I'm glad to see people like this story so far! It took me forever to get out of ed and write this chapter because a friend of mine accidentally gave me her cold sadly! Dx But I am very proud of myself for getting at least one chapter update in today which is a lot better than no updates at all! So I hope everyone enjoys, I shall be on the mend and hopefully back to updating close to two times a day tomorrow! Enjoy ^^.
It was a piercing beep that made Subaru wake up the next morning, much to his irritation. He opened his eyes slowly, peering blearily around his room and rubbed his eyes softly sitting up slightly with his hair hanging in his eyes and face rather crazily as he sighed. He felt the blankets pool at his waist and he looked over next to him tiredly and groggily seeing Yui was still out like a light.
Her cheeks were hot and she was breathing a bit more jaggedly than usual and he frowned softly as he looked at her and pressed a hand to her forehead and the alarm that went through his system was so incredible he felt that he probably broke the meter for an alarm meter. If anyone asked him how alarmed he was, from one to ten he wouldn't be able to answer that how concerned he was. Yui was burning up, her forehead hot as hell and she was shivering gently even as she burrowed deep into the bed and blankets then she opened her eyes softly.
She looked up at him as she shivered hard and her glazed eyes seemed so very tired but held that sick look that most people acquire when sick and he snatched her up in his arms holding her hot little body against his chest and he jumped up out of bed, nearly tripping on the blankets and he held the little girl tighter in his arms. He rushed out of his room and sped fast through the halls and Yui shivered hard in his arms as he finally dashed down the stairs fast as he reached the kitchen where his five elder brothers sat, dressed for the school day already unlike himself and he felt Yui shiver hard again.
"Reiji! Give me medicine, something, for Yui! Please!" He gasped out finally, the panic and alarm making his voice hoarse and thick, making it hard to articulate what he wanted to say.
"Calm down Subaru what's wrong with her first of all?" Reiji asked as he furrowed his brow tight looking at the little girl with what looked like curiosity.
"She's burning up that's whats wrong!" He snapped out as Yui let out a low tiny whimper as she shivered again which made him holder her tighter to his chest as her hot cheek pressed to his chest.
"Subaru I can give you something but she'll be asleep for the day so maybe you should go to school and-"
"No! Hell no!" He growled out as he held Yui tight and Reiji sighed out softly.
"Subaru you should go, she'll just be resting all day with the medicine I need to give her so just go. I'll watch her for the day." Reiji said as he stood up, the chair scrapping back and he walked around the table passing his shocked brothers and stood in front of Subaru and held his hands out. "Give her to me, Subaru. I won't say it again."
"You better make sure she's better by the time school is out." Subaru growled as he unwillingly put Yui in Reiji's arms. He knew how unwilling the little blonde was for she whimpered wildly and tried to hold onto Subaru but was feeling much to feverish to get a good hold and found herself pressed to Reiji's chest.
"I'll do my best for her Subaru but you can't expect a miracle to happen for her to be perfectly healthy by the end of the day." Reiji said with some annoyance as Subaru glared at his brother then looked down at Yui with worry so thick the others must have felt it.
"You need to call me or send the car for me, if she gets worse or needs me." Subaru forced out with some difficulty as his red eyes trained on Yui's small, red face.
"I will. You have my guarantee I will." Reiji said as Yui whimpered lowly again, obviously uncomfortable or possibly miserable.
"Fine." Subaru snarled as he ground his teeth together hard then seemed to flash out of the room leaving Yui resting against Reiji's chest and Subaru was suddenly back in the next blink of an eye, staring at Yui intently and reached out a cold hand stroking her hot cheek softly as he looked at her with a soft expression when Reiji flicked his eyes to the clock.
"It's time for all you to get to school." Reiji barked out making Yui whimper once more and Subaru growled lowly under his breath. Dammit! If he knew this-this Imprinting thing would make him so damn crazy he wished he'd never caused it to happen. "Go Subaru."
