Cross of Clear Peridot (9)

Cross of Clear Peridot (9)

I sat there, listening to Train listing his never-ending list of dishes. Just some examples of this were… Crab Rolls, Smoked Salmon, Tilapia with a hint of lime, clam chowder…ect.

Finally, when he was finished with his menu, another waitress came to me, a pen in hand. Just by looking at her expression, she was afraid that I might order as much as Train had.

"Just some clam chowder please" I said counting in my head how many dishes that my good buddy Train had just ordered.

Let's see… 1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 15… 25. Twenty-five dishes… He ordered the entire menu once… Mental note number two: Listen to Eve a little more. I'm REALLY starting to regret this.

My eye twitched a little as an extreme number of waiters and waitresses came to our table with the dishes. Each person carried two dishes, and thirteen people came to us. Do your math peoples, that's twenty six dishes, and each dish cost me ten dollars… For a total of TWO HUNDRED SIXTY BUCKS! T.T My wallet, be prepared to be emptied…

I held my fork, not daring to eat somehow, while watching Train shovel food into his mouth. Train in my perspective was a bottom-less pit that was quite like a black hole. The plates magically vanished, one at a time, sparing not even a single crum. Everyone in the restaurant gave us funny stares as the hour passed. Eventually, all that was left were… the plates.

Train is sure amazing… isn't he going to get sick if he eats that much? I know that I don't eat much, and that's also probably the reason why I'm so short… But this is ridiculous. No one but the legendary Heartnet could pull off something like this.

"Are you… done?" I hesitated to ask, fearing that he would say 'no'.

"Yup!" He smiled using a napkin to wipe off his cat-like face.

"Let's go then" I said leaving the bill on the table. A whole whopping two hundred sixty bucks. I am never taking Train anywhere near a restaurant from now on. I tugged Train gently away from the restaurant. His expression showed me that he was amazingly, fulfilled. I plopped down on a bench nearby, and Train followed my actions. We sat there for a few minutes, doing nothing in particular. I watched seagulls fly around, and watched people around the beach doing this and that. A couple of kids, started racing in the water, a competition to see who was faster.

I wonder if Train is a good swimmer… I know that I'm not too bad. MWA HA HA HA HA HA, FINALLY MY CHANCE TO BEAT HIM! We still have time before we have to go back… My watch only says four o'clock p.m.

I nudged him a few times wanting to ask him the question, but he weakly responded, "Ehhhh?" He then buried his face in his arms.

Oh-nuuuuuu… I can see where this is going, telling from the pale color of his face… He's sick ... I knew it, there is no one in the world that could eat as much as him and not get sick. Train is human after all! Yay! Go humanity! Mental sigh TT But that also means that we won't get to go swimming…

"Uggg… I have a horrible stomach-ache…" Train moaned out, head rested on my shoulder.

"You think? That's what happens when you eat too much" I sighed not the least bit surprised, and yet not angry. Train only let out a groan to respond to what I said.

"You want to go back to the resort then?" I asked head rested on his.

What kind of question was that? Is he did say no, I probably would have forced him back.

"Uh-huh" He replied like a little child. I got up and stood right in front of him. I took a deep sigh, followed by some breathing exercises, and then it turned into full blown jumping jacks. I did some exercises, already knowing that Train would want a piggy back home, and I also knew that I would have a hard time lifting him. Train only lay there clutching his stomach…

"Can you walk back?" I asked, even though it was partially rhetorical.

"Can you carry me?" He moaned, his face looking a lot worse that usual.

I didn't feel that it was so necessary to respond, therefore, I only kneeled down to the position of a horse, already expecting him to get on. Train, without hesitation, plopped down on me, making me drop flat on the ground. Gravel on the ground pushed against my skin, as the dust, also on the ground, covered the white cloth on my dress.

"Ahh… "I moaned, only slightly escaping my lips. I was being crushed by Train who was right on top of me.

"You ok?" Train asked curiously moving his head to the side.

"Uh-huh" I groaned, lifting myself up, and also Train who was now on my back.

Train weighs about seventy five kilograms right now… I'm kind of surprised that he eats so much and still maintains a normal weight. Still, even if it is normal, I can't lift him (I'm extremely lacking of muscle). Arg, one of these days I'm going to try to lift weights.

