Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to write another chapter for this! I don't know if this one is better than the first chapter, but I'm still hoping that you'd enjoy this just as much. I'm kind of bummed after watching Phase 21. *SPOILERS* I honestly thought Daryl was going to join Funeral Parlor to be together with his waifu, but then he went batshit crazy. GODDAMMIT!
Anyway, happy reading, you all! :)
PHASE 13: DELETED SCENES
(CHAPTER 2)
"This is ridiculous," Daryl harshly muttered to no one in particular. He had his back against the wall, and his hands folded tightly on his chest. His purple-colored eyes—which were hidden behind his eyeglasses—were still fixed at the stage where Yuzuriha Inori was singing one of her infamous EGOIST's songs.
"All of this is ridiculous." He grumbled again. "Damn it, why am I still stuck in here?"
He flipped open his cell phone and read Makoto Waltz Segai's recent text once again. Daryl just told him about Ouma Shu and his void power, and how the boy—with some girl he didn't recognize—just totally knocked out the terrorist. He was hoping that Segai would say something like, 'Okay, your mission is done, Lieutenant. You don't need to spy over them anymore. You can come back now.' And yet, all he received was, Segai texting him and telling him that he should stay there a little longer—a day or two—, and continue blending in among the students to see how they would react after the sudden news—about Loop 7 being sealed away for the next ten years.
Daryl brought his cell phone back to his pocket while gritting his teeth in annoyance. He didn't like this at all. He'd prefer shooting everyone in Loop 7 with his own handgun rather than being like this—doing nothing except watching his surroundings.
Daryl's gaze suddenly fell to the cat-eared girl who was standing just a few feet away from where he was. She had her eyes on the computer's screen, looking quite serious despite her cheery personality. Daryl couldn't help it when his thoughts flew back to the previous encounter they had earlier today.
Uncounciously, he raised his right point finger to touch his lips.
The kiss. The way she kissed him. The way she tasted.
Everything seemed like a dream, but he knew it wasn't. It felt so real to be a dream. He could still remember all of it. Every detail of that moment. His heart started to beat faster when he thought about how soft her lips were. He didn't even know her name, and yet he felt like she was no longer a stranger to him. She was the first, and the only girl, who could play with his emotions like that. And he knew he should have hated her—despised her! And yet...
"No." Daryl didn't let himself finish the thought. "What the hell is wrong with me? Get a grip of yourself!" He ruffled his own hair in frustration and closed his eyes. On the next second, he sighed and scooted down until he was sitting on the hard ground. He decided to relax a bit, while everyone was busy running around the school, trying to spread the recent news they just heard.
"What the hell..." Daryl said, rubbing his temple with his right hand. "I must be exhausted right now. I would have never thought that..." He suddenly felt all the energy was leaving his body. He couldn't open his eyelids anymore "That she was kind of cute... if I... wasn't..." Then he fell asleep.
"Hey, you!" The familiar voice snapped his eyes open, and his face immediately went red when he recognized whose voice was it.
A beautiful, energetic little girl named Tsugumi was standing in front of him with her hands on her hips and a scowl on her face. She was still wearing the maid uniform and also her cat's ears and tail. She looked just like the last time he met her. That time when she kissed him, to be exact.
Startled, Daryl suddenly stood straight up and accidentally knocked his head to the wall in the process. "Ugh!" He groaned loudly, turning on his heels just to throw a swift kick to the wall. It did nothing but giving him more pain.
Tsugumi's scowl turned into a frown. "Are you okay?" She asked. When she took a closer look at his face, her eyes brighten a little. "Ah, it's you!" She was grinning from ear-to-ear. "How was the candy?"
"Y-you—" Daryl found it hard to talk when his heart was beating like crazy, so he cleared his throat and tried again. "Why are you here?"
"I'm the one who should be asking you that!" She was back at her previous mood, and started narrowing her eyes at him. "Why are you sleeping in the middle of a place like this? Don't tell me you're slacking off again!"
"Wha—" Daryl's jaw were hanging on his face. "I'm not slacking off—I'm not supposed to be doing anything on the first place. And I wasn't sleeping!" Yes he was, for a brief couple of minutes. But he wasn't going to tell her that.
"Oh really?" Her tone made it obvious that she wasn't going to believe him as easily as that. "So what were you doing then?"
