It seems that I have a tendency to post these chapters rather late at night... Well anyway thank you to the four people who reviewed the last chapter, the fact that you reviewed made my day!
Anyway here's Chapter 3 - if you like it leave a review and if you don't, first off sorry and secondly I'd love if you would tell me why in a review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kagerou Project
Chapter 3
Later that day once everyone had either gone home or found something to occupy themselves with, Kano found himself zoning out on the couch in the living room, while Kido absent-mindedly listened to her iPod.
He finally came around when he heard her cough violently into her arm.
"Do you want some water?" He asked, somewhat relieved they were on speaking terms, albeit awkward.
"Yeah," Kido grunted as she leaned back on the sofa and closed her eyes, feeling a bit queasy.
"Ok," Kano replied. He swiftly got up from his place on the couch and made his way into the kitchen. In silence he grabbed a cup and poured her some water.
"Alright Danchou, here's your water..." Kano frowned, she was not in the living room anymore. "Kido? Where'd you go?" He called out. His voice rang through the apartment, but he did not get a response.
Eyebrows furrowed he went down the hall and knocked on her bedroom door. Once again he did not receive a response so he stated, "Hey Kido, I'm coming in."
He turned the knob and the door swung open - nothing. She's not in her room? The cat-eyed boy exited the bedroom and knocked on Mary's door.
"Come in," a pleasant voice replied.
Kano entered Mary's room and saw she was creating more artificial flowers to sell. Set off to the side were seven violet-colored flowers and at that moment she was in the middle of making her eighth.
"I was wondering if you've seen Kido?" Kano asked, holding up the cup of water he still had in his hand.
Humming Mary shook her head, "Nope, last time I saw her she was in the living room."
"Oh ok," Kano replied nonchalantly.
Where'd she go? He wondered as he left the albino to her flowers. As soon as he walked into the spacious living room Kano saw the green-haired girl's slumped over form snoozing on the couch in an awkward position.
Wanting to rub his eyes in confusion Kano walked over to the peaceful-looking girl and poked Kido's side. Despite being asleep she retaliated by swiping at his hand and then rolling onto her other shoulder, so she was facing the back of the couch.
Well that's her, Kano thought as he placed the glass of water on the table, so he could nurse his stinging hand.
I can't believe I just walked past her, Kano thought to himself as he sat down on the couch opposite of her. Her green hair was plastered across her face and her mouth was ajar.
"Ah, Tsubomi-chan's so much cuter when she's asleep!" He exhaled to himself.
He gazed around the room noting that it was empty before turning off his 'eyes' and sighing, she really is...
The next day the two had still yet to confront each other, instead they were extra mindful of what they said and put on a nervous (in Kido's case) smile.
Seto would be out working until eight o'clock that night and Mary had said earlier that morning that she would be at her flower stall a little past noon.
Momo had school that day - a fact that she complained about to the rest of the gang quite frequently, and Konoha was following Hibiya around town like a lost puppy, much the young boy's annoyance.
Because of Ene's constant jabbering, Shintaro had agreed to go buy supplies for a pie. The cyber girl had said she wanted to see how they were made.
Shintaro of course had argued logically that she could see it easily by searching a video on YouTube, but the NEET had lost the argument when she threatened to delete a file labeled "Poems" on his home computer…
The apartment door was shoved open by the sweaty young man around 1 o'clock.
"You can do it Master," cheered Ene through his headphones. "You're almost there! A few more steps! The counters are right over there! Remember use your arms, not your back!"
"Ene," Shintaro muttered under his breath in a threatening fashion.
"Yes Master?" She asked cheerfully.
"Be quiet for a second."
"Hmph, you know you wouldn't be this tired and sweaty if you went outside more," she quipped, before floating to the corner of the screen.
After placing the shopping bags on the counter Shintaro walked over to a chair and slumped over in defeat.
"Eh-!" Ene yelled. Making Shintaro quickly get his phone out of his back pocket.
"Sorry for sitting on you," he apologized quickly, lowering his head.
Ene shrugged and flew so close to the center of the screen that all he could make out was an eye and part of her nose.
"Master! You can't sit down just yet! You still have to make the pie!"
Shintaro let out a sigh of dismay and then he perked up at a thought, But… I can't cook, he thought gleefully.
"But Ene, you know I can't cook," he stated cheerfully.
"Then… how are we supposed to make the pie?" The cyber-girl asked, slowly moving back, so the rest of her body could be seen. Her expression was dark and there was a scary moment of silence for the NEET.
"Eh!" Shintaro squeaked slightly panicked. "W-why don't we ask K-kido or H-hibiya to do it?"
Ene took a second to think before replying happily, "Ok!"
