Forever

December 2nd

Misaki wakes up to bright sun light penetrating her eyes and setting her skin on fire. She jumps up and rolls away from the light, ending up falling off her bed with a slight and surprised shriek. She tries to get up but apparently she brought her duvet down with her and now her feet is caught in the midst of the heavy fabric.

"Oh, frick it." She sighs and rests her head on the floor.

She thinks she's going back to Dreamland until her name pierces the atmosphere combined with the sudden shrilling of her alarm. She screams at the noises and jumps, which was stupid since she is tangled in her duvet. She ends up slamming her elbows on the floor and somehow rolling herself into a caccoon.

"Oh my, Kami-sama, it hurts!" She seethes at the new throbbing in her joints.

"I have never seen anything as sad as this."

Shock ripples across her skin at the sound of Ion's voice. She snaps her head in his direction, getting a stinging whiplash in the process, and finds him in her doorway, an amused smirk on his face.

She glances at her mirror then back at him. How can someone look so good in the morning, she thinks.

"Could you stop laughing in your head and actually help me?" Misaki snaps, trying to ignore the red that blotches her face due to embarrassment.

"Well since you said please..." He snides sarcastically.

"Okay please would you help me out here?" She strains to make it look like she's actually being polite willingly. Ion just guffaws at her face.

"If I was you I wouldn't repeat that look."

She glares at him.

Ion crosses over the room and squats when he reaches the pathetic mess she is. Slowly and quietly, he untangles her. Misaki let's out a breath when she could finally feel air skim her legs.

She turns to thank Ion but falls silent when she sees that he's staring at her, neck crimson and eyes wide. She follows his gaze and almost dies when she sees what she's wearing.

Last night, she had slept off in only her bra and loose pajama shorts.

And she was still in that, but with the straps of her undergarment slipping off her shoulders and her shorts revealing the beginning of her underwear.

"Oh. My. God. Kill. Me. Now."

Ion becomes a stuttering mess, and so does she. Finally pulling away his eyes from the designs on her peach bra, Ion gets up hurriedly and makes a beeline for the door, slamming it shut, leaving a mortified Misaki on the floor.

***

Misaki couldn't face Ion after she got ready and so sneaks down the stairs and leaves the house without a word. She doesn't head to school, she wouldn't be going there until results are out, instead she finds herself walking down the streets to Marie's Haven, a bookshop owned by Leo's Mom. Leo and her enjoyed hanging out there and they had decided to meet up that morning.

The bell dings above her head when she walks in. Leo looks up from his position at the counter and a thousand watt smile falls on his lips when he sees her. With black curly hair and turquoise eyes that were hidden behind black-blue glasses, Leo was shorter than the average teenage boy but still about a head and more taller than Misaki. He was rather slim but it fit him. His love for books and hatred for Maths and the sciences were what brought him and Misaki together since she possessed the same. And maybe being Big Bang Theory fans worked some magic too.

"Hi Leon." Misaki was the only one who called him by his real name, just to tease him on the fact he had the same name as a Violetta character.

They hugged before he returned the greeting. "Happy you could make it. I'm already bored out of my mind."