Kyoko's baby bother! (A Skip Beat! Fanfic)

The magic of Corn.

"TORU!...TORU!...HHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL PPPPPPPPPPPP! SOMEBODY HELLLLPPPPPPPP!" the scream was terrifying like that of a banshee. Ren was already spun around and in the door of the Love Me locker room when Yashiro joined him. There on the floor of the LME locker room was Toru, Chiori bent over the tiny figure as his face and lips were slowly turning blue...he was unable to breathe.

Ren jumped to action immediately. Yashiro was shocked when he ran over to the water cooler and tipped it onto its side. Grabbing the cold tap he yanked out the water tube. Ripping the tap part off, he was back at Toru's side swinging the pipe madly to remove any water that still remained. Opening the small child's mouth and pulling his tongue free, with two fingers he tilted his head and looked down his throat,

"What happened?" he asked full of calm as he looked at Chiori who was shaking uncontrollably.

"I gave him his medicine. He has an ear infection and Kyoko told me to give it him." she was a jumble of words and fear.

"Calm down Chiori. What happened next? Could he have swallowed anything?" Ren slowly put the tube to the small child's lips.

"Chiori shook her head, we weere playing. I never took my eyes off of him and the next thing I know he starts gasping for breath and then I screamed." that was all Ren needed to know.

Slowly he started to insert the small pipe into the child's mouth and down his throat. He seemed to fix it in a position but shook his head lightly when he gently blew into the tube. Again, he pulled the tube slowly out and tried again. This time when he blew into the tube, the child's small chest rose and fell slightly.

"Get me some scissors." he didn't direct the order at anyone but the next moment scissors were offered to him. He cut the pipe to a shorter length. Next he went to work feeling for a pulse, breathing a sigh of relief when he felt one. It was shallow, but there.

Hold on Toru. Daddy's here.

"The ambulance is on its way." Yashiro said as he watched Ren checking the child's vital signs. With the introduction of the pipe, the child's chest was rising and falling. He was able to breathe through the tube.

"Chiori, I need you to get the medicine. We will need to show it to the doctors. I think it may be an allergic reaction but I'm not sure." she nodded and grabbed the bottle of penicillin from the fridge. Toru started to regain consciousness as his brain regained its needed life force Ren took the small child in his arms and cuddled him tight.

"Its OK, I'm here. I'm here." he said in the calm voice he had used throughout but his eyes even now were radiating the fear he felt.

He had to be strong. Even with his calm voice no one failed to notice the tears that ran down his face onto the semi conscious child. Yashiro ushered out the spectators who were all complimenting Ren's quick actions and when together with Chiori and Yashiro they walked the short trip to foyer everyone stepped out of the way of the large man holding the baby. As they arrived at the doors so did the ambulance. Ren ran, carrying Toru to the ambulance while the driver took the penicillin from Chiori. It was then Lory arrived, breathless.

"Where's my grandson?" he cried in alarm as he saw the ambulance.

He was about to run to the ambulance when Yashiro stopped him with a firm hand and slowly explained what had happened before he allowed Lory to approach the ambulance. Ren was still cradling the small child as the ambulance crew gave the child an injection and attached an oxygen mask, not taking the tube out Ren had put there. Lory watched the silent tears of the young man with the firm grip on the child he loved as his own. In a heart clenching moment. the small hand held on tightly to the shirt of the man he called Daddy.