This is my second story. Hope you'll like it.
Andropov's POV
I was at home alone again. Master went out to get some supplies and he won't be home until tomorrow.
I moved from my previous village to here, Talta village. This village isn't so great. The villagers are nice but the place was small. I was so bored in this stupid village. I hate living here! I have no idea why my master wanted me to come here.
I was just looking out the window. It was night time and the sky was filled with stars. I hardly ever stargazed before. But, it felt nice just looking at them. I sighed of boredom and looked at the road. I saw a girl about my age. She was walking around at first. She looked tired.
She eventually sat down in front of my house. How dare her! Doesn't she know that this isn't her home! I burst the door open and I just walked towards the girl. I completely forgot to close the door when I got out.
"Hey!" I shouted at the girl.
Instead of a 'sorry', she coughed and I guess she was sick. That explains why she couldn't walk straight earlier.
"O-Oh. I'm so sorry. I'll just leave…" she said weakly.
When she wanted to stand up, she lost balance and fell into my arms. I didn't blush since there wasn't anything special about her. I didn't feel embarrassed either since there was no-one here besides us.
Her body was burning up and she continued to cough. She was really sick. So, why was she walking around the village knowing that she isn't healthy?
She passed out in my arms and we both fell to the ground. I sighed of confusion.
"What am I suppose to do with this girl? Am I suppose to babysit her or something?" I said to myself. "Well, I guess I can't leave her here."
I put her arm around my shoulder and I put my other arm around her waist to support her. I walked into the house. I opened the guest room door and I laid the girl on the bed. She was breathing heavily but she was still asleep.
I went to get a small bucket filled with water and a piece of cloth. I went back into the room with those items. I put them on the floor near the bed. I dipped the cloth into the water and twisted it so it wouldn't get too wet.
I placed the cloth on her forehead. She was still burning up. I didn't know what to do with her. Am I supposed to let her sleep here?
I sighed when I saw her face. She was still weak and ill so I can't leave her in the streets. I felt tired and just went out of the guess room. I went upstairs and went into my room. How am I supposed to relax when a girl is sleeping in my house? I don't even know her!
I didn't want to think about it anymore and just went to sleep. I was tired enough because of the training I had today. Master was teaching me how to perform a new spell. It was too hard for me. I couldn't do it in the end. Master went out of the village to get some supplies.
The next morning…
I woke up from my sleep and I sat up. I rubbed my eyes and went out of the room. I remembered that the girl was still here.
"Please, let it be a dream…" I murmured.
I opened the door of the guest room and apparently the girl was still here. She was still sleeping and I just left her alone. I went to make breakfast and I ate it alone. I looked at the guest room door when I finished eating. I sighed and cleaned up. I decided that I should make some food for the girl.
I went into the room with some soup. She was still sleeping. I put the bowl on the side table and I placed my hand on her head.
"Still a bit warm…" I whispered.
I shook her shoulders and tried to wake her up.
"Hey. Wake up." I said while I shook her.
Her eyes started to flutter open. I didn't notice last night but, her eyes were a bit pretty. They were olive green. She rubbed her eyes and sat up.
"W-Where am I?" she stuttered while holding her head. I guess she was having a headache.
"Don't worry. You're safe here. I won't harm you." I told her.
She looked confused. I picked up the bowl of soup and gave it to her.
"Here, you need your strength." I said while she accepted the bowl. She looked nervous. I guess she doesn't trust me. I wouldn't blame her since she doesn't know me.
"Don't worry. I didn't poison it. There's no reason to." I told her.
She looked at me for a second and then looked at the soup. She picked up the spoon and shoved it into her mouth. She winced at the pain because the soup was still hot. She almost spilled it but I grabbed the bowl before she dropped it.
"Owww…" she said. She was flapping her hand in front of her tongue to try and cool it down.
"You shouldn't be so reckless. It's still hot so you shouldn't eat it so fast." I told her.
She nodded and I picked up the spoon. I put it in front of my mouth and blew it carefully. I finished blowing the hot soup and pushed it to the girl's mouth. I stopped when the spoon was just an inch away from her mouth.
"Don't you want to eat?" I asked while smiling.
She opened her mouth and I shoved the spoon into her mouth.
"Is it nice?" I asked.
She nodded and we kept doing that until the soup was finished. I stood up from the chair that I was sitting on. I walked out the door and put the bowl in the kitchen. I went back to the girl and she looked much better. I closed the door and sat down on the chair near her bed.
"How are you feeling? Any better?" I asked her.
She nodded again with a smile on her face. I tilted my head in confused.
"You don't talk much, do you?" I said. She blushed in embarrassment and I chuckled. She looked away from me and she was still blushing.
"Don't worry about it. I wasn't mocking you or anything. I just never met a girl as quiet as you are. Every girl I met would never keep their mouth shut, you see." I told her.
She slowly looked back at me and smiled again. I remembered that I never knew her name. I reached out my hand for her.
"My name's Andropov, Andropov Sarre." I told her. She accepted my hand with a smile on her face again.
"M-My name's…Kluke. Kluke… Nyamiko." She said. My eyes opened wide when she said 'Nyamiko'.
"I'm sorry for asking but, are you really from the Nyamiko family?" I asked her.
She nodded nervously when I asked her.
"Why? Do you know my family?" she asked.
"N-No. I thought I heard that name before, that's all." I said. I wasn't exactly lying. I don't know her family so I was telling the truth, kinda.
I heard her mutter an 'oh'. I smiled at her and walked away.
"I have some things to take care of. I'll come back to check up on you." I told her when I was going to close the door. She nodded and I left her alone.
I took a bath and I picked up a spell book from the bookshelf in the living room. I was trying my best to figure out how to do the spell that Master tried to teach me yesterday. I still couldn't figure it out. It was too difficult, even for me.
I heard a loud cough coming from the guest room. I closed the book and put it back on the shelf. I went into the room and saw that Kluke was doing very good.
"Are you ok? Do you want me to go and buy you some medicine?" I asked her.
"N-No. I'm fine. I don't want to trouble you." She said.
I nodded and closed the door again. I went back to read the spell book in the living room.
"Yama no kira… no! It's not right! I can't say it properly. How am I supposed to read this part? I don't know what it says." I said to myself.
I couldn't understand what the spell meant or what it really does. Master didn't tell me what it does. I'm really curious about this spell.
I heard another loud cough from the guest room. I sighed and went into a room. The room was filled with ingredients; but not the cooking kind. It had some rare plants and some magic dust. I finally found what I was looking for. I picked up a small jar of herbs. Master told me I can use this if I have some illness or injuries.
I went out of the room and started to mix the herbs together in a bowl and put in some water in it so it would be easy to swallow. After I finished, I went back to Kluke with the herbs.
I walked towards her and gave her the bowl of herbs.
"Here, it'll help." I told her. She took the bowl from me and tilted the bowl to her mouth and she drank the herbs. She gave me back the bowl when she finished. I smiled and put the bowl in the kitchen again.
"Master, come home quickly." I whispered to myself.
That's it! Did you like it? The next chapter will be up soon, I promise!