Enclosure
Why hello there!
My name is edvbergbrigbri. Welcome to fvefvojbfovb djbeovboeb! ^-^
Okay, what I mean is, this is for solitaryloner's stress-relief contest. The deadline is supposedly in November, so unless it changed (which would really suck), I'm good.
The requirements were to write a oneshot with a supernatural theme. And I came up with this piece of shi- *scribble scribble* awesomeness! *glances around to see if anyone noticed*
You know, this is probably the first time I've ever written this top part here last. Normally, it's the first thing I write!
Slowly dying of tiredness here, so just start reading my piece of... *awkward cough* awesomeness... (Yeah right.)
Miku gasped, as a sudden thunderbolt zapped from his fingers, heading in her direction.
A few muttered words in Hebrew, however, and the bolt seemed to hit an invisible barrier in front of her.
Kaito smirked. She was quite skilled... for a witch, that is.
A few Grecian words yelled out on his part, along with a flick of his hands, and her dress lit on fire.
A normal human would've screamed, and tried to run, but all Miku did was step away. Instead of following her, the flames stood in place, flickering, when they should've stuck on her clothes.
"An illusion?" she yelled out to him. "Nice try, but it'll take more than just dime store magic to hurt me!"
"Yeah?" Kaito yelled back. "Well, then, show me what you got!"
She smirked, and suddenly, a fireball fell from the sky, barely missing him. But he knew she wouldn't hit him. They'd passed that stage long ago. That fireball could've very well killed him, but it was just a warning.
"Not bad... is that really witch's magic?" he asked.
"Of course." she said with a small shrug. "Not all witches are gutless wimps. Some of us can be powerful!"
A few quick words from his mouth, and she flew backwards onto the sand with an 'oomph' as she fell.
"A knockback spell, huh?" she yelled over to him, rubbing her stomach where the spell's blow hit. Bringing herself back up to her feet, she walked up closer to him. "That was pretty weak. I'll bet you mine could hurt more."
"Ah, so the witch DOES know sorcerer's magic!" Kaito teased.
"We may be different races, but sorcerer spells are really quite easy to learn. After all..." Miku circled around her rival. "It was probably some stupid man who wrote them."
Another knockback spell was sent her way, though light enough that she barely wavered.
"Watch what you say, because last time I checked, I make more money than you do."
"Very true, but I never bribed anyone to get my job."
Kaito laughed. "Well there's hardly any fun in that!"
Witches and sorcerers... they're only myths, right? Well, it would seem whichever granny spun those tails wasn't so ill-minded after all.
Witches, sorcerers, necromancers, shamans, half-demons... hundreds of each species live across the United States. Only dozens of vampires and werewolves are found across the country, but they exist nonetheless.
A fine example would be the two talented spellcasters dueling here.
Witches and sorcerers had always had issues between them. Or, at least, almost always. All witches were raised to hate sorcerers; all sorcerers were raised to hate witches. For a witch and a sorcerer to get along was very uncommon, and for the two breeds to fall in love was practically unheard of.
The relationship between Miku Hatsune and Kaito Shion, however, was neither hate nor love. It was more of an... acceptance, in a sense. Acceptance that the other existed and kept them entertained.
Neither had yet won one of their daily duels.
Miku yelled out another spell, and the ground shook slightly around Kaito, though nothing really seemed to happen.
"Wow." he said cockily. "Great job."
Miku sneered at him. "It was supposed to swallow you up into the ground. You should be thankful it didn't work!"
"I can do an even better one." He paused dramatically. "Using sorcerer's magic."
He whispered a few words in ancient Greek and with a flick of his hand, the ground beneath them began to crack.
Rock tumbled into the crack, as Miku watched wide-eyed. "Damn you! You're going to have to fix that later, you do realize that, right?"
She whispered another spell, and Kaito braced himself for another fireball to come his way, but... nothing happened.
He grinned. "Out of witch juice?"
She crossed her arms, and just when he thought she'd start to yell at him and he'd have the perfect opportunity for another knockback spell, she surprised him- by quickly spinning around, and sprinting in the opposite direction.
