~*~ Chinatsu's P.O.V ~*~
Ataru has been acting very strange lately. The past two days he's been in his room. He doesn't eat or talk, he just keeps to himself. He's gotten paler and its been bothering me. He's been this way since the talk we had in the hallway. I decided we were going to skip school, so I can take care of him. I walk to his room, slowly padding my way to his door. When I reach is door I let out a heavy sigh: "Ataru?" I asked while knocking on his door. No answer. "Ataru?" I ask again. Still no answer. " I'm coming in." I open the door revealing a sleeping Ataru snuggle deep into the blankets, a smile melted on to my face I quietly tiptoe to the side of his bed. I could hear his small lights snores coming from his lips. I move some of his messy Oh what are hair out of his pale face revealing his forehead, I gently rest my hand upon it (careful not to wake him) and notice its burning hot. "Oh Ataru." I whisper I leave out of his room to grab a bowl of cold water and a towel.
I come back to his room and place the bowl of water on the floor on the side of his bed. I put a chair beside him, sit in it, and rest the rag in the cool liquid. I wring out the heavy soaked towel, folded, and place it on his forehead gently earning a flutter of his eyes. "Why aren't you at school?" he says, his voice is hoarse and dry. "I can't leave you here like in bed." I say worrily. "I'm fine I don't need you worrying about me." He replies. I forrowed my eyebrows how could he say that. It's my job to worry about him. We've all each others got. If something happened to him I wouldn't know what to do. "I have to worry." I say looking at my hands, fiddling my fingers. "I wouldn't know what to do if something were to happen to you." I say. He smirked I heard shuffling in the bed, and a hand touched mine.
I looked back up and he was sitting up all the way, back against the head board of the bed. His torso uncovered, revealing his once tanned skin and hair in the same messy style. "china," he starts, squeezing my hand gently, " Don't worry i'm fine. I swore on my life that I would protect you." I remember that day, when the kishin murdered my family and we've been living together for a year now. I close my eyes:
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Only Ataru and I were home that day. It was storming ferociously outside, rain trashing against my window as if trying to break it down. Thunder roared loudly julting my from my sleep. Ever since that night, I was just beginning to be terrified of thunder storms. It was the result of P.T.S (Post Traumatic Stress) Another wave of thunder shook the house lightning followed after as if it were chasing it, sending a flash of light to light up the dark hazy room for just a second. Rain pelted harshly against my window, in little tap sounding like bullets. I was shaking badly, my hands quivering as I lift them to cover my ears from the ear bursting sound. I couldn't move as much as i wanted to dive under my blankets. A deep-throaty growl rolled along the sky. I jerked harshly and crumbled myself into a ball, covering my head and ears with my hands. Tear streaming freely down my cheeks, mixing in with the sweat that was rolling heavily down my forehead.
" China-" Ataru had walked in and and seen me in my tattered state. By now I was on my bed balled up on my bed, shivering crying silently. I couldn't see what was going on because tears my clouded my vision, but I felt my limp-like body be engulved by a pair of protective arms, my head was layed against a solid chest. I buried my face into it and cried out, gripping onto his shirt like my life depended on it. "Shh," he cooed soothingly," I'm here." "I'm scared," my voice muffled in his shirt. " I know, but I'm here now and always will be." he answered. I looked up at his face, I couldn't make out his expression, but I could tell he was tearing up inside seeing me this way. A boom of thunder sent my face back into his shirt. "Always." he repeated. He squeezed me tighter and gently layed down. " From monsters under the bed to thunderstorms, I will always protected you..." he says wiping my tears and covering us up. "promise," Iwhy said. "Cross my heart and swear to die" and we stayed that way for the rest of the storm.
