Ame no Ai von Toa-chan (Candy, Trouble and beating Hearts) ================================================================================ Kapitel 4: Bara-kun ------------------- The next morning Io woke up with a huge headache. She was cold and at ten same time felt like burning. Her nose was blocked, her throat hurt and so it happened that she rolled out of the bed, completely finished. "Yo, good morning Nee-..CHAN!!!" the boy jumped back as he saw the young girl slowly crawling on the ground towards him. "Stay away vile beast!!", he shouted and ran away. "Urururu", the ill girl muttered and crawled to the phone downstairs, almost rolling done the stairs like a chubby seal. Slowly she pressed the numbers of the phone before the teacher picked up. "Hello, Sensei Tatsuke here." A poor mumbling came from the other side of the line. "uhm..who is there?" Io rolled on her back on the ground. "Senseeeii." "Ah! Io-chan is that you? don't scare me like this." "Senseeeii, I'm so sorry. I can't come today", Io mumbled tired and at that moment the call was broken up. "hello? Io-san? ah! Say something!" Io felt a little poke as she was lying on the floor. Above her she saw her brother who had a wicked grin on his face. "oh my, how rare to see nee-chan ill. Seems like I won't get breakfast this time as well huh?" Io looked at him with flushed face and muttered something before crawling the stairs back up. "well, rest well nee-chan! I will have to go to school now! and don't worry I will give my best!" Io already knew that this would mean her brother would come back with a bad grade. Completely exhausted she wrapped herself in her blanket and sat down on her bed, turning on the TV. In the school a good mood was going around an every student seemed to enjoy this not so rainy day. Suzuna sat on her seat and looked around the classroom. "Oi, did you saw Io-chan?", she asked while hitting on Himuros table. The guy turned away from his book. "Io-chan?" he looked around to find out that her table seat was empty. "I wonder if she got ill. Mukkun? did you saw her?" the giant was looking out of the window with a little thoughtful sight. Annoyed he looked at the duo. "What do I know." Eeehh, someone has a pretty bad mood here", Suzuna sighed when the teacher came into the classroom. "Good morning class. please sit down. We got a call this morning that Io won't be able to come here as it seems that she caught a cold." Atsushi's eyes went to the teacher. "So she actually is ill." Suzuna took our her mobile and secretly tipped a message to Io. "I hope she will be alright. I heard her mother is rarely at home." Io almost fell asleep as her little light blue mobile started to vibrate on her night table. As she reached for it almost fell down. all dizzy she opened it and read what she got. "Good morning Io-chan! I heard you are Ill! (;´Д`)/ What I'm going to do now? and I wanted to copy the homeworks from you! ＼（＠；◇；＠）／ by the way, how did it went with Atsushi? (ી(΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)ʃ)♥ " Barely Io could make up what was written as her fever blurred her view. only with all her might she concentrate to write her friend back. "Bara-kun...chicken...Ill ヾ(@°▽°@)ノ" The phone of Suzuna vibrated in her lap as she picked it up and looked what Io wrote. Almost she let out a loud laughter but she restrained herself. "How is she doing?", Himuro asked, who hid behind the book. "ah, don't worry she is all fine.!", She whispered and glanced over to Atsushi. Hastily she wrote something on a piece of paper before throwing it onto Atsushis head, who opened his eyes and saw the little piece. Shortly he saw over to Suzuna who was snorting lightly. Atsushi opened the paper. "How are you doing...Bara-kun? ლ(´◉❥◉｀ლ)" The purple haired young men threw some deadly glances at Suzuna, not realizing that he blushed slightly. Himuro looked to the both of them totally confused. "What are you doing?", he whispered. "I'm not Bara-kun", Atsushi whispered angrily back to her like a sullen child. "What is going on back there!?", the loud voice of the teacher woke the trios attention. "Leave the classroom, immediately! and don't forget the water buckets!." So the trio ended up in front of the classroom door, each holding two buckets of water, beside Atsushi who held two on each hand. "That's the real punishment! A real challenge isn't it guys?", Suzuna said seemingly proud. "that's the first time I was kicked out by the teacher", Himuro muttered in an almost traumatic way. "Say guys, why don't we pay Io a visit later on? She must be