It was a typical school morning in the sohma household yuki was currently sat at the kotatsu studying for a upcoming test later that day, shigurie sitting sipping his morning tea reading his newspaper, and tohru was busy in the kitchen preparing everyone's breakfast and bentos for lunch
" um shigure san have you seen kyo kun this morning? I would hate for him to miss breakfast, it's not like him to sleep in, should I go wake him?" tohru peered in from the kitchen
Shigure glanced over his paper " oh now that you mention it I wondered why it was so quiet this morning, but no no" Shigure waved her off " I'd hate for him to take a tantrum and accidentally hurt you if he's in a bad mood,, yuki why don't you go check on our lazy cat make sure he hasn't slept in"
" WHAT! Why do I need to check the stupid cat"
Shigure simply smirked back " because yuki if he attacks you, you can defend yourself poor tohru and I don't stand a chance"
" I hope the dumb cat died in his sleep would make all of our lives so much more peaceful"
Shigure locked eyes with yuki at this giving him a stern look yuki's features dropped as he stood from his spot
"Fine but only because miss Honda is concerned" yuki made his way up the stairs towards kyo room when he got there the door was closed he listened for any noise to indicate the cat was awake but nothing, silence, he knocked the door before entering " hey stupid cat get up, you've got miss Honda worried" he said with annoyance, when he caught sight of the cat his breath hitched, he pinched the bridge of his nose as he made his way towards kyo today was not gonna be a good day, kyo was lying in his bed with his covers twisted round his middle his hair was plastered to his forehead, his breathing was shallow his hands jittered momentarily and his whole body trembled slightly, "oi kyo wake up your going to be late" yuki lightly kicked Kyo's foot, kyo just groaned and turned over but didn't wake, rolling his eyes yuki tried again shaking kyos shoulder " hey stupid cat wake up your late"
Kyo opened his eyes glazed over and distant, bringing a shaky hand up to brush his hair out of his face "get out of my room you damn rat" he spoke softly, " your late miss Honda is worried hurry up and get dressed" kyo sat up, slowly pushing the covers back, he tried to stand on shaky legs before falling back to the bed groaning in frustration " hey are you alright! do you think you might…" yuki reached out to help steady kyo
" Mind your own damn business rat" slapping yukis hand away "and would you GET OUT" kyo hissed
"Fine just hurry up miss Honda is waiting" stupid cat yuki thought as he retreated back downstairs let the damn fool deal with it himself not my problem if tohru finds out his secret she's going to find out sooner or later
" well is our beloved kitty awake" shigure asked " yes but….." just at that tohru walked in to begin setting the table " is kyo kun ok should I bring his breakfast to him or set a plate aside"
" he's fine miss Honda just lazy, let him starve for all I care" "oh I couldn't possibly I'll wrap some up and set it aside to keep warm" tohru turned to the kitchen again to do just that
Shigure locked eyes with yuki once again, yuki glanced down shaking his head slightly, shigure knew, kyo was having one of his 'off' days
"why don't I go and hurry him along " shigure stood clapping his hands together " we don't want him to miss out on all of this delicious food"
Shigure stood outside kyos room he gently knocked the door " kyo….kyo it's only me I'm coming in"
" why can't you all just leave me the hell alone" kyo was always extra grumpy on his bad days shigure sighed this was going to be a battle, kyo sat on the edge of his bed he was now changed in his school uniform but his shaky hands seemed to be struggling with the last few of his shirt buttons
" kyo are you feeling ok?"
" I'm fine"
" come now I can see your not, why don't you take the day off school, you know you might transform I don't think that's a risk we can take"
" I said I'm fine, I can handle myself" throwing his hands in the air pissed off that he couldn't manipulate the last buttons into place, kyo stood abruptly, striding across the room to retrieve his backpack from his wardrobe " I told you I'm fine I'll be down soon so would you just" kyos eyes seemed to lock on to something in the corner of the room "…..w..would you just g..go" kyos eyes flashed with fear before glazing over, his knees began to buckle shigure was beside him instantly slowly guiding him to sit on the floor
"oh.., there we go, I've got you" shigure gently lowered him to the floor wrapping his arm around his shoulders to keep him upright "Kyo? can you hear me" shigure waved his hand in-front of his face but he remained staring fixated at nothing his pupils blown like saucers, suddenly his arms jerked up to fiddle with the fabric of his shirt, movements sloppy and uncoordinated, shigure recognised instantly, letting out a sigh he began to mentally count timing the ordeal, kyo was having a seizure.
