Feverish Feelings

(Pile and Soramaru)

Today was a tiring day as always. I went to work, do recordings, shoot variety shows, attend meetings for my new album and now I'm on my way to our daily practice for our live. I'm a member of Muse after all. I'm not feeling very well. I can feel my head throbbing with pain but I ignored it. Skipping practice even in one day can be a ruckus. I don't want them to worry about me so I just drank a medicine after entering our building.

"Pai-chan!~"

I turned around and saw Shikaco running towards me, waving her right hand. I smiled at her in response. I've been closed to her ever since I joined the group. She's really fun to be with and she's really energetic. Shikaco looks younger and cute despite being in her mid-twenties. I really enjoy being with her despite our age gap.

"Are you also heading towards our practice room?" She asked.

"Yeah. Let's go together."

She nodded in response. We talked a little about work and about our expectation in our coming live. I wish a lot of fans would watch because it's really fun seeing their happy and satisfied faces when we are performing.

When we reached our destination, the other members are already dressed for practice and waiting for us. The temperature in our practice room is surprisingly higher than before and it made the pain in my head worst.

"Shikaco and Pai-chan, you guys are late!" Nanjolno called out. She's strict when it comes to our practice. Maybe a part of it is because she's the oldest or she's really just strict when it comes to following schedules. But I didn't pay attention to it that much. I sat down at the nearest chair and closed my eyes, ignoring the bickering of my close friends, Nanjolno and Shikaco. I can feel my mind going blank and I started to fall asleep but before the darkness completely devour my mind, I heard Kussun call my name.

"Pai-chan? Are you alright?"

"Yeah… Just a little bit tired." I said, not opening my eyes. I feel really sick but I just can't skip our practice today.

"If you're really tired then you should take a break for now." Kussun said. I could already say that she's worried because of the tone of her voice and I don't want that. I opened my eyes and sat properly, giving Kussun an assuring smile.

" I'm really fine. You don't have to worry about me."

Kussun just stared at me and muttered an "Ok" even though I know that she's not convinced. She's really caring, always doing the mother role in our group. I stood up and went to our changing room to change my clothes and when I got back, we instantly started practicing.

"1…2…3…Turn." We said in chorus. Well, they said. I'm having a hard time talking and breathing at the same time. I barely stumbled at each time we turn. My vision is already getting blurry. Wild Star's dance steps are really hard to follow at first. We keep on changing positions. We're now on the part where it's by pair. I reached out for Soramaru's hand. It's cold or maybe it's because of the sudden change of the temperature of my body. I could see her expression and I know that she noticed it so I let go of her hand as soon as I can and avoided any eye contact. There are still a lot of steps where skinships are needed so I should try my best to look focused on our practice. That's what I want to do but I failed. After Sora finished her solo part, where I will go to her and take her hand, I felt really really dizzy. I walked towards Sora wobbly and before I could even reach her hand, I could feel my body gave in and collapsed. I could still hear my fellow members shout and asked me what's wrong but the darkness already clouded my mind and so I lost consciousness.

When I woke up, the brightness of the room greeted me and made my vision a little blurry. After a while of staring at the ceiling, my visions are slowly coming back to normal. My body is still numbed but my head doesn't hurt as much as before. I tried sitting up but I can't move my body and that's when I noticed the person beside me. She's sitting at the floor but her head is in the sofa with her arms supporting it. I can tell she's really asleep because she didn't even budge at the movement I made.

"Hey…Sora?" I mumbled, slightly shaking her. I don't want to do this because she looks really peaceful asleep. Okay, maybe a little cute too. A woman who's in her mid-twenties with a baby face is the certain thing I know about her. We're not that close and we're also akward with each other. Sometimes she would interact with me for ship pandering and I also do the same thing. For some reasons, a lot of our fans ships the two of us, mostly because we're the seiyuus of the most popular pair in Love Live!, Nico and Maki. To be honest, I want to be closer to her. As close as Mimorin, I guess? I don't know. It's just that, I want to know her more.

"Sora…" I sighed, patting her head. Even though we're not close, I still call her by her first name without any honorifics or formality. We decided that in an interview of our sub-group, BiBi, before. I continued patting her head, touching her silky black hair. I'm attracted at the smell of her hair. It smells so nice and it's also smooth and soft. I love touching it. I stopped patting when I received a movement from her. She slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes. She's so cute. I restrained myself from wanting to pinch her cheeks and just looked at her.

"How long am I asleep?" She mumbled.

"I should be asking you that."

"Oh! Pile-chan, you're awake." She said with a shock expression. "How's your feeling?"

"Not too well…" I responded, closing my eyes. I told myself that I don't want them to worry but this happened. "Where are the othe-"

I was cut off when I felt something cool on my forehead and when I opened my eyes, I met Sora's. I can feel the temperature of my face increases when she still moved a little closer. This is really akward. My body stiffened and my mind went blank. She slowly stood up and sighed.

"You still have a fever." She mumbled, a faint blush visible on her face. She didn't make any eye contact and I know that she's also embarrassed at the action she did. I covered my face using my right hand and didn't respond to her. She sat beside me. The sofa is big enough for two people to fit in so it's not really uncomfortable.

