Hey! Sorry if my updates are rather irregular, but I've been (and still am) really sick. But the show (or in this case story) must go on! So here's the new chapter, hope you like. :) Sorry if it doesn't make sense at parts, I wanted to update but I haven't had time to proof read, let me know if there are parts that don't sound right and I'll try to fix them. REVIEW!
When I woke up the next morning I was the only one in the dorm, I guess my roommate's already left. According to the clock it was only seven thirty so I wasn't sure where he could be or where I should be, well I guess I'll have to find my way around this school alone. I got up, sighed dramatically out of shear, exaggerated, loneliness, and decided I'd better call my family or a friend to let them know how I was going.
I wondered into the kitchen and quickly found the phone, this place really was like a little apartment, and dialled the first number that came to mind. "Good morning!" I beamed down the line; I heard an irritated sigh from the other end. Well excuse me! Fine, next time I won't even bother then.
"Seriously Hanabusa, do you know what time it is." The deep voice on the other end slurred, the person not sounding fully awake or very appreciative of my call.
"Do you? It's seven thirty Akatsuki! And besides, you told me to call you when I got the chance." I stomped my foot at my cousin, even though he couldn't see it, and put a hand on my hip in a typical angry fashion. I heard another sigh as I began one handedly putting toast in the toaster and filling up a glass of water. The school supplies all of the basic cutlery like knives, forks, cups, plates and basic necessities like bread and milk, but there is a limit with that and if we run out early or want luxury things like chocolate or juice (though I wouldn't call that a luxury, you need your vitamin C), you have to buy it yourself.
"I told you to call, but I didn't expect you to actually do it." He mocked, now sounding more awake and aware. I'd just sat down at the small kitchen table to wait for my toast to pop, the table I was just about to punch when the dorm door suddenly opened and my roommate quietly walked in, he didn't even spare me a glance as he walked into the bedroom and closed the door.
"I'll call you back." I hung up the phone and walked over to the bedroom, I jumped when I opened the door and came face to face (or face to barrel) with my roommates gun. "Wh-what are you doing!?" I through my hands up above my head, the look in Zero's eyes told me that he could pull the trigger at any moment without hesitation. That look reminded me of somebody else, and it was kind of a turn on.
"Next time knock first." He mumbled as he put down his gun and begun to change out of his sweaty clothes and into something cleaner. I decided that this wasn't something I needed to see and went back into the kitchen to butter my now popped toast; I'd leave bonding with my roommate for later.
I finished my toast and, not knowing what else there was to do, decide to watch some TV. There's never really anything on TV at this on a Thursday morning, on account of people are usually getting ready for work or school, so knowing that I had an extremely difficult time finding anything good or anything that I'd seen. After a while the silver haired gun nut emerged from our room and glared at me a moment before taking a seat on the opposite end of the couch. I tossed the remote at him and got a mumbled 'thanks' in return; if he really wanted it he could have just asked.
"So," I started, he looked at me out of the corner of his eye and I took that as a sign to continue. "Uh, what do your parents do for a living?" Yeah, that seemed like an appropriate question, after all to go to such an elite school as Cross Academy he'd have to come from a pretty rich house hold. Well, that's what I thought anyway, but judging from the almost psychotic glare I was getting, I'd likely chosen the worst possible question in his eyes.
"That's none of your business." Zero muttered as he got up and retreated back into our room, leaving the remote control in his place. Damn, that was the closest I'd gotten to him since we met and I blew it!
"Hey, wait up!" I semi-yelled frantically to his as I quickly chased him into the room, there was nothing on TV so it's not like I had anything better to do at the moment. He'd tried to close the door on me but I forced my way into the room, leaving us to stand awkwardly and stare at each other, I'd wanted a chance to talk to him and now I'd got one, the only problem is I hadn't yet decided what I wanted to say to him.
"What is it?" He said in annoyance, he glared at me; I had a feeling that he does this a lot. I sighed, looks like that's going to be yet another thing that I'm going to need to get used to.
"U-uh," I stuttered like an idiot, I probably looked like one too. Zero growled and turned away from me, but I wasn't going to give up that easily, not that I even knew what I would be giving up on. "D-do you like weapons?" I asked, after being held at gun point for a moment earlier that day it was the first thing that came to mind.
Zero sighed. "Yeah," He replied in a mixture of what sounded like irritation and boredom. I smiled; at least I had something to start with.
"I-I have this really awesome friend, she like fights with this weapon called Artemis rod, it's like this really big stick and u-umm…." I trailed off, Zero was glaring at me but he hadn't stopped my ramble, not that I felt like continuing now. "Y-you know what, never mind!" I waved my hands in front of me as a means to say 'never mind', decided that it'd be best if I went for a walk around the campus for now, maybe I could bond with the overly serious silver haired boy later.
I zoomed out of the dorm and into the hall so fast that I went face first into someone's chest, though after looking up I was shocked to realise just whose chest it was. "K-Kaname…." To say I was surprised to see him was an understatement, after all he'd been one of the first people I told when Cross Academy excepted me so he would have told me if he was also coming here, and if he was visiting (which was unlikely), he was the type to call in advance.
"Good morning Hanabusa, I was just looking for you." Kaname gave me his usual smile and, despite my confusion, I grinned back, I really liked seeing Kaname.
"G-good morning! Uh, what are you doing here?" I asked, I may have imagined it but Kaname's smile seemed to widen just slightly at my question. Yeah, I probably imagined it.
"I forgot to tell you last time we met, but I was a student here two years ago during middle school so Cross asked me to show you around." Ah, now I get it, although I don't see why he didn't tell me this before.
"Oh, that's great! Hang on a second and I'll get my wallet, maybe we can get lunch afterwards?" I asked, although it wasn't really intend as a question, it was almost ten and this was a big school, we were definitely getting lunch afterwards.
"Sure, I'll wait for you." The brunettes smile really did widen. I'm sure it did, as I nodded my head and headed back into my room to retrieve my wallet. Although my good mood was quickly dashed as I was thrown into, and then pinned against, the wall beside the door by my apparently psychotic roommate. Something about his closeness somehow amplified his glare and I became frozen with fear.
"What are you doing talking to that bastard?" Zero growled; I became very confused, was he talking about Kaname?
Suddenly the door burst open. "Release him, Zero." Kaname glared down at Zero who, after a moment of glaring back (probably trying to be intimidating), did as he was told and let go of my shoulders before slowly stepping back away from me. Only after I'd taken a step forwards did I realize that I was shaking, Kaname noticed this and gave me a concerned look, before turning is glare back on my angst factory of a roommate.
"Go home bastard, this has nothing to do with you." Zero put his hand into his jacket like he was reaching for a gun, which was impossible, only psychopaths carried guns with them at school.
"I've just come to pay a visit to my friend, you're the one that this has nothing to do with." Kaname said threateningly; Zero laughed at this, it was a cold, sarcastic laugh that sent a terrified chill down my spine. Oh god, what had I gotten myself into.
"Friend, right, monsters like you don't have friends." Zero lowered his arm (few!), but that didn't change the way he was glaring at my old classmate.
"Funny, I could say the same thing about you, so why are you protecting Idou?" Kaname asked, Zero's eyes widened, he looked caught off guard. Wait, protect? What would Zero be trying to protect me from?
Zero's cheeks went pink and he turned his head to the side in embarrassment, now I was the one who was caught off guard. "You know what go, I don't care." He said calmly as he turned back around and retreated back into our bedroom for the third time that morning.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up to see Kaname giving me a reassuring smile. "Come on, I've got a lot to show you."
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