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The Reason I Love You
Chapter Ten
It's been a month since Akito gave birth to young Shiori. She, as Shigure proudly put it, is as beautiful as an angel. Well, she is an adorable baby. She has her mother's beautiful face and her father's charming smile. Everyone had already seen her. Tohru was very delighted when she cradled the baby girl in her arms. Smiling broadly, beaming at the parents of the infant and kissed the baby's forehead lovingly.
"Ah..."Shigure's smile was never wide then than it was when he looked at his wife carrying his daughter. "Hatori-san, there she is," he said to Hatori who stood beside him with Mayuko and their son. "Your future daughter-in-law..." he said dreamingly.
Hatori and Mayuko were taken aback, eyes opened wide at Shigure's comment, before exchanging their astonished looks to one another. Mayuko smiled slightly. "I just hope she won't grow up cloning his father's annoying attitude. If she does, I might have my second thought about this arrangement." She said.
"Does that mean you agree to my idea Mayu?" Shigure asked her, shocked.
"Not exactly," she said. "I cannot make decisions for my son now, can I? He's only one and a half years old you know." But nonetheless she beamed as she took her turn cradling the beautiful baby in her arms and kissed her cheeks, congratulating Akito before handing back the infant to the young mother's arms once again.
***
Momiji sat still on the chair in the plain decorated room. The room used to smell like medicine. He didn't like the smell so much, but the room smelled much better these days since Tohru always sprayed the air purifier every time she came for a visit. He beamed as he remembered her antics as she sprayed the room.
"It feels like we're in a hospital room," she said, smiling. "I thought this thing will do the trick to lessen the medicine smell."
Momiji smiled to himself. He looked at the balcony outside the room through the glass sliding doors, thinking. He hadn't seen Tohru for months now and only God knows how much he missed her. He's been contacting her almost regularly just to check on her. And now that he's on holiday, he's really looking forward to meet her again.
He then turned his gaze onto the person on the bed before him. His expressions are no longer happy but grim and sullen looking. Kyo, to him, seemed very much well cared by the looks of it; Momiji stared at his cousin, who's still bedridden and stiff, not knowing his surroundings. Tohru must have been doing some cleaning and stuff for the room, he thought. That's so like Tohru. At the thought of that, he suddenly felt a pang in his heart; a hurtful pang of jealousy toward the man on the bed. He eyed Kyo slightly, looking at his calm and untainted features. He looked as if he's having a wonderful dream, almost smiling, as he soundlessly and softly breathing in and out. The blonde boy stared intently at Kyo, thinking of how calm and peaceful his cousin is as he sleeps. Momiji then felt the urge to shout at him to wake up. To see the world around him, the people he love and love him in return. To see Tohru, talking to her and making her smile again. He really felt like shouting of how stupid Kyo is for letting himself get hit and sent him unconscious for months; and at the top of it all, he really wanted to choke Kyo for making Tohru cry every single day and night.
"You are really stupid Kyo..." Momiji continue staring at Kyo, actually restraining himself from choking his cousin right then and there. "How could you..." he started slowly. "How could you do this to Tohru...You're supposed to be looking out for her, and be with her. Yet you're here, lying right here on this stupid bed, unconsciously oblivious to everything around you. Do you know how much Tohru had cried for you? Do you?"
Momiji talked and stared at Kyo as if hoping that the latter will respond. "I really trust you to take care of her Kyo. I really thought that you're the only one who can make her happy. And I knew that I was right!" Momiji said softly, still staring at the former cat. "You're always so stupid Kyo, ever since we were kids. You don't know how envious I am to you, how jealous I really feel right now seeing that you have someone who cried for you and always here for you and you don't even know it."
Kyo remained motionless as Momiji continues his monologue. "Heh, it wasn't just me..." he smirked, "but everyone thinks you're stupid and weak to be lying here, waiting to be attended lovingly by Tohru. How lame can you get, Kyo? When is it that you're going to open your eyes again, and make Tohru smile once more? When are you going to pay her back for what she did for you?" Momiji spoke so softly that it seemed as if he hadn't spoken at all.
