"Ouch"

After recklessly moving her body beyond her limit, today she paid the price for her reckless action. Every single part of her body is writhing in pain, it's as if they want to release themselves from her. The single act of sitting up from her sleeping position wakes her up from her sleepiness. the pain…. It feels like there's a needle poking at her everytime she moves her body even slightly. She still feels the pain even though she's not moving her body, but she'll feel more pain if she dares to move her body.

With that in mind she decided to spend her day bedridden at least she'll only move to eat or when she needs to go to the restroom. It's not like she can do anything at the moment, yet…. the urge to run is still there, begging her to go outside and let her leg move freely. She tried her hardest to block every notion of running, by thinking of anything else other than running. It's quite hard to distract herself from running, but she managed to do it by recalling her dream yesterday.

In her dream she remembered something about American football. It's impossible to recall a dream, especially a dream as blurry as what she had yesterday. The only thing she can recall is witnessing a match of American football where 2 teams are trying their hardest to defeat one another. The sweat, the blood, the intensity of the match…. It's a blur but it's certain that she was there. Rather than recalling a dream it feels like recalling a distant memory. She focused herself on recalling the match.

One of the teams is losing not by much with a single touchdown the losing team can overturn their position from losing to winning, The problem is the time and distance. They have less than 5 seconds to score a touchdown and the distance to reach the end zone is more than 50 yard. The losing team decided to go with a run. The runner managed to dodge every single pursuer coming his way. He ran until he reached the end zone which sealed the fate of the opposing team. There's something weird with her recalling her dream other than how familiar it made her feel. How come she knows all of those alien terms "touchdown", "end zone", "runner" are terms she hasn't heard before yet she knows what they mean. What freaks her out the most isn't her newfound knowledge, but how she recalled her dream. In her dream she isn't seeing it as an observer, but she's seeing it from the point of view of the runner.

Her heartbeat started rising upon recalling her dream.

'it's a mistake trying to recall that dream'

The urge is getting stronger, but there's something different this time. Rather than the urges to run now what she's feeling is the urge to play. Every single part of her limbs are in no condition to move, yet her body's more restless than before. It's the same kind of excitement she experienced when she encountered that boy from yesterday.

'this is bad, it's only a matter of time until my body move on it's own again'

'I need to do something before my urges take control of me again'

Panicking she's about to lose control of her body again, she tries her hardest to distract her thoughts to anything football or running related. Before she realized it, she's already standing on her two feet.

'oh no! I need to do something quick!'

SLAM!

Her door slammed open by a familiar female figure whom she considered her own sister

"Sena-chan are you okay? Aunty told me you're bedridden from muscle-ache after you went for a jog yesterday" the worried looks on her face shows how much she care about Sena's wellbeing

"it's okay Mamori-sis, it only hurts a bit, nothing serious" Sena's trying to calm her worried sister figure. Usually she flails her arm around when she tries to calm her sister, but she can't move her shoulder from the pain.

"let me check you up okay"

"you sit down first, you don't have to stand up while I check you up" Sena's effort to calm her worries seems to fail. So she obediently goes back to her bed, while Mamori anxiously looks at her body moving in a rigid manner.

When Sena thinks about it, it's not a bad thing her sister comes to check up on her.

'If Mamori-sis came any later, I might find myself running somewhere' the urges have somehow disappeared at least for now.

"I'm going to apply the patch on to your body, so please tell me where it hurts"

'how do I tell her that every single part of her body is in pain'

"it's really okay Mamori-sis, you don't have to AAAGH!" suddenly she feels unexpected pain from her muscle after a finger pressing upon it

"if you don't want to tell me where it hurts, guess I'll find it on my own way"

"wai- wait Mamori-nee!"

Sena has a troubled looks on her face, like she's unsure what she need to say

"It's m-my whole… body" Sena said with a low voice, it's almost sounds like she's whispering

"What Sena-chan?" from how quiet Sena's voice, she missed on what Sena's telling her

"It's my whole body Mamori-nee" resigning to her fate she finally said it loud and clear

Sena never likes it when her sister figure and her parents treat her as if she's some kind of frail person who needs attention and care 24/7. She can't really blame them for treating her this way though, she understands more than anyone how vulnerable she is alone by herself.

