Don't worry Takashi, My father's not going to let me give him mine, it's just a test." Honey said reassuringly.
"You're not going to fight for it, just a test for your piece of mind?"Mori asked skeptically.
"That's all it is."
"I really wish I believed you Mitsukuni. We both know better."
"You're worrying too much, you should have some cake." Honey offered taking a bite.
Despite the uneasy feeling he had, Mori-senpai felt somewhat relieved at the same time to see Honey enjoying cake again.
"I have to eat it while I can, I promised Chika-Chan I wouldn't have any when he comes home."
"You're actually going to give it up?" Tamaki asked in shock.
"Only for the first week, but that's a really long time for me to go without it."
"Think he's going to do it Kaoru?" Hikaru asked quietly. Kaoru didn't reply, he sat looking down at the floor. The younger twin hadn't spoken since Honey told them that he would be out of school for a few days.
"What's wrong?" The older boy rested a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"Nothing."
"Come on Kaoru, tell me,we tell each other everything." It was mostly true but the younger twin had a few secrets he managed to keep.
"It's nothing Hika, not right now."
"I don't know what you mean by that, but it doesn't sound good."
"Just don't worry about it." Hikaru didn't know what to think. Honey knew what was troubling his friend.
After Honey finished his cake, he said goodbye to his friends and returned to the hospital.
Chika sighed, it had been a long day and it wasn't over.
He ran his fingers along the slender tubes that were providing his oxygen. He briefly thought that he would rather have it removed and be done with it.
Chika hated the hospital,he hated lying in bed and feeling helpless. He knew his brother understand even though the words hadn't been spoken. He recalled the doctor visiting that morning after Mitsukuni left for school. He had again taken his father into the hall, Chika knew it was hospital policy but felt that as the one suffering, he should be updated on his own condition.
"Yasuchika won't survive another episode like the one from the other day. His time is very short and it's vital for us to act quickly." The doctor had said.
"I've also scheduled the testing for your eldest son for this evening. There's a series of tests to be sure that it's healthy." He felt sick, Mitsukuni couldn't have been asked to do this by his father., that much he knew, but his older brother wouldn't have decided to be the donor, it wouldn't be fair to him. He was the head of the family,Chika was nothing more than a failure.
He had decided that maybe because of his medicine making him feel as if his mind was in a fog,he had heard wrong. He coughed and moaned softly at the pain. He had been given a button to push when the pain was getting to be too much, but he rarely used it, he was already tired and had no intention of sleeping the entire truth of it was that he wanted to make things better with his brother before he died. He had always wanted a relationship with him despite his jealousy.
Mitsukuni deserved a better brother, his father should have had another son like his eldest. Anything his father said during this time meant little to him. He knew that if he was just injured in the tournament, he would have been lying in his own bed being told by his father that he should be more like his brother,that after he healed he was to train harder to restore the honor he had taken from the family.
It was only now that he was dying that his father said somewhat gentle words to him.
"Yasuchika." He heard his father call him and felt the man's hand on his head.
"Father, please don't, I disgraced you, I don't -"
"We've talked about this my son. I-"
"I didn't think I would lose, I only thought I would win, bring home the honor. I never dreamed I'd end up here, it's alright father, you don't need to comfort me."
"No one ever does my son. I didn't expect your opponent to- if I thought for half a second he would do something like that, regardless, I would never have allowed you to do it."
"Because you know Mitsukuni would have -"
"Because I love you. Your brother was very angry that's true ,he had gone so far as to ask me who it was." Chika smiled faintly, He knew he would have. He had no doubt that when Mitsukuni got involved in a situation like that,one one would walk away and it wouldn't be the other fighter.
"Did he decide to take the offer you gave him?"
"Yes, today is his last school day for a while. He's going to keep up with his lessons but he's going to stay here with us."
"Then I'll have to talk to him,his friends -"
"They understand,you come first Chika-Chan. You're sick and I'm not going to let you stay here feeling sad." Honey said, he carried a small bag and Usa-Chan close to him.
"Mitsukuni, it's not your responsibility. You like the club and you won't be able to go if you stay here."
"I'll start going again after you've gotten better." Honey sat down on the edge of his brother's bed.
"I don't want you to feel like -"
"Chika-Chan, I feel like I want to spend time with my little brother." Honey smiled.
"Thank you." Over the course of the next several hours, Chika and Honey talked about many things, played card and a variety of other games.
"I remember when we were little and we used to do this. I wish we could've done it more." Chika smirked as he took the last of Honey's checkers off the board.
"We will Chika-Chan, when you get better. We'll play whenever you want." Their father smiled at them. He hadn't seen his sons interact in this way for some time now. He found himself hoping there would be many more days like these when Yasuchika came home.
When the nurse appeared, neither boy was aware of her presence until their father called out to Honey.
"Mitsukini, come with me.I have a job for you." He said. Honey smiled at his brother.
"I'll be back soon, you should rest and when I get back, we can do something else okay?" Chika nodded.
"Mitsukuni?" He called as his brother reached the door.
Honey turned back.
"Thank you."
"Anytime Chika-Chan." He disappeared into the hall with their father leaving Chika to rest.