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Post by Zephel on Mar 1, 2009 13:08:51 GMT -8
Under the moonlight, it must be around 8pm that Hikaru finally arrived in front of the dormitory building. Kimiko fell unconscious in their first date together, and is now weighting the boy's arms. The redhead had promised his brother that he'll bring Kimiko safely to her room, and after slowly walking all the way from the Movie House, he finally reached his destination.
While entering through the building double doors, Hikaru suddenly realized something important. "Wait a second... I don't even know where Kimiko-chan's dorm room is!" A huge sweatdrop adorned his red hair as he blinked at how late he is to finally grasp that crucial information. After much thinking, Hikaru decided to let Kimiko rest in his dorm room for a while, since his arms are aching so much now.
Being an unfortunate soul, all the lifts are broken now that he noticed with a sweatdrop. So he slowly but tirelessly use the stairs and shen he reached the front door of his dorm room, both his arms and legs are throbbing. He tried knocking, suspecting his roommate, Roy, is inside...but nothing happens. So he tried to open the door with his occupied hand and feels a thousand times grateful Roy forgot to lock the door...or probably he knows Hikaru forgot to bring the keys with him.
After getting in, he planned to put Kimiko on the couch at first, but after seeing the chip-filled soda-stained sofa he himself just mutated, Hikaru mentally scolds himself. So after goung through some desperate options, he finally decided to put her on his bed. He swear Zeph would KILL him if he knows...
"I am SO sorry, nii-san..." he whispered as he carefully placed Kimiko on his bed.
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Post by Kimiko on Mar 1, 2009 17:16:30 GMT -8
As Kimiko felt the warmth slowly leave her body again only to be rested atop a cloud, kimiko's body let out a slight shiver and her face muscles twitched a few times before her eyes slowly began to open halfway. Without even realizing what was happening, tears would flooding out of Kimiko's tear ducts at rapid speed, her chest heaving and falling slightly with irregular breath.
She merely stared up at the ceiling with her half opened eyes, not yet seeing Hikaru there, just the memories of her mother's death flashing before her as she lay there crying silently.
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Post by Zephel on Mar 4, 2009 9:48:49 GMT -8
Hikaru gasped as he took a step back, surprised at her sudden tears. Thinking he might have hurt her in some way when carrying her, Hikaru bit his lower lip as he slowly approached the girl, looking over her worriedly, "K...Kimiko-chan... A-are you...are you okay??"
Followed by that is a gentle brush on her cheek. It's only then that Hikaru realized his hand's big enough to cover half her face now. Hitting puberty is scaring him big time, with these changes he has to go through. Shrugging that new fact, he continues to brush the tears off her cheeks, "Kimiko-chan, I'm so sorry if I hurt you, I didn't mean to! Really!"
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Post by Kimiko on Mar 5, 2009 14:43:37 GMT -8
Kimiko slowly turned her face so her crying eyes were now watching him, though almost as though seeing past him. "M..... My..... Mommy..... She..... That........." She couldn't speak or even think coherently. After a moment, she threw herself forward and into Hikaru's arms, clinging onto him tightly.
"That...... night...... I remember...... I remember it clearly..... That..... My....." She uttered, her voice muffled into Hikaru's shirt, crying into him.
After another minute or so, she uttered another thing rather quietly into his shirt. "Though.... I swear.... I thought I heard..... Zephel's voice..... In a dream....."
Kimiko still held onto Hikaru as though her life depended on him.
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Post by Zephel on Mar 8, 2009 5:36:53 GMT -8
Hikaru blinked worriedly at her as her words didn't make sense to him at first. He was just about to ask her to take a few deep breaths when she suddenly lunged herself to him, her arms tightly around his body. Hikaru could feel a copper-like taste in his mouth, probably because he just bit his tongue when his jaw clenched tight in surprise of Kimiko's action.
Then, all became natural to him. He wrapped his arms around the catgirl as he pats her back softly. Hikaru can't catch much of her muffled voice, but considering she's crying so hard like this, it must have been something really deep. Hikaru continued patting her back as he slowly sat on the bed, feeling awful he missed what his brother saw...
All he's able to do is to just sit there, holding her close and patting her back tenderly, whispering, "Shh...shhh... Whatever happened...it's over now, I suppose.... Everything will be fine...I'm here to help you in any way I can, Kimiko-chan..."
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Post by Kimiko on Mar 13, 2009 13:39:46 GMT -8
"Hi..... Hikaru-chan..." Kimiko muttered, clinging tightly to him but moved her face so she wasn't mumbling into him. "I.... I remember her.... That last night.... That.... She....." She muttered still quietly, still crying into him. "I remember.... How.... she......" She had to pause a few times, swallowing. Her throat felt swollen with stress and her eyes were beginning to sting from the tears.
"I remember.... That night...... That I lost....." She whispered, unable to stop her already overflowing tears, holding tight. "Hikaru-kun....... Don't leave me....." She whispered even softer, clinging onto him with nearly all the strength her tired body could muster.
