The sun shone in, hitting me in the face. I groan, knowing I'd slept longer then my goal for the day. I sit up,rubbing my head and looking around. I see the shelf that holds my original bed, the bin for our clothes, the bunk bed on the last wall of the house, a picture frame with a picture of the old days,a peek of the kitchen, and the door and a window streaming in light to hit the kitchen and another window to hit the far side wall.
I roll over and feel as if I rolled over a body. Looking down, I see Ritsu now looking up at me as if my action had woken her up. I smile down at her, "Good Morning Ritsu, time to get up." I sit beside her as she sits up, the look of sleepy annoyance still on her face. It is incredibly cute. I crawl past her and get up. "Can you get the futon? I'll get breakfast."
As I get out our usual breakfast;bread, fish, and lucky enough, rice. I hum as I cook. "We are lucky for our breakfast,lucky for our rice." I break into song. "Lucky for our home and even still lucky for our lives." Ritsu walks over and sits at the table we are lucky to have. I smile at her as I set up the breakfast then lean in close. "Did you brush?" I could tell she still hadn't touched her hair but that could wait.
She blows a minty smell in my face and I smile. "Aren't you lucky enough to have me to ask you that?" Ritsu groans then waves me off. I go and brush my own teeth,all the while thinking we are lucky to have a source of clean water and toothbrushes and toothpaste. I try not to hum as I brush my teeth and gargle and swish the clean water around in my mouth.
I return to see she is waiting for me and we eat together, she shows her gratefulness in at least one way a day. While we eat, a girl runs in and hides in the house as a young boy also runs in. I smile as they play hide and seek in our home. I see the two hugging and laughing and am glad a young boy even exists.
An adult-looking person looks in and smiles at us and points to the kids, "That's ok right?" we nod and she waves again before leaving. I gather the plates as Ritsu tells the kids we're going to leave. "OK!" the kids sing in unison and rush out the door. I finish the plates and watch the kids run off. Ritsu is awake now.
We head towards a building and check up on our schedules. Nothing was going on so after a couple of hours, we leave. We are intelligence experts but even we slack. The ones who stay all day are young ones who are training and who remember the war's effects so heavily. The older people cope easier and try to find other ways to help.
Since our village is reliant on the ocean, we decide to help out the old people who are taking care of the seafood. As I am helping drag in a net of fish, another villager jogs over. "Can you help us out later? We are trying to get some honey from up in a tree."
I nod "The whole village helps or the whole village falls." With that, she blushes and bows before running off. I help reel in the fish then carry it over to the next group who takes off and out anything inedible then drag the fish over to the drying rack where I help set them to dry and become jerky.
I sniff myself "Phew, I could use a good walk in the forest just about now."
The old men and women around me chuckled and sent me off. I pass Ritsu along the way. "Hey, you wanna help me get the honey?" Ritsu looked up at me and shook her head. She stood and walked over to me, staring me in the face before bear-hugging me. She didn't normally do this in public. While alone, she still didn't do this so often. I was happy she did though and graciously hugged her back. She kissed my cheek and I hers.
She began to get rather touchy before I backed away and tapped her cheek. She grinned at me shyly before getting back to the seaweed. I reached the tree where a few girls and a sleeping baby sat waiting for me. They set up a place for me to land and handed me some things to help with the gathering. I smoked the bees and began to gather up the honey when it seemed the bees had other plans.
Before I knew it,they rushed out and got me good. I lost balance and fell, hitting several branches along the way. The girls ran out from under me and started a fire near me. Within minutes,I was out. When I awoke, I was in a room. Our room. Ritsu had brought over the table near the bed and had set tea upon it. She was pouring it out and happened to peek at me. Seeing my eyes open, she rushed to my side and gently hugged me.
The sun was still up and she had put the shades up. I chuckled, "Oh Ritsu,I'm in no condition for that." Ritsu's face went blank before she chuckled too. "Silly. Rest please Mio." She kissed my forehead. Ritsu handed me a cup of tea. "You have to make sure to drink this or you'll have to wear a cast for the bone." I nodded and took the cup,taking the lukewarm drink in a few gulps.
I stood up and headed for the bathroom. I had a bruise on my head and a bruise here and there and a cut here and there. I was told the doctor gave me medicine for my broken arm which I tested. I splashed water onto my face and looked back at Ritsu.
She smiled at me and hugged me close. "I was worried, Mio" I hugged her back and pet her hair, whispering to her. "I'm ok Ritsu. I'm here talking to you, hugging you." I pecked her cheek. "And kissing you" She picked up her head and licked some water off my chin. Then cheek. Then kissed my eye. Then kissed my cheek. Then a soft,warm touch of my lips. She pulled back, her eyes searching mine. Is this ok? Do you feel the same way?
I kissed her back,pressing her to my chest. She squeezed me back, I could feel love in the heat of her heart. And she from mine. We draw back,breathing hard. We catch eachother again before drawing back again, breathing hard. "I love you." one of us whispers
"I love you too." the other whispers back. Its a blur of love and heat before I see myself with Ritsu, the warmth of bare skin against the other almost lulls me back to sleep. I look around and find myself on the edge of the bed. I smile at Ritsu's smiling form before I get up and dressed to use the bathroom. As I crawl back into bed, I hear a noise. The enemy has come. I silently wake Ritsu and she looks at me, sleepy and groggy.
I whisper into her ear, she is wide awake as I close my mouth. We set to alerting the rest of the intelligence, pressing an alarm that rings in their home. Within seconds, our fighters and intelligence are up and ready. Everyone else rushes to the outskirts as Ritsu disappears in the crowd of fighters. I fight too but am knocked out.
I wake and look around anxiously. I sit, watching my hands do nothing. I remember Ritsu,I remember how I sang for her everyday and how she would act like she didn't care. I miss helping out my friends and cuddling with Ritsu at night. I missed her warm body next to mine, her loving words as I fell asleep and her strong arms holding me.
I cried. It was weak. I am weak.
I stop crying and get out of bed. It is 4:03 and I am ready. I am ready to fight! I am ready to leave. I love you Ritsu,I'll see you soon.
A/N
Wow,2 reveiws for a single chapter almost immediately after it was posted? That's a new record for me! XD I'll work hard for you so be patient and expect more soon!
