When Love and hate collides 6
Time after time
Miyu woke up at the sound of her alarm, cursing it for ringing so loud. But that's just the point of it, isn't it? Miyu stared at her ceiling, getting up was far from her mind but she has to though her body doesn't want her to. There was a throbbing ache inside her head that she felt like throwing up or having her head explode for that matter. Her eyes were so heavy like she needed to lift it in order for her to stay awake. She got up slowly wondering why her body was reacting too slow, She went straight to her bathroom and stared at herself... she's fine and still normal but the fact that she's a little pale was transparent, but she let it slip and proceeded to taking a bath without even bothering to turn the shower hot. She changed into her clothes and ate her breakfast.
Kanata went out of his room in time to see Miyu's door open. He was expecting to hear her blabbering but nothing came out this time. He stared at her for a while and noticed that she's a little pale... and she didn't seem to notice him standing right in front of her.
"Got a hang over?"
"I'm not a drunkard you dog!" She said trying to sound like she's strong and annoyed at him... too bad Kanata noticed this and knew something was wrong. He walked up behind her noting her every move, wondering why she was walking too slowly.
"Did you eat your breakfast or did you burn them instead." Kanata was trying to see what's wrong with her since she barely or because she never acted like this before. "I ate them" Miyu simply said feeling that this wasn't the best time to argue with Kanata.
Miyu stared at the stairs like it was a juice being stirred up. She was getting dizzy and almost fell down if it weren't for Kanata who was there to catch her. "Hey watch out." He said as he held her, concern evident in his eyes. "Sorry." Miyu said as she continued going down, this time watching her every step and avoided looking down the hall of stairs. Kanata walked beside her in case something happens again.
"Miyu... are you alright?" Kanata finally asked, he couldn't take her condition. Something was definitely wrong. Miyu realized that Kanata noticed her strange behavior so she tried to change the atmosphere. "Mind your own dog business... and if you noticed... You're gonna be late."
"Likewise...?"
Kanata and Miyu arrived at school after 30 minutes of slow walking... luckily, they arrived just in time. Kanata kept looking at Miyu wondering what's wrong with her. She barely spoke the entire time they walked to school which she normally doesn't do. Thinking that he'd eventually find out later, he proceeded towards his desk until their homeroom teacher entered. They started their usual lessons... gone out for lunch breaks and later that afternoon:
"Ms. Kuzuki, will you mind reading page 64 for the class."
"no problem sir." Miyu said as she stood up and started reading the said page. It was in the middle of her reading when she stopped and suddenly blacked out. "Miyu!" Their teacher said and rushed to her side. Aya and Megumi followed suit. "Miyu what's wrong?"
"Someone take her to the clinic." Kanata then rushed beside her and offered to take Miyu. He touched her forehead and quickly pulled away as his hand burned. He took Miyu to the school clinic and stayed beside her.
"Kanata, you could go back now."
"No... I think I'd better stay with her." kanata said as he stared at her. Watching how her fever rise each moment and Kanata was getting worried every time.
The door burst open revealing Aya and Megumi holding the same expression of Kanata. "What happened? Is she alright?" The both of them chorused. "Quiet... she's sleeping, I think she's fine." Kanata said as he stared at the clock and read 5:00. He almost jumped from his seat as he realized how late it was already. "You're still here at this time?"
"Yeah... we tried to reschedule the practice since Miyu was sick and you didn't bother to attend either." The three of them waited patiently until the nurse appeared.
"I think she's ready to be brought home but someone needs to attend to her."
"I'll do it!" Aya offered standing up. Megumi did the same too. "My room's next to her... I could do that." Kanata said and went over Miyu. The nurse stood their wondering what he meant when he said his room's next to her. "They live under one roof?"
"Apartment."
Kanata entered his room with the half unconscious Miyu on both Megumi and Aya's arms. He didn't know where Miyu kept her keys so he decided to let her rest inside his unit for the night. "Are you sure you're fine with this Kanata?"
"yeah... no prob." He assured them and said that they'd better go home since it's starting to get dark. The nurse changed Miyu's clothes a while back so he doesn't have to trouble himself for doing that. He started and cooking food for the both of them. He placed his hand over her forehead to see if her fever lightened up, luckily, it had. So he decided to wake Miyu up for dinner.
"Wha?... huh?" She softly said looking at Kanata wearily. "Here, take this soup before it gets cold." Miyu heard him but didn't do anything since she was too tired to move any of her joints. Kanata sighed and decided to feed Miyu. They didn't mind it, and after Kanata insisted Miyu to finish her food a thousand time... he then ate his own. While washing the dishes, Kanata stuck out his head from the counter to check on Miyu. After doing so, he walked up beside his bed and checked if her fever subsided, he soaked the towel on her forehead every time.
Miyu opened her eyes a bit and saw kanata busy doing his works for school next day. She suddenly closed her eyes when Kanata looked at her direction and walked up to her. She felt his hands on top of her forehead then replaced with a wet towel, then returned to his desk. The clock read 11:10 and so, he closed all his books and placed them inside his bag. He got some blankets and headed for the sofa, but before he did so, he checked up on Miyu and did the same thing again. But he stopped in his tracks when he heard Miyu mumble something.
