I think there is one more chapter left because this one was well over 1000 words so I decided to split them up. That's why it may seem weird and abrupt at the end of this chapter, but I didn't want to have a 3000 word chapter, and have people get bored half way through reading.

Rescue me

by: bunni16

Once again Kyouhei found himself face to face with Sunako's door. He would have usually burst in by now declaring she makes him food, and yet he found it hard to even gather the courage to knock. A million thoughts were running through his head;

'did she hate him?', 'did she even want to see him?', 'was she planning his murder at this moment?' even though he was considering the worst he knew there was no more running away from this, he needed to face his problems head on! He took a deep breath and knocked on her door.

Silence.

He knocked a second time.

Silence again.

He began to worry that she may have run away again so he jiggled the handle of her door slightly. It was unlocked. Slowly he entered her dark room. 'Maybe this is a trap.' He couldn't help but think it was, she was rarely this silent when he entered her room uninvited. Cautiously he searched through the room expecting at any moment to be attacked by an enraged Sunako. Only then did he notice that her TV was on and playing a movie. The volume seemed to be almost at zero because he could barely hear it, and the only light, besides that, was the sun creeping underneath her black curtains. Kyouhei could see a lump over on the bed he assumed it was Sunako. He made his way over to her sleeping figure and felt a bit of déjà vu from last night. He really loved seeing her like this, even if he felt like a creep for watching her sleep.

Suddenly Sunako stirred in her sleep, and Kyouhei freaked out for a minute, if she found him like this, watching her sleep she may really get mad as if she wasn't mad enough at him. He was ready to bolt out of the room when he heard her groan. His attention was back on her face, and it seemed to be twisted in pain. Carefully he lifted his hand to touch her forehead and realized she was burning up! He began to feel even guiltier, and couldn't help but think it was his fault she ended up like this. Removing his hand from her forehead he went in search for some medicine or at least and icepack. He was probably the last person she wanted taking care of her, but he was the only one around, and he wasn't just going to leave her in that sort of condition.

Groaning Sunako blinked her eyes a few times. How long had she been asleep? She was sure she had slept well through breakfast and lunch, possibly even dinner. She really did feel like crap. Her head hurt, her throat was scratchy, and her nose was stuffy.

'Why am I being punished like this?' She couldn't help but think this was god's way of getting back at her for something.

She suddenly realized there was something cold on her forehead, and she reached up to touch it.

'An icepack? How did this get here?' she became quite confused not remembering getting one, she sat up slowly taking the icepack in her hand and noticed her TV was also off. Someone must have come in to see her, and noticed she wasn't feeling well.

'It was probably Yuki' She began to smile slightly he had always been overly worried about her, and even braved her "scary" room when he knew something was wrong with her. Although she wondered if any of the guys even knew what happened last night? Also that brings back the question of who put her in her bed? Kyouhei seemed to be the most obvious answer in her mind, and yet she refused to believe he would be so kind, especially after last night.

'Stupid jerk! He doesn't care about anyone but himself' her eyebrows knitted together as she thought more about Kyouhei and his insensitivity, but deep down in her hear she knew she was partially wrong.

Just then her door started to creak open, and someone's back was pushing through the opening blonde hair started to peak through the door. Sunako felt panic rise up in her, and she did the only thing she could think of at the time. Pretend to be asleep.

Kyouhei made his way back into Sunako's room carrying a tray with instant ramen, and some tea. Hey, he wasn't a very good cook, but he knew how to make instant ramen, and tea at the very least. Sunako seemed to still be asleep so he set the tray down on her nightstand and sat down on the side of her bed. He went up to feel her forehead again, and noticed the icepack had fallen off, but didn't think much of it. Her forehead was still warm, but not as bad as before.

Sunako almost jumped when she felt him touch her forehead. It felt so gentle, and it surprised her. She really hated fighting with Kyouhei, but she felt stupid if she just up and forgave him without him even apologizing! So she just lay there pretending to still sleep but then the sound of Kyouhei's voice caught her attention, and the feel of him brushing his hands through her hair was equally startling.

"I'm sorry Sunako, I'm so sorry." She heard him start his voice seemed to be filled with all sorts of emotions the most prominent one being regret. She felt his hand retreat from her and almost felt sad with the loss of contact. There was once again silence and she assumed it meant he had gone. So she slowly opened her eyes. Nobody was there just as she had thought, but her door was still slightly ajar. Glancing over to her nightstand she saw the tea and ramen, and couldn't help but smile. Kyouhei really was a good guy, and even though what he had done last night had hurt her, she wasn't willing to throw away their friendship, even if that's all it was, away because of that. Happily she sipped on some tea, and took the instant ramen cup, and began slurping down the noodles. She hadn't noticed how hungry she was until then. As she happily ate her ramen and voice broke her attention away from the delicious treat.

"I see you're finally awake." It was Kyouhei. She glanced over at him and noticed he was looking everywhere but at her.

"Uhmm yeah, I…uh…Thank you for the ramen I assume you made it." She answered back in a small voice.

"Yeah." Was all he said as he pulled a chair close to her bed and sat down.

An awkward silence filled the room, and only the sound of noodles slurping filled her room. Kyouhei got out of his seat and looked on her nightstand for something. When he found it he returned back to his seat. Sunako wasn't quite sure what he was doing because her vision remained straight ahead or on her ramen. She finally finished her food and set it back on the nightstand. Kyouhei's voice once again broke through the silence.

"Here you should take your temperature." He handed her the thermometer.

Silently she took it from him and placed it under her tongue, when it beeped she took it out and examined it.

"Only 99.9 degrees." She stated still in her quiet voice.

"That's good." he replied.

Then there was more silence. Sunako was about to scream because it was just too awkward to handle! The room felt like it was suffocating her. Here she was sitting up and looking straight ahead and he was sitting in a chair by her bed not speaking. Why was he still even here if he had nothing to say? 'Ok Sunako, maybe you just need to be the bigger person and speak up or else this is going to go NOWHERE.'

"Listen…" she started but was cut off almost as soon as her mouth opened by Kyouhei suddenly speaking.

"I found this extra cold medicine in one of the cabinets. It should help you start to feel a bit better." He then took the small box out of his pocket and placed it on her nightstand, all the while keeping his eyes completely averted from hers.

Sunako found herself just utterly confused by what was going on. She didn't know whether she should be angry with him or thankful to him. Why was he making this so much harder by being nice to her!

Kyouhei knew he was making everything so much more awkward than it needed to be. He truly was just stalling for time, afraid of what was going to happen when he finally opened up conversation with her, and everything was finally out there, in the open. He lowered his head and stared at the floor. 'Just let me collect my thoughts a little longer…'

And there was the long silence again.

Sunako stared at his lowered head. He seemed almost pitiful and, he seemed to be in deep thought. The fact of the matter was that Sunako knew he was sorry, and maybe he had just been "caught up in the moment" when he had kissed her last night, but dammit! It still hurt! And she wasn't sure of how to deal with her resolved feelings. He obviously didn't feel the same since he had acted so awkward afterwards. She almost wanted to embrace the silence a little longer…for fear that he might be trying to give her the "friend" speech. Kyouhei broke her free from her thoughts as she heard him begin to speak after what felt like an eternity.

"Sunako…" he started out slowly sounding a bit nervous as he raised his gaze to finally meet hers, and Sunako suddenly felt like she couldn't breathe. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry about last night." His eyes were filled with a hidden plea that only Sunako could probably understand, and she felt her heart almost sink into her chest. "…I'm really sorry." He bowed his head again as he finished speaking.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

I know because I've already read it, but I like to prolong things (obviously) so we will see when the next one gets posted! haha