She'd completely fooled him.
"Why you little...!" He ran after her, heading towards a decent sized brick house that he could only hope was hers, but probably wasn't.
When he caught up, he tried jiggling the handle, and realized it was locked. No problem, there's always simple witch's magic for that.
He whispered the unlock spell, and tried twisting the knob again. ... Still locked? What the...?
He tried again 3 more times before letting out a frustrated groan. 'Maybe I'm using the wrong spell...?'
He quickly forgot that thought when he heard a small snicker on the other side of the door.
'Is she doing that...?'
He mumbled the spell once more, but instead of testing the doorknob, leaned in and listened. Sure enough, he heard faint but rushed whispering on the other side, and the nearly silent click of the lock.
He smirked. Oh how childish... but he'd play her game. He'd play and WIN.
He readied himself by placing his left hand on the knob. He said the spell a little louder than he usually did, and quickly twisted the handle.
He could already hear her whispering the lock spell on the other side when he quickly opened the door, making her fall over.
"Uh?" her look of surprise was priceless to him. He was suddenly sad he didn't bring a camera.
He leaned down on one knee, lowering himself down to where she still lay (she fell flat on her bum), and said cockily: "I win."
Miku's look of shock turned into one of horror, then defiance. "You wish, you bastard!"
She yelled out a new spell, one he hadn't heard before (though she knew quite more he hadn't before heard, this was just one of the few he really noticed). Bracing himself for something painful, he squeezed his eyes shut... and felt nothing.
He straightened himself, and a look of arrogance set itself on his face. "It failed."
"Oh yeah?" she tested him. "Try walking over to that couch!" she motioned to the couch beside them.
It was the back side facing them, so Kaito had to walk around it before dramatically sitting himself down on it.
Miku looked confused. "I guess it didn't work after all..."
"What was it?" Kaito asked. "Some kind of paralyzing spell?"
"I guess you could say that." she came around and plopped herself down on the couch beside him, though as far away as she could from her rival.
"It's called an enclosuring spell." she explained. "It's supposed to create some sort of invisible barrier around you where other people - even humans - can walk through, but you'd stay stuck in that area."
Kaito raised a brow. "Interesting... you'd ought a teach it to me, once you get it to work. It could come in handy when I don't want you following me."
"Forgive me if I'm wrong, but weren't you the one stalking me just now?" Miku asked, twirling a strand of long hair around her finger. "And there's no way in hell I'm teaching you that spell, even if I can't ever get it to work. It's similar to a binding spell; use that instead."
Suddenly, Miku froze. Literally- the only thing she could move were her eyes and her eyebrows, though only slightly with the latter.
Kaito smirked triumphantly. "Maybe I will."
Miku glared at him, her mouth still open, for he cut her off as she was about to say something. Kaito nearly laughed, the scene was so comical. "You know, I quite like having you this way... you can't say a word. Quite peaceful now, isn't it?"
She glared at him, which only made him chuckle even more. Luckily, for her, though, he lowered his hands...
The spell broke, and Miku quickly launched into another spell. Kaito froze mid-laugh.
"That's what you get for being mean." she said, watching him roll his eyes before releasing him from her own binding spell.
"I'd say this would be considered another tied game, agreed?"
Miku hesitated, but gave up and nodded her agreement. "Alright."
"I suppose I'll be seeing you soon, then?" he asked.
"Whenever you feel like following this innocent vulnerable girl again, you may, but brace yourself for a fireball in your face."
Kaito smirked. "We'll see." He started towards the door, stepped out- but, no, he didn't! Instead, he smacked right into something in the empty doorway.
"What the hell?!" he cursed. Miku couldn't help but giggle. Kaito reached his hand through the innocent doorway again- only to be stopped mid-way by some sort of invisible glass-like barrier.
He spun around, eyes staring accusingly into the young witch's.
"What?" she laughed. "It's not my fault! Looks like the enclosuring spell worked after all!"
He glared at her, as she got up from her seat on the couch, and tried to pass by him into the freedom of being outside... only to be stopped the same way Kaito had.
