Upside Down and Around 2
Curling up in bed, Rei couldn't get to sleep. He felt feverish. Blaming the wine he drank, he tossed off the covers. Feeling the cool breeze of the night air did nothing to change his current state. Stretching, Rei got out of bed and fixed the sheets. He turned on the lights of his single room apartment and looked at the emptiness.
It looked dirty.
Rei spent the remainder of the night scrubbing the corners of the floorboards and vacuuming nonexistent dust. The soft hum of the vacuum tuned out his thoughts of the events earlier.
Remembering the way Nagisa looked up at him. The way the soft features of his face a scrunched up, tears forming in his eyes. Nagisa's reddening cheeks as he tried to hold back his emotions. Mouth hung open, debating on what to respond with.
With a quick switch of the off button, Rei figured he was done vacuuming. Guilt plagued his mind.
Turning to the clock he saw it was now four in the morning. Still too early to get ready for the day. Knowing he wasn't going to get any sleep, Rei decided to turn on some classical music and read. It was leisure reading, a novel Nagisa had let him borrow.
It made him sick to his stomach.
Slamming the book shut, Rei let out a sigh. He was still mad. Outraged, even, but not at Nagisa. He was mad that he would allow such ugly jealousy to lead his actions. It was unbefitting of him.
Laying back onto his his bed, he stared blankly at the ceiling. It could use some cleaning he supposed.