Sweet Dreams
#5 Don't Leave Me - Sick
...I couldn't think of a good ending. ;-; It's one of my most UNfavorite story. I couldn't think of a good idea for this topic, even though it seems like a good one... So sorry for the crummy writing. >
Ren scowled, impatiently drumming his fingers on her bed. "When is your stupid brother coming home?"
Pirika gave a small cough from the bed, looking extremely feverish. "He should be back any time soon..."
"I can't believe it. I would have never imagined that your oh-so-brotherly brother would leave you alone in the house with no one to watch over you, when you have a damned FEVER!"
"You're here." She pointed out, coughing again. "And it's not his fault Tamao-chan's parents decided to stop by, and see their daughter's 'darling' boyfriend."
That was actually a pleasant thought, Horohoro being gushed over by the Tamamura mother and glared at by the father.
But still. That didn't mean he could invite him over with the lure of peach buns, and then promptly yell at him to look over his precious little sister.
"Do you hate me THAT much?" Pirika asked timidly, her voice weak from the fever.
Ren felt himself turning red. Of course he didn't hate her. On the contrary...
"I don't hate you." He said coldly, turning away instead. But there was nothing he could do to prevent the blush. "You're just an annoying pest."
WHACK
"OUCH! What was that for?" Ren snarled, rubbing his head.
The sick girl glared at him, despite her fever. "I am NOT an annoying pest. If I'm an annoying pest, what does THAT make you? Pick up that basin, too."
He rolled his eyes. "Aren't you the one who tossed it? It had perfectly good cold water in it, and then you had to throw it at me..." Ren complained, picking up the fallen basin. Why did HE have to be bossed around a girl like her?
"So? You deserved it."
"You should act like a sick person. And yet you act like a perfectly healthy girl even when you have a 38 degree fever, don't you?"
"Just talking to you makes my fever go up." She snapped, coughing again.
He gave her a sly wink as he placed the basin beside her bed. "Do I have that much of an effect on you?"
THUNK
"OUCH! What is it this time?" He was going to lose a lot of brain cells from this one little visit if it kept going on at this rate...
"You are too full of yourself, Tao. I don't know why I can even stand you."
Ren gave her a cocky grin. "You know you love me."
She rolled her eyes, but a wave of sleepiness hit the sick girl. "...I'm sleepy..."
"Then go to sleep."
Her eyelids seemed extremely heavy as she tried to keep awake. She didn't want to fall asleep in front of Ren...
Ren's expression softened slightly at the girl desperately trying to stay awake. Feeling oddly protective of the girl sleeping in front of him, he reached out as he tucked her gently in.
"Good night." He whispered softly, and got up to leave seeing her eyes close.
But he stopped, feeling someone tugging his shirt. He turned around and gave Pirika a quizzical look.
She had her blanket pulled over her head, and only her hand poked out from under the covers, still lightly pulling his shirt.
"Don't leave me... please?" Her voice came out muffled from underneath the covers, but her tone seemed desperate to him.
But he stopped nonetheless, and sat down again. "Go to sleep..." He murmured, gently prying her fingers off.
Pirika poked her eyes out of the covers. "You won't leave me?"
"No."
Her head was completely under the covers again as she gradually fell asleep.
"...Sukidayo, Ren."
That was a weird ending. o.o; And I put in 'Sukidayo' instead of 'I love you' or 'I like you', because it sounds weird, doesn't it? I mean, its too sudden... 'Sukidayo' in Japanese has a much broader meaning, I think. And it's also more natural. You say 'Suki' to your friends or lovers or family, whereas you don't reallyuse 'I love you' to your friends much, do you? So... yeah.
Next up - Nearest Distance. (Couldn't think of a good one for this, either. I'll try and make it better then the one in my lj... but I'm out of juice.)