so lonely, right...Bara-kun?" "IM NOT BARA KUN!", the tall man shouted completely pissed to her, almost letting the buckets of water fall. "Don't shout so much!", Himuro warned him. "And what's with the Bara-kun name?" "Io seemed to call him like that and it seems to make him very angry," the girl chuckled devilish. "Mukkun, why does this name make you so angry?" The giant looked into a different direction not saying a word. "Saying nothing is also an answer", Suzuna whispered in a devilish tone. "It makes me feel weird...so annoying", he said now with a serious pissed voice which made Himuro and Suzuna turn quiet for a while before they looked at each other. "C-Could it be?", Suzuna muttered but Himuro immediately shook his head. "That's impossible. he wouldn't...would he?" At home Io was standing in front of the counter of the kitchen. As she opened the door she found barely anything that would make something healthy to eat. The only thing she can do was to try to make a soup of those things she had, so she started to cut the vegetables and other things. In the end it was a warm boiling soup which scent filled the kitchen. Io filled something onto a plate before sitting down at the table and starting to eat a bit. After the school ended Suzuna went with the two guys along the streets. Atsushi was still not in the best mood while Himuro was still traumatized that he was sent out. With a self confident grin and big steps Suzuna went in the middle of them. "What a wonderful day! Tomorrow we will feel the fruits of our hard punishment and won't be able to move our arms the tiniest bit! Io will be surely proud of us!" Silent. "And then our parents will get to know that!" Himuro twitched slightly at the mention of the parents. As the troop stood in front of Ios house they tried to ring a couple times but no one seemed to be at home. "Shouldn't her brother open the door?", Suzuna asked before ringing a five hundred times more. "Stop It Suzuna, you might wake her up!", Himuro warned her and nodded at Atsushi who looked at him bored before kicking in the door with brute force. "Wha?! and that doesn't wake her up?!", Suzuna complained as she randomly stepped in. It was dark in the house and there were no sounds at all. Himuro ran a shiver over his spine as he glanced into the darkness. The trio pulled off their shoes before stepping in, looking around in the house. "Looks way bigger from the inside”, Himuro said and eyed up some photos on the wall. "That must be her brother and her mother." "It smells of sweets", said Murasakibara who went with the three to the kitchen. All of them stood still, turning pale at what they saw. "Behold!!", Suzuna shouted and put an arm in front of the both so they wouldn't run to her immediately. With an serious face she whispered into the room. "The mighty "cool pack monster"!" She pointed at the soup. "The weapon seemed to be the soup! Was is poisoned? No! Such a cook as Io would have realized it! The victim! Io Seiya, 16 years old and a "never can say no". She was so young!". Himuro shoved her to the side and ran to the Io that was lying with her head on the table. her complete body was plastered in cool packs. "Get a hold of yourself Io-chan!" He shook her at her shoulders but she just mumbled some incomprehensible words while flopping in his arms. "We need to bring her up into her bed. Mukkun, could you carry her?" The Giant stepped to the girl and took her on her arms avoiding to look at her face. "Ahhh, there we go again, the blooming love of a giant and a dwarf." She got a hit over her head by Himuro who gave her a look of reproach. As they finally found Ios room and stepped in all of them looked around in surprise. "I'm in a doll house", Atsushi muttered who saw all the cute and fluffy stuff in Ios room. A big whale taking most of the space of her bed. Slowly he placed her onto it and pulled the blanket over her. "I will get sweets for that", he muttered when Io opened slightly her eyes. "Uruuu,...Bara...