1 Lonely Without Me
In the midst of many chatting and laughing students sat Touya sat eating lunch. It would have been more favorable if Yukito had been there with him. He gazed down out of the window and let his mind wander; it wasn't until somebody snapped her fingers in front of his face that he looked up.
'Touya-kun?' said
Touya looked up from his plate and came face to face with Nakuru.
'Oh…Akizuki-san' he moved his chair back with the intention of shifting away from that steely gaze.
Nakuru looked uneasily at Touya as if wondering if he was really the person to put a though question to. To her awkwardness, Touya said nothing.
'…Can I speak with you…?' She trailed off.
Touya stuffed some food into his mouth 'sure…'
She stared at him, exasperated, and sat herself opposite him in an empty chair. 'I know that you don't share the feelings that I do for you…So I'd like to ask some advice friend to friend, is that ok?'
Touya had never seen Nakuru acting like this. He stopped eating and said 'Ok… go on'
'Every day after I head back from school I feel as if I'm being followed…I know it!' She declared freaking out a little.
Touya look puzzled but then looked seriously at her 'Why are you telling me?'
She replied simply 'You know what it's like…'
Touya looked perplexed 'What It's like to be followed?'
'No' Nakuru said '…to turn behind you and see nobody. To not see at the cold staring eyes watch your confusion! I feel it's presence and yet I don't see 'it'…I'm scared, Touya! She said raising her eyes to watch his eyes for a reaction
Touya had seen ghosts but surely Nakuru wasn't afraid of them. 'A spirit?' he asked
Nakuru's eyes flashed 'Not a spirit… A spirit makes you feel cold. This presence makes my heart turn to ice!'
'Is it trying to hurt you?' Touya asked quickly
Nakuru sighed 'It doesn't really want to kill me…. It…'
She was cut short as the bell sounded for the end of lunch. Nakuru cast him a desperate look and vanished into the crowd.
Nakuru had gone a whole day now, without hugging him once. In fact it seemed that she'd started avoiding him because he hadn't seen her all day. This should have made him relived but something in his head kept bugging him. Spirits didn't hurt people and neither did they stalk the living.
It wasn't until after that school day that Touya got to talk to Nakuru. He caught her leaving the school….
'Wait! Akizuki-san!' he called after her.
She looked behind her quickly after hearing the voice then calmed down at seeing it was Touya.
'Touya-kun?' she asked
'Wait…' he said a minute catching up with her 'I'll come with you…I want to help you with this spirit…'
Nakuru shuddered slightly 'It's not that simple… I know what it is and what it wants but…'
Touya prompted 'what? I'll help you'
'I don't think you would…' Nakuru stared at the ground gravely 'the thing behind the spirit isn't a thing really… It's a person… You love this person very much too. When you say that you'd help me…'
The rest of the sentence seemed to be caught in her throat '…I'm sorry but I can't believe you…I know that if faced with a choice you'd choose h…'
She paused and suddenly she coughed as if she was choking on something. Touya moved forward to help but she stopped and swayed slightly. Touya watched as she fell senseless on the ground, he glanced back at her before leaving for help.
'…It got you then?' he asked her dismally…
As he disappeared out of view, something lurked…It crouched soundless, cold and unfeeling in the shadows. It lingered there until it heard approaching steps and then it vanished as quickly as it had come, soundless, unfeeling and cold…
Touya got home a little later than usual. But as expected nobody really noticed…
'Sakura-san. What are you going to do when you get all the cards?'
'…But Tomoyo-chan! I don't even know if I'm going to get that far!'
Tomoyo sighed 'You're Sakura-chan so everything will surely be alright…' she smiled at Sakura
Sakura nodded and smiled 'Your right, Tomoyo!' and the two of them laughed. Kero-chan smiled to himself knowing that because it was Sakura and things would certainly be all right…
Nakuru lay in her own bed in Eriol's mansion, still wearing the uniform that she collapsed in. You might have believed her to be dead if it weren't for the fiery sparkle in her eyes.
'It's almost frightening, isn't it? The way she stares up at the ceiling like that with a face of pure terror' Spinal acknowledged…
He turned to Eriol 'Can we help her?'
'We may…'
'Would Sakura help us?'
'Perhaps…'
Spinal watched the shadows gloomily 'what charm has been used to cause Nakuru's sleep?
Eriol waited a moment 'I don't believe a charm did this, neither do I believe the result to be sleep…'
'When is it going to end' Spinal asked casually
Eriol said nothing
'When will she awaken?' Spinal asked again but louder, firmer and this time with his eyes meeting with Eriol.
