Chapter Two

xXxA Moment Like ThisxXx

'Oh my love~ my darling, I've hunger for your touch, a long lonely time~ and time goes by so slowly, and time can kill so much. Are you still mine?~ I need your love .I need your love God speed your love to me~'

~The Righteous Brothers, Unchained Melody

Breathe.

Take in air, damn you.

It's really not that bad, you're going to be okay.

Shika struggled with an internal fight following behind Yuki. A person she had just turned into a rat. She kept a good distance between them, an image of rat-Yuki imprinted in her mind. It was a rational fear of rodents; it wasn't like it was rational. A lot of people get creeped out by things like that. Totally rational. Shika eyeballed the back of Yuki's head as if it would suddenly spout another two heads. What would her mother say about this predicament, Shika sweat dropped, probably something like 'oh! He's so cuuuuuuute! I just want to hug him! Look at him he's so-'a sighed escaped her. Yuki glanced back and she stopped breathing. He smiled, looking on ahead. Shika, feeling like she had just dodged a bullet let out the breath she had been holding, only to choke on it as it gusted out when Yuki addressed her.

"Miss Kabuki, why did you transfer schools? If you don't mind me asking…" Yuki slowed his step so that he was level with her.

"My mum recently got divorced because it turns out my dad is gay" the words slipped out before she could stop them. Shika cringed, saying what she was thinking was a horrible habit she had been trying to break. So far…an epic failure .

It was an awkward moment because Yuki didn't say anything for what felt like a really long time. "It's okay we all have secrets that we'd rather not share, but sometimes we can't help it. You've discovered my secret and now I've discovered yours. We're even" Yuki smiled, it was breath taking. Oh…My…Gosh…Am I crushing on this rat guy? Shika blushed at the thought.

"Wait a minute! What do you mean your secret? I turned you into a rat, remember?" Shika said coming to a sudden realization.

Yuki chuckled. "Well, it's not all you."

Shika took in her surroundings…taking in the middle of nowhere was quite insightful…trees, dirt and oh…more trees.

Suddenly very aware she was alone with a…boy, Shika edged away from Yuki slightly. She had never been in this situation before, ever. She blushed furiously and hoped to the heavens her face wasn't as red as it felt, she shut her eyes tight willing away the red from her face.

"AHHH!"

Another fun fact Shika knew about herself was that she was incredibly clumsy.

Shika; Ordinary

Lacking in spacial awareness.

No sense of direction at all.

Turns people into animals when touching them.

If my name was in the dictionary, that's what it would say, Shika thought to herself.

What did she do to deserve this? Dirt stained her shirt and her face was on fire. Afraid to look up she busied herself with looking around for her bag.

"Looking for this" a new unfamiliar voice stated in a monotone, Shika looked up at the new identity. A young man, about her age, was crouched down holding her bag up in front of her. The grey eyes of the young man distracted her from the strange white hair with a black layer underneath.

"Is that your natural hair colour?" before she could stop herself the words had tumbled out. At that moment Shika wanted the ground to open up and swallow her. The silence was deafening…