Daryl opened his mouth. "I was—" thinking about you.
For the first time in his life, he thanked God for stopping him from embarrassing himself at the right time.
Tsugumi waited impatiently. "You were...?"
"Forget it! Why do you care about me anyway?" He snapped. He didn't mean to, of course. It was just an act and he knew it. He had to act cold toward her because, well, he just had to. Daryl Yan wasn't a Prince Charming, nor he was a gentleman. Hell, the guy was mean enough to kick a lady in the face when she ruined his flower. He didn't have to act nice toward people—let alone to a runt like her. "Look, just go back to your computer or whatever, and leave me alone!"
"First of all," Tsugumi said, raising one of her fingers. "I don't like the way you talk to me right now. I just bought you a candy and let you French-kissed me behind the stage, so tone down the attitude, okay?"
Daryl's head was about to explode from the embarrassment. "I didn't—YOU WERE KISSING ME FIRST!"
"Shush, Blonde Boy. What are you trying to do, telling the whole school about us?" Then her expression changed slightly, giving him one of her mischievous smiles. "I didn't think you were that naughty."
Daryl wished for somebody to just pop out in front of him and shoot his head or something. He was about to give another comeback but Tsugumi held two fingers in front of his face.
"Second of all," she continued, "just in case you haven't noticed. The electricity is down so I can't just 'go back to my computer or whatever'." She imitated the tone of his voice perfectly when he was quoting him. Even Daryl had to admit that.
"Huh?" Daryl took his eyes away from hers and looked around. It was true. The entire school was drowning in darkness and silence. Some students had brought some emergency lights in their hands and started wandering around, trying to find a way to bring back the electricity or go back to the dorm. Most of the students were already heading back to their rooms so the school's ground was pretty much empty.
"And the last thing is," Tsugumi added, "I need to go back to my room immediately. There's something I need to do. And I can't find Aya-nee, Inoreen, or even Shu, so..."
Glancing back at the shorter lady, Daryl folded his arms on his chest and asked. "And why are you talking to me?"
Tsugumi smiled in the most childish way. "Because I want you to come with me, of course!"
"No freaking way." Daryl bluntly said, moving away from her.
"Hey, wait!" She reached out and grabbed his hand. "I need you!"
"What?" Daryl hoped that the moonlight wouldn't shine too brightly at the moment so she wouldn't be able to tell how red his face was. "You—what kind of a person would say something like that?" He wiggled his hand away from her grip. "Gross, don't touch me!"
Tsugumi was a bit surprised and offended with his attitude. "Geez, you're such a drama queen, aren't you?" She let go of his hand and pouted. "Look, stop being such a douchebag for a second and lend me some help. It's dark and I'm alone. And my room is like, so far away from here. Are you sure you're going to let me walk alone there?"
"Of course!" He said, throwing his hands in the air. "What, you think I'm actually gonna care about your safety? Is that what you really think?" He spat loudly. "Huh, well think again, runt."
Tsugumi started glaring at him. "I thought that, you would at least..." She curled her fists into tiny balls. "You know what? Fine! I can go back on my own! I don't need you and your stupid ore-sama attitude! JERK!" She stomped her foot to the ground and after throwing one last vicious look toward him, she turned back and started to walk away.
Daryl ground his teeth together in irritation. "Whatever, I don't care about her. I don't care about her at all." He quietly said and looked away from her. He said things like that out loud, but the truth was, he was a little worried about her. And he hated himself for that.
He waited for a moment before he silently glanced back at her. Tsugumi wasn't stopping. She was serious when she said that she was going back alone. She didn't bring any flashlight in her hands, and maybe it was just his imagination, but it seemed like there were at least, two boys who were staring at her in a dangerous, perverted kind-of-way.
"Ah, damn it!" Daryl pulled on his hair before he yelled to the nearest person around him. "Give me that!"
"Hey!" The nerdy-looking guy protested when Daryl snatched his flashlight away. "That's mine!"
"Wait for a sec, runt!" Daryl called with a lazy tone. "I'm coming with you."
Tsugumi turned around, gazing at his direction. She saw Daryl walking toward her, and as he got closer, she could see red splotches on his face. Knowing that he was blushing because he just took back his words, she grinned in satisfaction. "Hurry up then, Slowpoke. Your princess is feeling rather cold."