"I'll see you later Yui. I'll be here in a minute if you need me." Subaru said softly as Yui looked at him with wide pink eyes that clearly begged him not to go and she slowly nodded her head gently, afraid she would cry at that moment. Before he left he stroked her cheek softly just once more and he was gone leaving Yui alone with Reiji and she wanted to shriek, thrash and run after Subaru. She didn't want to be left alone with Reiji, she wanted to be cuddling with Subaru as she slept. It wasn't fair!
"Now let's get some medicine in you then I'll put you to bed." Reiji said as formal as ever which Yui didn't exactly like as she looked over his shoulder at the door, longing for Subaru to come bursting back in.
She wanted to be coddled and loved by Subaru right walked up the stairs at a regular speed which she was happy for because she didn't want to linger to long in his arms and she pushed back the weight of tears as she shut her eyes and listened to his muted steps as they walked to his room, her hair bouncing softly. She rubbed her eyes with her tiny fists as they entered his room and her nose stung with the light scent of chemicals and she wrinkled her nose lightly as he sat her down on his couch lightly then turned walking to his table which made Yui both curious and hesitant.
"Here we go, open wide." Reiji said as he walked over with a small little cup filled with a light pinkish color that had Yui narrowing her eyes at softly. "It'll make you feel better, now open your mouth and drink it." His tone was filled with some slight impatience as he stared at Yui who stared right back ad pressed her lips tightly together. He brought the little cup to her lips and she turned her lips a bit even as her head spun softly. "Stop being difficult and drink it!"
At that tears pricked at her eyes at the sharp tone he was using and she looked up at him and his angry expression as tears gathered in her eyes and slipped down her burning red cheeks. She didn't mean to make him mad! She just didn't want to drink that. . . that. . .stuff! He sighed out softly as she whimpered gently and tears slipped down her hot cheeks to drip off her chin. She was a bit surprised when he wiped one of her tears away and he crouched down in front of her, that angry look still harbored and bright in his light red eyes but he had a touch of a friendly look on his normally stone-y face and she stared at him as the tears continued to slip down.
"Just drink it Yui. I promise it'll make you feel better." Reiji used a softer tone as he spoke to her and she felt he hesitance wavering and she opened her mouth and he lifted the cup to her lips and it spilled into her lips. She nearly gagged at how awful it was but she shut her mouth and squeezed her eyes shut as she refused the urge to spit it out as she swallowed it in one hard gulp and shuddered at the disgusting after taste. "Good girl. I'll get you a drink." He began to walk to the door when she realized she didn't have her bunny!
"I want my bunny!" She blurted out quickly as he paused to look at her and she felt her head spinning like crazy but she must have had a begging look in those big pink irises for he sighed out gently.
"I'll get your bunny. Where is it?" He asked, that imaptience creeping into his tone again and she looked down a bit embarrassedly.
"Subaru's room." She managed to squeak out as Reiji nodded then left, shutting the door just a bit and she flopped over onto her side. She didn't know what the stuff was that Reiji gave her but it was making her very sleepy and made her feel even sicker if that were possible. She closed her eyes as her head spun and though it felt like an eternity for Reiji to get back it was probably minutes when she felt her bod being pulled up and cup placed at her lips and felt her bunny being placed down.
"Open. It's just milk." Reiji said quickly as she opened her mouth gratefully and she gulped the cold liquid, her eyes shutting as she literally felt the milk sliding down her throat, expanding coldness through her chest and went straight into her belly and before long it was gone and with it the nasty after taste of the medicine but she was also even more tired. "Just rest for now." Her bunny was placed in her arms as she was laid back down and she felt a blanket drifting down onto he and she let her eyes shut softly. As her head began to spin she shivered crazily but burned up she slowly, but gratefully fell asleep.
Yui didn't know how long she slept for but when she slowly woke it was to the sound of voices. One was calm and one completely angry and though her body felt incredibly heavy she tried to open her eyes but all she got was a flutter of her lashes and so she hugged her bunny even tighter burying her face into the soft plushie and listened to the voices, wishing she could just go back to sleep.
