Rima: Explain yourself
Daydreamer: what do you mean?
Rima: you took forever to update
Daydreamer: I'm not going to complain about how I was busy or had writer's block like some others do. I'm not hating, I'm just not following that pattern
Rima: Fine but I still don't forgive you. Daydreamer1105 doesn't own Shugo chara
Chapter 14
*Rima's POV*
"Tommy it's med time," Aarin said.
"But it tastes yucky," Tommy complained.
"How about this. Your big brother needs to get back to work. If you take the medicine like a big boy then I will sing you a lullaby my mom used to sing to me when I was little," Rei said.
"Ok, pretty girl," he said.
"My name is Rei," she introduced herself.
"You are pretty motherly Rei," Nagi said.
"I guess it's just instinct for me and I used to take care of Rima sometimes," Rei said.
"How do you become motherly?" I asked. Rei was a bit shocked by my question.
"Well it's not something to you can become. It's just something you are," Rei said trying to find the right word.
"Rei wants to protect others so being motherly comes to her like a sixth sense," Angel explained.
"Yeah, what she said," Rei said. That was very out of character for her. She was very smart and could always find a way of explaining things.
"How do you do it?" I asked. This was a bit confusing to me.
"Well, Tommy here is not a baby so you can't do simple things like rattle keys or give him a bottle. He is old enough to argue and fight you if you need him to do something that he doesn't want to do, like taking medicine for an example. He doesn't like it but I offered to reward him. I offered something that will help him sleep and that will be easier for me. It's better than offering him something bad like candy. He won't go to sleep with sugar." How on Earth am I supposed to remember all this?
"I think I just won't have kids. This seems too hard," I said.
"It's not that hard Rima. It's mainly common sense," Nagi said.
"How do you know...oh yeah," I said remembering he had to be a girl.
"Here," Aarin said giving Tommy his medicine.
"It's yucky," Tommy said.
"Why don't you get him to drink his medicine," Rei said to me. I sat next to Tommy on the futon.
"Tommy, why won't you take it?" I asked.
"It's yucky," he said for the third time today.
"But if you take it then you'll get better," I pointed.
"The doctor said that my sickness is bad. Will medicine help? I already have to go to the hospital every month," he said.
"Tommy that's enough," Aarin said.
"Does you brother have a disease?" Rei asked. Aarin was facing away from us.
"Aarin?" Rei said as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"He was born with a very weak immune system," Aarin said still not facing us. Why was he telling us, complete strangers, about his brother's condition? I think Rei knows Aarin somehow. She acted like she could walk right into the back room. She took care of Tommy without Aarin's permission. She's even invading his personal life. She doesn't use an honorific. Aarin and Rei know each other for sure.
"Tommy is five and already has to go through so much," he said. I swore I saw a tear drop fall on the floor. I felt like I had to do something.
"Tommy, why don't you take your medicine. If you imagine that it is blood then you can be a vampire, or you can pretend that you found the fountain of youth," I said to Tommy.
"Really? I'll try," he said. He managed to take a sip the drank the whole thing.
"That wasn't so bad," Tommy said.
"Nagi, Rima, why don't you go pay for your costumes. I did promise Tommy I would sing a lullaby for him," Rei said.
"I have to get to work," Aarin said.
"Nagi, if I give you the money. Will you pay for mine?" I asked.
"Sure, but why?" he asked.
"I want to hear Rei's lullaby," I said. He smiled as if he understood. I gave him my costume money and then sat in a chair as Tommy got ready to go to sleep.
"Alright the lullaby is called three little angels," Rei said.
"Character change," Angel said. Rei had a white bow wrapped around her waist.
Three little angels all dressed in white
trying to get to heaven on the end of a kite
but the kite string broke and down they all fell
instead of going to Heaven...
Tommy had already fallen asleep but she kept on singing. She was so amazing when it came to being motherly. I bet I would be a bad mother, but it's not like I'm having kids. I'll just never have them.
It was two little angels all dressed in white
trying to get to Heaven on the end of a kite
but the kite string broke and down they all fell
instead of going to Heaven...
I yawned after she sang the second verse. Was her lullaby putting me to sleep? Was that what her character change was? My eyelids drooped. I saw Kusukusu, who had been quiet, fall asleep. I held her in my hands. I seriously was too old to fall asleep to a lullaby but Rei's was so pretty.
It was one little angel all dress in white
trying to get to Heaven on the end of a kite
but the kite string broke and down they all fell
instead of going to Heaven, they all went to bed
I couldn't help but rest my head on the table in front of me. I was just resting my head. My eyes felt heavy so I closed them. I'm just resting my eyes. I knew I was lying. It wasn't too long that I fell asleep.
