Waaaaaaaah! It's already the 7th chapter of My Angel! I'm just so surprised…it seems like it was just yesterday we were sitting here writing the rough drafts sniffle sniffle ah!
Yuki: it does seem to be moving right along
Tohru: I hope it never ends!
Kyo: I hope it does
Torhu: But Kyo…aren't you excited! These next chapters will be all about you!
Kyo: Tch, whatever.
Yuki: you're so insensitive.
Kyo: What was that pretty boy?!
Yuki: Oh, a little hard of hearing today Stupid cat?
Kyo: Ugh! Say it to my face y' damn rat!
Me: Uh…guys….
Yuki: I just did dumbass!
Tohru: Uh…Yuki….Kyo?
Me: We don't own fruits basket….oh no :\
My Angel
Chapter 7: Side effects
Kyo tossed an turned uncomfortably in his bed. Hatori hovering over his younger cousin's body. He placed a stethoscope to Kyo's hot flesh, moving it a little every few moments. Kyo only spent a night at the hospital before Hatori told the others he had to stay at Shigure's house under precautions. They didn't want to take the risk.
"Ha…Hatori? Is he going to be okay?" Tohru asked worried.
"I'm not sure yet. At this rate if he doesn't get better he might have to come back to the estate with me." Hatori sighed and placed the stethoscope in his black leather bag.
"So…what's the diagnosis doc?" Shigure chimed as he walked in with a tray full of soup and biscuits in his hands. Yuki soon followed after with his hands full of hot tea.
"Thank you." Tohru said politely as she took the bowl of soup and tea.
"I'm leaving." Hatori said simply. He set a bottle of pills on the desk in Kyo's room.
"What?! Ha'ri you're not staying? Even after I slaved over a hot stove to make this soup and tea for you?" Shigure wrapped himself around Hatori's leg.
"Make sure Kyo takes one of those pills daily." Hatori said, ignoring the nuisance that clung to him. "Besides, Tohru probably made the soup and tea."
"Yeah, but I was still standing there over a hot stove."
"It's not the same." Hatori's brow twitched with frustration. "I'm terribly sorry Tohru that I can't stay." He bowed.
"Oh no! I understand. Maybe next time?" Tohru returned the bow.
"Good night Yuki." Hatori walked right by Shigure, without even a look.
"Aw! Ha'ri don't be that way! Say good night to me too!" Shigure trotted off to catch the aggravated dragon."
"Miss Honda?" Yuki placed his hand on her small shoulder.
"Yes?" She sniffled and sipped her tea.
"You should go to bed."
"But…Kyo…"
"You needn't worry about him. One thing I know about that stubborn cat, is that he would never let a simple thing like this sickness get in his way." Yuki pointed out quite precisely.
"You know Yuki…You're right!" Tohru balled her hand into a fist and had a sudden gleam of determination in her eye. "And we're hear to cheer him on!"
"Well…you're here to cheer him on." Yuki smiled gently, admiring Tohru. "I don't think Kyo would have been able to get through this without you."
"Huh? No! No way…I haven't done anything to help him…how could I have possibly-" Yuki caressed Tohru's soft pale cheek, it soon turning light red.
"Don't be so modest." He leaned down and his lips lightly brushed her own.
"Yuki…I-"
"Get some rest Miss Honda…" On that note, Yuki left Kyo's room and headed to his own bed to get some sleep.
"Goodnight." She walked over to Kyo who was fast asleep. "Get better soon Kyo." She ran her fingers through his soft orange hair when his eyes opened. The garnets burned and seemed glazed over.
"T…Tohru….It hurts!" Kyo gasped as he clenched his jaw and grabbed his head.
"Kyo are you…" Suddenly Kyo screamed in agonizing pain. Tears fell from his garnet eyes, his face became pure red and he was overwhelmed with a burning sensation inside his head. Kyo began to bang his head against the wall, slamming it over and over again, creating small indentions. Blood began to trickle from the top of his head down his face.
"Yuki!" Tohru screamed, horrified. She didn't know what to do. Yuki soon rushed in to see Kyo writhing on the floor, screaming and gasping for air.
Yuki pushed Kyo to lie on his back, holding his wrists and immobilizing Kyo's legs with his own weight. "Tohru quickly! Give him the pill Hatori gave to us."
"Right." She nodded and ran over to the desk, snatched the pill bottle and opened it. "How many again?" She asked spilling the small yellow pills into the palm of her hand.
"Uh…one." Yuki was almost knocked off of Kyo.
"Okay." She kneeled down and shoved the pill into the back of Kyo's throat, making him gag then swallow the small capsule.
Yuki released his cousin when Kyo finally stopped squirming and all his muscles relaxed completely. If Kyo had relaxed anymore he would have melted into the floor. Tohru and Yuki sighed in unison.
