Chapter 2: Cursed part 2
"Shut up, Reiji! Or do I have to silence you too?" Ayato demanded with a threating scowl.
Reiji took off his glasses and glared at the redhead from the corner of his eye. "It's a good thing you're here, because your manners worsen since your last visit... But I can fix that!"
Ayato rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest like a spoiled child. "Tch, don't flatter yourself. I have no plans of staying here long... When that curse was put upon u-"
At that second, Subaru leaped on Ayato's back and placed his hand over his mouth, only to stop him from spilling anymore details.
"Not another word, Ayato." Subaru hissed in his ear.
Ayato gazed at him in awe, at first, then rashly thrashed around trying to get him off. "Unhand me, now! Before I kill you!"
Before Ayato could throw his next punch, Subaru dodged his attack by quickly removing his hand, then he jumped backward and away from him. The moment his backside nearly hit the wall, he managed to crouch down and land on his feet in front of it.
"Phew! That was a close one."
"Not so tough when you don't have any powers to help you, huh, Subaru?" Ayato chuckled to himself and smirked. "Well allow me to show you what real power looks like."
The redhead held his fists up in position just beneath his chin and his shoulder. He was prepared to fight with his younger brother.
"I hope you get some rest, sleeping in a coffin again."
A fist slowly raised above Ayato's head from behind and knocked him down on the floor hard. He immediately became unconscious.
"You're doing too much." Shu spoke as he hovered above his slightly irritating younger brother's body. "Now, go to sleep."
Yui gasped with her hands over her mouth before rushing to Ayato's side and kneeled down before his unconscious body. "Oh my god! Is he going to be alright?"
"He's fine... Just sleeping," Shu responded in a matter-of-factly tone. "I knock him down a size."
Reiji pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and cleaned off his glasses. "Ayato's pride is bigger than he looks, if I do say so myself." He put his glasses back on and continued to speak "I really wish those awful manners of his, improves for the better."
Subaru tore his head away from the scene right in front of him. "Tch! Like that's going to ever happen."
Reiji pressed his middle finger and forefinger against the side of his temple and massaged it. "Why couldn't he just used the door instead of crashing through the window," he sighed. "I swear, he's making more work for me on purpose."
Yui sat down with her legs tucked under her and placed Ayato's head on her lap. "He looks so peaceful and kind when he's a sleep... I wonder if he's ever like this when he's awake," She said after staring down on him.
"I don't think I ever seen him at school before." Yui thought thoroughly.
Shu took one if his headphones out of his ear and glanced at her with a questionable look. "You're thinking too much into this. Why do you even care if he's kind or not?"
She didn't answer him. Instead, she ran her fingers through Ayato's hair.
Later that night, everybody sat in the living room area and waited patiently for Ayato to gain conscious again. It had only been 25 minutes since She knocked him out.
Until then, Shu laid peacefully on the sofa at the opposite side of the room from the others. He had his eyes shut, headphones in his ears and listened to his tunes comfortly.
Meanwhile, Reiji stood up next to the sofa where Yui and Ayato were occupied at. As for Subaru, he leaned against the back of the sofa, glaring down at his unconscious brother ever so often. Yui, just kept running her fingers through his unruly red hair, while his head continued to rest on top of her lap.
"Is he ever gonna wake up? I'm really getting tired of waiting." Subaru complained.
"Then go to bed, Subaru... I'll deal with him on my own once he wakes up." Reiji responded sternly.
Subaru gave his brother a sharp look before he gazed at Yui with concern. "You should probably stop what you're doing before he wakes up and attacks you."
"My mother once said: There's nothing like a woman's touch to easy out the mind, body and spirit of someone that is suffering a lot." Yui stated calmly.
Subaru knitted his eyebrows together in bewilder. "What did you say your name was again?"
The blond sighed deeply. "I didn't... and my name is Yui Komori. We attend Ryoutei Academy together and I'll be staying here for a while."
"Since when?" He raised his brow and gazed back at his older brother. "Reiji, did you know about this?"
"I'm afraid not. I only found out recently," he answered. "Father informed Shu about her stay."
"What was he thinking -sending a girl like her to stay with us?" Subaru questioned.
"I have no clue. I'm just as questionable as you are," Reiji told him.
"Um, I'm still here," she reminded. "If you want to know why I'm here then all you had to do was just ask me."
Subaru tched and looked away from her.
"Then please tell us, Ms. Komori... why are you here," Reiji asked.
