Chapter 8
Rey was hit hard by her comment. Her sister had collapsed! she had to bring out medicine and cold towel. One could think she would have no extra thought to spare! Rey had convinced her earlier that she had torn the pillows and the blanket, but she had countered him in a very short amount of time.
Rey shuddered at her terrific cognitive abilities and slyness of an elementary school girl. But he knew this wasn't the only thing she had realized. He had been very clumsy exposing himself to a little girl to save someone whom he didn't even know. Thus he wasn't surprised about her remembering the incidents.
"I can't even trick a silly brat to buy it. I'm pathetic even if I turn into a toy" sighed Rey depressingly looking at the smug look of Rily's face. But he knew that he couldn't let this matter continue or it would affect the status-quo in their relationship giving her a dominant hand over him.
Toy bear beckoned her to come closer. Rily was delighted wondering if he would confess his wrong-doing. As she came closer, Rey took the paper roll and banged it against Rily's head.
"Ouch! What was that for?" cried Rily with an expression of being wronged
"Whose fault do you think that the pillow and blanket were torn?" asked Rey
"It's your fault isn't it?" cried Rily still unjustified with her punishment.
"No, it's your fault" replied Rey "If you weren't sleeping like a log when your sister collapsed, I wouldn't need to trouble myself to bring those pillows, blankets, and clothes to her" replied Rey covering up a lie with another lie.
Rey knew he was bullshitting at the moment. The pillow and the blanket were already torn by him before Reena arrived. He had done that with his delusional thinking that this world was an illusion created by him in his head. But he couldn't tell Rily about the embarrassing stuffs he did in her room.
"How can you expect a toy-bear to take care of her all alone?" said Rey fuming mad
"Sorry! Don't be angry with me. It's my fault" cried Rily
"I won't be mad at you if you take all the responsibility for whatever that happened in the room" said Rey wiping the fake sweats from his forehead.
"Wow! Lying is harder than I thought" thought Rey setting a sigh in relief
"Ok! I'll tell sister that I caused a mess in her room. So please don't be mad at me okay?" said Rily
"Ok, I'm not mad at you. Come closer, I'll give you reward this time" said Rey and started brushing her hair. "You've done a very good job. Keep it up" said Rey.
"Yes, this is how young people should be" thought Rey extremely proud of himself.
"Bucchi!" cried Rily and hugged Rey tightly
"Silly brat! Don't hug me! Leave me alone! Your hands! You didn't wash your hands! Silly brat! Don't dirty my fur with that tainted hands" shouted Rey smacking her head with a paper roll.
The next moment, Rily entered the room carrying a bowl of porridge and was carrying Rey. Rey did not make even a single move, even know he felt uncomfortable in her arms in order to not expose himself. Little did he know someone was peeking at his uncomfortable self with great delight.
Rily laid the porridge and fed it to her. Rey thought that even though the girl was sly and smart, she might have a cute and fragile side.
"Big Sister! Take Bucchi, he'll keep you calm and warm the entire night so that you don't feel lonely" said Rily with an evil smile on her face.
"You little beast! I take it back! she's not cute and fragile. More like a conniving beast lurking for prey. Is this how you take your revenge? I'll see you cry tomorrow when Reena scolds you for messing up her room" complained Rey without voicing his complaints. He didn't want Reena to know about his existence.
"No! Please don't hug me. Leave me alone!" cried Rey trying to avoid cold without voicing any of his complaints. Fortunate for him, she just hugged him towards her and dozed off to sleep. Rey suddenly came to the realization that he wouldn't catch a cold since he's a toy! Rily had also fallen asleep nursing Reena.
After confirming that they were both asleep, Rey slowly moved away from Reena's grasp. He saw her beautiful hair, gorgeous face and was completely allured to her. Her rosy lips, fair skin drew him to her like no other. Her sickness couldn't hide her charm but instead made her even more charming. It seemed to draw him close to a deep abyss.
"Snap out of there" Rey bit his own petite round arm to come back to his senses. He started hyper-ventilating. "How frightening! I nearly lost my sense of reason at that moment. Women's charm is a frightening weapon." thought Rey
"Being weak against woman is definitely a weakness. Better avoid than run into future troubles" thought Rey and chanted his quotes.
"I'm a toy who has transcended humanity. I won't fall prey to the traps of a women/girl. In my sight all are cattles. Just in case I better prepare ground rules for my original body too. Let's say: Women don't like scaredy cats. They only fall in love with handsome hunks capable of protecting and saving them in times of trouble which for me is an impossible task for me since I can't even protect myself. Beautiful women have many wooers. Thus pursuing a woman is like pursuing a wind, you can only feel them but never catch them. Thus it's better to not waste time feeling the wind" thought Rey painstakingly. Every line of his quote struck his pitiful pride to smithereens. But after quoting it, Rey's mind calmed down. Now he could look at her without making his heart race.
"Aren't you afraid of showing your weakness to me? You should follow your own advice or do you want me to trample down on your weakness in order to make you realize your mistakes" said Rey rambling on since she was asleep and couldn't hear.
But Reena pulled the teddy bear towards her bosom completely trapping him leaving him no routes for escape. Rey suffocated within those bosoms but since he didn't need to breathe, he was alright.