Duel Masters: Seven Days
By. Tate Icasa
Chapter Four: "Is that Better?"
: Hakuoh's POV /
I freeze. What could she mean by that?
I try to relax, but I don't succeed.
I hate it in here. More than I've ever hated anything before, and probably ever will. (Kitami: Is that so? I could have sworn that by the time Shobu and co. showed up to save us, you didn't want to be saved. Hakuoh: sweatdrops uh. . . Kitami: Oh, just continue already.)
I might not have hated it as much if She hadn't been in here with me. I shudder at the thought of being trapped with her for the rest of my life. (No matter how decidedly short that seemed at the moment.) (Kitami: Dangerously Oh, really? Hakuoh: quickly That was a long time ago, Kit, and- Kitami: Save it. Mimi: Grins triumphantly Knight: You know, Hakuoh, you really didn't need to include that in the story. Hakuoh: Seriously considers slugging Knight, then decides to just tell the story.)
"I told you I wasn't going to hurt you." She says pointedly. "You're perfectly safe."
Did she just read y mind? I wonder. Then I shake my head. Impossible.
I try to get up again, but I feel my limbs give out on me. I'm too weak to get up.
"Hakuoh, don't, you'll hurt yourself even more!" Kitami exclaims chidingly.
I nearly jump out of my skin. Un known to me, while I was trying to get up, she had moved so she was kneeling behind my hed.
"Calm down." She says, laughing softly. She touches my forehead with one hand and gasps.
I can hear her stand and walk away. Then there's a tiny splash.
Ah, so there is running water in here. That's good.
She comes back and kneels again. This time I can tell she's there.
She lays something cool and damp across my forehead. It feels good.
"Is that better?" She asks softly.
"Yes." I say weakly. "Thank you."
She liftly my head a bit and I can hear the rock moving out from underneath before being replaced by something softer.
Her lap, most likely.
I'm too weak to protest.
(Kitami: accusingly So you would have protested if you hadn't been injured? Hakuoh: Pleadingly Kitami. . . Kitami: Grins I'm just kidding. Hakuoh: . . .oh. blushes Kitami and Mimi: stare Hakuoh: backs away.)
Preview of Ch.5:
If I hadn't lured him into the cave he wouldn't be injured now.