Yui took a deep breath before she begin to explain "I recently became homeless earlier this afternoon. You see... my father owes a lot of money to the loan shark and that's why we got evicted -because he didn't pay the bills on time. So I was wondering around all afternoon and night, until I became restless. I, later, found a bench inside a park and that's where Karlheinz found me... He showed me kindness and offered a place to live. He also said that he had six sons at home that could use a woman around. That's when he wrote me down this address and told me to tell Reiji that I'll be staying here."
"Oh great! Now we're a shelter for homeless people," Subaru grumbled.
"No. Father always has a reason for doing what he does. If he wants Ms. Komori to stay here, then we'll have no choice but to accept her into our home," Reiji confirmed.
He growled. "Well I think this is a bad idea!"
In the meantime, Yui looked down at the redhead who silently slept on her lap. However, when she went to go brush away a few strands of hair out of his face, Ayato grabbed her wrist in his grasp and flipped her over on her backside, then he straddle himself on top of her.
A sharp gasp ecscaped from her small mouth.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked violently.
Yui stared up at him in fear. "My-My-My... My name is, Yui Komori."
That questionable scowl on his face turned into a mischievous grin. "Well, Yui Komori... you're scent is absolutely irresistible, he commented. "I want you." He tilted his head below her collarbone and licked the bare skin, which caused Yui to jerk by his touch.
"Ayato! That's no way to treat our guest..."Reiji warned him. "Now, get off! You're committing a serious crime."
"In other words... sexual harassment," Subaru added.
Ayato put his tongue back in his mouth, plopped down on the sofa correctly and glared at them. "Tch, what a total buzzkills. I was only having a little fun with breastless."
Yui got off the sofa and hid behind Reiji quickly.
Subaru sighed as he watched this. "Sexually harassing our guest? How is that considered fun, Ayato?"
"Shut up! Whatever I do with breastless doesn't concern you!" He retorted.
"Um... excuse me," Yui called out to Ayato. "Why do you keep calling me breastless when my name is Yui Komori?"
"Because you're flatter than a pancake. Duh!" He taunted with his tongue sticking out to her.
"Well he's back! I'm going back to bed now," Subaru confirmed before dashing out of the room.
"Come with me, Ms. Komori. I will show you to your room," said Reiji.
Yui started to follow Reiji out the living room when her pink enormous eyes met with a pair of green once that bored into hers. When she noticed that he was staring hard at her, she turned her head back around and ran out the room after Reiji.
When they entered through the corrior, Yui stopped in track once she noticed something was missing.
"Wait! I almost forgot my bags!"
She walked over to the entrance and noticed that her luggage was no longer there.
"That won't be necessary. Our Butler already put your luggage in your room," he pointed out.
"Talk about fast service," She murmured.
After that was said and done, she trailed after Reiji up the staircase that led to her private room.
When they entered her bedroom, Yui bid Reiji a goodnight before he left out the room and closed the door shut.
That when she looked around her new room in amazement. the The room was indeed too big for one person. It had 2 doors on each side of the walls. One door led inside her own private bathroom and the other door led inside a huge walking closet. She felt like she was getting ahead of herself now and held onto the wall, as she almost fainted for the second time that day.
A few minutes later, she walked over to her luggage and threw on one of her negligees. With a loud yawn, she got into bed and covered herself with the blanket before turning to her nightstand and clicking off the lamp. Naturally, she turned to her side with her head comfortably draped against the pillow. shortly after, sleep took over when those eyelids of hers calmly started to flutter shut.
In the limo, on the way to school that next morning, Yui looked outside that window thinking about the event that took place yesterday.
Shu and Subaru were the only other ones in the vehicle as well. They looked distraught and didn't want to be there. Who could blame them? Yui wished she could stay in her new bed allday. Unfortunately, Reiji insisted that she attended school today with everybody else... and yet, he wasn't there, which made no sense.
"Shu," Yui called out so suddenly.
"What is it," he answered with his eyes still shut.
"Dosen't Reiji attend the same school that we do? Why isn't he here with us?"
"Because... he had some business to take care of first."
The blond bobbed her head in a respectful fashion. "Oh... I see. That makes a lot of sense now."
A smirked appeared on Shu's face as he secretly watched her. "Why do you care? Is he like your boyfriend or something?"
Yui gaped at tall blond false information. "WHAT! ...NO! It's not like that!"
"So are you saying that you don't have a boyfriend?"
