Chapter Two: Aren't You Special...
Shintarou looked over quickly as he heard his name being called by a familiar voice. It wasn't one of a screeching fan, so it deserved a portion of his attention, at least.
Haruka waved to try to get his attention fixated on a particular spot, and he saw Shintarou's eyes grow wide, surprised. "H-Haruka?!"
. . .
"Shintarou! I thought you were dead!" Haruka took another drink of hot chocolate, since, for the time being, Shintarou wasn't swamped with raving fans.
Shintarou set his can down. "I thought I did die at one point, because I had this really strange dream about a classroom and Momo was in it… And I could see Ayano's desk and her cranes..."
"How is Ayano doing, come to think of it? After…" Haruka trailed off, looking to the side.
"She's managing fine. She moved into an apartment with Seto and Marry (she's the girl Seto found if you can't remember completely) and Momo and I help them with money and things like that." Shintarou moved his hands in an effort to convey the expressions of the others.
"Hmm…" Haruka finished his drink, thinking about how they were struggling before he left.
Pashonyan gave a cough. "Well, if you don't mind, could we pay them a visit? I'm sure they'd like to see Ha-chan after all these years, and I'd like to see some people that aren't Ha-chan and screaming parents…"
Shintarou closed his eyes, now acquainted with the virus well enough to not be startled. "I suppose Kido and Ayano would like to see you… And have you help with chores, considering you've been locked up in your room for god knows how long." He ended the sentence with a glint in his eyes, and Haruka shuddered to think about the basis for that look.
Pashonyan started rolling across the screen. "Ha-chan Ha-chan Ha-chan lets gooooooo!" He bumped a few apps, causing them to roll around as well.
Haruka gave a huff, annoyed. "Fine, fine! Now put the app shortcuts back where they were!"
Shintarou tilted his head slightly. "What kind of virus did you get on your phone? Your phone hasn't shorted out or anything because of it, has it? I can fix it."
"Eeeeeek!" Pashonyan gave a shriek as he put an app back. "I wanna stay here."
Haruka gave a sigh. "He's not really that much of a bother, and whoever made him was able to make something with human emotions and thoughts. So…"
Shintarou stood up after finishing his (millionth probably) soda, tossing the can in the garbage. "I'll show you to the apartment then."
Haruka stood up, handing his empty cup to a waiter, and following Shintarou out of the sliding glass doors, hearing the whirr of electronical success close them after he exited.
. . .
Shintarou waved his hand at a doorway to a small house in an apartment complex. It must be one of those new housing apartment things, Haruka figured. "This is where they live! I'm sure they'd love to see you after disappearing for two years." Haruka gave him a look and grunted, while Pashonyan laughed with a high pitched giggle, and Haruka ripped out his earbuds.
Shintarou gave a sigh. "Well, you did stay in your house for two years… Locked up… Alone..."
Pashonyan, after having freedom to talk to others after Haruka put his earbuds, not connected to the phone, in his pocket, gave a giggle again. "Well, occasionally he went to go outside to stroll around and stalk little girls~!"
"I'm not a pedo you stupid cat! Pa-chan, how rude!" Haruka gave a huff while Shintarou cracked a smile. He strolled over to the front door and gave a knock.
Haruka heard a young girl give a shriek, and an older boy was apologizing to her or something. 'What am I doing involving myself here…?' Haruka shook his head. 'I should probably wait… They must have an explanation...' The door was unlocked (Haruka could hear that the deadbolt was unlocked as well, so they must worry about safety, he assumed) and a boy about Pashonyan's age appeared, a girl behind him with very long white hair which, Haruka thought to himself, suited a sheep more.
"Are you… Haruka-senpai?" The boy blinked a few times.
Shintarou nodded, answering for him. "Yep~ You remember him, don't you Seto?"
Seto gave a happy nod, rushing out to hug the taller person, nearly crushing his ribs. "Ahh, Seto-san, you hug as hard as I remember…" Haruka choked out.
Seto gave a sheepish smile after letting go. "Well, I missed you!" He looked at the doorway where the girl was still standing. He waved at her. "You can say hi to Haruka-senapi."
Haruka gave a light blush. "You don't need to call me senpai anymore… I'm out of school anyway."
"Ahh ok then, Haruka-san." Seto watched as the girl slowly walked over to him. He lifted her up onto his back. "This is Haruka-san. I knew him when I was in school."
The girl blushed a bit and fidgeted. "N-Nice to meet you.. Haruka-kun…" She looked down quickly.
"Ahh, nice to meet you…" Haruka blinked. "What's your name?"
"Marry…" Her voice was quiet, like what Haruka would expect a rabbit to sound like if it could talk. Marry whispered something into Seto's ear, and he gasped. "I can't believe I forgot!" He gestured for everyone else to follow him into the house.
Haruka glanced at Shintarou with a look of confusion, and Shintarou just shrugged, following the older boy inside. He turned to a hallway with the girl on his back, going to a back room. He could hear pet food being disturbed.
Momo turned from the kitchen, along with Ayano and Kido, sweet smells coming from the tile floored room. She gave a smile along with Ayano, and Ayano rushed forward, forgetting that she had flour all over her apron. "Haruka-senpai! It's been too long!" She started to cry slightly.
Haruka felt his heart start to hurt. "Ahh… Don't cry…" He hugged her back while Pashonyan was yelling about "I wanna see the people here, hey Ha-chan I wanna seeeeeeeee!"
