color children: fully loaded

lovesick part 1

3rd person pov

Watanuki was heading over to iku's house at the normal time and he rang the doorbell only for a strange blue haired individual to answer the door

Watanuki's pov

"Can I help you" the woman in front of me said "I'm here to pick up iku niwa to go to school is she here?" I asked the woman pointed up

"She's in bed with a fever she can't go to school today so her parents asked me to watch over her" she said "oh sorry I hope she feels better" I said

"I'm sure you do your watanuki right the one she won't stop talking about" she said "yes that's me wait but how do you know" I said

She lit up a cigarette and blew out a puff of smoke "cause your all she ever talks about I'm her older cousin Chiharu McGrath" she said

"Oh well it's nice of you to take care of niwa-san" he said "why do you call her niwa she usually prefers to be called by her first name" she said

"Oh well I thought..." she cut me off "ara ara nevermind just go you need toget going to school don't you or you'll be late" she said "Oh yeah that's right I need to go" I said as I ran off

3rd person pov

Chiharu heard iku come down the stairs "Chiharu who was at the door?" Iku asked as she coughed "it was that watanuki guy" Chiharu said

"Watanuki-san was here?" Iku asked "yeah how are you feeling by the way" Chiharu said feeling her forehead "still feeling a bit warm" Chiharu said

"You should head back to bed" Chiharu said "ok" iku said slowly walking back up the stairs the home phone started ringing

Chiharu answered it "niwa residence Chiharu McGrath speaking" Chiharu said "hm oh hey Hikari happy birthday" Chiharu said

Iku's pov

I was in my bedroom laying in my bed looking at the ceiling "hey iku sit up" Chiharu said holding the home phone in her hand

"Who is it?" I asked "it's Hikari" Chiharu said handing me the phone "hey Hika" I said "hey iku I heard you were sick" Hikari said

"Yeah I am sick unfortunately" I said "So I heard from Chiharu that you still haven't said anything to your crush" Hikari said

"I might as well give up it will always be unrequited love" I said "why do you say that" Hikari said I pulled my knees to Mt chest

"Cause he likes someone else" I said "seriously iku" she yelled making my ears ring "ow ok that was loud" I said still hearing a ringing in my ear

"Listen iku I'm only going to say this once so you better pay attention to what I'm about to say" Hikari said as I listened intently

"You shouldn't give up so easily just because it seems impossible you need to woman up and say what's on your mind" Hikari said

"But I..." she cut me off "I'm not finished don't interrupt me" she said "ok sorry continue" I said gesturing her to go on with what she was saying

"You should stop bottling up your feelings or else it will only end up with you in heartbreak and I don't want that to happen to you" she said

Her words made an impact on me "you shouldn't let other people talk badly about you if they do speak up about it" Hikari said

"Don't put on a smile just to hide your true feelings it's not healthy you shouldn't let your emotions take control over your life" she said

"..." I was shocked by these words of encouragement "iku hey...iku are you still there" Hikari said as I put the phone back to my ear

"Hey Hikari thank you for saying that" I said as she chuckled "just don't forget what I said ok be a little bold sometimes nothing wrong with that" Hikari said

"Ok I'll keep that in mind...and hikari" I said "hm what is it?" Hikari said "happy 17th birthday" I said "...ha thanks get better soon" Hikari said "I will goodbye" I said "goodbye" she said as I hung up the phone

3rd person pov...

Meanwhile with Hikari...

Peter went to get Hikari to blow out her birthday candles "hey Hikari time to blow out your candles" peter said as Hikari looked up from her phone

"Ok I'll be right there" Hikari said as peter went to light the candles on the birthday cake 'I really hope she takes my advice to heart' she thought to herself

Back in Japan...

It was after school Watanuki had gotten some medicine to give to iku "hope this will be enough" he said 'hopefully I'm not too late to help her' he thought to himself

Watanuki arrived back at iku's house and rang the doorbell "oh your back" Chiharu said "yes I am I bought some medicine for niwa-san" he said

"Be my guest" Chiharu said as she let him inside iku had her eyes closed and heard a knock on her bedroom door as it opened "hey Chiharu could you..." iku opened her eyes to see Watanuki instead of Chiharu

Her eyes widened in surprise "wa.watanuki-san" she said sitting up "no you should keep laying down" Watanuki said

"B.but" she said "shh I'm sure you still  need plenty of rest" he said then felt her forehead brushing her hair out of her face "Not as warm as I thought you'd be but at least it's not bad now" he said

he got out a pill and helped her sit up "take this pill it's some medication to break fevers" watanuki said as he helps her drink the water to help the pill go down her throat

"Thank you watanuki-san will you be staying longer" iku said "only for a little while longer" watanuki said caressing her cheek feeling her watm skin as she fell asleep "sweet dreams iku" he said with a small smile

To be continued...