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Ch. 2- Dust

"Damn Hatori! It's so dusty in here! I thought you used this room!," Tohru exclaimed as she and Hatori walked into an exam room.

"I don't use this room at all. I use the two other exam rooms and keep this in case of an emergency," Hatori looked around to find how dusty it really was.

"Some good it will do in an emergency!," Tohru stated as she walked around, opening cabinets,"Do you use any of this stuff?" She opened a large cabinet with syringes, bandages, gauzes, antiseptic liquid and countless other things.

"I used too...well, the syringes, bandages and gauzes could still be used. I don't know about the antiseptic liquid though..," Hatori looked over the cabinet.

"Well, I'm going to start here! I'll dust this room while you organize the cabinets for things you need; ok?," Tohru walked out of the room to get a duster and some Windex(tm). Hatori started organizing the cabinets, sorting out things he could use and things he couldn't. Tohru walked in:

"I'm back- ACHOO!," Tohru walked in and sneezed.

"Bless you!," Hatori smiled at her.

"Thank you," Tohru started dusting the tables and chairs in the room. She continued dusting until she sneezed again, louder:

"ACHOO! Oh lord...," Tohru grabbed her nose.

"Are you okay?," Hatori turned around on the chair he was working in.

"I forgot! I'm- ACHOO!," Tohru sneezed mid-sentence again.

"You're what?," Hatori couldn't understand the last word she said.

"Allergic to dust! ACHOO!," Tohru sneezed again, her whole face turning red out of embarassment.

"It's okay. You go take a rest and I'll finish up this room.," Hatori smiled slightly at the red-faced girl.

"No. I'm going to help- ACHOO!," Tohru said before sneezing again.

"No you are not. If you are allergic, you need to leave this room that's filled with dust before your allergies get worse.," Hatori stood up and put his hands on her shoulders.

"But-," Tohru got cut off.

"No. Doctor's orders. Now go outside, I'm almost done anyway.," Hatori lead her to the door and she left after smiling at him. After another ten minutes of heavy dusting and cleaning, Hatori walked out of the room with a large box in his hands. Looking around for Tohru, he found her in another exam room, sitting on the table, reading a book. She looked up at Hatori when he entered the room:

"Finish? Hey; what's in that box?," Tohru jumped off the table and put her book down.

"Just a bunch of new syringes," Hatori put the box on the table before Tohru peered in it. She drew back quickly seeing the needles.

"Eeewww...sharp things," she winced at the thought. Hatori chuckled at her as she moved away from the box.

"I'm guessing you don't like needles?," Hatori was going to have some fun with Tohru today!

"No. Absolutely, positively not! Who does?," Tohru threw her hands in the air.

"Me.," Hatori gave her an evil smile.

"That's just because you're a doctor so it doesn't bother you. But, unlike you, I hate them!," Tohru said as she sat on the exam table again. Hatori, deciding to be a little daring today, walked over to the box and pulled out one wrapped syringe. He sat next to Tohru on the table with an evil smirk on his face.

"Hatori, what are you doing?!," Tohru screamed when she saw the needle in his hand.

"Today, we are going to conquer your fears," Hatori unwrapped the needle and walked to a closet. He got a vial of saline solution and a prep pad and sat back down next to Tohru.

"Hatori! Do not touch me with that thing!," Tohru squeaked.

"Come on, it's harmless," Hatori filled the needle with the colorless liquid and turned to face Tohru.

"What did you put in it anyway?," Tohru had a look of horror on her face.

"Saline solution."

"You know I don't have one clue about what that is!," Tohru looked at him, cocking her head to one side.

"It's a mixture of salt and water that is used in your body daily. If you had extra in your body, like this syringe, it would be completely harmless," Hatori explained to the girl.

"I hope that you're not planning on giving me that.," Tohru shuddered.

"What if I am? You have to get over it one day.," Hatori smiled at the girl.

"No I don't!," Tohru said loudly.

"Well, if you live with a doctor, I would say that you need to," Hatori said, smiling.

"Not really. Not if he's nice...," Tohru tried to suck up to him.

"Good try. I'm not falling for that one. Now I want you to take this injection without moving or wincing at all.," Hatori moved closer to her.

"What if I don't?," she gave him a cute face.

"We'll just have to keep trying until you do.," Hatori smirked.

"I only have two arms!," Tohru showed her arms to him.

"You might only have two arms, but you have thousands of different veins all over your body that I could use.," Hatori told her.

"Darn! I thought I could get away with it.," Tohru snapped her fingers.

"You ready?," Hatori raised the prep pad.

"No! Not really.," Tohru smirked.

"Come on! It really doesn't hurt.," Hatori took her arm.

"Liar," Tohru smiled.

"I wouldn't lie to you. It really is only a small pinch," Hatori smiled back.

"Okay...I guess I can trust you," Tohru put extra emphasis on 'guess'.

"What do you mean you 'guess' you can trust me? You know you can.," Hatori said.

"Whatever you say...," Tohru gave him a cute face.

"Okay. Let's get this over with. No squirming, flinching or closing your eyes. And no, you can't hold my hand," Hatori gave her some rules.

"Awww...alright- just do it quickly," Tohru stiffened. Hatori, still holding her arm, noticed:

"Why are you so tense? You can relax, you know," Hatori said to clam her.

"O-okay...," Tohru stammered as she looked at Hatori's face. Hatori took the crook of her arm and felt it.

"What are you doing? That tickles!," Tohru giggled.

"Finding the vein," Hatori continued to feel the crook of her arm. When he found the vein, he rubbed the are with a prep pad and looked up at Tohru.

"Ready?"

"Ummm...I don't know...," Tohru stuttered.

"Really quick. Don't move; okay?," Hatori told her

"Uh huh," Tohru nodded. Hatori took the syringe and put it close to her arm and she jumped.

"Come on. Stay still," Hatori instructed.

"I'll try," Tohru said as she looked away. This time, Hatori actually got the syringe in her arm. Before she could say anything, he pulled it out and put a gauze over it and held it there. Tohru looked at him.

"Not so bad; was it?," Hatori kissed her forehead.

"That-hurt-so-much," Tohru stuttered.

"No it didn't. Besides, I have Barbie bandages!," Hatori tried to snap her out of it.

"Cool! Barbie! Wait- why Barbie?," Tohru squealed like a little child.

"Little girls love them. It usually keeps them from crying and screaming," Hatori said as he got up and got a bandage from the cabinet.

"You know, that really did hurt," Tohru pouted when Hatori returned with a bandage.

"I know that it doesn't. It only feels that way because it is on a joint, so when you move it, it feels sore," Hatori smiled at her.

"You're so smart, Doctor Sohma," Tohru smiled back.

"So are you, Tohru Sohma," Hatori kissed her forehead.

"I say we finish this next Saturday. Let's go home and have some dinner.," Tohru said.

"That sounds great.," Hatori got up and locked arms with Tohru as they walked out of the office for the day...

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