Hello guys! Sorry for not updating again foooor sooo looong! So umm, I made this on a whim to make it up to you. This one is kind of- well... I dunno but still related to the whole point of the fanfic of course because of the costume! XD
I hope you'll enjoy this one just like the previous chapters! Thank you to those who read and review this fic! I'm so happy! really appreciated it! I got carried away while typing this so you may find some characters OOC and different plot. hehe
I do not own GEB. ^^
Today was not like the other days. The den was quiet. No one was shouting, screaming or having boisterous laughter. Only the metals clattering from the storage room can be heard or the humming of the janitor while cleaning on the lobby. But other than that, nothing can be heard.
Why's that? Well, the source of the noise from those days was nowhere to be found. The first, second and third unit were on a mission. They've been busy researching for the new aragamis that was seen in some areas.
But let us not focus on that. Something else made the den go silent for almost two days. On the veteran section particularly on the first unit leader's room, there, a girl in her teens was lying on the bed covering her shaking body with thick blankets and was suffering with a cold.
"Damn this cold." She cursed under her breathe.
Her face was burning and she was panting heavily. She tried to turn herself to the left side but moaned due to the throbbing she felt inside her. Not less than a second, she gave up and stared at the ceiling. Images of her past missions started to play in her head, her comrades, the aragamis and so on. Last thing she remembered before she completely passed out was that she was lying happily on the bed of different kinds of clothes.
The moment Kota and Alisa arrived at the den they rushed to the elevator hitting the veteran's button floor. Soma on the other hand was following them from behind but wasn't able to join them because before he could even step inside the door closed.
"Oh my, they're so excited." Sakuya chuckled as she walked beside Soma. "Aren't you happy Soma? You had a day-off from getting dressed up today too."
"The way you say it feels like it's better for her to get sick." He said.
"I didn't mean it that way. I just thought that maybe you're thankful that you didn't have to wear costumes for two days." Sakuya reasoned.
Soma only shrugged and a small smile formed on his face. "Well, that's true."
When the elevator came back, they got on it and waited to stop at the veterans' section. The door opened and they barely just step outside when they heard a scream. They dashed towards where the scream was and found their selves standing inside their leader's room, puzzled as they watched Alisa being pinned down by a hungry beast called Ritz.
"Leader please! Came back to your senses! You'll regret this!" Alisa begged trying to push away her friend.
"Alisa-sama let me dressed you up. You're perfect to wear my gothic Lolita dress that I was saving for special occasions!" Ritz said as she was trying to undress Alisa. Her face was that of an insane person and it really scared Alisa. Upon seeing this, Soma immediately helped Alisa as he stop Ritz's arms from pinning her. Alisa instantly moved away from Ritz.
"What happened here?" Sakuya turned to Kota to look for an answer.
"I- I don't know! When we came, we found her looking through her dresser. We thought that she was all better but then she suddenly attacked Alisa!" Kota desperately explained.
"She's definitely far from better! She's burning with fever for god's sake!" Soma snarled still preventing the girl from doing 'mistakes'. What he said was true. From the close contact he was in, he can feel her body heat surpassing the normal temperature.
"I'll go get Kanon!" there was desperate in Alisa's voice as she exited the room.
After a while, Alisa came back with Kanon with some equipment with her. They tried to calm the girl and after so many attempts, Ritz finally stops resisting and passed out.
The group settled down on the lobby just outside the room to get some air and left Kanon inside to do her job.
"Man, Ritz sure is more terrifying than an ogretail when I first faced one myself." Kota sighed as he crouched down on the floor.
"Good thing it's only an ogretail." Soma commented.
"Hey! I was really afraid back there!" He defended.
Sakuya let the guys bicker and turned to Alisa who was quiet all this time. "You alright?"
Alisa raised her head and faintly smiled at her. "Yes. I am worried about leader."
"Don't worry. She'll get better anytime soon." She encouraged.
"But who knew she would go insane just by getting sick." Soma said.
There was silence. They all had the same thought and altogether they sighed and sweat dropped. She's worse than before.
Everyone in the den was all asleep to hear the scratching sound in one particular room, except for Soma who can't get some sleep because he's room was beside it after all. He growled in annoyance, for him to have a quiet sleep, he decided to confront her. He was standing now in front of her room; he was a little bit hesitant to enter remembering what happened this afternoon. But he shook it anyway and knocked. No one answered. The scratched even stopped. He raised a brow and knocked once again. But the girl didn't open the door. Thinking that she went to sleep, he walked back to his room only to hear a door opened. He looked back and felt a cold wind passed by him. The leader's room was now open so he thought to check her condition. As he went inside, the air there feels different. He noticed the clothes scattered on the floor. He remembered what Kota said when they entered the room. He shrugged and looked to his left where the bed was. His eyes widen in surprised when he saw that the bed was empty. He then recall the cold wind that passed by him earlier. He hurriedly went back to his room and turned on the lights. Shifting his gaze from left to right, looking for a familiar face but there was nothing there. This got him worried.