She stared at the empty doorway in horror. "Wh-What?! It was only supposed to work on you, not me too!"
"Do you know how to fix it?!" Kaito asked.
Miku gaped at him. "Uh... n-no... I was planning on finding a counter-spell while you were trapped..."
Kaito swore. "When does it wear off?"
Miku looked away nervously. "I-I don't know exactly... maybe a few days...?"
Kaito let out a string of curses, some being quite creative. "Damn you witch! I have places I need to be!"
"Says Mr. Lawyer. Helping humans escape rightful judgment isn't really important!"
"It isn't rightful judgment if the client isn't guilty, Miss Fairy-Godmother-Gown-Maker."
"Just because I'm a tailor, doesn't make me a fairy godmother." Miku crossed her arms. "And besides, I'm the co-leader of the witch coven, which is WAY more important than attending to human needs."
"The witch coven?" Kaito scoffed. "Imagine what they'd think about you trapping yourself here, with a sorcerer, no less! This dumb witch group of yours would probably banish you for interfering with evil, or something!"
"The coven is a respected group of witches protecting other witches from harm; MUCH better than you greedy sorcerers."
"Just because some families like the Cabals are like that, doesn't mean I am too." Kaito hissed. "I have never ripped anyone off- you know that better than anybody."
Miku grit her teeth. It was true, though; they'd met 6 months ago when Miku was battling a custody case for a young witch named Yuki. She'd hired the well-recommended Kaito Shion.
She wondered why he always wore sunglasses...
You see, witches can recognize sorcerers, and vice versa, just by looking into their eyes. So the entire time, Kaito had known Miku's secret identity as a witch, while hiding his own behind a dark pair of shades.
How stupid Miku was to fall for it.
But, he DID win her case... though she was furious when he only revealed himself AFTER the case was closed!
And to think... she'd even kissed him once! On the cheek, but a kiss nonetheless!
And thus their great rivalry began.
"Fine... you're right." she admitted. "You're good at your job. Without you, Yuki wouldn't be ours. So..." she shook her head. "I'll go call a friend of mine... he might be able to find me a counter-curse to lift the spell."
Kaito raised a brow. "He?"
Miku ignored him, and started searching for the stranger human's phone. (After all, it wasn't her house, so she didn't know where it would be.)
She picked up a handset (she found it on the kitchen counter), and punched in Len's number. She waited as the phone rang once, twice-
"Hello?"
Miku sighed in relief. "Len, thank God you're there! I've got myself into another mess, and I really need your help!"
"So am I. Some necromancer here from the Edison group experiments (1). They've twisted her so much, her powers are just going berserk! I mean, raising the dead without even using a ritual?! Hell, I hope I can teach her to control it fast enough before she starts an apocalypse...!"
"Oh..." Miku hesitated. "Um... sorry to bother you then..."
"No, no, it's fine." Len reassured her. "I'm not busy right now anyway."
'Liar.' Miku thought. 'You're always busy.'
"Well, I tried out that new enclosuring spell I told you about... and, well... I ended up trapping myself in some human's house."
She could imagine Len's smirk. "Of course you did."
"...With a sorcerer." From the corner of her eye, Miku saw Kaito walk into the kitchen. He pulled over one of the metal stools and sat on it.
The line on the other end went dead silent. Then a curse.
"A sorcerer? Damn, then I can't ask the coven for help, can I? Damn it... That spell shouldn't even be able to trap two people, much less the user!" Miku imagined him rubbing his temples. "But then again... Lily WAS an amazing spellcaster..."
Miku winced at the mention of her mother. Another swear from Len's side. "Sorry... it didn't mean to bring that up again."
Miku shook her head. "No, it's fine. As long as she keeps watching over me, she's still here." She saw Kaito raise a brow in question. "Anyway... about the counter-curse..."
"I might be able to find something, but things have been so hectic lately, it might take a few days."
Miku suddenly felt nauseous. A few days... trapped with a sorcerer? What would the coven think? "That's alright." she lied. "Thanks."
"No problem." Len answered nonchalantly.
"I doubt that."
