Chapter 5

A Good Rest

Rise rubs her eyes one afternoon while organizing some papers at the student council room. She hasn't been sleeping well for the past couple days due to huge amounts of studying for a test that's coming tomorrow. She had studied pretty hard, but had been getting less sleep as a result. She keeps on rubbing her eyes to keep herself awake as she finishes up organizing the papers. The other members pretty much left early, leaving the quiet girl doing the rest of the work. She doesn't mind it, but not when she's tired like this.

Once she gets done stacking the papers, she clips them with some binder clips and places them on the desks in front of her. After that's done, she picks up her school bag and heads out of the student council room and locks the door. However, as she begins walking, she starts to stop and yawn. She had never been this tired in her life, but she had to study hard to get good grades.

She drags on and on until she stops to yawn again, this time a long one. Her eyes are closing repeatedly and feels the need to go lie down somewhere. She knows where the nurse's office is, but since it's far from where she is, she's too tired to walk any further.

"President?" she hears a familiar voice call her.

The raven haired girl looks up with drowsy eyes on a certain blue haired girl, who runs up to her.

"Hey, you look really tired," Himawari says. "Did you get enough sleep last night?"

Rise shakes her head and whispers.

"Hm? There was a lot of studying going on?"

The quiet girl nods. Himawari knows how it feels to study for so long and then not focusing on the time until it's too late and then getting less sleep. She's been there before, unlike Sakurako. She helps Rise walk toward some stairs and sit down together. Himawari glances at the windows for a bit when an idea pops in her head.

"I got it!" she says, hitting her palm with her fist. She digs into her school bag and pulls out a small bottle with the label "Drowsiness Destroyer", the same exact bottle that Rise gave her the other day. "There's still half of it left, so you can drink the rest if you'd like."

Rise gently takes the bottle and drinks it. Within a few seconds, the quiet girl feels fully awake and happily wraps her arms around Himawari.

"You're welcome!" she giggles.

Rise releases her and sighs in relief. She is glad that Himawari still had that bottle, but is wondering why she still has it.

"It was just in case that I'm tired again," Himawari answers after Rise whispers her question. "But when I saw that you were tired, I almost forgot I had it."

Rise nods and whispers a "Thank You".

"You know, that reminds me," Himawari says as she turns towards the quiet girl. "Thank you for saving me that day. I would've fallen asleep during my next period if it wasn't for you. So, I thought I should do the same."

The student council president smiles. She couldn't have been any happier than having Himawari saving the day. The raven haired girl scoots a little closer to Himawari's lap, catching her by surprise.

"P-President?" she stammers, not knowing what else to say.

Rise just smiles as she snuggles close to her and curls up a little. After about a minute of silence, Himawari can understand what the quiet girl is trying to tell her.

"Of course you can rest here for a while," she says as she strokes her hair.

Rise obliges as she closes her eyes, with a smile still remaining on her face. Himawari blushes as she keeps on stroking her hair.

The blue haired girl then leans down and kisses Rise's forehead.

"Thanks again, President," she whispers.

A/N: This is based on a picture I saw on Tumblr with Rise and Himawari, so I decided to do that. Feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)

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