Chapter 16
Kisa was in a deep sleep, though she heard several clicking noise. Slowly opening her eyes, she winced as a big flash blinded her. "S-Shigure-san…" she muttered.
Hiro's eyes snapped open, and immediately narrowed in a glare. "Shigure... eh?" he looked towards the door, the same glare on his face.
Shigure sweat dropped heavily and ran off with the camera quickly into his study.
Hiro leaned on the backrest of the couch, glaring deeply at the empty space that once held Shigure. "And I had just gotten to sleep, too..."
Kisa sat there rubbed her eyes, for the brightness wouldn't go away.
Hiro sighed loudly, and plopped back onto his back on the couch. "Baka inu..."
Finally the brightness faded away, but Shigure took yet another picture right in Kisa's face and Kisa fell over, eyes in a swirled pattern.
"That's it old man, you're dead," Hiro said, jumping up and running after Shigure, a vein pulsating red and angry on the back of his head.
Shigure sprinted for his study and slammed the doors shut, placing several pieces of furniture against it.
"Urgh... you stupid dog!" Hiro said, kicking the door once before stalking back into the living room. He looked down at Kisa. "Are you alright?"
Kisa nodded slightly, still rubbing her eyes and her head still throbbing against her skull.
"The first picture was fine, but flashing you in the eyes was mean..." Hiro growled, looking back towards Shigure's study. He sat back down on the couch, now severely wishing Shigure still had a television. Stupid Akito.
Kisa sighed softly and scooted over beside Hiro, slumping against him shyly.
Hiro looked down at her, and sighed. "You act so hesitant about it..." Hiro leaned a little towards her. "I don't bite, I don't have the teeth for it."
Kisa smiled softly and rested her head against him, using him as a pillow. "You make a good pillow Hiro-kun…"
Hiro smiled at her. "It's the wool. Gotta be the wool. Everyone loves cuddling the cute little lamb."
"Yup.." Kisa muttered softly as she scooted over and sat in his lap resting her head against his chest. She had discovered her new favorite spot.
Hiro lightly wrapped his arms around her, and placed his chin on top of her head. "I thought so."
Kisa smiled again and closed her eyes, getting ready to fall asleep again, but her sleep was disturbed by a clicking noise. "Eh?" she asked as she slowly began to open her eyes and Shigre took a picture before scurrying to his fort.
Hiro blinked hard, and swore after the author. "I'd offer to kill his family... but we're part of it..." Hiro grumbled. "How did I end up related to that idiot?!"
He sighed, and moved his hand so it rested against her injured side. "Are your ribs feeling any better?"
Kisa tried not to grimace when he touched her ribs, but it didn't work too well. "I'm not sure.." she mumbled.
Hiro drew his hand away quickly. "Sorry... It doesn't look like they are... I can't believe I broke them..."
"It's okay…" Kisa muttered as she smiled again and curled up against him happily.
"Alright, then, here's my question..." Hiro asked, his voice barely above a whisper. "Why didn't you let go?"
"Because… I love you… And I wanted to be there for you…" she muttered softly as she looked up at him, turning her face up as well.
"It was just a dream..." He said, his voice still at the same pitch it was before. "You hurt yourself to help me with a dream that would've gone way anyway."
He looked back down at her. "Baka..."
"I'm sorry… but if it happened again, I would d the same…" she muttered softly.
"And I thought I had a thick skull..." Hiro muttered softly, leaning down to kiss her forehead.
Kisa smiled softly and allowed him to kiss her forehead. Just as his lips touched her skin, there was a flash of light and the sound of scurrying away.
"What a gullible idiot..." Hiro said, amusement coloring his voice. He took one hand and lifted Kisa's chin up so he could kiss her softly, but quickly on her lips, so Shigure wouldn't have enough time to gather courage and look around the corner again.
Shigure didn't even have a chance at that one.
Kisa blushed slightly and Shigure locked himself back in his study. "Hiro-kun…" she muttered softly as she kissed his cheek lightly and smiled.