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Post by Zephel on Mar 13, 2009 15:44:51 GMT -8
Hikaru didn't have a clue on what Kimiko's trying to say, but her overflowing tears are definitely freaking him out. He didn't know what else to do except holding her and trying to calm her down. But he did catch her last sentence...
"No, I will never leave you, Kimiko-chan. I will never ever leave you." he replied sharply, surprised at his own strong tone. Around Zeph, he's the child that needs help...around Kimiko, he's the man that helps her...or that is what he needs to believe.
"Just...just get some rest, alright? You look really tired now... Get some sleep," Hikaru whispered. worried of her now trembling figure. "I won't do anything, I promise. I'll stay here...and, and just be here for you."
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Post by Kimiko on Mar 13, 2009 15:52:45 GMT -8
"Hi.....Hikaru-kun....... She..... He.... Killed........." She muttered. "I.... Don't want.... to sleep..... I.... want... to stay like this.... For a while...." She added, clinging tightly to him. "I...... How..... Did I..... Forget...... That night....." She whispered quietly to herself.
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Post by Zephel on Mar 14, 2009 14:03:51 GMT -8
Hikaru sighed, gently patting Kimiko on the back. He didn't answer, merely sitting there on the bed, holding her close. If there's one thing he didn't know, it's to make people stop crying. He can prevent it, but can never stop it when it happens.
"Kimiko...chan..." he muttered, truly didn't know what to do, "Calm down....you're okay now... I..." Hikaru paused, then suddenly started humming a calming melodic tune.
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Post by Kimiko on Mar 14, 2009 14:35:47 GMT -8
Kimiko hiccupped slightly through her tears as she held onto him a bit tighter, still crying though a bit quieter. She tried hard to focus on his humming but couldn't stop thinking about the lost memories she had just recovered. It was as though she had just been through that a moment before. Like it wasn't in the past, but present. "Hika-chan..." She muttered into his shirt, not leaving any space between them.
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Post by Zephel on Mar 14, 2009 16:09:57 GMT -8
Slowly, through the humming, a pleasant warmth emits from him...and sure enough, a faintly-glowing light appeared around him. It didn't brighten the whole room, but it just faintly goes along with his hum.
When Hikaru ends his tune, however, the warm aura keeps on shining, "Kimiko-chan... I don't know what happened....but, I can feel how much it affected you.... ...This pain...and...and confusion... I...don't know how to make you feel better...but I can be with you and listen to you and comfort you whenever you want me to... ...I just hope it's enough..."
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Post by Kimiko on Mar 14, 2009 17:03:14 GMT -8
Kimiko still held tightly to him, listening intently as she felt her body growing heavier, tired. She was slowly slipping away to sleep, her grip getting weaker. "I love you... Hikaru..." She spoke in a barely audible mumbled whisper as she fell asleep against him, her body going limp.
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Post by Zephel on Mar 15, 2009 11:11:45 GMT -8
Hikaru's glowing aura became dimmer as it finally flickered fainter and fainter until the glow faded when Kimiko fell to sleep. After kissing her head, the light child then carefully sets Kimiko down on his bed, her head comfortably on his pillow, and tucked her in his comforter.
He stood back, staring at her in a distant gaze, the stuffed his hands on his pockets, really feeling bad he could only emulate what others feel but not experiencing it himself. "Maybw she lost her family..." he uttered under his breath, "I bet I'll be just like her when I lost nii-san or the others..."
Just then, he could hear the front door of the dorm being opened.
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Post by Roy on Mar 15, 2009 13:30:13 GMT -8
Roy opened the door of his dorm yawning. He was in the outside for his training session and was pretty tired. Opening the door he stepped inside and closed it behind him. "Yo, Hikaru, I`m back" he said rather sleepy and walked through the living room. He came past the door to the bed room and could see Hikaru standing in there. "Oh you are already going to bed ? I thought you wanted to go to the movie theatre with a certain someone and-" By now his tired eyes finally noticed that the both of them weren`t alone in there dorm and that the certain-someone-person already layed in Hikarus bed. Roy jumped literally backwards out of the room again "Whoa!! I`m sorry!! I didn`t know that-" he stuttered while he was thinking about what he should do now...
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Post by Zephel on Mar 15, 2009 15:43:17 GMT -8
Hikaru seemed taken aback as Roy jumped. The redhead was a bit confused at first on why his roommate was so shocked, then he slowly remembered 'the talk' his brother' was forced to give. Hikaru's eyes widened at the thought, then quickly ran outside his room, closed the door gently behind him, then goes..red.
"No, no!! It's not what you think! I didn't do anything!! Honest!! She fainted and, and I don't know where to get her to!" He waved his hands in front of him in defence, throughly frantic. "Really! You gotta believe me!! I'm fully clothed, see! And Kimiko too, of course! Just take a look at her and please believe me! I'm not that kind of guy, truly!!"
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