SnuffSnuff! XD This has nothing to do with your new chapter in 'Sluggish Christmas'. I actually did break myself in July last year O-O same time I became obsessed with the Kozukwee! Actually I did in the beginning but being lonely and having so much time on my hands gave my obsession time to manifest into what it is today and still going! Yes this story is that old. LOL! Good times... Last summer rocked.

Breaking a bone is an interesting experience, as long as it isn't your back, torso, neck or drawing arm... or head. That would suck. You also realize who your real friends are because they care to visit... Unfortunately I don't have these in PERSON (well I didn't then) but that's why net-buddies rein supreme!

Another squish-chapter brought to you by the queen of squish... lol! My friend's actually dubbed me that...

Squish - it's a good thing. I have issues.

Afew days pass;

Kozuka's on his way home. He sighs- "Where is she?..."

He gets home and goes up stairs sadly. He sits around for a few hours. Finally his phone rings.

Kozuka picks up- "Moshi Mosh... er, Hello?"

Mel- "Hey Kozukwee..." she sounds stoned.

Kozuka- "Meru-chan! Daijyobu ka?"

Mel- "Mmmyeah... Hehe! Just on pain pills! I broke my foot.. WALKING TO MY BED! Pretty funny huh?"

Kozuka- "EH! How!"

Mel- "Well... I came home to get some things... and... uh... one of my shoes was under my bed... and I stepped wrong... and well... I broke myself!"

Kozuka- "Are you ok! Did you go to the doctor?"

Mel- "Yeah... That's why I was gone all day. It actually happened last night. I'm sorry I missed you today."

Kozuka- "It's ok. It isn't your fault. Are you sure you're ok? You sound tired."

Mel- "I'm ok. The pain-pills just make me tired. I was lucky. It happened here. Ya know?"

Kozuka- "Yes... Well... I have to go ok? I'll call you later."

Mel- "Promise?"

Kozuka smiled- "Yes. Hehe... Talk to you later. Daisukina Meru-Chan."

Mel smiled- "Daisukina Kozukun."

Kozuka- "Bye.."

Mel- "Bye."

They hang up.

Kozuka gets a big smile and walks away from the phone.

-

Hours pass. Mel is BORED, but sleepy. It was 9PM. Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

Mel- "MOOOM! Can you get that!"

Her mom answered the door.

Mel tried to listen in, wondering who the hell it was. Assuming it was a stupid neighbor as usual. She sighed and rolled over- "When the hell is he gonna call me back...?"

She laid there for a moment, then jumped as she felt someone touch her arm. She turned around, then smiled- "OH MY GOD! XD HOW!"

Kozuka smiled and blushed- "I missed you! You're sick. I had to come. Are you ok?"

Mel sat up and they hugged- "Yeah I'm ok. Just... crippled!"

Kozuka- "Well I'm glad that's all you broke."

Mel smiled- "So... how did you get here? Did your uncle drive you?"

Kozuka- "Iie (no). I roller bladed."

Mel- "WHAT! NO WAY! HOW!"

Kozuka- "I don't know... I just put them on and..." he shrugs "Bladed down the road. I'm good with maps so... your house wasn't hard to find. Took me awhile to get here... hehe. But it's worth it. It's nothing anyway. I walk and skate everywhere in Tokyo. I hate the train."

Mel- "I tried skating... I suck. Always fall on my ass." she laughs.

Kozuka laughs- "Maybe I can teach you someday."

Mel- "Alright."

Kozuka- "Oh, I brought some stuff. I know you like my cooking and can't find Japanese spices here. If you want I can make you something."

Mel- "Awwee! You didn't have to do that."

Kozuka goes through his bag, tossing clothes and stuff out and grabs something at the bottom- "Daijyobu! I want to. Here..." He pulls out a bento box and hands it to her- "I made this before I left. I hope you like it. Uh... get-well present?" He smiles.

Mel smiles and takes it- "Awee! Arigatou gozaimasu!" She sets it aside and hugs him tightly.

Kozuka hugs back and smiles- "Dou itashimashite."

Mel- "I'm glad you're heeree! I got sad when you didn't call."

Kozuka- "I said I would call later incase I couldn't make it. But I wanted to so I did."

Mel opened the bento- "Oooh! This smells delicious! You can have some if you want."

