"Maybe," he smiled. He was definitely going to use his wounds against Washu. If she really cared, he ought to be able to guilt her into trying harder for them.

Hikaru was more comfortable than he could ever know. Kaoru still ached, but he knew he couldn't feel any better than this right now. While he didn't want to talk about things too serious... he couldn't help but confess something that had been bugging him since the attack.
"I kinda miss mom and dad...."
Their parents were always someplace else and Kaoru had never needed anybody but Hikaru. However, last night it had struck him that he might never see their faces again. Their smiling mother and timid father. Complete strangers who cared about them unconditionally...

He played with a loose thread on Hikaru's jeans. Time to think about better things.
"A date?" he asked, grinning through the pain it took to smile. "What have you got in mind?"