Day three : Taking care of the devil

Another day, another chibi devil to face. Nagihiko knock her door again, it seems like this is gonna be his routinitas after he get ready. There's nothing she sway at the door this time, Nagihiko take this as a good thing, if she continue her habit of throwing pillow at the door, she may can get his old bedroom like a titanic after sink.

"Rima…"

"I wake, I wake!" so he stop knocked and take care of breakfast. Nagihiko always knocked her door first then make breakfast because he know waiting for her to get ready almost like waiting for her to baking a cake. Could take forever. Rima finally come to the table, eating breakfast with him. As usual, Nagihiko finish first then going outside. It's a cold day or he just catching cold because last night he slept without blanket. Nagihiko wearing his sweater outside his uniform. Rima couldn't help but glaring at the white sweater that she hates to admit… suits hi a lot.

"What?" he ask when she's glaring at him before she jump to bike.

"That sweater makes you look like a gay."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"You're welcome." Along the way, Nagihiko just cant help to just sneeze. But he didn't stop tough.

"You can throw viruses at me," Rima says behind him.

"Then stay away from me and just walk to school."

"Take some medicine."

"Already."

"Do something so you wouldn't infected me,"

"I can start by leave you here," he really stop his bike, but Rima stay on his back sadel. "so now you don't want to leave me?" he teased her, earning another smack. They arrived, Nagihiko parked and Rima going inside. Amu is with Tadase, looks like he teach her and she just cant help herself not to worried. Rima didn't study after she have cold dinner and milk. She just plainly want to sleep and so did she. Nagihiko comes and already get the other student ask him to teach them. Not like usual, he refused it.

"Sorry, I don't feeling well today. You can ask Tadase, he's a better teacher than me." Then Amu has to stop she and Tadase's activities as they have to deal with other student that beg Tadase to teach. Rima watch Nagihiko sit in his chair, s light cough was heard. Not only he will infected her, he will infected all the student in this class as well! Rima always know that purple was an illness.

The math exam start, Rima a slightly shock that almost all the exercise she did yesterday and all the basic Nagihiko give her was really help her. So he didn't lie or try to manipulate her. Good, but it wont let her caught off guard. He maybe still have some planning behind this! She secretly glare at the boy that already finish his exam, give to teacher and just gone. Along the break lunch, Amu sit with Tadase and complain about the math while he just smiling at her. Nagihiko also didn't come anywhere, he just sit and plainly eat his bento. Good thing he didn't eat while doing those freaking assignment like he always do.

The bell rang, Rima wake from her chair, Nagihiko just finished packed. Rima waited him outside the class. Nagihiko not quite sure wheter to happy or not with the ice queen waiting form him outside the class with a deadthly glare. Is he making any mistake today or what?

"What?" he asked her.

"What the hell what?" she reply.

"Are you waiting for me?"

"Just bike home, I don't feel like at school any longer." Nagihiko just followed her outside, to the parking bike. Along the way they didn't exchange any words. Nagihiko bike in a faster speed than usual but Rima refuse to hug him from behind. If he wanted her to do that, no way in hell she would ever do that to him! He opened the door in a silent, let the two of them come in. He walked passed her to his room, close the door and this house just like a graveyard. Rima cant stand it anymore!

"Purple-head!" she open the door, rather slamming it opened, without realizing what could go wrong.

A shirtless Nagihiko just going to wear his shirt. Time just stop. Frozen. And both of them pale to death. Their eyes seems like it's going out from it's hole. Rima cant stop her eyes from traveling his well built muscular chest. Her breath theartening her to fainted. She then slammed the door shut, her eyes give up and se just curled herself to ball in front of his door. What. The. Hell. Did. Her. virgin. Eyes. Just. See. He rape her eyes! He with his dirty plans now get to her and make her eyes fiflhty with such a scene!