"Uh…guys?" Kyo asked quietly, wincing at the throbbing pain in his throat.
"What is it Kyo?" Tohru asked wiping his head with a cool, wet cloth that had been in a bucket next to his bed.
"I cant move." He said irritated and his voice very hoarse.
"Oh, the pills must be pain relievers and help relax his muscles." Tohru stated.
"Then they're one hell of a pain reliever. They sure worked quick." Yuki pointed out.
"Yea…and they're one hell of a muscle relaxer!" Kyo hissed, or he attempted to but his throat was raw.
"Come on stupid cat." Yuki put Kyo's arm around his shoulder and he lifted the limp cat up and onto the bed. "Jeez, you really are relaxed." Kyo's body lie completely still, unable to move.
"Dammit, I hurt everywhere."
"I thought the pill was a pain killer." Tohru questioned, scanning the small bottle for facts.
"Well, it helped the pain a little, but there's still throbbing and a slight burning in my throat, head, muscles…et cetera.(etc.)"
"Get some sleep and I'll make you a nice breakfast tomorrow." Tohru smiled and covered Kyo's body with the sheet. His body heat was still too high to use an actual blanket.
"Thanks Tohru" he lightly smiled. Kyo then turned his gaze to Yuki, who was glaring at him. "Thanks…y' damn rat." Kyo quickly fell to sleep after the two left and went to their own rooms to sleep. It had been a really long and tiring day.
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Tohru decided today was the day, she was going to tell the boys. But first she would have to decide what she was going to tell each one. The more she thought about it the more overwhelmed she became. Maybe I'm not making the correct choice. What will the other one do. Then again I can't keep doing this to them. Wait Yuki doesn't know anything its only Kyo. But, oh I don't know anymore. "Sigh." Again she was getting flustered sitting there on the couch while watching the news.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"I'll get it!" Tohru yelled up the stairs so that the men of the house heard her. "Hello," she chimed as she opened the door.
"Hey Tohru-kun, how have you been lately?" Dark smiled at her deviously.
"I have been wonderful. Oh dear, where are my manners, would you like to come in?" She bowed as he walked in the door.
"Hatori, is he here?" he questioned as he looked around the house from where he was standing.
"No, he isn't." Tohru looked over to see Yuki coming down the stairs, a queer expression on his face.
"Well hello Yuki. I am supposed to be meeting him here at nine thirty on this lovely day." Dark had an extremely big yet suspicious grin on his face, but only Yuki noticed it for Tohru was too dumbfounded to notice.
"Considering it is nine twenty, I would say you are early." Yuki looked down sweetly at Tohru.
"Why don't you have a seat and wait. I will go make some tea." Tohru walked off into the kitchen.
"I'll go get Shigure then come help you," Yuki walked off towards Shigure's study while Dark walked into the kitchen following Tohru.
"Tohru-kun?" Dark walked over to her. She was at the cabinets getting teabags and a kettle.
Dark got unusually close to her after she set down her things on the counter and turned toward him. Their faces were inches apart, "uh yes?" Tohru was quite flustered.
"Would you like to come over for lunch afterwards?" Dark pulled away when he heard footsteps on the stairs. "We could have onigiri and some other wonderful foods."
"That would be very nice. I would enjoy that." Tohru smiled.
Yuki walked into the kitchen while Dark was walking out. "What was that all about?" Yuki asked Tohru after Dark had sat down on the couch with Shigure and started a conversation.
"After his meeting with Hatori I am going to go to his house for lunch. Okay?" Tohru smiled.
I don't like that idea, something could happen to her. But I can't tell her no. "If you think it is a good idea." He told her while he wore a dejected smile upon his face.
"Thank you Yuki," she kissed him on the cheek and started making the tea. "You should go socialize and I'll be out in a minute."
"Hai," Yuki nodded. He walked into the living room and saw Hatori watching Shigure ramble on about something absurd.
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Damn you Haru'srooster….
"So…Ha'ri! What brings you here to my wonderful home on such a wonderful day!" Shigure beamed a smile, acting all innocent.
Hatori's brow twitched in aggravation, he really didn't want to be here. "Dark and I would like to speak with everyone."
"Oh…okay one second." Shigure cleared his throat. "HEY! KITTEN GET DOWN HERE!" Shigure yelled, knowing Kyo would be pissed.
"Uh…Shigure." Tohru walked in from the kitchen, the tea in her hands.
"Yes?" He answered sweetly.
"Kyo's still sick. Wont he be mad at you?" Shigure thought to himself and the room grew quiet. Sounds of heavy footsteps fell on the stairs. Loud thump after thump. Soon The sick cat was in the living room. Dark circles under his eyes and his hair was messy and wild. (God! Kyo's so sexy!)
