Nana: This one's not pleasant or romantic, it's about both of them resenting the way Akito's role is being dealt with. Hatori doesn't like that Akito's being so careless, and Akito doesn't like that he's being used…eheh, well you can read it, I'll shut up. Enjoy!

Aki In The Bath

Title: How Dare You

Prompt: 065. Passing

Rating: PG-13

When they pass each other in the hall, here's what Akito and Hatori see.

Hatori sees somebody who can scarcely walk from sickness, whose legs and lungs are failing him utterly. Somebody with rings under their eyes and a hacking cough, a dead look. Somebody who ought to be in bed, who's taking risks with the family's existence.

Akito sees somebody who's exhausted, shaking from too much caffeine. Somebody who's got no place on the sickness line, whose appearance is pissing him off. How dare he not be mechanical, how dare he need when he's taken so much from Akito?