Chapter 2: Strange Dream and High Fever
"Where am I"
Seiya was floating in pure darkness. He was alone, dressed in his school uniform. He turned his head around to see if anyone was near. Suddenly, a figure appeared a few meters away from Seiya. Seiya gasped and fixed his eyes on the figure.
"Who's there?"
The figure moved closer to him and it turned out to be his best friend Leo.
"Leo?" said Seiya in a confused tone. "What are you doing here and where are we?"
Leo just smiled at him and floated closer to him with his arms stretched out.
"Leo, what are you-"
Seiya stopped talking when Leo slipped his arms around his waist and placed his lips against his own. Seiya floated there, his blood eyes wide with shock; he always admired Leo but never this way before.
Leo broke the kissed and softly smiled down at him.
"Seiya, aishiteru."
Seiya softly gasped as Leo's grip around him tightened.
"I love you so much.......that I must hurt you. I want to break you and see you suffer because of me."
Seiya softly cried out when Leo shoved him away. Seiya floated back and watched in horror as the girl that he rejected appeared near Leo and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"He is mine now," she said with an evil glint in her eyes.
"What......Leo......?" said Seiya as his eyes bulged.
Leo wrapped his arms around the girl and they turned from Seiya. Seiya called out Leo's name and reached for his shoulder. He turned Leo around to face him, but suddenly backed up in horror when he saw that it wasn't Leo. Instead, it was a figure with sickening green eyes and a wicked smirk on its face.
Seiya tried to turn away but the figure captured his face in its hands and pulled him close to it. The figure leaned down to his ear and whispered. "Your mine..........."
Seiya felt a warm liquid on the figure's hands. His heart beating fast he turned his eyes to the figure's hands. He yelled in horror when he saw that on the figure's hands............. was blood...........
**
Seiya flung himself off his bed and fell to the ground. He was panting harshly and he was drenched in cold sweat.
"A dream........it was only a dream."
He lifted his head up and looked to his clock. He groaned softly; it was five in the morning and his mom would be yelling at him to wake up in three hours.
"Leo's basketball game will be in a few days," mumbled Seiya as he dragged himself up into his bed. "I can't be having bad dreams now, I want to be wide awake on his big day."
His softly gasped as a flashback of his dream with Leo kissing him passed through his mind. His cheeks immediately turned red. He shook his head rapidly.
"The hell was that?"
He flopped onto his bed and landed on his stomach. He started to run his fingers through his messy hair and he softly groaned.
"Why do I keep remembering that.........part............of my dream. I don't like Leo that way. Even though girls are scary and Leo has been there for me since.........."
His eyes went huge as realization started to sink in. He was attracted to Leo like a girl is attracted to a man.
"Oh no............this cannot be happening."
He moaned slightly when he realized it was true..............he was falling in love with Leo, his best friend.
**
"Seiya, wake up!"
Seiya softly groaned and opened his eyes. He looked to his clock and it read seven fifty-nine. Why couldn't his mother wake him up at exactly eight? He had one more minute to sleep. He was dead tired and didn't really feel good.
"Hey Seiya, I'm eating your breakfast if you don't hurry down," called Leo.
Seiya froze when he heard Leo's voice and gulped; he was hoping that he could avoid Leo today so he could straighten out his feelings. But it looks at though he has to face him even though it will be awkward. But he didn't want to face him right now.
Seiya drew the covers over his head and softly called out, "I'm not feeling good right now.........."
"That's what you get for eating six slices of pizza last night," called Leo. "I told you it would make you sick."
"Oh no," warned his mother. "You're not staying home, young man. You only have a few weeks of school left. You can tough it out."
Seiya tensed as he heard footsteps approaching his bedroom and Leo's voice calling out to his mother about how he will get him out of bed. Seiya remained still as Leo opened his door and approached his bed.
"Come on, Seiya," said Leo. "We got plans to torment Hino-san again. Remember? We were going to write little messages all over his chalkboard so that we can spend some of the class time cleaning it off."
Leo grabbed onto the bed sheets and flung them off Seiya. Seiya turned his eyes and stared up at Leo's smiling face in surprise. Leo grabbed his arm and playfully dragged him off the bed.
"Come on you," he said. "I will dress you myself if you don't hurry."
Leo reached out and started to pull Seiya's shirt off his head. Seiya went into a panic and yelled 'STOP!'. Leo released him and stumbled back with a puzzled look on his face. Seiya jerked his nightshirt down and blushed furiously.
