Boys will be Boys and Girls will be Pandas - Turning Red Fanfic

Chapter 10

It was only minutes when Ming arrived in a fierce hurry.

She pushed through the crowded halls of the hospital and rushed into Tyler's room.

"Is it true?" She gasped, looking at him and seeing his hair was a deep blue. She gasped the moment she saw this and whispered in shock, "It is true."

"Yeah," Tyler said with a goofy grin on his lips, "It is so totally true."

Mei giggled at his response, but silenced herself the second she caught her mum's terrified eyes.

She looked back between Tyler and Mei and Tyler's mother slowly came forward as she said with as much of a soft gentle voice she could muster.

"It's okay, but."

Ming looked at her puzzled at this response.

"I... I love my son, Panda or no panda."

"Well maybe you should all sit down for a moment,"

The whole group turned their eyes to the door as the doctor sat there with a board and clinical sheet of paper pinned to it.

"What's wrong?" Tyler asked, becoming slightly worried but Mei gently squeezed his hand again.

"This 'power'," He said with a no nonsense approach, "It's temporary."

Tyler felt his heart speed up the second this was said. Mei's own heart bet a bit irregular too, nearly in synch with Tyler's terrified one.

"Why..?" She peeped out so lost and confused. She looked at Tyler and he at her, both having the same thought in their minds. He WANTED to keep this gift.

"You see," The doctor continued and walked to the center of the room so everyone could see him, "His blood is going to absorb yours into it, as soon as it takes all the nutrients it needs."

This hurt to hear. But Tyler's mother was thrilled inside.

Not because she hated her son, but because... sigh, it would make him 'normal' again.

"How..." Tyler uttered into the conversation, afraid and sad both at once, "How long do I have with it?"

The doctor flipped through his paper hospital sheets before turning his eyes back up at Tyler and saying as professional as he could, "A week at the most, three days at the least."

"Three days..?" Tyler repeated and gulped afraid of that possible news. He felt Mei's hand still squeezing his tight, and he closed his eyes, sighing out defeated.

"You all should really be getting out of here," The doctor continued, totally not reading the room, "Visiting hours are up,"

Tyler's mother growled under her breath at this news and she slowly got to her feet, upset and annoyed that she had to leave her child there with... with basically strangers.

Mei and Tyler's hands let go of one another and she looked at him, worry and fear that he'd be here all by himself.

He gave a very weak wave and she waved sadly back.

Soon the room was empty and he was sitting up in the bed, not knowing what to do now. He looked out the window, seeing the other's walking through the parking lot, before turning his eyes to his dark hands and concentrating on them, feeling Mei's blood running through him... but not forever.

It would be gone soon, absorbed and turned into his.

But he had her in him right now... and he closed his eyes as he concentrated on his hands, blue paws poofing to sight before him.