Hey guys, sorry for not updating in a while, I was sort of low on ideas. Any who, I hope you like this chapter and thank you all so much for the amazing reviews :D Oh, and I am getting a laptop/net book soon because my regular computer causes me so much stress so hopefully when that happens updates will be coming a lot sooner
Hisana slowly brought her mug of tea to her mouth and took one long sip. The warm liquid soothed her throat and created a hot feeling inside of her.
She then sniffed a bit but could barely breathe as all of the mucus was lodged up both her nostrils. Hisana brought the mug to her nose and tried to breathe in the honey scent of the tea but it was no use, her nose was stuffed and she could hardly breathe.
She got up from the kitchen table she sat at and lethargically walked over to the bathroom. It was early morning, the sun still hadn't rose and the room was very dark.
She carefully opened the door of the bathroom and closed it behind her. After flicking on the light she was slightly startled by what she saw.
She was staring straight into the mirror and saw her reflection. She looked horrible, puffy red eyes and her hair was a mess. She had even lost her natural glow that usually emitted from her when she was smiling or happy.
Sighing Hisana opened the faucet and put her hands under the cold water that came gushing out. It was a very nice feeling, the cold water against the heat of her hands.
She cupped her hands so that some of the water could stay in them and carefully brought it to her face. She splashed the water on her face and felt relief in an instant.
Her body was hot and the water cooled it of immediately, it soothed her and made her eyes look less horrible. Still the relief didn't last for long because her body began to feel hot again and her nose was still stuffed.
She reached for a tissue and blew into it as hard as she could. After cleaning out her nose for a while she then noticed that it was now red and hot from blowing so hard.
She sighed once again and threw out the tissue while throwing out some other pieces of papers to cover it up. Hisana moved her hands to her hair so she could comb out all of its tangles so it looked decent.
After that she left the bathroom and climbed back into bed. She pulled the covers all the way up to her nose and moved away from her husband who was sleeping next to her.
Hisana hated being sick. Her body was naturally weak so a common cold would affect her a lot more than the average person and would take a lot to recover from.
Even worse her husband would worry greatly about her, constantly bringing her in for checkups and doing everything he could to help her recover.
This all started after that nightmare he had about her being sick and dyeing. Ever since then he had tried his absolute best to keep her healthy.
That was exactly the reason why she didn't want to let him know she wasn't feeling well. She didn't want him to worry or feel like he failed in keeping her healthy, but worst of all she didn't want him to think she would die.
So she decided to take it upon herself to get herself feeling better without letting her husband know about her being ill.
The next morning Hisana awoke pretty late. She wanted to make sure she got all of the rest she needed so she could get better soon.
Byakuya was already up and getting ready for the day while she still laid bundled in covers on the futon.
After realizing that his wife didn't get up after a while he decided to wake her himself. Through he never really liked waking his wife from her slumber because she did look rather peaceful when asleep she needed to be woken up because she had made an appointment to speak to the servants of the household.
He walked over to the futon while pulling on his haori and carefully placed his hand on her blanked covered shoulder. He shook it gently making sure she could wake up gracefully.
She didn't stir as he shook her once more, She must have been deeply asleep and enjoying her sleep at that.
After debating inwardly over if he should indeed wake her or let her rest he decided to wake her. If he didn't he would have to suffer the consequences of her being angered at missing her appointment.
He then bent down and pressed his lips against her forehead only to be startled at her forehead being frighteningly hot.
He then carefully removed his lips from her and whispered her name softly hoping that she would wake up.
When she didn't he could feel his chest tighten. This was all too real to be a dream and all too scary to be a nightmare.
It was just like it though, she had fallen asleep and wasn't waking up no matter what he did, and he could feel the beating inside of his chest quicken its pace as he began to remove the covers from her body.
Hisana who now felt a sudden chill touch her body opened her eyes to find her husband looking down at her with a worried expression.
She was at first slightly confused at why he had that expression when he then realized that he may have felt her temperature.
She had to quickly think of something to say to lead him off; she really didn't want him to know.
Hisana sat up and gazed at her husband's worried face. He brought his hand to her forehead and pressed it against her burning skin. He then moved his hand from her forehead to her neck and felt the same temperature; even as he moved his hand over to her chest it still felt the same.
"Hisana, how are you feeling?" he asked softly while removing his hand from her body and moving some hair from her face.
"I'm feeling fine Byakuya-sama" she tried to say in the healthiest sounding voice she could muster up.
He stared at her, his expression telling her that he wasn't convinced. He slowly caressed her face as Hisana smiled and replied with "I guess I was a little too warm last night, maybe I shouldn't bundle up as much".
"Hisana….if you are not feeling well you must tell me so" he responded his face still not convinced.
"Byakuya-sama I feel fine, trust me….my body will cool down once I have a nice bath, now hurry and get to work you mustn't be late" Hisana assured him.
He reluctantly got up from the futon and let Hisana crawl out of the bed. Hisana tip-toed and placed a light kiss on his cheek to once again assure him she was fine before moving on to the bathroom.
Hisana took a bath full of cold water. She shivered at the intense feeling of her hot skin touching the freezing water and hesitated to engulf her whole body in the water.