Marry grabbed the phone from Haruka's pocket, back from Seto's room feeding the pet, as he let Ayano go. "Who are you?"
"Ahh, sheep-girl, I'm Pashonyan! You can call me Pasho for short, or Pa-chan like Ha-chan does." He made a peace sign.
"S...Sheep… girl?" Marry looked like she was about to cry. Her eyes flashed red.
"Um… I thought your eyes were suppose to be pink…" Pashonyan trailed off.
Marry gave a huff, and wiped her eyes, handing the phone to Haruka. "It didn't work…"
Haruka gave a look to Pashonyan, who gave a confused look back, then turned back to Marry. "What didn't work?"
"Her eye power." Momo sat down, letting Kido take control of the cooking since she didn't look to be in the mood for talking to Haruka. "She can freeze people. Temporarily, at least."
"Eye… power?" He's lucky that he can't be frozen then, Haruka mused.
"Ahhh…" Pashonyan was suddenly serious. "Does it have to do with red eyes, by any chance?"
Momo nodded. "Correct. All of us here have red eyes." She turned her head slightly. "I figured it was ok to talk about it, since Haruka is a close friend after all… or at least was…" She gave him a look, then looked at Kido. The added part must have been for her.
Haruka gave a sigh. "I know I know." He waved his hand nonchalantly.
"What's Shintarou-kun's eye power then?" Pashonyan tilted his head.
"I attract people." Haruka stepped back slightly, and Pashonyan held in giggles. Shintarou's face went red. "Not like that! I mean-um-They pay attention to me when it's on!"
"Oh. Ok. I was thinking that this apartment would be some kind of harem." Haruka sat down, letting the words sink in, while Pashonyan erupted into laughter again. Haruka gave a smirk, having been teasing Shintarou.
Shintarou gave a wry smile. "Ahh, is that how it is?"
Momo gave a sigh, putting her face in her hands. "I get that you want to catch up on the little things, but large things are important as well."
"Uaaa, but jokes are fun, Momo-chan!" Pashonyan sulked.
Haruka turned. "Ah, Momo-chan, that's right. I thought that you died as well." Haruka raised his finger. "Since Shintarou, I know, died."
Momo nodded. "I was poisoned and killed by a strange man… I didn't know his name then, and I still don't know it now." She shrugged.
"That's really odd…" Pashonyan gave a sigh. "Do you have any of the strange powers?"
Momo nodded. "I'm still working on controlling it, though, so if I use it now, I'm afraid it would go out of whack…"
Haruka nodded. "It's ok, you don't need to show me." He turned to Ayano, Seto and Kido. "Do you three have the powers as well?"
Seto nodded for the three of them. "We've had our powers for as long as we can remember, so we have them under control." Ayano and Kido nodded along with him. Ayano stood up, moving to the TV to turn down the volume slightly as a loud commercial came on.
"So, can you show me what they are?" Pashonyan nodded as Haruka spoke.
Seto stood up. His eyes flashed red, and his hair shortened.
Haruka blinked. "Umm… That's great and all to have a personal hair-cutter but…"
"Ahh, I don't want to use the full extent of the power or else you'd freak out… I can basically change my body at will." Seto sat down after explaining to Haruka the details, Marry climbing into his lap.
Pashonyan hummed. "That's an interesting power… If you needed to do hard work, then you could just change yourself into a big, buff guy…"
"I don't want to use it a lot though, or else I'll lose sight of myself…" Seto gave a light laugh.
Ayano stood up next in an exaggerated motion. "Is there a store that you like, Haruka-senpai?"
Pashonyan raised his hand. "The supermall! Supermall!" He rolled over. "Office chairs office chairs we need an office chair!"
Haruka gave a sigh. "I know, Pa-chan, be patient." He set his phone on the table. He watched as Ayano started to concentrate on the wall, her eyes going red. Pashonyan watched her with a fixated adoration, and Haruka couldn't help but wonder why a virus would take interest in people.
Ayano's eyes dulled back to their dark color. "There's a sale on office chairs in one of the smaller stores on the south side. There's a long line, though, so they might sell out quickly…" She gave a sad sigh.
Haruka blinked. "How do you know that? Did you look it up online with your mind?"
"Ehh… That's my job…" Pashonyan slithered behind an open browser.
"No, I just looked at the store." Ayano smiled, closing her eyes. "My power is looking at things far away. It can be pretty useful, especially when a certain someone forgets their cell and goes off to weird places…"
Seto stood up. "That reminds me that I need to get some shopping done, eheh. Come on, Marry…"
Marry stood up as Seto grabbed onto her hand. "But Kido and Momo didn't show their powers yet…" Seto hurried out the door with her in tow.
Haruka gave a sigh. "Do you have a lot of blackmail on Seto-san or something?" He looked at Kido. "So, what's your power?"
Kido gave a sigh. "Hopefully I don't scare you or anything, but…" She walked in front of where he was sitting, her eyes flashing red for a second.
Haruka jerked back. Pashonyan gave a cry of laughter, digital tears running down his face. "Ahh, you should turn into Shintarou-kun next so I can enjoy some shincest!"
"What. Is. Wrong with you?!" Shintarou grabbed the phone, while Haruka continued to stare at a mirror image of himself.
"You… You're good…"
Golden: Eye powers now known for some main characters~ The plot for this one was mostly introducing characters, but without characters there won't be plot, so hang in there!
I updated the name of the chapter on the scrolling part (where you can go to a chapter instead of just clicking next). I thought I put the name but I guess I didn't. Tehe~
Happy Reading~
