Ace was staring at the clock, her bottom lip pushing her top lip up and resting a pencil up there. She scratched her neck and shivered, looking over to the other students to see if they were bored whatsoever. All of them had their noses in a textbook. "Robots much?" grumped Ace to herself. She was in the same class as some chick people called the 'Prince of Spica'. "Prince my ass…" Ace went back to looking at the clock.
Finally the bell rang and she dashed out of the room at top speed, skidding down the halls and jumping into her new room. Immediately she stripped and threw all her clothes at the door just as Yaya walked through the door. The raven stopped when she was pelted with a wad of sweaty clothes. She tossed them to the side and flopped onto the bed, sighing into the pillow.
Ace never really talked to Yaya, for she had no interest in her. Yaya wasn't in the least intimidated by the talk girl, and so she paid her no heed. The demon slipped on some biker shorts, a casual t-shirt, and some sneakers. She headed out, slamming the door behind her. People were still intimidated with her, but a lot were in awe from her fighting skills, and some were downright intrigued by her being Italian.
She was just heading out for a casual walk of sorts, and she ended up around the stables and riding rink. Some little blonde girl was standing by a tree while that 'Prince' was riding around on a white horse. She chuckled and shook her head, leaning forward against the fence and watching her. After a while Amane dismounted and headed towards Ace, her helmet off. "Shit… What's she want from me?" Ace mentally growled as the prince stood next to her.
"Ah… You're the new student from Europe. Do you ride?" Amane tilted her head a bit, and smiled all princely like. Ace threw up in her head, gagging and choking, but she kept it on the inside. As Yuki had said, 'make a good impression'.
"NOP. Horses hate me. Actually every animal hates me. Except the vicious ones." Amane was quite a tall girl, but Ace had proved that wrong. She towered greatly above her, for Ace was around 6"5. "I don't really care either. Its not like I'm gonna be swinging a sword at someone atop a mule or whatever." Ace rolled her eyes and Amane chuckled a bit.
Really. This girl was sincerely annoying her. She already hated her with a passion. Therefore, Ace decided to cut the conversation short. "Yeah… Anyway. I'm on my sorta experimental walk… Just… Explorin' and stuff… Y'know… Peace." Ace waved and headed away, Amane looked up and nodded.
"Yes. I shall see you in school. You're in a lot of my classes," Once again Amane made that smile. That smile that Hikari fell in love with, but the one that Ace grew to despise.
And so our hero journeyed on.
Everywhere she went something new was seen. It wasn't very interesting, but she felt too cooped up in the school.
At one point she stopped. She just stopped and breathed, listening to the birds in the air. She looked at the sky and snarled. "DAMN IT ALL. I JUST WANT MY GUNS!" her eyes flared up and she started punching and kicking at a tree. The tree shook and quaked a few times until it was uprooted and fell to the ground causing a whole flock of birds to screech and scatter. "Oh shit…"
A twig snapped and she went into defensive dance, which looked pretty silly without a weapon. A young girl with navy hair that was tied back in a white ribbon emerged, carrying a book, a journal and a pencil. "O-Oh. I had no idea that someone else was here, please forgive me. A-And…" the girl's eyes immediately went to the fallen tree.
Ace looked to the side, stood up straight, pointed to the tree, then looked at the girl. "I did not do that" Ace shook her head "definitely not. NOP! Not me." The mystery girl looked at her awkwardly and smiled nervously.
"I-I hadn't thought you did…" the two spent an awkward moment in silence, before the girl broke it. "Who are you? I don't think I've ever seen you before" she tilted her head and looked up at Ace with sapphire eyes. Ace blinked and nodded opening her mouth and pausing for a moment.
"Yeah. I wouldn't think you would've seen me yet. I just transferred here from Europe… Erm… I came here from France, but I'm really Italian…" Ace looked to the side and scratched her forearm.
"Ohhhh… I've heard of you! There was two, right? You and a girl with white hair. Everyone at Lulim is talking about how beautiful she is… And… E-Everyone on campus is talking about how frightening they think you are…" the girl sheepishly looked to the side.
"… Yeah that sounds like us…" Ace chuckled and hung her head, looking at the ground. She bounced her head up to look at the girl again. "I never caught your name, by the way… S'not really fair, is it? You get my name, but I don't get yours?"
The girl smiled and nodded. "Yes, I guess its not fair. My name is Tamao. Suzumi Tamao" she tipped her head and sat down on the fresh grass and opening the book, flipping a few pages before stopping and reading, piquing Ace's curiosity. The demon headed towards her and slipped down on the grass, sitting casually with one leg down and one leg up. Her forearm was rested on her knee and she looked over to what Tamao was reading.
"What'cha readin'?" Tamao showed her the book. It was a collection of Edgar Allen Poe's works. Ace chuckled softly and scratched her head.
"Yeah I remember that guy… A bit full of 'imself, but decent enough…" Tamao looked up and tilted her head.
"What?"
"Oh nothing nothing…" Ace looked to the side and mentally slapped herself. "That was stupid." Another five minutes went by and the two said nothing. Ace decided to break the ice. "So you like poetry, huh? What're you, a writer? Do you go out here for the quiet or the ambience?"
