381 Stupid Jokes (2/2)

”Nora, you're sleeping with Ava so peacefully that I couldn't bring myself to disturb you. Besides, you spent the whole day crying. You needed a good night's sleep. How could I take that from you?”

Nora scoffed at her reply, ”As if you'd have woken me up if I hadn't had a bad day.” She poked Xiu's head lightly. ”I know you. You'd never share that you're not feeling well.” Xiu could only scratch her jaw at the reality of her words. ”Now, tell me. What's wrong? Is it serious? Should we go to the hospital? Mom will definitely murder me if she got to know that I didn't take better care of you.”

”Will you shut up?” Xiu's words got Nora to finally shut up. Xiu shook her head. ”I'm fine. It's just because I'm tired. That's the reason why I got this slight fever.” Nora squinted her eyes at Xiu who had to change her words, ”I mean yes, I threw up a few times.” Nora's eyes squinted even more dangerously. ”Okay! I threw up a lot. But is it my fault that I was feeling so nauseous? It happens. Why are you getting angry?”

Nora pulled her ear which Xiu let her. ”If you're sick, go see a doctor! Damn it! Why would you always ignore your own health? And if you're already feeling sick why the hell did you drag me here?”

”Because that was important!” Xiu argued while wincing at the pain in her ear now.

Nora hit her head but gently. ”You fool! Your health is more important to me!”

”No! Your happiness is more important to me than my health!” Xiu shot back without holding it in.

Nora was short of words now. ”You're stubborn! And you're impossible!”

”Hehe... I know right?”

Seeing her giggling Nora glared at her. ”Is it something to be proud of?”

”Isn't it?”

”No! It's not, you...” Nora's temper was rising up now. This stupid best friend of hers was really something she couldn't understand. The more she thought she had grasped the essence of Xiu, the more Xiu would slip away from her understanding.

”Now, don't be mad at me. It's not fair. We all have those down days. I also am just under the weather. What's the big deal?”

”The big deal?” Nora stared her down. ”In just one day, you're back to square one. You again look like a scrawny little girl. Exactly like the time when Darren told you to hold the pole unless wind might be able to blow you away.”

Xiu huffed at that. ”You know I hated that stupid joke of his!”

”But he wasn't lying back then!”

Xiu pouted at her best friend for saying that. Okay, she might have seemed a bit thinner than she did last week. But it couldn't possibly be that worse as Nora just referred to. Because when Darren had played that joke on her, she was really thin like a matchstick!