lavender; nishimura riki

twelve.

4/29 9:15am - in your hotel room.

You're still weak in the morning from the toll the fever and throwing up took on your body. Your limbs are shaky and eyes still heavy with exhaustion. Once you've brushed your teeth and washed your face you feel a bit better, but all you do is lay down on your bed and call Riki. He picks up on the second ring.

"Still up for the movies?"

His immediate reaction, excusably so, is to laugh. "Are you crazy?"

"My fever broke."

"Doesn't mean you're okay." He scoffs. "No movie. Fevers that high kill babies, you know."

"Oh my god don't tell me about dying babies." You groan.

"We'll I don't think Felice would approve of a movie the day after you roughing it out so no. Go drink some tea or something."

"You're so annoying!" You throw your arm over your eyes, suppressing a grin.

"Why are you so desperate?" He hums. You're furious. He thinks he's so slick! Your eyebrows draw together, "I- I'm not! I just really wanted to see that movie!"

"Weren't we just gonna watch a rerun of some 1980s horror movie?"

"Yeah..."

"You can watch that in the hotel room."

"It's different."

"It's different!" He mocks. You can practically hear him rolling his eyes through the phone. You roll your own eyes, "You wouldn't understand."

"Clearl-" He starts. You hang up the phone, smirking triumphantly at the idea that Riki would be glaring at his phone, infuriated by you rather than the other way around as if typically is.

———

4/29 11:23am - in your hotel room.

"I've got some work to do so I have to meet with Director Lee, is that alright?" Felice worriedly pats your arm as you sit, doodling on the hotel sticky notes. You look up at her. "You don't need to worry about me." You smile.

"I want to." She frowns.

"Don't." You assure her, "I'll be fine." She sighs, "Alright. Just, call me if you feel sick at all, okay? Unlike yesterday."

"Of course." You nod. "I learnt my lesson."

"Good." She pats your head with a little grin and turns to walk off. You watch her as she turns the corner into the little hall going to the door. The sound of her shoes, the locks clicking, then- "Oh!" Felice exclaims. She calls for you, "Hey, Riki's here!"

You furrow your eyebrows and peer around the corner. "What are you doing here??"

Riki steps past Felice, respectfully bowing his head towards her before she bids a mumbled farewell. He kicks off his shoes. "You'll see." He hefts a tote bag with a little sun design on the side. Looking closer, you observe that it's filled with little book-shaped objects.

"What is that?"

He sticks his hand in the bag and you listen to a clatter before he emerges with two familiar object. Your gaze first dashes to his laptop, then to the other object. A dvd case. You haven't seen those in so long. Where did he get so many?

"Your stupid horror movie reruns." He grins.

———

You've subconsciously started digging your fingers into your pillow as you watch the second movie so far. Riki grips you're arm.