Leuko : Blind to the Sunshine

Chapter 27: How to Preserve Friend

Chapter 27: How to Preserve Friend

I was currently trying to sew a new Kimono for all night, to the point I didn't even notice time move. But safely, despite all of my effort to recreat my previous outfit, I lacked too much tissue to render it to completion. So I had no choice but to reduce it to a simple toga.

Well it should still be enough to cover myself until I find new tissue to complete my work.

*Crash*

I turned my head in surprise toward where the sound of the crash happened and concluded that it must have happened outside of my dorm as there was nothing that fell into my room.

I tilted my head and tried to stand up to verify what the level of danger was and possibly start my escape, but I stopped when I realized that Allister was still sleeping on my bed.

Allister slept with me because he was scared of being alone, so if I leave him now and he wakes up alone, he won't feel safe and will blame me for it, which will make him hate me and leave me forever.

But at the same time, there is something out there that may cause some destruction to our dorm, which will make him feel even less safe.

...wait! If he feels less safe, then he will simply stay with me!

That's a good idea...

"W...what the noise?..." A groggy voice interrupted my thought, so I looked to my side to see an awake Allister, completely changing my plan. "...mmrh...what...what are you...eh!" Allister's face immediately flushed red as he hid his face with his hand.

Hmm? What is it? Why is he reacting like that? Did I forget to put on my blindfold?

No... it's not that, then my clothes?

...No, I did that too, then what is it?

"I'm...I'm sorry for...I'm sorry..." Allister apologized frantically for a reason I didn't understand.

So I just asked him why, I already had a stock of questions I have the right to ask now. "Why are you apologizing."

Allister lowered his hand to look at me embarrassed. "Because...I asked to sleep in your bed."

Well that's weird. "But I didn't object, right?"

"Yes...but you probably only did it because you felt pity for me, and I'm sure it bothered you a lot...so I'm sorry." Allister answered with his head lowered in shame.

"It didn't bother me at all." My answer shocked Allister as he looked up to me.

Really, Allister didn't bother me at all, he barely made any noise, he didn't hurt me, he didn't shine and he wasn't the sun, so how could he possibly bother me?

In fact, he should be the one bothered by me, my presence should have made him pretty uncomfortable, I'm really abominable after all, and I probably made a lot of noise when I sewed my outfit. Even if I try to minimize it by doing it very slowly, like one action each minute. But to compensate for these brouhahas, I decided to stop breathing to not add more noise.

But if he wasn't even bothered by that, then he must be really kind...or deaf and blind.

But according to my current analysis, he seems to be able to hear me and to see me...more research may be needed...just in case.

I slowly moved my finger toward his eye to confirm my hypothesis, but he just looked at it in confusion even when it grew closer and closer to his eye. But right before it would poke his pupil, I stopped my finger to not actually hurt him.

This action seemed to only make Allister more confused. "Why...what...what was that?"

Hmm? He knew something was going on, but he didn't move?