"How did you manage to strain your body this much? I thought you were only going for a jog?" Sena notices the increasing worry on her sister's voice.

'HOW THE HECK SHOULD I KNOW ! i'm still trying to figure it out myself'

"Uhm i k-kinda got carried away, just because i woke up early yesterday. I-i somehow forgot to warm up before running" looking down on her thigh, she's trying her best not to make eye contact with her sister.

'I hope she's satisfied with the excuses I've just made, because she won't believe it if I told her my body is moving on its own. She's going to think that i'm lying to her, worse if she thinks that i'm crazy. I might actually am going crazy after all, that will explain the random act i did yesterday'

Mamori looked at the small girl in front of her, bewildered by what she heard. The meek docile girl who can't even win a fight against her own cat is saying that she went out on her own early in the morning to run. As someone who knows her long enough, Sena's not the type to exercise if she's forced to do it.

'What if it was the case? What if someone forced her to go on an errand against her own will?' The thoughts alone makes her blood boils

'Taking advantage of someone weaker than you, it's unforgivable'

"Sena-chan are you sure you're not being forced to do it by someone else?" ask Mamori with her hands clenched.

'How come that's the conclusion she came up with !?'

"No! Mamori-neechan, there's no one forcing me to run i swe- AAAGH '' flailing her arms around because she's in panic trying to clear up the misunderstanding, she forgot her whole body currently is not in the condition to move.

Looking at her sister's body state she decided to set aside the cause of Sena's muscle-ache, instead she opened one of many muscle patches she'll apply to Sena. Maybe because of her sisterly sense or her abnormal concern toward Sena, she brought hundreds of muscle patches, which is more than enough to cover Sena's whole body.

"Let's set that aside, for now open your clothes i need to apply these patches" said Mamori while peeling the patch

'I might be suffering from muscle-ache, but I don't need that many patches….'

"It's fine Mamori-nee-chan, i probably only need them on my le-AAAH" once again her sister poke her muscle.

"HIIIIEE" afraid of getting poked again Sena quickly unbutton her pajama.

After Sena's done undressing her pajamas, Mamori applies the patches to Sena's back.

'She's too thin….'

"Sena-chan you're still in your growing phase, you should've eaten more" every once in a while when Sena's parents were not around, Mamori cooks for her. She notices that Sena is too picky with her food, she need to force her to eat her green veggies, if not she won't eat them. Sena's pickiness aside, the portion that she eats is far too little for her growing body.

"You don't have to be afraid of getting fat, teenagers like you need essential nutrients to grow. I mean take a look at your chest, your ribs are almost visible. If you want Mamori-neechan will cook for you everyday, so i can make sure you eat your veggies"

"It's not like I'm eating less on purpose…. "

'It's just i get full too easily…. As for veggies though…' Sena's also aware of her own body size. Her height is below the average height of girls her age. Her body size is also one of many reasons why her bullies never hesitate to order her around.

'Maybe she's right, I need to eat more and be less picky with veggies. After all she need proper nutrient if she want to run properly'

'...'

'NOOOOOO! Why does running come up in my thoughts again?! Come on Sena think of something else, before you're doing something crazy again'

"How about this Sena-chan! I probably won't be able to cook for you everyday, so i'll teach you how to cook"

'Nice save Mamori-neechan' Sena is relieved when Mamori comes up with another topic to distract herself from the topic of running

"I'll also give you the timetable to eat and the guidelines for proper nutrient intake. What do you think Sena-chan" Mamori looking at Sena expecting an answer.

"Please do so Mamori-neechan!"

Mamori is slightly surprised at how enthusiastic Sena towards her plan. She doesn't know the reason behind Sena's enthusiasm toward her plan, Sena is grateful her sister brought up another topic to distract her from anything related to running.

"That's the spirit Sena-chan!" Mamori said enthusiastically responding to her little sister's enthusiasm while lifting one of her clenched fist.