"Whatever." He took a step further, closing the distance between them.
As they walked side-by-side, she asked. "And may I know what made you change your mind, Your Majesty?"
"Shut up," he replied coldly. "I was going to this direction, anyway."
It was hard for her not to snicker at his retort. "Of course, you were."
"Are you mocking me?"
"Nope. Not at all."
"Yes, you are!"
She couldn't contain her laughter after seeing how worked-up he got over his own guess. "Well, maybe a little."
Daryl screamed. "Don't laugh at me!"
"Sorry, sorry." She wiped a tear from her eyes and stared at him. "Isn't it time for you to tell me your name? After all, we just made-out and now you're walking me back to my room."
Daryl wanted to dig a hole in the ground and just stay there until she went away. How could she humiliate him like this everytime she opened her mouth?
Since he didn't answer her—Daryl was trying so hard to ignore her—Tsugumi continued. "I'm Tsugumi. Shibata Tsugumi." She offered him a hand, but he didn't even look at her.
"If you don't accept my hand and tell me your name, I'm going to forcefully kiss you."
Daryl turned his head so fast; he thought his neck was going to break. "WHAT?" he loudly shrieked.
Tsugumi was about to laugh again but she tried to contain it. "I'm gonna count to three. One..."
"Have you no shame whatsoever?" The blonde boy was getting nervous.
Tsugumi didn't bother to answer. "Two..."
"Whatever!" He looked away from her again. "You're not gonna actually do it, anyway." Although he said that himself, his mind didn't believe him in the slightest. He formed a thought in his head: I could just push her away if she's really—
"Wrong answer." Tsugumi stopped walking and stood on her tiptoes. Her movement was so fast; even Daryl didn't see it coming. Or maybe, he did see it coming, but was too late to fight back. Tsugumi wrapped both of her arms around his neck and pulled him closer to her.
"Three," she whispered before planting her lips on his.
"MMPH!" For the second time that night, Daryl's lips were raped by a younger—and a lot shorter—girl. Although, 'rape' isn't really the right word to describe the situation, because Daryl was already expecting it to happen. Somehow at one point, he even wanted it to happen. But he was too much of a freaking tsundere to admit that out loud.
Unlike the first kiss they shared, this one was softer and slower. None of them parted their lips but the heat of their kiss was almost as hot as their previous one. Daryl was tempted to do so—to nibble at her lower lip and taste her again. He wanted to be reminded of the sweet flavor of her mouth.
When Tsugumi pulled away, her eyes were wide in surprise. "Hmm," she muttered, frowning a little. "You're not pushing me away."
All of his blood suddenly rushed to his head and he pushed her away. "That's not true! Get away from me!"
"Oh?" Tsugumi raised an eyebrow seductively. "I'm sensing that you like being kissed by me."
"No, I don't!" was Daryl's immediate answer.
"Oh, I get it!" She clapped her hands together and her eyes gleamed under the moonlight. "You didn't want to tell me your name because you wanted me to kiss you first." She chuckled and pinched both of his cheeks with her fingers. "You naughty, naughty boy."
"Get your hands away from me!" He actually slapped her hands away. "It's not like that! I was—"
"You were, what? Hmm?" She teased, giving him a crooked smile. "You know, I might have to kiss you again if you don't tell me your name right away, Blonde Boy. But I'm guessing that's what you actually want so maybe I should change my—"
"It's Daryl!" He finally said it out loud. He couldn't take anymore of this hummiliation. "Daryl Yan. Now, get away from me."
"Daryl Yan," she repeated, wanting to know how it would feel on her tongue. "Nice to meet you, Daryl." She offered her hand again, but the boy pushed it away while muttering, "Shut up. Don't talk to me." He started walking again.
"You're so adorable." Tsugumi giggled and followed his steps. After a second, she grabbed her by the shoulder and leaned in to whisper in his ear. "If you don't start talking to me in the next second, I'm going to kiss you again."
"STOP DOING THAT!"
So how was it? Hehe, if you give me a lot of reviews, I might continue this. Who knows what's gonna happen when you put Daryl and Tsugumi, ALONE, in the same room with no lights whatsoever? Yep, that's my pervy mind talking XD
Revieeeeew pleaseeeee :)
xoxo,
Auteure Juillet