"Where could she have gone?" he whispered to himself.
He was about to go out again when he noticed something moved under the covers of his bed. His eyes narrowed at the sight and slowly walked towards it. He was inches away from the bed when it stopped moving. His eye twitched in annoyance. Without any warning, he flipped the cover and was shocked to see Ritz underneath it staring at him wearing a maid costume. As if being found was that great, she happily smiled at him and kneeled on his bed.
"Soma-sama, I have come at your service!" she said as she bowed down before him.
Stunned, Soma wasn't able to complain immediately. When Ritz got off his bed and came closer to him, he was able to regain his senses.
"You know you're still sick. Go back to your room right now." He coldly said.
"But Soma-sama, I'm already feeling better." She answered.
"No you're not. Now go back." He ordered her.
"B-but-!"
Before she could protest, he pulled her out of his room and brought her to her own room.
"Noo! Soma-sama!" she resisted.
"Stay on your bed like a good little girl! And stop calling me Soma-sama!" He snarled.
He then cursed himself when he realized how he acted in front of the sick girl. His gaze avoided her quickly as his grip loosened in her wrist. Silence.
"So Soma-sama didn't like to be called Soma-sama…" he heard her whisper.
He took a quick glanced at her. She was looking down at the floor. Feeling guilty, he was about to raised his hand but quickly withdraw when she suddenly looked up to him with that insane face once again. He gulped.
"Then, let's dressed you up SO-MA." She smiled grimly.
Next thing he knew he was pinned down on the floor and struggling to break free from his frantic sick leader.
"Don't be shy Soma. All the ladies will love you if they see you in a Butler costume. Just don't get so worked up so that we can avoid a bloody situation." She maniacally said.
Across the room, Sakuya and Lindow suddenly woke up because of the loud noises they heard from outside. They looked at each other then stood up and went outside. They noticed Soma and Ritz's room were open.
"I'll go check on Soma." Lindow said as he gestured Sakuya to go to Ritz.
Sakuya nodded and walked closer to the girl's room. She heard voices beside the bedside and peeked but got shocked instead.
"Dammit Sakuya don't just stand there!" Soma growled after he noticed that she was there. He was still struggling but it was pointless because Ritz successfully making him wear the butler.
"Don't move too much! Stay still Soma!" Ritz complained.
"I will if you stop attacking me!"
"I'm not attacking you! I'm dressing you!"
"Sakuya!"
Sakuya turned to her husband as he approached her. "I can't find Soma-"
His voice trailed off when he finally realized that what he was looking for was on the floor getting assaulted by their leader.
"So, what are you two doing?" He raised a brow and scratched his head.
"Seriously?! How can you people just watch over there?! Make her stop!" Soma demanded.
"But I think it's cute seeing you like that." Lindow chuckled.
"Lindow!" he growled.
"Oh, Lindow." Sakuya sighed. "Let's just help him."
At last, Soma finally got away from Ritz while Lindow was preventing her to go after him. He was clearly out of breath and didn't get away from being dressed up because Ritz was successful at making him wear the upper part while what's left was the lower part where Lindow entered the scene.
"Whoa! Where does she get her strength? She's stronger than before." Lindow asked.
"Compared this afternoon, she's gotten stronger." Soma added.
"No wonder you can't stop her from below." Sakuya commented.
After that, they didn't need to call Kanon because Ritz had fallen asleep in Lindows arms. They put her back to her bed and left her room.
"Morning guys!" Ritz greeted her team full with energy.
"I'm glad you're back leader!" Alisa said, clasping her hands happily.
"Yup!" She replied with a grin.
"So Soma, what happened last night? I heard you were attacked by our beloved leader?" Kota whispered to Soma with a wide grin on his face.
But a jabbed on his stomach was the only answer he got from Soma as the latter walked away from him, face all black and obviously didn't get enough some sleep.
"Soma, where are you going? We'll go on a mission so make sure to wear the Butler costume I prepared for you! Kota you too!" she called out to him. "So Alisa you'll have to wear the maid costume with me."
With that, Ritz and Alisa left the scene leaving Kota staring in confusion at the stunned Soma.
So what do you think about this one? Was it good? XD
Thank you for your time! See ya on the next chapter ~ ufufufufu
