Love Stalks In
Memory
Water was dripping from a nearby faucet, causing weary emerald eyes to open, vision blurry. The room was dark, but familiar, and welcoming. Laying on a midnight blue couch, Natsuki's brows knitted together, as the last thing she remembered was being in the massage room.
"Natsuki, you're awake." Mai came into the room, clad in a pink robe that struggled to stay on. She was holding a small vase, in which were flowers. "I was bringing these to you, to help you relax, but I found you passed out again. Are you alright?" Mai set the vase on the coffee table, and sat beside Natsuki, idly playing with cobalt hair.
Natsuki sniffed the air lightly, and immediately recognized the flowers. "I don't like lilacs, I'm sorry." Ivy eyes met lavender in an uncertain expression, for Mai looked like she had just been painfully reminded of something she never should have forgot.
"That's right, I'm sorry." Mai spoke, voice low, as her expression turned to a guilty one. Natsuki's dark eyebrows came together, confused as to why her carrot haired friend looked this way.
"What happened?" Natsuki asked, referring to the recent situation she was found in. Mai perked up, then placed a finger to her chin in thought. "I'm not sure, when I entered the room, you were out cold. I managed to get you back home obviously, but what I want to know is why you were unconscious."
Evergreen drifted onto the walls of the room, blurry pictures refusing to come into vision. Frustrated, Natsuki turned to Mai with no answers, except that she may have just overexerted herself.
"Well, with all that mayo you eat…" Mai drifted off at the sight of Natsuki's famous 'Kuga Death Glare', only to smile sheepishly. "I was only joking." Mai giggled as Natsuki rolled her eyes.
"Let me get you some water, stay here." Mai retreated to the kitchen before Natsuki could refuse. Taking another look towards the walls, emerald eyes displayed confusion. The pictures were nowhere to be seen, even though Natsuki looked the whole room over.
"Here." A soft voice intruded into Natsuki's mind, and the green eyed woman drank the water without looking at it, her throat feeling a bit bumpy before the water smoothed it out.
Natsuki pointed to the wall, garnering a confused expression. "Mai, what happened to the-" Natsuki was cut off by a violent pain in her head, temples pressed by porcelain hands to keep her skull together. "Natsuki!?" Mai was alarmed, though not as much as Natsuki thought she should be. Maybe it was just the pain dulling her senses. Mai helped Natsuki lay back down on the couch, smoothing her hair as Natsuki's dazzling eyes shifted in and out of focus.
"P-pictures…" Natsuki mumbled, eyes sliding closed. "Shizuru…"
"She's getting worse. The only purpose the medication has is knocking her out by intense pain. I refuse to have her treated this way!" A loud noise came from inside a closed door, that of a fist slamming on wood. An exhausted sigh, and a practiced response. "I apologize, but that's the best we can do for her."
"…and she said her name again. She may be getting…" The voice trailed in and out of recognition, as Natsuki once again came back to the land of the living. Struggling to hear, Natsuki shook her head to remove the lethargic spell placed upon her. The hushed voice was hard to hear, and therefore hard to decipher.
Mai entered the room, now fully clothed in casual attire, blue jeans and a red shirt. Wary ivy eyes met worried lavender ones, and Natsuki stood shakily. Mai placed her hands on Natsuki's shoulders to stabilize the taller woman. "Are you okay?" asked Mai, ever the voice of caring. Natsuki shrugged and lunged past Mai into the restroom, slamming and locking the mahogany door behind her.
The sound of disgorging came from the door, and Mai's eyebrows knit together in worry for her dear friend. Everything that could go wrong, was. The lavender eyed woman made note of this and waited for Natsuki on the couch.
"If anything should happen-" A shaky voice was interrupted by a stronger, angrier voice. "Nothing will happen!" Shaky breaths were taken before a sob was heard. "Love is strong, but you will have to say goodbye eventually."
Sorry about the short chappie, but it's better than nothing ne? I hope you all love it, as much as I love your reviews!