Chapter Two: Finding Her Again
But Saiga was wrong. At first, it was just a small sneeze, then a slight fever. When Rin collapsed in her attempt to reach for a cup, it caused a lot of panic in her household. Her sister contacted Akisame when her health didn't improve after a few days.
"Thank you for coming on such short notice." "It's quite alright." Akisame smiled at Rin's older sister, Haku. She looked just like her two brothers, with pale skin and black hair that flowed loosely passed her hips but her eyes were a bright amethyst color. Haku led him to a door with the symbol for "Batman" carved into the door. "Strange." Akisame thought as Haku knocked on the door before yanking it open quickly, "Rin, the doctor's here!" "Your sister is asleep." A soft voice came from the bed. Haku chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry." Akisame felt his heart clinch almost painfully as he took in the sight of what he assumed was Rin's mother, "Hello." Her honey brown eyes glazed over in recognition. She put on a strained smile as she shook his hand, "Hello, I'm Kisa." "Akisame." "Thank you for coming." "I-I'm gonna go..do stuff…" Haku trailed off as she escaped the room.
Akisame slowly shook RIn awake, noting the redness of her cheeks and shallow breathing. "H-hi…." Rin smiled weaklyy at Akisame. "I hear you aren't feeling well." Kisa stood back observing Akisame work. After several minutes, he turned to her with a small, brown bag in his hand, "Can you boil this into a tea, please?" "How much should I use?" "2 teaspoons should be effective." Kisa nodded and left. "My mom thinks you're cute." Rin stated sweetly, her voice almost dripping in a sadistic form of sarcasm.
When Kisa returned, she noted two things: first, the look of shock and disbelief on Akisame's face and two, the smile on Rin's face that could put the Chesire Cat to shame. "Is something wrong?" "Nothing's wrong!" Akisame snapped back quickly. "Okay? Well, here's your tea." "Thank you." He took the cup, blowing softly on it before offering it to Rin, "Drink this." Rin did as she was told, whining at the taste, "It's bitter…" Akisame sighed but rummaging in his bag before pulling out a small bottle of honey. After mixing in a generous amount of honey, he returned the cup, "How is it now?" "Better." She grumbled and continued sipping. When she was finished, Akisame set the cup aside, "Now, get some rest." "Yes sir." Rin fell back on her pillow before being tucked in by Akisame, "Thank you."
Kisa led him out, Akisame noted the lack of sound; which he found rather odd considering she had several teenaged children. "You have a beautiful home." "Thank you." "It's been quite some time, Kisa." "I do suppose 19 years can be considered 'quite some time'." Kisa responded, smiling softly at him. Once on her doorstep, he turned to face her, "I know this is a bit inappropriate but would like you to go to dinner this Saturday?" Kisa smiled, "That sounds lovely." Akisame breathed a sigh of relief, "6 PM?" "Ok. I'll give you a call later." She closed the door with a slight blush on her cheeks.