"When are you going to make her smile again Kyo? None of us can make her smile like you do. That's why you have to wake up. Everyone; me, Yuki, Kisa, Haru...everyone misses her smile. Even if you don't want to do it for us, do it for her and for yourself. Let her be her usual self once again. Don't make her stay the way she is now..."
He paused, sighing. "That's another reason why I envy you Kyo; I even almost loathe you," he snorted lightly. "We both love her wholeheartedly 'til to some extend that we'd die for her. I love her as much as you do, but still, I couldn't make her smile and happy the way you did." He paused again, "How did you do it Kyo? Why does she love you so much? Why did she choose you over the rest of us?" Momiji almost glared angrily at Kyo, but then his expression softens. "I guess maybe you are asking yourself the same thing, aren't you Kyo? You must not know the answer yourself aren't you?" Momiji smiled softly, "you are stupid, Sohma Kyo."
"I told you once before, if you're too late, someone will snatch her away from you," Momiji smirked. "If you don't wake up soon, I'll make sure I'll have her." He said as he stood up from his chair, "even if she doesn't love me like she does to you, I'll make her accept my love and love me in return." He turned, "if you don't want that to happen..." he paused, "...then wake up soon you baka."
"I seriously hate you now, you know..." He then left the room.
***
Hatori stared at the blonde boy's back as the young man walked silently out of the room, turning to a corner. It seems that Momiji didn't see him standing outside the room since he just came to check on Kyo. He had been standing by the wall out of the room just as soon as he heard Momiji's voice. He thought to give Momiji a fair privacy, but he'd never heard Momiji said such things to anyone.
He walked into the room, with a clipboard firmly in his hand. Hatori then walked silently to the red head, taking a seat that was formerly seated by Momiji. He gazed at the young man on the bed, wondering. Had Kyo and Momiji been rivals over Tohru? Possibly not, but it seems so. Tohru wouldn't want anything like that to happen between her lover and her best friend. Hatori was sure Tohru didn't know any of this; if she did, he was sure she'd have problems choosing and might worry herself over it. But then, if she was to choose between the two, he's sure she'd still choose the cat. Everyone knows how much she love Kyo, and longed for him even, for how long they do not know, and her love for Momiji was merely sisterly and as a best friend. Nothing more.
He wondered why Momiji is fighting a losing battle when he knew he cannot win. Hatori then stared at his clipboard and starts to check Kyo as he stood up. He checked Kyo's IV and his bandages, as well as his breathing patterns. All in all the results remained the same. He then went to check on Kyo's head when suddenly he saw a slight shine coming from the younger man's closed eyes. He leaned nearer and saw that it was tears. Kyo was crying. Hatori then look at his face, only to see the same calm, expressionless face. Only this time, it wasn't as peaceful as it always was. It seems as if Kyo was in pain. Hatori saw the tears rolled down the youth's cheeks, slowly until they hit the pillow sheets. The doctor stared saddened at his young cousin.
"You heard Momiji..." Hatori whispered. "You did, didn't you Kyo?"
Hatori stood still, staring. "Momiji...he's a loner. He always had been...until Tohru..." Hatori paused. "I'm sure he didn't mean what he said."
Kyo's left fingers twitched. Hatori, being an accomplished and professional doctor as he is, noticed this. He then quickly leaned in to Kyo. "Kyo?" he whispered. "Do you hear me?" He waited for Kyo to respond. Almost five minutes later did Kyo's left fingers curled slightly, forming a limp fist. "Kyo? If you hear me, please tell, show me something. Anything!" Hatori whispered at Kyo's right ear.
Kyo didn't respond for full five minutes until later he moved his head slightly. Hatori beamed, nearly scream out of joy! He then went to the phone and dialled the dojo number. He waited patiently as he heard the other line, after a few seconds did his call answered by Kunimitsu.
"Hello, Tomoda-san. Can you pass the phone to Kazuma-dono, please? It's Hatori." He said. Moments later the phone was passed to Kazuma. "Kazuma-dono, it's me, Hatori. There's something I think you and Tohru-kun should see." He paused, listening to Kazuma's respond. "Yes, here. It's about Kyo," he smiled slightly, "I think he's waking up."
