Author's Notes…which shall remain as short as possible.

I'm writing this after an 8 and ½ hour day of physical labor…stupid job…so it may be a bit…strange…wait…when is my writing not strange? Okay, so when I was going to write this chapter I instead discovered Gravitation AMV's on put me in quite a mood…oO;;

a/n: as of the time of posting, I have seen the entire series of Gravitation, this will probably influence future chapters

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.:.still Ryu-Sensei's POV, this chapter takes place just under a day after the last chapter.:.

I awake to a tap on the door. "Ryu-Sensei?" Oh, how unprofessional of me, dozing off. Oh well, Shigure-San and Hatori-San are asleep again anyway. Today, or is it yesterday by now, tired all of us out. Somehow the two of them, or more just Shigure-San, managed to convince me to put the two beds next to each other. I look over and see that Shigure-San and Hatori-San are actually holding hands across the beds.

I sit up and stretch, yawning. Shigure-San has calmed down quite a bit, I'm sure he could leave anytime. Even Hatori-San seems to be doing better. For once, he went a day without vomiting or fever. Soon, they'll be gone and my life will go back to normal…

"Ryu-Sensei?"

"Ah…Nurse Fujitoki."

"Ryu-Sensei, your patients are out of danger, yet you seem to be entering it. Please go home and get some rest. Takeyume-Sensei has agreed to check in on your patients for you."

"Oh…well…yes…thank you. What time do I need to be back?"

"Don't you remember, Ryu-Sensei? Tomorrow is your day off."

I really have gotten too involved in this case. The days seem to all blend together…maybe Kimi is right, maybe this isn't what Sakura would have wanted. Then again, maybe I've just gotten too tired. (a/n: sorry to break the seriousness…but c'mon…ahh…don't you just wanna hug him tight?) I pack up my things and head for home.

.:.HaRi'S pOv.:.

I am awakened by a knock on the door and look up to see that Ryu-Sensei is gone. I hear another knock on the door and a slender young woman walks in.

"Hello. My name is Takeyume Kimi, you must be Sohma Hatori-San?"

I nod, noticing Shigure stirring.

"I'm going to be filling in for Ryu for awhile."

I nod again, this time taking note that she uses no honorific for Ryu-Sensei.

"You love him, don't you?" Shigure asks, addressing Kimi-Sensei as he shifts over to my bed.

"W…w…why do you ask?" she replies, blushing, making the answer to his question quite obvious.

"I can just sense when love's around..." Shigure says with a sigh. "For instance…" he pulls out one of his novels and prepares to hand it to Kimi-Sensei. How did he even hide that thing in his hospital gown?

I quickly snatch the book out of Shigure's hands and turn to Kimi-Sensei. "What…what I believe Shigure means, is that, well, we seem to be able to sense your feelings as we're feeling the same thing…for each other."

Kimi simply smiles. "I believe this is a conversation we should save for another time. No wonder Ryu was so warped by you two."

In response to our blank expressions, she continues. "Right now I'm here to take your vitals."

"Well, my vitals are right here." Shigure answers her, putting his arm around me. I blush despite myself. "You may want to check up on him though." What has this man been doing to me? How is it that I can become so easily embarrassed?

"ha….ha ha ha ha ha" Kimi just laughs. "You'll find I'm not as…giggle…homophobic as Ryu." (a/n: it's hard to write laughter uu so please bear with me) She continues to check Shigure's vitals.

"Well Shigure-San, you seem to be doing quite well. If you want, you can take a walk and get something to eat at the cafeteria."

"That's fine; I'll stay with my Haa-Chan."

"Your choice, I'll be taking a blood sample from him though." Kimi-Sensei looks up, smiling at Shigure's disgusted expression.

"On second thought….Haa-Chan, you're fine without me, right?" he pauses.

"Of course." I answer. When did he start calling me "Haa-Chan"?

I prepare for the prick that comes with Kimi-Sensei taking my blood sample.

"You really do love him…don't you?"

"Yes." I answer, "despite myself, despite all his foolishness, despite how completely twisted and sickening this love may be…I love him. Just like you really love Ryu-Sensei, don't you?"

"Yes."

We look up to each other and smile.

"Um…maybe I shouldn't ask this…" Kimi-Sensei begins, "but you and Shigure-San have the same family name…"

"Oh, it's not incest or anything like that." I answer, turning red at her insinuation. "We're cousins."

"Ah." Kimi-Sensei remarks, turning red. "It's still a bit of a forbidden love though, isn't it? Two male cousins?"

