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for my sister, i hope you enjoy big sis.
The sound of Torhu's laughter in the background caught his attention. He lifted his arms slightly making sure he had a strong grip on the feline his was carrying. His brother still behind him going on with his long story of saving another's life. Hatori had brought him over with a wheel chair for Kyo as well. Saying something about no one gets better staying in a room all day. Though what good Ayame did Yuki hadn't a clue. Still he was glad for the older men's help. He sighed as he safely touched the floor. He headed to the backyard as that was where everyone was at. Torhu thought since it was such a nice day out that a barbeque was in order. And Hatori insisted that he had to stay a while to monitor Kyo. Yuki could smell the meat on the grill. Everyone seemed so happy, like this is the way life should be. Shigure sat right next to Torhu staring at her with such admiration. Yuki wondered if it was possible for the dog to even be able to love a person. The way he acts. Ayame headed straight to Hatori and whispered something in the dragon's ear and they both turned to look at Yuki. Yuki felt uncomfortable, with them watching him. His eyes wondered slowly to Kyo in his arms. It looks as though he were just asleep. Yuki couldn't help but smile a little at the cat. As he sat the cat down on the wheel chair his brother whispered in his ear, "looks like my little brother cares for the cat more than we thought." Yuki froze. Shooting his brother a death glare. Hatori took the IV fluids from Yuki, hanging it on the little hook on the wheel chair. He slowly backed off as the two brothers stared each other down. Deciding it was best for his love to be yelled at for opening his big mouth. Hatori took a seat across from Shigure. The dog took a sip from his tea certain that the snake was up to his little games again. Though as the older men brushed off the awkward silence between the two brothers, Torhu looked at the staring contest with worry filled eyes. Yuki shot up quickly suddenly angry at everyone there and took off with Kyo. Ayame smiled at his back. Certain that what he said was true. How strange that the rat would be the one falling in love with the cat. Torhu stood panicked. "Torhu relax," Shigure spoke from the rim of his mug. "he'll be back before you know it. Just let him figure things out on his own for now."
He hadn't realized that by taking Kyo it only proved his brother right. Though for the moment he didn't care for that. No, what scared him was the pounding of his heart. The kind of pounding a person gets when someone else finds out their deepest secret. Why was he overreacting? Yuki's slender hands tightened around the wheelchairs handles as he continued down a familiar path unconsciously. The trees surrounding him went unnoticed in his current mind set. He stopped at last not realizing he brought the cat to his vegetable garden. His secret base, though for the moment nothing else mattered but what his brother had said. Why? How? How could he think of such things? Kyo was the cat. And he the rat. They were supposed to hate each other. Yuki walked around the wheel chair to look at Kyo. How peaceful he looked indeed. Slowly he got to his knees placing his hand on kyo's lap. Wondering briefly what Kyo would have done had he been awake. Yuki shook his head at his actions today. He laid his head on Kyo's other knee. He could still remember when he first saw Kyo.
