Chapter 5.3; It's what I'm here for
Netto glanced up at the ceiling of his room where he was lying on the bed. He was waiting for his NetNavi Megaman to come back up from the kitchen. Mega had insisted on getting food for the both of them, and had gone down in order to get some. The NetNavi was positively upset at him sacrificing his meals for him, and his sleep, and was ready to do anything for him.
But it had already been 5 minutes, and he still had not come through the bedroom door. Netto was worried. There would be trouble if his mom was home, and had caught Megaman... at the thought, Netto immediately got out of the bed and ran out the bedroom door. Running down the stairs, he heard his mother screaming and Mega crying out on occasion. He could also hear metal striking upon something.
His mom was hitting Megaman over the head with a pan, and he wasn't fighting back against her. "Mom stop!! Don't hurt my friend!!" Netto intervened, knocking the pan out of the scared woman's hands, making it clatter to the floor. She looked at him confused and still scared, but he only looked back at her condemingly, for hurting the young man he claimed was his friend. Blood was trickling down Mega's face through his fingers where he clutched the injury. Netto took him back upstairs without giving her an explanation.
In the bathroom, he made Megaman sit down on the toilet seat. Brushing his bangs away, Netto cleaned out the nasty gash that the heavy pan had created with cotton and solution. Megaman felt lightheaded, and just stared into space at Netto's chest, wincing every once in a while at Netto dabbing at the head injury while applying pressure to it.
"Why'd you just take the blows? You could have defended yourself." Netto said. Mega blinked at him. "That's your mother! I can't do that!" He cried. "You could have blocked." Netto said as he tied his bandana over the injury to keep the pressure. Blood was already soaking through onto it, because it was showing up against the blue bandana. "I'm still too weak to even fight back. I don't even know how I'm still alive after that pan assault." He said, laughing a little. Laughing caused him to clutch his head again, and grit his teeth in pain. Netto looked at him concerned and with anger for his mom who caused the pain.
"Just lay down awhile. I'm going to give mom an explanation." He said, guiding Megaman to his bedroom down the hall. Mega was clutching his head, and his vision was making him dizzy. He was rapidly beginning to feel like throwing up. "Netto... I don't feel so good..." Mega said, hand going to hold his rumbling stomach. The second Netto turned to look into Mega's green face, the two of them were back in the bathroom, Megaman leaning over the toilet, retching up whatever had been in his empty stomach. Netto was rubbing his hand on Mega's back, making Mega feel better and more at ease. Netto flushed the toilet when Megaman pulled away from it, and handed him a glass of water and mouthwash. Mega swished the mouthwash around his mouth and spat it into the sink, then downed the water thirstily. "Thanks, Netto- kun. A lot." Megaman said when they got back to the bedroom. Netto tucked his friend into bed. "You're welcome." He said. Megaman smiled before closing his eyes, his head sinking down into the pillow. Netto closed the door behind himself when he went down to talk to his mom.
Megaman looked up at the ceiling in thought. Netto was being really nice to him, taking really good care of him. But there must be a reason for such care. Netto was being extremely selfless, sacrificing sleep and food for him to get better. Why?
Downstairs, Netto was busy talking to his mom on the couch in the living room. He wasn't going to tell her a story, but figured that he should in case his dad found out about what his NetNavi could do. "Mega is a really, really good friend of mine who's staying over with me. He was just getting snacks for us earlier to eat." He lied to his mom. She seemed to be more at ease now that he told her. "You should have told me, Lan! I'm really sorry for hurting your friend like that. Is he okay?" She inquired. He nodded. "Why'd you have to flip out like that? He really got hurt because you kept whacking him with that pan!" He said angrilly. "I'm sorry. I thought he was one of the WWW that had broken into the house, and I got so frightened because I didn't know what he could have done to me. Is he really hurt because of me? Please tell me." She said. "He's resting now. He was already seriously hurt by the WWW, but is recovering. The pan assault didn't really help him much." He said. His mom looked concerned; the WWW were all over the place, it seemed. "Please tell him that I'm sorry. Here, tell him to come down and I'll make the both of you a feast." His mom got up to go to the kitchen. "I don't think his stomach can handle food yet. He just threw up a short while ago." He said. She stopped preparing the food and got saltine crackers from out of the cupboard. "He sounds really sick, I hope he gets better."
Netto went back up to his room, along with all the stuff that Megaman had wanted to bring up earlier. Cheese, peaches and apples, carrots and cauliflower, leftover filet of salmon, and a bottle of water. Megaman knew exactly what Netto liked to eat and drink. When he opened the door to his room, he was expecting to see Megaman sleeping. Instead, he was awake, lying in bed as if waiting for him to come back up.
