeral.

"Kyoya?" Hayato nearly whispered, hoping, no, inwardly pleading for Kyoya to not be dead, to not leave them, to not force him and the others to bury him six feet under. Then Kyoya let out another harsh cough that whacked his body before settling against Hayato's chest, his breathing raspy and heavy.

Hayato let out a shaky sigh of relief even though Kyoya was still in great pain and still deadly ill. Because at least he wasn't dead. Yet. Hayato instinctively held Kyoya as he looked up again, and hoped desperately that Tsuna would chose to come back at that moment. And when he didn't, Hayato bit his lip in order to keep control of his swirling emotions.

"Tsuna…please come back. Please be okay. I…I don't want to lose one brother, let alone two! I can't!" Despite his best efforts, a few tears escaped Hayato's eyes, as anxiety and fear began to cause a true fierce storm inside of him.

So...that may or may not have answered any questions but it did show Hayato's and Kyoya's relationship. So, how did you like it? Please tell me in review and I will update as soon as I can (which could be pretty soon, since it's actually already written. I just want to look over it first). Till then, good luck with your endeavors!