(Yeah I didn't update cuz my laptop needed repairs and the first thing you guys are getting is a nightmare scene which I guess is just typical me.)
Kai's p.o.v
I woke up in the middle of the night because I felt something on my arm when I looked down I noticed Vixie had latched herself onto my arm. I didn't want to wake her but it's not like I was comfortable with how close she was; I tried to pull her arms away but that made her dig her nails into my arm; I winced at how sharp they were almost like claws.
After a few minutes I finally managed to pry her off me, and was surprised to hear her whimper and curl in on herself, maybe she's having a nightmare and I should wake her up. I tried shaking her awake but she latched onto my arm again. I rolled my eyes pulling my arm away and turning on my side so my back was facing her, she probably wouldn't appreciate me being concerned so I'll just leave it be.
The next thing I felt was her warm body against my back I looked over my shoulder to see her gripping onto my shirt her forehead leaning between my shoulder blades; I sighed for about the third time that night and lay my head back on the pillow allowing her to stay close, it's not like it means anything anyway.
(The next morning.)
"Wake up sleeping beauty." I groaned and squeezed my eyes tighter shut, "hey breakfast is getting cold hurry up and get your lazy-ass out of bed, don't make me pour water on you." the voice persisted I groaned and felt my body turn over trying to block out whoever it was who was speaking.
I heard the voice sigh and footsteps padded to the other side of the bed. I gasped in surprise when something was yanked from beneath me and I rolled off the bed hitting the floor hard. There was a burst of laughter and I glared at Vixie who had doubled over laughing holding the sheet she had pulled from beneath me, I growled at the girl, how the hell did she wake up before me?
"That's what you get for being lazy next time I really will pour water on you." she said with a grin way too cheery for someone who had woken up so early.
"Oh relax Kai I was just having some fun I actually pegged you for an early riser."
"The only reason I wake up earlier than most people is so that I can have some peace before my annoying teammates decide to drive me up the wall." I growled.
"I see, well it's probably for the best if you're this grumpy when you wake up, you'd be possibly murderous if people annoyed you in the morning." She said her grin still bright as ever, I repeat way too early for anyone to be so cheerful.
"And what are you doing?"
"Annoying you." she stated.
"Exactly, so give me one good reason not to murder you right now." I threatened, her bright smile turned into a sly smirk and I gulped knowing I just walked into a trap, she walked up to me with her hands behind her back kneeling in front of me since I was still on the floor, she leaned towards me till her mouth was right by my ear and I could feel her breath on my neck.
"Because…" she whispered in a slow seductive voice and I felt myself start to sweat,
"I made you coffee." She said instantly rocking back on her heels producing a mug of the dark drink from behind her back the sly smirk wiped without a trace and replaced with an innocent smile.
I took the mug numbly; I would've thought that, that whole scene-or whatever that was-never happened if it weren't for the heat of her breath still lingering on my skin, she flashed me another sweet smile before walking out of the room.
I stared down at my steaming cup of coffee as if it was poisoned, which for all I know it could be, the same thought ran rampant through my head.
THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!
Vixie's p.o.v
I buried my face in a pillow to muffle my laughter, I got out of that room as fast as I could and crashed onto the sofa or else I would've burst out laughing right there, Kai's face was just priceless, I mean Mr. stone-face-Hiwatari was BLUSHING, oh god, I hope I didn't scare the poor guy too much.
The memory of Kai looking at me with that deer caught in the headlights look flashed in my mind and I laughed till tears threatened my eyes, what an idiot.
I heard the bedroom door open and close and I immediately stifled my laughter. I glanced at Kai and shivered, he looks so angry that at this point; I think Satan would eat his heart out, wait… does he even have a heart- NOT THE TIME VIXIE.
"Breakfast is on the table." I said smiling, he glared at me gave an 'hn' and sat down at the table eating the food I made quietly, yeesh his pride seriously can't take jabs.
I walked across the hardwood floors of our penthouse suite which had a kitchen and living room as well as the bedroom; I shudder to think of the poor shopping malls that would have to go out of business if Mariah had this kind of money.
I sat across from Kai who was just taking a bite of the eggs I made, "is it good?" I asked for the sake of conversation, "it's not bad." He replied curtly, I guess that's his way of complimenting someone…I think.
"Hey why don't we hit the pool after breakfast? It's not too sunny anyway." I asked, Kai looked at me but his face was unreadable as ever, damn does this guy even know how to make facial expressions?
"Whatever." He murmured, so it's official I'm getting him a new vocabulary for Christmas.
(At the pool.)
"Kai, is that you?" we both turned our heads to see a red head waving at us (oh just a heads up I revamped Tala's personality.)
"Who's that?" I asked, as the red head along with a pretty looking blonde-brunette walked up to us.
"My friend." Kai stated and my jaw dropped, he gave me an annoyed look followed by, "what's with that reaction?"
"Oh this is to show that I'm in shock that you actually have friends." I clarified, okay so I'm being a little mean.
"Of course I have friends; Tala has been with me since we were kids."
