Resting, Eating And Healing

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You're alone now. Your sisters have left and you feel....cold.

Pulling the blanket up over your head you take a deep breath in and quickly release it in a wavering breath. It feels scary to be alone....you almost died with no one at your side. Your hands clutch onto your stomach and your shoulder; the places you got hit and you curl into yourself as you began to tear up. You were so scared. God, it's so humiliating. The feeling of that cold cement lingers on inside you, you can still feel yourself laying there.

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You steady yourself after a moment remembering the words Keiko told you in that car, you'll both- no, you'll all work it out together. But for that to happen you need more rest. You need to get your bearings again. So you seal your eyes shut and with the warmth of your tears comforting you, you drift into sleep.

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[3:00 PM]

You awoke to the smell of a meal being cooked downstairs. Your mother must've been preparing food. A growl comes from your stomach giving you the push to get off your bed. You feel a little better, especially after a good cry.

First you change into your normal clothes and then begin your way to the bathroom down the hall in which you washed your face. You look yourself in the mirror, eyes examining your features carefully. You're still yourself. You're still the person you woke up as....

You make it down the stairs and look around. 3 O'clock in the afternoon, it's quiet. Actually what day is it? You think to yourself and check your phone.

A look of brief shock comes over you. "No this can't be right." You whisper to yourself as you continue to try and refresh the app.

"Oh my~ What can't be right?" Your mother says peeking in from over your shoulder.

You look over and smile back at her. "I- well I think my phone is acting weird. It says I was out for a week?"

"Oh my!~ Yes yes~, your accident that you had in the city. That's correct Jun, you were sleeping for a whole week. You must've been so tired~. You looked like such a baby sleeping in your bed. It reminded me when you were younger~ you were always such a sleepy head."

Your mother clasps her hands together next to her cheek and begins to relish on the memory.

"A whole week?...." You make a concerned face.

Really? You lost a whole week? What about school? The girls? Your family? So much time had passed. Did anything happen in that time?

Your mother grabs you from the side and brings you in to a soft gentle hug. Her body envelopes you despite you being taller than her. "My little boy will be alright. He is a strong strong man now~. All my children are strong and will lead good lives~....but to do so you must rest and eat well."

This brings a smile onto your face and you slip a hand around her to hug back. You make sure your hand is a little higher than usual out of respect. Your mother is an incredibly beautiful woman but you shouldn't act upon your fantasy like you do to your sisters. She's pure in heart and soul....and you want to keep it that way.

"Thanks mom." You whisper to her with blushing cheeks and let go.

"Now c'mere~. Let's eat. My boy needs to eat if he wants to get stronger."

Your mother drags you to the kitchen table and you sit down while she begins to serve you food. With a constant smile on your face you just stare at her beautiful self and enjoy what she plates in front of you.

Despite her soft and welcoming demeanor she talks alot about herself and the family. She just keeps going on and on about her day and what she's looking forward to doing with everyone else.

You can feel yourself lifting off that cold concrete ground little by little by just being around her. By the end you're so stuffed you feel like you have a stomach.

The front door opens and in comes Amelia and Sarah. They were sharing an umbrella as it had started to rain outside.

"Boss! You're awake!" Sarah says and quickly kicks off her shoes. In her hand is a paper grocery bag.

"Oh, you're awake again." Amelia says holding another grocery bag and closes the front door.

"Oh my~ hello girls! Welcome back~." Your mother says and waves a spatula at them.

You smile. "Ah, hey Sarah. Were you guys shopping?"

"Yeah, we were doing some shopping for your mom, boss!" Sarah exclaims. There are sparkles in her eyes like a puppy.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me that?" You sort of glance at your mother in the kitchen and then Amelia who's neatly putting away the shoes.

"Oh umm....well, yes, but your family didn't really mind so I thought it would be okay around them." Sarah looks away and twirls a finger into her pink hair.

You sigh. Looks like it's not weird to your mother or Amelia....that or they've just gotten used to Sarah calling you that in the time you were ****.

"Well if that's the case then it's fine. But I dont know about calling me boss in public though. We might get weird looks." You say idly scratching your arm.

"Yessir boss! I will not call you that in public then." Sarah says and quickly walks to your mother to show her the grocery bag.

You watch her as she goes over before your attention is snapped to the side again towards Amelia who had walked up beside you and set her bags onto the table.

"She's been staying here for the past week." Amelia says whispering to you also watching Sarah and your mother cheerfully converse in the background.

"That's good. Is she finding herself at home here?" You say whispering back.

"Yes, maybe a little bit too much but I can't really fault her. She's enjoying herself....just look at her. "

"Yeah I can see that....it also looks like she's getting along with mom really well too."

"Mom has been teaching her how to do things around the house like cooking and cleaning."

"Oh? That's neat. How's it coming along?" You say with a curious raise of your brow.

"She's doing okay I guess. Point being she's not just a freeloader now and occasionally helps mom with the housework and shopping." Amelia sighs and turns around. Her body shifts from side to side as if she has trouble standing still. "By the way....ummm...."

"Hm?" You lean back to look at her.

"....come with me for a second." Amelia grabs your arm tightly trying to lift you out of your seat.

"What's this about???" You say puzzled.