"I can dress myself.........." said Seiya in a tiny voice.
"Seiya, you're acting weird," said Leo. "I would ask if your PMSing but your not a girl. Is something bothering you?"
Leo crouched in front of Seiya and looked him in the eyes. Seiya returned the glance for a moment, then his eyes wondered down and accidentally landed on Leo's crotch. Seiya turned red again and looked away. Leo noticed that his face was all red and reached out. Seiya flinched a little when Leo rested his hand on his forehead.
"Are you honestly not feeling well?" asked Leo. "Your face is all red and you're quite warm."
Seiya looked back to Leo's eyes and saw that they were filled with concern; he never saw Leo have that kind of look in his eyes. Seiya felt like he was melting to the floor and his cheeks were burning with red.
Seiya opened his mouth to say something, but Leo started to speak. "I'll tell your mom that you're not kidding about not feeling well. You just get some rest and I'll come back after school with your homework."
Leo smiled and patted Seiya on the head. He stood up and headed over to the door.
"I'm sorry for dragging you out of bed like that," said Leo. "I should look before I leap. I'll bring you back some cold snacks to make up for my intrusion."
He winked at Leo; Seiya would've turned redder but he is already many shades of red, and left his room. Seiya crawled back into his and held his breath as he heard mummers coming from downstairs. He then heard a door opening and closing; Leo had left.
Seiya scrambled out of his bed and ran over to his bedroom window. He looked out the window and watched Leo walk down the street. He backed away from the window when Leo turned to look towards him. Seiya leaned against the wall and softly panted.
"This is the first time that Leo was being serious," he thought to himself. "I've never seem him act so kind and concern towards me before."
He turned his head and peeked out the window. Leo was gone. With a sigh, Seiya made his way back to his bed and crawled under the covers. He curled up and stared at the wall for a moment.
"Well this is just great," he said out loud. "What a rotten time to get sick. I don't want to miss Leo's finals. I'll crawl there if I must."
Seiya softly yawned and closed his eyes. He was silently hoping that when he wakes up Leo would be right by his side.
**
Something cold pressed against Seiya's forehead. He made a soft sound and opened his eyes slowly. At first he saw a blurry figure but then it turned out to be Leo holding a Ramune soda against his forehead.
"Hey there," said Leo. "How you feeling?"
Seiya softly groaned in response. Leo took the soda away and rested his hand on his forehead again.
"Geez," he said with a whistle. "You're burning up. Luckily I brought you some cold stuff and medicine."
Seiya's face was burning partly because of Leo being near him, but he was actually sick. Seiya sat half way up as Leo dug through a grocery bag.
"Lets see........" said Leo. "I got tons of Ramune sodas, some strawberry ice pops, some-"
"Ummm.........Leo," started Seiya. "I-"
Leo quickly popped a thermometer into his mouth.
"Hush now, let that rest under your tongue," said Leo.
Seiya frowned up at Leo and watched him continue searching through his grocery bags.
"Ahhh!" exclaimed Leo. "Found it! Medicine!"
He pulled out a small bottle of medicine. Seiya's thermometer beeped and Leo gently slid it out of his mouth. He looked down at it and frowned.
"A hundred and two point seven," he said. "Looks like we gotta bring that fever down."
"Leo," said Seiya.
"Take two every seven hours with food or milk," he read out the instructions on the medicine bottle. "Do not increase number of dosage or-"
"Leo!" cried Seiya.
Leo stopped reading and blinked.
"Sorry, what did you said?" he asked.
Seiya managed to sit all the way up and he turned around to face Leo in a sitting position.
"Leo..........what are your thoughts on boys dating each other?" he asked.
Leo looked at him for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Man, that fever sure has got to you," laughed Leo.
"I'm serious!" cried Seiya in an annoyed voice.
Leo blinked and stared at him for a moment. He then averted his eyes to the medicine bottle and opened it.
"What are my thoughts?" Leo asked as he dumped two pills into his hand and placed them on the bedside table. "Well..........when I see two men holding each other's hands, it doesn't bother me one bit. I mean, love doesn't say it has to happen between two members of the opposite sex. I think love can happen to anyone. Boy girl, girl girl, and boy boy."
Leo reached into the grocery bag and dug out the Ramune sodas. "What I mean to say, that is what I believe love really is. Why should it only happen between a boy and girl?"
