Ookami- Um…re-continuing…dunno when I'll be updating the wh

Ookami- Um…re-continuing…dunno when I'll be updating the whole Onsen thing though…

This chapter is based/inspired on/by a true story of me this morning when I woke up…the red went away but the swelling got worse…you'll understand once you read…

One last note- Damn I hate lotion…and this is my brother's entire fault…

-Chapter 6-

Never in all his life would he have guessed something like this would happen to him.

Kikumaru whimpered as he softly prodded his face with a finger.

'I…can't go out in public like this….' He wailed in his head.

Who would have thought…

A knock on the bathroom door jolted him and he jumped (and since this is Eiji we're talking about he jumped pretty high)

"Eiji? Are you done yet? You're hogging the bathroom longer than usual today." He heard his sister asked through the wood.

"I-I'm almost done…" Eiji murmured as he tried to look around frantically for something to hid his face with.

"Are you sure? I really need to use the bathroom, can't you hurry up?"

"Yeah, I'll be out in a sec…"

There!

Eiji grabbed a large hat (don't ask me what it was doing in the bathroom) and plopped it over his face.

Opening the door he rushed out past his sister in a quick run that left her blinking at the now empty hallway where she was standing.

Kikumaru rushed into his room and locked the door behind him.

Oh…what should he do? He had school today…

The night before his sister had bought home some new lotion and had made him try some…how was he supposed to know…that he was allergic?!

Hesitantly Eiji poked his face once more and wince at how swollen it was.

His eyes were puffy and he couldn't even open them all the way…not to mention he looked like a tumor victim…

There was no way he was going to school looking like this.

All things considered he should be grateful that he wasn't having a more violent allergic reaction like a swelling of his throat so that he couldn't breath or something…at the very least it wasn't life threatening but it was still pretty bad.

His face itched and it felt weird as well. He couldn't move his face because of how swollen it was and his skin felt like it was burning…even splashing cold water on it only helped a little bit.

Briefly he wondered if he should tell his mother about it and go to the doctor…it would at least give him the chance to skip school…

But…it was so…embarrassing…maybe he could just try to convince his mom through the closed door that he shouldn't go to school today…

One way or another he was NEVER going to use his sister's lotion ever again…

0o0o0o0

Kikumaru-kaasan looked at the breakfast table worriedly.

Where was her little baby the youngest one?

"Has any of you seen Eiji?"

Her two older sons shook their heads in denial while her youngest daughter also gave her 'no'.

Her eldest daughter however was looking around and seemed confused.

"I saw him…in the bathroom a bit earlier and then he ran off…I thought he'd gpne out to get breakfast but…"

"Hm…" Kaa-san murmured as she got up from her seat and went to her son's bedroom door.

"Eiji dear? Are you in there?"

"Um…ah…I'm not feeling too good Kaa-chan…can I stay home from school today?"

"Eiji? Are you alright in there?" She tried to get in the room but found that it was locked.

"Eiji dear, let me in, if you're feeling sick I need to take a look at you…unless you're lying to me…"

"Nya Kaa-chan, why would I lie to you, I really don't feel so good and I don't think I should go to school today…"

"Eiji if you're really feeling sick then let me in and let me take a look at you."

"No, that's fine Kaa-chan, I'll be fine after a day of rest (hopefully)."

"Well….if you're sure…"

"Yes, it'll be fine Kaa-chan, just tell the school that I'm not feeling well today…"

"Okay Eiji…if you're sure…"

Odd, her little Ei-chan was usually so healthy…did he really get sick? The fact that he wouldn't let her into his room was quite troubling but she decided to trust him, whether or not he was really sick he sounded almost desperate to not go to school today…he must have some good reason…

Making a mental note to talk to him about that later she went off to inform her other children before making a call to the school about the absence.

0o0o0o0

Eiji sighed and slumped against his door. That was close. Thank you Kaa-chan for being the nicest Kaa-chan in the world!

He touched his face again gingerly and immediately regretted it. It only made the itching worse. He sighed and plopped down on his bed and couldn't help but sigh happily at the feel of the cool soft covers on his heated face.

Itchy, hot and swollen…typical allergic reactions…at least it was only on his face and not the rest of his body…though the fact that it was on his face where everyone could see was the actual main problem.

'I hope the swelling goes down…'

What was someone supposed to do when they had an allergic reaction anyway? Take medicine? Get some shots? Probably…but he really had no clue what to do at the moment…

'Finding some ice would be nice…' He thought 'Anything to try and cool my face down…but not until everyone leaves…'

It took a lot of uncomfortable waiting before Eiji hear his family leave for the day. His Kaa-chan had come back to ask whether he's want her to look after him but he greatly told her no and that she didn't have to worry about him.

With a worried look she was the last to leave the house.

0o0o0o0o0

"Yes they're gone!"

Eiji cried out as he tore out of his room, into the bathroom and swept cold water all over his face. God that felt so good…

He calmed down a bit after that and got his towel soaked in cold water to begin washing/wiping his face with it. Oh yes….oh YES! Ah…more to the left…that's it…ah…how could washing his face feel so good?

His towel quickly got warm from his face and so he ran it under the cold tap once more and just splattered the towel onto his face. Rubbing softly he moaned his pleasure of the cool liquid dripping off the cloth to trickle down his face and neck.