Tamao looked up upon receiving the question, smiling a bit. "Both I guess… I guess… I just want to get away from it all… Nagisa-chan… Sometimes it just gets a bit too much… Nagisa-chan… Its funny though. I keep going back. Nagisa-chan…" it was taking her tons of deep, quiet breaths to keep herself from breaking down.
"Why?" Ace blinked, her eyebrow tilted up. "Why do you keep going back?"
"Sometimes you just care too much for the person…"
"Well if you're friendly with the person, they probably wouldn't want you writhing around in pain all the time. So wouldn't it be better to leave it be and move on?"
"Its not that simple."
"Sure it is."
"But there's that little piece of your heart still longing for that person…"
"So meet someone new. Simple."
"What if you can't?"
"Why wouldn't someone be able to?
"Some people just aren't socially inept."
"… Unless you have autism or summit like that I see no reason to complain."
"Well what if the person is brought up harshly?"
Ace flinched at that, a small bubble of anger rapidly growing inside of her. Her next response was pretty much a growl. "Suck it up. Fucking suck it up. You see tons of people out there who don't have dainty pasts, not all of them are whiny, emo bitches. Some are. But not all. If you want to meet someone, you have to try. You can't just fucking wait for some goddamn apple to fall outta the tree, you know…"
Tamao blinked and looked up. She was right. Ace was right. Someone she had never met before had brought her hope up in a matter of ten minutes. The person in question had her arms behind her head, eyes close, and resting back.
For the rest of the time by the lake they were silent besides the flipping of pages caused by Tamao and the soft snores of the sleeping Ace.
Not too far from where the two were lazing around in the spring air of the lake, a sweet young girl with locks of white was stroking the head of the most brilliant mare, or animal in general, one could look upon. The horse's coat was sparkling with a brilliant silver sheen, its hooves were the color of molten gold, its mane and tail were like the softest pearl-colored silks, and its eyes were a piercing amber and emerald color. Everything that the girl told to it, it seemed to understand. Somehow, it understood.
"Hmm… Lumiere, how do you think the weather is gonna look today?" the horse nodded and whinnied, causing Yuki to smile in delight. "Ah! It'll rain! That's good for the plants, no? Not to mention oh how I love the rain… I'm sure you don't like it, do you, Miss Lumiere?" the mare pawed at the ground and shook its head, its fur rippling. "That's right… You don't like it because of what it does to your coat…" she kept stroking the mare's head. "I'm so glad they let me bring you here… I don't know what I'd do without you and Ace-chan…" Yuki bent over to give the mare's nose a little kiss before hopping down from the fence. "I'll be back tomorrow, Lumiere~! I have chorus practice now. Bye! Stay warm, okay? And remember about your coat!"
The horse nodded and couldn't help but paw the ground when it witnessed Yuki's adorable demeanor. Lumiere made her way in the stables, making circles before laying down and sleeping. Yuki had a horse, but she never rode her. Lumiere got regular runs, but she had no rider. Well she did… And Yuki was her rider. Though Yuki never rode horses.
Everyone wondered about this. Especially since Lumiere had a saddle, but the saddle was gigantic. Even on a Clydesdale it would slip off.
So there she was.
Right in the middle of Hikari and Yaya.
Once again a novel went on between the blonde and the brunette, but Yuki simply got used to it. She paid it no heed and went on with the song. In the entire chorus, she had the softest, highest voice. It was like wind chimes. Everyone complimented her on it, but she merely shook her head and replied, "I can always get better".
Actually, Yuki thought that Yaya had the most beautiful voice. She loved that sweet sound that Yaya produced. Truth be told, Yuki was a bit scared of Yaya. Somehow, she felt she'd lash out or bite her or something at any moment.
Practice went by decently fast, and Yuki got out of the chorus garb and folded it up, placing it in her pack and heading out. Yaya grabbed her wrist before she headed out.
"Hmm?" Yuki looked back, her headed tilted just a bit.
"I'm sorry. Sorry I was being rude to you the other day."
"H-… O-Oh its okay."
Tsubomi stopped and looked over, folding her arms and scowling at Yaya. "Senpai! Being a partner of a new member is a huge responsibility. You couldn't handle it, you should just give it up and let someone responsible like me handle it."
"Ehhhh?" Yaya tilted her eyebrow up and headed towards Tsubomi, her hands on her hips as she leaned down to the pinkette's eye level. "So you're saying you could do better?"
Tsubomi flushed and snapped. "Of course! More than once you've had to look over my song book because you forgot yours…"
Yaya gave Tsubomi a peculiar look and started tugging her cheek. "Ehhhh, you're a brat, y'know that…" Tsubomi whined in pain and started swatting at her elder. Yaya held her hands up and chuckled softly. "Jeeze… Act like you're dying will ya?"
Yuki blinked and started giggling, covering her mouth and closing her eyes. Tsubomi and Yaya looked up and blinked. "I'm sorry… Its just that you two are so silly… You're cute. I like you guys. I have to go now though…" Yuki did a little bow and smiled. "I hope to see you two tomorrow." She trotted out and waved to them.
