Chapter 8:
I was sitting in the living room, watching Marble Hornets on YouTube and freaking out. I was watching the scariest video there when I thought that I heard someone behind me. I stopped the video and turned around. I jumped nearly 5 feet in the air and sighed, "Jesus Christ. Why are you so tall?" I asked Mori, who was standing there wrapped up in a blanket. He looked down,
"Sorry…" I put my laptop under the coffee table and shook my head,
"It's okay. It's my fault really. I shouldn't watch Marble Hornets during the night." I moved over on the couch and let him sit beside me, "How're you feeling?" He shrugged,
"Not that bad…" He sounded a little stuffy.
"Mori? You sound a little stuffy. Do you…want something?" He shook his head,
"No that's okay. Thank you though." I nodded,
"So…what do you want to do?" He shrugged,
"I don't know. Whatever you were going to do before."
"I was just going to watch a movie." He coughed quite loudly. I put my hand on his shoulder,
"I'll get Edward to make you some tea okay?" He coughed some more and nodded,
"Okay." I went to the speaker and pressed the call button,
"Hey Mori? What kind of tea do you want?" He shrugged,
"I don't know." I nodded,
"Okay then…"
"Yes Ms. Winchester?"
"Hey Edward. Can you make some Honey Vanilla tea for Mori? And any other…sick things that'll help sick people."
"Yes Ms. Winchester."
"Thanks Edward. We're in the living room."
"Okay Ms. Winchester." I went back and sat down on the couch beside Mori,
"Okay your tea and other sick stuff are coming." He shivered. I looked over at him, "Are you cold?" He nodded,
"Ya a little…" I got up and got another blanket from the other couch and gave it to him,
"Here. I think Edward's bringing some chicken soup so that'll help. So, what do you want to watch?" He shrugged,
"I don't know." I sighed,
"That's helpful. I'll just pick a random one." I walked over to my DVD stand and grabbed the first DVD I saw. It was Zombieland. "Maybe I shouldn't watch this…" I grabbed another one and it was Dawn of the Dead. I started wishing I didn't have this many zombie movies. I grabbed another one. It was Shaun of the Dead. Mori didn't seem like the kind of person who really liked zombie movies so I got another one. It was a game. It was Stubbs the Zombie. "I never realized how much I like zombies until right now…" I muttered. I finally picked a non-zombie movie. It wasn't that much a difference though. It was Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans. "Mori? What kind of movie interests you?" He sneezed,
"Uh…any movie is fine." I turned and faced him,
"What do you think of zombies?" He shrugged,
"They're not that bad." I decided I should go for a less gruesome movie. I got King Arthur out of my random picks. Still pretty gruesome but a good movie. I took it out of the case,
"Wanna watch King Arthur?"
"Okay." Mori didn't sound that enthusiastic about it but he never sounded enthusiastic about anything so I just put it on anyway. I sat beside him and it wasn't very long before Edward walked in with a tray of stuff. It had tea, soup, cold syrups, cold pills and that vapour rub. He put it down in front of Mori,
"Here Mr. Morinozuka. Hope you feel better." Mori nodded and Edward turned to me, "Would you like anything Ms. Winchester?" I nodded,
"Can I please have some ice-cream?" He nodded,
"Chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, mango, tiger…which one would you like?"
"I thought we had more flavours than that." He nodded,
"We do. I just don't feel the need to say every kind." I thought for a second,
"I'll have some mango please."
"With chocolate sauce?" I shook my head,
"No just the ice-cream." He nodded again and left. I turned to Mori, "Feeling warmer?" He nodded as he ate some of his soup. We continued watching until I heard Mori cough again, but louder this time. Gibble and Buddy ran downstairs, growling angrily. I shushed them, "It's just Mori. Calm down little dogs." They stopped growling and tried biting my toes. I pushed them away and folded my feet under my butt so that they weren't showing. Edward walked over with my ice-cream, which I happily ate. I turned back to Mori, "And you better not make me sick."
"I'll try not to." He sneezed really loudly again. I shook my head,
"Mori? Take some of that cold stuff okay? And rub on the vapour rub." He nodded and took all of it. I took the vapour rub and looked because I noticed there were directions. Apparently you had to rub it on a certain way. "Mori? You have to rub it on a *cough* certain way." Then I coughed some more.
"Are you getting sick?" Mori asked me. I shook my head,
"Probably not. Sometimes when I eat too much ice-cream I cough. Well, not just ice-cream. Anything cold." He shivered slightly. I stood and helped him up, "Okay come on. You're going to bed." I grabbed the vapour rub and helped the groggy Mori to one of the guest bedrooms. Once I got him in the bed, I pulled the covers down a little before handing Mori the vapour rub, "Here. Rub this on." He unbuttoned his shirt and started rubbing it on. I shook my head, "You're supposed to rub it the other way." He paused,
"What?" I rolled my eyes and moved his hand away,
"Here. I'll do it." I got some vapour rub on my fingers and then rubbed it into his chest. He blushed darkly and stared at me, his eyes slightly wider than per usual. After I was finished rubbing in the vapour rub, I buttoned his shirt up again and pulled the covers up to his chin. There was something about him that I liked. I didn't know what kind of like it was but it was there. I smiled and patted his cheek, "G'night Mori." He smiled slightly,
"Good night." I got up and left the room. I decided it was time to decide what my feelings towards Mori were.
::Mori's POV::
Getting sick was the greatest thing that happened to me in a while. I got to stay here with Riley and she was so amazing. I set up the masquerade party just so that I might have been able to go with her but then she told me that she was paranoid of people in masks and wasn't going. But then I got sick so it all worked out. I didn't really like getting sick though. It really sucked but it was all worth it. I took a deep breath and tried to sleep.
::Riley's POV::
I was in my room, watching Misfits and trying to learn some things from Nathan when my phone rang. It was Dakota, "Hey Riley. How are you and Mooooori doing?" I shook my head,
"He's sick and now he's sleeping. Why?"
"Just wondering…." I sighed,
"Okay then. How's the creeper party?"
"Someone came here looking like Slenderman and I almost shit myself."
"Just imagine that Slenderman is Sheldon. That's what I do."
"Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory?"
"No. My uncle Sheldon. Yes that Sheldon."
"Well you don't need to get all defensive about it…"
"That wasn't…never mind. So why'd you call?"
"Uh…I actually don't really know. See you tomorrow."
"Tomorrow's Saturday."
"Ya. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay…see you tomorrow." Dakota was acting kind of weird lately. I started thinking about Mori randomly. I didn't know where all these…feelings were coming from but they were starting to get annoying. I just pushed them aside and tried sleeping.