diff --git a/src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py b/src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py
index d39993a8..590a99d5 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 from ..._models import build, construct_type
 from ..._streaming import Stream, AsyncStream
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from ..._client import Anthropic, AsyncAnthropic
-
 
 class MessageStream:
     text_stream: Iterator[str]
@@ -33,24 +30,15 @@ class MessageStream:
     ```
     """
 
-    response: httpx.Response
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        *,
-        cast_to: type[RawMessageStreamEvent],
-        response: httpx.Response,
-        client: Anthropic,
-    ) -> None:
-        self.response = response
-        self._cast_to = cast_to
-        self._client = client
-
+    def __init__(self, raw_stream: Stream[RawMessageStreamEvent]) -> None:
+        self._raw_stream = raw_stream
         self.text_stream = self.__stream_text__()
+        self._iterator = self.__stream__()
         self.__final_message_snapshot: Message | None = None
 
-        self._iterator = self.__stream__()
-        self._raw_stream: Stream[RawMessageStreamEvent] = Stream(cast_to=cast_to, response=response, client=client)
+    @property
+    def response(self) -> httpx.Response:
+        return self._raw_stream.response
 
     def __next__(self) -> MessageStreamEvent:
         return self._iterator.__next__()
@@ -76,7 +64,7 @@ def close(self) -> None:
 
         Automatically called if the response body is read to completion.
         """
-        self.response.close()
+        self._raw_stream.close()
 
     def get_final_message(self) -> Message:
         """Waits until the stream has been read to completion and returns
@@ -151,13 +139,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def __enter__(self) -> MessageStream:
         raw_stream = self.__api_request()
-
-        self.__stream = MessageStream(
-            cast_to=raw_stream._cast_to,
-            response=raw_stream.response,
-            client=raw_stream._client,
-        )
-
+        self.__stream = MessageStream(raw_stream)
         return self.__stream
 
     def __exit__(
@@ -181,26 +163,15 @@ class AsyncMessageStream:
     ```
     """
 
-    response: httpx.Response
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        *,
-        cast_to: type[RawMessageStreamEvent],
-        response: httpx.Response,
-        client: AsyncAnthropic,
-    ) -> None:
-        self.response = response
-        self._cast_to = cast_to
-        self._client = client
-
+    def __init__(self, raw_stream: AsyncStream[RawMessageStreamEvent]) -> None:
+        self._raw_stream = raw_stream
         self.text_stream = self.__stream_text__()
+        self._iterator = self.__stream__()
         self.__final_message_snapshot: Message | None = None
 
-        self._iterator = self.__stream__()
-        self._raw_stream: AsyncStream[RawMessageStreamEvent] = AsyncStream(
-            cast_to=cast_to, response=response, client=client
-        )
+    @property
+    def response(self) -> httpx.Response:
+        return self._raw_stream.response
 
     async def __anext__(self) -> MessageStreamEvent:
         return await self._iterator.__anext__()
@@ -226,7 +197,7 @@ async def close(self) -> None:
 
         Automatically called if the response body is read to completion.
         """
-        await self.response.aclose()
+        await self._raw_stream.close()
 
     async def get_final_message(self) -> Message:
         """Waits until the stream has been read to completion and returns
@@ -303,13 +274,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     async def __aenter__(self) -> AsyncMessageStream:
         raw_stream = await self.__api_request
-
-        self.__stream = AsyncMessageStream(
-            cast_to=raw_stream._cast_to,
-            response=raw_stream.response,
-            client=raw_stream._client,
-        )
-
+        self.__stream = AsyncMessageStream(raw_stream)
         return self.__stream
 
     async def __aexit__(