Blue eyes

Chapter VI

"Hmm?" I mumbled when I heard my mom called me, she walks out of the kitchen.

"Call You-chan upstairs, it's dinner time." She said, I nod and got out of the couch. Walking upstairs towards her room, I knock carefully and step in. The lamp of her bedside table is on but she is not in the bed, which is next to the window.

You-chan is lying on the floor on her gray carpet, and a book beside her, she must habe fallen asleep while reading.

I wish I could turn back time and change all of the bad things I have said and done to her. She looks so sweet and innocent there lying.

I walk closer towards her, her eyes and mouth closed. She is breathing softly in and out. I move down on my knees next to her, I don't want to wake her up but I should.

"You-chan?" I whisper but she does not hear me, I lay my hand on her arm.

"You-chan?" I say again but with my regular voice. Then she sits up and back away fast that I could barely even blink. Her face buried in her knees and her back leaning against the wall. She looks like a scared little kid.

"Don't-don't hurt me." She says, sobbing.

"You-chan, it's me Riko." I said, softly. She peeks gently at me but then hides again.

"Sorry, I did not mean to scare you." I tell and stand up, "Mom said it's dinner time." I add and walk towards her.

"Come on." I said as I reach out my hand to help her up, she finally look at me and wiped her tears away. Her tired blue eyes looking up at me and it saddened me.

I smile softly at her, then she took my hand. Helping her up, I clearly forgot that she's taller than me making me step back on her book, then slipped.ClosIng my eyes, I let out a small squeak, then I feel a hand on my waist supporting me from falling on the floor.

I open my eyes to see that You-chan's face is close to mine, starting onto her blue eyes makes my heart tingle again and feeling the butterfly in my stomach.

I woke up from my daze when I heard the door opens, "Oh." I snap my head towards the door finding my dad in there standing.

"Did I interrupt something?" dad asks and I can feel my cheeks burning. I quickly step away from You-chan saying my thanks to her, she just smiled  and her cheeks are a little red too.

"N-no, she just saved me when i was about to fall down on the floor." I said embarrassed.

"Well your mom told me to call you two since you're taking so long, and we should probably head down now before she flips the table." Dad said chuckling. I nod my head and walk towards the door, You-chan following behind me.

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It's already past 11 pm and everyone in the house is asleep while me, well I am still reading  and since there's no school tomorrow I can stay up a little longer.

The sound of footsteps causes me to tear my attention to my book. I know You-chan is trying to be quite as a mouse when she is up at night. But I can always hear her.

I got out of my bed and start walking downstairs, You-chan is sitting on the couch just staring out in the air.

I take a step towards her and she turns to look at me, I can see the sweat on her forehead and her eyes are red. She looks shaken up. I sit down next to her.

"You okay?" I ask, she nods but I know that she's lying. She looks so tired and drained. It hurts to look at her like this.

"You can tell me you know." She shakes her head and I sigh. I know that she haven't gotten some good sleep and she looks worse and I am worried.

"You can't sleep because of nightmares right?" She looks caught off guard, she froze, looking so lost.

"You-chan?" I called for her but she just looks trapped in her thoughts and she is struggling to find a way out.

"You-chan?" I called again and lay my hand on her back, her shirt is damp. I wish I could make everything in her head that is bad to just fade away. She shakes her head getting out of it.

"Sorry..." She says quietly and stands up, I move up next to her.

"No, It's my fault anyways, I should've shut my mouth." I said and she shakes her head.

"No, you're right. I can't sleep." she said, but she sounded upset. "I can't sleep because I dream. Dream about that and I cannot get it out of my head." I watch her talking and the look in her eyes screams pain. Tears streaming down her cheeks.

"It just won't go away, I do not know how to make  it go away." Without thinking, I wrap my arms around her, holding her tight and bury my face in her shoulder. Breathing in her wonderful scent.

"I..-" She tries to speak but she's struggling to breathe.

"It's alright You-chan." I say then I feel she put her arms around me as well and I can feel the warmth of her arms through my shirt. Her arms tightens around me, as she tries to get herself together.

"I'm sorry." She says.

"It's alright." I promise her.

"No, It's not. I can't sleep and I am so tired." She admits to me and it hurts my heart to know that she is struggling.

"Come with me." I say as I move her out of my arms, looking at her. Her face is soaking wet with tears, she dries the tears away. She nods and I grab her hand in mine and we start to walk upstairs towards my room.

"What are you doing?" She asks, looking skeptical. I smile at her.

"I think the problem of why you have these nightmares is because whatever happened to you, happened at night." She looks down at the floor, looking more vulnerable than ever. I rub my thumb over the back of her hand making small circles. She looks at me and I smile softly.

"And I thing you need to feel safe when you sleep because you are afraid it will happen again. I do not know what happened to you You-chan but I want to help you." I say, she looks at me thoughtful.

"Well, if it's okay with you because when we sleep together in the couch the other night, I have noticed you sleep because I am next to you." she look at me unsure.

"I am not sure, I can be very restless and I can hurt you if I-" I cutted her.

"No, you won't. You were so peaceful when you slept with me." I see her cheeks turns red and it is adorable, I smile as I feel my cheeks warm up. It may have sounded weird the way I said it, but there is no other way to describe it.

[Author-san: Yeaaah you perverts! She didn't mean it like that!]

She rubbed her eyes, "Do i have to beg you? Because it is kind of painful to watch you like this." I say and she looks at me like I told her my biggest secret, her eyes focused on me like I am the only person in this world. Then she finally nods. I smile, feeling the victory in me.

"Good." I say and walk towards my bed. I lay down first and the she lies beside me. Then I take the duvet over us both. Her blue eyes on me, she looks like she is about to pass out. She looks so tired that it is scary, but I hope this will work.

"You're starting." I say, she looks away from me and her cheeks are red.

"Sorry." She says and I giggle.

"It's okay." She then looks at me again.

"I can't keep my eyes open." She says as she yawns.

"It's okay You-chan. Sleep." I tell her and after awhile she fell asleep, and I am glad that she did. She deserves it so much, I don't know what happened to her and her nightmares are but whatever happened to her was in the night, considering how she reacted to my words.

To be honest, I am not sure if I want to know what happened to her that causes her nightmare. It must have been awful since she is struggling to sleep.

The sound of her breathing is relaxing to listen and feeling the sleepiness in me, I close my eyes and drifted to sleep.

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A/N: I should've let Riko-chan kiss You-chan goodnight. But that's gay so no kiss goodnight for you You-chan, yet.