Step 12 – Be needy
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I did my best to try and control my thoughts but they seemed set on going in a weird direction. I must have lost track of time because when I came to, Kathie was standing at the door having already finished her bath.

“So..”

She said shyly, I had spent so much of my energy having useless thoughts that I didn’t even stop to think about what had happened today. There was no way for me to know if she had any idea what I had tried to do before the storm stopped me.

Worst case scenario she did know and didn’t like it, I had to do something to make sure she didn’t dislike me.

“About to-”

I quickly tried to get up but my body gave in and I fell back on the bed.  

“Are yo-”

Trying a second time I managed to get up, even with my body fighting back.

“I am fine, so abou-”

My head felt heavy and I felt disoriented all of a sudden.

“You’re not fine”

Kathie took a few steps toward me, I tried to reassure her, but I don’t think anything came out of my mouth.

“Oriel!”

I fell forward but she caught me, I couldn’t understand what was happening around me but she must have put me in the bed.

“Wa-”

I tried to raise my hand to stop her, but she was already getting away from me.

“I will be right back, just stay here and don’t try anything okay?”

She didn’t even wait for an answer as she stormed out of the room.

“Kathie… no…”

I had no strength to even try anything, my vision became unfocused, and I fell out of consciousness.

 


              

I woke up sometime later, my body was all sweaty, and I had just taken a bath… I couldn’t help but let out a sigh as I tried to get up.

“You stay there!”

Kathie said somewhat forcefully while walking through the door with a tray in hand.

“But…”

“No buts! You’re sick and you need to rest”

The tray that she was carrying had a small bowl and a spoon, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the types of food that Shea made me eat when I was sick…

Just the thought made me shiver, and I hid myself with a blanket.

I heard the sound of the tray being put down next to the bed, but Kathie didn’t say a thing, eventually, my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to peek by lowering the blanket a little.

What I saw was Kathie, with her hands at her waist, looking at me disappointedly.

“I made you some food, it should make you feel better”

I could feel tears welling up in my eyes, as I hid myself again.

“I don’t wanna eat it…”

“Come on, you gotta eat it, so you can get well soon”

She said lightly pulling on the blanket, I instantly fought back.

“But it’s gonna taste bad!”

“I swear it won’t! you already ate my cooking didn’t you?”

She pulled with more strength almost overpowering me.

“That’s what they always say about medicine!”

“It’s not medicine, I swear!”

She said somewhat angrily and I could feel she was already on top of the bed pulling at the blanket, she was much stronger than me and I was sick on top of that, I couldn’t keep holding on for much longer, but that’s when an idea struck me.

I slowly let go of the blanket, and when she fully pulled it away so that she could see me I asked.

“I will only eat it under one condition”

She gave me a surprised look.

“I will only eat it… if you feed it to me”

“Huh”

She emitted a weird sound as her mind went blank.

“Ye- yeah, sure…”

She didn’t seem so sure though, but she got out of the bed quickly, sitting on a chair that she had left nearby.

We both cleared our throats while looking away, trying to disperse the atmosphere we had just created in the room. When I looked back at Kathie she had already put the tray in her lap and picked up some of the food from the bowl with a spoon.

“Here it comes~”

She said bringing it closer to my face, her face bright red while doing it.

I am sure my face was as red as hers, but I wouldn’t back off now, the food was hot, but it didn’t taste anything like what Shea used to make me when I was sick.

“it’s good”

I said sheepishly, making her let out a smile.

“see I told you”

Her smiling face and flushed cheeks made her look even more precious.

“You gotta eat before it gets cold though”

She said while feeding me more.

It didn’t take long before the bowl was empty, Kathie put the tray away looking satisfied.

I couldn’t bear looking at her any longer, so I turned to face the other side.

“Thanks for the food”

“Now you just need to get some rest and I am sure you will be fine tomorrow, but before that, you will need to drink some medicine”          

The thought of it made me shiver.

“It’s not gonna taste bad will it?”

“Of- of course not!”

Her answer didn’t inspire much confidence…

Hey! hope you enjoyed this chapter, just passing by to say that the next few chapters are going to be from Kathie's POV, so we can learn what she thinks about all this situation, see you (hopefully) soon!

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