*Nagi's POV*
I paid for my costume and Rima's costume too. How long would it take to put Tommy to sleep? I honestly felt bad for him.
"Nagi, I sense an X character in this store," Rhythm said completely recovered from the hat incident earlier.
"X character?" I asked.
"Yes, I couldn't feel it until now," he said. I looked around the store but I didn't find an X character.
"Maybe it's in the back room," I thought out loud. I went back there but I didn't see an X character. Tommy was sleeping but so was Rima.
"Oops, character changed too hard," Rei said.
"I guess it was nothing," Rhythm said.
"What was nothing?" Angel asked.
"Didn't you feel an X character just now?" Rhythm asked.
"No, I haven't felt one all day, but I have only been out of my egg today," she said.
"I could've sworn," he said.
"It must've left. We'll probably run into it another time," I said.
"Nagi, if I carry the bags home, will you carry Rima?" Rei asked.
"Sure," I said. I handed Rei the bags and then picked Rima up bridal style. Rhythm and Angel carried Kusukusu. On the walk home Rei and I talked about how Rima acted pretty motherly back then.
"Tommy, why don't you take your medicine. If you imagine that it is blood then you can be a vampire, or you can pretend that you found the fountain of youth."
"I think I know why she helped Tommy," I said.
"And what would that be?" Rei asked.
"Because she could relate to him. Remember what she said about you looking out for her?"
"It makes me feel-"
"Weak? Useless? Trapped inside?"
"She was speaking from experience. She could relate to him so she wanted to help him feel better," I said.
"You are just younger. That doesn't mean you are weak, it just means you haven't learned your true potential yet."
"You mean that?" Tommy asked.
"Yes, Rei is my older cousin. She was always three hours away. I felt alone since my mommy and daddy were always at work or...nevermind. Anyway, Rei may have been away from me but she always thought about me. Her and I saw each other on holidays and family reunions. She even invited me to all her parties even though I was younger. The day she heard that I was alone she came to live with me, to go to the same school as me, to make sure I wasn't alone. She leaves every weekend now to see her family and friends but she still thinks of me,"
"I can't believe that Rima was hurting for so long," I said.
"I didn't know for a while at first. Rima would always chat with me online every weekend but there was one weekend she stopped. I wondered maybe she was busy. The next weekend came around and she wasn't there. The next few weekends went by and I still didn't hear from her. I called and auntie told me about the kidnapping. I heard my aunt and uncle fighting through the phone. They didn't even bother to make sure I couldn't hear. I then thought about how poor Rima felt. After that I convinced my parents to let me stay with her. I still have to leave her alone on the weekends but those are free days so maybe she'll be outside the house, or at least that is what I kept telling myself all weekend, " Rei said.
"Rei, Rima is tough," Angel said.
"Even the toughest walls can still crack," Rei said.
"Nagi and I'll make sure she has a fun life and is surrounded with friends," Rhythm said.
"I know. I think that's why Angel wouldn't hatch until you two were friends. Somewhere in my heart I knew you were important," she said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah" she said with a smile on her face.
"Auntie, we're home. Nagi is here too," Rei called.
"He came on a good day, I got the day off so I cleaned the house," Mrs. Mashiro said. She then noticed Rima asleep.
"Nagihiko-san, could you please take Rima to her room," she asked.
"Ok," I said. I climbed up the stairs, went into Rima's room, and set her on her bed. Rei then came in soon after.
"You can hang in here if you want. I'm going to play Just Dance 2 if you wanna play too," she asked.
"Sure, I'll give it a try," I said. Her and I went downstairs to try it out.
*Rima's POV*
I woke up and yawned. What happened? I saw the sun setting.
"Rei, can you help me set the table?" I heard mama ask downstairs.
"Sure," she said.
"Nagihiko-san can you get Rima?" Mama asked.
"Alright," I heard him say. There were footsteps coming up the stairs. I sat up as Nagi came in my room.
"Have you been up this whole time?" he asked.
"No, how did I get to my room?" I asked.
"I carried you here since you fell asleep listening to Rei's lullaby," he explained. That's right! I remember Aarin and Tommy now.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"It's 6:30," he said.
"What?" I said.
"You were asleep for only an hour," he said.
"Really?" I said.
"Just promise me tomorrow you won't be cranky like Rei was when she didn't get a bunch of sleep, if you have a hard time getting to sleep tonight," Nagi said.
"I heard that!" Rei yelled from downstairs. We both laughed.
"It's time for dinner," he said.
"Are you staying with us?" I asked.
"Your mom offered but I need to head home. I haven't worked on my homework yet," he said.
"Crap! I forgot about it," I said.
"It shouldn't be too hard," Nagi said.
