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Chapter 3
Night had already fallen when Hillary finally returned to the dojo. Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny were eating. They looked at her, surprised and relieved at the same time.
"Hey Hill! You're late! I already ate your share." Tyson teased with a smile.
She returned his smile to him, grateful that he didn't ask her questions.
"You're really a selfish boy !" She retorted. "I'm famished!"
It wasn't true. She didn't have an appetite, but she didn't want them worry.
"I'm not sure you deserve to eat the food I prepared... Ouch!"
Tyson placed a hand on his pained head and looked behind him.
"Where did your good manners go to?" His grandfather asked.
"But, she..."
Tyson was hit on the head a second time and he cried in protest, making his friends laugh.
"Grandpa !" Tyson laughed.
"Go, rude kid! Let this young lady sit down and eat!"
"Thank you... I don't know what I would do if you weren't here!!" Hillary said, smiling.
She sat down, and forced herself to eat her soup, teasing Tyson about his talents to cook.
"Where is Kai ?" She asked suddenly.
"In the bedroom" Max answered, "but I don't think you should...."
She smiled and moved towards the room without listening to his warnings.
Kai was standing by the window and didn't even look at her when she entered the room.
"What do you want?"
"To apologize." She murmured." I didn't want to irritate you..."
"I'm not irritated," he sighed while turning to her. "It's just that I don't like see you in pain. I know something's wrong, but I don't know what, and I can't do anything! I just feel useless when I'm not able to help my friends... "
"You're not! You're not useless... It's my fault.... I just can't...."
"Why ?"
"You won't understand..." She replied, hesitant.
She wanted so much to tell him, to tell all her friends why she felt so weak. She wanted so much to explain to them why she had the feeling to betray them each time that they smiled to her. They were like brothers to her, they took care for her, worried for her... And they would defend her if she asked them. But she was so afraid to endanger them...
"But let me try!"
She lowered the eyes as she always did it each time...
"I'm going to sleep..." She murmured.
He sighed but let her go out the room.
"Hillary, is something wrong ?"Max asked worried as she went to her bedroom.
Was it so obvious? Was she so weak... ?
"No. Nothing at all." She replied with a fake smile. "I'm fine, I'm just tired!"
"You seem to be sick... " Tyson remarked.
"For once, I agree with him." Ray added.
"No, I'm fine!" She repeated. "Really ! Don't worry... I just need some rest... so good night guys!"
"Good night Hill!" They replied.
"Have sweet dreams..." Kai murmured.
She forced herself to smile, knowing that she would have that nightmare tonight... again.
"Thanks..."
Chapter 3
Night had already fallen when Hillary finally returned to the dojo. Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny were eating. They looked at her, surprised and relieved at the same time.
"Hey Hill! You're late! I already ate your share." Tyson teased with a smile.
She returned his smile to him, grateful that he didn't ask her questions.
"You're really a selfish boy !" She retorted. "I'm famished!"
It wasn't true. She didn't have an appetite, but she didn't want them worry.
"I'm not sure you deserve to eat the food I prepared... Ouch!"
Tyson placed a hand on his pained head and looked behind him.
"Where did your good manners go to?" His grandfather asked.
"But, she..."
Tyson was hit on the head a second time and he cried in protest, making his friends laugh.
"Grandpa !" Tyson laughed.
"Go, rude kid! Let this young lady sit down and eat!"
"Thank you... I don't know what I would do if you weren't here!!" Hillary said, smiling.
She sat down, and forced herself to eat her soup, teasing Tyson about his talents to cook.
"Where is Kai ?" She asked suddenly.
"In the bedroom" Max answered, "but I don't think you should...."
She smiled and moved towards the room without listening to his warnings.
Kai was standing by the window and didn't even look at her when she entered the room.
"What do you want?"
"To apologize." She murmured." I didn't want to irritate you..."
"I'm not irritated," he sighed while turning to her. "It's just that I don't like see you in pain. I know something's wrong, but I don't know what, and I can't do anything! I just feel useless when I'm not able to help my friends... "
"You're not! You're not useless... It's my fault.... I just can't...."
"Why ?"
"You won't understand..." She replied, hesitant.
She wanted so much to tell him, to tell all her friends why she felt so weak. She wanted so much to explain to them why she had the feeling to betray them each time that they smiled to her. They were like brothers to her, they took care for her, worried for her... And they would defend her if she asked them. But she was so afraid to endanger them...
"But let me try!"
She lowered the eyes as she always did it each time...
"I'm going to sleep..." She murmured.
He sighed but let her go out the room.
"Hillary, is something wrong ?"Max asked worried as she went to her bedroom.
Was it so obvious? Was she so weak... ?
"No. Nothing at all." She replied with a fake smile. "I'm fine, I'm just tired!"
"You seem to be sick... " Tyson remarked.
"For once, I agree with him." Ray added.
"No, I'm fine!" She repeated. "Really ! Don't worry... I just need some rest... so good night guys!"
"Good night Hill!" They replied.
"Have sweet dreams..." Kai murmured.
She forced herself to smile, knowing that she would have that nightmare tonight... again.
"Thanks..."