"I know, I know... I outsmarted the crafty canine..." he chuckled softly; ignoring the pink tinge his cheeks had taken on since he kissed her forehead. "Baka inu..."
"Hiro-kun… It's okay… Shigure-san is… Shigure-san…" she muttered as she smiled softly and looked up at him, still in his lap.
Hiro shook his head. "I still won..." He chuckled, looking back towards the study.
Shigure was peeking through the door and when he saw Hiro's stare, he slammed the door quickly.
Hiro smirked, and put his chin back on top of Kisa's head. "I like this no school thing... gives me more time with you," He whispered softly, giving her a very light squeeze with his arms.
Kisa blushed slightly again and smiled softly. "But… what about Akito-sama?" she asked, the thought remaining in her head since they took her away. Reaching up slightly, she placed her hands upon his arms and smiled softly, putting her head in the corner of his right armpit.
"Akito-sama... I don't care... he's... she's not going to bother us..." Hiro said, a vow audible in the tone of his voice. "Even if Akito does come back around... I'm not going to let him get to me. Controlling freak..." The insult was an empty one, Hiro knew. He couldn't truly insult Akito.
Kisa closed her eyes in silence, cuddling up against him happily.
Hiro sighed softly, and pressed his lips against the top of her head. "I'm most definitely going to have to do this more often..."
"Oh really?" Shigure asked as he snatched a picture of them sitting there. "What are you going to do next. Take her to your room and violate her?" he asked with a I'm-Right-Aren't-I? Look.
Hiro rolled his eyes, and mustered up the most sarcastic smirk he could. Which was actually almost perfect. "Yes, Shigure. I'm going to drag her to my room, throw her down on the bed and violate her in round after round of hot monkey sex. And afterwards, you will be allowed to crack sheep sex jokes at every opportunity possible around her," Hiro's voice was as sarcastic as the look on his face. "Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of, let's leash the dog and take him for a walk to go buy a new television."
Kisa blushed as Hiro spoke, but she knew that he was lying.
Shigure grumbled. "You're too rash with the love scenes…" Sighing, he caved in. "FINE!"
"Well, I think I did pretty well considering my current experience with sex," Hiro said smugly, motioning for Kisa to move so he could stand up. "And that's a good puppy... now... let's go for a walk..."
Kisa slouched to all fours and crawled out of Hiro's lap. Yawning softly, she sat there, looking up at Shigure.
"Yeah yeah…" Shigure grumbled.
Hiro stood up and stretched, one of his knees popping in the process. "Wow... I was sitting for longer than I thought I was..."
He looked over at Shigure. "Well?"
"All right already!" Shigure yelped as he walked briskly to the door. "But I do think that Kisa-chan should stay here…"
Hiro looked back at Kisa, and frowned. "Stay here?" He crossed his arms and looked at Shigure. "And what if Akito drops by to have another look around the house? What if the place is robbed, and the robbers have nothing to lose? What if there's some sort of pervert out there that's worse than you, if that is possible, that decides to go after this particular house. What if a vicious wild animal attacks?"
"What if Kisa passes out while in the store and people see all of her wounds?" Shigure inquired.
Hiro rolled his eyes. "Why don't we ask her? She knows better than either of us if she's up for going out or not..."
Shigure's eyes turned to Kisa, who cowered slightly at the stare and hid behind Hiro, gripping onto the hem of his shirt tightly.
Hiro stared back at Shigure, and without blinking asked, "Kisa, do you think you feel well enough to go outside, or would you rather wait back here for us?"
"I don't want to be alone…" she muttered softly as she looked up at Hiro quietly, her eyes explaining why.
Hiro looked back sympathetically. "I know you want to go... but will you be able to go? Are you feeling well enough? Because if not..." he looked back at Shigure. "I suppose we might be able to wait."
"I can go…" Kisa muttered as she looked up at Hiro still, eyes becoming watery from not blinking.
Hiro nodded and looked at Shigure. "There, it's decided."
He moved back towards the room. "Just let me get my jacket... Kisa, if you're coming you should, too."
Kisa nodded, running her fingers through her hair after grabbing her jacket from her bag. Putting it on herself, she zipped it up to her mid chest and put on small gloves.