"Says the boy that has straight A's," I said.
"Your family is waiting for you. Bye Rima," he said walking out the door.
"Wait!" I said as I quickly got out of bed and hugged him from behind. He grabbed my arms and made me let go. I was confused and a bit hurt to be honest. He then turned around.
"My arms are the other way Rima," he teased.
"Whatever," I said. He then hugged me. I hugged back. He was really warm. I didn't notice it back when I was crying. It was comforting. He let go and I felt a bit cold. The both of us walked downstairs.
"Bye Rei, Mrs. Mashiro," Nagi said.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?" mama asked.
"Thank you but my mom is probably wondering where I am," he said. He put his shoes on, grabbed his costume, and left. After dinner Rei and I did our homework in my room. Then we played Just Dance 2. Nagi must've played it since he has the high score on almost every song he played. It made me mad I couldn't beat his score. After that I took a relaxing bath, then got into pjs. Rei turned off the lights and we got ready for bed. Her and I were quiet. It didn't take her long to fall asleep. I on the other hand was wide awake. Maybe I'll text Amu.
To Amu
Hey. What's up?
From Rima
I couldn't come up with anything else to say. I set my phone next to me and waited but after ten minutes I gave up. Who else could I text? Yaya? No, she probably falls asleep early like a baby. Tadase? No I don't know what to talk about with him. Maybe Nagi.
To Nagi
Hey Nagi, I found out you played Just Dance 2 and have ALL THE HIGH SCORES!. I guess that doesn't surprise me since you are a dancer. Anyway, text me if you are awake. I'm so bored and can't fall asleep.
From Rima
I didn't expect a text back. He was probably tired from carrying me all day. I reread my my message and felt like a loser. It sounds like I'm rambling. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling. What do I do now? What was the warmth that I felt earlier? I heard a ding from my phone. I quickly opened it so I didn't wake Rei. Nagi had sent me a text. I can't believe it. He actually texted back.
To Rima
Sorry about the high scores. I am obviously awake since I am texting you now. The reason you can't fall asleep is because you slept earlier. You're bored because Rei is probably asleep. I'm glad you texted me though. I was bored myself.
From Nagi
To Nagi
Something on your mind?
From Rima
To Rima
Not much really. Rhythm keeps saying that he sensed an X character at the costume store but Angel didn't notice anything. Temari keeps saying that he is going crazy but he is so sure. Did Kusukusu sense anything?
From Nagi
To Nagi
When did he sense it? Kusukusu fell asleep when I did so she might have been asleep. Why would he sense one there? Tympo didn't look like an X character. Speaking of the costume shop. Was it just me or did Rei and Aarin know each other?
From Rima
To Rima
I noticed that too, but I didn't know if that was her being nice or not. It does seem like she knows him. The way she helped with Tommy without permission, the way she comforted him. It seems they are friends.
From Nagi
*Nagi's POV*
It seemed between every text I was staring at my phone till I got her text. I liked texting Rima all night.
"I'm telling you, I sensed an X character," Rhythm said.
"I say you are crazy. Angel might not know how to sense an X character but she would at least feel weird. I say you made it up," Temari said.
"No way," he said. At two in the morning Rima didn't text back.
"I wonder if she's asleep," I thought out loud.
"Who? You've been texting someone all night," Temari said.
"Rima," I said.
"You two are civil human beings again?" she asked.
"No, we are friends. Rima made sure that it was clear that we were friends. Rei's chara was born. We can say that you came to visit everyone so you can meet her," I said.
"That'd be good. I can see everyone too," she said excited.
"Then you would sense the X character," Rhythm said.
"Get over it," Temari said.
"I can't help it," he said.
"Hey Temari," I said interrupting their fight.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Can you do me a favor and see if Rima fell asleep," I asked.
"Sure," she said and then flew off. She was always excited to get out of the house. I rolled over onto my side.
"Nagi, I'm going to bed," Rhythm said.
"Goodnight," I said.
"Night," he said then went into his egg to sleep. I then thought about Rima. When I hugged her I got this feeling in my gut. It wasn't a sick feeling, but what else was it. I didn't tell my charas. Temari returned about ten minutes.
"She is asleep," she yawned.
"Thank you Temari," I said.
"Your welcome. I'm going to bed, good night Nagihiko," she said.
"Good night," I replied. She then went in her egg which was right next to Rhythm's. I guess I better get some sleep too. I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep.
Rima: I'm am going to be so tired in the next chapter
Nagi: At least we'll be tired together
Temari: I'm excited I get to see everyone
Daydreamer: If anyone would like to give me some ideas then that would be nice. I have a few but I'm running low on creativity
Rima: Lazy!
Temari: R&R