"Oh I didn't think you had zero friends I just thought the things you're friends with is more along the lines of, oh I dunno… rocks." I deadpanned, "didn't you want to swim?" he asked annoyed, well yeah that's why I'm at the pool in my swimsuit, I rolled my eyes and looked at Kai to register his hand giving my shoulder a light shove and,
SPLASH!
DAMN THAT BLOODY TROLL! I spluttered as my head burst above the water, Kai had a condescending smirk on his lips, I swear when I get my hands on him I'll use that dumb scarf of his to strangle him!
"Hey, need a hand?" the pretty blonde-brunette asked extending her hand to me politely, I smiled grabbing her hand; I was surprised at how strong she was when she pulled me out of the pool effortlessly.
"Thanks, I'm Vixie by the way." I grinned, "I'm Julia it's nice to meet you, Vixie." She smiled at me her emerald green eyes sparkling, wow! She's really beautiful.
"Tala, this is Vixie my… err..." Kai hesitated, even I'd have second thoughts when walking up to my childhood friend and saying, 'oh hey have you met my wife? Who I married after spending less than two minutes with.' That just screams LUNATIC!
"I'm the granddaughter of a work colleague in his grandfather's company; Kai and I are keeping each other company for a few days, while our grandparents deal with some business affairs overseas." I lied smoothly, best part of being a fox Yokai lying and trickery are our main features.
Tala and Julia ate up the lie easily, Kai was looking at me with an eyebrow raised, jeez what is going through that guy's head?
We all sat at a table by the pool side engaging in meaningless chit-chat, well me Tala and Julia were Kai just commented occasionally, other than that he was kinda just staring at me which is really creepy.
"So Tala why are you here?" Kai asked turning his attention back to his childhood friend; I touched my forehead to confirm whether or not Kai's stare had actually burned a hole through my head.
"Oh the team forced me on vacation, and I just happened to run into Julia who told me her circus was performing here."
I looked at Julia whom I've discovered is not only pretty but has a very interesting personality, honestly how is she still single, "so you're a clown?" somehow it sounds insulting when you ask someone that.
"Yeah kinda… hey! I'm performing with my twin brother tonight you should come see." She said with a bright smile; I turned towards Kai, "so can I go?" I asked feeling like a five year old who wanted to go play.
Kai looked at me then nodded, if you're wondering why I asked Kai for permission it's because… um… because I… because I have no reason to give you a legit reason.
I felt a vibration in my pocket, digging out my cellphone I checked the caller ID and grinned. I looked at the others who were sending me curious glances, "uh… sorry guys I've gotta take this."
I hoped off my seat hitting the answer button all the while feeling a pair of crimson eyes following my movements.
"Yo, who is this?" I asked of course I knew who it is I just wanted to know what she'd say.
'It's me.'
"Satan?" I teased.
'Close, c'mon Vix stop fooling around.'
I let out a laugh just happy to hear her voice, "It's been a long time since I've spoken to my baby-sister."
'YOU'RE OLDER BY TWO HOURS!'
"I'm also older by brain development since you're brain seems to still be an atom bordering on non-existent." A frustrated growl came through the other end, I looked over my shoulder Kai was still eyeing me suspiciously, does he not trust me I feel like we're gonna be in for marriage counseling very soon, which reminds me…
"Oh I'm married by the way."
'Very funny Vixie.'
"Actually I'm very serious it was arranged and it'll only last like two years, lemme tell you though I could replace my husband with a stone wall and no one would notice the switch."
There was silence on the other end until,
'That's it I'm flying over to Japan.'
"WAIT-WHAT? HELLO? ALEXIA!" the phone beeped signifying that my brat of a sister cut the line, SHE BLOODY HUNG UP ON ME!
(In ?)
Alexia's p.o.v
MARRIED, SHE CAN'T BE SERIOUS! Vixie is a master at lying but I've always been able to see through them but this… okay, that settles it I'm going to see her.
Two strong arms wrapped around me pulling me to a solid chest, "Who were you calling? And why are you trying to burn a hole in the floor with your pacing?"
"We're going to Japan." I stated the man behind me straightened, I spun around staring stubbornly into the eyes of my boyfriend.
"Exactly why are you asking me to fly to the other end of Asia with you?"
"I'm not asking, I'm commanding you to fly to the other end of Asia with me." I deadpanned, but unfortunately I had to fall for a guy who's the definition of stubborn male pride, he crossed his arms over his chest and glared at me.
I glared back at him, realizing that wasn't going to get me anywhere I sighed and gazed up at him pleadingly, "please, it's for my sister I'm worried, and if we're gonna continue dating, I hate to say this but you're gonna have to win her over first."
When the man before me didn't seem like he would budge I stepped closer to him placing my hands on his chest, looking up at him with sad puppy eyes and fluttering my eyelashes subtly.
"Give me two hours to pack and book a flight." He sighed in defeat, walking away to grab some suitcases, I grinned secretively, wouldn't Vixie be proud if she could see me now.
That reminds me I better go find a chainsaw, I want to be prepared when I meet the guy who dared touch my big sister.