"That... dog!... what... what does he think of him...self..." Kanata smiled at her and tucked in some of her hair behind her ears before going back to his temporary new bed. Kanata woke up in the middle of the night, hearing certain curses from Miyu. He let himself fall from the couch and rushed towards Miyu, dropping his blanket on the floor. He though her fever rose but when he placed the back of his palm on her forehead, he concluded that she was just having a nightmare. Thinking he couldn't go to sleep leaving Miyu like this, he settled beside the bed resting his head on the bedside and gave Miyu certain assurances that everything will be alright.
"Don't worry, I'm right here..." And with that he drifted off to sleep, not bothering to go back to the couch were he slept a few hours ago.
The moon shone on the both of them. More like a gentle spotlight resting on the two figures whose heads were resting on each other like exhausted little kids who fell asleep after long hours of playing.
"So Kanata, tell me, is she alright?"
"Did you leave her all alone?"
"Then who would attend to her if you're here?"
Aya and Megumi continuously asked kanata several questions after another giving him no time for some reply and he's not at the right state of thinking right now since he didn't have his much needed rest. "She's fine... I called Mikkan this morning."
While listening to their lecture for the day, some of Kanata's classmates couldn't fail to notice his yawning several times for an hour. He normally doesn't do that kind of stuff so no wonder why his classmates were looking at him in some kind of a profound way. But above them all, Christine was the one who's so eager to find out that time what was wrong with him. Lunch break gave her the chance and wasted nothing of it. She quickly rushed to Kanata's side and directly asked "what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?"
"Something kept you awake last night?" Kanata didn't know what to say because obviously, if he'll be telling Miyu's the reason why... who knows what she'll be smashing this time. Thankfully, Aya covered up for him.
"Sorry Christine if he worried you... but I kept him awake last night since I talked to him about so many things concerning our upcoming play." She said calmly to make it not-too obvious that it was some kind of an excuse. Christine sighed and smiled positively at the both of them before leaving to eat her lunch.
"Kanata! Don't make me do something like that again."
"I owe you one I—" He paused as another yawn came out. "Guess?" He finished. "Seriously Kanata, don't tell me you watched after Miyu the entire night?"
"Not exactly."
"Oh puhlees! Stop denying will ya? Well, I guess we'll have to postpone our practice for a few days."
Kanata opened the door to his room and saw that Mikkan was sleeping soundly on his couch. He almost dropped his things when he saw that his bed was empty. He turned to see if she was in the kitchen or the bathroom but she was no-where to be found. He then knocked to her room but still, it was locked.
"Hey Mikkan, wake up."
"hn! Huh?" She rubbed her eyes and focused them on the teen in front of her. "Oh hello Kanata! How's school?"
"Where's Miyu?"
"She's— waahh! Where is she?" She cried out after she found out that Miyu wasn't on the bed where she was previously. "You should know that." Kanata said before running outside to find for Miyu. He checked the rooftop and every floor and functions on the apartment to see any sign of her but still, no sign of her. It was nearly six and the sky was getting dark. So he decided to look outside that apartment and went straight to the amusement park. He searched through it but still, Miyu wasn't there... or so, he thought.
He spotted a blonde haired girl not far sitting on a swing.
"Miyu! What the hell are you doing here!" He cursed at the top of his voice, frightening Miyu. She never saw him like this before. "Fresh air."
"At least you could've taken Mikkan with you!" He said, his voice still at the same tone.
"She was sleeping; I didn't want to bother her."
"She wouldn't mind that, you couldn't just run around in that condition!"
"For heaven's sake Kanata! I'm not a baby anymore! And please, will you stop shouting!"
"At the first place, you shouldn't have gone out!"
"I can handle myself just fine! And don't tell me what to do cause I know what I'm doing!" Miyu thought she's gonna faint, all of this things are making her tired. Seeing she couldn't handle anymore of his nonsense arguments, she sped off. Leaving kanata behind. She didn't see the truck coming along and almost hit her but kanata grabbed her backwards, causing her to miss the hit.
"what were you saying a while ago?"
"I'm sorry alright!" Miyu said as she pulled back from Kanata's hold but Kanata didn't move indicating that he wanted to stay like that for a while. "Kanata..."
"Don't do something like that again... ever." He said as he dug his face on her hair. Kanata closed his eyes for a while enjoying the warmth and gentleness he felt over Miyu. He finally pulled back and found Miyu's head looking down. A little later he heard Miyu chuckling and received a playful hit from Miyu.
"Hah! I didn't know dogs could get emotional!" She said before walking ahead of him. They just walked around like that not caring how late it was getting each time until Miyu decided to sit on a bench under a Sakura tree, Kanata as well, sat beside her. "You know, I won't get myself killed for nothing."
"You wouldn't think that if you're in the middle of the road." Miyu glared at him and the two were back to their usual glaring contests. Kanata stared at his wrist watch and almost gasped realizing it was already 10? "I think we should better go home." Miyu nodded and was about to get up but Kanata kneeled in front of her, his back facing her. "Oh, so the dog finally found good use of himself." She said before riding on kanata's back.
"You're so heavy; no wonder why you fell out on the boat."
"You offered it, so better deal with it!"
TBC
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