gigabahamut666 | Continuing to suck!

“LINA!!! LINA!!! You’re not leaving me now!” Gourry yelled as he gripped onto the pale sorceress who lay on the floor, only to be dragged up unceremoniously by the blonde swordsman. Lina opened her eyes slowly, blinking a little and smiled slightly as she saw the worry in Gourry’s eyes.

“I’m going no where just yet Gourry…” She said a little too weakly for Gourry but it didn’t matter because at least she was still with him. He picked her up from the floor gently and placed her on the bed carefully. Pulling up a chair beside her bed, Gourry gripped onto Lina’s gloved hand and held it tightly. He looked into her ruby red eyes and could see the life fading away slowly. He couldn’t bear seeing her suffer and he knew that this was only going to get much worse for her.

“I’m not doing a very good job of protector am I…?” Gourry hung his head down, unable to look at her anymore.

“Stop being such an idiot. You’ve always done your best. There was nothing you could do.” She responded as her eyes never left his bright blue eyes. Those blue eyes which began to shine a little with sadness, but burned with resolve.

“Stop talking like this is over!!” She returned the fire.

“Yes it is Gourry!! No one’s recovered from this!”

“I don’t believe it. I refuse to believe it. I’m not giving up on you; I won’t give up on you because what am I supposed to do without you? I know it’s stupid and it’s selfish, but for once can’t I be selfish.” Lina’s eyes softened a little and she smiled weakly.

“You’re always selfish Gourry, every time you steal food from my plate.” She returned. Gourry looked back with a little smile, his eyes shining brighter.

“Only because you steal things from my plate.” He grinned and Lina squeezed Gourry’s hand a little tighter. But then she suddenly started shivering, and tried to curl up slightly. However no matter what she did, she couldn’t seem to fight off the cold. Gourry noticed this and knew he had to do something so he did the only thing he remembered to do when you needed to keep warm that he was taught.

He joined Lina on the bed, and she widened her eyes quickly in surprise. She was about to protest and say all sorts of things like him being perverted or trying to take her innocence. However she didn’t want to say those things anymore, and she quickly realised what he was doing.

Gourry took Lina’s cape and used it to wrap it around Lina and himself. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her body right up against her own. Lina felt her cheeks burn up as she looked up at Gourry who seemed to think nothing of it, he seemed like he was concentrating on something else. That something else was just keeping Lina warm.

His arms moved up to her back and he began rubbing his hands up and down her back. He was creating friction to help warm her up and used his own body heat to help too by being close to her. Lina could feel the results almost straight away and already she was much warmer. She admitted to herself that she liked being close to him like this. She liked the warmth he was giving her and it comforted her. It comforted her so much that she soon fell asleep.

Gourry hadn’t noticed her dropping to sleep so when he noticed her eyes closed he panicked. He thought he lost her but he quickly realised that all was ok because he could feel her chest moving. She was still breathing and it meant she was still alive. He looked down at her, held closely in her arms and it was like this that he wanted to do with Lina all the time. Just hold her and protect her from everything in the world. He moved his head down on top of hers and buried his face in her brown hair and closed his eyes. He clung onto her and just hoped that by doing so, he would be keeping her alive.