Chapter 5 ~ "Talking" things out

Inuyasha was wheeled into the vacant room where he and Kagome were supposed to be in for the rest of the day. After Kagome pushed him into the room, she sat the chair in front of the bed. She locked the wheels and helped him get up on the bed, just in case he needed to lie down. As soon as he was settled, she wheeled the chair out of the way. Dr. Yamamoto and Dr. Sato came in.

"Okay guys, you know what you have to do. If you need anything, just call me." He looked over to Inuyasha. "You know how to reach me." And then he walked out the room.

Dr. Sato then started her rant. "I'm going to call the kitchen and get both of you some food. Kagome, I've called a nurse to come in and get your blood so Kaito can give you the right medicine. And when I get back, your food had better be gone. I checked your file and it seems you got a nasty case of hypoglycemia as well. And I bet you didn't eat anything this morning either." Kagome blushed and shook her head. "Thought so. I'll be right back." She proceeded out of the room.

They sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes. Inuyasha heard Kagome sigh.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha. I shouldn't have lost control like that."

"No I grabbed you and you were just fighting back. It's instinct. And my demon reacted out of instinct. So we are both at fault. And for that…I'm sorry as well."

After more silence, Kagome sighed again. "I haven't been treated like a child since I was in high school."

He snorted. "You got that vibe too I see."

She smiled a small smile. "Yeah. I guess they like us. If we were anyone else, I think we'd both be out of a job."

"Yeah, you're right about that. I'm surprised we're still getting paid for today. It's like a paid vacation, but without the vacation part."

A nurse carrying a small tray full of tubes walked in. She looked at the two and smiled slightly. "Dr. Higurashi. I'm Ellen. You haven't met me yet. I'm sorry to meet you under these circumstances but I was told to draw your blood so that Dr. Yamamoto can prescribe the right medicine."

Kagome took a deep breath and nodded. She got up from her chair to take off her lab coat and sat back down on the bed beside Inuyasha. Ellen came over, tied a tourniquet on her arm, and started searching for a vein.

"So Dr. Tashio, are you doing any better?"

He scowled but still answered. "Yeah, I'm doing better," he mumbled with his hands crossed in front of his chest.

Ellen found a good vein in Kagome's left arm. She swabbed the place and was about to stick when Kagome started to breathe heavily again. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and came up beside her as best he could. He could move his body a little now so maybe they could leave earlier than Kaito thought. He told Ellen to stop for a moment.

"Kagome… Kagome calm down. Look at me."

She slowly opened her eyes. He could see true fear shining in her eyes. He took her right hand in his left and started to run his right hand up and down her forearm.

"You need to calm down. If it hurts, just squeeze my hand okay."

She nodded.

He nodded to Ellen and she found the vein again and stuck. Kagome squeezed the hell out of Inuyasha's hand but he was a big boy…he could handle it. That was the first time he saw her eyes up close…without being under the influence. They were a shade of icy blue. He never noticed how blue they were. Wow. He did admit that they were beautiful.

Soon the pain Kagome was feeling was gone. She could feel the needle in her arm but that wasn't where her concentration was at the moment. She was looking at Inuyasha in his human form. He was just as handsome in this form as he was in his hanyou form. She felt him run his fingers up and down her arm trying to comfort her. She smiled at the memory of that morning when she was having one of her panic attacks. He held her so close; it felt so good. She was brought out of her stupor when Ellen bent her arm to put pressure on the piece of cotton covering the needle wound.

"Now that wasn't so bad, was it?" the nurse cooed. "Well, I'll get this run and tell Dr. Yamamoto." She was about to leave when she was called back.

"Ellen, could you bring me my laptop? I want to check the x-rays for my patient in room 3."

"Yes sir. But if you get in trouble, I'm not taking the rap for it."

"Yeah I know. Just bring me my laptop please." She smiled and left the room.

They sat there and waited patiently. Ellen brought Inuyasha his laptop and left. Inuyasha started up his laptop and opened eFilm. (A/N: eFilm is a program that we use at the hospital I work at to view the xrays that my coworkers and I take. I do not own eFilm.) He searched for his patient's name and opened the file. Riku's chest x-ray popped up and he saw what was causing the little guy so much discomfort earlier. The poor little guy had pneumonia. He would have to be admitted. It was in the bottom of both lungs. He was so engrossed in the images that he didn't notice Kagome had scooted up next to him.

"So whatcha got?" He looked over at her and noticed she was very enthused. He let her have at it.

"Okay, what do you see?" She looked at the x-ray images.

"Well, I see the lung vascular markings and also that both lungs have fluid in the bottom lobes."

"Good." He was actually impressed.

"What are the patient's symptoms?"

"Chest pain, wheezing, tachypnea (increased/labored breathing), fever, coughing. Symptoms started within a week."

"Hmmm… How old is the patient?"

"Seven"

"Any demon heritage?"

"Neko hanyou."

She thought about it for a moment. "It sounds like the poor little guy's got pneumonia."

"That's exactly what I was thinking. He's gonna have to be admitted."

"Aww poor guy. But hopefully his demon blood will help with his recovery."

"Yeah that's true. But I've seen a lot less severe case in a hanyou this young and they didn't make it. But this little guy seems strong."

"That's sad. I hate seeing children sick. That's why I didn't want to be a pediatrician. It'll be too depressing."

"Yeah I know what you mean."

They started talking about different things such as their families, friends and anything except for the thing they were supposed to be talking about. Their food came around 11:30 and they ate. They both got triple stack club sandwiches with chips and a dill pickle with a water to drink. (OMG! These are the best!!) Inuyasha stole a couple of chips and a portion of her sandwich and Kagome stole his dill pickle. Kagome was starting to feel shaky because of her decreased blood sugar before the food had gotten there. But now, she was doing okay. Dr. Yamamoto came in around 1:00 to check on them.

He walked in and what he saw shocked him. Both of his young doctors were on the same bed watching 'YouTube' videos on the internet. 'Well at least they aren't yelling at each other.' "Inuyasha, how did you get your laptop?"

They both looked up with a guilty look on their faces. "Ugh… magic?"

"Uh-huh. You checked on your patient in room 3 didn't you?"

"Ugh…yeah I did. He's got pneumonia. And Kagome thought the same thing I did. Was he admitted?"

"Yes Inuyasha he was. He was asking for Dr. Inu while I was in there. I told him that you weren't feeling well so he said for you to get better. And Dr. Higurashi I am very proud. Most first years don't get to properly diagnose patients. Good job."

"Thanks Dr. Yamamoto."

"Oh please, call me Kaito."

"Sure."

"Well Inuyasha I see that your hair is starting to turn back silver. That's a good sign."

"Yeah at least I can move around now. My vision is starting to sharpen and my hearing is starting to clear as well."

"Well I'll leave you two. You should be able to go home in a few hours so finish up." With that, he left.

Kagome snickered.

"And what is so funny?" Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.

"Dr. Inu? That's cute"

He blushed. "Keh. I only use it when my patients are children." He closed his laptop and got up to walk around a bit. She followed out behind him. "So what did you learn today Dr. Higurashi?"

"Never slap an inu-hanyou because that will release their demon side and that Dr. Inu is a very becoming name for you." She giggled.

"Shuttup!...." He walked a little ahead of her so she couldn't see the blush he was sporting.

A few hours later Inuyasha was back to normal so they were permitted to leave. While in the vacant room, they talked about everything except what landed them in there to begin with!

Btw just wanted to reiterate that I don't own eFilm or YouTube! Damn lawsuits!