Yui's face became completely flushed "No! Shu -I don't have a boyfriend!"
"Are you sure? You look like one of those girls that always clings to their boyfriend's arm."
"YES, I'M SURE! I NEVER DATED ANYONE A DAY IN MY LIFE!"
"Tch! Damn you're loud." Subaru reminded. He had the same scowl on his face as he did yesterday.
The blond frowned, "Sorry again, Subaru."
"Apology not accepted."
Once they arrived at school, Shu and Subaru were the first ones to get out of the vehicle. Yui stepped out last and used her hand to block the sun out of her eyes. "Geez, what a hot day it is. September, never looked so hotter."
"Yui," Subaru called which gained her attention. "Can we talk for a minute?"
"Eh, yeah... sure."
She followed him to a tree where the leaves were falling swiftly.
"Now that we're alone... you wanted to talk to me about something?" She asked with her head hanging down.
"Yes... I want you to leave."
Yui stared up at him and blinked repeatedly. "You want me to leave school? I can't do that!"
His cheeks and nose turned pink, because of how adorable she look that second. "That's not what I meant! ... I meant our house -No, I mean... my house!" Subaru face palmed himself as he became irritated. "Arrrgh! You know what, forget it!" He snapped.
Yui watched him stalk off with a blank expression. "What just happened?"
"Yui-chan," called out a cheerful voice that was traveling closer to her.
"Takara," Yui shouted when she saw who it was.
Takara, also known as Yui's best friend, had navy blue long hair and sapphire blue eyes that reflected off her hair perfectly. She was also build like Yui, which made them almost like twins.
The second they caught up to each other, Takara ran into Yui's embraced and hugged her tightly. "I missed you all weekend," Takara whined.
"I missed you too," Yui whined as well. "I also have something to tell you."
"Okay, but first... tell me what you were doing with Subaru Sakamaki?"
"That's what I want to tell you. You see... Subaru and I are -"
"ARE DATING?"
Yui waved her hands in front of her best friend's face. "No, no... that's not what I was going to say at all!"
"So what is it? Come on, spill the news already! I'm dying here!"
"I will, once you stop talking over me and let me explain."
Takara bit down on her tongue to stop herself from saying anymore. "Okay, I'm listening."
Yui looked relieved at this. "Okay, so my father owes a lot of money and we got evicted from our apartment yesterday. Now, I'm staying temporary with Subaru and his brothers."
"So let me get this straight... you got evicted from you place because your father messed up again and now you are living with a bunch of strange guys?"
She nodded. "Since you put it that way... yes I am. But I only met three of them so far. Two of them also attend school with us."
"So how many brothers does Subaru have anyway?"
"All together, five. Subaru makes six. I haven't met the last two yet. They don't seem to be living at the house neither."
Takara pressed her index finger against her forehead and slowly nodded. "I see... this is like a disaster waiting to happen."
Yui bobbed in agreement. "Tell me about it."
"I'm sorry Yui. But I cannot allow my best friend to stay with six hormonal boys." She announced with her fist clenched up tightly. "It just can't be done. So you're staying with me."
"WHAT? I can't stay with you! I just can't! It'd be too much to ask of you."
Takara rolled her eyes at how knuckle headed her friend was acting. "Nonsense, Yui. You are like family and my parents love you like a daughter."
"Thanks for the offer, Takara... But I can't take it - or at least not right now... I didn't mention this before, but I'm also working at the Sakamaki's home to help pay off my father's debts."
Hearing that made Takara frown. She held both Yui's hands up. "Oh, Yui. I wish there was something more I can do."
"Just have faith in me. That's all," she responded to her with a reassuring smile.
Later that day, Yui had just left class when she spotted Ayato standing outside of the main office with a look on his face that made him seem intimidating. She wondered what he was doing at her school, so she decided to ask him personally.
"Hey, Ayato!" That sweet voice of hers earned his attention right away. "What are you doing here?"
The poker face he had on turned into a cocky grin. "What do you think? I'm waiting for you to submit yourself to me."
Yui narrowed her eyes down to the floor, so that he wouldn't see her rosy red cheeks. "Ayato, you just can't say things like that in public. People are watching... So please tell me while you're really here."
The redhead stared at her hard with his mouth partly open for some unknown reason. He suddenly shook is off and yelled "tch, you gotta lot of nerve talking back to me like that!"
"He's here because I registered him for school, that's why." Reiji proclaimed as he stepped out from the main office. "And he'll be starting here tomorrow."
