Beyond These Crimson Eyes
Chapter 1 - Felix's Home For Special Children -
The morning light drifted in to the room from the window. Fragrance, my girlfriend with shinigami wings, rolled over on to her back. Our clothes were in piles all over the floor. I shoved the blankets off of myself and got dressed on my usual black long-sleeved shirt and blue baggy jeans. Fragrance stirred in her sleep then woke up.
"Morning Beyond, "she yawned. "If we get caught again, I'm blaming you."She said as she pulled her t-shirt over her head.
"What are you going to say?"I chuckled.
"That...you raped me."She said with a wink.
"It wouldn't be rape, you enjoyed it too much."I threw a pillow at her.
"Beyond Birthday!"A loud voice bellowed. Loud footsteps thundered outside my room. Fragrance rolled on to the floor and him on the other side of the bed just as Alex, Roger's assistant, stormed in.
"I think we need to have a talk!"He yelled angrily yanking me up by my wrist. "Fragrance, I'll deal with you later."He said harshly. Fragrance came out from behind the bed covering herself with a pillow.
Alex dragged me down the hall to his office. The more I resisted the tighter his grip would get. When we were finally inside his office he threw me in to the blue chair by the big desk. Alex sat in his black chair behind the desk. He had this 'I'm the boss, so don't mess with me' look on his face.
"Beyond, what's wrong with you? This is the fourth time this week you been here. Jenna's resting in the hospital now, but she's ok. Although, she's lost a lot of blood due to the gash on the arm. You can't keep hurting people just because you're mad at them." he said.
"It's been working fine 'till you showed up." I replied.
Alex smacked his fists on the table. "Do you want to get taken away?"he yelled. "That's our only option if you don't stop this behavior. BB, if you want to stay here then you need to respect the rules. That means no stabbing, no cutting and no beating." he said.
"Or what? Where could you send me?"I challenged. Alex sat back in his chair and looked through the drawers. He tossed an information booklet on the table. The title read 'Felix's Home for Special Children'.
"BB, we can't put up with your foolishness right now. Roger and I are busy taking care of A's suicide. We still need to take care of the other kids. We will send you away if we have to. Roger's taking you on a tour of Felix's today at four. You can bring Fragrance of you want." He said.
"I'm not going."I told him.
"The choice is based on your behavior. It's your decision."Alex got up and walked to the door. He turned and gave me a stern look.
"BB, both you and Fragrance are 14. You don't need I child." he said looking back at me.
"It's none of your business what we do!" I yelled. Alex shrugged. "It is if it happens under this roof. Now, we're Fragrance?"He asked. I shrugged. Alex slammed the office door as he left.
Later, in the afternoon I sat on my bed flipping through the booklet on Felix's. The book make the place seem like a great home and the kids were special. They're not special. They're fucked up. That's not me, I won't be sent there. I don't care what Alex says. I'm not changing anything and I'm not going to Felix's Home.
A loud knock at the door interrupted my thoughts. Roger burst through the door dragging Fragrance behind him. He was wearing a brown suit with a red tie.
"Beyond Birthday, do you have anything formal to wear?"he asked.
"Why?" I replied.
"For Felix's." He answered.
"I'm not going there." I told him.
"There a is big chance that you'll have to go."He said."And since it's an interview, you need to look good."He added.
"Interview?"I asked.
"Didn't Alex tell you?"Roger asked. I shook my head.
"Oh," he frowned. "Well now you know." He said.
I looked at Fragrance. Her long, wavy black hair was tied back in a ponytail, showing off her purple eyes. There were red earrings dangling from her ears. She had on black heels and she was dressed in a red dress with her back showing. She always wore that dress when she felt uneasy about something. The open back would allow her wings to pop out if she needed to escape.
"Beyond Birthday, put this on." Roger held out a white button up shirt, a sleeveless black vest and black dress pants. Fragrance smiled at me. Roger pulled Fragrance away and closed the door so I could change.
Roger brought us to Felix's at four. Fragrance grabbed on to my hand as we passed the main entrance. Roger led us to a room with a couch and a desk. On the other side of the desk sat a man with sandy brown hair, blue frames glasses and green eyes.
"Hello, you must be..."The man hesitated.
"Beyond Birthday."Roger said.
"Beyond Birthday? What a strange name. I'm Felix." the man said.
"Guys, why don't you wait outside for a minute?"Roger said to us. Fragrance and I was outside the office in silence. We made our
way to a bench just a few feet away from the office."Man," I sighed."I was dying to get out of there."
Fragrance smiled. "Do you think they know about your eyes?"she asked.
"It's run by the same people as Wammy's House. They probably do know."I told her.
"And my wings? BB I don't trust these guys."Fragrance said.
"You think I like them?"I asked.
"It's not just that. There's just something about them. I can feel it. they're-" Fragrance was cut off by Roger. He smiled at us.
"Change of plans. They don't need an interview with you. We can go home now." he said. We got up and he led us to the car.