"Leo.........." whispered Seiya. He blinked when Leo held out the two pills and an open Ramune soda towards him.
"Here," said Leo in a kind voice. "This will help bring that fever of yours down."
Seiya looked at Leo as he took the medicine and the soda. He threw the pills into his mouth and took gulps of his soda to wash the pills down. Leo rested his elbows on Seiya's bed and smiled at him.
"Good boy," he said with a smile. "Now why did you ask me that strange question?"
Seiya sent his soda splashing everywhere. He softly coughed and looked at Leo. Leo grabbed a tissue and gently used it to clean off the soda dripping down Seiya's face.
"Are you in love with a guy, Seiya?" asked Leo. "I won't think differently of you if you do. Heck, I don't blame you because girls can be very scary."
Seiya looked down.
"I'm not too sure, Leo," said Seiya. "I had a dream about..........him and now I am not sure. Even if I did he probably wouldn't feel the same way as me. I mean, girls chase him a lot and he seems to be more into girls."
"Oh?" said Leo. "Do I know him?"
He smiled cat like at Seiya. Seiya gulped.
"Yes," he replied. "It is because it is-"
"Well," interrupted Leo. "If you do have feelings for him and he rejects you, let me know and I'll kick his ass for you."
Leo grinned up at Seiya but Seiya didn't look too happy. But he hid his sadness with a small smile.
"Sure," he said. "I'll do that."
"Good," said Leo and he gave him a thumbs up. "Now how about having a strawberry smoothy pop? You must be starving."
"Got any chewable food?" asked Seiya with a grin on his face.
"I figured you'd want something like that," replied Leo. "So I brought you some soup. But you must eat your dessert first before having your supper."
Seiya couldn't help but laugh; Leo was always such a clown no matter what. Leo handed him a frozen treat and they both enjoyed eating them. Leo told him all about having fun with tormenting Mr.Hinomoto.
Mr.Hinomoto threatened him that he would get him kicked off the basketball team if he doesn't grow up, but Leo knew that his coach will never allow that because Leo is one of their best players.
Seiya really enjoyed having Leo take care of him. Leo would bring him sick people's food whenever he wanted it, bring him drinks, watch some tv with him; Seiya has his own tv set, and tell him jokes about how the school flooded with tears because he wasn't there today.
Seiya was very content with having Leo over that he forgot about confessing his feelings for him. He will decide later tonight about when he will tell him.
**
When Leo left; which was around twelve at night, Seiya rested on his bed and looked out the window in deep thoughts about telling Leo his feelings for him. Leo spending hours with him today helped Seiya's feelings grow stronger for him.
When Seiya asked Leo about what he thought of boys being a couple, his answer didn't really help Seiya much and now made him nervous about telling him his feelings. Seiya was afraid that Leo would reject him because he seemed to be into girls and he did say he had someone on his mind at the moment.
"I think that," Seiya said to himself, "I'll decide on the day of his basketball game. If he wins the basketball game, I'll tell him my feelings. If he loses............I'll try to get over him and look at him as a friend only."
Seiya slowly smiled and nodded his head at his decision.
"If he rejects me, he'll have to kick his own ass because he promised that he would kick the person, who rejected me, 's ass."
This helped Seiya feel a bit better over the though of Leo rejecting him. Seiya closed his eyes and snuggled against his warm blankets and the warm water bottle against his stomach; this helped his slight stomach ache he had earlier go away.
"I just hope that I will be well enough to go to school tomorrow," he thought to himself.
He softly yawned and became still sleep consumed him. He smiled as he drifted off.
**
At five fifty two a.m, the figure had once again returned near Seiya's window. Sick green eyes laid on Seiya's slumbering, body and a smirked formed.
"Dreaming of him I see?" said the figure that softly chuckled. "Perhaps I should peek at your dream and then make the dream you had last night come back."
The figure moved through the window and entered Seiya's room. He floated towards Seiya was an outstretched hand.
"Soon, Seiya," said the figure. "Your destiny shall come and you will belong to me."
The figure touched Seiya's forehead and its eyes closed as their minds connected and the figure watched Seiya's dream through his mind. He didn't like what he saw and quickly changed it to Seiya's dream from last night.
The figure didn't seem to like the idea of Leo and Seiya being together. In fact, he is out to destroy it and claim Seiya as his own. Will Seiya and Leo be together and defeat this creature of darkness? What does this figure plan to do?
End of Chapter 2
**Translations: (Aishiteru - I love you)**