Ayato was trembling with rage. "You four-eyed snobby bastard! Who told you to meddle with my life? HUH?" He shouted loud enough for the entire school to hear.
Reiji pushed up his glasses and exhaled deeply like those words didn't effect him. "I didn't... Father did. Besides, I was only doing what was thrown upon me... If I had it my way, you'd be shift overseas to military school, where they mostly influence in English."
"Shut up! And drop dead while you're at it, four-eyes!" Ayato spat before dashed pass a slighly pissed off Subaru and out the main entrance.
"Please tell me he's not going here... Answer me!" Subaru grabbed his older brother by the collar and hissed at him.
Reiji automatically could sense that he'd be angry about the news, so removed Subaru's hands away and fixed up his collar that was wrinkled up.
"It wasn't my decision. It was fathers. When I told him that Ayato showed up at the house last night, he insisted that I register him for school, immediately... I also told him about the broken window and he laughed saying "Boys will be boys, and a broken window is nothing that can't be fixed." I wanted to go through the phone and wring his damn neck out."
"Tch, I want to do that right now,"Subaru admitted.
"Excuse me, Reiji" said Yui. "Are you, by any chance, the oldest of the six?"
"Unfortunately, I'm not... I'm the second oldest, and Shu is the first. It may seem that I'm older because I act as head of household and I'm more responsible ... but the truth is, father only sees one head of household in the future," He clenched his fist tight enough until his knuckles turned white "and it isn't me."
Yui never would've guessed that Shu was the oldest if Reiji didn't tell her. Yes, he was taller... but that still didn't justified who the oldest was. Shu slept most of the time and acted like nothing else mattered to him. He also was a big tease, which Yui already figured out from earlier's event. Overall, he seemed like a really nice guy.
"Did you register him already," questioned a familiar voice from behind them.
Shu leaned back against the wall with his school blazer hanging off his shoulders.
Reiji huffed, then tore his eyes away. "Of course I did. What does that matter to you if he was registered or not?"
He shrugged. "It doesn't... I can't be bothered with his nonsense."
"You're not making any sense. You and I already know that much, Shu." Subaru bluntly reminded.
"I think I'll go and find him now, before he torments someone else," Shu said before making his exit out the front entrance.
Yui stared off into the distance as he left. "Subaru was right. He's not making any sense and something doesn't add up."
"You both should go to class now," Reiji said which was directed at Yui and Subaru.
"But I have a lunch period right now," Yui pointed out to him.
"Well I suggest you make it there." He demand, then walked away.
Later that evening, Yui sat on her bed and looked through her old photo album that had photos her from when she was a little girl and older. There were also plenty of photos of her parents, when they were still together and happy. Yui also found photos of her and Takara together. They were friends since preschool and never left each others side.
After a long day of nonstop lessons from her teachers, all she really wanted to do was take a bath and sleep in her perfectly comfortable bed. But then her stomach started to make grumbling noise -that's when she knew that she needed to eat something.
When Yui arrived at the kitchen, she noticed that it was spotless and empty. Not one pot or pan was out, and the refrigerator was plied up with tons and tons of food.
Yui tapped her finger against her chin while holding the refrigerator door open. "If they didn't cook then who does the cooking around here?"
"Oi! What are you doing?"
She shuddered in surprise before turning on her heel to face Subaru.
"Oh hey, I was just looking for some food to make for dinner tonight."
Subaru walked towards her. "Make dinner, you say? We normally eat out or the Butler cooks if we request it. Normally, nobody comes in here."
"I can see that," she said under her breath.
Subaru glanced up and down at her before looking away with a light red hue covering his cheeks. "I know I said this earlier... but I still want you to leave. At least while you still can."
"I can't do that!"
Subaru blood red eye widen at her. "Why not?"
"Because you boys are in desperate need of a home cooked meal! That's why!"
"Can I help?" He accidentally blurred out before shifting his eyes away again. "I mean... I still want you to leave, but the least I can do is help you with the cooking before you go."
Yui cheerfully smiled at him. "Of course you can."
"That won't be necessary," said a strict deep voice coming from the entry way.
They both glanced over at Reiji who stood there looking serious like he always did.
"What do you mean," asked Yui.
"What I meant was, it's impossible for Subaru to help with the cooking. Therefore, I most certainly cannot allow it... He can't cook if his life depends on it. Not only that, I refuse to see this kitchen go up in flames." Reiji bluntly stated.