-kun?" The giant blushed and put a hand in front of his lower face again before telling her offended that this is still not his name. Io reached with a hand to Atsushi head before ruffling his hair. "So fluffeh", she said with a bright but tired smile, her eyes shimmering from the fever. Atsushi turned bright red while the three of them stared at them. "Hnnng IO-CHAN!" with one jump Suzuna was by her side and cuddled her tightly. "How can you be even more cute when you are Ill? You are making up the new Cuteness score!" "Suzuna-chan, you shouldn't get too close or you get ill as well!" She let Io fall onto the bed again like a puppet. "Ah you are right" Atsushi still stared at her as he reach with his hand to her. "O-Oi what are you planning to do?", Himuro asked who was slightly afraid that he would crush her cause she called him Bara-kun. But instead, he pat her head with a pouting face. "Awww, look at this Himuro-kun such a cute pair- UFF!" immediately a pillow landed in her face, shutting her up. "We should call her mother or see if we can find something to eat for her." "Then we shall let Mukkun alone with her don't you think?", she whispered to the young men before pulling him out of the door. "Aaah, we will look for something Mukkun, you can just have an eye on her okay?" "Why me?", he muttered but heard at the same time how the door was locked from the outside. However, before he could stood up to kick in the door, the pink haired girl suddenly fell into his arms, squirming like a little kid. "Bara-kuuun, you are so much fun you know?" with an blushing smile she started to squish his cheeks, giggling and squirming. "So soooooft, and you are so comfortable!" she buried her face into his chest and cuddled him tightly "Furuuu!". Desperated and fully bright red he tried to crawl away and to the door but the girl just didn't let go. "Bara-kun?" the girl looked up at him with teary eyes. "Don't you like Io-chan?" The tall young men looked at her in shock, waiting shortly before trying to shove her off. "S-Stop crying it makes me wanan crush you!" The girl clung to him like glue. "Bara-kun smells good, uruuu." That was the last thing before Atsushi kicked in the door and ran out. Hastily he went down the stairs to Himuro ad Suzuna who were making a huge chaos in the kitchen. "Suzu-chiiiin!" Angrily he stepped to her but the girls hastily jumped behind Himuro."Oi, Oi what is it Mukkun?" suddenly they heard some ruckus and saw how something rolled down the stairs and over the ground. It was Io who put herself into the mouth of her strawberry whale , only her knees downwards looking out. "Bara-kuuun, where are you?" "GYAAHH! Close the door close the door!!", Suzuna screamed in panic. "What is that!?", shouted Himuro and in the last second before Io could enter, the door fell close, banging it against Io's head. "God be with us! What was that?", Suzuna squirmed and threw some salt over her shoulder before turning around herself. "The curse shall be gone!" It turned silent. "Oi, wait wasn't that Io?" Slowly Himuro opened the door where the whale was lying, however, the girl was gone. "So scary!", he said and looked around. "Where did she go?" the three of them looked out of the door. "Mukkun, you go first!"; Suzuna said and shoved the men out of the door. "We are right behind you!" Slowly the three of them walked through the house. "Did you find her?", Himuro asked from upstairs after he looked around. "Nothing", it came from Atsushi. "I don't know, but I think I found her." Atsushi and Himuro went to Suzuna who was sitting on the floor beside the couch. "So where is she?" Suzuna pointed to the couch. "see for yourself." Himuro sat down before he bend down, looking under the Couch where Io was lying under. "Woah! How did she get there...no, more like, what is she doing there?" Suzuna shrugged. "Who knows. maybe she feels comfortable being surrounded by wool mice." Now it was Atsushi who grabbed Ios legs and pulled her out from under the couch. "Uruuu, let go of meee", Io complained as she was being pulled out with dust in her hair. "She is like a little creepy kid. I don't want to be her child when she is Ill, I would get nightmares." Suzuna chuckled. "But that might just be Io for ya." With a struggling Io over his shoulders, Atsushi carried the girl into her room again where the troop roped her onto the bed. "Uruu, Its too hot! P-Please let me go!" "Not happening!", Atsushi said and flicked her forehead. "Well, I think her brother has to take care of her from now on." Himuro looked at the young girl worried. "Are you sure we can leave her like that?" Io looked at them with teary eyes. "Bara-kun...Help me", the pink haired girl mumbled feverish but that was just the right ending for him. Grabbing Suzuna and Himuro the little group left the house of the Ill girl. Himuro and Suzuna went the other way, waving good bye to Atsushi who stood in front of the house for a little longer, looking up at the girls window. "Comfortable she said, Soft she said..." with red cheeks and annoyed expression, the giant left the house behind him. Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)