chapter 6: "Daddy is here"
Kyoya, Haruhi and Tamaki all made the decision to invite all the other former members of the host club in Kyoya's house on Christmas.
Unfortunately, the next few weeks were not very happy for the Ootori family. One morning, Simran woke up to find out that there was something wrong with Nandini:
-"Hey, Nandini! What's wrong?"
-"I do not feel very well, Simran."-she said very quietly.
Simran touched her forehead, in order to make sure if her sister was sick. It turned out that she was right and Nandini was indeed sick. She went to tell her father.
After he heard that one of his daughters was sick, Kyoya forbid Simran from getting near her sister, or else she will get infected. Neither of the two twins were happy.
Nandini never felt so lonely. Even on her darkest days, the two girls were always there for each other. But today was a huge exception. The little girl was forced to stay in her bed for the entire day. She was in her room all alone and she did not know what to do. Kyoya decided to go to see her.
He entered her room with a fatherly expression on his face:
-"Hello, dear!"- he greeted her, but she did not respond. Usually she would frown, but this time, she lacked enough energy to do anything.
Kyoya was carrying a big tray which had books, medicine, a glass of water and a little bowl of yogurt on it:
-"I came here to check on you."-he put the tray on a table. He took some pills and gave them to Nandini, as well as the glass of water. After she swallowed the pills, her father gave her a book:
-"Since you are going to spend a lot of time alone here, I thought that you can do something to kill time."
-"Thank you."- she said and she took the book.-"Why are you here, by the way? Couldn't you just send the maid?"-for her it was hard to realise why her father was the one treating her. She was used to being ignored by him.
-"That was my decision, besides there are other things that the maid should be doing now. You are my daughter, after all."
Nandini did not say anything.
Throughout the entire day, Kyoya kept entering her room to check on her, to caress her head and to tell her not to worry. Nandini was not sure why, but she liked that.
In the evening, Kyoya was just sitting on the chair near Nandini's bed and was reading a book. From time to time, he caressed her hair.
9 P.M.
Kyoya slowly got up and he was now about to leave the room:
-"Okay, I am going to bed now."-he leaned towards her and touched her cheeks. He smiled and kissed her forehead.-"Good night! I hope that you will be better tomorrow."
Right before he left, Nandini spoke:
-"Wait!"- her voice was still just as weak, but the man heard her anyway.
He turned and waited for what she had to say:
-"Could you please stay here with me, during the night?"-she was not used to spending an entire night in the bedroom alone.-"This night, at least."
Her father just smiled and gave a polite "Yes, of course."
Throughout the night, Kyoya slept in Nandini's bed, while she kept embracing him.
2 days later, Nandini was feeling perfectly fine now. She could finally spend time with Simran. Almost everything was just like before, although Kyoya got sick and it was his turn to stay in his bed for a long time. Due to the fact that he was consantly touching Nandini's face, while she was ill, he got infected. Despite that he was not happy about his condition, part of him did not regret it, because while taking care of Nandini, he felt like a father. The other reason why his sickness could not ruin his mood completely was the fact that from time to time, the twins were entering his room to see him and to ask him if he was feeling better.
To be continued...