I can't deal with these 180 degree changes, Shintaro thought. Grasping the kitchen table for support he stood up without too much trouble. "Let go find her," he said with Ene in hand.
"Find who?" Kano inquired suddenly from the doorway, causing Shintaro to let out a high pitched squeak.
"K-kido!" Shintaro quickly replied, before turning around. When he saw it was only Kano, the NEET fiddled with his jacket, pretending that he hadn't just screamed like a girl.
"Ah," Kano replied, not even trying to hide the amusement in his voice. "I'll join you then." He gestured to the doorway and added, "After you."
Shintaro lowered his head in shame and semi-rushed through the doorway. In that instant he managed to knock into something and was sent tumbling into the living room. The NEET saw a flash of red before his eyes, which for some reason scared the crap out of him. When he hit the ground his body made a loud 'oomph,' which was soon accompanied by a loud 'crack,' when one of the small plant pots Mary kept inside the house smashed to the ground a few feet away.
Kano burst out laughing and slapped his thigh. "My God! I think you might be worse than Mary," the deceiver wheezed. His laughter rang loudly through the apartment. "I don't get it, how can you trip over nothing? And you even managed to break one of Mary's pots!"
Shintaro was about to make an objection when he noticed there was nothing trip-worthy near the doorway, in fact the area was cleared, so that the group could have easy access to the kitchen. Looking at the ground he blushed bright red. I thought something smashed into me, but I guess I really did trip over nothing…
He glanced at the terracotta pot that lay in pieces to his right, a foot or two away, and furrowed his eyebrows. How did I manage to knock that over?
Shintaro's thoughts were disturbed and Kano ceased his laughter when the two of them heard a bedroom door slam shut.
No one came into the living room.
Kano put his hand out to help Shintaro up from the ground and the NEET accepted it gratefully, only to wince at the stinging in his hand.
Noting his display of pain Kano said, "Why don't you go wash your hand out in the sink? I'll go check out what's going on."
Shintaro who was now solely focused on the blood that was pouring from hand (an exaggeration on his part, seeing as his hand was only a bit scraped up from sliding against the wooden floor,) nodded, and with tears in the corner of his eyes he left to tend to his hand.
While the boy in the red jersey walked into the kitchen Kano made his way to the dimly lit hallway that served as the pathway to all the bedrooms in the house. From a quick glance he noted that Mary's door was the only one left wide open, whether it was because she didn't care or she had forgotten to close it he didn't know. Seto's door was closed, but Kano knew that it wasn't possible for the mind reader to have closed the door since he wasn't home.
So it was Kido that slammed her door shut earlier, he reasoned.
Leaning against her door Kano listened for any noise coming from her room, but all he could make out was silence. Just as he was about to knock he heard thud from the other side of the door, the sound of something breaking and a stream of curse words from Kido.
Kano pushed her door open and surveyed the room for the green-haired girl. It was dark as ever, but he could make out her silhouette near her dresser.
"What's wrong?" Kano asked, concern almost seeping into his voice.
"N-nothing!" Kido responded, barely covering the unsteadiness in her voice. "What's so important that you needed to barge in here for?" She asked, getting better control over her tone and crossing her arms over her chest.
"I heard something break," Kano stated, keeping his eyes trained on Kido.
"Gees Kano, I was changing for godsake," Kido replied. "I hit my glass on accident and it fell over."
"Well-" Kano was cut off.
"-Anyway," Kido began rather hurriedly. "I think it's time you and I've had a small chat about what went on the other day."
"Oh yeah," Kano replied half-heartedly.
"Yeah," Kido replied in an unhappy manner. She turned away from the cat-eyed boy and faced the mirror hanging over her dresser. "I'll meet you outside in a second, first I have to clean up this mess."
Kano's eyes swiveled to the glass that lay on the floor. Bits has scattered around the room, but the majority of the fragments lay right next to the dresser itself.
Kano tilted his head and smiled. "I'll wait outside," he stated in a cheery voice that could only be conveyed through the use of his 'eyes.' In reality he was feeling quite sour, because he knew she was not telling him something and then there was the fact that he did not feel up to talking about what had occurred a few nights prior.
He left the room without another word.
Once Kano had left, Kido uncrossed her arms from her chest and gazed at her palms. Her hands were pink from skidding on the ground, and both of them were bleeding due to a few brownish-orange colored shards that had pierced her skin.
Kido went to open one of the drawers of her dresser, but a flash of crimson caught her attention. The green-haired girl focused her gaze on her reflection as the last of the red faded out of her eyes.
"...Someone save me..."
DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN! I wonder what's wrong with Kido?
Anyway, like usual reviews are always appreciated *nudge nudge* and hopefully I can write/post the next chapter soon.
-The Jade Empress