***
Almost everyone was cramped inside the room. Tohru and Kazuma sat on the chairs beside Kyo's bed while almost all the others stood around. Hatori had called Dr. Satoshi, telling him Kyo's improvements. The stout and a bit plump doctor came, beaming, and was now standing beside the young and tall Hatori. Yuki brought Machi into the room and was standing hand-in-hand by the wall; Hatsuharu came with Rin; Hiro and Kisa, who both just got home from school, standing to each other beside a disgruntled and worried yet smiling Ritsu; Shigure came with Akito, who sat on a single sofa, cradling Shiori in her arms; Hana stood behind Kazuma; Arisa and Kureno weren't there since they were both outstation. Ayame and Mine sat on the sofa across the room with Hatori's wife, Mayuko and their son, Tsukasa. Kagura was standing in between Kunimitsu and Momiji, who stood near the door.
"You're all here?" Hatori started as he stared at everyone in the room. "Did you tell them all to come?" Hatori turned to Kazuma. The latter shook his head. "Shigure and Akito were at my place when you called." Hatori then turned his gazed toward the black haired man who beamed.
"You shouldn't keep things like this a secret you know, Haa-san." Hatori shook his head wearily.
"I wasn't keeping it a secret. I wasn't sure myself whether or not he'd be awake just yet," at this point Tohru's head shot up, looking at him, but Hatori was oblivious to this, or he may be just ignoring her to hide the fact that he felt a little guilty. "I'm here just to show these two Kyo's latest improvement that's all."
"Still, if there's anything new about Kyo, don't you think you should tell us too?" said Shigure. "We care about him too you know."
"Well, I don't want..." he paused, "ah, never mind. Just make sure to keep your voice down, okay?" he turned to Ayame, whose face formed a complete grin. As the snake started to open his mouth to speak, Hatori stopped him by saying, "especially you Ayame. You keep your mouth shut." With that Ayame shut his mouth instantly, beaming and nod his head enthusiastically.
Hatori and Dr. Satoshi then went off to discuss about Kyo at a corner of the room. Tohru then turned her gazed to Kyo while holding his left hand firmly in hers, stroking it lovingly. Momiji stared at her, feeling a slight jealousy at Kyo. He turned his face towards the doorway. Kagura, who saw Momiji's disgruntled expression and behaviour, look from Tohru and Momiji and Kyo and back to Momiji. She smiled sadly.
"I know how you feel..."she said slowly and quietly so that only Momiji can hear. Momiji turned his head to face her. "When I look at them, at first, I feel so jealous of her," she stared at Tohru. "But then, I know, there's no way I can replace her in his heart." She closed her eyes and bowed her head slightly, "I am never in his heart in that way. To him, I'm merely his cousin, like an older sister. That's all. Every time I think about it, I really feel I would break down, but I know better not to be that way. Whatever happens, I know that Kyo-kun will always be in my heart, even though I have someone new with me." She smiled. "He's my first love, but that doesn't mean I'll get him, does it? Besides, there's always someone out there waiting for you...just for you..." As she said this she glanced at Kunimitsu beside her, whose face flushed crimson as he glanced and grinned shyly at her.
Momiji gawped, "wait a minute Kagura-chan! Do you..." he said, stunned. "...and him..." he pointed his index to them respectively. Both Kagura and Kunimitsu smiled shyly at him. Momiji grinned. "Congrats! I never knew you guys are going out together."
"Well," Kunimitsu started. "It sort of just happened actually..." he chuckled. Kagura giggled, "Yeah, that day he saw me cry he went to console me. He was so gentle, I fell for him instantly!"
"Eh? How 'bout Kyo?"
"Well, Kyo-kun's a different story," she waved her hand, "he's still in here," she put her palm on her chest, "always..."
"Then where am I?" Kunimitsu pouted. "Surely I'm in there too..."
"Yes you are, but you're in a little lower ranking than Kyo-kun."
"What??" Kunimitsu almost yelled, but kept his volume as low as he could. "How could you..." He pouted. Kagura giggled. Kunimitsu and Momiji then joined her.
"Just a little lower than him. You need to catch up to replace him," Kagura smiled cheekily at Kunimitsu. Kunimitsu beamed, "I'm sure I'll surpass him one day, you just wait!"