Len laughed. "Well... really, it's fine. I'll call you as soon as I find something."
"Thanks, I really appreciate it."
"I know. You better come visit me soon, though, you bit- sorry, I mean, you witch!"
Miku stuck her tongue out. "Whatever. And I always come visit!"
"Not enough."
Miku laughed, and with one last goodbye, hung up the phone.
Resting one elbow on the counter, Kaito pointed at the phone. "Who was that?"
"Len." She simply answered, her back turned to him.
Kaito was silent for a moment. "What is he?"
Though humans would probably be offended by a question like that, supernaturals were used to it. 'What is he?' would be translated into 'What species is he?' for supernaturals.
"Telekinetic half-demon." Miku answered, still not facing him. "The most powerful type, too. An Agito."
"Oh." Kaito nodded. "Is he... your boyfriend, or something?" he asked.
"We used to be, but..." she shrugged. "We're better off as friends." She glanced over her shoulder at him. "What's it matter to you?"
"It doesn't. I was just curious on how you knew a half-demon."
Miku smirked, and sat on the other bar stool beside him. Kaito mentally noted how she didn't distance herself from him like she usually did, since she found out the truth. In fact... should he move a little closer, their knees would be touching. Although he wouldn't dare try.
"If you wanted to know how we met, you should've asked that. But you didn't; instead, you asked if he was my boyfriend."
"If what I think you're trying to imply is correct, I'll have you know that I do not plan on falling for a stupid witch."
Miku rolled her eyes. "Well, that's too bad, because it would seem you're going to be stuck with me for a few days."
"You can take the upstairs floor; I'll take the downstairs floor."
Miku pouted. "But what if I get hungry?"
"Fine. You get the downstairs floor; I'll take the upstairs floor."
"So I'm going to have to sleep on the couch?!" Miku shook her head. "No thanks. We share both floors."
Kaito sighed. "What I'm most afraid of is if the human comes back and finds us using his house. It wouldn't take much to guess you're a witch, if he's smart. Just the clothes give it away!"
Miku glanced down. She wore a pink plaid picnic-styled dress (made by herself with love), with puffed sleeves, and a ribbon around the neck. She wore white knee-high socks, and black Mary-Janes on her feet. More plaid ribbons were used to tie up her ponytails.
"My clothes look fine... but everyone knows a sorcerer always wears a suit."
Kaito wore a plain and simple gray suit, his black tie done perfectly around his neck, his fancy black Italian shoes freshly polished.
"No, only supernaturals do. Humans still think we wear robes."
"They also still think witches wear capes and fly on brooms."
"I'm sure you could have your half-demon help you with that flying broom trick."
"Very funny, but I'll have to say no." Miku crossed her arms. She paused for a moment. "Since we're stuck here, I might as well start dinner. You, just... go do something."
Kaito raised a brow. "Do you need help?"
"Just because you think I'm stupid, doesn't mean I can't cook." she said, standing back up and leaning against the stove.
"I never said you were stupid, I just said witches in general are weak and stupid."
"Just get out!" Miku scowled.
Kaito chuckled, and walked out into the living room. That witch... He shook his head.
Not really having anything better to do, Kaito bent down at a shelf down below, and looked through some of the human's DVDs. He pulled one out whose title seemed interesting, but when he saw the cover, he nearly burst out laughing.
He got up, and walked back to the kitchen.
"I found a movie you might like." He said casually, throwing the DVD case onto the counter.
"Oh?" Miku leaned away from the fridge. "You don't even know my tastes." she said, walking over to the counter. "It's probably something really- OH MY GOD!"
Miku dropped the video, and scrambled away like it was rabid. Kaito laughed. He knew he'd get a great reaction out of that.
The movie was called 'Witch's Curse'. On the cover was a naked girl with a witch's hat, whose hands were cuffed behind her back, and was on her knees in what Kaito assumed was probably an arousing pose to average men.
"It would seem our human's got a witch fetish." Kaito grinned.
Miku just stared at the video in horror. "Th-That's a... That's... That's porn...!" she squeaked.
