Toshiro you broke my heart and now you want to be together AGAIN?

chapter five

"Kiyomi! Are you alright?!" came Renji's loud voice in my ear.

Rubbing my head, I felt a bump slowly forming on my skull. It hurt every time I rubbed my fingers over it and my head was pounding. Looking up, Renji's large body was holding me in his arms. His long red hair was laid over his shoulders because his hair tie had been lost during the fall. My vision was a bit blurry as I looked into his eyes. Even still, I managed to nod to him briefly, "Yeah, I'm alright..." I said a bit dazed.

He sighed in relief and quickly rose up onto his feet with me still in his arms bridal style. My body was aching.... my head was pounding. Something must've seriously bashed off my skull to give me pain like this... I began running scenarios through my head as Renji pushed off the ground and took me away somewhere across town. Kurakawa town seemed like a wasteland from the rooftops. Nothing and no one was ever up here. Not ever birds seemed to be flying overhead.  Renji ran from rooftop to rooftop. Taking me to god knows where. It felt like an eternity had gone by when it had only been a couple minutes. My head pain was only getting worse and worse. Eventually, I grasped onto Renji's kimono and rested my head on his chest. When I did this, he looked down at me.

"Just let me rest... for a couple minutes..." I told him softly.

He didn't say anything back to me. He just kept on jumping from roof to roof, hurrying to get to me a place where he knew I would be safe.

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When I woke up, I found myself in my apartment bedroom. Sitting up in my bed, cold sweat dripped down the nap of my neck. My whole body seemed to be on fire. Looking down, I found myself bundled up in fleece pajamas with an additional four layers of thick blankets piled on top of my small body. My long hair was let down and was soaking wet from all the sweat that accumulated on my forehead and other areas. My head was light and felt fluffy in a way. Then I remembered the head pain from before. Curious, I raised my one hand up and felt the top of my head. Just as I anticipated, there was a huge lump right on top of my cranium. With a sigh, I let my hand fall down next to me on the bed.

"Finally awake?"

Glancing over, I saw Toshiro sitting in a wooden chair next to me bed. His arms were crossed against his chest and his blue eyes were looking right into mine. My cheeks got flustered almost instantly. He had on a black and white varsity jacket as well as a pair of black denim jeans. His hair was a bit messy, but I probably looked horrific so I shouldn't be talking.

"Y-Yeah... I guess." I replied quickly turning my head away.

"Ah, ah, ah." He said as he rose to his feet. He leaned over my bed, placing one knee and one hand down on the mattress.  Using his one hand, he reached around me and grabbed the side of my face. Pulling lightly, he turned my face back towards him. When I was brought back around to face him, I had hoped that he would keep his distance, but I was dead wrong. Instead, he was only a few centimeters away from my face. He was so close, I could hear him breathing. His eyes met mine again and my face was bright red. Using his other hand, he reached up and pushed my shaggy bangs out of my face. His hand froze when it reached my forehead. "Hmm..." he said as he raised his hand up off my forehead and onto the top of my head. I looked at him puzzled then gasped a bit when he reached forward and placed his own forehead up against mine. As his cool skin met mine, I felt soothed. My steaming hot body was probably radiating heat from being so hot. So feeling something cool was very relaxing. "You still have a fever..." he sighed as he removed his hand and my forehead.

"Is that so..." I mumbled.

I nodded, "Afraid so." He gave out a slight sigh as he took as seat at the edge of my bed.

I still couldn't look at him. Turning my face away, I turned my attention to random objects about the room. My dresser, my curtains, my bedside table, anything. Anything was better than looking at him at this point. I was still very mad at him for what he did.... What he did was just unforgivable.

"Why won't you look at me?" he asked confused, "You aren't still mad. Are you?"

"Not... still... mad?" I asked as I turned my head to face him. Just as I did, our eyes met for the third time. This time, I couldn't stand it. Without warning, huge tears formed in my eyes and began streaming down my face. The salt irritated my skin a bit, but I paid no mind to that. "Of course I'm still mad! You... you...." I couldn't even finish. Instead, I cupped my hands over my face and sobbed for a couple minutes. Toshiro hung his head and remained silent as I did so. He was probably just as shocked as I was at the fact that I was crying. I rarely ever cried, and when I did, it was always about something very serious.

"Kiyomi..... listen... I want you to know that I love you. I love you more than anyone else... I would die for you, but if you can't believe me when I say that I didn't cheat on you... then I can never be with you again... I need your trust. And you need mine." He told me. After he said that, my bed shifted and I knew he was working his way over to me. I continued on sobbing hoping that he would back off and just leave me alone, but he didn't. Instead, he grabbed ahold of both of my wrists and pulled my hands away from my face. Tears were drenching my cheeks as I looked up at him briefly. For the fourth time, our eyes met. His lips moved a bit. Slowly, they went from a plain old face, and curved into a bright smile. "I love you, Kiyomi." He told me as he leaned forward and pressed his lips on mine.

I gasped a bit to myself and wanted to push him away, but my arms wouldn't move. In a way.. I liked it... I liked him kissing me. My eyes closed  as the lingering kiss continued on. Nothing too out of hand happened though. He wouldn't do something like that. Instead, he kept it simple. A nice kiss as if to say 'I'm sorry'. When he pulled away, my eyes opened. He smiled once again and reached up to my face. He pulled his sleeve down over his hand a bit and wiped away my tears.

"Please stop crying. I hate when you cry." He said to me soothingly.

"Toshiro...." I whispered under my breath.