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The bug ch.2 A sweet little chapter

When I woke up, I was back in my bed, the one in the guest room. The first thing I noticed was that it was already dark outside and my stomach was screaming to be fed. I needed to get sometihng to silence it something and quick. I got up, and started walking down the hall to the kitchen. I couldn't seem to focus my eyes on anything, I was too weak. When I reached it, I didn't even took the time to to search for something, I chose a bottle of sake that was still resting on the small coffee table, guessed it was Urd's.

Thinking about her, I decided to go check on her, see how she was doing. I entered quietly her room, didn't wanted to wake her up. Since somebody had removed the chair, I sat on the bed. Her face was still pale and I couldn't say if she was better, first because of the dark, second because I, to me, everything was blurry. I stayed there for a moment, taking in what I was able to see of her beautifull features.

I was about to get back to my room, when I heard a whisper:

"It's cold in here, there's no one left..."

"I'm there, I won't leave you..." I answered without thinking, as I sat back on her bed and took her hand as I did earlier. I decided it may be better if I stayed with a bit more. A few moments later, to my surprise, she slightly opened her eyes.

"Mara?!" She whispered again.

I felt tears of joy build in my eyes . "Yes, I'm here." I smiled as I began stroking her hand gently.

"W-w-what are you doing here?" She said, trying all she could to sit up.

I gently forced her to lie back down. "I'm looking after you."

"No, I meant.... Do they know you're here?" She asked again, ignoring my last statement.

"Yes." I answered truthfully.

"Then why-" She tried again to sat back up, but she was too weak and fell back on the bed.

"We'll explain tomorrow, now sleep. I'm going back to my room." Knowing very well that tomorow, she might not wake up at all. With that, I got up and began walking to the door, ignoring the tears that threatened to fall. I was held back by her soft voice, though.

"I don't want to stay alone." She said sadly as she knew the truth of her state.

"..." I didn't moved.

"Can you stay with me tonight?" she asked in a small voice.

I don't know why these words made me blush, we always slept in the same bed before we took our jobs. I blamed it on the sake.

I turned back to give her a soft smile. "I'll go get my blanket and a pillow."

"There's enough place in my bed." She said, playing with a strand of her hair.

"..." I was voiceless.

"Please? Like when we were kids!" She pleaded, giving me puppy eyes.

I sighed, still smiling, the old times coming back to my mind. "OK then."

I got in her bed, still blushing. She looked oh-so-happy to have me near her. So I guessed it was fine for me to stay just for tonight. I was almost asleep, on my side of the bed, when she called me again.

"Mara?" She asked in an unusally soft voice.

"....mmmh?" was all I could manage.

" ...Hold me? I'm cold..." I almost didn't heard that.

"What???.." My eyes flashed open as I turned to look at her, questioningly.

"You heard very well." She huffed.. blushing?? "Please?" she glanced shyly at me.

"W-why?!" That was a little unexpected, and my mind couldn't seem to understand such a request.

"I told you! I'm cold." She said impatiently.

"*sigh* OK."

She threw herself in my arms and buried her face in my chest. That made me blush VIOLENTLY. But Urd, on her side, fell asleep almost immediately. I couldn't get any rest, not like that. Lying so close to her, feeling her heart beating against mine. Calming down, I realised something: I just wanted to stay with her like this forever. I wanted to be with her forever.

I realised I was in love with my best friend...

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