Chapter Four – Where To Go?

The doctor turned to Kyoko with a professional smile and nod. He took a deep breath in, "Your husband and I were discussing the possibility of an inpatient plan," the doctor said and Kyoko blinked in surprise. She mouthed the words 'inpatient' as she turned questioningly to each of them. She took a dee breath before stepping forwards. "I refuse," she said with a steady nod and Kuon opened his mouth to argue. "Kuon, do you really believe that I wouldn't want you at home.

Kuon watched her and closed his eyes, he sighed, exhaling slowly. "Kyoko, this isn't just a new personality, we both know how much hatred you hold towards Shotaro," he said and Kyoko walked over to Kuon and sat down on the side of the bed.

"True," she replied, "but that doesn't mean that it would stop me from loving you."

"If I act just like the man that you can't stand?" he asked and Kyoko put her hand on his shoulder, she rolled her eyes as she thought about how bad it might turn out for her but no matter how bad of a scenario she could imagine, she still had the same feelings for him. Those didn't change just because of how he saw himself because the true prince Corn was in there underneath all of the complications.

"The thing is that you're not him and you should know just how much better of a person you are than he is. So, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation, your discussion but no." Kyoko turned to her husband with such longing. "Even if we decide that there might be some truth in the idea of a mental health facility, can we go home first and decide for ourselves what would work most," she said and Kuon took an awkward breath. "I want to be with my husband even if he isn't aware that he's with me," she said and Kuon looked at her sadly.

"That's just the problem," he replied, "I might not be your husband. I might be the person that you hate more than anyone else in the entire world. How could you want to hold me when you're sleeping or have you hold me. I don't want to pressure you, princess?"

Kyoko sighed before reaching for his hand, he gave it to her and curled his fingers around hers. He was surprised when she opened her hand and held his in front of his face. Kuon paused as he saw his wedding ring on his finger. Kyoko smiled as he looked at it and beamed. That was how she knew that she would get through all of this, how they would get through all of this. Kuon loved her more than anything else. They both loved their son. A simple metal band was all the reminder that they needed.

"Let's try home first," Kuon nodded as he looked at Kyoko and she smiled.

The doctor stared at Kuon and shook his head, "This is against my recommendation. This is truly rash thinking especially when taking into consideration that you do in fact have a child together and the risk of having an inconsistent identity can -"

"Kazuuki will be fine," Kyoko tried to stress and Kuon nodded as he chose to listen to his wife. Kyoko wrapped her arms around him again. Hopefully they would be home soon and then they could work everything out together.

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"It seems a little ambitious to move him out by the end of the week," Julie told the doctor as she and Kuu sat in his office. They had just been briefed about Kuon's condition and how they would need to handle the idea that he believed he was Shotaro Fuwa and been told that they would be able to take him home at the end of the week. "I mean, I love Kuon and of course I would like him to be where he feels safe but if it's too premature."

"We'll have a nurse to help us out and a doctor will come every other morning to the house," Kyoko tried to reassure her mother-in-law. Kuu remained silent, his head bowed and his eyes closed. If one didn't know him better they might think he was taking a nap but his son was far too important of a subject to nap over.

"I just wonder if moving him so early on will hurt him" Julie said with her motherly protection and Kuu turned to Kyoko.

"What has he said to you? Does he want to try going back home or do you think that it would be better for him to remain here at least for a little longer?" he asked and Kyoko smiled. She nodded knowing that Kuon agreed with her, he wanted to come home and they would try to handle things from there.

"Okay. If he wants to go back home and be with Kyoko and Rikuu then let's do it that way," he said before sighing. He had seen Kuon. He had seen pictures of him before the bandages covered his body, he had seen X-rays of the damage done to his body, and he had heard information for over an hour about all the different ailments and complications he had and what further complications might happen in the future. He felt terrible for his son but the most important thing was that Kuon was still alive. "He can always return to the hospital if he feels it might be better for him."

"Are you actually saying that you think my baby will have to return here in an emergency?" Julie asked before crossing her arms over her chest. She huffed as she turned to the side.

"If an emergency happens, then yes," Kuu nodded. "Hopefully it doesn't. I think that Kyoko should be trusted to make decisions for him," Julie was about to argue when Kuu turned to her again. "Wouldn't you want to make the decisions for me if I were in Kuon's place."

"But I'm your wi-" Julie said before sighing. She turned to her daughter-in-law. "We'll support whatever you think is best, Kyoko," she agreed. The doctor sorted to some more forms for them to sign and Kyoko smiled as she read over the part where if they felt at any time uncomfortable about the decision and wanted to stay in the hospital there would not be a time that was too late for them to change their mind.

"I just want what is best for Kuon and what I want is for him to be around the people who love him most," Kyoko said before signing the paperwork. Kyoko took another deep inhale and closed her eyes. "Father, why don't you go see him first? In the afternoon, sometimes it's easier to see him one at a time," she suggested. It wasn't intended to hurt Julie but Julie silently felt overlooked but this was for her son's benefit, right?

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Kuu smiled to a passing nurse as he walked down the hallway to get to where Kuon's room was. He couldn't even put into words how terribly he felt about what had happened to his son. It was a miracle or miracles that neither Kuon or Kazuuki had died in the accident. "Hey," Kuu smiled as he approached the room but met the glare of the man that was definitely not his son mentally.

"Oh god, you're here?" he asked with a roll of his eyes. "You know, there's a good reason that Kyoko doesn't actually have a dad and she doesn't need some extra baggage like you weighing her down. You claim to be a great actor but all that I see is someone who has too big of an ego."

"You know," Kuu said as he tried not to smile at how knowing this was not really Kuon was making him a little happier and helped him find the humor in him saying this. "It's nice when we have great critics because that means that they can pay attention to our work. They care so much about us that they want to shape us. It's good to have your ego lowered every now and again."

"You think that you're a fricken comedian?" Kuon asked and Kuu smiled.

"Should I be?" he asked. "I think that adding new skills to ones resume Is always good for keeping a fresh mind."

"You're not funny," Kuon said as he looked away with a pout and Kuu walked over to him. He sat down at the chair beside the bed. Kuon rose an eyebrow and looked away before Kuu reached out for his hand. Kuon turned back sharply. "What do you think you're doing?" he asked and Kuu laughed.

"Holding my son's hand, or at least, thinking that -"

"I'm not Hizuri!" Kuon snapped back and Kuu sighed, he knew that Kuon wasn't really in his right kind of mind and he had to learn how to handle that. He wanted to help his son to go through life experiencing the joys that it brought to him and being able to overlook the pain. He knew that Sho Fuwa would never think of him as his father and that was who Kuon had convinced himself to be.

However, that meant that he had to be creative and use other methods to be supportive of Kuon in this condition.

"Yeah, you're not my actual son but everyone needs someone to support them. I'm sure that you've been lonely even with just Kyoko here. How about I sit in here and we just talk, I won't even tell Kuon anything that we've spoken about."

Kuon tensed and looked at Kuu, "Why would you do that for me?"

Kuu smiled with a laugh and nodded, "I think inside you know why," he said and Kuon looked down very sadly. Kuu just hoped he could help his son no matter how patient they had to be.

End of Chapter Four

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