Narcolepsy 2
the usual disclaimers...I don't own anything. Charas are from Beauty Pop. Not profitting, just doing it for fun, etc.
Shogo Narumi had had enough. He'd woken up alone in the SP room sometime after school. Apparently his friends Kazuhiko Ochiai and Kei Minami were unwilling to be at all helpful or mature about the Koshiba situation. They'd abandoned him to his fate after he fainted and left the school as far as he could figure.
'Damn them!' As he glanced down at his watch to check the time, he caught a glimpse of a flash of color. Curious he turned his hand to inspect his nails. -- Perfect chibi replicas of Kiri Koshiba and her fat cat Shampoo decorated some of his nails, while hearts and Mussyhead's proper name decorated others. Going bright red with either rage or embarrassment, Narumi didn't really want to pursue that train of thought, he started kicking over nearby trashcans and yelling. "RAWR! Dammit Kei! Dammit Mussyhead! This is all YOUR fault!"
Storming from the school, Narumi headed to the nearby riverbank that he inevitably ended up at when he needed to think—read as 'sulk'. He flopped to his back in the grass and stared up at the sky. His neck hurt from his awkward previous sleeping position and he was just upset and embarrassed about the whole thing. The sound of the river below, the slight breeze, and the cool grass beneath him, however, went a long way toward calming him down. He liked that about the riverbank. While the sounds of other people were still present, their presence was mostly muted and everything—including his problems—just faded into the background.
As he watched the clouds pass by overhead, Narumi began to recall other times he'd come to this spot. When he'd been stressing over the whole Niida challenge and thought that his friends wouldn't bail him out, he'd come to this same spot. 'Of course, that stupid cat of Mussyhead's had turned up and got me injured. Although that had actually led to Mussyhead helping mee out at the competition and even kind of sweetly thanking-- ok no. I'm totally not going to think about that.' He sighed then, but it was too late. His mind then turned to another instance at this spot. Mussyhead had given him some cream for his injured arm and managed to cheer him up a bit. 'She can be so compassionate when she's not being completely annoying...' Blushing slightly, but vastly calmer than when he'd first arrived at the riverbank, Narumi decided to head on home.
But of course, things never quite went his way at the riverbank. As he climbed back toward the road. A fat black cat came bounding up to him. "Ugh, you again," Narumi greeted Shampoo. "And where's your sleepy head master?" As if in response, Shampoo rather urgently butted Narumi with his head. Then he turned and ran a few steps and stopped to look back at Narumi. "What? You want me to follow you?" Narumi guessed as the cat stared at him. Again, as if he understood, Shampoo then took off, pausing every now and then to look back to see if Narumi was following. So of course, Narumi did. They ran along the top of the riverside park, and a few blocks further down, Shampoo turned down the slope. Narumi followed curiously and blinked in surprise as they came to a sprawled out Mussyhead napping on the slope. "So uncute." Narumi commented. He watched as Shampoo batted at Kiri and tugged on her jacket. Then he watched as Shampoo sat on Kiri's chest and licked her face a few times. And then he finally got the message when Shampoo started staring at him again. "Oh...you want me to wake her up." Shampoo meowed in response and then trotted off to...whatever he did. "Hey wait! What? Where are you going...?" Narumi called lamely after the seemingly smug cat, but as expected, he got no response.
'Stupid pain in the butt troublesome cat. Stupid equally troublesome girl' he thought rather bitterly and he nudged Kiri a few times in the side with the toe of his shoe. "Hey! Hey Mussyhead!" he called loudly down at her. No response. "HEY! WAKE UP!" he yelled a bit louder, leaning down by her face now. Oo A bit concerned now, Narumi bent over and shook her shoulder gently. "Mussyhead? Hello? Wake up. Is something wrong with you?" He shook her a bit more roughly. She stayed flat on her back in the grass completely undisturbed. "Hey! Kiri? Hello? Ugh...now what do I do...?" He sat on the grass next to Kiri and stared at the sleeping girl. She was always sleeping, now that he thought about it. Maybe there really WAS something wrong with her. But she looked so peaceful. She didn't LOOK sick. But then...was it normal to sleep that much...? And always at the drop of the hat with her. He sighed and brushed her bangs back from her face a bit. She leaned in to his touch and he flinched away, startled. "Mussyhead?" He peered down anxiously at her again. Then gave her shoulder a good shove. Nope, still asleep apparently. As the wind kicked up, Narumi looked around and noticed that the park had quieted down a bit and it was starting to get dark. Kiri showed no signs of waking and that cat HAD seemed to lead him here for a reason. He sighed and gave her a slight shake again, but again got no response. 'Nothing else to it then...'
Nervously and awkwardly, Narumi scooped her up in his arms. He had her knees draped over one arm and was trying to shift her around to get a better hold without having to touch anything weird and then – Kiri turned toward him on her own and looped her arms around his neck nestling against him in a perfect fit. Narumi froze and tried to peer down at her again. She still seemed to be sleeping peacefully though. He gave her a slight shake anyway only to almost drop her when she instinctively tightened her grip on him. Blushing horribly now, Narumi decided it would be safest just to get her home and headed off at a fast clip.
As he turned down her street, Narumi silently thanked to kami that the shops were mostly all closed up for the night. He had no idea what he'd say or do if any of Mussyhead's many acquaintances tried to inquire. With a sigh of relief, he neared the Koshiba residence only to realize that Seiji Koshiba was sitting on the porch and smoking. 'Aww crap...that old man is almost as weird as my own father...' Seiji looked up at Narumi as he approached nervously. He seemed extremely relieved as he caught sight of Kiri in Narumi's arms. "Ah...so that's why..." he mumbled quietly, "I hadn't realized she was with you. I sent Shampoo out hours ago to bring her back..."
Narumi blushed horribly at the implications and began to stammer embarrassed. "Oh, oh no. No. Not, not at all. I mean. That's. No." He stopped. Mentally kicked himself. And tried again. "Shampoo just led me to her and ran off. She wouldn't wake up. Is...is something wrong with her?" Seiji pulled back a little in surprise to look at Narumi carefully. Narumi started blushing again and tried to abruptly hand Kiri over. As Seiji stood up to take his little girl back, Kiri snuggled closer to Narumi. "Naru-naru" she mumbled. Feeling her lips move against his neck, Narumi stiffened. He could feel it happening... "Not again!" he moaned.
Seiji barely made it in time to catch the fainting boy holding his sleeping daughter. "Well... I guess there's only one thing to do." he said to himself as he carefully managed to maneuver the two unconscious teens on to thankfully nearby sofa. Busting out his camera phone, Seiji went to town! "Emi's going to be so happy!!"
sorry if there's spelling errors or other errors. Lemme know and I can fix them. Hope you enjoyed it. :o) Please please review and/or read my other stories!
edit: oh sorry sorry!! I totally forgot! .--. Thanks so much for the reviews!! :o) I was originally planning to just abandon it as a one-shot...but yeah... between the reviews/favs on this one and my other Beauty Pop fanfic...well...I figured I'd try for another chapter after all. yay! So yeah! Thank you thank you for the reviews! :o) They are like...encouragement :o) or perhaps promptings...to continue. Thanks so much!