'That…' Eriol explained '…Is something that Nakuru alone can decide…'
Spinal said nothing and padded out of the room. Eriol shut the window but as he left the girls bedside he look over…
'It all up to you, Akizuki-san'…
-------To Be Continued
In the midst of many chatting and laughing students sat Touya sat eating lunch. It would have been more favorable if Yukito had been there with him. He gazed down out of the window and let his mind wander; it wasn't until somebody snapped her fingers in front of his face that he looked up.
'Touya-kun?' said
Touya looked up from his plate and came face to face with Nakuru.
'Oh…Akizuki-san' he moved his chair back with the intention of shifting away from that steely gaze.
Nakuru looked uneasily at Touya as if wondering if he was really the person to put a though question to. To her awkwardness, Touya said nothing.
'…Can I speak with you…?' She trailed off.
Touya stuffed some food into his mouth 'sure…'
She stared at him, exasperated, and sat herself opposite him in an empty chair. 'I know that you don't share the feelings that I do for you…So I'd like to ask some advice friend to friend, is that ok?'
Touya had never seen Nakuru acting like this. He stopped eating and said 'Ok… go on'
'Every day after I head back from school I feel as if I'm being followed…I know it!' She declared freaking out a little.
Touya look puzzled but then looked seriously at her 'Why are you telling me?'
She replied simply 'You know what it's like…'
Touya looked perplexed 'What It's like to be followed?'
'No' Nakuru said '…to turn behind you and see nobody. To not see at the cold staring eyes watch your confusion! I feel it's presence and yet I don't see 'it'…I'm scared, Touya! She said raising her eyes to watch his eyes for a reaction
Touya had seen ghosts but surely Nakuru wasn't afraid of them. 'A spirit?' he asked
Nakuru's eyes flashed 'Not a spirit… A spirit makes you feel cold. This presence makes my heart turn to ice!'
'Is it trying to hurt you?' Touya asked quickly
Nakuru sighed 'It doesn't really want to kill me…. It…'
She was cut short as the bell sounded for the end of lunch. Nakuru cast him a desperate look and vanished into the crowd.
Nakuru had gone a whole day now, without hugging him once. In fact it seemed that she'd started avoiding him because he hadn't seen her all day. This should have made him relived but something in his head kept bugging him. Spirits didn't hurt people and neither did they stalk the living.
It wasn't until after that school day that Touya got to talk to Nakuru. He caught her leaving the school….
'Wait! Akizuki-san!' he called after her.
She looked behind her quickly after hearing the voice then calmed down at seeing it was Touya.
'Touya-kun?' she asked
'Wait…' he said a minute catching up with her 'I'll come with you…I want to help you with this spirit…'
Nakuru shuddered slightly 'It's not that simple… I know what it is and what it wants but…'
Touya prompted 'what? I'll help you'
'I don't think you would…' Nakuru stared at the ground gravely 'the thing behind the spirit isn't a thing really… It's a person… You love this person very much too. When you say that you'd help me…'
The rest of the sentence seemed to be caught in her throat '…I'm sorry but I can't believe you…I know that if faced with a choice you'd choose h…'
She paused and suddenly she coughed as if she was choking on something. Touya moved forward to help but she stopped and swayed slightly. Touya watched as she fell senseless on the ground, he glanced back at her before leaving for help.
'…It got you then?' he asked her dismally…
As he disappeared out of view, something lurked…It crouched soundless, cold and unfeeling in the shadows. It lingered there until it heard approaching steps and then it vanished as quickly as it had come, soundless, unfeeling and cold…
Touya got home a little later than usual. But as expected nobody really noticed…
'Sakura-san. What are you going to do when you get all the cards?'
'…But Tomoyo-chan! I don't even know if I'm going to get that far!'
Tomoyo sighed 'You're Sakura-chan so everything will surely be alright…' she smiled at Sakura
Sakura nodded and smiled 'Your right, Tomoyo!' and the two of them laughed. Kero-chan smiled to himself knowing that because it was Sakura and things would certainly be all right…
Nakuru lay in her own bed in Eriol's mansion, still wearing the uniform that she collapsed in. You might have believed her to be dead if it weren't for the fiery sparkle in her eyes.
'It's almost frightening, isn't it? The way she stares up at the ceiling like that with a face of pure terror' Spinal acknowledged…
He turned to Eriol 'Can we help her?'
'We may…'
'Would Sakura help us?'
'Perhaps…'
Spinal watched the shadows gloomily 'what charm has been used to cause Nakuru's sleep?
Eriol waited a moment 'I don't believe a charm did this, neither do I believe the result to be sleep…'
'When is it going to end' Spinal asked casually
Eriol said nothing
'When will she awaken?' Spinal asked again but louder, firmer and this time with his eyes meeting with Eriol.
'That…' Eriol explained '…Is something that Nakuru alone can decide…'
Spinal said nothing and padded out of the room. Eriol shut the window but as he left the girls bedside he look over…
'It all up to you, Akizuki-san'…
-------To Be Continued