Kozuka- "I ate. It's for you. I can always make more later."

Mel giggled- "Alright. Well, I'm glad you came over. I was lonely, and now I'm not. When I heard the door I thought you were another stupid neighbor bothering us. My cousin's stupid friends still come over. I hate it. They always steal."

Kozuka laughs- "I should hit them with my bat!"

Mel laughed too- "YES! Chase them... frighten them."

Kozuka did an impression of himself chasing them;

Him- "(swings arm while holding bat) GOUMAAAHHH!"

Human- "NOOOO!"

Kozuka goes out of his impression- "And we all know how it ends..."

Mel laughs and eats- "This is delicious."

Kozuka- "Thank you. Do you need anything? Ice water?"

Mel- "Ice water would be good. This sushi is awesome!"

Kozuka smiled- "Thank you. I know shrimp is your favorite." He stood up, "I'll be back."

A few hours passed. When Mel was finished eating the two of them sat and watched TV. Kozuka was sitting in her computer chair.

Mel- "Sorry I'm not much fun today."

Kozuka- "Shinpai shinaide. You're hurt."

Mel- "You sure you're not hungry?"

Kozuka- "Hai. I'm fine. Ice water is fine. I don't eat allot."

Mel sighs- "Alright. Well, don't be afraid to ask for anything ok?"

Kozuka nods.

Mel- "You ok?"

Kozuka- "Yeah. Just getting sleepy." he smiles.

Mel sighs and cuddles her face into her pillow.

The room gets silent, atleast from them.

Mel dozes off for a few seconds but then wakes up.

She notices Kozuka nodding out.

Mel stares at him for a moment- "Kozukun... Kozuka!"

Kozuka jumps from startalment and looks at her- "Huh?"

Mel- "Wanna lay down?"

Kozuka- "Nah. I'm fine here. I'll just sleep here."

Mel- "How?"

Kozuka- "It's comfortable. I'm fine." he leans over and rests on the armrest. He looks awkward.

Mel- "... doesn't look very comfortable to me." she teased.

Kozuka nods out again but then wakes up when his arm slips off the rest and his head hits it. He rubs his head.

Mel- "Come on. I don't want you to sleep in a chair."

Kozuka- "I'm fine... I'll just go home." Funny how he said that, but continued to lay there.

Mel- "Hell no! I'm not letting you SKATE 30 miles back to your place in the dark, alone, in the WOODS. We have wolves and shit here."

Kozuka grunts. He had that whole, male pride thing going on-"I can sleep here."

Mel- "Kozuka... don't be a jackass."

Kozuka looks at Mel, all irritated and squinty.

Mel sighed- "Come on... you're more tired than I am. You're being ridiculous. We have a couch you know... 2... actually."

Kozuka sits up and looks at her, then blushes, tiredly grunts, stands up and plops on the bed next to her. His back facing her.

Mel- "Awee." She hugs him- "You're like a dolly!" she cuddles him.

Kozuka- "This feels weird... Your parents won't be idiots like everyone else will they?"

Mel- "I... I don't think so." She got a weird look on her face. Worried but annoyed but then careless. "Whatever. If they do it's their problem like everyone else. There's nothing wrong with friendly cuddles. What's weird about it? We lay around in the park all the time."

Kozuka- "Nah. It isn't the laying down it's the other people staring."

Mel- "Hm. Thought so. I was gonna say, what's the difference? What about school tomorrow?"

Kozuka- "Let's not talk about school... I don't wanna be there now. I don't care about school right now... I told my uncle to call me in sick for awhile. It's no big deal. I want to stay. I like it here... I feel safe here."

Mel- "So that's why you brought all the clothes."

Kozuka smiled- "Yeah... I figured you'd be home for awhile. I don't want to miss you for that long... you're always around. I'm used to it. It feels weird when you're not with me."

Mel- "Really?"

Kozuka- "Yeah... I'm glad we moved here... even if it sucks. It's nice being WITH a friend for once. You know?"

Mel- "Yeah..." She gives him a squeeze,- "I know what you mean."

They begin to doze off.

Mel- "Even though my past sucks, I'm glad it happened... because I met you... even though it took awhile... It's so boring out here... nothing happens... It's so lonely, you know? But when I'm with you I don't feel alone anymore..."

It got silent.

