Shards of Sanity || Sano Manjiro

chapter 8

You woke up with a painful back. Mikey's engraved name on your back hurts like hell. You can't even lay down properly.

You turned on your side and you gasped, almost waking up the man who's sleeping beside you. You smiled. This is the first time that you woke up with Mikey by your side.

You touched his face, adoring his cute sleeping face. He looks so innocent while sleeping, you move a little to kiss his forehead. Your gaze on him softened, "You look so adorable, like a baby." You whispered and chuckled to yourself.

"Really?" You flinched and was about to pull your hand from his face but he caught it and placed it on his cheeks again. Leaning on your palm with his eyes still slightly closed.

"Morning, y/n." He greeted you.

Your stomach felt butterflies. You woke up with him beside you and he even greeted you. It's a really good morning! You feel like you can arrange a party right now because of the happiness you are feeling.

Mikey kissed your palm and he looked into your eyes. "Where's my greeting?" He said, still like a kid. You don't know if he is just still sleepy or something good happened.

"G-Good morning, Mikey.." You said flustered and blushing because of his sudden actions. He seems to be in a good mood. Mikey suddenly stood up and grabbed his phone. He dialed someone asking that someone to bring the both of you food.

After the call Mikey walked towards the bed again and sat beside you. Without saying anything he started cleaning the wounds on your back. You hissed because it's painful.

"You're such a good girl enduring this, y/n" Mikey suddenly said, shocking you but a smile formed on your lips afterwards.

"Yeah... I just really like the idea of having your mark permanently." You said as you touched his bite mark on your neck that's slowly vanishing. But unlike this bite mark, the wound on your back will leave a scar that indicates Mikey's name.

"Why are you so obsessed with me?" He suddenly asked.

"Because you're beautiful." You said not being specific. You intend not to be direct and he was about to ask you a question when someone suddenly entered the room.

Sanzu entered the room holding food in his hands. You almost laughed because the view doesn't really suit him. You buried your face on the pillow and you felt his glare. He left it without a word. You felt Mikey tapped your shoulder and you turned to him only to be faced with a toast. You unconsciously opened your mouth and Mikey fed it to you.

You smiled before eating the toast. Mikey also started to eat and your breakfast proceeded just like that. Mikey feeding you, there is also a comfortable silence between the both of you.

After eating, Mikey helped you to sit on the bed and you would flinch from time to time because of the wound on your back. When you succeeded in sitting, Mikey laid down on your lap and closed his eyes.

"I'm taking a nap." He said before closing his eyes. 'But he just woke up? Mikey's really like a child sometimes.' You thought and smiled before brushing his hair using your fingers.

Mikey's breathing became stable signaling that he's already asleep. You continued to stroke his hair and your hands travelled on his nape and caressed his tattoo. He's just enjoying your soft and caring touches, the warmth and the emotions that you made him feel.

"You know what, Mikey? We're almost the same. Broken and has no one to rely on, in fact, you're still lucky because there are people who follow you. Also, I don't have any freedom. I was abused, treated like trash and caged. My family just treated me like a tool." You mumbled then a smile formed on your lips as you caressed his hair.