Obsession

ch 6; the performance part one

Despite two painkillers, and bandage tightly wrapped around the foot, the pain was still overwhelming.
But somehow, Louis manages to move gracefully on the scene as Adler.
The audience was exhaling a low gasp when Louis swings the sword and collides with the villains' sword.

The deer underneath the skeleton mask, pants loudly and could feel how the sweat is soaking his slender body.
He might has been the one to tell Bill and the others, to not go easy on him.
Only 'Cause he didn't wanted to be seen as a mere herbivore.
A weak animal you must touch gently, otherwise the fragile animal would break.

Which he regrets now.
It feels as he will pass out, any moment now.
The foot hurts even more today than yesterday. And most of the leg feels even numb now.
No way the foot could only be sprained... It feels more as it could be broken.

Louis grits the teeth.
The sight gets kinda blurry. And causes him to flinch for a short moment, to shake the dizziness away.
He inhales a gasp.
When he sees Pina moving toward him, he grasps the wooden sword tighter.
His brown eyes look up into blues. But the weird coldness he saw in them, makes him a slightly confused.
The bewildered deer almost misses to dodge the attack from Pina.
In last second he dodges and hits Pina with his own sword. Of course not hard, so the dall sheep would get hurted. He only made sure, the attack would look real and trick the freshmen in the audience...

Many painful moment later, the performance was finally over.
The audience starts clapping and cheering.
Louis breathes loudly, and starts smiling widely while the red curtains start falling, slowly down, to separate the stage with the audience.
...I did it!... It's finally over...
Louis pants heavily. He couldn't feel the leg anymore.
Now, I only need do the curtain call and-...
The curtains had almost covered completely, when Louis sways to the side, where he falls.
The deer thuds down on the cold floor.
The last things he could hear, is how animals around him, start running toward him, while shouting his name.
And while he feels a pair of hands on him, he passes out...

***
Louis grunts while regaining consciousness.
Even though he hasn't even opened the eyes, he could hear someone to gasp and approaching him.
The deer hums asking and opens the eyes slowly.
At first it was in blur. Something grayish in the view.
Then the sight got clear and he could see, Legoshi leaning a slightly over him. With worried eyes while eyeing the feeble deer, whose cheeks start regaining some color.
"Louis-senpai!"
Louis smiles gently up at him.
"Hi, Legoshi-..."
The wolf pouts with low whimper.
"Why did you said you were fine... When you weren't?" He asks confused, while the ears lowered.
"The nurse said you have a fracture in the leg..." The wolf adds.
The deer drops the smile.
" 'Cause I-..." he starts saying, when the door swings opened and startled him and Legoshi.
While many members of the drama club enter, Legoshi moves a slightly away from the bed and clears the throat.
"Louis-kun, you are awake..." The pelican points out and exhales in relief.
The deer sits up while the group approach him. It was first now, he notices the IV, whose tube is attached to the back of his hand.
Bill nods.
"You really surprised us, when you passed out..."
Louis gives Bill a nervous smile, then he looks seriously at Sanu.
"Did anyone saw me collapse?"
Sanu jolts a slightly. Then he shakes the head.
"Lucky us, you'd passed out, in right time... No one in the audience, did found out..."The pelican tells him.
Louis let's out a short breathe of relief.
"Good-..." he says, before he tilts the head down. What about the next performance? There is no way he would be in good shape to the next one. Not since it's supposed to be performed tomorrow...
The president of the club looks thoughtfully down on the bed where Louis' feet are covered, underneath the blanket.
"The question is... What will we do with the next performance?... Should we maybe cancel, since Louis cannot perform?"
The members of the club, get a gloomy aura over them for a few seconds.