I WOULD have had this up like 3 hours ago, but decided to be a dousche. Sorry for the delay.
Geranium:
Gentility; Folly; Stupidity; "You Are Foolish."
"Shikamaru!" He hears her, the voice that haunts his dreams.
"Oh my god, oh my god! Shikamaru!" Where is she? Some where on the surface, that much he knows. Probably fighting the last enemy standing.
"SHIKA!" The use of his childhood nickname makes him scowl.
"Troublesome woman…" a bubble of air rises, even as the water he just now realizes was there rushes in to fill his open mouth.
There is a muffled scream from above, quickly followed by a splash, shockwaves of water rippling over his fast-numbing skin.
There is a dim sensation of touch, a desperate, grasping hand, clinging desperately to his body, rising laboriously even as Shikamaru feels himself fading away.
'Where is the water?' he wonders. 'Why aren't I in the water?' He does not dare take a breath.
A pleading voice enters his waterlogged ears, and firm hands press harshly upon his chest. Still, he does not breath. When his lips are warmed by the breath of another, tendrils of air escaping the sides as she forces her breath in, he lets out a gasp.
The dam is broken, and a harsh, gagging cough forces out the rest of the salty liquid.
"Stupid, stupid!" Thin, surprisingly strong arms gather up his unresisting body, and clutch it to her chest, dry heaves running through her. "Don't ever do that again!"
She cannot cry, not on a mission, but he knows they are there, invisible on her cheeks.
He does not want to make her cry.
Shikamaru cannot feel his body; there is an intangible sensation, as if he were not quite attached to his material self. He forces arms that do not feel solid to tighten, vocal chords raw with abuse to reply. "I wont… I promise…"
Neither of them mentions the scene again, but when she visits him in the hospital she brings along a bouquet of geraniums, and looks at him meaningfully before departing.
Pertaining to the story:
It's the longest chapter yet, and I'm going to try and make the rest shorter, but this was a turning point, and it had so much potential. Besides, I'm hyper and need to describe it in detail.
Not pertaining to the story:
WOOHOO!! I took care of three finals, and have four to go! Biology and Geometry tomorrow, and maybe World History as well. HELL YES!
Only 2 more days! Then my mom is kidnapping me and bringing me to her Elementary school to give a demonstration with my snake (nuzzles Spitfire) she wanted to take Spiffy in alone, but she's already kidnapped my Guinea Pig that way, not is she taking my snake without my permission too. Besides, Spiffy's an escape artist. And after that she's dropping me off at the park where me and my friends shall has a massive water balloon fight against our friends from a rival school. Hell yeah. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IMMATURITY AND SUMMER RAYS OF GOODNESS AND AWESOME!!
