Sorry for this late update. I was busy with my school. Had no time to keep writing. So here it is!
~Ichigo
Sitting on the chair and watching him got pretty boring after a while. Pai did nothing but read hundreds of books every day. Seriously, how much could that alien read?
Though she had no choice, he was the one to get her food and the only way to get food, was to stare at him until he got uncomfortable. Sometimes it could take hours and sometimes just a few minutes. It depended on how much he had slept the night before.
Right now, she had been sitting there and staring for three hours. Her back had just started hurting. She changed position over and over again. However she seemed to never find a comfortable position.
Though to her relief he after a while looked up from his book. That meant he had finally surrendered, at least that was what she was hoping for. As he stood up he put his book down on the table with the side he was reading up.
He gave her a quick nod to show he was going to make her food, probably ramen. That was all she had eaten for these past months. Ramen.
Then he made his way out of his reading room to the kitchen, Ichigo could hear him take things out of the fridge. Quickly she walked over to the book and read what was written. She had always been curious about what books he read and why they seemed to be so interesting to him.
However after reading one sentence her pale skin turned into a bright red blush. The book was a romance books and this one sentence, well, you know from Ichigo's reaction.
From the kitchen you could hear a proud laugh. With an embarrassed look Ichigo turned around to see Pai stand in the door. Of course he had chosen a romance book because he knew she always read his books. Sometimes they even were interesting and she'd turn the page. Probably why he took this one. To keep her away from his books since he didn't like when someone touched his books.
"I.. I get it!" Ichigo stuttered still bright red in her face. "I won't read your books anymore!"
Pai gave her a satisfied nod as he then went back to make her ramen.
She then gave the book a glare, still all embarrassed about the sentence.
After Pai was done with her ramen she sat down and ate it alone in the kitchen. Humming for herself as she ate. She swung with her legs back and forth as she then looked at the clock. Okay, not just the clock, basically everywhere.
Living at this place for a couple of months when nothing happened was pretty much boring. The only people who was here was Pai and Taruto. No one else came here to visit and no one left. It was just them here, all alone.
After a while that got pretty much lonely. She wanted to get to know more people. The only memories of other people she had was weak ones, the pictures in her mind was pretty much faded. She couldn't reqognize any of them. Though since she had pictures of them in her mind, they had to be important. So not remembering them made her sad. How could she forget important people? She had a feeling of not being herself as well.
Suddenly she heard a voice. Not Pai's, not Taruto's, someone else's voice. Instead of this making her scared, this made her very excited. Quickly she got up on her feet and checked for Pai and Taruto. When none of them was in sight she sneaked out of the kitchen.
Silently she walked over to door after door and put her left ear to it.
It didn't take too long until she found the right door, it seemed to be only one person inside. Because there was only one voice speaking. She could place it as a male voice, probably in his teens. His voice wasn't too steady. Dark, yet light.
Ichigo could hear him talking to himself, he probably was lonely. She understood him since she had never seen him. Maybe Pai and Taruto kept him in there.
He kept going on and on talking about his special someone. Poor boy, he for sure was lonely, believing in love like this.
According to her, love was something that came and then went over to someone else. Not only love for another one but love for friends as well. Trusting people was not an option.
"Maybe I could make Pai let me meet her again.." she heard him say. "Why isn't she the same anyome? I shouldn't have brought her here.."
Not only was he talking to himself, she could feel his heavy steps on the floor as well hear them. It sounded like he wasn't feeling too good. It sounded like the steps he took hurted. This made her curious about what he was feeling and she put her hand on the door, thinking whether to open it when she suddenly heard the footsteps ends.
"Pai? Taruto?" the male voice said.
Ichigo froze, though she did not know why. The feeling she should just be quiet took over. Though, she soon got out of it and decided to speak.
"No." she replied.
The voice on the other side of the door took a deep breathe, hesitating like he could not believe who was standing out there. It seemed like it was taking minutes until he finally spoke.
"Ichigo?"