Dreamy Days In School In West Tokyo ✔

Chapter 10: Slumber Party P2

My eyes open. I sit up and look around. Everybody is still asleep. I wonder what time it is. I look outside the window. It's still dark outside. I grab my phone and check the time. Oh, wow, it's only 3:30 am. Well, I need to go to the bathroom. I quietly leave the room and go to the bathroom. After I walk back out into the hall. I yawn. I then see a light from downstairs. I look down to see Rihito sitting by the fireplace looking glum. I sigh as I glance from Rihito to Ryuzo's room. I sigh again as I walk down the stairs and walk towards Rihito. When I'm standing beside him I sit beside him. He has a blanket over top of him.

"Morning," I say. Rihito turns to me in surprise. His eyes are puffy and red. He looks either like he hasn't had a wink of sleep or he's been crying. I can't tell which one.

"Rocky?" Rihito asks in a low voice as he wipes at his face. So he was crying. I feel kind of bad. I mean, I didn't want to make him cry. I just wanted him to know that he can't boss me around and expect me to ok with whatever he decides.

"Have you been up all night?" I ask slightly worried. I don't want our fight to be the cause of him not getting any sleep. He shakes his head.

"No, I've been up since 3:00 am," Rihito responds as he holds a cup in his hands. I nod in response. "What are you doing up this early?"

"I had to go to the bathroom and then I saw you down here. Just thought I'd check up on you," I explain. Rihito looks at me and smiles.

"Thanks Rocky," he thanks me. I nod again.

"Look, Rihito, I'm sorry that I yelled at you," I apologize, "I was kind of harsh, but I did tell you that I didn't want to go in the water and yet you ignored me. You kept insisting that I go in when I really didn't want to. That was the reason why I was mad at you." Rihito sighs beside me.

"No, I should be the one apologizing," Rihito answers, "You were right. I didn't think about how you were feeling and that was really selfish of me. I should have just let it go. I'm so sorry Rocky. Just please don't hate me." I give a light chuckle.

"I don't hate Rihito. I never did. I was mad sure, but that doesn't mean that I hate you," I reply as I give a comforting smile. Rihito smiles back.

"Does that mean that I'm forgiven?" Rihito asks with hopeful eyes. I nod in response. He smiles.

"Are you drinking hot chocolate?" I ask curiously. Rihito looks at me then at his cup and nods.

"Do you want some?" Rihito asks. I shrug my shoulders in response making Rihito chuckle as he stands up. He removes the blanket from on top of him and places it on my shoulders.

"Thanks," I thank him as I smile up at him. He smiles back as he goes into the kitchen and makes another hot chocolate. I sit in front of the fireplace feeling warm and better now that Rihito finally understands why I was mad. Rihito soon comes back with a cup of hot chocolate and hands it to me.

"Careful, it might be a little hot," Rihito warns. I nod in understanding as I take a sip of the hot chocolate. The chocolaty, warm drink warms me up right away. I look over at Rihito who slightly shivers.

"Hey, come here," I instruct as I gesture for him to come over. He looks at me weirdly. "It's big enough to share. Come on." Rihito smiles as he sits beside me and we share the blanket. "So, you going to be back to your normal, flirty self?"

"When have I ever stopped being my normal, flirty self?" Rihito asks with a slight smirk on his face. I playfully hit him on his arm. He's so cute.

"Well, Ichigo said that after I stormed off you weren't acting like yourself and that you're no fun when you're not yourself," I explain. Rihito rolls his eyes.