forum The Tale of a Woman Trapped in a Cave and the Poor Soul that Finds Her (Closed OxO with Kai)

Started March 18, 2023 by Deleted user

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Aphrodite whines, biting her lip. “I-“ She looks away, tears escaping her eyes.

Nishida turns and wraps her arms around Aphrodite carefully.

"I'll be fine." she says quietly, after releasing the smaller girl.

She shudders, quickly wiping her eyes. She looked all too pale for her normally dark caramel skin, and her eyes looked dull.

"Now c'mon. Let me make you something to eat." Nishida smiles kindly.

She frowns, “I…” She stumbles slightly, leaning against the wall. She looked as though she was about to faint.

Nishida, despite being sick - and denying that she's sick - gently picks up Aphrodite and lays her down in her bed.

"Wait here. Don't move a muscle. I'll bring you food." she says softly.

Aphrodite slowly closes her eyes, going limp.

Zi walks in, meowing loudly and jumping up onto the bed.

Nishida smiles at Zi.

"Keep her company. I'll be fine. She needs some love." she tells the cat softly before nearly falling out of the room.

She ctaches herself and looks back at Aphrodite, flashing her a warm but strained smile before shuffling her way to the kitchen, preparing a small but decent meal for the sick woman.

Aphrodite stays out, breathing softly and almost looking like she wasn’t breathing at all.

Zi nuzzles into his owner, his tail flicking slightly.

Nishida returns holding a plate with a sandwhich made from some of the good leftovers from the meal she'd made days ago.

"I think it'll taste decent." she says, almost self-deprecating.

Aphrodite makes a face, showing she was in pain. Zi looks at her and bumps his head into her side, meowing.

Nishida looks sadly at Aphrodite's look of pain, walking over to the other side of the bed, where the cahir she'd sat in days ago still was, and sits down in it after dragging it closer to the bed.

"Can you at least chew?" she asks.

She remained unresponsive, still unconscious. She whimpers slightly as more pain overwhelms her.

Nishida finally understands and gently shakes the smaller woman.

"C'mon, wake up. . ." she says.

She stays unconscious, whining again.

Zi meows loudly, trying to help wake Aphrodite and failing.

Nishida takes a breath. She's going to scream at me for this, or start crying, or both. . .

But she takes her hand and brings it down firmly on Aphrodite's cheek.

She yelps, flinching and slowly opening her eyes. She slowly looks towards Nishida, honestly looking close to death. She slowly closes her eyes again, whimpering.

"I'm sorry, Apjrodite. . ." Nishida says quietly. "But you looked close to dead. You need to eat. And then we need to get you out into the sun."

She whines weakly, slowly becoming unable to even move much.

(Yeah, I do.)

Nishida sighs quietly.

"You're an idiot. . ." she says quietly, tearing the sandwhich into tiny bits.

She places the first bit into Aphrodite's mouth and waits for a moment before shaking her head and moving the woman's jaw for her.

Aphrodite weakly and slowly chews the food, barely able to swallow.

Zi curls up next to Aphrodite, looking extremely worried. He almost had a human look of concern in his eyes.

Aphrodite places the next bit of food into Aphrodite's mouth, repeating the process she'd started.

Eventually, Aphrodite finishes the food. Though she still looked close to deaths door, she did seem to look a bit better than before. At least the growling in her stomach quieted down.

Nishida rushes off to get water and some more food than returns, helping the girl to drink the water before repeating the process she'd done with the first sandwhich.