Summary: In which our heroine finds herself in an uncomfortable position.
Word Count: 1287
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Nightmare
"Don't just stand outside," Shiki said as he glanced at the door to his room. Although she hadn't made any sounds, he knew she was there. He could smell the light scent of her shampoo and feel her presence even though she was a fair distance away. Slowly, Rima opened the door and stepped in. "Why are you still up?"
"I can't sleep," she muttered.
"Why not? Weren't you complaining about how tired you were before?"
"Yeah, that's when I wasn't allowed to sleep. Now that I'm allowed to sleep, I can't fall asleep."
"Hm…I see," Shiki commented with a straight face, although he couldn't help but be amused by her answer. "So why did you decide to come here?"
"Looking at your face bores me to sleep," she replied without delay.
"What an honest response." He chuckled a bit. Even though her reply had insulted him, he couldn't help but find it entertaining. "Come here." This came out more as an order than suggestion. He watched as Rima slowly made her way to where he was sitting. She sat on the soft and comfy bed and started bouncing up and down, testing out how bouncy the bed was.
"Was your bed always this bouncy?" she asked.
"Yeah." It had been a while since she last visited.
"Oh…" The room was so silent that Rima couldn't help but feel a little bit tired. Shiki watched as Rima's eyes started blinking slower before eventually closing.
"Tired?" he asked, moving a bit to the side to offer room for her to rest.
"No, my eyelids are just heavy," she replied as she started rubbing her eyes in an attempt to wake herself up.
"Which means you're tired." He grabbed her hands and put them on the bed, not wanting her to injure her eyes by rubbing too much. He kept his hands on top of hers, letting his warmth travel to her hands. "You shouldn't rub your eyes, Rima."
"Be quiet."
Shiki did what he was told and remained silent. Although his face was still showing a cold demeanor overall, his eyes showed signs of worry. He lifted the blanket up, letting her sleep if she wanted to. Being worn out from her job today, Rima was simply too tired to think. Without knowing it, she crawled up beside him and lied down. Not long after, she drifted into a deep sleep. Shiki smirked. For her to be able to fall asleep so quickly after entering his room, he must really have a boring face like she said.
He stared down at her sleeping face while carefully brushing off a few strands of hair that were covering it. "Don't…" She suddenly mumbled in her sleep.
"Hm?"
"Don't touch me, you perverted old geezer." Shiki couldn't help but chuckle. What kind of dream was she even having? Believing that his job was done here, he gently crawled under the blankets, careful not to wake the female up. He snuggled beside her and stared at the back of her head. He didn't want to do something that she didn't want him to do, but he couldn't just let this situation go off to waste, could he? He slowly closed the distance between them and was about to kiss her cheek when Rima stirred again. "I'll…electrocute…you."
Although Shiki knew she was having a dream, he still didn't want to wake her up and have her electrocute him. He sighed and rested his head on his palm. "So troublesome…What am I going to do with you?"
"Don't touch me, you perverted old geezer," Rima said firmly. However, the figure didn't let go of her hand. "Let go, now."
"Make me," the figure responded teasingly.
"I will," she said as electricity started gathering at her wrist.
"Whoa, who said you could use your powers?"
"There are no rules in self defense," she smirked. The figure had loosen his grip on her wrist, however he still didn't let go.
"Really now? Then, there are also no rules in abduction," the figure said as he bit his index finger on his free hand lightly. Blood started dripping out and a whip formed.
"I'll electrocute you," she wasn't scared. After all, she knew who her kidnapper was.
"I'll tie you up and take you to a scary place. Oh, the things I could do to you…" he smirked.
"That's why I called you a perverted old geezer," she sighed. Before she could continue, she felt a sudden force disable her from moving. She looked down to realize that her kidnapper had tied her up in his blood whip. She tried burning the whip with electricity, but the whip didn't react. She looked up just in time to see that Shiki, her kidnapper, had a wicked expression on his face. She tried to run, but her legs were also tied up. Shiki walked closer and closer and-
Rima woke up from her nightmare. What was that? What had she just seen? Her clothes were drenched in sweat and she was breathing rather erratically. She blinked a couple times to allow her eyes to adjust to her surroundings. After looking up at the ceiling and realizing that she was still in the school dorm, she relaxed a bit. She was about to get up when she noticed she couldn't move her legs. Looking down, she saw that her body was tied up…by a blood whip. Knowing who was responsible for this, she yelled out his name. "SHIKI!"
"Yes?" The voice had come from right beside her. She turned her head to see Shiki lying beside her on the bed. Unable to absorb everything at once, she stayed silent for a while, thinking to herself. Then, realization hit her. She was on Shiki's bed and had most likely spent the night with him. They had slept together a lot of times when they were younger, but that was when they were still kids! She had too many questions to ask so they all came out in a blur.
"Why am I here? What did you do? What did I do? Why am I tied up? Why do I feel like I just had déjà vu? Why are you-"
"Shh," Shiki shushed her with a finger to her lips.
"You came to me last night telling me you couldn't sleep. I guess you were sleep walking then, but I'm glad that even when you're sleep walking, you can still find your way to my room," he smiled a little and continued, "I didn't do anything. I just tied you up, that's all. Oh, and you didn't do anything either… well not exactly. You were going to do something and that's why I had to tie you up."
She stared at him for a while, taking everything in. "What was I going to do to you?"
"You were about to electrocute me," he said with no expression. She couldn't tell if he was angry or if it was just his neutral face.
"But why would I try to…" She suddenly remembered her dream. Shiki had tried to grab her and bring her to some creepy place so she was about to electrocute him. Then, he tied her up…
"Hm?" Shiki looked at Rima, the slightest curiosity showing across his face. She looked back at Shiki and smiled.
"Let's just say, don't ever try to bring me to a creepy place, okay?"
"Why would I do that? If I want to do something to you, my room is good enough," Shiki said jokingly. She didn't find it funny.
"Oh, right," Rima suddenly realized.
"What is it?" he asked as if it wasn't obvious enough.
"Shouldn't you… oh, I don't know… untie me now?"
A/N: Thank you for reading!
