A/N: Okayz DeepOblivion99 keeps insisting that I put a poll up on whether or not Matt should plan to propose in the near future. I'm not that sure that my readers would like, being so soon in the fanfic... Moony has been known to be… impulsive in the past… O.O
Let me know if the poll is a good idea! And don't tell us what u voted! XD
Chapter 14: Take Care
I woke up in the dark and immediately wondered where I was at. It was the first time in forever that I hadn't woken up crying. Why…?
I sat up, reaching up to brush the bangs out of my eyes, when I realized there was another hand in mine. That hand belonged to a dear friend of mine, and I wasn't looking forward to disturbing his peaceful sleep. I smiled to myself, and I knew exactly why my nightmare hadn't come back. Lying back down, I listened to Matt's steady breathing.
It wasn't long before I was humming in a whisper to myself. It was a tune my mom had sang to me as a kid, back in Tokyo. I knew it well.
"Button up your overcoat…" I looked at our hands, whispering to myself. "When the wind is free…" I never realized until now how much I missed mom. "Take good care of yourself…" I couldn't bring myself to say the last four words, so I just hummed them. I didn't want to find some truth in them, didn't want me to realize the truth I was silently telling myself all along. Matt's steady breathing seemed to change, minutely, barely detectible.
"Eat an apple every day," I whispered, thinking of the apple I had shoved into his mouth earlier, grinning. "Get to bed by three…" If 3:00 AM counted, he was okay, I thought wryly. How had my thoughts shifted to Matt? "Take good…" my voice was suddenly shaking. "Care of yourself…" I was warring with myself on whether or not to whisper the last four words yet again when I heard a small whisper, so small I could barely hear it.
"You belong to me," I looked up from our hands, up at the red headed gamer. He was looking at our hands, too, as if they were somehow keeping him from blushing as bright as I was at this moment.
But I still couldn't keep the smile, however so small, off my face. He looked up at me, and, though it was hard to see in nothing but the window light, his eyes burned into mine. I just silently laid my head on his shoulder and fell asleep with him once more.
A/N short chappie, I know, but I kind of suffer from writer's block at the moment. Any spark of inspiration was a blessing XD 500 words, at least… meh
Also, 20th reviewer gets a cookie and an optional spoiler! (Moony, you don't count, your my beta, u already know everything ^^ But you can keep the cookie)