"Goddammit Reiji what the hell did you give her?!" A voice growled which, with a jump of her heart, she realized was Subaru.
"It was nothing. Just something to put her to sleep so she could actually rest and let her body fight the sickness." Reiji replied calmly and she shivered but realized her fever was practically gone, even if her skin had a light sheen of sweat on it and her hair clung to her lightly dampened skin.
"I don't care you shouldn't have done that!" Subaru growled again when she heard footsteps coming over to her and Subaru's cold hand brushing her hair away from her face. "Yui? Wake up, you don't need to sleep anymore. Kanato wants to spend some time with you." She slowly forced her groggy, heavy eyes open and looked at Subaru blearily and smiled soft at him.
"You're home." She croaked out gently. Her throat was dry as hell but her mouth felt like it had cotton in it and it was unpleasant and she saw out the window that the moon was still out.
"I've been home for quite some time. Do you want to go spend time with Kanato?" Subaru asked but Yui just stared at Subaru and she couldn't help it or stop it as tears cascaded down her cheeks softly.
"You're home." She croaked again but her voice cracked this time as she moved her bunny out of the way and wrapped her small arms around his neck and her wet face pressed to his shoulder. "I missed you."
"I. . . missed you too Yui. But it's okay, I'm home now." Subaru soothed, patting her small back softly as he stood up and picked her bunny up gently and she whimpered as the tears continued to fall down and land on his shirt. He walked out of Reiji's room quickly with Yui whimpering into his shoulder which surprised him a bit but he knew that when she said she missed him and he said he missed her it was more true than he was willing to accept at that moment. "It's okay Yui. It's okay."
"I really really missed you." Yui whispered as she whimpered quietly, her eyes burning with tears and he bounced her softly walking to his room. He couldn't take Yui to Kanato like this when Reiji appeared next to him out of nowhere.
"Subaru, I can't tell you when it'll be done but I think I know how to turn Yui back." Reiji said hurriedly and lowly in his left ear and his jerked slightly, his eyes widening.
"Really?" He gasped out much to his embarrassment but the fact that Yui might be turned back. . that thrilled him more than anything at that moment.
"Yes, I just don't know how long it'll take me to get it all done. The compounds need to be made separately before they're all mixed together but I'm sure when it is finished Yui will be able to go back to her old self." Reiji said as Subaru marveled at the news and his brother fell back as Subaru kept walking. After a couple minutes he walked through his bedroom door and shut it gently with his foot listening to it click shut and he walked to the bed letting himself fall onto the bed while being careful not to jostle Yui and the little girl clung to him.
"Subaru?" Yui whispered gently as she kept her face hidden in his shoulder. Though he couldn't see it, her cheeks burned hot for the first time since she'd changed and it wasn't with a fever. She tightened her arms around his neck a bit more as he stroked her ringlets gently and made a small "hm?" noise and he listened to Yui let out a little shaky breath. "I like you the bestest but that's not true." His heart skidded to a stop as he froze, his eyes widening. He felt dread beginning to form when Yui shifted and nuzzled him gently. "The truth is. . .well. . I love you the bestest, Subaru."
"Yui. . ."He said thickly as his hands unintentionally tightened on her curls and she nuzzled him still as her cheeks burned.
"It's true Subaru." She said softly as she shut her eyes gently even as tears glittered on her lashes. "I'm sleepy. Can I sleep before I go play with Kanato?"
"Of course." Subaru said quickly, his own cheeks dyed a sweet red as she smiled gently and nuzzled both her face into his shoulder and her small body against his chest while Subaru's thoughts sped through his mind quickly.
She claimed she liked him. Okay. He could deal with that. But loving him? He. . He just didn't know how to respond to that kind of bomb but as Yui's even, slow breath warmed his skin he wondered if maybe, just maybe he was capable of loving Yui back the way she was meant to be loved. The way she deserved to be loved.