You wouldn't believe it. It's another AU continuing story. What happened to my one-shots? Eh. And I just finished posting Shattered too. Ah, well. Inspiration hit and I wrote. And here we have the results! =_= Someday I'll write a continuing story that's not AU again. Someday, but not today.
I would like to dedicate this story to everyone who read and reviewed Shattered! Really, it meant the world. I was so happy to see people who were reading it and then the people reading it now. I really do appreciate it. Thank you so much!
"Okita-kun!" Sei called, waving Okita over excitedly. "Look!" She pointed at a large fish swimming in the small strip of water. They were at a festival and currently Sei was dragging Okita to every game physically possible. Not that he minded. The child he was, was having a blast., but that didn't keep him from being almost completely exhausted by now.
Okita came over, his feet slightly dragging. Where did she keep all this energy…? He bent down to look. "Wow! It's huge!" He thought a moment. "If I win this… you treat to takoyaki[1]?"
"Hmm… deal. 'Cause you'll never win." Sei grinned slyly with a challenging glint in her eyes.
Okita chuckled. "Well, now I have to get it just to prove you wrong," he joked. Okita paid the man in charge of the festival game and gave the Sei the bowl he would need to put the fish in once he caught it.
He crouched and prepared to capture it. "One… two… now!" Okita quickly snatched and… the fish was successfully caught! He dumped it into the bowl that Sei held, marking his win.
"Not fair!" Sei persisted. "You cheated. You must have cheated."
Okita looked at her skeptically. "Exactly how does one cheat at a game like this? You just don't want to spend any money."
Sei stuck her tongue out. "Shut up. Where was the takoyaki stand anyway?"
Okita pointed in the direction of the stand. "That way."
Sei nodded and they began toward the stand. "I still think you cheated somehow," she said.
"You're jealous, that's all," Okita taunted.
"Oh, shush." Sei stopped walking for a bit. Her head was spinning again. She put a hand up to her forehead. Gosh… what was with her today? She had a constant headache and she kept losing her balance.
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Takoyaki in hand, Okita and Sei ate quietly about a foot apart on the bench. Even though they were an official couple now they sat farther from each other then when they were simply friends.
Okita slowly edged his hand towards Sei blush covering his face. As soon as their fingers brushed, blush coated Sei's cheeks as well. She slowly wrapped her fingers around Okita's. The action made her dizzy. But it wasn't just that making her dizzy. She could feel her head pounding and swirling. She blinked, trying to make the world stop spinning but it didn't. It was all getting dark… she couldn't see.
She fell sideways landing on Okita's shoulder.
"Sei-san…?" Okita said, wondering why Sei was suddenly resting on him. He looked at her and realized immediately by her pale face that she wasn't resting. She had passed out.
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Okita leaned back and forth, on edge on the hospital seat. How was she…? What was wrong…? How long did it possibly take? He checked his watch. Not even a minute change from last time though it seemed like an eternity.
"Okita-san?" Yuuma asked approaching him. Beside him stood Gennan. Okita had called them both and informed them of the incident. Their faces were pale and Gennan rung his hands together with worry.
"Tominaga-san!" Okita got up to greet them both.
"What happened?" Yuuma demanded. "What happened to my sister?"
"She… she passed out. I brought her here. She's with a nurse now," Okita explained.
"Ah, Tominaga-sensei," a nurse said walking towards them. She bowed to greet Gennan.
"Tooko-san. How is Sei?" Gennan asked.
"She's okay, for the most part. There may be slight memory loss, though," she said. "As it turns out, Sei has been quite sick but ignoring it and pushing herself anyway. So she eventually reached her limit, passed out, and that's about it."
Okita, Gennan, and Yuuma all breathed a sigh of relief. "Can we... see her?" Okita asked.
Tooko nodded. "Oh, yes, of course. Through that door." Tooko gestured to a door a few feet away.
"Thank you," Okita said quickly. He rushed towards the room followed by Sei's family and let himself into the room to find Sei asleep. He smiled, relief washing over him. She was okay. It was all right.
Sei's eyelids fluttered open slowly. She glanced around the room, trying to figure out where she was.
"Sei-san!" Okita rushed to her side. "You're awake! How do you feel? Are you okay?"
Sei blinked in confusion. "Who are you?"
[1] A Japanese festival treat.
Thanks so much for reading my story! I just had to post on Valentines day. Even thought it's one of the cheesiest things one can do. ^-^ Not that it was really the typical thing to post on Valentines Day, so I'll pretend that it makes it all better. Review? Please?