Kai's p.o.v
"Who was it?" I asked, as Vixie returned to her seat, "oh my baby-sister is coming to visit." I looked at her with an eyebrow raised I never knew she had a sister.
"She's not my actual sister her parents are lesbians just like mine, my grandpa- and this is a fact I could've gone through life not knowing- was the sperm donor for them, so in some weird twisted way we're technically sisters." I guess I'm a bit envious of her, she seems to have an amazing family, no past that haunts her constantly and- I can't believe I'm saying this- is insanely attractive, I'll admit at first I was planning to just treat her like a fangirl, just ignore her and get on with my life, but with her it feels almost like she's analyzing everything about me whenever she looks at me, which is annoying because I'm used to being the observer not the one being observed.(OOC APOLOGY: I'm sorry this para is soooo wrong on Kai's part.)
Julia glanced at her watch then looked back at Tala, "hey Tala we gotta go."
"Why?"
"I thought you said you wanted to come see the way we set up the stage." I chuckled Tala wanting to see the way a stage is set up is probably code for, Tala wanting to stalk Julia more until he can grow some balls and ask her out.
Once Julia and my best friend disappeared Vixie turned towards me, "is it just me or does Tala have a crush on Julia?" I nearly fell off my seat but of course, I'm not Tyson.
"How'd you figure that out?" I asked, trying to keep the curiosity out of my voice, Tala has opened up a lot since the abbey out of all of us he made the most progress with dealing with emotions, Spencer opens up only around people he trusts, Bryan well… he is handling his anger better than before, as for me-I'm going off topic, anyway it's just unbelievable to think a complete stranger would be able to read Tala like an open book.
"Just the way he looked at her I guess, reading people has always been a strong point of mine."
"Is that so, alright then tell me what you think of me?" I challenged.
Her amethyst eyes turned to me and again I felt that exposed sensation, as if she was breaking the barriers I had carefully constructed, but what worries me is that I didn't mind.
"You create barriers and distance yourself from others, but that's only because you don't want to see the people you care about get hurt, and no matter what they may do to you, mistreat you or even use you as a tool, once you have some shred of loyalty towards that person you'll be by their side even if you get nothing in return. You also don't want people to see the real you because you think they won't except it so you keep up a cold façade to keep others away, but I think when you do finally find someone you trust with all that you are, those barriers will crumble easily. I get the feeling you're still haunted by the demons of your past you're scared, scared that those demons might come back but you don't want to let anyone else get involved so you try to stay strong and fight those demons on your own. You're a strong person Kai, but sometimes it's okay to fall back on the strength of others."
I stared at her wide-eyed, I couldn't breathe every word she spoke, as if daring me to deny it, I wanted to tell her she's wrong, that she didn't know anything about me but I'd be lying to her and myself. The things about me that took my friends years to figure out, she saw them all within a glance, but what concerns me is that I barely knew anything about her.
"Well I'm going back to the room to take a nap." Vixie smiled walking away before I could reply.
(In the room)
Vixie's p.o.v
I ran into the bedroom locking it, I was panting heavily the adrenalin leaving my body. That was close I nearly forgot about the timer, brushing my hair out of my face I walked into the bathroom stripping my clothes off.
3…2…1… I felt my body convulse, as my bones shifted and my hair grew longer engulfing my body.
I walked out the bathroom and stopped to look at my reflection in the full-body mirror of the bedroom, but instead of a normal looking human the mirror showed me a larger than normal red fox with two tails.
That fox is a form I'll never reveal to anyone, I'm not ashamed of it but people tend to fear things they perceive as 'abnormal'. If I don't change into my fox form at some times of the day my body will do it against my will; it's like denying who I am, I'm every bit a fox as I am human.
"Vixie?" OH SHIT! I forgot about Kai but I can't change back for another 15 minutes!
"Hey are you here?" what do I do? Better answer him for now.
"Y-yeah but don't come in the room!" I answered; what? Did you think I couldn't speak in this form?
"Why, what's wrong?" WHY MUST HE ASK QUESTIONS?
"I-I… I'M NAKED!" I panicked okay? But still why'd I have to say that? Well it's half true since I'm not wearing any actual clothes but fur counts!
"I'll… wait for you outside then?"
"Y-yeah, good idea." UGH! THIS IS SOOO EMBARRASSING!
I looked back at my reflection where the fur on my face seemed a shade darker. I'm never gonna live this down.
I waited a few more minutes until the fur on my body receded into my regular twin pig-tails my back straightened to its normal position; I looked at my reflection again and sighed, but wait- something's missing… oh! Right- CLOTHES!
Wolf: well I think that's enough.
Michi: *hits wolf with inanimate objects*
Wolf: *crying* I'M SORRY FOR BEING LATE!
****AND THIS CHAPTER GOES OUT TOO DROPLETS OF BLUE RAIN A.K.A MISTY THANKS FOR THE AWESOME REVIEWS!*********
RANDOM QUESTION: anyone wanna guess who I paired Alexia with? *evil grin* I'll give you a hint two words; ANGER MANAGEMENT.