Obsession

Chapter Ten: After affects

"Akashi-san, could you please pass the rice?" I asked the red headed teen to my right. Without a word he scooted the small bowl toward me and then resumed eating his minuscule dinner.

I glanced up at Auntie Misora and hid a laugh. Even though it had been a little over six hours ago that Akashi had come to our apartment she was still shocked and had a look of never ending surprise stuck on her face.

"Akashi, when you are finished please follow me. I'll take you to your temporary bedroom."

Akashi nodded to me to show that he understood before slowly finishing up his meal. I was done only because I ate quickly in order to show him around before Misora got to him. Of course, the more I stared at Misora the more I laughed at the idea.

Misora's surprised look still hadn't subsided.

Akashi and I stood up and began walking down a slim hallway. As we went through the hall I named each of the rooms.

"This is my room and then on the other side of the hall is the bathroom. Your new room is next to the bathroom. If you need anything, just ask me. I'll be in my room finishing my homework."

With a slight nod, Akashi left me in the hall as he walked into his room and quietly shut the door.

Smiling, I ambled in to my room and sat at my lovely desk. My smile widened as I remembered what had occurred when I found Akashi during lunch.

After getting lost three times, I finally caught up with Akashi. He was slowly climbing the steps to the school's roof. With large puffs of air I struggled to breathe normally while walking with Akashi.

Once on the roof, Akashi sat on a large metal box and rubbed his cheek. "Akashi-san, please let me see your cheek," I ordered nicely. Akashi didn't even glance at me. With a shrug I took the silence as an 'okay.'

With a shaking hand and a suddenly crimson face I pulled Akashi's hand off of his cheek.

Apparently human contact wasn't my strong point.

I winced inwardly for Akashi. There was a large blue bruise forming on his cheek that looked like it hurt, a lot.

"Akashi, let's go to my apartment and get you an ice pack. I'm sure you don't want to stay in school." Akashi, again, didn't say anything and when I pulled on his arm he stood up.

I was pretty sure that he was in shock over being hit. It seemed as though he had never been physically hurt before.

As we gradually walked down the stairs Akashi leaned a bit on me. No one said a word to us as we walked out of school without our bags or changing our shoes.

"I'm not weak," Akashi stated to me as we were walking down a street. With a small smile I assured him that I didn't think he was weak. "I don't need your help," he said a few minutes later.

"I know Akashi, I know," I responded.

When we arrived at my apartment I quickly made an ice pack for him and then instructed to lie down on the couch. He didn't put up a fight.

Later in to the day I called Auntie Misora and told her not to pick me up from school and that I had a guest that was going to be staying at our apartment for an unknown amount of time.

Luckily she didn't ask any questions.

Akashi studied his new room and found that while it was smaller, more crowded than his other room; this room had a homey feel that Akashi had never seen before.

While he probably wouldn't admit it out loud, Akashi kind of liked his room.

He laid on his bed to see if sleep would find him just that one night, but sleep would not come.

It had been an hour or two since Haru had shown him his room. No one had disturbed him and he hadn't left the room. About thirty minutes after he was in his room he heard Haru's aunt, Misora, go off to bed.

Akashi wasn't certain, but he didn't think Haru had gone to sleep yet. As soon as the thought had entered his mind a slight knock on the door took the thought away.

"Akashi-san, its Haru, may I come in?" she questioned. Akashi replied with his usual "whatever."

Haru walked into his room carrying a platter with two mugs and a plate of chocolate chip cookies. "I made some cookies and hot chocolate for us. Just don't tell Auntie Misora, she'll be mad that I didn't make her hot chocolate too."

Akashi sat up on the bed as Haru sat down next to him with the platter on her lap. "Here you are," she said as she handed Akashi his mug of hot chocolate. "When I can't sleep I pig out on cookies and hot chocolate. I thought you might like to try it."

Akashi didn't say anything as he took a cookie and slowly chewed on the soft cookie. Haru laughed quietly at Akashi before taking a cookie and quickly eating it.

By the time they both fell asleep, the hot chocolate was gone and there were no more cookies left.

A/N: Well, I felt like I should update a bit sooner than I had originally planned. I'm not quite sure what I was thinking when I wrote this, but here it is...