Green eyes followed him as he put all the food he had in his hands on the bed table nightstand, amongst the papers and the alarm clock. "Mom said she was sorry. I'm really sorry that happened to you, too. I should have told her." He said. Mega didn't answer him, because he was busy munching on crackers. "Netto-kun." Netto turned to his NetNavi when he was called. He was nibbling on the block of pepperjack cheese. "Hmph?" His speech came out muffled because there was food in his mouth. "Why?" Mega asked. Netto blinked, confused. That could have meant a million different things. "Why what?" Netto prodded Megaman on, taking another bite of cheese. "Why are you doing all of this for me? You're doing so much for me, and being really good to me, and I want to know why! You even brought these crackers up for me to eat (they're so good!)... and you even brought up the food I'd picked out. I wanna know why you're thinking so much about me!" Mega went on. Netto smiled. "You would do the same." He said, making the NetNavi stop speaking.
"You were in need of help, and I helped you just as you had helped me before." Netto said. He then went back to nibbling on the cheese. Mega looked down at the box of crackers on the bed. There must be another reason besides that. It was too obvious! "But there must be another reason besides that. You've been too selfless with me..." He said. Netto put the cheese down, and looked at him. "You're right. I have sacrificed all of my food, and most of my sleep, to give to you. Why? Because you're my friend."
Megaman looked down at the bed guiltily. How dare he question what his operator did? He knew that Netto would do anything, because he was... his friend. "I... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have questioned you..." Megaman apologized, keeping his head down low. Netto blinked at his NetNavi. This was so unlike him. "Don't apologize to me, Mega. You know that you don't have to..." Netto said to him, causing Megaman to lift his head up a bit. "I'm the one who is sorry. For everything..." Megaman immediately had all his attention on Netto. "All the things that happened to you while you were on the 'net, it's my fault. I shouldn't have talked so loudly about friendship to you... if I hadn't, mom would have never found out about you..." He said. Megaman shook his head. "You normally talk loud when you're speaking about something you're interested in, so there's nothing to blame yourself on. I'm the one who was stupid to just up and leave you like that." Mega said. Netto looked up into his NetNavi's face, green eyes meeting brown. A smile took its place on Netto's tired face. "You're right. Thanks, Mega." He said. "Don't thank me, Netto-kun... it's what I'm here for."
Netto glanced up at the ceiling of his room where he was lying on the bed. He was waiting for his NetNavi Megaman to come back up from the kitchen. Mega had insisted on getting food for the both of them, and had gone down in order to get some. The NetNavi was positively upset at him sacrificing his meals for him, and his sleep, and was ready to do anything for him.
But it had already been 5 minutes, and he still had not come through the bedroom door. Netto was worried. There would be trouble if his mom was home, and had caught Megaman... at the thought, Netto immediately got out of the bed and ran out the bedroom door. Running down the stairs, he heard his mother screaming and Mega crying out on occasion. He could also hear metal striking upon something.
His mom was hitting Megaman over the head with a pan, and he wasn't fighting back against her. "Mom stop!! Don't hurt my friend!!" Netto intervened, knocking the pan out of the scared woman's hands, making it clatter to the floor. She looked at him confused and still scared, but he only looked back at her condemingly, for hurting the young man he claimed was his friend. Blood was trickling down Mega's face through his fingers where he clutched the injury. Netto took him back upstairs without giving her an explanation.
In the bathroom, he made Megaman sit down on the toilet seat. Brushing his bangs away, Netto cleaned out the nasty gash that the heavy pan had created with cotton and solution. Megaman felt lightheaded, and just stared into space at Netto's chest, wincing every once in a while at Netto dabbing at the head injury while applying pressure to it.
"Why'd you just take the blows? You could have defended yourself." Netto said. Mega blinked at him. "That's your mother! I can't do that!" He cried. "You could have blocked." Netto said as he tied his bandana over the injury to keep the pressure. Blood was already soaking through onto it, because it was showing up against the blue bandana. "I'm still too weak to even fight back. I don't even know how I'm still alive after that pan assault." He said, laughing a little. Laughing caused him to clutch his head again, and grit his teeth in pain. Netto looked at him concerned and with anger for his mom who caused the pain.
