A stormy night
"Shiro!" I heared Souma yell from the kitchen. He was currently making dinner while I cleaned up the living room a bit.
"What is it?" I asked walking into the kitchen. It smelled amazing!
"Could you please turn on the TV? I want to watch the weather forecast." He glanced at me for a second and contiuned cooking.
"Sure" I mumbled and walked back into the living room turning on the TV and switching to the right channnel. We sat down on the table as the weather forecast started.
"Tonight the temperature drops to 7°C and a heavy storm will come from the east. Tomorrow it will...."
I didn't listen anymore. 'A storm?..Oh no' My eyes widened and I froze, the food falling down on my plate again. Souma seemed to notice this and looked away from the TV and into my eyes.
"Is everything okay? Does the food taste bad or something?" Souma asked a bit worried.
"Huh..?" I broke from my trance and looked down at my plate in embarrassment. "No that's not it. I'm fine and it is really delicious. I like it" I slowly contiuned eating.
"If you say so..." He mumbled a bit confused before he smiled "I'm glad you like my cooking so much" And with that he looked back at the TV.
We finished eating in silence and I went into the kitchen to wash the dishes while Souma still sat in the living room playing a game. I chuckle sometimes to myself when I hear him rant about the game. I washed all the dishes and put them away when I noticed that it already had started to rain.
I sat down next to Souma on the couch watching him play for about an hour before deciding to go to my room and contiune to draw on the picture. After half an hour there was the first lightning and thunder. I shrieked like a girl. But not only because of that but also because the light went off.
'Just...great...' I thought, tears already forming in the corners of my eyes while I slowly and carefully walked to the door. "Sou-" I wanted to shout out to him but got interruped by another thunder. I shrieked again and fell to my knees, shaking.
"Shiro! Are you alright?" I heared Souma coming towards me with a flashlight in one hand. He kneeled down infront of me, putting the other hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah...I was j-just really s-surprised and s-shocked" I tried to hold back the tears and smiled weakly up at him. 'I'm such a liar' I thought while Souma helped me up.
"How about we call it a day and go to sleep earlier than usual? Without electricity we can't do anything anyways" He smiled and gave me another flashlight. "Just in case" he winked "Good night, Shiro" He patted my head and went to his room.
I turned on the flashlight and layed it down on my nightstand so that I could see my pyjama to get changed. I quickly undressed and put my other things on. Just as I wanted to crawl into my bed there was another thunder and I jumped in the bed, quickly hiding under the blanket.
'Shit, shit, shit!' I thought as a tear rolled down my cheek.
If you haven't noticed yet: I'm really scared of lightning and thunder.
'Mabye I should have told Souma...' Another tear rolled down my cheek 'But...it's just too embarrassing!' I turned around under the blanket so that I didn't face the window anymore.
I'm scared of storms since I was a little kid. It was always okay because then I would sleep in the same bed as my grandma. I'm not scared when I hear the heartbeat and feel the heat of another person.
Another lightning and thunder. I just couldn't stand it anymore and jumped out of bed, taking the flashlight and quietly walking to Souma's room. I took a deep breath before there was a thunder again. I tried not to whimper and turned off the flashlight, carefully knocking on the door and opening it.
"Souma? Are you still awake?" I asked quietly. Souma groaned and hummed in response.
"What is it Shiro? Something wrong?"
"Well I just wanted to ask if-" I was interrupted by a thunder and again I tried not to whimper. "I-If I could s-sleep here with y-you tonight?" I felt his eyes on me now.
"Sure" He answered after a short while. I walked to the other side of the bed and layed down. We layed there without facing each other. A few minutes went by when there was another thunder but this time I couldn't keep quiet and even started shaking.
Souma must have noticed it because I felt him shift on the other side of the bed. "Shiro" His voice was calm. I slowly turned around to face him. "Come here" He stretched out his arm and my face turned a bit red. But I did as he said and shifted closer to him with another lightning.
I whimpered again as Souma pulled me closely to his chest. I stiffened. "You're scared of storms, am I right?" He asked quietly and I just nodded as he hugged me tighter to himself. "It's alright if you're scared" I felt him smile into my hair "But you don't have to because I'm with you now and I will protect you"
Even thought it sounded like he was talking to a kid it made me feel really safe, just like his arms around me. Now I could feel his heat and hear his heartbeat. It was just so calming. By now I wasn't stiff anymore ond leaned into his gentle but strong touch.
'He smells so nice...just like the sun and beautifull flowers' I felt my eyelids getting really heavy. 'I like his smell' I thought closing my eyes completly. I listened to his steady and calming breathing aswell as his heartbeat for a while longer before falling asleep completly even thought there were still lightnings and thunders outside.
But I didn't care anymore because Souma was here with me and would be for the rest of the night and even tomorrow.