"See? I told you you'd like it!" Kaito backed away as another fireball flew at him. Instead, it hit the kitchen wall, leaving a big burned spot on it.
Kaito smirked. "Have fun cleaning that."
"I don't have to make YOU any dinner!" she said.
"I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" he said, raising his hands, and stepping out. He only made it about 5 feet though, when the DVD case crashed into the back of his head.
"Nice arm!" he called back to her.
"Don't you dare EVER show me something like that again, you hear me?!"
Kaito only chuckled, and left her alone until dinner was ready. Only then did she allow him back in the kitchen.
Kaito took the last bite of the leek stew. To be honest, he wasn't much of a leek fan, but this... this was amazing!
"How is it?" Miku asked.
Kaito hesitated. He definitely didn't want her ego to go up any higher... "It was okay."
"Okay?!" she repeated. "Shion, you've already had two bowls! Don't tell me it was just 'okay'!"
Kaito shrugged. "Don't ask for my opinion then."
Miku sighed in frustration. "Come on... you know it was better than just 'okay', so why can't you just tell me?"
Kaito sighed. "Fine, it was... good..."
Miku beamed. "You really think so? Thank you!"
Kaito rolled his eyes. "Save it." Miku giggled. "Mr. Kaito Shion actually said something nice for a change! How sweet!"
"Shut up."
Miku puffed out her cheeks in a childish pout. "Back to your usual self again, it seems..."
She suddenly let out oomph as the wind was knocked out of her from a knockback spell. Once she regained control of her breathing, she laughed.
"What was that?!" she exclaimed. "A REAL knockback spell would have made me fall out of my chair! That was nothing but a wimpy shove!"
Both his brow and his hands raised at the same time. "Is that a challenge?"
Miku gulped dramatically. "No sir, I do not appreciate wimpy pushes."
He laughed in what could be an evil sadistic tone as he cast his spell on her. Prepared, Miku only blocked it with a little muttering.
"Afraid, are you?" Kaito taunted.
"I've already admitted it; I'm terrified of wimpy pushes."
With a small growl, Kaito stood. Miku shrieked, and scrambled from her chair, giggling furiously as she ran.
Kaito gave her a 10 second start, before chasing right after her.
After 5 minutes now, Kaito was done with the chase; he'd already lost her a while ago. Surprising she'd been able to slip by him in such a small house. But now, it was time for the supernatural version of hide and seek.
Kaito stopped at the bedroom doorway, and muttered a few words. To a normal eye, it would look like the spell had failed, and nothing had happened. A skilled spellcaster, or someone at least acquaintanced with one, would be smart enough not to underestimate.
Kaito cast a trigger spell. If any supernatural human, or at least human-like life form passed through that doorway now, Kaito would know about it. The only exceptions were vampires, werewolves, astral projections, and of course, ghosts.
He repeated this again on every doorway he passed, until a giggle sounded from the bedroom he first cast on.
He peered inside, only to find nothing- or rather, no one. All looked normal, and he was about to
leave when he saw some sort of blur in the corner.
He paused for a moment, wondering if he was going crazy, then thought again. A blur of motion... it could very well be a witch's cover spell. He'd heard it was possible, though he'd never seen it be done.
He cast a detection spell- a spell that would automatically detect any life form, human or supernatural, in the room.
And, sure enough, he felt a tug directing him towards that same corner.
He'd only taken one step forward, when... "Hey, that's cheating!" the same blur appeared in the corner when she spoke, when otherwise, it would seem there was nothing there.
"Well so is using a cover spell." Kaito said.
The illusion before him wavered, before fading completely as the young witch reappeared.
"Hide and Seek?" he asked her. "Really? How old are you, ten?"
She stuck her tongue out at him. "I'm 23, thank you very much. You should already know that."
"Oh the horror, I know your true age. Would it make you feel better if I told you mine?" She nodded, and Kaito sighed. "25, turning 26."
She blinked. "... You're young."
He raised a brow. "Are you saying I look old?"
She quickly shook her head, eyes wide. "No, not at all, I just... well... you're a lawyer. You'd think it'd take years to graduate-"
"I never graduated."
Oh. "But you're good..."