Kyo has suffered from epilepsy from a young age his father used to say it was nothing medical but instead a part of the cats curse, the monster within him trying to escape, how cruel. shigure had always had a soft spot for the cat so much to deal with at such a young age it wasn't fair.
Kyos breathing becomes erratic, a thin line of drool running down his chin dripping onto the floor below, still staring and un blinking, shigure can hear his teeth grinding as his jaw begins to tense, kyo let's out a whimper "your doing just fine" he didn't know if kyo could hear him but he liked to talk him through it just in case, maybe he does it for his own benefit too to help keep calm in a situation most would panic, kyo let out another groan his eyelids began to flutter, suddenly he listed to the side with a jolt his body going limp, shigure scrambled to keep the cat upright " that's it, your alright" shigure looked down at kyo who was now lightly panting his eyes squeezed shut , he released a sigh of relief it was over just as suddenly as it started, about 40 seconds shigure concluded, using the edge of his kimono he gently wiped the corner of kyos mouth mopping up the drool running down his chin it's all he could do, at least save him from some embarrassment before he got his bearings, kyo lets out a grunt struggling to sit up "take your time" kyo looked up heavy lids glazed with confusion,"kyo, don't rush yourself, you just had a seizure, just breathe"
kyo took a long shaky breath subconsciously following shigure's direction, his disoriented gaze scanned their surroundings before locking eyes with shigure recognition and reality slowly fading back "there you are" shigure smiled gently "Kyo can you tell me where we are right now?"
kyo let out a wet cough clearing his throat of the excess saliva that had built up before looking around again "um my room, your house" his voice was quiet much more subdued than he had been before the ordeal
"good that's right, do you know what day it is today"
"Monday"
" there you go, how are you feeling?"
"I'm good, how long?" Kyo lowered his head his hair covering his eyes embarrassed to be caught in such a state
"just under a minute"
kyo huffed unimpressed and made to stand up, swaying as he tried, Shigure tightened his grip around his shoulders pushing him back to the floor
" kyo would you take a minute you just"
"I know! I said I was fine" pushing away from shigure and standing, he easily manipulated the last of his shirt buttons in to place his hands not trembling as bad as before though he was still shaking slightly, he grabbed his tie from the bottom of his bed whipping it around his neck before making to grab his abandoned backpack
"Kyo I really think it would be wise for you to stay home, if you have another you may transform"
"I won't! I'm not incapable you know"
"I didn't say that I just think it would be best-"
"How many times, I SAID IM FINE! So would you just BACK OFF!" kyo stormed past shigure heading straight down the stairs
"KYO! Wait a minute!" shigure chased after him
"good morning kyo-kun do you want some….Breakfast"
the front door slammed and the cat was gone shigure let out a sigh today definitely wasn't going to be a good day,
"um… is Kyo alright this morning"
shigure waved her off "yes yes my flower he is fine just being his usual grumpy self"
the serious look on shigures face didn't convince her, I really hope he is alright she thought, he was awfully pale. "Oh goodness look at the time I didn't even realise sohma-san we better be heading too or well be late, I'll just grab my book bag" and with that tohru dashed upstairs to do just that.
"yuki a word" shigure motioned him to the kitchen
rolling his eyes yuki got to his feet and obediently followed "shes gonna find out you know, sooner or later, he can't hide it forever"
"I know" shigure stopped yuki "just keep an eye on him today will you"
"why should I the stupid cat should know his limits, its his own fault if…." Shigure looked down "wait, Did he already?"
"yes not long, but I worry there's more to come, so please just keep an eye?"
yuki huffed folding his arms over his chest "fine but I'm not his damn baby sitter if he goes and she finds out or worse transforms it's the idiots own fault"
"yes yes, thank you yuki I'll call hatori and make him aware, I have a feeling we may require his services later"
yuki just huffed and turned to walk away he really was going to be late for school, at this tohru returned book bag in hand
"ready" she beamed
"ready" he replied giving her a soft smile.
"goodbye shigure-san theres leftovers in the fridge if you get hungry at lunch"
"Why thank you tohru, you kids have a nice day, don't do anything I wouldn't " he waved them off, yuki just rolled his eyes. "right" shigure clapped his hands "I'll go and call hari"
