A/N- Very extremely pissed! I was thinking about this chapter and typing at the same time when the power went out for like 10 seconds, making me lose everything!!! I was half done too!!! So I'm sorry if this chapter seem short, I may have forgotten to put in something that I had put in before.
-Shadow
Chapter 3- Getting sick
In school, the gang all had the same homeroom. They sat in their seats passing notes to each other every so often while listening to the teacher blab on and on about unimportant things that nobody wants to know about. Anzu was humming a tune mentally, tapping her fingers lightly on her desk because she was excited to go to her dance lessons after school for she had gotten new dance shoes and was dying to try them out. She didn't mind being in school, in fact, she liked being in school, she even like all of her teachers. But noting was more important to her than dancing, except her friends of course, whom she had grown to love over the years.
Joey, who was sitting behind her poked her on her shoulder with his ruler and then threw a note onto her desk. Opening the scrunched up piece of ripped paper, it read:
Yo Anzu, we're going to the arcade after school,
then to Yami's game shop. You in?
Anzu had to squint to read his writing, for it was so messy. When she finally had it read, she turned it over and wrote back to him saying she couldn't make it because she had to go to her lessons. Joey gave her a look and muffled his laughter; again he poked her with his ruler. Getting annoyed, Anzu was about to turn around and tell him off but then she started to get dizzy and felt a cough creeping up to her.
Everyone in the class turned their heads to look at her as she let out a loud and violent cough. The teacher told her to go outside to get a drink of water so she obeyed. She got up from her chair and tried to stroll to the door as quietly as possible completely missing the look of concern etched on Ryou's face as she closed the door.
"What did you do to her Joey?" Ryou whispered accusingly from beside him.
"Nothing, I just poked her." he answered looking offended, but he soon closed his mouth after seeing the teacher give him a look that said 'keep talking and I'll move you.'
At lunch time, Joey and Tristan, being street punks or 'bullies' that they are, ran up to the school's balcony and picked a fight with everyone who tried to take their spots. Anzu was feeling a bit better after taking a drink of water, however she still felt a little bit dizzy. She didn't notice but her face was quite flushed.
"Are you okay Anzu? That was some cough back there, I thought Joey was trying to kill you or something" Ryou joked with his sweet and gentle voice that held a touch of concern in it.
"I'm fine, I think I'm just catching a cold or something" she answered, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples. Yami eyed her. "You were fine this morning" he stated. Anzu sighed. "Yeah...someone must have given me their sickness" she looked at Joey suspiciously.
Joey looked hurt. "Oh no no no no no, I'm healthy...haven't gotten sick in years" he said nodding his head in a mater of faculty.
Ryou turned to her and placed the back of his hand onto Anzu's forehead causing her to blush. But then he immediately pulled his hand back almost as if it were on fire. "Anzu!" he exclaimed. "You're burning up!"
She looked at him confusedly and checked for herself. "Hmmm...I guess I am...that's strange though, I felt fine this morning." Ryou abruptly stood up and thrusted his hand towards her, waiting for her to take it. "You should sign out and go home, you need some rest." he stated. Anzu whined. "I don't want to go home, I have dance lessons after school, and I don't want to miss them!"
"Listen to Ryou Anzu, you can always go to your lessons another day, it is not worth you getting sicker, you should go home, or else your fever will not cool down." Yami, being the wise one reasoned with her. Ryou sighed and took her hand, pulling her up effortlessly. As much as Anzu liked the feel of his hands on hers, she still struggled nonetheless, but eventually gave in.
"Come on, I'll take you to the office" he said as he started dragging her hand towards the door as she waved goodbye to her friends. Lunch wasn't over yet so he decided to walk her home as well, just to make sure she didn't decide to go to her lessons, and also because he was worried about her. Secretly, he had a crush on this girl but he didn't know that she likes him too. He was too afraid and nervous to tell her.
They stopped in front of her house and Ryou gave her back her schoolbag that he was carrying for her. "Thanks for walking me home Ryou" Anzu said softly as she tried desperately to hide her blush. "Don't mention it" Ryou was looking into her deep cerulean eyes with his honey brown ones and was trying hard not to give her a goodbye kiss for they were so close to each other. But he settled for giving her a goodbye hug instead. "I hope you feel better soon" he whispered over her shoulder. When they finally pulled apart, both of them were blushing like mad. "Bye!" Ryou yelled as he ran off towards the school as Anzu was too shocked to say anything. She just waved back to him as she watched as he disappeared from sight. 'Oh Ryou...' she whispered, touching her rosy cheeks.
A half day off of school was great but Anzu couldn't help but feel disappointed about missing the lessons and her dance class. However she did feel very dizzy and tired so she decided to take a refreshing shower, and then take a nice long afternoon nap, hoping that she would feel better once she wakes up. After coming out of the shower, she felt her back throb with pain. Going to the mirror, she turned around and looked at her back, it consisted of a few black and blue bruises that she doesn't remember getting. 'How on earth did I get these?' she asked herself. She doesn't remember hitting anything, except for Joey poking her on her back today in school, but he didn't even poke hard. She was beginning to think that there was something was wrong with her, but being an optimistic as she was; she pushed that thought out of her mind and quickly changed into her baby blue pajamas. She realized how tired she really felt when she crawled onto her bed and fell asleep right away, not before taking two Tylenol pills.
Noble Paladin- Hey, thanks for reviewing, I appreciated it.
Deena70- Don't be mad, it's updated lol. I don't find many Ryou/Anzu fics out there too, so I might as well write one myself.
Dojomistressa-chan- yeah, the dream is sort of a foreshadow. Thanks for reviewing!
Russle- wow, big words and spoken so maturely lol. Yeah, Joey not spiking the punch is sorta strange huh? Well I guess all my story characters are gonna be a bit OOC haha.
FearOfDying- You'll find out what's wrong with Anzu soon, maybe next chapter.
UltaAnimeFangurl2004- Yeah, I've noticed not many Ryou/Anzu fics are out there as well, so I decided to write one. Thanks for reviewing!
mya starnight- Hey, haven't spoken to you for a while. How have you been?
V son sayian- you'll see, you'll see=)
Yugia- Getting so stressed having to update two stories, maybe next time I should finish one before starting a new one huh? Well I learned my lesson...maybe...