"I'm waiting. If you didn't manage to replace him by New Year I'll dump you," she said smiling.
"What??" Kunimitsu yelled. Almost everybody's head turned to his direction. "Oh, sorry...I mean..." he whispered, "what? Why?"
"Because if you failed to replace Kyo I'm going to find some other guy who will."
"You just wait and see; I'll make you fall for me before autumn!" Kunimitsu looked pleasantly determined and crossed his arms. Kagura nodded, smiling. "That's the spirit of my boyfriend."
Momiji grinned at them. He's happy for Kagura. Even after years of unrequited love she held for Kyo, she still managed to at least try to forget about him. Even though she knew it was hard, she still go for it. He couldn't help but feel proud of her. Momiji felt guilty as he remembered what he said to Kyo hours ago. He wondered why he said all that. He's been carried away by his own mounting desire and enviousness towards his unconscious older cousin.
Kunimitsu smiled at him, somewhat reassuring. Now Momiji was very sure and confident that he'll be able to do things right, as it should be. Even if he couldn't find anyone to replace Tohru, even if Kyo wouldn't wake up, he'd always be with her, to support her as a real best friend and brother would. He smiled.
"Kyo-kun!" Tohru suddenly gasped as she felt Kyo's left hand gripped hers. Everyone turned their attentions to her. The two doctors came quickly to the bed. Dr. Satoshi went to check on Kyo, as well as Hatori. Then the whole room started to buzzed. Ayame had even started to speak and stop abruptly as Hatori shushed him quiet. Kyo's head turned a little to his left, to where Tohru and Kazuma sat. His face held the expression of someone annoyed for being disturb in their sleep. He let out a low moan.
Everyone beamed at Kyo's progress, Tohru and most of the girls' eyes were tearful. Every person in the room was so happy for him, even Hiro (mainly because Kisa's happy) and Momiji. Everyone was beaming except Hanajima, whose expression, was serious. She stared intently at Kyo, almost like x-raying him from head to toe. Tohru was grinning happily and she, Hanajima, was really worried right now. She wonders if everything will turn out all right, and that Tohru will not be disappointed. She really do hope so.
The crowded room filled with joyful whispers and talks and laughs. Even the serious Hatori smiled. Kyo moaned again. He turned his head to the other side; his grip on Tohru's hand tightens. Tohru gasped. Kyo's vice-like grip hurt her a bit, but she ignored it. The fact was she enjoyed the feeling of Kyo's touch. She honestly missed it.
Kyo's moan gets slightly louder as he fidgeted slowly. After nearly fifteen minutes later, his eyelids moved. Every person in the room held their breaths, waiting patiently for the young red head to open his scarlet eyes. Kyo moaned again as he tried to open his eyes. He frowned as his eyelids slowly fluttered open.
He opened his eyes halfway before shutting them tight once more. He then tried again. After several attempts did he managed to open his eyes fully, staring at the people before him. At long last, everybody now was watching his beautiful mesmerising eyes staring back and forth at them. He blinked.
"Kyo?" Hatori leaned nearer to him, "can you hear me?"
Kyo stared at him before slowly and painfully raised himself up from his bed. He twitched as he moved himself into sitting position with the help of Hatori and Tohru. Kyo then turned to his left, where his face was inches away from Tohru. He stared at her, making her blushed as she stared back into his curious looking eyes. He blinked again.
"Kyo-kun?" Tohru said slowly. Kyo merely stared at her before leaning backwards to the headboard. He had his eyes fixed on her before rolling them to stare at Kazuma. He paused at the older man for some time before moving his head once again to everyone. He at last paused at Hatori's face, and then turned his gaze slowly towards Tohru and the others. The whole room waited patiently for Kyo's response. His expression's curious and blank as he opened his mouth, letting out a hoarse and husky voice, the voice none of them heard for more than six months, for the first time.
"Who are you?"
ps: oh man...now he forgets everyone...(smirks-should I make it worse?)...please don't hate me if the story sucks and i'm sorry if i made Momiji a little OOC! but still, tell me what u think in your reviews pple! thanks for reading!!! and your reviews will be cherish til the day i die...TT_TT. i love u guys..and Kyo! =) ok, chiao!! stay tuned! (EDITED)