"Six...seven..." Genius counted the people at the dinner table. "Where's Zelos?" he asked. Zelos was strangely not there. "He said he was hungry and wanted dinner as soon as possible a while ago." But the idiotic Chosen wasn't there. "He said that he wasn't feeling well and wouldn't be joining us for dinner," Presea answered. "Really? He looked perfectly fine..." What's he doing? Shihna wondered. She had also heard his comment about being hungry. She had the strange suspicion that he had taken a girl up to his room and...

No thoughts about that. She wouldn't let herself think about that. "I'll go check on him," she said, getting up from her spot at the table and dashing up the stairs towards his room. What was she doing here anyways? She said that she would check on him, but...was she really checking to see if he was okay or was it because she wanted to see if he had actually brought someone up there and- Enough of that! she scolded herself. She knocked on the door. "Zelos? It's me." She heard shuffling come from inside. "Go away," she heard Zelos mutter. That was odd. Zelos would never tell her to go away. Especially if it was her...

She held her breath as she opened the door. "Zelos?" She poked her head inside, expecting to see something she didn't want to see. Nothing. Just a big lump under the covers on Zelos' bed. "I said go away," he whined again. "Are you okay?" Shihna asked, still ignoring his requests for her to leave. "Just leave me alone, okay?" Zelos curled up in his blanket even more. "I don't want to see any one right now." Shihna tried to find an opening in the covers that Zelos had dug himself a hole in. "How can you breathe in there?" She stepped up to the bed and tried to pull the blanket off of him. "Go away," Zelos whined again. "...Please." Why was he acting like this? This wasn't the usual Zelos at all. "Really, Zelos. Are you okay? Presea said you weren't feeling well and-" "I'm fine! Just leave me alone."

So he was going to be that stubborn, eh? Fine then. She jumped on top of him and tried to wrestle the blankets away from him. She wondered why she kept on seeing a strange orange light coming from under it. "What?..." She finally managed to pull the blanket off of Zelos. She gasped. "Zelos...your-" "Yeah, my wings. Happy that you found out why I'm hiding under my blanket now? Now go away," Zelos grumbled. He grabbed the blanket and covered himself with it again. "Does it...hurt?" she asked, bending her head down slightly, trying to get a look at his face. "It doesn't, but I can't get them to go away," was the muffled reply. Shihna pulled the blanket away from his face. "Do you need anything?"

"I just want you to leave me aloone," Zelos said, still refusing to look at her. "I can't just leave you like this," she said gently. "I care about you...we all do." Zelos turned away from her. "Sure." Shihna frowned. "Zelos..." What was she going to do with him? He was being so...frustrating. She heard a knock on the door. "Hey, guys I brought-" Genius paused in the doorway. "I-I-Sorry for interrupting I'll-" Genius placed a tray in the doorway and ran away, his face as red as a tomato. Oh, great. Now Genius thought she was doing something with Zelos. Well, she was on his bed. She jumped off and headed over to the doorway where the tray piled with food on it was. She picked it up and shut the door behind her. "Are you hungry?..." She turned around to look at Zelos. She carried the tray over and placed it on the table next to the bed. He shook his head. "You're lying," Shihna said. "You're hungry aren't you? You said you were earlier and you haven't eaten since then."

"You're starting to sound like an annoying mother who won't stop nagging me for not eatting what I'm supposed to," Zelos grumbled. He sat up. "But I'll consider eatting if you feed me." Now he was starting to act like his usual self. She sighed. "Fine. I will." She thought she saw a hint of a smile on Zelos' face. He was cute like this too...frowning like that. He looked like a child that was- What was she thinking?! Her face reddened. She was just...she thought...She covered her face. "If you don't really want to feed me you don't have to. I don't have to eat," Zelos said, ready to lay back down with the covers over his head. "N-no! It's not like that! It's just..." Shihna hesitated. "You're...different than usual."

"You mean I'm even more annoying and frustrating and you really want to slap me, but I look so pathetic you pity me so you won't." Shihna picked up a bowl of cream soup. "That's not what I meant!" She protested. "Yeah right..." She scooped up a bit of soup and held the spoon up to Zelos' mouth. Zelos mechanically opened and closed his mouth as she fed him. Shihna put down the now empty bowl.

"You've fed me now. Are you going to leave yet?" Zelos asked. Shihna couldn't believe he still wanted her to leave. "Fine. I'll leave then," she said coldly. She got up to leave. "I was kidding..." she heard him mumble. He took ahold of her long sash. "Really...I was kidding that time."

Shihna turned to look at Zelos. "Are you okay?..." Zelos shook his head. "Guess not, hunny." He tried to put a smile on his face, but failed. "I feel horrible." Shihna sat back down on the bed. Zelos rested his head on her shoulder. "Don't leave...okay? Even if I tell you to," he murmured in her ear. She nodded, not sure if she was really going to stay or not. "You should eat..." Zelos said, noticing that Shihna's food had been untouched. "You must be hungry..." Was that guilt she heard in Zelos' voice? "Yeah..." Shihna picked up her bowl of cream stew, that had cooled down. "I should treat you better," he mumbled, snuggling up closer to her. "What?..." Shihna asked, inching away from Zelos. "I always end up hurting you."

Shihna stopped sipping her soup. Had he...always hurt her? Yes, he had. Anything that had to do with Zelos that involved her...she ended up getting hurt somehow. "You didn't do anything," she lied. "Yeah right...There's no way you can tell me that whenever I'm with my hunnies that you're not jealous," Zelos said. "What are you saying?! I would never be jealous of-" "Then there'd be no reason for the way you act when I'm around them," Zelos pointed out. "Enough of that!" Her patience was finally starting to wear down.

Zelos hugged her tightly. "Sorry..." She was making her situation worse. "Zelos, let go!" She turned around to look at him. Her eyes widened as she watched Zelos' wings dissapear. Zelos let go of her. "I'm feeling better now...Thanks." The way he looked at her was just so..."Yeah, yeah! You're all better now, right? I can actually leave now, right?" She tried to hide her red face. "Sure, hunny," Zelos said, cheerfully. "But...what's wrong with your face?" He turned her around to face him. "You're all red!"

"Wh-what are you talking about?! I-I'm leaving!" Shihna stuttered, getting up and picking up the tray. "But-" "I'm fine!" She dashed out of the room, closing the door behind her. Zelos sighed. "You're so cute..." He looked down at the bed, where a few golden feathers still floated around. "...Thank you, Shihna."

SakuMeiMei Says: Kyuuuee! XD That was...tiring. Zelos was just out of control. I'm sorry. But he just wouldn't do what I wanted him to do. So I'm sorry...But Shihna did what I wanted. XD Which is surprising because she's always the one that I have trouble with...

Poor Genius. XD The poor kid always ends up in those kind of situations...