The rain continued to tap on the window but the silence inside was undisturbed.
In Alina's room.
Both girls sat on the bed, blankets over their legs giving them warmth and protection from the cold.
Alina: Giggling to herself.
Gracie: Unmoved, she watched Alina giggle to herself, watching her swing her head around in a circular motion and from time to time she swung her head in a front back motion.
[I wonder what she's giggling about. What's in her mind?]
Her lips slightly apart, as usual, a habit or instinctual reaction to Alina.
Alina: She stopped, opened her eyes to look at Gracie. Seeing the open mouth of her, Alina points at Gracie. "Hey, close your mouth. A fly may enter it."
She grins as she says it, then giggles again.
Gracie: Her reaction was slowly as if her mind was filled with many thoughts. Her lips closed, gulps, her cheeks brightens with a hint of red to them.
Alina: She leans forward in awe and pinches Gracie's cheeks while she is still grinning. "Aww, Gracie you're blushing?—"
Cough
She brought her hand to her mouth, covering just the front of it.
Cough
Cough
Gracie: She just watched Alina cough… lips were closed for now.
[Oh, I should get her a sweater.]
Gracie got up from bed walks to the wardrobe and from her back to Alina…
Cough
Opening it she was presented with a few… Garments. Gracie looks around the wardrobe, [Where's the sweater?]
cough
Alina: "It's supposed to be folded, I recall." She said looking towards Gracie from the back as she shifted in bed getting to the edge of it. "... The red one. I like it more."
Gracie: [Red one? Since when did she have a red one?] She continued to look around the wardrobe, it was small and didn't have much garments but…
[These aren't arranged, all shoved inside without care… She probably practiced throwing with it…]
[And why are they all stacked at the bottom!?]
She crouched down.
Alina: Still in bed, playing with her skirt waiting for Gracie.
Gracie: She picked up the garments one by one and tucked them on her left arm, digging deeper. [... Some of these are mine… So that'll mean…]
She finally got to the sweater.
[Yes, that's mine...] She sighs.
Alina: "Gracie, did you find it?~"
Gracie: She turns around to see Alina with a grin, "Yes" She nods as she holds up the sweater.
"Here" She said as she threw the sweater towards Alina and she caught it.
Alina: "Thank you, my dear."
Gracie: Turns back to the wardrobe, she throws back the clothes that she had over her left arm. She closed it. She stood there for a moment, her mind never at rest.
[... I don't like this version of her… I'll have to admit that I liked it much better when she was… Kinda rude, and ah… Harsh.]
"For some reason…" She whispers to herself. She bit her lip.
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…
Alina: From the bed, "Gracie."
Gracie: She turned around when Alina called out to her, Alina was now wearing the red sweater that Gracie just gave her. "Yes, Miss Alina?"
Alina: Smiling, she got off the bed, "You may get a cold, you should also wear something warm." She said as she walked to the table, which had a stick dragon drawn by ink…
Gracie: "Oh, yeah. I… I Should…" For a moment she just stared at Alina who grabs the medicine bottle from the table…
[Is she having mood swings again or… what's going on in her mind?]
"Um, Miss Alina. I'll get to my room and… Wearing something."
Alina: "Hmm"
Gracie: [What the heck does she mean by that? I'm getting out of here.] Gracie hurried to the door… Which had no handle.
Without turning to look at Alina, "Um, Miss—" Before she could finish, the door opened on its own. "Thanks" she said before she got out of that room.
As soon as Gracie got out the door closed behind her on its own. She suddenly felt a rush of cold, [Haaah–I knew her room was extra warm.]
She walks to her room which is right next to Alina's.
Inside the room was modest, window closed, bed, probably made and some books on the bedside table.
She got to her wardrobe and inside her garments were all properly arranged, sections divided for shirts, pants, shorts, socks, sweaters, leggings, pants and… undergarments. Not all of them had different sections though, but still neatly stacked. Unlike someone…
She stared at the sweaters section for a moment, [Yes, indeed it looks less today… I wonder why.]
She rolls her eyes and a smile crawls up to her lips. [Though, I really don't care much… I hope she doesn't get a cold.]
With that in mind she reached for a yellow sweater. She was about to close the wardrobe but before she did she looked down at her legs. [My legs may be cold too.]
She touched her thighs, [... No, but I need to be safe.] She also took out black leggings.
She was about to close it again then, she again reached in for something, [I'll also change skirts, blue one this time.] She grabs a long blue skirt from the wardrobe.
Smiling to herself she dropped the garments on the bed and sat on the edge of her bed. She wore a yellow sweater over her T-Shirt.
She noticed the books on the bedside table, [I still have a lot to read… I doubt I'll ever finish them. I usually left them half way.]
She brings her focus back on the dress and she grabs the black leggings. Lifting her right leg to fit them inside a sudden thought hits her mind.
[Wait… What if Akeno is also feeling cold?]