Nagihiko watch his door being slammed by the devil chibi. His face hot of embarrasement. It's not like doing Nadeshiko things and wear mini skirt. It's the first time a girl beside his mom look at his upper naked body. He opened the door, seeing a blonde ball in front of his room, already shirted Nagihiko kneeled beside her.

"Are you…okay?"

"No I'm not, you freaking purple head crossdesser!" she spat at him.

"Don't you know that was hars to just open someone's door without knocking…?"

"I-I I… you should pick another time to change or do it in your bathroom!"

"I do it since I was born in this house. I often walking without shirt around house."

"Gah! Don't ever doing that!"

"I'm not the one that gawking at someone's body…"

"You called me that? You pervert!" before he could reply her, Nagihiko sneeze and wake, his cough seems unbearable. Rima also wake from her curling position, looking at him.

"... it's because your bad habits of walking around without shirt." She commented.

"Thanks Rima, that's so thoughtful of you." He reply equally sinism. He walk passed her and taking the blanket she despise yesterday.

"You do the laundry today?" she jerked off as it if was a dirty piece.

"It's my blanket, thankyou." He said the again, come back to his room. Rima stand still. So it wasn't only him that put the blanket, but also he uses his… so it means he didn't use blanket yesterday? Is it the reason why he caught cold today? And yet, he's the one that teach her so she can go through this day exam without killing anyone. Before he close his door, Rima stop him.

"Hei!"

"What?"

"I…"

"You can bring your stuff to laundry's bag. Tomorrow I'll bring it to laundry shop."

"It's not that, crossdesser!"

"Then what, shortie? Looks like the first agreement was nothing to us."

"Yeah. I…" she hold back and fisted her hands. "just let me taking care of you!" she shouted at him.

"…first, yelling isn't take care of anything. And second, what you mean by taking care?"

"Y-you purple head wont undertsnad! Just lay down and realx," She pushed him fall to his bed.

"Again, I think we agree there's no physical contact."

"Just shut up." He smirked at her.

"Never thought that you'll be this eager to bring me to bed… auw!" Rima smacked his head. But to be honest, she didn't know what to do. She just feel she has to do something to him… but couldn't tell specifically what.

"So…what do you want me to do?" Nagihiko taken aback by her question.

"It's so not like you asking me that."

"Just tell!"

"You know, Rima, asked a man that question and you would… auw, what that's for?" Rima just smacked him again.

"To clear your sick purple head. I'm serious." Nagihiko think. He did take medicine and eat, but yet his body feels numb and still unwell. He can feel as if his body just burning.

"Ah…could you please bring me a little towel and ice?"

"What for? You're gonna throw it to your head?"

"I'm gonna cooling myself."

"Oh." Then she walks out and come back with white little towel and ice. "your refrigerator was a mess, Fujisaki."

"Glad to know you're that care for my stuffs." Rima hold back to not smack him again. He take care of himself and put the cold towel to his forehead. His face seems peaceful now.

"You can go Rima. Thank you." He said while smiling.

"No."

"Eh?"

"If you fall asleep, who will change the num towel, put it to ice block and put in on your forehead?"

"I never know you have such a care,"

"Just go sleep, gay guy. Hearing your voice is annoying." Nagi smile, taking his blanket and close his eyes. Slowly, his breath can hear. He fall asleep pretty fast. Rima do what she said, everytime she think the towel already drained, she will take it and put the cold one. Hind long bang get in the way and she just shrugged it off. The time she touch his smooth hair, actually, she like the smoothnes, and again, the lavender smell from it. Nagihiko just being Nagihiko. A too nice one like Tadase, but again have a sharp mouth and feminime side. Rima couldn't tell now she likes Nadeshiko more. Because this guy, no matter how sharp his mouth is as Nagihiko, he… is a gentleman afterall.

His phone's vibration waking him up from deep slumber. Tomorrow's weekend, who's gonna disturb him? But still, Nagihiko open his eyes and his hands searching for the beep beep source. He had habit to put his phone in below his pillow so he can easily take it from an urgent thinsg, because his parents usually call him in the middle of the night when it's urgent. A message.