Kaito shrugged. "I'm a Cabal descendant. I'm supposed to be good at that stuff."
"Naturally."
Kaito's lips twitched into a half-smile. "Say... maybe later we could do some sort of spell swap. I'll trade you that cover spell you did just now for a glamour spell."
"Glamour spell...?" Miku cocked her head.
"A spell that can make you look like someone else. So I-" he patted his chest, "could make myself look like..." He wrinkled his nose. "...you."
Miku rolled her eyes. "No need. I don't know when I'd ever use something like that, whereas you could use a cover spell to jump out at me from anywhere!"
"But with a glamour spell, you could pretend to be a random person you see on the street. I'd only know it were you if I happened to see double."
Miku considered it. "Anyone...?"
"Pretty much."
Miku frowned. "What's the catch?"
Kaito smiled. "It has a few... rules."
"Which are?"
"This'll sound cheesy, but you have to believe you're really that person to become that person. It only works about 75% of the time."
"Bringing percentage in too? Hm, sounds decent enough..." she considered it. "Fine. But later."
Kaito grinned. "You've got yourself a deal."
That night, in her bed, Miku lay wondering if Len ever would find a way to reverse the spell.
Kaito was sleeping downstairs, on the couch, leaving her the entire cramped upstairs floor.
It was raining, though. Miku liked a light shower... but rain this hard fore-shadowed a storm. With thunder and lightning. All alone, in the dark...
Miku shook her head. No use worrying. She could live through one night... this was only a childish fear of hers. It could hardly kill her.
And besides, unless Len was still with that girl (which, at this hour, Miku highly doubted. Len nearly always kept things professional.), he was most likely searching for Miku's rescue.
Miku never wanted to be a bother to him, and constantly apologized to him for this, but he always rolled his eyes. "Miku... if I didn't like you, I would've cut off all connection to you a long time ago. If you're still here, don't you think it means I don't mind?"
They'd been friends since middle school, when she'd caught him chasing after a pencil he didn't realize he was levitating.
When Miku and her mother helped explain to the poor boy what he was, he became so infatuated with the supernatural world, he studied into it during all his free time.
At first, Miku thought it was just ridiculous. Now, she respected him more than anybody for his superior knowledge.
And as they grew older... their friendship took an... interesting... turn.
It was in grade 9 that they'd shared their first kiss.
It happened at a friend's party, during a game of spin the bottle. It was just a game, right?
But as time passed on, she started wondering certain things. Did her stomach flutter when they'd kissed, like in those romantic novels? Maybe it had, hadn't it? At least a little. Did that mean she was in love?
Of course, she was then still too naive to realize what love truly meant. He on the other hand... well, Miku never really did figure out how he truly felt back then. But for him, it may really have been true love.
They'd had their first real kiss at the end of that year, in her bedroom, doing homework. They'd kept going out over the summer.
Their 'love' extended out until halfway through grade 10, when Miku finally woke up and realized the truth.
She loved him... just not in that way.
After they broke it off, he didn't talk to her much. So maybe he really had loved her after all...
He changed schools in grade 11. She'd noticed right away too, scanning for his familiar face, and not seeing a match anywhere. He'd done exactly what she feared most- completely cut all connection to her. For a whole year, she lost him, with no way of talking to him at all.
It was that summer, though, when she finally received a call from him apologizing, and asking if they could stay friends.
But things between them never went back to being quite the same. Instead of seeing him every day, she saw him maybe once or twice every two weeks? They'd email each other too, but still... That was the one thing she regretted most: losing him the way she did, tricking him into something that hurt him more than-
"BOOM!"
To her embarrassment, Miku squeaked. So she was right... there was going to be a thunder storm tonight after all. Perfect...
A flash lit up the room, and Miku whimpered, pulling the blankets up around her.
She lasted about 30 seconds before finally getting out of bed, and running down the steps to where Kaito lay.
She crouched down behind the sofa, and tried to slow her breathing.
This was stupid. Thunder couldn't hurt her! It was just a stupid noise in the sky, that sounded like two giant-
"BOOM!"