"Ah. You like her." Yaya raised her eyebrows and folded her arms, looking down at Tsubomi. "Don't you?" Tsubomi folded her arms and pouted, growling just a teensy bit.
"Why do you think that?"
"Well you used to like Hikari…"
"So?"
"I was just thinking… How she's like Hikari…"
Tsubomi looked up, noticing the raven's slight solemn expression. "She's not. She's nothing at all like Hikari senpai."
"How is she not like her?"
"She's not as thick. She's quieter, and she's not afraid of her emotions. That's what it seems like, anyway. Besides… Hikari senpai is blonde." Tsubomi looked to the side, making another pout expression.
"Ah. Yes. She isn't blonde. Because that's a major difference." Yaya chuckled and ruffled the small girl's pink hair.
The evening crickets awoke Tamao with a start. She rubbed her eyes and looked around for Ace, finally spotting her by the edge of the lake. The demon in question was sitting back on the small hillock, one leg outstretched the other folded up. Her arms were behind her, leaning against her palms, and her head was pointed at the sky, towards the glimmering stars.
Tamao got up and sat next to her, looking up at the stars. "They're beautiful, aren't they? A lot of my poems are about them… They make you think…"
Ace looked at Tamao, and then at the ground. She sighed and ran her fingers through her jagged, short hair. "… I miss France… I miss Lune… I want a French made croissant… I want fresh moonflower dew…"
Tamao smiled and swept her hair back. "I've never been outside of Japan. I want to go though… I've always wanted to go to Italy and England… You're from Italy. Ahhh, can you tell me about it!" Tamao looked at Ace expectantly.
Ace looked at her with a bit of annoyed expression, flabbergasted at the enthusiasm of the small girl. One could practically see the sparkles in her eyes… "I guess so… Its really sunny… A lot of people go there for fashion. We have the mafia… Great cigars. Rome is pretty cool, as well as the Circus Maximus. Its got a lot of history there… I'm not too hot at explaining things…" she hung her head, her eye twitching with annoyance. "Tell me about it? Seriously? Hasn't this chick ever used the internet? Dear god this fucking Catholic girls are deprived…"
Tamao looked down, a bit disappointed, when she looked up and tilted her head. "You can speak Italian though, right? Can you say something in Italian?"
Ace blinked and nodded "Yeah… I can speak Italian… Lemme see… 'Voi cattolici ragazze sono così privato. Voi ragazzi sono tutti probabilmente vergini, eh? Voi ragazzi hanno bisogno di sesso... Sul serio.' How's that?" Ace smirked and fiddled with the grass.
Tamao smiled and looked at Ace gleefully "I've always wanted to learn Italian… Sadly only French is offered here… That's close to Italian though, right?"
Ace swallowed and looked at her, her eyes twitching "I-It's really not…"
"Oh…"
Ace stood up and held her hand down to help Tamao up. Tamao looked up and took her hand, gently being pulled up by the tall girl. "Well I better get going… Getting kinda tired actually. See ya around…" Ace waved and meandered to the dorms. Tamao nodded and watched her go, collecting her things and heading the same way as Ace, though she was behind a bit.
Ace didn't want to go through the maze-like hallways, so she climbed up the tree outside her room and rapped on the window, hoping Yaya was back.
Yaya blinked and covered herself in a towel, stepping outside of the bathroom and looking over at the window. She raised her eyebrows and opened the window, shivering as cold air touched her wet and exposed body. Ace did a barrel roll through the window and stood up, stretching her arms out. The window closed with a slam.
"That's definitely not a human way to enter your room…" Yaya shook her head and smacked her forehead.
Ace blinked and tilted her head. "Wha-? Its perfectly normal to me…"
Yaya slumped over and looked at the demon as if she were crazy. "… Hahaha…" she started chuckling and shaking her head. "I'm going to finish my shower, which you so kindly interrupted." Yaya smirked and pelted Ace's face with a pillow before closing the bathroom door and locking it behind her.
The pillow slowly slid off Ace's face and hid the floor with a muffled 'thud'. Her eyes were narrowed as she got into her night wear. This consisted of some biker shorts and a baggy white t-shirt that was five sizes too large. "That was a fun day. Wonder what Yukin's doing…" Ace closed her eyes and slowly drifted off, her arms folded behind her head.
Actually. Yuki had fallen asleep on the floor.
Down by the stables, the silver mare was looking outside with narrowed eyes. The brass label on her stall door read 'La Lumiere Noire', and it gleamed in the sudden burst of snowy moonlight. The mare's coat glistened and gleamed and it whinnied angrily, getting out of the moonlight's line of fire and curling up in her stall.
Hope it wasn't too bad, guys. ^^;
I'm sorry if the characters are OOC. v.v,
I'm not trying to make my characters amazing or anything… I'm actually trying to make Ace look like an asshole while making her sort of knightly as well. QQ Its rather difficult.
I'm gonna stop updating if you guys don't leave reviews, by the way… I'm getting the feeling that people hate my story, so I'm just going to stop… :I I won't put up another chapter until I get reviews!
By the way... That person who says they're my mother in the reviews... They really aren't. D:
Thats just my rapist.