Don't Leave [Gackt x Hyde]

DAY 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Day Two~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I opened my mouth in need of air. It was heard to breath, for a reason I didn't know yet.
We had been awake almost the whole night, watching whatever he felt like. Actually, we never watched a whole movie, because he would just randomly skip scenes, saying things like "this scene is so boring" or "I hate that guy ... let's go to the scene where the zombies get him". Somehow his comments made me laugh, although most of the time the scenes he commented weren't funny at all ... It seemed like he couldn't take anything seriously.
Most of the time he would put in another movie before the one we where watching had ended. Somewhere in the Lord of the Rings I finally gave in to my sleepiness and closed my eyes. 
Now it was already day again. I blinked a few times, looking down at whatever that heavy thing on my chest was. I only saw something brown resting on me. Once I was able to see clearer, I realized it was Hideto. He had wrapped his armes around my chest and he was lying on me completely, appearing to be totally lost in his dreams. Now that I was focused on him, I noticed that he was breathing softly and whispering something in his sleep. But it was not clear enough to understand. I didn't want to wake him, because he just looked too cute and peaceful when sleeping, so I closed my eyes again.

I was surrounded by huge trees that went together somewhere above me, hiding the sky from my sight. Turning around again and again, I slowly realized I was trapped. I could hear whispers and evil laughing, but I couldn't catch any words out of the whispering. Not knowing what to do, I started running, just to be stopped after a few steps by a shadow, moving strangely and appearing to grow taller and broader every moment. Unable to turn around, I tried to walk backwards, but there was something in the way. I couldn't move. My heartbeat echoed in my ears. It was loud ... but it was not beating as fast as I could feel it in my chest. I felt my pulse, when I realized that what I could hear wasn't my heartbeat... 
The shadows and the forest disappeared, and instead of it a blood red ocean and a sky of the same color just a bit darker, filled with black clouds appeared. The heartbeat was louder, but slower now, while my own heart raced. I turned around, looking at my surroundings. I was standing in that red ocean, and if that hadn't been weird enough, I had to notice, it was as hard as stone and made my think of the rubies I had seen once. But this was different. As if there was a darkness inside. I wanted to turn and run away, when I saw someone lying on the ground. I ran towards him, but I couldn't see who it was, until ... I saw brown hair. 
'Hideto', I immediately thought, running faster, but I couldn't get near him. I wanted to scream, call his name or anything, but I stayed silent. 
I could hear laughter that sounded more evil than before, and a black shade approached him and picked him up, holding the small and terribly thin man in his arms. Suddenly he was in front of me. I looked into Hidetos face only for a moment - he was terribly pale, his eyes shut - when I heard the heart beat once again, then it suddenly got silent and ...

I woke up, trying hard to breath, my eyes immediately searching for Hideto. At first I didn't find him, but then I realized he was sitting next to me, looking at my quite worried.
"You okay?", he asked. His face wasn't swallen anymore. The sight of his face, fine again and healthy colored made me smile.
"Just a bad dream", I said, "Don't worry"
He nodded and smiled a bit, but then he pouted.
"Hell, you scared me!", he said, now appearing to be quite angry,"And besides that I'm hungry! Go make breakfast"
'So there he is again. Why did I even worry? He's fine ... damned dream', I thought, getting up, still breathing fast. My heart was slowing down again, but still I was quite upset and afraid. 
Suddenly I stumbled, not even knowing why. I tried to catch myself, but there was nothing to grab within my reach. Then I felt a hand grabbing my arm, holding me back and preventing my fall. Then another hand joined the first, and he pulled be back, so I could stand again.
"You're trembling", Hyde said softly, still holding my arm and leading me to a chair, "Was the dream that bad, hm?"
I just stared at him, blinking a few times. I was surprised by this action. 
"Hey you! I'm talking to you", he said, starting to shake me.
I looked at him, then I smiled and he stopped the shaking.
"Thank you for catching me", I said. 
"Nah ... You're heavier than you look, blacky. So now calm down and then make breakfast, will you?", he said, looking away from me, although I didn't know why.
"My name is not blacky", I said, trying to sound angry, but it was quite difficult, for I was still thinking about the dream. 
"Nah, as if you'd care!", he teased,"Alright, then Gacchan it is."
I frowned, but only a bit, for I started to like it. To be honest, I never had a nickname before, so it was quite nice somehow ...
So I smiled and nodded. 
"So ... what are you making for breakfast?", he asked.
Wow ... he couldn't wait for his food ... but he was so thin ... 
What had I gotten myself into? And what was this dream about? Was something in my mind worried about him? But why? Because of that eye-incident, maybe? Or ... because of his - considering his size and figure - huge pill-box?
"Ouch!", I screamed in surprise, when he suddenly poked me,"What was that for?!"
"For not answering my question, stupid. I'm hungry", he said, pouting.
I rolled my eyes, then I got up and went to the kitchen. He followed me slowly, watching me.
"So ... what are you cooking?", he asked, sitting down by the table again. 
"Can't we just eat some cereals? I mean, milk is good for your health anyway", I said, opening the fridge and staring inside. Weren't they rich? Why wasn't there nothing but milk and eggs and a bit of butter inside?
"... We don't have cereals home. Besides, I like a warm breakfast"
Hideto looked at me, a frown on his face. He definitely didn't like my idea ...
"Sorry, I'm afraid you're the wrong one. Of course you'll get paid for the day and ...", he started, but I stopped him.
"Please don't do this! I'll make you breakfast! The best you ever had!", I almost shouted and turned to the fridge again. No he couldn't fire me ... I needed this job. It was the only one I could get ... If I had lost this ... maybe I would just find a hole and die in it ...
While cooking, I could look at him sometimes, but only for a short moment. I saw him smile happily and slowly got the feeling, he had never planned to fire me. He just wanted to test me or something ... Or the brat just wanted his food ... 
"So ... what are you cooking?", he asked. I could hear he was doing something, but I had no time to look.
"Breakfast ... toast, eggs, milk", I explained.
"Mmhmm", he said, while appearing next to me and filling a glass with water, drinking it immediately, then refilling it again and returning to the table. 
What had he just done? Had he taken any pills or something? Wait ... was I worried??
This was just another job, so why did I worry about him? My job was cooking and cleaning for him, not making sure he was well. I just had to clean and cook. Not much, and it was earning me money I really needed. He was only a spoiled brat, unable to take care of himself. 
While I was lost in my thoughts, I didn't pay attention to what was happened around me. 
Just a job. Nothing more. A way to get along. A good and easy way.
Once I had finished cooking and put everything on the table, before I looked at Hideto ... and couldn't help smiling, when I saw the excited look in his eyes.
"I hope you like it", I said, before walking away to clean the kitchen, when he suddenly grabbed my arm.
"Wait ... you should eat something too", he said, pulling me back,"I mean, you'll have to work today, so you might need something to give you strength."
I stared at him. Work? What did he mean? He smiled at me, when he noticed my confusion.
"We'll be working in the garden today. I somehow feel like it", he explained, when he started eating.
Great ... that sounded like a lot of work... But he said he would work as well, so ...

