Angel was downstairs plopped on the couch. Her back leaned against the soft cushion of the sofa as her black eyes remained fixed on the screen in front of her. She was very bored. Stitch had been sleeping with Lilo for over three hours. She had checked on them ten minutes after she left them alone and saw them curled up against one another in sleep. Angel smiled at the sight, but could not ignore the heavy weight on her heart. Instead of waking them, she rode the platform back downstairs and resumed watching TV. Bored, she turned off the screen then sauntered into the kitchen to get something to eat.
Due to befriending 625, who Lilo dubbed Reuben, Angel learned a thing or two about preparing foods. She whipped herself a baloney and cheese sandwich that was her favorite. She took a seat at the table and began gnawing away at her tiny snack. Her eyes peeked at the digital clock, which was around the time Nani got home from work. As if on cue, the door opened and in came an exhausted Nani. Angel, using Stitch's clever trick, gobbled down the rest of her sandwich with one huge gulp, then trotted into the living room where Nani rested on the sofa.
Nani looked over at the pink experiment and smiled. She bonded with Angel about three months after Lilo and Stitch rescued her from Gantu. Of course, at first, Nani despised her for two reasons. One of them was that she was Stitch's girlfriend, so that means Stitch would want her to live with him. The second reason was that she took all of Stitch's time, which caused Stitch to abandon Lilo. Nani had noticed her little sister upset behavior and her anger turned towards Angel. However, after three months, Angel befriended Lilo, which caused Nani to like her just a little. Then, they had bonded. Even though it wasn't anything like friendship, Nani liked her.
"Well hello there Angel! How are you?" Nani asked cheerfully as Angel scurried up to her and hopped onto her stomach.
Angel instantly began to purr as Nani rubbed her ears affectionately. "Meega fine. How work?"
"Work? Busy as the usual. I swear if Mr. Jameson tells me one more time about 'Aloha Hospitality' I'll give him 'Rude Manners'." Nani chuckled. Mr. Jameson had been giving her rough times and it made her feel even more depressed. "I hope Lilo's over her crush with Keoni. I don't think I'll ever be able to stand Mr. Jameson for even one whole minute!"
Angel giggled. "Naga worry. Victoria isa Keoni's buchee-bu."
"How's Lilo handling that?"
"Shoga okitaka. Meega and Stitch are happy. Lilo deserves more than him!"
Nani laughed. "I agree. How is Lilo?"
"Shoga and buchee-bu are upstairs asleep." Angel responded then she bit her bottom lip. "Nani? Isa something wrong with Lilo? Lilo been sleeping all day! Meega and buchee-bu are worried! Ih, very worried."
Nani looked down as if to hide her guilty face. She then gazed back her. "Angel, I'm not going to lie to you. Something is wrong with Lilo, but I can't tell you now. All I can say is, make Lilo feel loved until the time comes."
"Gaba? Jumba said that." Angel responded with an expressionless tone. "Isa Lilo going to be okay?"
"No, she won't be." Nani said as she shook her head. "I'm going to make some dinner."
Angel snuggled close to Nani's chest as if to let the woman know she wasn't going to let go. Nani's mouth formed a small smile as she held Angel to her chest while getting off the couch. The pink experiment cuddled deeper as Nani carried her off to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Stitch's eyes opened. He looked down to see a sea of raven hair. He then remembered how he agreed to sleep with Lilo. He could feel one of her arms holding softly around his neck while her other arm clung around his waist. His arms held her almost possessively towards him too. One arm hooked around her back while the other stroked her hair across her shoulders. Stitch thought about waking her up, knowing that he wouldn't be capable of getting out of her reach. However, his thoughts about that flew out of his mind when he felt Lilo rustling against him.
Lilo's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What was this soft thing against her? She opened her eyes to a sight of navy blue fur. Then she remembered what happened almost three hours ago. She slept with Stitch! This made her heart quicken in fear. What is Stitch going to think of her now? What'll happen if he took this the wrong way? What if Angel saw them and took it the wrong way? Judging by the way he was holding her and the way she was also holding him, they probably made quite a lovely sight. Lilo struggled out of her best friend's arms that instantly let her go.
After feeling the weight lift off from her waist, Lilo sat up abruptly. She gazed at Stitch who looked at her with a bewildered expression. He didn't know why he had actually settled in sleeping with Lilo. Even though it wasn't for the whole night, he couldn't help but feel the blame on his shoulders for betraying Angel like this. Silently, he admitted to himself that he did like sleeping with Lilo. He enjoyed having her delicate frame pressed up close to his firm body. He loved having his arms around her to let her know he won't ever let her go. He didn't know why these thoughts flew into his head, but he couldn't help, smiling at those thoughts.
"I'm sorry Stitch. I don't know why I made you do this. I'm such a loser!" Lilo cried to herself as she turned away from Stitch. What have I done? I know I enjoyed sleeping with Stitch, especially since he held me with protectiveness, but that gave me no right to make him betray Angel like that. Oh, I hope she did not see us! Otherwise, I'm enemies with her again and Stitch is going to be in for heartbreak! He may never forgive me!
"Lilo? Youga naga loser. Meega agreed. Isa okay." Stitch replied soothingly to her. "Meega like sleeping with Lilo."
Lilo turned to him. "Are you serious?"
Stitch beamed. "Ih. Naga worry Lilo. Meega sure Angel naga saw us."
Lilo returned the smile. "Thanks Stitch, for comforting me when I needed it."