He was a little boy. Unaware of the world's cruelties. Confused as to why he was "special." It was the worst of times. When he was lost, confused and in need for someone to care. To help him from feeling alone. And that's when Kyo walked right up to him. It was snowing, and he heard some ladies saying that the "cat" was outside. Yuki never met him before. So he just wanted to see him. Even if just for a moment. Though when he went outside and saw the messy orange hair all thoughts left his head. Everything seemed so simple. And he couldn't help but want to touch it. To him it was beautiful. That was all he could think about. The boy before him with such beautiful orange hair. As he walked up to the boy he could see fire in those eyes. His little hand reached out to touch Kyo's hair. And those eyes soften, the anger drifting away when such a tiny person touched his hair. Kyo smiled at him. And Yuki wasn't so confused anymore. This boy, he thought, this boy is the cat. Yuki couldn't feel bad for him though. He knew of the legend. And still, he felt as though this beautiful boy will be happy, should be given the world. But he didn't feel bad, no instead it gave him strength to not give up. For the cat, he wouldn't give up. "Hey? What's your name miss?" little Kyo looked at Yuki. Yuki smiled letting go of his hair. "Yuki!" an old maid yelled as she rushed up to the little boys. And instantly the cat's eyes widened as he realized that the person before him was the exact person he came to see. The person who looked so beautiful was the person he wanted to hate. Had to hate. Anger filled his ruby eyes again. "Young master! What do you think you're doing out here with this monster?" the maid picked him up. Yuki looked at Kyo suddenly feeling alone again. "I hate you! I'll never forgive you! It's all your fault! I hate you! Do everyone a favor and just disappear!" Kyo shouted tears in his eyes, such a boy that was so beautiful even he had mistaken him for a girl and it just had to be the rat. It brought Kyo a lot of pain realizing that Yuki's presence put his heart and mind at ease. The rat, of all people. Yuki didn't look away. He could see how much Kyo was hurting. How he put his whole being in those words. Wishing on them with everything he had. And all Yuki wanted to do was to take that pain away from Kyo. To ease him of everything that was hurting him. A rush of pain came over his entire body, and the last thing he could remember was the maid yelling for a doctor.
Yuki blinked, it's funny, remembering that always made him feel closer to the cat. He lifted his head to look at Kyo. Smiling as he reached for his soft orange hair. To care for another, it had more meaning to it than just healing a wound. Yuki looked at his watch realizing it was almost time for one of Kyo's injections. From what Yuki understood if the injections wore off Kyo would wake and be in unimaginable pain. He lowered his hand to Kyo's cheek caressing it. Kyo rubbed his cheek in Yuki's hand. Yuki pulled away fast panic coming over him as Kyo's face quenched up in pain. He quickly grabbed the pouch with the injections finding the right one. Kyo let out a pained sigh as Yuki injected the IV. He hoped it worked quickly enough. As he walked back to face Kyo he waited impatiently for the injection to work. Kyo's face relaxed and just one word slipped through his soft lips. Yuki blushed deeply, shaking his head. Trying to get his focus back. He pushed all thoughts out of his head instead. Deciding to head back to the house and let Torhu watch Kyo for a bit. Though try as he might the way Kyo looked and what he said stayed in his head very clear. It played over and over as Yuki pushed Kyo back to the house.
"Yuki!" Torhu exclaimed as Yuki made it back to the little barbeque they were having. Noticing a few more heads then was usual. "Yo." Haru greeted as he walked up to them. He looked at Kyo; Yuki instantly felt anger rising in him. "I wonder what he did this time." Haru walked back to his spot next to the rabbit. Ayame could see the confusion in Yuki's eyes. As well as the anger. So he asked before his brother lost his control. "What do you mean by that Haru?" Haru looked up as Yuki wheeled Kyo next to the picnic table he and Hatori had bought when Torhu said she wanted to have a picnic. He sat down in front of Kyo. Haru noticed the gentleness in Yuki's touches as he shifted Kyo a bit. "Well yea, when we were younger Shishou would bring him back from the main house almost dead." Yuki fisted his hands. "And he would be like how he is now. On drug induced sleep. It killed Shishou every time." Haru looked at Yuki in the eyes. "Though from what I know Shishou talked to Akito and it stopped for a while. Then when he would come home from his visits with Akito he wouldn't speak to anyone for days. Not even Shishou." Yuki's knuckles were turning white. "Haven't you guys noticed? Since he's been living here too? How he locks himself up in his room for a couple days?" Torhu and Yuki have noticed only they never thought anything about it. Hatori instantly stood. "Ayame lets go" his voice full of anger. He walked off leaving behind the younger generation and Shigure to continue their picnic. Ayame waved bye to everyone as he walked off in a rush. As if something was not right in his peaceful world. Yuki looked at Kyo. What did Akito do to him?