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I should have known.
After breakfast, we got changed in some working-clothes - yeah, he had some - and went outside. The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was fine. No wind, no rain, nothing. Just a few white clouds where moving slowly over the light blue sky. Still it wasn't hot or anything, the air was nice and fresh and the grass was a bit wet, but not much.
The garden looked quite nice, but soon he showed me what we needed to do: There were some trees and bushes that needed to be cut, old plants and dead grass had to be removed and other stuff no one had done for quite a while. Or it just looked so bad, because of the snow that had been everywhere for the last few months. 
Soon we started to work. At first he helped, but then he was only standing next to a tree, giving me orders for about three hours, before I allowed myself to fall into the grass and take a rest. 
"I should have known", I murmured, when he walked over to me.
"Hey! Who said we where taking a break?", he asked, glaring at me.
I just wiped my face and looked back at him. It had gotten hotter, and I had been working for hours while taking orders from him and getting scratched by dead or half alive plants. My armes and torso where bloody, because I had taken off my shirt in order to protect it from being scratched as well. 
"I did", I told him,"I need a break, please ..."
He barely nodded, before sitting down next to me. The strange thing was, that he looked almost as exhausted as I was feeling, although he hadn't done much ...
"Let's call it a day, okay?", he asked and smiled at me.
Was he honest? Just a moment ago, he was giving me orders like there was nothing else for him to do, and now he would allow me to stop? 
"You're kidding me, right?", I dared to ask.
He gave me a smirk, before looking around.
"Why should I be? We did a lot today, so why shouldn't we do something else today?", he asked and smiled even more, when he saw the irritated look on my face,"I mean, there are also things we can do inside ... like doing another puzzle or something like that ..."
I smiled at the thought. The puzzle had been fun, and he seemed to enjoy them very much.
He seemed to read my mind immediately and got up again.
"But we need to get the stuff away ... We can't just let the branches, leaves and the other dead plants lie around here on the grass. Let's put the plants on the compost heap, and the branches inside to dry, so we can use it for making a fire later.", he said, picking up some dead plants and carrying them to the said place.
I followed him, doing the same. 

We worked like this for quite a while, until I noticed he was breathing heavily. I didn't do anything about it, for it seemed he wanted to continue working. Besides that, he ignored me, whenever I tried to talk to him. So I would let him have his way. He seemed to be used to that, so why not? This was just a job anyway. I told myself not to worry about him. This wasn't what I was supposed to do at the moment ...
Soon we had put everything where it should be, and I went outside once more to collect the last branches, when I noticed that something was wrong ...
I started running towards Hideto, who was lying on the ground, obviously unconscious. Kneeling down next to him, I noticed that his face was terribly pale and little drops of sweat had formed on his forehead. Immediately the image of him in my dream returned to my mind again, and I quickly picked him up, realizing that he was terribly skinny despite the huge amount of food he could eat. He was still breathing heavily and quite fast. His small body was shivering, and his eyes were shut.
Quickly I carried him inside and up to his room where I laid him onto is big bed, that seemed to be very comfortable. I kneeled down next to him an put the soft blankets over his small body.
I got up again, rushed to the bathroom and got a cloth to wipe the sweat off his face. When I returned, he looked at me, his eyes half lidded and smiling sadly, as he saw me. I sat down next to him, cleaning his face, when he closed his eyes again and drifted off to a not too peaceful sleep, as far as I could judge this. He had a fever, and I got the feeling he knew ... 
He was murmuring in his sleep again, and again I was unable to understand something, until some words got to my ears quite quite clear, although I didn't understand what he was talking about ... and at whom his words where addressed.
"I'm sorry ... Ashita-sama"

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