"Hey Pile-chan…" She said softly. I can't see her face so I just stared at her back, waiting for her to finish what she's saying. "Why didn't you tell us that you are not feeling well?"

"I'm sorry. I don't want to make you guys worry."

"But what if something bad happened to you?" She said louder than before. I didn't think that she would worry this much. I don't know what to do. What if she cries? I might kill myself for making Sora cry. That's the only thing I don't want to see, especially if it's because of me. I slowly sat up and hold her hand. This is the least thing that I can do.

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have said that." She mumbled. "The others are heading for their next activities but I still have time until my next schedule so I stayed here. W-well, I just can't leave you here like that right?"

It made me speechless. She's really cute! Wait. I need to calm down. She's Sora for heaven's sake but she sounds like Nico-chan for a while there. I smiled at the thought.

"He-hey! Say something. It's really akward if I'm the only one talking."

"Oh… S-sorry."

She sighed and let go of my hand. "You must be feeling uncomfortable around me. I'm sorry. I should've let someone from the others stay instead of me."

"It's not like that." I said, clenching my now free hand. She looked at me with a hurt expression and it made my chest tightened. I hate it.

"Do you hate me?" She mumbled. It looks like she's about to cry and it hurts me so much. I pulled her into a hugged and held her tightly.

"No…" I whispered to her ear. "I love you."

"Eh?"

I don't know what gotten into my mind and I said that. But now I realised that it really explains why I feels this way when I'm around her. I really like Sora. I gently pushed her away from me and I looked away. I'm afraid to know her answer. Well, I'm not expecting for her to feel the same way. Maybe she's disgusted, we're both girls anyway. Great. I made the atmosphere more akward.

"I-I-I'm sorry. I don't know why I said that. You must be disg-" I was cut off when she hugged me and buried her face in my left shoulder. She's trembling. Is she crying?

"I'm so happy…" She said softly. "I love you too, Pile-chan."

"Eh? But…" I blushed. Butterflies started dancing in my stomach. The person that I love for a long time now also feels the same way. I can die happy now. "W-wait... Give me time to process it."

"Hehehe Okay." She giggled. After a few minutes of processing and struggling to live because of our position, I can feel my body became numbed again.

"Sora… Can I lie down for a while?" I huffed.

"Oh! S-sorry…" She said, sitting up. I slowly rested my body in the sofa and hissed when I lay down with my back because of the pain. Sora looks like she's really worried and so I act like it didn't hurt at all.

"Hahaha… I'm fine Sora." I smiled. "It's just a cold."

"But you don't look like fine." She siged, glaring at me. "It can't be helped then." She lay down beside me. Her face is really close. I want to… No! Sora will catch my cold if I do that.

"Are you thinking of something weird?" She smirked. "Pile-chan must've been really in love with me~"

"Took you long enough to notice."

"WHA-"

I bumped by forehead into hers and stayed like that for a while, closing my eyes. It's really warm. Sora's presence made my body relaxed again.

"Nee.. Pile-chan?"

"What is it?"

"Can I call you Eriko?"

I opened my eyes and moved backwards. I didn't expect that. We're lovers now so it's not weird if she calls me by my first name, right?

"If that's what you want, Sora." I smiled at her.

"Eriko." She mumbled and it made my heart race.

"Okay, I changed my mind." I said, avoiding eye contact with this cute dork. "You can call me Eriko if we're alone."

"Eh? Why?

"Because the other members will suspect and also we can't let the fans know." 'And I might also die because of heart attack.'

"But it will help in our ship pandering right?"

"It will but the media will chase us and it may cause us some bad after effects."

She pouted and it killed me again. I'm dating this super cute creature for real. I might die early because of her cuteness.

"Okay then…" She mumbled, cuddling to me. I felt really sleepy and so I closed my eyes. When I'm in the verge of falling asleep, I heard Sora mumbled.

"I love you, Eriko."

"You should be more careful with your things, Kussun!"

"I'm sorry, Nan-chan… I really forgot my bag."

Kussun and Nanjolno went inside the room and saw the two figures sleeping at the sofa. They went closer at the two and looked at them.

"So they finally confessed to each other huh?"

"How did you know? Are you a magician or something, Kussun?"

"Nah. Just look at them, Nan-chan. They sleep like us. They're so cute cuddling at each other."

"Y-yeah…"

EYOOOOOO! Daiki-chi here~ So here is the first one-shot ^^ I'll update with different pairings every chapter and of course you can suggest what pairing :D THE MOST SUGGESTED PAIRING WILL BE THE CHARACTERS FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER SO JUST TELL ME THE PAIR YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS COMPILATION OF STORIES~ I also appreciate all your support T^T I REALLY REALLY REALLY DO! Thank you~ Feel free to tell me everything about this story~ SORAPILE IS KILLING ME ASDYGABDSASUDYBNASKJGD (sorry xD)

SEE YOU IN THE NEXT UPDATE :D