Beauty's Curse
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Yuyu Hakusho › AU - Alternate Universe
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Chapter 5
Suichi slept, looking more fragile than Yoko had ever seen him. Absently the fox ran his fingers through the soft red locks, his heart heavy. How could I let this happen...? How could I be so careless as to let bandits into my house at all!? Oh, my Suichi... He wouldn't let Suichi know how afraid for him he was; that knife had been filthy and had cut deep. He'd cleaned it out as best he could but it was a nasty injury and Yoko feared infection would set in. He really should have it looked at by someone who actually knows what they're doing...but I doubt he'd agree to seeing another doctor. I'll see tomorrow whether the bleeding has slowed enough for me to stitch him up. Yoko yawned, the night's activities catching up with him. I wonder if he'll get mad if I just fall asleep right here,he mused as he lay back on the pillows. Well, if he does he'd be contradicting himself, telling me to stay and then getting mad when I do... With one last smile Yoko fell asleep.
Yoko set his bundle down on the foot of the bed, smiling at Suichi. The boy had not been thrilled to be left alone while Yoko went out, but he understood the necessity and now smiled back. The fox had left him with a pitcher of juice and instructions to finish it before he got back, and Suichi had complied.
"How're you feeling?" Yoko asked.
"I have to pee like a racehorse," Suichi said crossly. "But you said not to get up."
Yoko snorted. "You can get up, if you feel strong enough. Or I could just get you a bucket..."
Suichi swung his feet on the floor and stood, color draining from his face. But moved slowly towards the bathroom, only teetering slightly. Yoko smiled to himself. He is stubborn, I'll give him that... He busied himself with sorting bandages and antiseptics until Suichi returned and got back on the bed.
"May I?" Yoko asked, reaching for the strips of cloth that were Suichi's bandages. The boy nodded with a quirk of his mouth and yoko stripped the rags away from the smaller cuts, leaving only the ones binding Suichi's shoulder. The really shallow ones were fine, but the deeper gash across Suichi's nipple was bleeding sluggishly again.
"This might hurt a bit," Yoko warned before cleaning the cut much more thoroughly than he had the night before, flinching whenever Suichi did. "The shallow cuts are clean; they shouldn't scar," he said quietly. "But this one might, and your shoulder most certainly will."
"Thank you, Yoko..." Suichi whispered.
"This is partially my fault, Suichi. The least I can do is try and fix you up again," Yoko said, slowly unraveling the length of bloody cloth around Suichi's shoulder. "And I wish it wouldn't but this really will hurt." He picked up the antiseptic and started cleaning the deep gash out as best he knew how, flushing it with cold water once he was satisfied. By the time he finished there were tears in Suichi's eyes. And when Yoko picked up the sterile needle Suichi's eyes widened and he whimpered softly.
Yoko smiled reassuringly, pulling a syringe from his pocket. "They wouldn't give me Novocaine, but I can do just as well," he said. Suichi exhaled slowly in relief. "Just be glad I had so much time on my hands that I could sit around distilling local anesthesia from plants," he said wryly as he injected it.
"Oh, I am," Suichi said, closing his eyes. Yoko watched as the boy's tension fell away as the pain in his shoulder eased and then vanished altogether. Yoko threaded the needle and got to work.
"There you go," the fox said, taping down the edge of the gauze bandage.
Suichi opened his eyes. "Thanks," he said again. He looked around as Yoko cleaned up, sighing. "Do I really have to stay here all day?" he asked.
Yoko laughed. "Actually, if you like we can settle you on the living room sofa and turn on the TV," he suggested. "I want to wash your sheets anyway."
Suichi eyed the dark red patches marring the snowy white bedsheets. "You might just want to get new ones altogether."
Yoko shrugged and offered Suichi his arm. "Let's get you out of that bed." Suichi hesitated, eyes flickering to Yoko's face before taking the fox's hand. They started towards the door, Suichi leaning heavily on Yoko's arm. By the time they reached the living room Suichi was pale again. Yoko settled him on the couch with some lunch and the TV remote and turned back to the bedroom with a sigh.
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Yoko set his bundle down on the foot of the bed, smiling at Suichi. The boy had not been thrilled to be left alone while Yoko went out, but he understood the necessity and now smiled back. The fox had left him with a pitcher of juice and instructions to finish it before he got back, and Suichi had complied.
"How're you feeling?" Yoko asked.
"I have to pee like a racehorse," Suichi said crossly. "But you said not to get up."
Yoko snorted. "You can get up, if you feel strong enough. Or I could just get you a bucket..."
Suichi swung his feet on the floor and stood, color draining from his face. But moved slowly towards the bathroom, only teetering slightly. Yoko smiled to himself. He is stubborn, I'll give him that... He busied himself with sorting bandages and antiseptics until Suichi returned and got back on the bed.
"May I?" Yoko asked, reaching for the strips of cloth that were Suichi's bandages. The boy nodded with a quirk of his mouth and yoko stripped the rags away from the smaller cuts, leaving only the ones binding Suichi's shoulder. The really shallow ones were fine, but the deeper gash across Suichi's nipple was bleeding sluggishly again.
"This might hurt a bit," Yoko warned before cleaning the cut much more thoroughly than he had the night before, flinching whenever Suichi did. "The shallow cuts are clean; they shouldn't scar," he said quietly. "But this one might, and your shoulder most certainly will."
"Thank you, Yoko..." Suichi whispered.
"This is partially my fault, Suichi. The least I can do is try and fix you up again," Yoko said, slowly unraveling the length of bloody cloth around Suichi's shoulder. "And I wish it wouldn't but this really will hurt." He picked up the antiseptic and started cleaning the deep gash out as best he knew how, flushing it with cold water once he was satisfied. By the time he finished there were tears in Suichi's eyes. And when Yoko picked up the sterile needle Suichi's eyes widened and he whimpered softly.
Yoko smiled reassuringly, pulling a syringe from his pocket. "They wouldn't give me Novocaine, but I can do just as well," he said. Suichi exhaled slowly in relief. "Just be glad I had so much time on my hands that I could sit around distilling local anesthesia from plants," he said wryly as he injected it.
"Oh, I am," Suichi said, closing his eyes. Yoko watched as the boy's tension fell away as the pain in his shoulder eased and then vanished altogether. Yoko threaded the needle and got to work.
"There you go," the fox said, taping down the edge of the gauze bandage.
Suichi opened his eyes. "Thanks," he said again. He looked around as Yoko cleaned up, sighing. "Do I really have to stay here all day?" he asked.
Yoko laughed. "Actually, if you like we can settle you on the living room sofa and turn on the TV," he suggested. "I want to wash your sheets anyway."
Suichi eyed the dark red patches marring the snowy white bedsheets. "You might just want to get new ones altogether."
Yoko shrugged and offered Suichi his arm. "Let's get you out of that bed." Suichi hesitated, eyes flickering to Yoko's face before taking the fox's hand. They started towards the door, Suichi leaning heavily on Yoko's arm. By the time they reached the living room Suichi was pale again. Yoko settled him on the couch with some lunch and the TV remote and turned back to the bedroom with a sigh.
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