Who made me Penelope Judith?

20. Waking up

His vision was clouded and he also felt a little bit hot. And his mana felt weird. He felt energetic, but at the same time not...This never happened to him before.

Then he realized somebody was holding his hand. When he looked to his side, he saw Penelope who was snoozing off peacefully with a neutral expression. She sat on a chair near his bed but she rested her upper body against his bed. Then he looked to the other end of his room and saw that Felix was also asleep, drooling all over his couch.

It made him happy somehow. He liked to wake up and see the both of them there in his room. It warmed his heart. He didn't want to wake them up, not yet, but something creaked and Penelope's eyes snapped open. She jerked her head up and her grip on his hand tightened for a little bit before she shook her head, groaning sleepily.

"What the-.." She brushed a few bangs of her own hair which got stuck to her forehead out of her face. She still looked a bit unconscious, mumbling incoherent things, but then she seemed to have regained focus when she blinked a few times and saw him "Wait...You're awake!!!" She exclaimed as she stood up (more like fell from her chair and then scrambled up) "C-Claude!!! Oh my god you're awake!!"

She didn't look like she knew what to do, but she looked euphoric. She looked so relieved but Claude could detect the fright behind those eyes. Would it be bad if he confessed that seeing her like that was very enjoyable? Still, she doesn't live here...Why is...

"You're here..." He said "Why are you here?"

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I was shocked to hear that.

Two days ago, I made up a list of things I should scream on him about when he'll wake up. A big list of things of why I'm angry at him. But now I have to say I'm speechless. I forgot everything! I'm just so surprised/shocked, happy and...You know what, just happy I guess! I wanted to jump on the bed and hug him but what if I kill him by mistake? He's not at 100% strength right now.

"Why am I here?" I repeated this question. My vocabulary was still creditable however "You dunce!! You empty headed, vacuous, dull-witted being! What do you mean why am I here?! So you decided to get sick and you think I'd be sitting back in my comfortable manor, sipping tea with my sister, and just wait for the news of your recovery?! No sir!!"

"Too soon...Sleeeep." Felix mumbled, falling from the couch onto the carpet but still not waking up. "Mhm..."

"That would've still been a better use of your time, Penelope." Claude smirked as he looked up to the ceiling "Nevermind this is nice."

"Nice!? I'm sorry, I've never been this afraid in my whole life and you call it nice?!" I whisper yelled in his face.

"Your presence is nice."

"Oh no sir, that won't save you now." Ah yes, my anger is back "There's absolutely nothing nice about this. You're right, perhaps my time would've been better spent had I stayed home if you hadn't decided to go comatose all of a sudden-"

"Sorta not my fault..."

"Well it wasn't my fault either when I got tossed off a bridge into cold water but we like putting blame on each other in this couple so we're going to argue about this." I nagged him and he smiled, closing his eyes as if this was very funny. Did the fever touch his brain?! He's really enjoying this "Do you have ANY idea how much me, Felix, your mother (especially her) and even your brother got worked up about this, Claude?!"

"Okay...I'mma go back to sleep now!!" He decided casually.

"Don't you dare flee away like a coward right now Claude de Alger Obelia!" I shook him.