Forgot to add a disclaimer! I do not own any of Yuu Watase's work!
Anyway's here's chapter 3! Please send some more reviews and if possible some constructive criticism! Thanks for reading! ,
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Gaku Namikiri watched from his perch on the tall building of the shopping mall. He had witnessed the exchange between Riiko and Night at the bridal shop and wondered what impact it would have on the figure. What would he make of it? How would he feel when Riiko explained what a wedding was? He was intrigued by these questions and continued to follow them for the company's, and his own, purposes.
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Soushi sat in class the next day, his thoughts far from his work. Why did Rikko pick a non-living person over him? How had he lost her? He kicked himself for not telling her how he felt sooner, then maybe she would be his, and Tenjou would never have come into the picture. He was brought back to the present by the bell going off.
Standing, he gathered his books and proceeded into the hallway. Passing by a more secluded area going to his next block, he noticed a shuffling and someone crying. His first instinct was to walk by, but something pulled at his heart. He guessed it was guilt and tried to ignore it, but it simply wouldn't leave him be. He turned into the empty hallway where the sound came from.
What he found surprised him. There, in a corner, sat the person he thought least likely to be in such a situation. He kneeled down quietly beside her, setting his books down and placing a hand on her shoulder. She flinched and looked up at him, her eyes widening at being found. Soushi was gentle and encouraging when he spoke. "Hey, what's wrong?"
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Riiko looked around the class only to find Soushi missing. She frowned in thought and tried to think where the usually gloomy faced, stern friend of hers had gotten off to. She was sure he had come to school, so why wasn't he here? Raising her hand, she asked permission to go to the water fountain. "Sensei? May I go to get a drink please?" She asked sweetly, hoping for a positive response, but grimaced inwardly at the look she got. "Miss Izawa, the break was only a few moments ago. If you needed a drink, you should have gotten it then. Do not interrupt the class again." He told her, his tone was one of no-nonsense. Riiko nodded and grumbled. Her plan to find Soushi had been thwarted.
Night, in the back corner of the class, missed the exchange as he was thinking deeply about where he might find Gaku Namikiri, the one who would help him become human. He guessed that if he made a large commotion, it would lure the easily distraughted buisnessman out. He smirked cutely as a most interesting plan formed in his head. He then noticed Riiko looking back at him, a confused yet happy smile on her face. Night only smiled more and gave her a thumbs up. The moment was short lived when the teacher lightly rapped her head with a textbook. She quickly turned around, looking just a bit grumpy. Night chuckled as he interpreted her expression.
Soushi entered the class about halfway through, causing the students to turn in shock. Soushi was late, and that just wasn't normal. Riiko tried to catch his eye, but to no avail. He was in deep thought, this fact revealed by his pensive face. He sat in his seat, the teacher reprimanding him for his tardiness but he didn't hear a word of it, merely nodded his head. Riiko looked over at him worriedly but turned her attention back to the schoolwork at hand.
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Night escorted Riiko home as usual, telling her things that had happened in the classes they didn't have together. They laughed loudly and got some strange looks, but neither of them noticed. They were too busy with each other. Riiko was about to say something when Night took hold of an arm and placed his other hand behind her shoulders, dipping her low. It was time to put his plan into action. "N-Night! What are you doing?" Riiko exclaimed in shock. The figure ignored her and ran his hand up to the buttons on her uniform. Riiko gasped and struggled in Night's hold, wondering what he was thinking. "Night! Stop it! We're in public." She whispered the last part and became confused when he whispered into her ear. "Just play along for now, please Riiko, I promise I won't actually do anything." He told her and looked into her eyes.
Riiko saw something like desperation in his eyes, they also pleaded with her to understand. Riiko hesitated, then leaned up and began making a rather large scene when they started to make out in the street. People stopped and stared in horror and amazement. Some people even began cheering them on as well as cat-calling. Night smirked against Riiko's lips when he heard a man calling out that there was nothing to see and felt a hand on his shoulder, pulling him away from Riiko. There stood Gaku, looking flustered and upset. "What in the heck do ya think you're doin?" He said quietly to Night, but he was obviously stressing out.
The figure grinned and Riiko laughed as she realized what Night had pulled. He had made a large scene with Riiko that would cause some questions back at Chronos Heaven if it ever reached them. This in turn, put Gaku's job on the line so therefore, he had to stop them. "Gaku, I need your help. Come back to Riiko's house with me and I'll explain there." He told the strangely dressed man in hushed tones then turned back to Riiko. "Ok, we can go now!" He said brightly and linked arms with her, leading her and Gaku back to the apartment.
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Night had stayed up late, telling Riiko he was going to be preparing some special lunch for her tomorrow, but it had to be done then. The girl looked suspicious, but when Night asked if she'd rather do the nasty, she immediatley ran off to her room, locking the door and shouting something about Night getting "spontaneously naked" and "being a pervert".
Gaku made himself comfortable on a chair afterwards when Night called him over to talk. "Ok, I need to know if you can do something for me." Night said as Gaku raised an eyebrow, "An' what might that be?" Gaku said, looking very nervous. Night leaned forward.
"I need you to make me human." Gaku blew up. "WHAT!! AN' HOW DO YA EXPECT ME TA DO THAT!?" Night clapped a hand over his mouth. "Shhh! You'll wake Riiko." Sitting back down and composing himself, the buisnessman looked Night straight in the eye and said. "There is no way to do that unless we had actual human organs placed into your body. And that, is tamperin with nature. You'd have to be a natural born person." His voice was stern but he felt a pang of guilt when Night's face fell. "But...don't you have the technology? Back at Chronos Heaven? Surely someone with your smarts could come up with something." Night said, half begging Gaku to help. "I love Riiko and I want to be with her forever. But I can't do that if my body's mechanics wear out all the time..." Night stared at the ground, looking crestfallen. After a long moment of silence Gaku replied. "I'll talk to my superiors...maybe they can work somethin out for ya..." Night's beautiful blue eyes lit up as he pounced on Gaku, crushing him with a super human hug.
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Next door, Soshi thought about his encounter earlier in the hall.
Flashback
The girl stared up at Soshi, stress very pronounced on her young face. Soshi remained kind. "Hey, you don't have to tell me anything if you don't want. How about I just take you for a walk, then you can calm down." The girl relaxed slightly and replied. "Alright..." Soshi smiled and helped her to her feet, digging around in his pocket for a tissue or clean handkerchief.
Finding one, he held it out to her and she accepted it gratefully, drying her face and making herself look a bit more presentable. Soshi then scooped up her laptop case and his books. The girl held out her hand for it and Soshi allowed her to have it back, not wanting to cause her anymore distress. She looped it over her shoulder and walked with him out of the school and towards some of the food stands.
The girl was quiet and didn't notice when Soshi stopped them briefly and was surprised slightly when he held up an ice cream cone for her. "Here, girls like ice cream when they're upset right?" The girl looked at him and then laughed, clutching the hanky he had given her. He noted this but said nothing. Let her keep it, he could always get a new one. He talked about small things while she ate the ice cream, so as to try and boost her spirits, and was surprisingly upset when she replied. "Thank you for the treat, I'll pay you back sometime soon. But now, maybe we should get to class." Soshi hid his dissapointment at leaving, but smiled instead and walked with her back into the school
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Satori Miyabe sat on her bed at around twelve o clock at night. She reviewed the days events and clutched a handerchief in her hands tightly, silently thanking Soshi for his kindness.
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And there you have it Readers! I hope you enjoyed the chapter, it seemed a bit difficult to write but I guess I managed! Please review and hope to see you in chapter 4!
