I don't want to be seen as weak…so instead I'll hide my pain with a smile and a joke.
A piercing beep ripped through the small house of Chase Gewalt, her alarm clock screeching for her to get up. However, though it woke her from her sleep, it soon went unnoticed as it continued to beep.
Icy, it seeped into her bones making them ach and her to groan with each twist and turn. With her arms she wiped her face dragging the silk material weakly with it. Her body trembled as she attempted to stand from her bed, already tired from just sitting up. As if she had been pushed her body gave way, falling back onto her bed that was soaked from a cold sweat.
"uuuuugggg…"
With closed eyes she leaned forward and rested her forehead upon her shaking knees willing them to stop, but to no avail. She sent up a silent pray to anyone who would listen,
'Please make it stop!'
She slowly used her arms to push herself back up, opening her eyes to be greeted with flickering spots clouding her already weak vision. With a deep breath again she pushed herself from the bed, much slower this time. Struggling, she finally managed to standup, however her head quickly became light and her mind seem to go into a daze. The lack of blood in her body quickly causing her eyes to lose all focus as they slid shut while she began her collapse onto the hard wood floor. With a loud and echoing THUD her body lay motionless upon the hard unforgiving floor. Still conscious, though scarcely, she wished someone had lived with her.
It was now that she regretted living in the small house by herself. She had no one that would hear her fall and come to her aid so early in the morning. It would still be several hours before anyone probably came looking for her she thought. As her eyes began to feel heavy and her body shivered as she whispered,
"Damn…"
With that her dull blue and green eyes closed as the soft clenched fist she had weakened.
~Some hours later~
"CHASE! Open the damn door! I know you can hear me!"
Her eyes cracked open showing a dull almost lifeless look as a voiced boomed from the front of her house.
"CHASE!"
The voice was furious, that much she could tell, however she could not place who it belonged to. Closing her eyes again she heard loud banging on her front door.
"Get your ass out here!"
"We'll break the door down if we have too!"
She gave a weak smile at the last threat, normally she would have yelled back about making them pay for it if they did so. However today was different, today she struggled to even stay awake. The voice grew silent she noticed, or maybe she just could not hear them anymore in this state. Weakly she pulled her arms under herself, with as much force as she could gather she began pushing herself up. Pushing herself she held her breath as she was half way up grasping at the small table beside her. Again she smiled as loud banging resumed. Letting out a shaky breath she tried to pull herself up, only to pull the small table over causing her alarm clock and a few other things to loudly fall to the floor. She once again was upon the floor, fighting to stay awake as another spell overtook her weak body.
Suddenly a loud crashing noise echoed through the house, followed by yelling. Lying like she was she could easily make out the sound of several feet running across the floor her way. Another bang had her blurry vision looking at her doorway catching sight of her friends red hair. Weakly she smiled at him and whispered,
"Renji…you…owe…me a…door."
With that her body and mind gave way to the black abyss that wrapped around her.
~Later~
Her body felt like it was floating. She couldn't tell if she was awake or just dreaming as voices with broken words surrounded her.
"…weak…time to recover…"
"How…"
She struggled to understand,
"…body…not enough blood…"
Her mind tried to put a name with the voices she heard. Even now she could tell one was female, the others male…
'How many?'
She thought to herself. Her body began to itch, something it always did when she became restless. She wanted to see what was going on, had to know. With every ounce of energy she had she cracked open her eyes. Greeted with a blinding white light she groaned,
"Gawd…"
Silence fell upon the room; even now she could feel all eyes on her…
"Light."
It was still blinding her; however she gave a pleased sigh as it was suddenly dimmed. Faintly she smiled,
"Thank…"
She couldn't finish, her body wouldn't let her as another spell hit.
"Miss Gewalt!"
A shocked voice shouted as her body unexpectedly went limp, causing her head to fall sideways onto the pillow. Her body had been over taken by the feeling of ice once again. She felt a soft calloused and warm hand grasp her chin, turning her head back to face the owner. Her eyes only seeing black, she closed them savoring the warmth the hand offered.
"She is freezing!"
Silently she praised who ever had noticed. Even now she could felt strong arms wrap around her. She mentally cussed herself for being too weak to burrow deeper in the warmth she was engulfed in.
"Rest well little one."
That voice, she could recognize it anywhere…she smiled.
'Jushiro.'
After a few anxious moments she found little strength and used it to indeed burrow deeper into his arms. As she grasped onto him, her grip the strength of a new born infant, she heard him once again.
"Save your strength. I am not going anywhere."
"Where…?'
She tried asking where she was but could not form the words anymore.
"Your in the medical unit little one."
With a mental groan she felt him pull her even deeper into his warm embrace. Even in her weaken state and her inability to complete a sentence, she still found the strength and words to growl,
"I hate hospitals."
The last thing she remembered was the feeling of his chest vibrating with a soft laughter as one hand rubbed her back and the other grasped the back of her neck. He was making small circles on her throat that her drifting back to sleep.