"Ugh…you don't look so good Kyo." Dark commented, sticking his tongue out in disgust.
"I know! It's worse than what he looked before…and even then he didn't look too good." Shigure teased and stuck his tongue out as well.
"I'LL KILL YOU! YOU DAMN MUT!" Kyo shook his fists at the pervert. Kyo suddenly collapsed to the floor, out of breath and wheezing.
"Kyo!" Tohru ran to his side.
"I'm fine." Kyo growled under his breath. "God! I hate being sick. I feel so weak." Yuki and Tohru helped Kyo on to the couch.
"Okay Dark, tell them." Hatori sipped the delicious tea Tohru had just finished making.
Dark breathed in and suddenly became very serious. "We know why Kyo is so sick." Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo all widened their eyes. Shigure nodded as if he knew all a long.
"Really? So you can help him?!" Tohru asked grateful that there may be a cure for Kyo's condition. Whatever it was.
"Well, you know the first day I brought you the collars?" They thought to them selves for a few moments until they all finally re-called the day Dark and Hatori first came with the collars.
"Yeah…what about-" Kyo couldn't finish his sentence due to all the coughing and hacking interrupting him.
"Kyo!" Tohru ran and got him a bottle of water to soothe his sore throat. Kyo nodded to say thank you to Tohru for getting him the cold liquid.
"That night I was trying to tell you the consequences of using the collars too much."
"You never said the consequences! I-" Another attack of coughing plagued Kyo's throat.
"The only reason I didn't get to tell you was because someone was too excited to hear or worry about the effects of this collar." Dark arched an eyebrow as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Who was it?" Kyo asked dumbfounded. "I bet it was Yuki." Kyo glared at the rat who stood at the other side of the room.
"It was you, you dumb cat." Yuki replied nonchalantly.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU--" Kyo began coughing again as he tried to retaliate.
"Kyo. Quit over working yourself. You're wearing your body down. And you're worrying Tohru." Hatori demanded.
"Well…do you know how to help him?" Tohru asked.
"Yes. We've made an antidote." Hatori explained.
"But…the antidote only injects antibodies into Kyo's bloodstream. It wont fight off the infection by itself." Dark vindicated.
"So what does that mean? I wont get better completely?" Kyo questioned.
"You'll get better. It will just take your body a while to get rid of the infection permanently."
"And after this 'infection' is gone…I can continue wearing the collar?" Kyo asked curiously.
"Why would you want to wear the thing that hurt you?" Tohru spoke up. "Kyo…that's…that's stupid!" Tears welled up in her eyes.
"Tohru…I-" Kyo started hacking again. He fell to his knees and blood flew from his mouth to the floor.
"I cant watch this." Tohru ran up stairs to her room.
"Kyo…I don't think it's a good idea to wear it again." Dark helped him up from the floor.
"But…" Kyo's eyes saddened. 'that means…I wont be able to hold Tohru ever again. I wont be able to hug anyone.' Kyo thought to himself, his thoughts just making him more upset.
"Come on Kyo…I'll take you to your room." Yuki took Kyo from Dark and helped him up the stairs.
"Why…are you being so nice?" Kyo coughed.
"I feel bad for you." Yuki admitted.
"W…what?" Kyo asked stunned.
"For once…we actually get to hold and feel the warmth of someone else. For once, we got to embrace Tohru and love her. I mean yeah, we loved her before. But now…now we actually get to prove it to her how much we care about her."
Kyo pushed Yuki away once they got to his room. "Thanks…Yuki." With that Kyo walked into his room and slid the door shut. Kyo hated admitting it…but Yuki was right. He was right on the dot. He loved holding Tohru, being able to reach out to her and touch her. And now…he wouldn't be able to.
Tears poured from Kyo's swollen garnet eyes. "Great…now I'm crying. GOD! I'm such a baby." he wiped his eyes and laid down in his bed.
"Shigure." Hatori called.
"Yes my dear Ha'ri!"
"Every morning, swab Kyo's upper arm and inject this antidote into it."
"Alright." Shigure smiled deviously.
"Shigure! This isn't anything to joke about. Kyo could die if you don't give this to him every morning."
"Alright alright." Shigure waved Hatori's words away, blowing them off completely.
"Oh and Shigure." Dark commented. "Never put the shot in the same place."
"Okay."
"I'm leaving. Good-bye." Hatori said simply and trudged out the door, Shigure in pursuit right behind him.
"Dark?" Tohru appeared around the corner.
"Oh…Tohru-Kun."
"Can we go now?"
"Sure thing." Dark smiled and escorted her out the door.
'I know I should stay with kyo…but I really just want to clear my mind.' Tohru thought to herself as she got into Dark's car and they pulled out of the path.