To : Fujisaki Nagihiko

From : Hinamori Amu

Nagi-kun, we're planning to go on a picnic along with Tadase-kun, Yaya-chan, Kukai-kun, Utau-senpai, Kairi-kun, and… Ikuto-kun. Are you coming?

PS : Can you tell Rima too? She didn't reply my message.

Too bad he already had plan to go laundry tomorrow. And it cant be delayed since it's not only his matter, but also he now has to take care of Mashiro daughter. If the two of them go, who will take care of laundry? One must stay, and Rima was out of question.

To : Hinamori Amu

From : Fujisaki Nagihiko

Thank's for the invitation, Amu-chan. But I already have plan tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll tell Rima. Have fun, send my best regards to them!

Nagihiko was wondering how's Amu face when first know that Rima now living with him. Tadase have such a face that 'congratulation, may God bless you both!' expression when he explain his question why they are biking together. Why Rima didn't text her back, anyway? Maybe she just forget, or something… Nagihiko feel better, looking at the clock that shown 7, he almost jumped off. He late to bath and making dinner, Rima may fainted right now because hungry. But… if she hungry and cant cook, wouldn't she just ordered something… or go outside… well the last one wasn't going to happened since he was the only one holding the key of this house. And yet, if he give her freedom to go and come home as she wants, she probably get rape outside there when she buy something at night because he freakimg forget to cook.

Nagihiko wake but something a little weight make him hard to move. His heart skipped a bit, looks like Rima was tired and falling a sleep. No, not in the floor. Exatcly beside him, his head and hands on his chest, how stupid he is not noticing something like this while texting back to Amu. He got freaking ice queen sleeping in the same bed with him, and with this close… He sure she will freaked out and probably call the police of raping accusation when she wake up. Luckly he wake up first.

Slowly, Nagihiko moved her beautiful head to pillow, and he succeeded without waking her. Almost jump in joy, Nagihiko wake but her hands suddenly grip him. He looks at her. She still have her eyes closed, but her lips slightly parted.

"…don't… go…" Nagihiko now can feel blood rushing to his head. Really, living under the same roof with the girl that hate you make everything harder. If only she just Amu or Yaya, he will laughing and shrugged them to wake, tell them to bath, and get dinner. But with Rima Mashiro, everything was a lot harder for Nagihiko. Do this or that, it always been wrong in his eyes. Not doing, even wrong. So in sequence like now, Nagihiko didn't know wheter he should wake her, push her hands off, or back to bed.

He decided just to stand still. Eventually her hands will get tired and let go of him or she will opened her eyes. 30 minutes gone and she still clutching to him. It cant be done if it's going like this.

"Wake up, Rima." He said, touching her hands. With his now warm touch, Rima awake, seeing the purple haired touching her hands, make her scream. Nagihiko close his ears, this icy queen that seems never talk surely has a loud voice.

"Sssst, you can disturb others!" he put his palm on her mouth, she quickly bit it. Then slap him hard.

"Get you hands off me, you pervert! And what is this? How the hell am I sleeping in your freaking bed?"

"Before you talk anymore, I wake up with you beside me, don't ask me how, I even don't know and I don't want to know either. And second, you're the one that… clutching to me… and ask me… to stay…" he touching the numb slap from her.

"…oh. I guess I just fall asleep."

"First you force to taking care of me and now you're slapping me. I really don't know wheter I should angry or not."

"Good, you better not."

"Thanks for runining my mood, Mashiro."

"You're welcome, Fujisaki." Nagihiko said, he know this girl was unstable. But yet he has the duty to never hurt her, so slap her back was out of question. Rima wake from his bed, redy to leave. But Nagihiko catch her hands.

"You still owe me a 'taking-care', Rima."

"You're already well and take of your hands."