Kozuka waited for her to finish, wondering if she still had something to say, but then realized she had finally fallen asleep. He sighed, then slightly smiled to himself. He petted her hand with his thumb and fell asleep as well.

-

A few hours later;

Kozuka sits up in a panic. He opens his eyes, awakening. He looks around confused, still some-what asleep, then remembers where he is. He looks over at Mel, who's still asleep. He smiles, then turns his head back infront of him. He wasn't looking at anything, just zoning out.

He sat for a moment, then tears started falling from his eyes.

He wiped his tears- "Fucking nightmares..." he thought. He began to cry, he couldn't hold back anymore. - "Damnit... I can't let her see me like this.." he thought. He carefully got out of bed, making sure he didn't wake Mel up and went into the bathroom.

He sat on the closed toilet-seat for awhile. His knees to his chest, his arms wrapped around them, crying. After about an hour of doing so, he finally gained enough control over his emotions to go back to bed.

He walked back into Mel's room and laid down. This time he cuddled up to her back, as a child does to it's parents after a nightmare. He finally calmed down and went back to sleep.

-

The next day was better. Mel was more awake, still drowsy though. Can't escape the codeine. XP

A few hours passed. The two of them were watching "Dead like me". Everything was fine, but then Mel started to feel not well.

Mel- "Ugh... My stomach..."

Kozuka- "Daijyobu ka?"

Mel- "I think I'm gonna be sick... IIYEEEHHH!" she grunted and held her stomach.

Kozuka stands up- "SHIT! Uh... do you need the bathroom!"

Mel- "Yes... Yes I do..."

Kozuka walks over and tries to help her up.

Mel leans on him- "Fucking crutches... I can't use those... I need to go like... NOW"

Kozuka panics- "Uh... Um... Here!" He picks her up and runs her to the bathroom!

Mel is surprised but doesn't have time to talk. She shuts the door.

Kozuka sits and waits on the couch.

-

About 15 minutes later;

Mel opens the door and shuts it behind her- "No one go in there for awhile..." she kinda... hops to the couch. She's embarrassed.

Kozuka looks up at her.

Mel blushes, expecting some kind of... humorous remark and thinks - "Why did they have to put the bathroom right next to the living room...?"

But instead;

Kozuka looking concerned, stands up and holds her up- "Are you ok?"

Mel leaned on him- "Yeah... I get spontaneous stomach flus sometimes. I'm better now though. I just need to lay down."

Kozuka- "Alright." He smiled then picked her up again and walked her to her room.

When they got back into her room he set her on her bed and sat next to her. He noticed something by her TV.

Kozuka- "Hey... what's that by your DVD player?"

Mel- "That's a super nintento. It's a video game... from my generation. Hehe."

Kozuka- "Really? Oh! I noticed you have a gameboy in the bathroom... hehehehe!"

Mel- "YES! XD Why not? People read on the crapper why not play videogames?"

Kozuka- "YES!"

The two of them laugh.

Mel- "Wanna play Super Nintendo then?"

Kozuka smiles- "Sure!"

Some time passes. The two of them are getting into Mario World.

Kozuka- "This game is awesome! I like this better than my newer system!"

Mel throws her arms up in VICTORY- "FINALLY! Someone who appreciates vintage gaming!" She hugs him around the shoulders all HAPPEH like!- "I LOVE YOU!"

Kozuka laughs.

-

Later;

The two of them cuddle and watch TV. They decide to watch DBZ just to make fun of it's lack ot plot line and how funny the characters look in the fight scenes.

Mel- "Hehe... he looks constipated."

Kozuka laughs- "Yes... woah... did he just fart? It sounded like it didn't it! Was that just my brain?"

Mel laughs- "NO! It DID! Oh my God! What the hell?"

Kozuka- "I know huh!"

The two of them snickered.

They were silent and watched some more. The characters were talking about the dragon balls.

Kozuka smirked and snickered- "Heheheh... the dragon lost his balls..."

Mel- "Kozuka!" Mel laughs.

Kozuka laughs- "Wha-ha-haaat? HEHEHE! He DID!"

The two of them snickered.

Mel- "That was awesome!" She sighed- "Poor ball-less dragon..."

Kozuka- "Mattaku..."

-

Later that night;

Kozuka comes back from going to the bathroom- "Damnit..."

Mel- "What's wrong?"