Once she did manage to sit in the bath she could feel the stinging sensation of the water on her skin. Even though it didn't feel very good she knew she had to cool her body down so he would believe her when she said she was fine.
She rested her head against the back of the tub and relaxed it there. She stretched her body under the water making sure she could unwind her unusually tense muscles.
After spending a while in the cold water she noticed that she was sweating. She moved one pruned hand to her face and felt her own sweat.
How was she sweating if her body was cold? What was going on?. She then realized that it wasn't only her face that was sweating but it was her whole body.
'What is going on?' Hisana thought as she dunked her whole head under the water and then came up gasping for air after a few seconds.
She moved her wet hair out of her face and could feel the room spinning and her body still sweating. Her nose began to get stuffy again and her body felt weak.
She placed both her hands at the sides of the tub as an attempt to stop the room from spinning but it was no use. The room began to spin faster and faster and her heart began to beat harder and harder.
She could feel her breaths become shorter and her breathing become shallower. Hisana closed her eyes tightly and pressed harder against the sides of the tub.
She could feel her body temperature rise and the water become less and less cool. She decided to turn on the faucet to let the cold water run into the bath.
She turned on the faucet and cold water came rushing out. Hisana let the water run so it could fill up the tub completely. Soon the room began to spin at amazing speed and her eyes couldn't keep up.
Everything began to blur and she began to hyperventilate until she finally blacked out.
Later that day Byakuya came home from work. He was awfully tired and a little worried as well.
Hisana wasn't feeling well and he knew it, he just decided to take her in for a check up to see if she is doing okay. He couldn't bear for that nightmare to become reality.
There was also one other thing that he was worried about. When he was walking to the room one of the maids had informed him that Hisana had missed her appointment.
She probably skipped it to stay home and rest but if she did she would usually tell someone to cancel it. She wouldn't let all those people gather and just not show up……it wasn't like her.
"Hisana" he called as he walked into the room removing his haori. He gazed over to the futon to realize that she wasn't there; he then decided to check the garden but realized something odd.
There was water leaking from some ware because there was a long trail of water on the floor. He looked up to make sure there wasn't a leak in the ceiling.
When he concluded that there wasn't he began to follow the path of water until he stopped at the bathroom door. He saw the water flowing from under the door and once he did he could feel his chest tighten once again.
He quickly opened the door to step into what seemed to be a sea of water that flooded the entire bathroom floor.
To his horror he saw Hisana laying in the over filled tub with the faucet still running. Her body was limp and her skin was pale as well as horribly wrinkled.
It was a miracle she didn't fall into the water and drown. Her head was resting at the side of the tub.
He quickly grabbed a towel from the towel rack and put it over his shoulder. He moved through the flooded floor over to the faucet and shut it tightly stopping the flow of water.
He then pulled her body out of the tub making lots of water spill out. He then wrapped her cold, wet, naked body in the towel and brought her outside of the bathroom.
He carefully began to dry her body off and then laid her gently on the futon. He then went to the closet and pulled out some clothes to dress her in.
After he dressed her and tucked her into the covers he made his way to contact the doctor.
Hisana awoke to the warm feeling of being bundled in covers and relaxing in the soft futon. Her eyes scanned the room, it was dark outside but the lights were still on.
She could feel her head pounding violently as she moved a hand to fell her pulsating head. Sighing she noticed that she felt a little better and that her body wasn't hot or cold it was just warm, maybe a little over warm but nothing extreme.
She then saw her husband at the door talking to some doctor, once her eyes made contact with that she knew she had been found out.
She could barely remember the events of the bathroom and she really didn't want to either.
Soon she saw the doctor leave and her husband walking towards her with a small bottle in his hand.
He came and sat next to her on the futon, his eyes studying her.
"How are you feeling Hisana?........and please, tell the truth" he said quietly as his eyes shifted from her to the bottle in his hands.
"I feel warm and my head hurts a little……I also feel horrible for making you worry….and horrible for you having to find out this way" she said softly, her voice came out a little higher than a whisper.
"Do not speak Hisana, save your strength" He replied after she spoke.
Her eyes dimmed as he said this and she responded with "You are angered with me……its alright, I didn't tell you when I should have".
His eyes connected with hers as he whispered softly "I am not angered with you personally…..but angered at the fact that you didn't tell me and……that I have failed to keep you healthy".
"Byakuya-sama…….I am sorry, you didn't fail you tried your best and I am grateful for that" she replied forcing a smile.
"This is your medicine" he said while holding up the bottle.
"I will try my best to recover….you will not lose me, not now, not ever" Hisana whispered as she wrapped her small fingers around his that were enclosed over the bottle of medicine.
"I will try harder to keep you safe Hisana" he whispered back to her as he moved his other hand over hers.
He didn't want to make Hisana worry that he was worried so he tried his best to make her believe that he didn't feel as though it was his fault or that he failed.
But in reality he knew that Hisana's bodily defenses were low and that if he didn't keep her healthy then he could let her slip through his fingers.
OMG this has to be my longest chapter ever!! I hope you liked it :D, only 65 more to go!!