"Just lay down awhile. I'm going to give mom an explanation." He said, guiding Megaman to his bedroom down the hall. Mega was clutching his head, and his vision was making him dizzy. He was rapidly beginning to feel like throwing up. "Netto... I don't feel so good..." Mega said, hand going to hold his rumbling stomach. The second Netto turned to look into Mega's green face, the two of them were back in the bathroom, Megaman leaning over the toilet, retching up whatever had been in his empty stomach. Netto was rubbing his hand on Mega's back, making Mega feel better and more at ease. Netto flushed the toilet when Megaman pulled away from it, and handed him a glass of water and mouthwash. Mega swished the mouthwash around his mouth and spat it into the sink, then downed the water thirstily. "Thanks, Netto- kun. A lot." Megaman said when they got back to the bedroom. Netto tucked his friend into bed. "You're welcome." He said. Megaman smiled before closing his eyes, his head sinking down into the pillow. Netto closed the door behind himself when he went down to talk to his mom.
Megaman looked up at the ceiling in thought. Netto was being really nice to him, taking really good care of him. But there must be a reason for such care. Netto was being extremely selfless, sacrificing sleep and food for him to get better. Why?
Downstairs, Netto was busy talking to his mom on the couch in the living room. He wasn't going to tell her a story, but figured that he should in case his dad found out about what his NetNavi could do. "Mega is a really, really good friend of mine who's staying over with me. He was just getting snacks for us earlier to eat." He lied to his mom. She seemed to be more at ease now that he told her. "You should have told me, Lan! I'm really sorry for hurting your friend like that. Is he okay?" She inquired. He nodded. "Why'd you have to flip out like that? He really got hurt because you kept whacking him with that pan!" He said angrilly. "I'm sorry. I thought he was one of the WWW that had broken into the house, and I got so frightened because I didn't know what he could have done to me. Is he really hurt because of me? Please tell me." She said. "He's resting now. He was already seriously hurt by the WWW, but is recovering. The pan assault didn't really help him much." He said. His mom looked concerned; the WWW were all over the place, it seemed. "Please tell him that I'm sorry. Here, tell him to come down and I'll make the both of you a feast." His mom got up to go to the kitchen. "I don't think his stomach can handle food yet. He just threw up a short while ago." He said. She stopped preparing the food and got saltine crackers from out of the cupboard. "He sounds really sick, I hope he gets better."
Netto went back up to his room, along with all the stuff that Megaman had wanted to bring up earlier. Cheese, peaches and apples, carrots and cauliflower, leftover filet of salmon, and a bottle of water. Megaman knew exactly what Netto liked to eat and drink. When he opened the door to his room, he was expecting to see Megaman sleeping. Instead, he was awake, lying in bed as if waiting for him to come back up.
Green eyes followed him as he put all the food he had in his hands on the bed table nightstand, amongst the papers and the alarm clock. "Mom said she was sorry. I'm really sorry that happened to you, too. I should have told her." He said. Mega didn't answer him, because he was busy munching on crackers. "Netto-kun." Netto turned to his NetNavi when he was called. He was nibbling on the block of pepperjack cheese. "Hmph?" His speech came out muffled because there was food in his mouth. "Why?" Mega asked. Netto blinked, confused. That could have meant a million different things. "Why what?" Netto prodded Megaman on, taking another bite of cheese. "Why are you doing all of this for me? You're doing so much for me, and being really good to me, and I want to know why! You even brought these crackers up for me to eat (they're so good!)... and you even brought up the food I'd picked out. I wanna know why you're thinking so much about me!" Mega went on. Netto smiled. "You would do the same." He said, making the NetNavi stop speaking.
"You were in need of help, and I helped you just as you had helped me before." Netto said. He then went back to nibbling on the cheese. Mega looked down at the box of crackers on the bed. There must be another reason besides that. It was too obvious! "But there must be another reason besides that. You've been too selfless with me..." He said. Netto put the cheese down, and looked at him. "You're right. I have sacrificed all of my food, and most of my sleep, to give to you. Why? Because you're my friend."
Megaman looked down at the bed guiltily. How dare he question what his operator did? He knew that Netto would do anything, because he was... his friend. "I... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have questioned you..." Megaman apologized, keeping his head down low. Netto blinked at his NetNavi. This was so unlike him. "Don't apologize to me, Mega. You know that you don't have to..." Netto said to him, causing Megaman to lift his head up a bit. "I'm the one who is sorry. For everything..." Megaman immediately had all his attention on Netto. "All the things that happened to you while you were on the 'net, it's my fault. I shouldn't have talked so loudly about friendship to you... if I hadn't, mom would have never found out about you..." He said. Megaman shook his head. "You normally talk loud when you're speaking about something you're interested in, so there's nothing to blame yourself on. I'm the one who was stupid to just up and leave you like that." Mega said. Netto looked up into his NetNavi's face, green eyes meeting brown. A smile took its place on Netto's tired face. "You're right. Thanks, Mega." He said. "Don't thank me, Netto-kun... it's what I'm here for."