Alfred was a nervous wreck for a week.
A whole freaking week man.
The only thing that he could possibly think about is that one person who had caught him in the act.
He tried to convince himself, if he hadn't told the authorities by now, then it would be fine right? I mean it's been a week, there was no way he could get in trouble now.
However, something just didn't feel right. Didn't feel right at all. Those blue eyes of his or hers… those eyes that had transfixed him, but were also filled with an evil aura. That laughter that sounded like the very cackling of a demon. He couldn't get it out of his head.
And then, it happened.
"HEY IDIOT!" A loud annoying feminine voice called out to him.
He snapped out of his daze realizing that he was currently in the dining room, sitting down at the table. He looked up to see his sister, Abigail, glaring daggers at him. "Were you even listening to me?" She asked.
Alfred simply gave her a bored look. "No, what do you want?" He asked.
The young girl of sixteen sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Honestly Alfred you are completely and utterly /hopeless/ sometimes. It pisses me the hell off!" She said stomping her feet angrily. When Alfred simply shrugged Abigail glared at him more. "Aren't you at least going to say something?" She asked. And Alfred didn't. Most because he knew how much it angered his sister and he absolutely loved pissing the girl off. Abigail twitched slightly. "You fucking asshole…" She muttered. "Whatever. What I came to tell you is that someone is moving into the house next door today. I wonder what kind of person it is and if they have children! It would be fun to torment some little brats don't you think?" She asked with a smirk.
Alfred chuckled. "Yes, that would be rather interesting." He said a he got up from the dining room chair. He heard the sound of a large vehicle nearby and smirked a bit. "Why don't we go see? It sounds like the moving van for our new neighbor is here." He said.
Abigail jumped up excitedly. "Oh yeah! I hope it's someone we can fuck with really badly!" She said with hopeful eyes as she basically ran outside. Alfred followed casually.
He watched as men began to carry the items inside the house. He waited patiently for any sign of their new neighbor. It would be someone who probably wasn't doing any of the heavy lifting, after all it was the movers job to do that shit. That's when he saw him. A strange man with hair that would at first be interpreted as blonde but upon a closer look, you could see that there was a hint of pink in his hair. Strange, did he dye it? He must have really liked that hideous color for it was all over him. He wore a pink sweater vest with a pink long sleeved under shirt. Hell the only thing that wasn't pink was his skin and his pants. He had a sweet smile on his face as he conversed with the movers. Besides his clothes, then man seemed like an average person living on his own.
Boring
This man was truly and utterly boring, Alfred thought. Not worth his time. He was about to go inside when the pink man had turned towards the house, Alfred's house and looked right into his eyes. That's when he noticed them. Beautiful blue eyes, that eyes that very closely resembling the ones that belonged to the ones he had seen on the street. But there was no way, no possible way that it could have been the exact some ones. It couldn't have, this man's personality from what he could tell was completely different the demon like one he had caught up on in the ally.
That meant that it couldn't have been the same person, right?
He noticed that the man had been staring at Alfred for a while, or maybe Alfred was simply staring at him. He felt awkward for looking at him for such a long time but was to transfixed to look away. Then finally the man gave him a bright, but dark looking smile, and went back to organizing the movers.
Abigail who had noticed the eye contact looked up at her brother. "What was that about?" She asked. "Do you know him or something?"
Alfred was quiet for a moment. "No." He said as he turned around and going back into the house. "Stay away from that dude alright? He looks like a fucking creep. Maybe even a perv or something."
Abigail watched as his brother walked inside and sneered. "Please, like I would go anywhere near him if you didn't tell me. I mean look at him, he's wearing pink and a sweater vest in the middle of summer! Defiantly someone not meant to hang around with." She said scoffing as she followed her Brother inside. They went about their day when Alfred decided to go take his routine walk. Summer vacation started just today and being the work out loving health crazed American he was, he was going to enjoy every minute of it. He walked out of the house giving Abigail and brief goodbye before he left. He took a deep breath of fresh air. Oh how he loved to be out of that stuffy house of his. He had begun to walk down the street when it happened.
"Hello~ New neighbor~" A loud and cheery sounding voice called.
Alfred stopped but didn't look. He was really hoping that the voice wasn't calling him. He prayed actually, but the odd of it being him were pretty high. After all, there was hardly anyone on the street at that time.
"Yes you with the tan skin and reddish hair silly!" The voice called again as a light giggle filled the air.
Wonderful.
Fucking wonderful.
He turned around to face his new neighbor, and watched as the bright eyes blonde man gave him a huge smile. "Hello there!" He said happily giving a wave. Alfred gave an awkward wave back. The blonde man stared at him before laughing a bit. "Well don't just stand there, come here lad!" He said happily.
Alfred sighed and walked over to where the man was standing, which was on his lawn. "Ah, hello there." He said at least trying to be nice.
The man smiled. "Why hello there chap! I am Arthur Kirkland, nice to meet you!" He said extending his hand.
Alfred noticed he had a strong British accent. He glanced at his hand but didn't shake it, he didn't really like the vibe this man, Arthur was giving off.
When Arthur realized his greeting wasn't going to be responded to and laughed, putting his hand down. "Aw, are you shy lad? Don't be! We are all friends in this wonderful world we live in!" He said with a bright smile. The man seemed nice, Alfred thought. He had a smile that could make anyone just smile along with him, at first glance of course. Once given a closer look, Alfred noticed that something was off in basically everything the man did. He had no idea what but it was as if the man was wearing a disguise, but at the same time wasn't. He didn't understand.
"Hey," Arthur said again, the bright smile plastered on his face. "How about you come in for some tea and snacks? It would be lovely to meet someone I could really chat with, especially in this new place! So much different from England!"
Alfred was skeptical at that moment. He knew something was wrong but his curiosity got the best of him. There was something about this guy that interest him greatly, he wasn't to find out more. So, he accepted the invitation. "Sure, why not?" He said casually. He saw a faint glint of mischief in the British man's eye but it quickly went away. "Splendid! Come right this way!" He responded as he led Alfred inside.
Alfred followed him. He knew very well, he had just entered one of those horror movies where they audience screams at the characters not to go in the house but they do anyway. However he was completely fine with that, because unlike the idiots who went into the house, Alfred knew better. He was going to get to the bottom of his suspicions, and if they were correct, then he would have to get rid of this man.
Permanently.
