A Turn For The Worse
Rune Alchemist Kaori
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation
A/N: Kagome Mokuba: Turns out we were both kinda right. There are actually three ways to collect stem cells. From the after birth as you said, from bone marrow, and also, there's a newer way in which it only requires a blood sample. Isn't that interesting? . Now that I've given everyone a science lesson; on with the story!
Chapter 10
Yuki laid awake in his bed the following morning, holding his lover close and mindlessly stroking soft strawberry-colored hair. It had been a long tedious night and Yuki had almost dreaded coming home to a flustered and whining Shuichi, but to his surprise Shuichi had not reacted in the way he had thought.
Flashback:
Yuki walked through the door with sigh, instantly bracing himself for Shuichi's cries of his name and asking why he had been so late. He turned around to see the boy standing there. He didn't whine and he didn't really say anything. He just walked over and wrapped him arms gently around the blond. The singer looked up at Yuki.
"Come to bed," he whispered softly and Yuki obliged, slipping out of his shoes and following his little lover.
Yuki smiled down at Shuichi and kissed the top of his head. His little idiot had actually been a lot less idiotic lately and... he seemed to be maturing so much. Yuki would have loved him regardless, but it was so nice to see him growing up like that. He was still so sweet and innocent though. The blond hoped that he'd always stay that way because it was positively adorable.
"Mm.. Yuki?" Shuichi mumbled, snuggling closer to his lover. Yuki sighed softly.
"What's wrong brat?" he asked affectionately. Shuichi opened his eyes.
"Can I make breakfast for you?" The boy asked, eyes sparkling with adoration. He could immediately see the look of concern cross the author's face.
"I promise I won't make a mess!" he said.
"Just... don't overdo it," Yuki said, inwardly cursing himself for saying yes, but the happy look on Shuichi's face made it worth it... sort of.
"Oh.. Yuki.. Who was the person you went to see yesterday?" Shuichi asked curiously.
"Oh... it was uh... it was Tohma.." Yuki said awkwardly and watched Shuichi's eyes widen.
"REALLY?!!" he asked in amazement. Yuki winced. Perhaps his little idiot wasn't maturing quite so much as he had thought.
"Yes really, why would I lie?" Yuki asked, but regretted the question, remembering how he had hidden how ill he was from the boy. Shuichi shook his head.
"I was just surprised," he said, bouncing off to make breakfast. As promised he kept it simple. He had bought pop-up waffles and made those with strawberries and whipped creme. He smiled and set them down for his blond lover. Yuki was fairly impressed and picked up his coffee that was sitting next to his plate.
"See?" Shuichi said grinning proudly, "I did a better job this time right?"
Yuki chuckled a little and kissed Shuichi's cheek.
"Yes you did," he told the young vocalist, "Good job, you've learned not to make things from scratch."
Shuichi was still grinning, happy that Yuki was pleased, although his lover was teasing him now.
"Tohma and I have the transplant the end of this month. That's amazing, but... Tohma's always using his connections to get what he wants," Yuki said shaking his head disapprovingly.
"What will happen during the transplant?" Shuichi asked, looking worried, but Yuki found it cute considering there was whipped creme and strawberry sauce on the edge of his mouth.
"It won't be that bad Shu," he said, "I'll be back in a few days, a week at most."
Of course Yuki didn't really know for sure yet how long he'd be there. It all depended on how well the transplant went. In the best case scenario he supposed he would be back in a few days, but worse case he could be there for quite a while. He didn't want Shuichi to have to worry about that though.
Shuichi thought about Yuki's statement. He didn't like the idea of coming home to an empty house every day for a whole week. He wrapped his arms around the blond author.
"I'll come visit you every single day," he promised. Yuki blinked then smiled, pushing the boy's pink bangs from his face.
"Thank you," he said softly, licking the whipped creme away from his lovers lips with a smirk.
End Chapter 10
A/N: I wasn't sure about the recovery time, I'm still working on figuring that out. This was more a mushy in-between kind of chapter. I hoped you liked it though. I've been so busy working on my Senior Project I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on this story. I hope you'll all forgive me. I promise the moment I can I will sit down and write a good chapter. Gah! I'm getting so flustered! Gomenesai everyone!