But he didn't ask, not tonight. Tonight was the night that we would sleep, that we would relax, that we would find peace, for the first and probably last time.
Chapter Fourteen- Kyo's Pov
When I woke up, Mika was still nestled into me; her cold skin was slightly warmer than it had been before, my own body temperature warming her. I tightened my arms around her waist, feeling the smooth muscles of her flat stomach. I drew small circles on it, feeling her stomach relax everywhere my fingers went, carefully avoiding her injured
Then, her eyes fluttered open. "Mmh." She smiled, flipped over towards me, and cuddling her face into my chest, so that I was drawing the shapes on her back. I smiled to myself as I felt her warmed breath filter through my shirt.
Her black hair was spread across the other side of the bed, long strands lying flat and silky. She could look amazing even after almost dying, after suffering an almost fatal injury. "I love you Mimi." I whispered to her.
A happy and content smile spread across Mika's face. "I love you too." And then she draped an arm around my waist, and fell asleep once again. I just watched her, wondering. Was she unhappy to be here? Was she wishing that she had made the choice to continue onto the underworld?
Or perhaps she was completely satisfied, well, maybe not completely, but enough to be able to live with herself, to live with being here, with me. Mika had changed from just a friend, to the one I loved with all my heart, in such a short time, and it made me almost burst with happiness.
But with this change and happiness, it also brought a lot of worry. She hinted that she already knew what I was, when we were still in that place between life and death, she had commented about cats not liking water. But she didn't hint that she knew anything about my actual curse, my monstrous form. What would she think? What would she say? Would she be disgusted like so many others, or would she be, well, I don't know what else she actually could be. Nobody else had reacted in any other way than disgust. Some had handled their disgust better than others, like Tohru, but they hadn't been unbothered by it.
For the first time in my life, I was actually scared. I was scared that she would hate me, for the rest of my and her life, and past it, and that she would leave me forever. But then, I looked down at her, sleeping. Her long dark eyelashes brushed the very top of her cheek bones, her hair gently spilled into her pale face, like a little trickle of a waterfall. Her pale legs were curled between my legs, and her arm cradled my waist. And then, a smile appeared on her face, a small smile, but a true, genuine smile. A smile that assured me, that everything was going to be fine. Everything would work itself out; everything would end up alright eventually. It was amazing that her one small little smile could impact my negative thoughts just like that.
I moved my hands up and stroked her hair back from her face, feeling the smoothness of the black gentle waves. She would have to meet Hanajima one of these days, and Uotani as well. I think that they would be friends. Maybe, after she gets better, they can finally meet.
And then, I suddenly remembered that her family just might be worried after their daughter had been gone for more than two days, disappearing. But I didn't have the heart to wake her; I would just wait until she woke up. Luckily, I didn't have to wait very long, in about thirty minutes, her blue eyes fluttered open once again, and then she looked up at me.
"Are your parents going to be worried?" I whispered, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
She giggled a little, although I didn't see anything very funny. "No, don't worry, he won't be. I once disappeared for a month, spending some time at a friend's house, and then when I finally went back, my father hadn't realized I was gone. And Sayomi understands. She doesn't worry about me. She would just know if anything happened to me. We are sisters after all."
I nodded, slightly unconvinced, but it was obvious that I wasn't going to change her mind. But then, I decided to change the subject to a more immediate topic.
"You know, you have a lot to explain." I raised an accusing eyebrow. She sighed in return, and tried to burrow her head into my chest again, but I pulled back. "Come on, you promised."
With a groan, she rolled onto her back, careful of her injured area, and then spoke. "I don't think you want to hear it, nor do I think you really have enough time or patience to listen to my entire story."
"Try me; I don't really want to move anyways." I said, running a finger up her arm in an attempt to convince her. "Please?" I tried a new method, pleading.
She sighed in defeat. "Fine, but don't get up and leave at the end."
I nodded and kissed her cheek gently. "How could I ever leave you?"
"You're about to find out." And then, she began.
Author's Note: REVIEW QUESTION OF THE DAY: What do you think Mika is going to tell Kyo? We are now in California, moving down from LA to San Diego, we travelled here by car! So I've been really, really tired, or else I would've updated a lot more, but when we get to our final destination of San Diego, I will try to update multiple times, but at least every day. K, thanks! ALSO, CHECK OUT MY TWITTER: /#!/cornerofthesun Everything at every time will be updated there, stories, locations, reasons if there's no update (sick, no wifi on computer)
-Echo