Destiny Brought Us Together
A/N- Konichiwa!
First, I'd like to tell you all that I'm sorry for the lateness of this chapt, but it took a great deal to make this chapt just right...sigh...I really need a beta....
Anyway, for those of you who reviewed, Domo Arigato! They have really helped me out a lot, believe me...it's been really hard for me to write at all lately...
For one, never eat at Taco Bell...shudder...their taco's gave me food poisoning! I nearly had to be hospitalized too! But at least I'm feeling better...still have to work...but what can yah do? You have to make a living somehow...
My computer also died on me...sigh...
But enough about me! Let's get onto the flick!
Disclaimer- Fruba is not my property, but I do enjoy borrowing the characters from time to time...besides, this story is only a fan based whim... '(T)~(T)'
'Thoughts'
Enjoy Peeps!!
Chapter 6: Rooming Troubles
Tohru didn't know what to do.
With Akito sick and sleeping, while Hatori continued to bang on the door, Tohru felt panic continue to fill her as well as indecision.
"Damn it Akito! Open the door!"
Sparing one more glance down at Akito's slumbering form and his neatly folded wings, Tohru got to her feet and made her way over to the door. Taking a deep breath, she disengaged the lock and had to jump back to avoid being whacked by the door as it flew open.
Hatori had backed up to ram the door and just as he made to do that, the door gave easily under his weight as it flung open, but it was the feminine cry of surprise that caused him to come to a screeching halt.
Turning towards where the door had slammed against the wall, Hatori's eyes widened when they met the surprised and frightened eyes of Tohru. "Miss. Honda? Where is Akito?"
Tohru averted her eyes at Hatori's questioning look, feeling tears start to fill her eyes as they landed upon Akito's form, Tohru made her way to Akito and knelt at his side. Taking his head into her lap again as she began to gently run her finger's through his midnight hair.
Hatori followed Tohru with his eyes and his heart came to a stuttering halt when they fell upon Akito's slumbering form, his feet guided him forwards until he was standing behind Tohru, his eyes staring disbelievingly down at the pair of phoenix wings that sat folded behind Akito's back.
"What happened?" Flinching at Hatori's low voice, Tohru tried her best to be strong, for Akito's sake at least she needed to be. "We...I mean he...hugged me and this happened." His brows knitting in confusion, Hatori got onto one knee at Tohru's side as he felt Akito's forehead, "but he's burning up and that earthquake earlier...what about that?"
"There is a mark...here...all I did was touch it and...oh Hatori, what am I going to do? I didn't mean to make him sick like this...really I didn't, please, can you help him somehow?" As Tohru spoke, she had tilted Akito's neck and had pointed to the mark that she had mentioned, all the while she was crying and even a couple of her tears had landed upon Akito's peaceful face.
Hatori placed a hand on Tohru's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze in reassurance, "all we can do is let him rest, once he awakens though I will need to administer a couple tests. Until then, it is my job to follow his orders and have Shigure bring all your stuff here, but I do have one question for you Miss. Honda."
Shifting, Tohru looked up over her shoulder and up at Hatori, tears filling her eyes. "Please help me move him, I'm afraid of what will happen if I hug him again...I...I don't want to hurt him." Nodding his head in understanding, Hatori moved around to the front and easily lifted Akito's limp form into his arms, turning he looked down at Tohru and gave her a soft look.
"Come with me, I'll show you where he sleeps." With that said he turned again and started walking, moving towards a hallway that Tohru hadn't seen before. She followed him in silence, all the while praying that Akito would really be alright.
'If I lost him...I don't know what I'd do...' Tohru forced herself to push such thoughts to the back of her mind, this wasn't the time or the place to think of such things. Besides, she didn't want to go through all that crap she went through the first two times, she just couldn't take it, not this time.
By the time she had come out of her thoughts, they had reached what Tohru recognized immediately as Akito's bedroom, but it was what the room looked like that had Tohru's heart clenching in pain.
It was black, bathed in nothing but black.
Sparing yet another sympathetic look towards Akito, Tohru hurried over and turned down the sheets, watching closely as Hatori gently placed him in the bed before turning towards Tohru, his eyes hard. "Get in Tohru."
