9. Better?

"Shun..?" Dan whispered to the teen since he wasn't sure if he was awake or not. The boy had been sitting on a random chair in the room for about..actually, he had lost count as to how many minutes or hours he had been waiting just for his best friend to wake up. His mind was filled with worry, and he was wondering if he had to ask for help. But the sudden break in the stiff silence calmed him down immediately.

"...ugh." he grunted, which made the younger boy grin in response. "Phew..! For a second there I thought I had to call the hospital or something!"

"...I passed out on the front door didn't I..." the ninja mumbled.

Dan nodded. "You scared me to death you know..! Falling on the floor like that..."

"You were worried?" he questioned, which made the red-eyed boy gasp in shock. "Of course I was..! Why wouldn't I be?" he shouted with an 'Isn't it obvious?' tone.

"Sorry...I'm still a little dizzy from waking up..." he said as an excuse. Shun's voice was still soft, but you could sense that he was able to recover a bit. The ninja massaged his forehead so that he could stop his head from spinning; it didn't work. Dan saw that his body was still swaying from sitting up. The brunette hated to see his friend so tired and sick, so he stood up from the wooden chair and lightly pushed him to make him lie down on his bed again. "H-hey..!"

"You still need to rest Shun." he said bluntly, yet it sounded slightly forced when his voice was with the thunder outside. "I'm fine Dan..." he assured as he was about to get up once more, only to be stopped by the younger boy's hand on his chest.

"Don't fake it. Anyway, what happened to you?"

"...you swear you won't laugh at me if I told you?"

"Why would I laugh? Anything that would make you pass out would be something serious right?"

"..."

"What?" he pressed. "C'mon...it's not that embarrassing is it?" his question was answered with Shun's face going red. "Just say it." Dan persisted.

"...stomachache." the raven-haired boy muttered while his face grew even redder. The only sound in the next couple seconds was the rain droplets hitting the ground outside along with the occasional lighting and thunder. "Y-you were...brought down by an upset stomach?" the elder male could easily see that he was trying to swallow his laughter.

"I-I told you not to laugh..!" he shouted indignantly.

"Okay! Okay! I won't..." Dan said while chuckling a little. "So do you know what caused it?"

"Honestly, I have no idea. I was well yesterday...but it started to hurt this morning."

"Maybe you ate something bad?"

"Don't think so...the only thing I ate for dinner last night was some vegetables and rice."

"Oh-kay..? And you're grandfather told you to skip school for today?" a nod. "Shouldn't you be going back home now..?" Shun said, suddenly remembering he said nearly the same thing a couple of days back.

Though this time, Dan didn't move. "Are you kidding me? With a storm like that, I won't be able to leave even if I wanted to." he said with a playful grin. The elder male sighed, at least he had someone to talk to...but was it a good thing it was Dan and not someone else..? Maybe...after all, he was his childhood friend, no matter how different their personalities were.

He could feel himself getting better...and it could be all thanks to his energetic friend.


A/N : ...does singing your heart out to Japanese songs indicate that you have recovered from a stomachache? Well that's what I'm doing at the moment, and my stomach feels much better too. ^ ^

Yay~ Dan and Shun fluff! Please review! (8/17/10)