31_days | [Dec 13] [Hana Yori Dango] A Shift in Gravity

Title: A Shift in Gravity
Day/Theme: December 13: Of unkissed kisses
Series: Hana Yori Dango
Character/Pairing: Doumyouji/Makino
Rating: PG

Summary: The aftermath of Doumyouji saving Makino in Canada.

In the past three hours, the ceiling had not changed. But by the way that Makino Tsukushi was staring at it so intently, you would have thought that it was made of gold (and considering who's house she was in, that wasn't an impossibility). She should have been dead asleep after all of the ruckus that had happened, God knows she would have felt better if she had tried to sleep.

But there was only one problem.

"Oh!" She said, throwing the covers off of her. Sliding her small feet into the slippers that she left at the foot of her bed, she wrapped her robe tightly around herself and walked out of her bedroom door, leaving Yuki sleeping ever so contently.

I should be in bed, she scolded herself as she walked down the hallway. This is just ridiculous.

She stopped at the foot of his door and hesitated.

She could just see him now, laughing at her for being so stupid. It was just one night. How could she have become accustomed to having his warm body next to hers in only one fever-filled night?

It wasn't like anything had happened between the two of them. Her health was at stake! That was the only reason--

Not that she wanted anything to happen. She hated him! He made her school life a living hell, and took pride in that fact. Okay, so there was the fact that he'd saved her life. Twice. And he had told her that he loved her. But he was just joking right? After what she had put him through with Rui, there was no reason for either him or her to care for one each other. To kiss once more. And besides, she didn't feel the same about him-- right?

Her hand shook as it hung in the air, irresolute on what course of action to take.

Instead, she whispered an inaudible, "Doumyouji?"

Of course, there was no answer.

Huffing indignantly (how DARE he ignore her when she came all this way--), she hurried back to her own room and hid her head under the covers.

She didn't need him beside her to fall asleep. She would prove it to him right now.

But before she finally drifted into the land of sleep, she could have sworn she heard someone whisper, "Makino?" on the other side of her door.

When she came down for breakfast the next morning, Nishikado was teasing an un-amused Doumyouji about having bloodshot eyes. She did her best to not let Nishikado see her own.

Fin

Disclaimer:
Hana Yori Dango is not mine. If it was, Doumyouji and Makino would have been having LOTS of sex. And Rui would be tied down in the basement. HYD is owned and created by Kamio Youko. Standard disclaimers apply.