Hiro waited until Kisa was safely out of the room before changing quickly into heavier clothes. He walked out of the bedroom, still pulling on his gloves, a scarf draped over his shoulders, waiting to be placed around his neck.
He looked at Shigure. "Alright. Let's get moving."
Shigure sighed as he slipped on his shoes and jacket, soon followed suit by Kisa, who therefore waited for Hiro. Finally, the trio left the house and wandered to the nearest store, searching for a suitable TV.
Hiro ran to catch up with Kisa, and grabbed her hand as they walked, standing close to her, but not too close. "So, you do know where there's a television store around here, right?" Hiro asked Shigure, looking up at the older Sohma.
"Actually… No.." Shigure muttered as he sweat dropped. "We'll just wander…" he chimed in as he continued to sweat drop.
Kisa looked down at Hiro's hand and smiled lightly, holding it gently.
Hiro gripped his forehead with his free hand. "That's just great. I'm going to end up lost in the city, aren't I?" He sighed. "Do you know of any electronics stores whatsoever?"
"Not at all… And I guess Aya's shop wouldn't be a place to l- AYA! We can ask him if he knows any shops!" Shigure barked slightly as he laughed.
Hiro smiled, and shook his head. "Of course... let's ask the snake... he's only been working in the city for how many years..." Hiro laughed. "Oh look, Shigure actually had a good idea."
Several thoughts began to run through Kisa's head.
"And Kisa-chan… Aya WILL want to try outfits on you…" Shigure muttered as he smirked, glad that he brought his camera along.
Kisa blushed at the mere thought and smiled softly, pretending everything would be all right, but actually, she was quite scared.
"They better be the latest winter fashions," Hiro muttered softly, looking to Kisa. "He can't see those bruises..."
Kisa smiled softly as she looked up at Hiro, and within a short walking distance, they arrived at Aya's shop. "Oh Kisa-chaaaaaan!" Called an oddly familiar voice as Aya walked out in his robe and scooped up Kisa into a large hug, which made her grimace only slightly. But inside she tried to calm herself from crying.
"Aya-san…" she muttered softly as Aya put her down.
"Sooo…. What are you three doing?"
"Looking for a TV…" Kisa answered absentmindedly.
Aya's face turned a strange pinkish color. "Oh, Kisa! I have some new outfits I want you to try on!" Aya muttered as he ushered the three of them into the shop.
Hiro stared around at the frilly girl's attire and shuddered slightly, but not from the cold. There was way too much of a feminine air in the shop to sit well with him. He followed at the back of the precession, trying not to tell Aya off for hugging Kisa the way he did. Hiro knew it had hurt, and he winced along with her.
Mine, who took her hand and led her away with clothes in her arms, soon greeted Kisa. "OOO SO CUTE!" she squealed from the dressing room. She had noticed the large bruises, which made her eyes twitch and avert themselves before she drew attention to them. Kisa walked out in a silver/gray looking ball dress with sleeves that crawled up to her elbows. Ayame made her spin slightly for him and squealed in delight.
Hiro felt his cheeks heat up as he watched her, and then quickly averted his eyes. He muttered something about the whole damn place being too frilly, and kept staring pointedly at the ground.
"Look... do you know... where there's a television store around here?" Hiro asked after a moment, still watching the ground intently. He didn't know why he was feeling self-conscious all of a suddenly. He had, after all, seen at least part of her naked only the day before.
It had to be that he was around other people.
Aya clasped his hands together as Kisa was dragged off quickly behind the curtains, where she was attacked by Mine.
"There's one across the street…" he muttered as he looked at the door in silence.
Kisa stepped out in a deep blue maids dress, and instantly Shigure took a picture.
Hiro muttered a quick 'thanks' to Aya, and was about to get up and wander over to the shop to look at TVs while the others gawked at Kisa and the dresses. He was stopped however when Shigure took the picture, and was tempted enough to turn and look at what it was.
This time the blush was deeper, going all the way out to the tips of his ears. He growled, trying to sound angry, and once again clasped his hand to his forehead. "Why are you so good at this, Ayame...?" he growled.
