Something like Suicide

Day Three - 358 / 362

Friday / Tuesday

Christmas had been a total drag. Not that anything since that Friday had been any better.

At around five in the morning, Reiji was woken by a freaked out Otoya. It wasn't even a somewhat pleasant awakening. In fact, his door slammed heavily against the wall making him jolt up. Before he could even rub the sleep from his eyes his youngest brother had all but pounced on his bed. Tears streamed down his checks.

"Reiji come quick!" Otoya barely managed to get his voice above a panicked whisper. "Syo-chan's sick."

Those two words made reality hit him full force. He winced at the headache he knew would come from Mrs. Kurusu's loud complaints. Neither he, Cecil , nor Otoya would probably be seeing the tiny blonde for a while.

"Come on then." Reiji swung his legs over the side of the bed, bare feet hitting the cold floor, making him shiver.

The redhead immediately jumped up, almost falling back as his foot slipped, and shuffled out of the room. "He was fine last night. And I made sure that the window was closed. I don't understand." He mumbled nervously.

Reiji rubbed his eyes eyes tiredly, his footfalls echoed heavily as he passed Cecil's door. The green eyed teen's door flew open as he watched his two brother's pass by.

"Reiji-nii?" He yawned.

"Go back to bed." The eldest son said sharply.

"Syo-chan?" The door slid open. As worried gray eyes looked in the room.

Kaoru sat kneeling by his brother, as he tried to put the blue and white fleece around Syo's shoulders but the older of the two shrugged it off. Poor Syo looked so unhappy.

"Ugh, I told him it was nothing. Just a small headache." He rolled his eyes with an exasperated sigh.

"Hmm." Reiji stepped in. He kneeled down on one knee grabbing Syo's face. He smashed the blonde's checks between his fingers forcing it to twist left and right, inspecting everything he could. "You don't have a fever, but you do seem pale."

"It's only a headache, you know how they can over react."

"With good reason." Kaoru said. "You can never be too careful."

Reiji let himself fall back on o his butt his gray eyes meeting his brother's worried red ones. He gave a small sigh before smiling widely. "You two really woke me up for this? I think you need to true Syo a little more."

"But..." Otoya couldn't conceal his worry.

Syo's eyebrow furrowed as he tsked. He let the blanket fall away as he stood. "Fine! So I won't rude your plans and worry you more I'll go home."

"Ah!" Kaoru rushed to stand as well. "Let me wake you home at least."

Otoya nodded. "I'll go too. I should apologize to you're mom."

Reiji watched as Syo's face contorted in anger and guilt. "Don't worry you too." Reiji said. "I'll walk him home, it's on the way to work anyways. Be ready to leave soon Syo-chan."

"Yeah." Syo spat out in frustration.

Reiji gave him a sad smile as he left the room passing Cecil. He have the brunette a small pat on the shoulder letting him know everything was okay.

Tuesday was a a horrible day, for Kaoru anyways. All through Christmas Syo was sick. Well not exactly sick, but what Kaoru believed to be sick.

Needless to say their mother was furious. She had taken all of her aggressions out on poor Reiji she he dropped Syo off. But all she could do after he left was brood about it.

"Kaoru." She tapped lightly on the door as to not wake up the still sleeping Syo. "Can I speak to you in the kitchen?"

"Sure." He closed his notebook, the page in front of him still blank. He pushed the chair back and looked over at his brother.

"Is there something wrong mother?" Kaoru pulled out the dinning chair just left of his mother's. A cup of oolong tea sitting on the table on a small cup holder in front of him. His mother sipped her own tea.

"Not wrong, but..." She paused. "I have a small favor."

"What?" He smiled.

"I want you to help me clean up the extra room at the end of the hall."

"Sure, why?"

"That will be you're new room." She sighed.

"WHAT?" He shouted almost knocking over his tea as he jumped up.

"Oh my." She said. "I was just thinking, with how much you study and how sick he can get... I was just thinking..." A few tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

Kaoru frowned. "I'm sorry mother. I didn't mean to yell, it's just that... Wyo and I have always shared a room. We share everything. I just don't know what to say."

His mother fiddled with her white tea cup. Her deep blue eyes didn't meet his. "I'm worried about him. I think that's he's ill but he refuses to listen to me."

"Mom.."

This is my short chapter. After falling asleep three times I decided you guys could wait till tomorrow for the next part. *yawn*

Thank you for all of the reviews again. I'm so happy that people like this one.

SK