*UNEDITED*Lila covered her mouth with her sleeves shyly and laughed. "Okay, I think you should get going now Haruka."
Haruka sighed. "That guy is annoying. Why did he have to come along?"
"I think he mentioned leaving some belongings here." Lila recalled.
"Right, you two lived here for a bit."
She glanced over and saw his darkened gaze. It seems like the past still bothers him. Lila wrapped her arms around his neck. "Mmm, hubby." Lila muttered. "Later we can get close."
"You feeling better?"
Lila shook her head. "I still feel slightly hot. But I can rest since my room is clean."
"Hot?" Haruka repeated and placed his hand on her forehead. "Go rest."
"Ah but we just got here." Lila protested.
"Me and the old man will lift and pack things. We will call you over." Haruka picked her up and walked down the hallway. "Where is your room?"
"The one at the furthest end."
Haruka nodded and brought her over there. He flicked the light on and scanned the place. "Huh, yeah this is your room alright."
"What does he mean by that?"
Lila however didn"t get a chance to question him, since he placed her down on the bed. Haruka tucked her in. "I will get going now."
So soon?
She tugged on his sleeves. "Kiss me first and cuddle."
Haruka"s lips curve to a smile and he shook his head. "Later my wife, go get some rest." With those words Haruka quickly left.
A deep sigh crossed her lips. "Well, whenever they kiss something else happens." So she understood why he left like that. Kiryu used to tell her that her honesty is a double edged sword.
From: Kiryu
I heard your moving Sumire-sans stuff.
Do you need help?
Instead of replying Lila accidentally called him.
"Hey." Kiryu greeted. "I"m actually almost there."
"Kiryu…"
"You sound terrible."
Lila laughed. "Im still not well."
"You"re not? Where"s Haruka?"
"I think he and Ren-san are loading the furniture out."
"Wait, I will be there in a sec."
Lila wanted to tell him not to bother, but he already ended the call. She does not remember the last time she felt this bad. Lila tossed and turned on the bed.
"I feel so drained." She closed her eyes.
...
Lila woke up to a familiar warmth on her forehead. "Kiryu," Lila mumbled. Indeed it was none other than Austin Kiryu. He was replacing the cold towel on her forehead.
"Lila." His voice sounded pained. "That gunshot wound wasn"t normal."
"Uh-huh."
Kiryu brought his face closer to hers and Lila felt her heart beating.
"Lila, let me give you some blood."
"I"m too weak to drink." Lila mumbled.
Kiryu bit his lip. "You might not like my suggestion. But I will have to touch you."
"Touch?"
Kiryu gently undid her s.h.i.+rt b.u.t.ton and Lila immediately covered herself up with the blanket. "Don"t do that."
"I know. But Lila your---"
"No, please don"t Kiryu. I don"t want Haruka to get angry." Her sentence fell short when she felt Kiryu remove the blanket.
"More than Haruka"s anger. You should worry about your health. I won"t do anything uncalled for, I will only kiss your neck and your lips. Okay?"
"They can"t do that." Lila understood that better than anybody. But her entire body felt bad. Her whole face, arms and shoulders grew hotter by the minute. The sweat streaming down from her face increased. She extended her hand out and drew Kiryu closer to her. "Please no Kiryu, just leave me." She mumbled weakly.
She would rather remain this way than have Haruka get angry, she can"t risk that. At that comment she felt his gentle lips brush against her eyelids, nose and then her lips.
"I understand Lila." Kiryu nodded. "Let me take care of you instead."
"Okay Kiryu."
His gaze is gentle. "Listen to me okay?"
Lila nodded.
"Did you eat yet?"
She shook her head. "I don"t have much of an appet.i.te these days."
Kiryu frowned. "Your not eating well? Are you stressed again?"
Lila laughed weakly. "A little bit. The compet.i.tion aside, I have a lot of work to do. I"m falling behind on my studies too."
"If it"s the last part, I can help you study."
Her gaze softened at his words. "Then, I guess I can rely on you there." She trailed off. Her gaze fell on his hand. Lila unknowingly got closer to it, until she was clutching his hand tightly.
"Uh Lila, what are you doing?"
"Getting comfortable." Lila mumbled.
Kiryu sweat fell and he looked away. "If you want comfort, should I ask Haruka to come back?"
"Just stay still stupid."
"Such a foul mouth. Does Haruka know about it?"
"Mmm, he knows." Lila nodded. "He still likes me though. Isn"t it weird?"
"You"re asking me that?"
She laughed. "I thought you would be the only weird one. I suppose I"m wrong after all."
For the longest time Lila genuinely thought it wasn"t possible for anybody to love her. "Why would anybody like me?" Such a thing, isn"t possible. "You know, I used to think that you only liked me because I was the only girl you got along with."
Kiryu sighed at that comment. "Well, it"s not like I could get along with anybody else. You would get jealous."
"That"s not true!" Lila exclaimed embarra.s.sed. "To think Kiryu was being that considerate." Then again, she found it weird that somebody as sociable as Kiryu had no friends.
"Rather you got jealous." Kiryu nodded. "I don"t think you remember this though, so I won"t say anymore."
"I remember." Lila didn"t want to talk about it though. Back then she was so petty and caused Kiryu so many problems.
"Don"t worry Lila." Kiryu a.s.sured her. "It didn"t bother me."
"You"re too kind Kiryu, you always have been."
Why is this person so kind to her even now? After everything that has happened between them. Lila didn"t understand what he was thinking. Back then, Lila truly thought she understood Austin Kiryu.