Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia. If I did, I wouldn't be here.
"Oog. I don't feel so good." That idiot Chosen's voice was like music to my ears. The music of a thousand horrible musical saws, that is.
I stood beside his bed, where the others had put him after his head made contact with my fist one too many times. Raine had even been on my side, after saying she wasn't wasting mana on a superficial head wound like the one he'd received. However, I was told that I should be the one to watch him – we'd had to make our stop in Luin much longer than it should have been, because nobody was willing to carry Zelos on their Rheird. And now, here I was.
I watched as those despicable sapphire blue eyes opened, stared at the ceiling, and then landed on me. "Sheena, hunny, how nice of you to drop in!" His tone was one of a weak attempt at flirtatious. "You and your identical twin, no less."
I raised an eyebrow, hands now clenched into tight fists behind my back, just under my obi as I resisted the urge to throttle him. "Zelos." I stated coolly, my eyes somewhere on the wall beside his bed. "We need to go. You've delayed us long enough." And how is that my fault?" His voice had regained some of its usual vigor, though as he sat up, his eyes remained dazed. Still, they were lovely to look at, his eyes – augh! No, I don't like his eyes. Not at all. "Double the fun, eh Sheena? Dozzat mean I get both?" he was rambling now, surely.
"Whatever you're talking about, I suggest you stop and get out of bed." I gazed at him coldly, refusing to change my countenance even as he put on that absolutely adorable pout that I completely despised. Of course I despised it.
"Anything for you hunny." He said, smiling now as he rose. One hand went to smooth that wonderfully silky red hair – he keeps his hair better than most females I know – and the other arm snaked out to grab my waist. I didn't even need to sidestep as he missed of his own accord. My eyebrow came up again – unusual that he should miss.
"That's odd. Sheena, your twin isn't very substantial." He said, as if it was a perfectly normal thing to say. Then again, Zelos always was a weird guy.
"What are you talking about?!" I demanded, while incredulous that he'd already forgotten the reason he'd been knocked out at all. I blushed as I remembered him practically FONDLING my breast, and I smiled inside in victory after remembering the subsequent events. Leading to now, of course.
"Why, your twin. She's right there." He gestured at thin air and I laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
"Zelos, there's nothing there." Realization dawned on me and I laughed as I told him, "I think you're seeing double." He sure still looked dazed.
"Aww. So there isn't another one of my favorite voluptuous hunnies in the room?" He was grinning stupidly and I guessed he was teasing as well.
"Arrgh! You stupid Chosen!" I hit him on the head again, though this time I watched my strength.
"And the Violent Demonic Banshee is back, double the power!" He said under his breath as he rubbed the sore spot.
That nickname again! Ugh! "You really are an idiot, Zelos." I told him, fighting to keep calm. Then I kicked him between the legs.
"Owww! Ow, ow, Sheena, what was that for?!" He was doubled over now, and I laughed before walking away. I refused to dignify him with an answer, and instead left to curse and maybe realize that seen double is not a good thing.