"Tch, Ayato was right. You are a buzzkill," Subaru gritted through his teeth.
"Say whatever you want about me. But, you're not very good at doing house work. So come along." Reiji grabbed Subaru by the collar now and dragged him out the kitchen.
"Let go of me! I can walk myself, " Subaru spat.
Yui giggled to herself. "Oh, I should probably get started."
She pulled out all the stuff that was needed out the refrigerator and arranged everything around the counter, then begin to cook.
Dinner was done and set on the dinning room table an hour later. Yui smiled around at all the traditional foods she successfully made within that hour for them.
Shu and Ayato were the first ones to come to the dinning room. They took their seats at the table and grabbed what they wanted on their plate. Not long after, Subaru and Reiji walked in. They also took their seats at their normal spots at the table and made their plates.
"This better be good breastless,"Ayato playfully threaten as he made a bowl of rice for himself.
Shu ate in silent along with the rest of them. They all seemed to enjoy their meals because they kept filling their plates with second and third portions of food.
Ayato sat back against the chair with his hands placed over his stomach and a satisfied grin on his face after he was done. "Oi, you've out done yourself, breastless! Next time, make takoyaki for a snack and you better not mess it up!"
Reiji patted his mouth with a napkin, "He's right. And I don't mean about the takoyaki part. Well done, Yui."
"I guess you can stay for a little while longer," Subaru mumbled as he broke off a piece to his biscuit and put it in his mouth.
Shu interrupted stood up from the table and walked out without saying a word.
"Mr. Shu," Yui mouthed out as she watched him leave without so suddenly.
"Tch! Spoiled rotten," Reiji complained. "He hasn't changed at all... he couldn't even wait until everybody else was done with their meals."
Yui stood up from the table and walked out of the dinning room to search for Shu. When she finally did find him, he was standing by the balcony staring up at the starry dark sky.
"Hey, Shu," she greeted. "Why did you leave so suddenly?"
"The moon... tonight... there's a full moon tonight." Shu slowly put together with his blue eyes still directed at the sky.
Yui stared at him with a emotionless expression, then she finally realized that he was right. "Oh yeah! There is a full moon tonight. I nearly almost forgot."
Shu gazed over at her with a hint of fear on his face. "I have to go stop Ayato." He quickly ran off to search for his brother.
"Shu! Wait! What are you talking about?" Yui cried out, and ran after him.
Shu spotted Ayato looking outside the window as the full moon slowly started to peak from outside of the clouds. His green eyes turned crimson and he clasped to his knees when he felt his heart begin to ache in pain.
"Ayato," Yui called out.
Shu extended his hand out only to stop her from making any rash movements.
"Don't go near him," he demanded.
"But why not? He's in pain!"
Shu scowled. "Because he'll attack you! That's why!"
"See, this is why I told you to leave," Subaru remind as he entered the room quickly. He was holding two spears in his hands, then threw one in Shu's direction. He caught the spear in his grasp and held it in position.
Suddenly, Reiji walked inside the room and loaded up his shot gun. "Ms. Komori. You should probably remove yourself from this room immediately."
Yui recklessly shook her head with her eyes shut tightly. "CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TELL ME WHY?"
All 3 of them stared at her with uneasy expressions on their faces.
At that second, a loud roaring noice rumbled through out the room and it nearly shook the ground.
Yui frighteningly met with a pair of crimson eyes that were similar to Ayato. They hungrily stared at her like she was something good to eat. It breathing was also hoarse, and it had razor sharp teeth, with two large fangs that hung out of it mouth. The beast had ears, a nose and a tail almost like a wolf. It also had a pair of arched horns sticking out of it temple. It body was covered in reddish-brown fur, but it stood up on two legs like a human with razor sharp claws for hands and feet. However, Yui could recognize it face from anywhere. It had the same exact features as one of the boys did. So, she came to an conclusion that this beast was no other then Ayato Sakamaki."
A/N: Thanks for reading. I know you all are probably wondering what the heck just happend, and as you saw Ayato's curse is sorta different from Shu, Subaru and Reiji's curse. Because he's half demon on his mothers side, he turns into a monster on a few moon. Laito and Kanato also share the same curse as their twin brother. But they all we're cursed to becoming mortals . That should some that up for now. Thanks you for the reviews, favs and follows, by the way. I'm glad everybody liked. I will update More Brides for the Price of One this weekend, and look for a update on Part 3 of Cursed soon. Later.
