Chapter 30:
"Wow! This feels so good!"
When her body felt the warm water from the shower touch her skin, Raxiel almost thought she was in heaven. As the sand and dirt washed off of her, her skin starting changing colors from grungy brown to light olive. Raxiel had never in her life wanted to take a shower so badly before than that night, and her wish had come true.
Her own bathroom on the second floor that Gaara had shown her just about an hour ago was huge. She was almost about to complain about how big it was, but when she saw the stern look in Gaara's face, she decided to keep her mouth shut and just accept the bathroom… and the huge bedroom that came along with it just across the hall.
With her happiness rising, she began to hum a little song in the shower, not thinking that anyone could hear her. She closed her eyes, thinking how good it would feel to fall into that huge bed that was in her huge room. She began to think of how long and hard she would sleep that night.
But something snapped her out of her wonderful daydream…
…Something… growling…?
Raxiel quietly laughed at the sound of her stomach, telling her that she was famished. But Raxiel knew all too well that she was much too tired to go downstairs to get something to eat.
Her stomach would have to wait until the morning.
Finally turning off the water and starting to dry off, Raxiel began to hum her little song again, only this time, louder.
She knew everything was going to be all right…
Her friend was safe, and she was safe…
Nothing else mattered to her…
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What Raxiel did not know was that while she was in the shower, someone was listening to her humming…
In fact, her humming had entranced someone…
As Gaara began to walk down the hallway towards Raxiel's room, he soon heard a sound that sounded like someone humming…
It was coming from the bathroom…
Her bathroom…
Gaara knew he should hurry up and set the tray of food on her bed and quickly leave so he wouldn't disturb her…
But something about that humming kept him from going into her bedroom.
He stopped next to her bathroom to hear more of the sound of her voice.
It was hypnotizing him, and he knew it…
But for some reason, he just couldn't get away…
It was a song she had made up, and it was obvious to him because the song sounded so darn awful that if it were to be published for the world to hear, everyone would wish to be deaf just by the sound of it.
But in that song she was humming, he could sense happiness and peacefulness that he wanted to get more of…
And that's why he stayed by the bathroom…
Her bathroom…
Right next to the wall…
His eyes closed, taking in how wonderful the song made him feel…
For an instant, his heart didn't hurt so much anymore…
For a second, all of his worries and fears were taken away from him…
That was something only she had been able to do, and he knew it.
After listening for a few minutes, he finally shook off his enchantment to the music and swiftly walked away into her bedroom.
"What is so different about that song than any other peaceful song?" he thought, angry with himself for getting so caught into the music as he set the tray of food down on her bed.
But he knew all too well the reason why…
Because it was her song…
And she was singing it…
No matter how hard he tried to get her out of his thoughts, it was futile. Nothing had worked; not even the war he had been in had gotten her out of his head.
Gaara quickly glanced behind him towards the door to her bathroom. He wondered if she had the same "syndrome" that he had…
Of course, he would never have enough courage to ever ask her that. It would always just be something that he'd question in his mind. Besides, weren't seventeen-year-olds… almost eighteen-year-olds too young to be thinking about such stuff…
Gaara's eyes shot open. Had he really been thinking such things…
Things of love…
What happened to the agreement they had made?
The agreement of being just friends…
Gaara heard the water from the shower being turned off in the bathroom. He knew he should get out of her room and fast. Quickly, he walked out of her room and towards the other end of the hall into his room. His mind was completely confused.
What had he been thinking about when he was with her?
Those feelings of love can never be buried…
They'll never leave you alone…
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Raxiel stepped out of her bathroom and into her bedroom. She quickly turned on the lights to be able to see the gigantic room again that Gaara had called "her own bedroom." Her eyes slowly gazed at the room from one end to the other. There was enough room in this bedroom that they had been able to fit a couch, a table, a desk, and a huge bed in there comfortably; and with the room looking out over a desert with huge wall to wall windows on the farthest side of the room, it made the room look even bigger.
Raxiel slowly walked towards the windows to look out at the moon. A door led outside to a porch where one could sit outside comfortably, and Raxiel decided she'd have a look outside tomorrow…
She was way too tired to be thinking about going out there right now.
As the made her way to her bed, something caught her attention. A tray of food was set on the bed, tempting for Raxiel to eat it.
"Oh shoot! Just when I want to go to bed, there happens to be food right on top of the bed, wanting me to eat it!" she said, now indecisive of what to do. Her eyes were about to shut on her, but her stomach was restless, making it all the more harder for her to choose.
Raxiel walked over to the light switch and turned off the lights, letting the moonlight be her guide to the bed.
"Maybe I can eat in the dark and let my eyes rest," she thought, laughing to herself about how silly this action of hers was.
"Tomorrow, I'll be better…
"Tomorrow, I'll be back to my old-self."
