By the time Mizu was out of the shower, I was half asleep, but I was wide awake once again as soon as Mizu stepped into the main room with nothing but a towel around his waist. He looked at me, his hair dripping and says, "Sorry, I forgot my clothes." He turned and went to his bag, digging through it for some clothes. I found myself scanning the back of his body that I could see. The muscles of his back flexed as he moved his arms to dig through the bag. My cheeks tinted light pink as he turned around again and I saw the front of his torso. I swear, it was like one of those Greek sculptures- chiseled and perfect. My eyes widened a bit and I looked away again, before he could see how red my cheeks were getting. I heard Mizu chuckle a little and he walked back into the bathroom to get dressed. I heard the door shut and I sighed. What the heck was wrong with me? Why was I looking at Mizu like that? I mean, yeah, he's hot as all get out and he's a good person-- Oh no... I groaned silently and threw a pillow against the wall. It hit me like a train carrying bricks- not even exaggerating- I had a crush on Mizu. I had it bad.

When Mizu exited the bathroom again, he saw the pillow on the floor across the room and cocked an eyebrow at me, "Did you do that?" He asked, curious, as he pointed to the pillow. I blushed again, nodding slightly. Mizu's eyes took on an amused look and picked up the pillow, "I hate to break it to you, but a pillow won't do much good if you're mad at something." I rolled my eyes but couldn't help my smile, 'Shut up' I signed quickly and he laughed a little, "You need sleep. We have to get moving again in a few hours."

I took this in and nodded, but paused, 'Will you be okay to drive?' I signed to him, 'Do you want me to take over when we have to start again?' He shakes his head, "No, I'm okay. You need to rest as much as you can. I'm surprised you haven't passed out from exhaustion yet." I shrugged, I honestly didn't know how I hadn't either, after going so long without sleep. But, I didn't dwell on wondering because as soon as he said that, I started feeling very tired. I yawned and Mizu came over to ruffle my hair before going to his bed, "We can get the rest of that crap out tomorrow if you want." He said, referring to the little dye left in my hair. I didn't get a chance to sign back because all I had the energy to do was slip under the covers and close my eyes, waiting for sleep to take over. It didn't take long, but it was anything but peaceful. My sleep was disturbed by nightmares that caused me to wake up in a cold sweat about five times in the barely two hours I had to sleep. When Mizu woke me up, I felt worse than when I was trying to go to sleep. I opened my eyes slowly, pursing my lips a little at Mizu as he tried to coax me to get up. "Come on, Kasai.. You have to up so we can get going." he said gently, and I just tried to burrow my face in the pillow, "You can sleep in the car, we just need to go, can you make it to the car for me, please?" His voice was so gentle that it made me listen and I sat up, rubbing my eyes and yawning. Mizu brushed a strand of hair from my face, "Thank you. Now just give me a second and we can go so you can sleep, yeah?" I nodded. I felt like a child, but I didn't care, all I cared about was at least attempting to get some more sleep.

Mizu walked to get his bag as I tried as hard as I could to not tip over back onto the bed. He helped me stand up and I fell against his chest when we had barely gone three feet, Mizu caught me of course, but I didn't like that I was feeling utterly useless. I grit my teeth and struggled to stay standing straight. But, I did it. We made it out to the car and I managed to get in without almost biting it again. Mizu made sure I was in the car completely so he wouldn't chop my foot off or something when he closed the door, then he did just that. He closed the door, he didn't chop my foot off, I mean. I felt the car move a little as he opened the trunk, put his bag in it then slammed the trunk. When Mizu had gotten back into the car I looked at him for a moment, taking in his appearance in my half conscious state. He was wearing all black again, loose black jeans that fit him perfectly everywhere they needed to, his combat boots, and his plain black tee with the leather jacket-- in other words, he looked amazing. Even more so that I wasn't fully awake. I let out this sort of giggle and my voice was groggy, "You're hot..." I didn't realize what I said until I actually said it and I blushed, but my fit of giggles increased. I was kind of scary when I was tired because this crap only happened when I was sleep deprived.

Mizu's eyebrows shot up and his bright blue eyes widened. His own cheeks tinted pink, "Well, um.. Thank you..." He looked away for a moment, seeming to be thinking. My giggles stopped in their tracks. I was quiet for a moment, the whole car was quiet for that matter, except for the radio. It was on a soft rock station, the volume barely on. When I parted my lips to speak, all I got out was, "Mi-" And suddenly Mizu turned to me, tilting my chin up a bit with his finger and pressing his lips to mine.

My eyes widened, I was certainly awake now...