Miku covered her mouth too late, as her scream echoed through the room.
She heard a sudden sigh from the couch, and Kaito's head appeared above the top cushion.
"Are you about done?"
Miku's face went red. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you, it was an accident, I mean, like, I didn't mean to scream, I just, like, you know, some people, with thunder... I just- well, you know, I guess I could be considered one of those people, although it is pretty-"
"Slow down." He ordered.
Miku squirmed. She didn't like it when people told her to slow down. It made her feel stupid. And it made her face turn even redder than it already was.
"So, basically, you're afraid of thunder." He said, a little too slowly, emphasizing his point like she was a stupid 5-year-old.
"..."
"I'll take that as a yes." He said, now thankfully back to regular speed. "So... what do you want me to do about it?"
"..." Miku glanced away, avoiding his gaze.
"..." Kaito simply stared at her, waiting for her answer. Eventually, he seemed to understand no answer was coming. His jaw set, and he looked slightly annoyed, as he sighed.
"I'll go up with you." He finally said in a tone that suggested this was quite a bother, picking up the blankets and pillows.
Miku felt bad, but she followed him up the stairs.
They walked into the master bedroom together, and Kaito began setting up his makeshift bed beside the real, surprisingly comfortable double bed Miku slept in.
Which, naturally, made Miku feel worse.
"You should take the bed." She said. "I'll sleep on the floor."
Kaito glanced from her, to the bed, to the rumpled sheets on the floor, and sighed again. "I may be a prick of a man, but I'm not completely heartless. You're taking the bed."
"No, really, I-"
"Miku." A serious gleam passed in his eyes, one that made Miku completely forget what she was saying. "Take the bed."
Like a stupid girl, Miku nodded her head, dumbfounded, and eyes wide.
Kaito didn't seem to notice, as he resumed setting up the pillows.
It was just then that Miku noticed. '... Wow... He's actually... really good looking.' Well, surely she hadn't only just noticed it, but it didn't stop her from mentally beating herself with a bat.
He suddenly glanced up at her, and Miku wondered, horrified, if he'd found a spell to read minds.
"Aren't you getting in bed?" he asked.
Oh... right. Duh. Miku did as she was told, burying herself under the stained with sheets and the patched-up quilt, her cheeks reddening again like they so often did.
And right on cue, when she'd just been forgetting about it, the storm let out a big rumble of thunder, and the young witch let out a prima donna scream.
Kaito groaned. "How is it even possible to hit that note...?"
Miku buried her head under the blankets. She shouldn't have gone downstairs... and when he'd offered to come up with her, she should've said no! Now, he was going to have to spend the whole night listening to her scream.
"... Haven't you ever thought of wearing ear plugs, or something?" Kaito suggested.
No, truthfully, the idea had never occurred to her. "I don't have any," she said instead, so not to look like a complete fool.
"... The human that lives here might have some."
"I doubt it." Miku said miserably. "And besides... it's too late anyway."
"It's not like I'd be getting any sleep anyway."
Right on cue, another roll of thunder rumbled through the sky, and a muffled scream came from under the bed sheets.
Kaito sighed. "I wish I knew some sort of sleeping spell... they probably have something like that in the witch archives. Know any?"
"If I did, I would have used it by now, don't you think?"
".. I could also just keep you in a binding spell until morning."
"It would break as soon as you lose concentration."
Kaito smiled. So she'd actually considered that? Would she have let him do it if she thought it could work? Maybe.
A sudden flash of lightning made a squeak come out of the teal-haired girl.
Kaito shook his head. He sat up, and glanced at the girl. She was still hiding under the bed sheets, and shivering like he couldn't believe. He sighed, and rose to his feet.
Miku suddenly felt the weight shift on the mattress. She peeked out from under her fortress of white, to see a white dress shirt right in front of her face. What the-
She was about to ask him what he was doing, when she felt his strong hands cover her ears. His dark sapphire colored eyes gazed into hers with strange warmth, in what could be sympathy.
When the next roll of thunder came, even though she could still hear it, she only flinched.
She lowered her gaze. "Thanks... that helps."
