FASH: Here we go, and as I said last chapter, I try to have a Lee/Keely moment, but I promise nothing.
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Mariah's cheeks puffed out at the question. "We're your friends! We're not going to leave you to take care of yourself while you're sick!" "I'm not sick, just tired." Keely blinked slowly, looking over Mariah's shoulder at Lee, who returned the stare.
"Tired, really, then why are you so pale?" Mariah inquired, crossing her arms and looking Keely straight in the eyes. "Ease up Mariah, she's to sick to deal with you." Kevin said offhandedly, causing Mariah to glare at him and Keely and Lee to smile slightly. "I agree with Kevin, I don't need people looking after me." Keely said, although her voice cracked. "I don't agree with that, you need help Keely, even if you can't admit it." Lee drawled out, causing Keely to glare at him and Mariah to smirk.
"See? Lee agrees with me." "It's two against two Mariah, we're evenly matched." "Well then, I have an idea." Mariah said as she began to plot evilly. "We'll leave you here with Lee, then only one person will be taking care of you." Keely looked about to protest, but Mariah had already dragged Kevin out of the room, the apartment and the building.
There was a long, uncomfortable, awkward silence that seemed to stretch on forever until Keely began having a coughing fit. Lee worried began rubbing her back and whispering soothing things in her ear. "You're going to be alright Keely, just rest." Keely flopped onto her pillows, but she couldn't get to sleep, she'd had enough to sustain her already. "But Lee! I don't want to go to sleep!" She complained, but Lee just smirked, leaving the room. "And where the hell are you going?" "To get you something to drink." "Oh." Keely glanced around her room, clean, nearly empty. 'I need to get a hobby.'
Lee returned with a glass of water which Keely drank slowly, glancing at the neko-jin from over the top of her glass. "So...." Keely had no clue what to talk about to him, he knew about her past! Could he ever possibly accept her?
"Keely, is your past the only reason you forgot about, us?" Keely looked up at Lee. "There was an us?" She meant it as a joke, but he obviously rook it seriously. 'Oh, I'm sorry, it's just..." "Just what." Keely looked up at Lee with teary eyes. "You don't hate me?" Lee looked at Keely in shock. "Why would I hate you? Because of your past? Your father? Keely, I love you, nothing can change that." He pressed his lips to hers in a quick, soft kiss. "Not even if you don't love me back." Keely looked up at him, she was so confused! "Lee, I'm not sure about this." She gripped at the sheets surrounding her but Lee just smiled slightly. "It's okay Keely, I understand, I'd never force you into a relationship, now go to sleep." Keely forced herself to go to sleep, trying to ignore the tingly feeling of knowing that Lee was watching over her.
Keely woke up and it was dark outside, she saw Lee, sitting in a chair beside her bed, leaned over asleep. 'He'll hurt himself, sleeping like that.' She would have moved him to the couch, but she wasn't sure she could walk that far, let alone drag him there, so she just pulled him into the bed. 'Well, if he asks, I wasn't concerned for him, I was, concerned for, the, chair, yea, like anyone in their right mind would believe that.' Keely made sure he was under the covers. 'Good thing Mariah isn't here too, she'd flip like she did the night of the sleepover.' She thought as she snuggled into Lee's inviting warmth.
During the night Lee's arms had wrapped around Keely, and Keely nestled closer into the embrace. When Lee began waking up, he wondered why he was so warm and comfortable when he had fallen asleep in a chair. 'Why am I lying down? Did I fall off?' He slowly opened his eyes and saw a mop of red, gray and black hair peeking out of the covers, and then he noticed the face nuzzling into his chest. 'I'm in the bed with Keely!?' He tried to control the thoughts that were entering his mind. Keely began stirring, pressing up against him, and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get the thoughts out of his head.
Keely opened her eyes slightly, moving closer to the heat source. 'Wait a minute, isn't this Lee?' She remembered now, she had dragged Lee into the bed so he wouldn't have to sleep in the chair, surprisingly, this discovery didn't make her jump away from Lee, but when she felt something hard pressing against her inner thigh.
"LEE!" She jumped against the way, staring at the neko-jin with wide eyes. "It's not my fault! You were pressing up against me!" Lee exclaimed with a blush, Keely turned about as red as her eyes when she realized that she had been pressed up against him. "Right." She muttered to herself. 'God, this as to be the most awkward situation I've ever been in.' She thought helplessly as she gazed at Lee from under her lowered eyelashes. 'Man, I never knew I was so.... Desirable, not that I really wanted to know.' Keely blushed some more. 'This is so weird, half the blood in my body is rushing to my cheeks, and the other half is quickly rushing south, good thing Lee can't tell I'm, well, aroused.' Keely blushed some more at the thought.
Lee watched as Keely got red, went back to normal, and then got red again. 'I wonder what she's thinking about to make her blush so much.' And then he remembered what happened just a minute ago. 'Oh.'
The day was spent with a heavy silence covering both teens, and every few minutes Keely would blush, glance at Lee, and blush some more. At he end of the day Lee reluctantly decided that he would have to go home for the night. "If you don't feel completely well tomorrow, don't go to school, I'm sure Kevin will tell you what you missed in class and I'll tell your friends that you're getting better." Lee said as he stared straight at Keely, who was focusing on anything but him, but she nodded in understanding. Lee sighed and made his way to the door.
"Lee, wait." Lee turned to see Keely slowly making her ways towards him, she stood in front of him, looking deeply into his eyes, and she kissed him gently on the cheek. "Thanks, for taking care of me." Lee's hand brushed his cheek and he smiled charmingly. "It was my pleasure." He replied before making his way out the door, suddenly feeling that he'd get together with Keely sooner than he'd thought.
FASH: See, I did get a little Lee/Keely moment there, I hope you like it, I think I'll only have a few more chapter left until I get them together, it hasn't been that long. -.-U Well, maybe compared to other fics it's been taking a long time for the character to get together, but I like taking these things slowly.