Chapter 1: Nightmares and escaping
Blood. I was covered in blood. My own, and someone else's. I heard other people screaming, and then someone came to see if I was all right. I just kept staring in those brown eyes, that was looking at me, but without seeing me.
-Mom…. hey…. wake up…, I mumbled, and shook her body. She didn't react to it at all, she just stayed still. –This isn't funny anymore mom…
-Boy… she's not waking up. She's dead, someone said, and pulled me away from my mother. I started to struggle, trying to get back to where my mom was laying. The snow underneath her was stained in blood, and the fresh snow that was supposed to be pure white, slowly turned into red.
-It's all your fault! my father yelled, and tried to fight against the other people that kept him away from me. –If you wouldn't have been born into this world, she would still be here! It would have been better if you had died instead of her!
I gasped for air as I opened my eyes, and stared in front of me for a while before realizing that it was just a dream. Although, it was dream of my past.
-That dream again…, I whispered as I slowly sat up. I held my head, trying to clear my thoughts. I let out a deep sigh, and looked at the clock. It was almost six in the morning, so there was no reason in trying to sleep anymore. I stretched a little after getting up from the bed, and walked to the closet. I put on black skinny jeans, white blouse and black tie. I still had some time until the school would begin, but since I didn't want to meet certain person, I chose to go there already.
-I just hope he is not awake…, I whispered as I entered the hallway, and slowly headed to the front door.
-Where do you think you're going? a cold voice asked, just as I was about to leave the house. I stayed still for a while, before I turned around to look at the person who spoke.
I'm going to school, otõsan…, I mumbled, and stared at the tall man in front of me. His blue eyes stared me, not even trying to hide the disgust that he felt.
-Hmph…. go on then, he said and returned to his room. And with that, I left the house, and didn't look behind until I reached the school. I didn't see anyone there, so I headed to the roof, thanking my luck that the doors leading there weren't locked. I stared at the sky and leaned against the fence, while waiting for the bells to ring. From time to time, I looked behind me to see as more and more students gathered in the yard. Some were coming from their own homes, and some from the dormitory.
-I wonder if they have already prepared to arrange thing so that I can move to the dormitory…, I mumbled, and as soon as the bells started to ring, I headed to the classroom.
-God damn it…., I cursed as I looked at the clock for probably thousandth time during the class. The history lesson went on and on and on, like it would never end.
-Mister Honda, could you possibly try to focus, the teacher said, and I did my best trying to not glare at him. –We're talking about quite important parts of our history, so you should listen really carefully.
I refused to say anything, so I just nodded and pretended like I was listening. The teacher was talking about the second world war, and about how Germany, Italy and Japan started to slowly lose the war.
I wasn't really interested, but luckily, the bells saved me and I quickly ran out of the class. The teacher tried to tell me to return to the class, with no luck. I refused to go back there. I headed to the headmaster's office, since I needed to talk with her.
-Come on in, she said as I knocked on the door. –Oh, Kuro. Do you have something to talk about?
-I do, I said as I entered the room, and stared into her eyes. –You know that I have thought about moving to the dormitory right? I'm just here to ask if you are able to arrange it.
-So you want to move there. Are you completely sure? If you do it, you won't be able to see your family so often.
-I'm sure of it. I don't think my father will oppose the idea either…
-Well, okay then. I think I can get you a room for next week, but you can't move there immediately. Do you need help with bringing everything you need from your home?
-I could use some help in transporting my belongings here…, I said, and she said that she would ask someone to help me. After that, I simply left the room, not really happy to go home.
-Great, I need to still wait for who knows how long, I sighed and headed to the roof. Before I could go there, I bumped into someone.
-Ow…. who the hell…, I started, but froze as I saw my twin, Kiku. –You…. I thought you had already gone home…
-I was waiting for you at the gates, but when you weren't there I came to look for you, he said and sighed, looking at me with his brown eyes. Other's couldn't tell us apart easily, since we looked exactly as each other. The only difference was our eyes. He had our mothers, warm brown eyes, but I…. I had blood red eyes.
-I'm not coming home any time soon, so you can go ahead. Just don't talk to that guy if you see him, I said with a cold tone, and walked past my brother. He didn't say anything, so I guessed he wasn't going to start arguing. I pushed the door leading to the roof open, and let out a sigh of relief. No one was there as usual, so I had the chance to think in peace. I went to sit near the edge, and leaned against the fence. I closed my eyes, and hugged my knees. I stayed still for a long time, and didn't notice that someone else had come to the roof, until that person started to talk to me.
-Hallo….. what are you doing in here? someone said, and I was barely able to stop myself from flinching. I looked up, and saw a boy standing in front of me. He was completely dressed in black, and there were chains hanging from his clothes. He had white hair, and also for my surprise, red eyes. He was also obviously taller than me, which just made me even more annoyed.
-Who the hell are you…? I mumbled after a while, and his smirk grew even wider. He reached down to grab the collar of my shirt, and pulled me closer, which made me notice that he also had few piercings.
-I don't need to tell that to you, but you are in my roof, and I suggest that you leave, he said and stared into my eyes, before letting me go.
-Tch…. this place doesn't belong to you…, I said and glared at the albino, who kept smirking.
-I don't care, I just don't want to share this with others.
I simply rolled my eyes, and leaned against the fence. I was already in bad mood, and this guy was making it even worse. So I wasn't going to do what he said, mostly to just annoy him.
-Gil, so this is where you were! someone said with a Russian accent, and that seemed to get the boy nervous. He quickly turned around, and stared at the tall boy at the door.
-Ivan… gottverdammt…. and I already thought that I had lost you…, Gil said with a sigh, and the mockery from his voice was gone.
-But Gil, you wouldn't want to lose me, da? Ivan said and kept smiling his weird, creepy smile. He started to walk closer to us, and for some reason, Gil came closer to me.
-Don't be so sure about that, Gil said, and then he suddenly started to run to another way, dragging me with him.
-Oi, let go of me! I snapped, and tried my best to not fall over. I looked back, only to see Ivan following us, and his smile had only become wider.
-Halt die Klappe und laufe! Gil said, and kept dragging me with him. We were almost at the other door, when Ivan appeared in front of us. Gil stopped as soon as he could, and because of that I almost bumped into him.
-Why did you…!? I started, but Gil covered my mouth before I could end my sentence.
-….. you are not leaving me another choice are you…? he mumbled, and quickly looked to his left, before dragging me to the edge of the roof. –Hey, do you trust me?
-Huh? Why would I…, I said as soon as he removed his hand from my mouth, but again, before I could finish my sentence, he had already done something. And this time he had jumped off from the roof, and held me close to himself.
-What the hell are you doing!? I yelled as I watched how the ground was always closer and closer to us. I closed my eyes and prepared for the pain, but when I didn't feel anything, I opened my eyes.
-See? It's okay, Gil said with a smirk, and put me down surprisingly gently. He had just jumped off from a five storey building, and he was all right.
-How…, I mumbled, but this time I was completely speechless. That made Gil's smirk grow even wider, when he started to drag me away from the school. I quickly looked behind us, only to see Ivan still standing at the roof of the school building.