Jerking as if burned, Tohru dropped the edge of the sheet that she had been holding to gape in utter confusion at the man before her. Hatori merely sighed before walking over and gripping Tohru's shoulder, "get into the bed Tohru, I know you don't understand what's happening or why, but he needs you now so please. For me?"
Biting her bottom lip as the full meaning of Hatori's words struck her, Tohru felt her whole body tremble even as her face flushed a pretty red. It was a weird request, but she trusted him.
Nodding her head hesitantly, Tohru slipped off her jacket and handed it to Hatori before she climbed up onto the bed, she then sank immediately into the softness below her, trying to keep her body as far from Akito's as she could.
Noticing this, Hatori nearly groaned. He really didn't want to have to do this, but considering what had happened, it was the only way to rectify the situation. "No Tohru, you have to be touching him at least, or else this won't work."
Flashing Hatori a confused look, Tohru shimmied herself over to where her arm was touching Akito's but that was as far as she would go. "I don't understand Hatori...what is happening to Akito-san, and is it...my fault?"
Shifting under the look Tohru was giving him, Hatori let out a sigh, he really didn't want to tell her but from the look of things, he really didn't have a choice in the matter. Sitting down upon the edge of the bed gently, as not to disturb it's sleeping occupant, Hatori gave Tohru a sympathetic look.
"I am not completely sure of all that is going on myself Tohru, but listen to me...it is very important that you don't leave Akito's side, if you do...it could kill him." Flinching at the look of devastation and fear in Tohru's eyes, Hatori had to force himself to continue.
"Akito has always had the worst of health, as you very well know. But this is partially because of the curse and because of his own lack of activity. As in most that get ill, if they do not remain active or have some sort of healthy activity to participate in, then they will never get better. But with Akito, his biggest problem is himself."
Sighing Hatori started fiddling with one of the buttons on his cuff, 'why does this have to be so hard?' "What do you mean, 'himself,' " snapping his head up at Tohru's questioning voice, Hatori just smiled sadly.
"There are people out there that make themselves sick Tohru and I personally believe that Akito is one of them, he is always saying that he was the one that must die and frankly it is starting to get to be too much for me to handle. After all, I can only do so much when the patient doesn't really want to get better. That is where I need your help Tohru."
"Whatever is happening to him, it is because of you and I mean that only in the best of ways. Akito has touched you before but nothing occurred then, so why is it only now? Something has had to have happened to cause such a reaction. I am asking you to help me help him...are you willing to make that sacrifice Tohru?"
Gulping as the magnitude of Hatori's words weighed down on her already tired mind, Tohru let her eyes drift over to Akito's peaceful face and as a final tear slid down her cheek, her eyes slipped closed in acceptance even as she nodded her head in ascent.
Surprised at how quickly she had agreed, Hatori touched her shoulder and flashed her the most comforting smile he could muster at the moment, "thank you Tohru, with your help, we may even find a way to break the curse. Now, go to sleep and first thing in the morning I will explain more, not to mention Akito should awaken by then..."
With that said, Hatori rose and turned to leave, sparing one last glance back at Tohru before exiting the room. 'She has got to be an angel in disguise, how can she give so much, even now? I suppose I shall never know...'
Tohru shivered in barely held fear as she turned her body to face Akito's, she didn't know if this was such a good idea anymore, after all she had never done anything this straight forward before. Unable to stop herself, Tohru reached out and gripped Akito's hand, entwining their fingers together even as she felt a dark blush burn her cheeks.
'Is this really the right thing to be doing? I mean...what about the others, they need me too but Akito...' sighing, Tohru let her eyes drift shut, silently willing herself to sleep. She didn't think she could handle much more of this worrying if she remained conscious.
But as the seconds and minutes ticked by, Tohru found herself unable to completely regret the choice she had made. Because out of all the members of the Sohma family, Akito was the one that needed her the most, even if it was just lying here with him as she was.
Feeling a little better at that thought, Tohru let herself drift off, slowly slipping into a light slumber. This way if Akito stirred at all during the night than she would surely wake and be there for him.
The whole while though, she couldn't help but wonder just what it would be like living with Akito and found herself looking forward to it greatly. And so sleep finally claimed her for the night, leaving the room in utter silence.
A/N- There we are, the end of another chapt...
Kami this can get tiring when you feel like crap! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapt and I'll get to working on the next one...
Till next time...
Ja Ne!
