a/n: A short sequel to Candlelight Slumber. I'm not sure if this should just be a one shot or a chaptered one since it has some potential, but at the same time I don't want to ruin Candlelight Slumber's mojo.
Disclaimer: I do not own Blood+ or any of its characters.
Setting: Okinawa, 2039
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Wish
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Cain had been looking, somewhere from afar, at the girl, who had been talking sheepishly with the infamous Miyagusuku twins. This girl had just transferred into their high school and, instantly, she became infamous just like the Miyagusuku twins. There was a rumour about her attending this same school about thirty years ago.
Every day, Cain would look at this girl from a distance and just observe her and her movements. Then, just out of the blue, he knew that he hated her. He hated how she talked like a child and how she moved like a clumsy elephant. He didn't like how her eyes looked or how she dressed.
There was one time, a few weeks ago; the backs of their hands brushed each other while they were walking down the halls. The girl didn't seem to mind and she didn't even bother to apologize. He grew angry at her for it. There was a chill on his hand where she touched. And his hate grew even more because of it. He never wanted her to touch him again. They weren't classmates or even friends, but he wanted to stay far away from her.
Cain wasn't this precautious to other people. He was friendly and charming. He won the boys' favour with his athletic skills, the girls liked his rich, brown hair and pretty face, and the teachers praised him for his intelligence and hard work. He was perfect to everyone, except for the Miyagusuku twins.
The twins saw Cain as a mosquito, sucking up on everyone just to get his way. And Cain detested them greatly. He spread rumours about the twins having an incestuous relationship and them keeping their father company in bed every night. The Miyagusuku twins quickly gained heaps of hate letters and pranks after the rumours spread. Cain was happy. His reputation and image were still intact. And the Miyagusuku twins were isolated and bullied. But two months later, a transferee came to the school and surprised the whole student body. Her name was Saya Otonashi, and the moment he saw her he wanted to get away from her as if she were the Black Death.
After classes, Cain would go to the city park and just lay on the grass to rest. But that too was ruined. Just a few days ago, a cellist came to the park and decided to play meters away from Cain's resting spot. He hated how the cello sounded. It was awful and screechy to his ears. Even with his headphones on, he could still hear the cello's scratchy, annoying sounds.
He tried to ignore the cellist and his ear-splitting music for a few days. But on the fifth day he had enough. A crowd gathered around the cellist, cooing and awing. They were dazed and Cain wanted to end it. He looked more closely at the people around the cellist and he saw Saya Otonashi. Her hand was on the cellist's shoulder, and both the cellist's and Saya's faces were red. Their eyes were locked on each other.
"Do you think they are lovers?" Cain heard one of the onlookers say.
"Of course! Just look at how he is looking at the girl. Oh, they really must be in love!"
Cain grew angry and he was determined to stop it all. He marched to the cellist and slapped him hard across the face. He felt satisfied looking at the cellist's red cheek.
The music stopped and everyone was silent.
"What is your problem?"
The way Saya looked at Cain with such anger made him realize he was hiding something. He hated her, but he hated himself more. He didn't want her to be mad at him. He realized he couldn't bear it. So he said it without thinking much else, except the thought of her being mad at him and how much he didn't want it. "I like you," he said.
Saya stared into Cain's green, smoky eyes; eyes like cheap glass. For the briefest moment she saw not his face but of someone else's. She saw not his boyish frame and built, but of a man's stature wearing a white suit.
Around that time, David went to see Kai to show him what he had just discovered, while looking through the Red Shield's old archives. "I found Solomon's journal," he said. "The last entry is quite something."
Kai flipped through the pages, skipping entries he didn't want to read. He found the last diary entry and read it aloud, "I wish to be reborn and, hopefully, meet Saya again not as a chevalier, not as a chiropteran, but as a man, who would love her."
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