You Again?

Part 7

What was Matt thinking?! Ryusaki didn't even hurt me! Why was he getting worked up over something as little as that? If anything it's Ryusaki's sign of affection... Is he jealous? No he can't be...

I'm walking around listening for Ryusaki and Matt's voices. I turn the corner just before I see Matt punching Ryusaki in the face.

"Stop!! What do you think you're doing?!" I yell at Matt. Ryusaki had an emotionless expression after he had been hit in the face. Wasn't it painful?

When I scowled, Matt turned away and started walking away.
'I get it now' He muttered as he left the room.

I was worried about both of them. I wondered what Matt was thinking. Why wasn't Ryusaki fazed from Matt's punch? Did he say something to provoke him?

"I'm sorry..." Ryusaki mumbled suddenly and walked into the bathroom, not saying anything else so I walked back to the bedroom.

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That evening Matt didn't go on Xbox. I wasn't really surprised, but I was amazed by how things can change so quickly.

Ryusaki never said a word the whole night. He didn't even eat any sweet food. Something was definitely wrong.. It was late at night and the others were sleeping while I was awake, thinking about what happened today until I heard a noise coming from Ryusaki.

Does he sleeptalk? No it sounded too afraid.

He then started to mumble something. It got louder and louder until I could finally make out what he was saying.

"Lizzie!!!" He shouted. I jumped and ran over to his tense, curled up body. He was sweating, but his hands still felt cold. As I brought warmth to Ryusaki's hands he squeezed them tightly and pulled me so hard that i was now lying next to him as he was holding me. He was so cold...

"Ryusaki..." I said as I pulled away.

He opened his eyes finally. I was squeezing his hand.

"You were having a really bad dream... and you kept shouting my name in your sleep..." I told him.

"You're so warm..." He said. He wasn't listening to me.

"I'll be back in a minute" I told him as I headed off.

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I came back with a hot water bottle.

"Here you go Ryusaki, just what you need" I said proudly.

He frowned.

"What's wrong?" I asked. Was there something on my face? As I checked my face he stopped frowning.

"Do you like it?" I asked. He nodded like a little boy. For extra warmth I took the blanket from my bed and put in on his.

"There, you can have my spare blanket I brought from home. I'm sorry it smells a little like me." I told him. He took it and wrapped it around the hot water bottle. I left him to it and fell asleep on my own bed.

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The next day I decided I had to talk to Matt, so I waited until dinner to go up to him.

"Matt we need to talk..." I told him slowly. He nodded.

We walked silently together to the garden. When I was sure no one was looking, I hugged him.

We hugged for a long time, It felt like we've had a whole conversation through one hug.

"I'm sorry..." We both said at the same time. We shared a laugh.

"I'm gonna go now..." I said awkwardly. He looked away.

"Okay" Matt said and we parted ways.