"Where's the care you showed me before? Liar."

"Purple gay."

"…fine then. I don't do cook today, you can ordered but find yourself a way to take your ordered out house because I'm not giving my key to someone like you."

"You want to starve me?"

"I'm trying." He left her and go to bathroom. Again, that Fujisaki boy pushes her again.

"Fine! What do you want?" Nagihiko turned his back and smirked.

"Help me with dinner."

So here they are, in the kitchen. Nagihiko ask her to learn how to cook water and make milk.

"You put water into the kettle…" she open the kran and let just a few. "…with that water you may make a milk of cat portion. You fulfil the kettle or just let it full a middle." He opened the kran again and let the water fulfil half of the kettle. "close the kettle and put it on the stove. No there, right on the circle, Rima…" Rima finally get the position right. "now you turn the knob… to right, right! You could break it if you persisten to go left!" he sighed, with her power she may can break anything. The fire comes out the stove, Rima was step back, surprise. "you just wait until the kettle whistle, and you have to turn the knob into left until the fire gone."

"Can I burn your house if I didn't turn off the stove?"

"Too bad I wont let you do it."

"Hn,"

"Now while waiting, you can take care of the table, right? Take the spoon, the forks…"

"Fine." Nagihiko back to his soup and some side dishes while Rima try to remember how Nagihiko usually put the spoon and the fork and the plate. After she finished, Nagihiko ask her to bring some fruit from refrigerator. He will make juice for tonight.

"What fruit?"

"Let's see… what fruit do you like?" he stir his soup and place it on a large bowl.

"I don't like anything purple." Nagihiko make a (-_-) face when hearing this.

"Don't pick the plum then,"

"Nothing particular."

"Manggoes?"

"Too sour."

"Avocado?"

"…"

"Right, then, please bring avocado."

The kettle whistle and Rima do what she has to do, then going to refrigerator. She hand him avocado while he already done with the meals. He cut it, thrown the skin and the seeds.

"Sugar, honey, or milk?"

"I prefer you called me just 'Rima'"

"I'd love to. But what I ask is you want your avocado juice with honey, sugar, or milk?"

"Oh." She can feel her face blushing. "milk."

"White or chocolate?"

"…white."

"Please help me making two glass of while milk," she just standing there, don't know what to do. "oh, right. Nah, first you take two glasses." She give it to him. "take two spoonful of white milk powder here." He take a jar and shove the powder to one glass. She follow him to the other one. "then take a half spoonful sugar. The milk itself already sweet."

"Why you always explain about anything I don't care?"

"Sugar only taking almost two spoonful, with milk it only halfspoon. Beside, you can taste the milk in your juice, you cant if you didn't add it." Nagihiko didn't seems to take all her comment which make Rima feels she just get dumped.

"Blab la bla…" She never been in kitchen. Even her mom cant cook. Why should in the hell she cares about what he's talking about?

"You can use sweet milk also, you didn't have to add sugar, you just open the sachet and pour it down." He added. "You put the fruit first to blender glass… then pour the milk. You can add anything like some strawwbery to mix the taste. Then you make sure the blender already closed, otherwise the fruit and the milk will thrown anywhere and make a mess." Now she's getting interest.

"So I can make you kitchen a mess with that?"

"I really think we can be a friends and prevent that happens."

"Hn,"

"Push the red button once, when it already smooth, it will pop up itself. Voila." He pour the juice into two glasses. "please take this to table while I washes the blender."

Rima waiting for him on the table, and eat in silence. Nagihiko actually surprise she get along to help him and not doing anything harmfull to him.

"Thanks for today, Rima."

"Hn. For you too, for yesterday."

"Ah, I forgot I supposed to teach you another chapter today, right?" the evening now ruined with his sentence.

Author's note : Anyone like Naruto? I've been having this writer's block since my last story of SasuSaku didn't have much attention as I originally plan. Review to cheer me up, please? ^^