"I want to start teaching you how to cook right now, but looking at the state of your body it would be challenging. So Mamori-neechan cooking 101 will start tomorrow"

Coincidentally after she said it, she's pretty much finished applying the patch on Sena's body.

"For now you need to rest, so you can heal your muscles properly. There's a new bakery 5 blocks away. I'm sure a cream puff or two will cheer you up" making her way toward the door eager to buy cream puffs for Sena and obviously herself.

"Wait Mamori-neechan!" Sena grab Mamori sleeve to prevent her from exiting her room

"Ara what's this? Are you going to feel lonely without Mamori-neechan around?" she said while patting Sena's head. Looking at how adorable Sena is trying to prevent her from going outside, makes her want to tease her little sister.

"I'm only going out for a short while, i'll be back before you realize it" with the reassuring tone she finally walks out of the door.

'This is bad…. Now with Mamori-neechan away, I'm left with my own thoughts again. Sooner or later I'll lose control of my own body again' fearing the repeat of yesterday's event, she's trying her hardest to blank her thoughts.

It turns out not thinking of anything is impossible for Sena 'HIIIE i can't keep myself from thinking at all'

'Screw it, if i can't stop it, i'll try to figure it out'

Making her way to her desk, she turned on her pc. With her pc connected to the internet she started typing "american football" on her keyboard.

'It's no use distracting myself from thinking about American football or running, what it did is only delaying myself from acting up again' rather than avoiding the cause of her behavior yesterday, she's trying to dig up more information in order for her to understand the cause of her behavior.

After clicking some links she found herself on an american football plays archive, especially NFL plays. clicking on of the videos she found her heartbeat has risen again, but she remains seated. Her eyes glued to the screen, glimmering with awe as if it's the first time her eyes ever saw a color.

'This is amazing'

'These American football athletes are amazing' seeing the performance of the athlete trying their best to win awestruck her.

'I want to be there too'

'I want to play American football!'

Now she realized her body isn't moving on its own, she's the one who moves her own body. The desire to compete, the desire to run, the desire to play it's all her. She doesn't know what's the trigger of her newfound desire. What she truly knows is that this desire is real, and it was her.

'I might've gone crazy after all'

Out of any sport she wants to partake in, why does it have to be American football? There are many feminine sports that are much more suited to her. Her frail body isn't suited for a sport as physically demanding as American football. She can't even imagine what will happen if she ever gets tackled by one of these muscular men she is seeing on her monitor. For a small girl like her facing up against one of them is madness.

'Still…. I really want to play american football' even knowing the risk, she can't lie to her desire.

'Ah- that's the end of the clip' moving her mouse, she's about to click another clip

SLAMMM

"I'm back Sena-chan! You're not sulking while I was away aren't you?" Mamori opened the door while one of her hands was holding the cake box.

Panicking, she closed the tab of her browser as fast as she could. Sena doesn't want her sister to find out about her recent obsession toward american football. She'll give her 3 days lecture on why American football is a dangerous sport and other safer alternatives.

'I hope Mamori-neechan doesn't see the tab before i close it' Sena slowly took a glance at Mamori-neechan, trying to pick up any hint whether she managed to see it or not.

"Cough! Cough!" Mamori faking a cough

"I understand that Sena-chan is a teenager, but next time please make sure to lock the door" the blush on her face is visible to Sena.

'I'm glad she didn't see the content within the tab, BUT WHY SHE HAS TO MAKE THAT CONCLUSION"

"You can finish your business later, for now let's eat our cake"

"NO! Mamori-neechan i think you get the wrong idea"

"It's ok Sena there's no need to be embarrassed, it's normal for teenagers your age being curious on stuff like that, there's no shame in watching porn, it's not like you're doing drugs or something like that"

"No Mamori-neechan i don't watch something like that" desperate to resolve the misunderstanding she flail her arms around ignoring the pain in her muscle

"Yeah yeah let's stop talking about it, we have a cake to devour"

'WHYYYYYYYYY!'

AN: what do you guys think sounds better? mamori-sis or mamori-neechan