"What, at making her look cuuuute?" Aya asked, as he looked over at Kisa in a cheerful mood.
Kisa was dragged back into the changing room and soon came out in a yellow long coat with an orange-ish red skirt and knee high socks that covered most of the bite wounds.
"Yes..." Hiro mumbled under his breath, hoping Ayame wouldn't hear his answer. This newest outfit made him smile at her, amusement flickering in his brown eyes.
"She's already soooo cute!" Mine chimed in as she pulled Kisa away again and fitted on a big sweater that hung just to her knees and the sleeves were a little too long. The sweater was actually just a little bigger than Hiro's size. Getting some distinctive ideas, Shigure snapped some pictures, grinning.
Hiro laughed, ignoring the dog and his camera. "You look like you've just woken up..." He raised an eyebrow at her. "This is a little odd for Ayame's fashion sense..."
"I shall call it the 'Sleeping with Hiro' look…" muttered Shigure, snickering slightly.
Kisa looked confused as she was dragged back in and changed into very cute pajamas with little sheep on top of clouds. "Very appropriate.." Aya muttered as Kisa yawned softly.
Hiro clenched his jaw and his fist at Shigure's comment, and looked around briefly for something to throw at the perverted author.
When he didn't find anything that could cause enough pain, he crossed his arms over his chest and looked sullen.
The look changed, however, when he saw Kisa, and he began laughing again. "Appropriate? Try ironic."
Aya rolled his eyes. "Do you want me to put YOU in an outfit?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
Kisa finally got back into her normal clothes, and Mine began to ask about her bruises.
Hiro rolled his eyes, and smirked at Ayame. "If you did that, you might as well call me Ritsu... or worse... Ayame... I think I would rather sleep with Akito..." He turned away from the snake with an arrogant wave of his hand, as he walked towards Kisa.
Mine was looking at the bruises, inspecting them in silence. "So you tripped?" she asked as Kisa nodded.
Hiro turned around, and leaned against the wall outside of the changing rooms, listening quietly to the conversation. He waited for a pause in the conversation. "There's a TV store across the street, conveniently enough."
"Kisa wandered out of the room and smiled up at Hiro. "Yay!" she muttered cheerfully, staying clear of Aya.
"Yeah, that means we can finally get our TV, and Shigure can stop taking pictures," Hiro said happily, looking towards Shigure for the last bit of his sentence.
Shigure felt a dawning presence upon him and looked of at Hiro nervously. Sweat dropping, he turned is attention back to Aya.
Kisa yawned softly again and slumped against Hiro. "This walking is tiring…" she mumbled softly.
Hiro held her gently and sighed. "Yeah, but all we have to do is go across the street, pick out a tv, and then go back... It'll be easy..." he lightly rubbed her back with one hand.
"Kay Hiro-kun…" she muttered sleepily. Aya, looking over at Kisa, held a small bag in is hands. Giving it to Kisa, he smiled. "Your favorite pajamas…" He muttered as he smiled, Shigure smirking as well.
Hiro pointedly ignored both of the older Sohmas in the shop before pushing slightly on Kisa's back. "Come on, the sooner we get the television, the sooner we can go back and go to sleep."
Kisa nodded slightly. "Arigtao Aya-san…" she muttered softly as she bowed and carried the bag with her as if it was her prized possession. Shigure soon followed after.
Hiro walked alongside Kisa as they went across the street and to the television store. He sighed softly as they stepped through the door, and were blasted with warm air and the plastic and rubber scent of electronics. He began walking towards the wall that had Television pronounce on a big sign.
Kisa heard a faint "Mogeta" noise in the background and wandered off, searching for the TV. Alas, she came upon it and watched a Mogeta preview on the screen. Shigure huffed and followed after her.
Hiro wanted to roll his eyes, but knew it would probably hurt Kisa. "Oh look... a new Mogeta... thing. How fun, we'll have to see that one," Hiro added happily, trying to keep the irritation out of his voice. Truth was, he didn't like Mogeta, but Kisa did, so he just grinned and bared it. He looked around at the mass amounts of televisions decorating the walls and whistled softly. "This will be fun to choose."
