64 64 Longing (2/2)
”I will return to my room at the Inn. I have some other things that I need to do. Do not fret over me I will be fine heading back.” Gabriel pats Itsuki on the head and then runs all the way back to the inn. He opens the door and is now a drowned rat.
Mari was passing by and looked at Gabriel. ”Oh my! Gabriel! Are you alright? You are going to get sick here please take this blanket.”
Gabriel looked at Mari and took the offered blanket. ”Thank you for your hospitality. I will go and bathe and warm up.” He took off his shoes and placed the blanket to the side. He started to wring out the yukata as to not track water all over the inn. Then wraps the blanket around his body.
”Please take care, I will bring you dinner in two hours.” Mari bowed to Gabriel and rushed to get another blanket.
Gabriel stepped on the floor and saw that he was not tracking all that much water into the hallway and let out a sigh of relief. He got back to his room and dropped the blanket by the door and took off the yukata that he was wearing and walked to the bath. He set the water and started to wash himself. Once that was done he sat in the tub and waited for his body to warm up. 'Amalia, I am almost done here.'
An hour later he got out of the tub and got dressed into new clothes as he was drying his hair and picked up a sketchbook book and flipped through the pages. He looked at the sketches he had done of Amelia before nodding his head. He picked up his wet clothes and wrung out as much water as he could then laid them out to dry. He sat next to the door listening to the rainfall.
Mari knocked on the door and opened the door and saw that Gabriel had fallen asleep. She placed lunch on the table and brought an extra blanket and placed it over him. As she did that she heard him mumble Amelia in his sleep. 'She is one lucky girl.'
Amelia slept until dinner time and woke up in her bed with both her mother's fussing over her. ”I co-llap-sed?” she opened her eyes weakly.
”Amelia! You woke up. Yes, you did. Miyuki found you and brought you back to your room. Are you hungry? Do you hurt anywhere? What do you remember?” Irene panic fires a bunch of questions all at once at Amelia.
Edna looks down at Amelia and then at Irene. ”The wagashi was gone by the time we got there and in their place was this fruit again.” She held up the fruit.
”I was at the shine making the offering and I got dizzy and I must have collapsed. I am okay other than a little hungry and I should take my medicine now.” Amelia tries to sit up and the room spins out of control.
Irene catches Amelia and holds her up. ”Edna, can you grab the medicines and we will make sure she takes them. Miyuki there is a tea that should be in a green packaging. Would you go and make some for her?”