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Chapter 14
"What?!" Senritsu yelled. "Well, not technically leaving. I'm moving into the open apartment across the hall." "Why? You can stay here." "I don't really like sharing beds. I'll just be across the hall, though. If you need me, I'll be right here." "But not at night." "Nope." Uh-oh. "Oh. Alright." "Are you okay?" Senritsu smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine." "Alright. Well I'm going to go get settled in. But before I go, what did the doctor say about your injury?" "It's a bruised spine." "Oh. Well, hopefully it will heal soon." "Yeah." Natsumi grabbed her bag, said goodbye and left.
Great, what am I supposed to do now? Senritsu looks like she's about to cry. I sat down next to her on the futon. I put my hand on hers. "You alright?" She looked away from me. "Yeah." What do I do? What do I freaking do?! I could ask her if she wanted me to stay with her at night, too, but after what happened at the hospital…she might get upset. 'Enraged' might be a better word. But I couldn't just leave her alone. I'm going to ask her. I opened my mouth to ask at the same time she whispered, "Will you stay with me?" "W-wha—?" She looked at me, saw the shock on my face, and looked at her feet. "I-I'm sorry! That slipped out." "No, it's fine. I was about to ask if you wanted me to." She looked at me again, and genuinely smiled this time. "Thank you, Shizuo."
~OC's POV~
Shizuo left to go get us something to eat. He was spending the night. Holy crap, what did I do? Shizuo Heiwajima was spending the night. Okay, no, I can't think of it like that. It…it's just a sleep over. It's the same as if Natsumi were spending the night. Except, Shizuo and I were dating…. Crap. I heard Shizuo unlocking the front door. (I gave him the key so I wouldn't have to go get the door.) The door opened. "I'm back." "Yay! Gimme food!" Shizuo, standing in the doorway, stared at me for a few seconds and then rolled his eyes. He kicked the door closed and put the bags of food on the counter. "You seem…chipper." "I think it's the meds," I lied. It was totally the nerves. "Oh. Are they helping any with the pain?" "A little." He took the food out of the bags and came to sit on the futon.
He handed me my food. "Thank you." "You're welcome." We ate in silence. After we ate, Shizuo threw away the trash and came back to sit with me. We sat in awkward silence for what felt like forever. "So…" Shizuo broke the silence. "What do you and Natsumi usually talk about at…um…sleepovers?" "Well, sometimes we talk about guys…but, lately you're the only guy I've been talking about." I started blushing. "O-oh. Well, okay, then. Anything else?" "Um, well, we watch videos online." "What kind of videos?" "Play throughs of games and stuff." He stared at me for a minute. "Why?" "Hey, don't hate on games!" I'm sorry, I just don't see the appeal." "You don't see the appeal of anything but cigarettes," I mumbled. "And you," he whispered. That was seriously the sweetest thing I had ever heard. Wow. I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He turned his head and kissed my lips, and, no matter how much I liked it, I had to pull away. "Um…I don't think you should kiss me right now. It's just, you're spending the night at my apartment…." He backed away." "No, you're right. Lets just watch some videos, or something." I got out my computer, (it was under the futon,) and turned it on.
I found a video to watch, pressed play, and leaned back on the futon. Shizuo—awkwardly—put his arm around me. I rolled my eyes, pulled his arm tighter around me, and snuggled into his side. He relaxed and we watched videos for hours like that, eventually falling asleep.