Kozuka sits down- "Every time I go to the bathroom I get white powder all over my black socks... it's irritating! And the powder is weird! When I breath it in it makes my lungs hurt."

Mel- "UGH! I KNOW! It gets to me too! I get sinus infections for days because of it! And when I get out of the shower the shit gets all over my clean clothes."

Kozuka lays down, all grumpy.

Mel- "Why don't you just do what I do and take your socks off?"

Kozuka- "I don't want to... I'm shy."

Mel- "Why are you shy?"

Kozuka bites his thumb-nail- "They're too small..." he mumbles under his breath.

Mel- "What?"

Kozuka sits up- "They're too small, ok?"

Mel- "What's wrong with that?"

Kozuka- "It's just... weird..." he gets all pouty and looks away.

Mel- "I think small feet are cute... Come oon! Take off your socks! I wanna see now!"

Kozuka blushes- "NOOOOOO!" He GRUNTS!

Mel- "PLEEEEASEEE?" she smiles big.

Kozuka- "No..."

Mel- "Fine..." she pouts... but it's fake.

Kozuka lays down and watches tv.

Mel looks over and waits till he least expects it, then tackles him! - "LEMME SEE LEMME SEEE!"

Kozuka flails- "NOO! LET GO!

Mel some how gets him on his stomach then sits on his back.

Kozuka- "NOO! GET OFF GET OFF GET OOOFF!" he cries.

Mel- "BWAHAHAHAHAAA!"

Kozuka- "NO-HO-HO-HOOOO!"

Mel pulls his socks off.

Kozuka blushes

Mel- "O-O AWWEE! They're so cute!" she pokes at his feet. "They're so tiny and CUTE!" She continues to poke and play with his toes.

Kozuka blushes and grunts a little and buries his face down into the mattress- "They're too smaaaallll..."

Mel- "No they're not! They're perfect! They match you!"

Kozuka let out a whiney, embarrassed laugh.

Mel pulls a camera out of no where and takes a picture.

Kozuka hears a click- "What did you just do?"

Mel- "Nothing... I didn't hear anything. Musta been the TV..." she hides the camera. "Heheee... kawaiineee..."

Kozuka blushes- "Hnn..."

-

That night while sleeping;

Kozuka- "It's on backwards..."

Mel- "What's on backwards?"

Kozuka- "The string..."

Mel- "No it's not."

Kozuka- "Yeeess... it is..."

Mel- "They're watching."

Kozuka- "News paper comics..."

Mel- "Evil bastards..."

Kozuka- "Evil indeed."

Mel- "Destroy their particles of manifested paper..."

Kozuka- "... okay."

Mel's mother walks by on her way to bed and stops- "What are you guys talking about?"

Kozuka- "Hairspray.

Mel- "I hate it."

Kozuka- "Makes good repellant. Nuclear warfare."

Mel- "Mmhmm."

Kozuka- "Gouma ate the street light again... he stole my mochi..."

Mel- "Yeah... me too... let's go fly in the river."

Kozuka- "Saa (ok)..."

Mel's mom is befuddled! Took her awhile to realize they were sleep talking to eachother. Hehe how fun. She laughed and continued down the hallway.

-

Next morning;

Kozuka yawns and turns to his left. He opens his eyes. They widen as a mouse stands right by his face. Kozuka shrieks as he jumps up.

Mel wakes up startled and sees it, then shrieks as well.

Kozuka grabs a pillow and whaps the mouse off the bed then chases it around the room trying to kill it.

Mel watches, cheering him on.

Kozuka stops.

The room is thrashed.

Kozuka pants and looks around, holding the pillow still. He smiles- "I think I killed it!" Feels a tickle and looks down.

The mouse is crawling on his foot.

Kozuka shrieks once again. He jumps up in panic, hurls himself on the bed so fast that he hits the wall and falls back onto it - like some insane anime scene. He lies there stunned for a moment on his back- "..."

Mel- "Are you ok!"

Kozuka turns on his stomach and peers over the edge.

Mel does the same.

Both stare at it, frightened- "Raaaaabieeeezzzz...

Mouse stares back, then walks over to the wall. It touches a wire, and EXPLODES!

Both stare in befuddlement.

Mel- "Uh... Eooookay?" she laughs.

Kozuka laughs-"Mice..."