Kisa looked over at Hiro and tilted her head slightly. Yawning softly, she watched both him and Shigure. Shigure wandered around, looking for a TV.
Hiro walked over to the really expensive looking wide screen TVs. He poked one, and watched the screen ripple under his touch. "Too bad we couldn't go liquid crystal..."
Kisa watched Hiro curiously, paying no attention to the Mogeta Show. Standing up, she heard a tapping of glass behind her and she turned around noticing Aya, standing there and smiling. Yelping loudly, Kisa bolted for Hiro and hid behind him.
Hiro turned around, and fixed a stare on Ayame. "What does he want?"
"I was just wondering if you saw Yuki lately." He called through the window, and people gave him strange stares.
Kisa nodded her head slightly and continued to hide behind Hiro, exhausted and her breaths uneven from being scared.
Hiro rolled his eyes, and continued to look at Ayame. "Yes, what do you want with him?"
"I wanted to know his progress…" Aya answered as he smirked.
"Onee-chan?" Kisa asked, tilting her head.
"Of course!"
Hiro looked a little lost, until he figured it out. "I don't... I'm not very good at telling things like that..." He sighed. "Sorry, I can't help. Though we have seen them out going towards Yuki's garden more than once."
"Ahh… That could be dangerous…" Shigure muttered, suddenly appearing behind them.
Hiro jumped, stiffening slightly, then glared at Shigure. "Don't do that, dammit."
He turned back to the window. "If you would come inside, Ayame, I'm sure we could talk more. And better!"
Ayame "Hpmh"ed and wandered inside lazily.
"What?" Hiro asked as the snake finally caught up to them. "It was getting too weird to keep yelling through the glass. Especially about something like that."
"Yeah… But, I assume that Yuki and Tohru are at school?" he asked.
Kisa nodded slightly and looked around nervously. Shigure nodded as well.
Hiro rolled his eyes. "Of course he's at school. He's too much of a goody-two-shoes to ditch a day."
Aya sighed. "Fine fine… I just want to talk to my little brother…"
Hiro's eyes went wide for a moment. "Don't tell me you're going to go to his school?"
"If I can…" he muttered, stroking his chin. "Hmm…."
Hiro shook his head, and clutched it with one hand. "Why would you go down to the school and interrupt him in his daily life, when you can have plenty of time to do that after he gets home..."
He sighed and looked over at Shigure. "Did you find something?"
"OH! That's a good idea Hiro.. That I will.. I'll drop by later this afternoon" he called as he left to go off to his store.
Shigure grumbled. "Yes…" he pointed out a medium sized TV. "How will we get it home?"
Hiro smirked at Shigure. "I don't know. Ask them if they deliver. I sure as hell am not going to carry it..."
Shigure sighed and walked over to the cashier. After a small chat, he walked back. "We'll have to wait for two days…" he told them.
Hiro shrugged. "Works for me..."
He looked Kisa. "Right?"
Kisa nodded, her eyes slightly droopy.
"Are you all right Kisa-chan?" Shigure asked with a concerned look, to which isa only nodded again.
Hiro looked concerned, and turned back to Shigure. "We should head back now, buy the TV and let's get going..."
Just as Shigure turned to buy the TV, there was a slight thump on the ground. Turning, he stared at Kisa in horror; Kisa asleep on the ground, red streaks across her cheeks. "Kisa… Kisa?" he called as he walked towards her and Kisa did not respond.
Hiro stared in shock, before shaking his head, and kneeling beside Kisa. "She must have been really tired. Let's get out of here."
Shigure nodded, quickly paid for the TV, and picked his up onto his back, carrying her along. "She feels warm…" Shigure muttered softly, as to not wake her up.
"Well..." Hiro said looking at his hands. "We're both technically still sick..." he followed Shigure out of the store, his eyes only on Kisa.
"Does that mean I'll have to carry you too?" Shigure asked as he looked back at Hiro and Kisa.