The resort wasn't far away, only about half a kilometer. I looked back at Train whose feet were dragging on the ground as I carried him (Okay fine, half drag half carry…Alright I admit it, more of a drag than carry) Insert mental image. It'll do for now --.

"Umm…" Train started

"Don't say anything" I snapped back looking at the ground, already predicted what he was going to say. Even though, I was trying my hardest, there was no such thing as lifting a person who was fifteen centimeters taller than me and also weighs more than me.

After about twenty meters, I discovered another thing…. Train has a 10 second attention span. Only into 10 seconds of this trip back, he started to play with my earring. He tapped it from one side to another, while conducting experiments to see how many times it could spin one way, and then making it spin the other way. My irritation was gathering up inside me. Now not only was I dying under his weight, I was also felt tugging on my ears.

"Can you quit it?" I asked quite ticked off. I walked the last few steps up the stairs, and opened the door to the resort. A rush of cool air greeted us when we entered. Train stopped tampering with my earrings and instead stared intently at them. I made my way to the huge room that we rented out and crashed onto the bed, letting Train fall on the mattress. He laid there staring at me for a while.

Is there something on me? Oh… it must be my dress… it is really dirty. But that's only because Train glomped me to the ground --. Brown blotches…

"I know, it's dirty, I'll go change soon" I sighed

"Oh it's not that" Train smiled,"I was just thinking that you haven't changed at all since the last time I saw you"

My mind reacted in this comment, flashing me memories of back then… Back then was when I still had my parents. Even though I didn't have any friends, Train was always beside me. Always there… at least that's what I thought. I don't blame him for running away… but he at least could've told me. Even though Train was precious to me, I always had some kind of anger against him, ever since he left. The mention of his name… always brought heartache along with it. He was gone, and then my parents disappeared too. So, then, I abandoned everything.

Part of me wants to hate you Train Heartnet, but no matter how hard I tried, I like you too much to ever hold anything against you.

"Train…" I started ready to say something serious, but stupid me wants to change the subject so I blurted out, "You feeling better? ."

Yume Hoshi… you're really something, you're so random .

"Not really…" He moaned. I knelt down beside him, noticing that glistening beads of sweat lined his forehead. I took a napkin, and wiped it off. I pushed away the stands of hair that lined his head, and gently felt for temperature. A radiating heat soon reached my hand.

Ouch… he's really sick, and I don't think that this is all the cause of eating too much. He must've been sick before, not surprised, must've caught something after falling in that freezing lake. Leave it to Train to ruin anything, with him sick, I won't get to do anything with him. But hope for the best, for all you know, he'll get better by tomorrow.

I quickly went to the washroom to get a cold, wet towel, and also went to my luggage to retrieve some medicine. (I seem to carry random things like that with me everywhere, but it comes to use sometimes) When I returned, Train's eyes were closed, so I suspected that he was asleep. I gently closed the door without a sound just incase he was sleeping.

"You awake?" I asked tugging gently on his sleeve.

"No" He replied half opening his eyes again. I set the towel on his forehead, hoping that it would cool him down a little bit.

"That's feels nice," He smiled eyes rested under the wet cloth.

"By the way, you're sick, but I think that you already knew that." I stated skimming my fingers past his cheek. His skin felt amazingly smooth, but warm, probably due to his temperature. His face was nowhere close to calm, still with an energetic aura around him. He was still smiling, which somehow, brought me relief. I learned another thing today, Train even when sick, is hyper!

"No I'm not" He pouted

"Yes you are, admit it," I said fiddling around with his shirt sleeve.

"Nu-uh" He countered

"Stop it" I said irritated, "You better stop it soon, or I'll throw out all the milk in the fridge"

Amazingly Train didn't react, like he was thinking about something important, not paying attention to the least bit I said.

"Did you hear what I said?" I asked waving a hand in his face. Train only took my hand in his, stopping the waving, and said

"Tell me what you've been up to, starting from the beginning, since we got separated. And this time, tell me everything"

Slightly late update due to the fact that my arm was dead the whole weekend because of playing Wii. So from now on, updates will appear sometime during the weekend. Most likely on Fridays or Saturdays but no later than Sunday. Also, LoveAlchemist made a banner for the story. The link to it can be found on my profile. Enjoy xD