After several more repetitions he finally washed his towel one last time before wringing it dry and putting it away.

His face felt better now…less hot at least but it was still rather itchy and puffy, his eyes were half hidden by the skin of his eyelids being swelled to the point of preventing them from opening properly. God he looked hideous…

Leaving the bathroom he found an icepack in the freezer, wrapped it in the softest cloth he could fine and pressed his cheek to it.

Oh man that felt good…

The next several minutes consisted of the red haired tennis player pressing the icepack to his left cheek, right cheek, his eyes and his forehead and so on…

His face was starting to feel numb…

0o0o0o0o0

"Hey, has anyone seen Eiji today?" Oishi asked the others as they were heading into lunch period. It was odd that he hadn't seen his friend by now since the other boy had the worse habit of bouncing to his classrooms to yell good morning between classes.

"He wasn't here this morning either." Fuji responded quietly, the tensai was also beginning to worry a little.

"Perhaps he's sick today?" The boy thought out loud while his eyes remained calmly closed as usual.

"What? But Eiji hasn't been sick since…you know….I've never seen him sick…"

The two pondered before Oishi went out to go ask the school administrators why his partner was out today…

0o0o0o0o0

Eiji spent his morning and afternoon bored. He'd kept his ice-pack with him and to his delight the swelling started going down after a few hours…course the fact that now was about time he'd get off from school he was saddened by the fact that it took so long…

"I hope Oishi isn't too worried about me…"

He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled a little…it was only a little smile because his facial muscles still didn't respond too well…that or his skin was too stiff to express it but either way he smiled.

The swelling had gone down enough that his eyes were no longer looking like those goldfishes with the odd tumor growths…

His cheeks were still puffy and slightly different colored than the skin on the rest of his body but he was doing much better.

"'Least I don't look like a tumor victim…" he mused aloud to himself.

Just then the doorbell rang. Eiji jumped for the second time that day.

His family had keys so they wouldn't bother ringing the bell…so…that only left…

"Hey Eiji! Are you home?" Oishi's voice rumbled past the wood.

Aw shoot…

Well…hopefully…he could get Oishi to leave without seeing him…

"Nya, Oishi? Why are you here?"

"Hey Eiji, the school said you were out sick today so I came to visit you, um…why aren't you opening the door?"

"Awww…you're so sweet Oishi, and um…I don't want you…um…getting sick too?"

"Eiji…" Oishi said in his I-know-you're-lying tone.

"It's fine Oishi, I'm alright now…"

"Eiji…" Oishi said in his still-don't-believe-you tone.

"Really…it's fine…" Eiji began sweating nervously.

"EIJI…" Oishi said in his open-the-freaking-door-before-I-break-it-down-and-throttle-you tone.

Kikumaru whimpered and unlocked the door.

"There you are, now that wasn't har- Eiji! What's wrong with your face?!"

'Shoot…' Eiji groaned.

"I…had an allergic reaction to something…"

"What?! But that's serious! Did you take medicine for it?! Is your breathing working okay?! How many fingers am I holding up?!" The motherly one cried as he reached out and grabbed Eiji's shoulders.

"I'm fine Oishi, it's just a bit of swelling…and it's going away…really…"

"What were you allergic to?"

"Um…my sister got some new lotion…"

"Lotion?"

"I have sensitive skin…"

"You need to wash it off with lots of soap and water…" Without giving Eiji a chance to respond the taller boy had grabbed his arm and rushed into the house towards the bathroom.

"Wait, I'm fine now, really!"

His cries falling on deaf ears Oishi continued until they were in the bathroom and pushing the protesting red-head to the ground next to the bathtub.

"Here, close your eyes…"

Eiji couldn't protest since Oishi had already begun turning on the water in the tub and directing the flow to his face softly.

Eiji sighed and gave in. Oishi knelt over his body and softly rubbed water and soap across his face. Actually…it felt really good…

Oishi massaged Eiji's face with soap and cold water for a while and suddenly noticed Eiji's moaning.

For a second he thought that the other boy might have been in pain but then he realized that he was moaning in pleasure.

His own face beginning to heat up Oishi quickly rinsed the soap off and handed Eiji's towel to him to wipe off.

"Nya…Oishi…"

"What is it Eiji?"

"That felt pretty good…"

"Erm…"

The two sat awkwardly in the bathroom for a while.

"Oishi-" "Eiji-" The two started as they turned to look at each other, only just noticing how close they were sitting and how close their faces were.

Before either could move away the bathroom door opened and Kikumaru-kaasan stared at the sight before her.

"E-Eiji!"

'Aw!! Why can't I get a break?!'

-End-

Ookami- Um….kinda weird ending…but I personally think it's appropriate…

Yes, I had an allergic reaction, it started yesterday where my face turned all red and so I washed my face and went to bed but apparently I didn't wash well enough because I looked like a tumor victim this morning…thank god it's summer vacation here

If you'd like to know the swelling went down after several more washes and pressing my face into an ice-cream carton (we don't have ice packs…) along with several hours of repeating such tasks…

My face still itches like hell and my mom cried out in shock from seeing me…

This is all my little brother's fault….