"I may be sick, Shigure, but I can make it back just fine," Hiro snapped defensively.
Shigure released a somewhat relieved sigh as he carried Kisa nack to the house. With a sigh, Shigure placed Kisa gently into her bed and tucked her under the covers.
Hiro looked at the clock as he seated himself at the table. It was already getting close to the time the other members of the household would be getting home. Great, some real company.
Kisa slept soundlessly in the bed. Shigure walked out and sat down across from Hiro. "Soooo… What are you two up to lately?" he asked, trying to make a conversation.
"Hmmm..." Hiro thought for a moment. "Besides her being in the cage, then getting sick, then getting ME sick, then me kicking her ribs to death... then running off in the forest, and getting attacked by a fox that she had to save me from, afterwards I had her sitting naked in my lap for an hour... I'd say not much."
"You just love to boast about Kisa sitting in your lap naked don't you?" Shigure asked as he arched an eyebrow.
Hiro smirked, and picked up his hand in the universal sign for 'a little bit'. "Sukoshi."
Shigure rolled his eyes. "Yeah Yeah…. Rub it in…"
"Really now, Shigure... you're the biggest pervert I know. That should happen all the time with you," Hiro waved his hand from side to side as he smirked with his eyes closed. "Honestly now... especially since you're such a famous author..."
"I wish…" Shigure muttered. "High school girls in short skirts!" he yelped as he began to think bout those two objects.
"Of course..." Hiro sighed, putting both hands on his face. "You really are... what you should be..."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Shigure asked, tilting his head.
Kisa awoke sleepily, but didn't budge. She just lay there quietly. I said I'd be all right… But I was wrong… again… she thought as she sighed mentally.
Hiro turned his head until he was looking out of the corner of his eye at Shigure. "It means you're a perverted old man, of course. Just what I said."
"Riiiiight…" Shigure mumbled as he rolled his eyes.
From inside Kisa's room, there was a particularly loud sneeze.
Hiro smiled back at Shigure and laughed. "Nevermind..." He put his head in one and sighed when he heard the sneeze. "I'll be right back..." He got up and headed towards Kisa's room.
Kisa's face was entirely flushed as she heard footsteps coming towards her door. Instinctively, she covered her head with the blanket and shivered slightly for no reason.
Hiro knocked on the door lightly to let her know she had company, and then paused for a moment before opening the door. He poked his head in, and nothing else. "Are you feeling all right?"
He wasn't sure if she was awake or not by this point.
Kisa remained quiet under the sheets until she sneezed again, and the great mass on the bed shivered.
Hiro raised an eyebrow. "Are you awake over there?" He walked in the room, closing the door quietly behind him.
"Yeah…" she muttered softly from under the covers as she sniffled and shivered again.
"More importantly..." He sat down at the end of the bed. "Are you feeling any better?"
There came no answer as she popped her head out of the edge of the blanket. She stifled a yawn and watched him in silence.
Hiro turned around, sitting cross-legged on the end of the bed, facing her. "I guess you must be feeling somewhat better if you're talking to me..."
Kisa smiled and nodded in silence, though her cheeks were flushed. "I.. Hope that you don't get sick again…" she muttered softly.
Hiro put a finger on his chest. "Who, me? Nah, I'm healthy as an ox!"
He coughed behind his hand. "Alright, maybe not, but I can't get sick while I'm still recovering."
Kisa smiled. "You're alright then?" she asked as she crawled out from under the covers, but sat a distance away from him, as not to give him her cold.
Hiro smiled softly at her. "Well, yeah for the most part... are your ribs feeling any better?" He winced as he said it.
"Yes.." she muttered half truthfully. She didn't want to hurt Hiro. Her wounds were just passing the highest range of pain.
Hiro looked away, trying not to apologize yet again for doing that to her. "Here, next time you have a nightmare, you can maul me, do we have a deal?" He winked at her, and smiled.
Kisa smiled and laughed softly through her hand as she coughed. "Of course…" she muttered in a slightly playful way.
"Ahhh… young love…" Shigure muttered, still in the living room.
