Gawd I'm dying stupid coughs.
Vivi stared at Nami's house, it's been a week since her birthday and she hasn't come out once, she took the hidden key as well so Vivi couldn't get in. Vivi laid her head down on the steering wheel, feeling miserable for her friend, but this couldn't go on. Her friend would drive people away if she kept talking about fictional characters. She didn't want that for her friend, or for her to end up in the looney bin. Sighing to herself, Vivi sank down further in her car. The imaginative state Nami was in would soon pass and everything would go back to normal, it would just take time. Vivi sat up with new determination flashing through her eyes, jumping out off the car and knocking on Miss Helmway's door. Half a minute later and Reiji opened the door, seeming surprised at seeing Vivi standing before him.
"Can I help you Vivi?" he asked, cocking his head slightly to the side. It wasn't everyday Vivi came to talk to him, only when she needed access to Nami's spare key when the two would get in a rare fight.
"Well, Nami seems to have locked herself in her house for some odd reason, I was wondering if I could use the spare again." Vivi asked, giving him a pleading look.
"Sorry Vivi, but Nami called down earlier asking us not to let anyone up. She said she was going through some personal issues and wanted to be alone." Reiji stated apologetically, noting the droop in the girls demeanor, Reiji couldn't handle the look the girl was giving him. "Fine, we'll go visit her, but we'll leave as soon as she asks. Alright?" he came to the conclusion, picking a key off the wall before closing the door behind him. Vivi pranced behind him as the pair made there way up the stairs, she continuously jumped trying to peak over his shoulder. He pushed the door open, fully expecting the room to cast a light down the hall as it normally did, filling the air with the sound of music to liven the empty space. He never saw the apartment so dull and empty. Vivi slid into the room and looked around at the dark space. Nami was spotted curled on her side on the couch, looking paler and thinner than she did last week.
Nami didn't look up as she heard the door open, she didn't blink as the dim light of the hall blinded her nocturnal eyes, nor did she utter a word as Vivi and Reiji ran to her side. Her vacant gaze remained on the TV, paused mid episode at a picture of her four boys. She was lost in thought, having an internal battle over her memories. Half of her wanted to believe that they were true, but all the people around her seemed to think otherwise. At some point during the internal war she fell into a comatose like state of awareness. She didn't want to go back to how things used to be, she was used to the enthusiastic pirates dragging her around and popping up out of the blue. The two sat in front of the screen, blocking her view of the pirates on the screen, she stared at the two, watching as their mouths moved but no sound emerged. They looked worried, but why would they? She only locked them out for a day.
Vivi turned to Reiji, "She's bee in here for a week and you didn't come to check on her?! Look at her! As if she wasn't scrawny enough, now you can practically see her ribs!" Vivi leaned over, getting eye level with the girl. The blank stare gave the blue girl the shivers, how could Nami be this lifeless? Nami normally took things in stride and got over it quickly, but this was ridiculous. She glared at the older boy as he stuttered, trying to think of an excuse before deflating as none came to mind. The conscious female sighed deeply before turning to her hollow friend, she seemed so broken and she hated it greatly. She started shaking her orange friend, "Come on, wakey wakey, let's make you some dinner you scrawny girl you." Nami still didn't hear anything, the silence continued to echo in her ears.
The two noticed that this was going nowhere and frowned to themselves. "Maybe it's time to leave" Reiji stated as he stood up, glancing at the once lively girl. Vivi turned to him sadly, nodding and heading towards the door, only turning to call back too the girl.
"You better come to school tomorrow of I won't forgive you!" with that said, she stomped to her car in silence.
Reiji looked at Nami before heading to the door, he glanced around, raising a brow in question, asking one last question before locking the door behind him, Nami sat up straight at the question, her brain finally coming to a conclusion.
"So, when did your cousin leave?"