"Well yes." This conversation has become quite awkward.

"It's…it's like that for me and Ryu too." Kimi-Sensei begins, taking the tubing out of my arm, labeling the blood sample and setting it aside for the lab.

"But you're not…?"

"Related? No." She laughs quietly while placing a bandage on my arm. "His…his late wife…she and I were friends. You see, I was best friends with her younger sister and so I got to know the family quite well. That's how I got to know Ryu…"

"Forbidden love." I mutter.

She looks up at me, question in her eyes.

"You loved him while he was courting Sakura-San didn't you?" I ask.

"Yes."

"And so it's hard for him to get close to you because you remind him of Sakura-San."

She nods and a single tear runs down her face. She leans in to hug me and I tense up naturally.

At the exact moment that she pulls me into her arms, Shigure enters the room. I look to him with fear and alarm.

And then…

Nothing happens.

Kimi-Sensei pulls me close for a minute, then gently drops her arms and pulls away. She wipes away tears and turns toward Shigure. "Shigure-San, welcome back."

Her eyes widen in surprise to the sight of both Shigure and myself crying. Little does she know this is the first time I've ever been able to hug a woman without turning into a seahorse.

"How?" I mouth.

"Shigure-San, Hatori-San, is something wrong?" Kimi-Sensei asks.

I start shaking. The tears just won't stop.

"Uh…nothing medically." Shigure answers. "I think Hatori and I just need to be alone for awhile."

Kimi-Sensei turns to me, "Are you sure?"

I nod.

"Well…I'll check in later then…"

"Kimi-Sensei, wait."

Kimi-Sensei turns toward Shigure.

"Thank you. For taking care of Haa-Chan."

Kimi-Sensei nods and leaves the room.

The door gently shuts and I break down into sobs. The next thing I know Shigure has his arms around me, gently patting my back. I pull him forward and we land on the bed. I take off his hospital gown and he takes off mine. I tug at his boxers as he gently slips mine down and tosses them on the floor.

"Shit" he mutters.

"What?" I ask.

"Nothing" he answers, kissing down my neck.

My breath hitches.

"I'm gonna be as gentle as possible, okay?" he tells me.

I nod, biting my lip in anticipation.

He turns me and spits. Now I realize why he said shit…lack of lubrication…or protection for that matter.

"Shigure…"

He starts sliding in and I bite my lip harder to keep from screaming. Suddenly I taste blood. I don't understand how anyone could like this. And then suddenly…

"Shigure! Oh…Kami (a/n: see footnote), Shigure. Do that again!"

"What? This?" I can sense him smirking. He pulls out, spits again, and then comes back in, hitting the same spot as before.

"Oh…Oh Kami, yes!"

He does it again and my whole lower half is tingling. "Shi…Shigure…"

"Shh…" he tells me. "Don't lose it yet."

"Shigure!" I scream, as loud as I dare. I don't want any nurses or doctors coming in to check on us.

"That's what I was waiting for," he tells me, pulling out and pushing in again, "scream my name again."

"Shigure…" I whisper.

"Scream." He whispers, kissing my ear and pushing in harder.

"Shigure!" I lose it.

"Dammit, Hatori, you're tightening up! I told you not to lose it on me yet."

"I'm sorry…I haven't…done this…before." I can hardly breathe.

Suddenly he pulls out. "I know, I know. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have rushed you." He flips me around and quickly catches my lower lip in between his teeth. His lips continue their journey down my neck until he pauses at my nipples. He licks each nipple and then, taking note of my hastened breath, he grabs one and bites it. I…I don't know how to explain it. It's something between a scream and a moan. It feels really guttural though.

"Ooh…I like it. You're actually getting me hot…" he presses his bulge up against my own and I start tingling again.

"Shigure…I'll lose it again…if you're not careful."

"mmhmm…that's what I'm trying to do. Let me go first though."

"Wha?" I begin to question, but am cut off.

"Please" he captures my eyes in his own and I let him slip himself into my mouth.

And then…we both lose it.

End of Chapter+

I know, I know, I'm so evil! And talk about ultimate cliffhanger…muahaha

Footnotes+learning Japanese+ Sensei can mean teacher, doctor, writer, etc.

Kami (sometime Kami-Sama) means God.

How did y'all like my first sex scene? The first one I evur wrote, yep-yep. Thank you Brokeback Mountain, lol.

See y'all in chapter 13! (don't hate me because of the lemon!)