"Then we have a deal," Hiro said, giving her the thumbs-up. "So... you need anything?"
Kisa shook her head slightly and let out a small yawn, but her eyes were still turned towards him.
Hiro put his elbows on his knees, and cradled his head in his hands as he looked back. "Are you sure you don't want or need anything?"
Kisa nodded with a small smile. In an attempt to be sitting on her knees, she fell over next to him, on her back and smiled. "I'm becoming more like onee-chan…"
Hiro slapped a hand to his forehead. "Oi... yes you are... you're slowly morphing into that dum-" He sighed. "Nevermind. Stop that!"
Kisa smiled softly again and looked up at him with her orange eyes. "Sorry…"
Hiro looked away, blushing lightly. "You're even acting like her... you don't need to apologize for anything..."
"S-.. I …." She muttered as she sighed softly, giving up at she watched him with eyes half open. "You're cheeks are red Hiro-kun…" she muttered softly. She had no room to speak, for her cheeks were entirely flushed.
"Oh, I'm blushing am I?" Hiro stated looking back at her with an eyebrow raised, his cheeks still slightly tinged pink. He poked her gently on her cheekbone with one hand. "Look at yourself."
"I-I have a reason Hii-kun…" she muttered, for she did have a fever. Coughing softly into her elbow, she sighed.
Hiro rolled his eyes. "I know, you're sick and injured..." he flopped down on his stomach next to her and sighed softly. "I wish you would get better now..."
"I'm getting better…" she muttered as she smiled and took one of Hiro's hands into hers and smiled.
He squeezed her hand lightly. "Yeah, I know. But... it's not going fast enough, damn it!" He sighed again. "I'm being an impatient little kid again..."
"Yes… Hiro-kun.. But you can't help that…" she muttered with a small laugh. Smiling again, she placed her head against his shoulder and sighed.
Hiro felt the blush return to his cheeks, but he smiled contentedly. "Oh well... at least you being incapacitated for so long has had its perks."
"Perks?" she asked with her head tilted slightly.
Hiro laughed. "Yes... I've gotten to spend so much time with you..."
"So you are happy?" she asked as her head throbbed slightly.
Hiro grinned at her, and hugged her lightly. "Happy... doesn't even begin to cover it."
Kisa smiled softly at his embrace and returned it with her own, but she was careful not to grimace or anything that would draw his attention to her ribs.
Hiro stood up after a moment, and headed towards the door. "As long as you're alright, then."
Kisa watched him head to the door in sadness and sighed softly, her fever returning to her full attention as she grimaced slightly without his notice. Silently, she sat there and nodded, waiting for him to leave so she wouldn't show her pained emotion.
Hiro closed the door behind him. "Why am I always hurting her? I'm so bad at this... I thought the year of the ram was supposed to be one of the most of not the most romantic..." he whispered, leaning against the door for a moment. He closed his eyes before pushing off the door and heading back out to the living room. People were due to be home at any time, now anyway.
Kisa had quickly curled up into her ball, tears fleeing from the corners of her eyes. Closing her eyes, she cried softly and soundlessly. She hated inconveniencing people. She coughed softly from under the blankets and remained with her eyes closed.
Tohru and Kyo were the first to arrive at home, both of them very silent. Shigure looked up at them with a very queer looking face.
Hiro raised his eyebrow at them. "What happened with you two? Is someone pregnant?" He smirked at his smart-assed remark, and looked pointedly at Tohru. "And it's NOT Yuki's baby is it... for shame..."
Tohru's mouth gaped and Kyo wandered forward with vein marks upon his forehead. Instinctively, he picked Hiro up by the collar and shoved him against the wall. "You smart ass!" he growled. Tohru and Shigure intervened and spread the two apart quickly, Tohru taking Kyo and Shigure taking Hiro.
After Kyo cooled down, Tohru snuck off to visit Kisa.
Hiro snickered at Kyo, and waved dramatically. "I thought so!"
There came a loud giggling from the back of the room. "Hiro-kun's spent too much time with Shigure!"
Yuki just walked in, rolling his eyes.