Shun

My head was still spinning from when I passed out while getting that shot. When I was finally focused enough, I realized I was on the couch, and Alice and her uncle were in the kitchen talking. I just laughed back, resting my head on the arm rest, and took a deep breath. The couch didn't really have a smell, or maybe I had stayed in the house for so long, that I didn't notice it anymore. A spring was digging into my back, so I moved over just enough that it wasn't bothering me anymore.

I stared up at the ceiling, and watched a moth that had snuck into the house fly around, trying to find its way out. Laughter then filled the room, and Alice and her uncle walked into the living room. "Oh, hey Shun. Glad to see your looking better." The two of them looked at each other and then grinned. I narrowed my eyes at both of them, and they stopped. Uncle Fredrick scratched the back of his neck nervously, and said, "Well, I guess I should get going. I'll be back in a few days to check up on you, Shun. You two have a good night."

We told him good-bye, and he left the house, closing the door this time. Alice walked over to the couch, and I moved my legs so she could sit down. "How ya feeling? You kind of gave us a scare for a minute when you passed out after you got that shot. I mean, I knew you didn't like needles, but I thought for a second that you might have had an allergic reaction." I shook my head, because I was too tired to speak.

She got up and said, "Well, I'm going to go get something to snack on. You want anything while I'm in there?" I shook my head again, and reached for my iPod that I had left on the table the other day, and turned to my play list. I stuck my earbuds in, and turned on my shuffle. Alice walked back in the room, holding a plate with what seemed to be a sandwich. I turned the volume down a little, just in case she said something to me. Alice just sat there and ate her sandwich, and I listened to my music. Without knowing it, my fingers were playing guitar chords with the song, and I thought about the old guitar upstairs in Dr. Michaels' room.

It'd be awesome to play that thing. But I don't think Alice would take too kindly to me doing that. The two of us were fairly quiet while we sat there on the couch. Maybe she doesn't want to disturb me while I have my iPod on. If that's the case, then that means I'd be being rude. I paused the song and turned the music player off, then took the earbuds out. Alice was finishing the last few bites of her snack when I did that. A tired yawn then escaped me, and my body felt as if weights had been thrown on it. Alice looked at me and said, "Tired?"

I nodded my head, unable to speak cause I was yawning again. She got up, and walked over to the closet that was in the corner of the living room that had anything from Christmas decorations to probably a skeleton. She then pulled out a sort of blue-green fleece throw, and walked back over to the couch. I watched as she unfolded the blanket, then she sat down and draped it over both of our laps. I didn't say anything as she leaned into my side, and used my shoulder as place to rest her head. The blanket's warmth was making me sleepier than I already was.

I caught myself drifting off to sleep several times, and every time I forced myself to wake back up. Alice didn't open her eyes, but said, "Why don't you just go to sleep already? Quit fighting it." She's right. No use in fighting the inevitable. I nudged her with my arm, and she looked up at me, part of her hair messed up from laying on me. I smiled, and put the hair back in place, then connected my lips with hers. The feeling of electricity was almost enough to jolt me awake, and I could tell it was the same for her.

The high was short lived as we continued our make-out session on the couch, because my eyes were growing heavy again. I laid my head down, and Alice was carefully laying next to my on the small couch. I felt her tap my shoulder and looked at her. "What? You so tired that you don't wanna have any fun? That doesn't sound like the Shun Kazami I know." I smiled at her, still to exhausted to speak. I only laid back down, and Alice sighed and gave up, and got off the couch.

I opened one eye and looked at her. "Well, if you're gunna be that way, then I'm going up to bed." She headed up the stairs and into my room, which by now I guess you could call our room. I sighed. I guess it isn't right that when she's tired and wants I break I don't give her one, but when I'm tired and want a break, she doesn't want one. It's only fair that I suffer like she does every now and then.

I forced my tired body off the couch and up the stairs. I went to open the door, but Alice had apparently locked it. Don't tell me she's pissed off cause I didn't want to do anything tonight. I gave up on getting in the room, and went into her room, which she hadn't been in for a while. I climbed into her unused bed, and covered myself up with the purple blanket. I'll set things straight with her tomorrow after I get some sleep.

Alice

I didn't fall asleep that night. My mind was racing with different thoughts. Was Shun mad at me for some reason? Is that why he didn't want to do anything? Maybe it was something I had said? But what did I say that could of made him mad? What if….. My mind was just overflowing with questions like that. I had locked the door that night in case he came in while I did my thinking.

I did hear the knob turn a few times though, and knew it was him. The bed seemed a lot larger when one person was in it, not like when both of us were practically on top of each other trying to just keep from falling off. My mind wasn't the only thing doing cartwheels, all the nerves I had accumulated in my thoughts had stirred up my stomach, and was making it hurt.

I was told when I was little, it helped if you laid on you left side, so I tried it, and it helped a little bit. On my left side, I was facing the drawers that had Shun's, and some of mine, clothes inside of it. I was also facing the TV and bathroom. My mind went back to the two or three weeks that Shun and I had been in the house by ourselves, and how that first night was the best I had ever had with him.

I wish I could just relive that night. I closed my eyes, going through a time portal thing in my mind, and was thinking about that night. My restless body couldn't stand laying in that bed alone anymore, so I unlocked the door and left the empty room. Shun wasn't lying on the couch anymore, only the fleece blanket we were cuddled under. I checked the kitchen, and the den.

He's nowhere down stairs….. I went back upstairs and checked the rooms up there. Shun wasn't in my grandfather's old room, or one of the extra guest rooms. That only leaves my old room. I opened the door in there, and saw a lump covered up and in my bed. There you are. I walked over to the bed quietly, and looked down at the sleeping ninja. Several locks of his raven colored hair was draped over his face, so I moved it gently back to where it belonged.

I now saw his face clearly, and it looked as if he may have been crying. Why would he be crying? Did I make him think I was mad at him? I left the room and went into the kitchen, and fixed a glass of ice, and filled it halfway up with water. He'll probably be thirsty when he wakes up, and by then some of this ice should be melted enough to fill up the glass the rest of the way. I returned back to my old room, and put the glass on my nightstand. I took in one last look at Shun, and whispered, "I'm sorry. I love you. Night."

sorry for the late upload. busy busy busy. well, im super tired. can barely keep my eyes open. so, that's it. Read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~