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Dark'sangel-
You know you're the one that knows the specifics about the collars, I needed your help and most likely if you would have told me it would have gone in one ear and out the other, heehee…..
They rode in silence until they got to a big neighborhood. "Is this where you live, Dark?"
"Yes, it actually is, all the way in the back. And it is extremely hard to find unless you've been here multiple times." Dark said while gesturing.
"Really?" Tohru was very interested, for she wanted to get to know Dark.
"Yes, hopefully come over more often. Maybe after work sometimes?"
"That would be wonderful but I always have to cook dinner for the boys." Tohru smiled.
"They could always get take-out, don't you ever need a break?" He wore a considered expression.
"I am quite alright, I wouldn't want to be intruding on anything."
"No, not at all." They then pulled up into the drive way of a three story home(1). "This is my home…." He trailed off about how it was founded and what it was made of while Tohru thought about what the guys were doing.
'Hmm, I wonder how Kyo is. Yuki was being nice to him earlier, they were actually getting along that makes me so happy. I wonder what Yuki thinks of my verses Kyo. Oh this is such a mess I've gotten myself into. But, I know what my decision is, it's…'
"Tohru are you okay?" Dark interrupted her thoughts.
"Yes I am, I am so sorry I was thinking about something." Tohru smiled as they worked their way into the kitchen. "This is such a lovely home."
"Thank you, now for lunch I was thinking about some onigiri, and maybe some leek soup. How about with some green tea?" He was smiling at the sounds of these wonderful foods.
"I can make it if you like." She offered, "after all you have brought me to your amazing house, it's the least I can do."
"How about we do it together?" Dark suggested.
Tohru being naïve, "that's a good idea," but she didn't see the glint in his eyes.
Dark got out all the ingredients and materials needed for the meal. "Alright, I will be right back I need to change out of my work clothes into something more casual."
"Okay!" She smiled. "I'll get started." Dark walked out of the room and Tohru began to cook. She was just about to turn on the stove when some one put their arm around her waist. "Huh?" She turned around and saw Dark looking at her with cunning eyes.
"Come here for a second okay?" He was wearing a black skin tight t-shirt and dark blue jeans.
"Uh, yeah sure." Tohru was confused. He sat her down on the couch and told her to close her eyes. She did as she was told. Dark pinned her to the couch and starting harshly kissing her on the lips. "St-." Tohru was cut off, she couldn't get him to stop. She began to squirm, trying to get out from under him.
"God dammit, stop squirmin', sheesh." Dark yelled at her. Tohru's eyes widened when he felt his hand go up her shirt. She started to move even more. There was no way that she could get free. Dark started to play with her left nipple.
"That's too much, stop it Dark!" Tohru started to yell. He removed his hand from her shirt and slapped her. Her face was now red. 'I've got to get out of this, I need to be brave. Let's see,' Finally, Tohru got an idea. She moved her knee so it was just in the right spot. She gave into the kisses. WHAM! Tohru moved her knee up and hit him in the balls with all of her strength.
"Shit!" Dark yelled as he fell off the couch and onto the floor.
Tohru ran towards the door, and grabbed her shoes, not putting them on and ran out the door. She ran and ran, but it just seemed that she was going in circles.
She stopped to get her breath and slipped on her shoes. Then she began to walk. There was a home with kids playing outside and a mom and dad on their porch watching the little ones, just like a happy family should be.
Tohru walked up to them, "excuse me, but may I use your phone please, this is a big neighborhood and I have seem to have lost my way home." Tohru was as polite as she could possibly be.
"Of course, come with me." The mother got up and led her inside.
"You have such a lovely home." Tohru tried to give her best smile.
"Why thank you, here you are." She handed Tohru the phone. "If you would like the back door is right there if you would like some privacy."
"Thank you very much, miss." Tohru walked out the back door. She dialed Shigure's house phone number into the phone. But then quickly hung up. Maybe I should call Hatori. She turned the phone back on and pushed the buttons on the phone calling Hatori's house.
"Hello?" Hatori answered.
"Omigosh Hatori, thank god." Tohru let out a humongous sigh.
"Tohru? Are you okay, where are you?" There was a sense of worry for the girl.
"Well you see Dark invited me over for lunch, and some things happened and well I ran out the door and got lost in this neighborhood. If you don't mind could you please come get me, I am so scared right now." Tohru was starting to panic.
"Of course I can, I know that neighborhood well, I need the address. Okay?"
"Yes, its 1365 Noi street." Tohru said
"I'm on my way now, bye." Hatori hung up.
Tohru walked back out onto the porch and waited for Hatori to get there.
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(1) - picture of Dark's house.
Sooo how was it? That chapter was a lil' crazy w/ us keep switching!! I hope you liked it! Please read and review!!
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