Hiro walked right up to him Kisa not to far behind him. "I know that look," the little boy looked at Yuki. "And you know that it's never going to be possible, just give up now." Hiro looked at the sleeping cat and walked away. No one said anything. Only the sound of Torhu's humming as she flipped the meat on the grill could be heard. Little Kisa walked up to Yuki, her eyes filled with understanding and compassion. "Don't give up," her voice soft and gave off an at ease vibe. "For his sake don't give up." She smiled and walked back to Hiro. Yuki was unsure of what to even think anymore.
The fireworks made his face bright up that night. Yuki couldn't help but notice small things Kyo did in his sleep that were odd. And yet cute at the same time. When Yuki would play with kyo's hair Kyo made a sort of purring sound. Or when Yuki touched his cheek Kyo would nuzzle his hand. It was the small movements that probably meant nothing to the sleeping boy but meant a lot to Yuki, though the best part was bath time. Kyo really did hate water, even asleep when it was bath time he would hold on to Yuki with a death grip. Yuki's cheeks turned bright red at the thoughts of bath time. He shook his head trying to clear his mind so he could enjoy the night. It's been a while from their first barbeque so out of nowhere all the brats and even Ayame and Hatori showed up today. The rabbit had brought over fireworks for that night and everyone was enjoying the show. It's funny how even though Kyo was asleep he was still a part of their activities. Hatori had said it might help the healing to take him out as often as possible. And that's what Yuki had been doing. The injections where on time. And he got a lot of fresh air. Though most of the time Yuki would take him to the garden and just rest his head on kyo's lap staring up at him. He'd spend hours just watching him. He even managed to squeeze in some time to actually work on his garden. Everything seemed at ease and perfect. Except the fact that Kyo wasn't awake. Those fiery ruby red eyes wouldn't open. And it was driving Yuki insane. He wanted to see them again. To hear his voice again. To see him stand and laugh. He missed him. Yuki laughed remembering that old feeling. The feeling of being right next to a person and still feeling very alone. How he hated that feeling. He heard someone sitting down next to him. Shifting his sight to the fireworks in the sky. "You realize when he wakes up he's going back to hating you." His brother spoke as he twirled his hair. Yuki stayed quite. "Little brother, it will be hard, trust me I know." Yuki looked at his brother. "How would you know Ayame?" Yuki's voice tired of this struggle. Ayame looked in the direction of the only adult capable of lighting the fire hazards without burning the forest down. Said adult looked up and Yuki was sure it was the end of the world. Hatori looked up as if sensing Ayame staring at him and smiled a smile one would give to a lover. "It was hard to accept these feelings but not as hard as it was to tell him. Luck would have it that he felt the same way." Ayame laughed. "At first he denied it though. He hated me. And it hurt. Yet I stayed by his side. Until one day out of nowhere he yelled to hell with it! And made the most amazing love to me I have ever had!" Yuki made a face and Ayame laughed at him. "Don't give up on him little brother. Even if he doesn't love you back. He needs you more then you know. Stay by him. Lend him your strength." Yuki laughed, looking down at his hands. "What strength nii-san?" Ayame smiled sadly. "I asked myself that so many times, yet here I am." He looked at his little brother. "You'd be amazed at how strong you look to him." Yuki looked back to Kyo. "How much longer till he's healed completely?" Ayame voice carried a serious tone. Yuki had enjoyed their time together, but still he couldn't wait for Kyo to wake up. "Next week Hatori says Kyo will be off most of the meds. So he'll wake up. As for if he's healed I guess we will know when he wakes. "Yuki?" Ayame seemed unsure if he should ask. "What will you do when he wakes?" what will he do? That's a good question. What's going to happen when Kyo finally does wake up? "When he wakes up we'll see." Ayame nodded, understanding his brother's fears. Yuki smiled remembering how Kyo looked when he whispered Yuki's name in the vegetable garden. He only said one word, funny that it had to be Yuki's name.