Her friend nodded. "Ih. Gaba wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong."
"Lilo, youga been sleeping a lot and youga cry a lot. Gaba wrong!"
"Stitch," Lilo replied softly as she turned and held onto his hands. Stitch looked into her eyes, shocked at seeing the seriousness staring back at him. "I know you're worried about me, but you can't know why right now. When the time is right, you and Angel will be the first ones to know before this gets out to the experiment population. Truthfully, I'm sorry you can't know what's happening right now, but the only best thing you can do is-"
"Making you feel loved." Stitch finished for her.
Lilo looked away. "Actually, I was going to say to contain your worry until the time is right to panic. Why would you say making me feel loved?"
"Isa gaba Jumba said." Stitch said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Gaba he meant by that?"
Lilo didn't give him his answer, causing Stitch to feel even more bewildered. He also noticed tears leaking from her eyes, but she wiped them away swiftly with the back of her hand. Wordlessly, she released Stitch's furry hands, slid off the bed and started making her bed at least appropriate. She gazed back at Stitch with a smile before riding down her elevator. Still confused, Stitch followed her.
While Lilo and Stitch were chatting upstairs, Jumba came into the kitchen. Angel and Nani turned to see him with his perspiring face and bloodshot eyes. Angel didn't think much of it, but Nani did. She set Angel on the floor and told her to wake up Lilo and Stitch. Angel feigned to comply with her demand and when she and Jumba started talking, she leaned up against the wall, eavesdropping on what they were saying to each other.
"Bigger Girl, Jumba made potion for Little Girl to eliminate pesky Earth flu."
"Did it work?"
"Sadly, no. Potion was too weak. Evil Genius made Little Girl have taste of it, but she fainted after one sip. Jumba tested her, but her body was being immune to life saving liquid."
Angel heard sniffing then a little sob. Then she heard the sound of walking and muffling sobs. She didn't need to look or think twice to realize Nani was sobbing in the arms of Jumba. "Oh Jumba, there must be someway."
"Evil Genius do wish there is way, but sadly, fate isn't being nice to us."
"Wait! Lilo told me of the time machine you have."
"Yes, I do have one in ship. Why are you being bringing up time traveling machine?"
"Jumba, do you think we can reverse back time to-"
"No! Jumba warned Little Girl about the dangers of time traveling. Unfortunately, her and 626 did not listen and ended up in getting in very big trouble."
"But Jumba, Lilo told me why she used it. She did it for a small purpose, but this is big! We can sa-"
"No Bigger Girl. We cannot be using time machine. No matter how big of a purpose it is, we cannot. Things are meant to be as they are."
Angel heard more sobbing and the Russian voice whispering shushes to her. Behind her, Angel heard timid footsteps and turned to see Stitch and Lilo getting off the elevator. Quietly, she scrambled up to meet them. They both blushed when the pink experiment asked them if they slept well. Suddenly, the sobs from the kitchen increased in a steady crescendo. Lilo heard them and told the two experiments to stay while she ran into the kitchen with tearful eyes.
Stitch's eyes went to Angel, who was holding his arm. "Buchee-bu, something wrong! Nani crying!"
Stitch perked his ears, then he heard the sound of Lilo's weeping. Without a moment's thought, he raced from Angel and into the kitchen. He stopped at the doorway to a very unusual sight. Jumba was cradling a weeping Lilo in one of his massive arms while the other linked around a sobbing Nani's waist. Her hand caressed Lilo's raven hair while the other grasped Jumba's Hawaiian shirt tightly, turning her knuckles white. All three had their eyes closed so they didn't notice Stitch standing there at the entrance.
He felt a tugging behind him and whipped his head to see Angel with a very concerned face. Stitch wrapped his arms around Angel to pull her close. He needed her right now. After the conversation he had with Lilo and witnessing Nani, Lilo, and Jumba's tearful embrace, he knew something was wrong. He knew something dreadful was going to happen, but unanswered questions bombarded his mind. Angel's arms looped around her boyfriend's neck as a few small tears escaped from her black pupils. Stitch held tighter, feeling the growing damp spot on his shoulder.
After listening to the heartbreaking sobs in the kitchen, both Stitch and Angel couldn't take it anymore. They held hands and ran upstairs into their room. Angel flopped down on the bed, her hands covering her eyes as if to hide her tears. Stitch leaned against the wooden door, shaking his head in disbelief. He raised his head to see Angel and he walked over to her. He pulled her hands away from her eyes to see, much to his astonishment, that she had indeed been crying. This was the very first time he had seen her cry and he did not like it.
"Angel?" Stitch asked softly, his voice etched with concern.
"Oh Stitch. Meega naga want to lose Lilo. Isa obvious something wrong with Lilo. Meega naga nota what, but something isa wrong! Very wrong." Angel sniffed. "Lilo mockcheeka achiebaba. Shoga morcheeba achiebaba."
"Ih." Stitch agreed as he wrapped his arms around Angel. "Meega have plan to find out gaba wrong with Lilo."
Angel pulled away to sniff. "Gaba?"
"Stitch and Angel read Lilo's diary." Stitch explained. "Shoga must have something!"
"Catchi no eeste?"
"Naga." Stitch said as he lowered his ears. "But, isa only way. For Lilo."
"Ih. For Lilo." Angel agreed with a smile.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Lilo and Stitch or their characters. I only own the story, plot, and Kira who will be appearing soon.
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