His hold loosened a little, allowing her to hear him. "I realized that; my ears have stopped bleeding."
Miku rolled her eyes. "As if, you moronic- Ah!"
A flash of lightning had her pressing against Kaito's chest, fists clinging onto his shirt.
'Great... leave it to a thunder storm to embarrass me even more than usual.' Miku thought to herself angrily, loosening her grip on his shirt.
Surprisingly, though, Kaito didn't laugh. He didn't scowl. He didn't even push her away. Instead, he simply pressed harder against her ears, and held her into his chest.
And yes, her cheeks were very pink by now.
He murmured something to her, but she couldn't hear him. She could, however, feel his chest vibrating with his deep voice. It was strangely soothing, feeling the heat of his body, hearing the beat of his heart, and just the thought of knowing someone was with her.
Before, it would have been Len.
But after Len had left her, and her mother had died, there'd been no one left. She'd shiver on her own in a big, empty house.
A big empty house... with rain. And Len. And some short blonde girl beside him, who looked so very cutely confused, it made Miku giggle. And Kaito was there too. He was walking towards her, hand outstretched, and for some reason, Miku took it without questioning, when suddenly, she saw something that made her gasp.
"Mom...!" Kaito disappeared, and the woman Miku remembered so well and missed so much, the woman with the long, silky golden blond hair, and those beautiful blue eyes she saw everyday in her own reflection. Her mother smiled, and winked at her, with a small, melodious laugh, before evaporating much like Kaito had.
And then everything went black.
When Miku woke up the next morning, she breathed in the smell of cologne, and thought, 'Who swapped my perfume bottle...?' Then, she opened her eyes, and remembered the last night's events.
No, it wasn't like they'd had sex, or anything like that, but it made her blush just as hard.
She was still resting against him, and his hands still covered her ears, but somehow, it seemed they'd both moved closer to each other in their sleep.
She secretly wondered what would change between them- and if Len would ever find a counter-curse to that stupid spell.
But, strangely enough, she didn't mind so much now.
I'm gonna say this is long enough.
I haven't checked the word count yet, but I'm going to guess this is... ... ... long. My estimation is 6000 (edit: 6713) words. We'll see once I upload this onto a real computer instead of my crappy netbook excuse-of-a-laptop thing.
Well, damn! It's only 11pm, and I'm so tired, I seriously think I fell asleep writing this. Really! Which... may have been why I decided to cut this short. (Sort of.) But then again... I just got back from Germany. Although I highly doubt it, I could still be suffering from jet lag. Although I doubt it.
Wanna know something funny? I started this is June or July. It is now September 12th, and I've finally finished it. XD That's pretty bad... 2 or 3 months to finish just a simple oneshot? I'm sorry, loner-san, for taking such a long time... ^-^" My bad!
This supernatural theme stuff was actually really fun to write! I wish I could've added more! Maybe I'll do another sequel or something to this, maybe about Len and necromancer Rin (btw, a necromancer is someone who can see ghosts and raise zombies, sometimes), or maybe some action scene with who knows what characters.
I've been thinking of doing that one supernatural themed idea on my profile a little more seriously... but I just don't know if I'll have the time for it. Maybe once The Girl in the Ward is done...? *shrug* We'll see, I guess!
Edit: Now that I'm on the computer, with spell check (LOL, spells? That's funny… tee hee!), I must say… OH, THE SPELLING ERRORS! I misspelled the word sorcerer EVERY FREAKING TIME! How sad is that…? OTL I kept on spelling it 'sorceror'. FAIL.
What else was I going to say...? (Too tired to even think straight now.) Umm... I doubt anyone will actually be reading this (apart from solitaryloner-san, hopefully), but it'd be great if I could get at least 3 reviews...? Please?
Soooo...
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(1) A reference to the series (plural) this story here is based off. This reference here is from The Darkest Powers trilogy (by Kelley Armstrong). Speaking of which, what Miku called Kaito's fire illusion, 'Dime Store Magic', is also a reference to the book Dime Store Magic (again, by Kelley Armstrong), from the Women of the Otherworld series.