Okay! This is the second chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed the first! Review please!
Chapter 2:
Now Friends
-Mansion-
It was 3:30AM and I couldn't get another wink of sleep anymore. I guess I really was too tired to even think straight. I felt someone's arm embracing me… well… there were two arms embracing me actually on both sides. I turned left first then right. On the left, I saw Rei sleeping soundly as always. Then, on my right, I saw Mineko staring at me. We used telepathy to talk to each other so we wouldn't wake Rei up.
"I thought you were asleep?" I asked.
"I thought you were asleep yourself. Was there something in your mind to wake you up so suddenly?" She asked in return.
"No. Nothing's wrong right now. I guess I just had enough sleep already."
"Oh…"
"What about you? Why did you wake up so suddenly? Did I wake you up?"
"No. You didn't wake me. I just ended up awake that's all."
"I'm quite hungry. I'm going downstairs to get milk." I told her and she was still staring at me.
"I'm coming with you. Let's just be careful not to wake Rei up. Maybe replace your body with a long pillow?" She suggested.
"Okay, on the count of three."
"One…"
"Two…"
"Three!" Then I suddenly moved out of the way and Mineko replaced my body with a long pillow.
"Good job now let's go downstairs… I want some cake while we're at it. I'm so freaking hungry." I stuck my tongue out on her.
"Hai, hai. Let's go before she finally wakes up." She poked my nose while saying that.
We finally got down the long staircase and headed to the kitchen. The maids and security were still asleep in their quarters. I checked the security alarm on the right side of the wall I was standing next to, it was turned on so I wouldn't have to worry if they've forgot about it or not… the red light blinking was too obvious and bright and every room in this mansion has a security alarm, heck, the whole school does.
"There. We can finally talk with our normal voice volume already." I said as I got us milk and cake from the fridge.
"Mmm… yeah. I wonder if Rei noticed that she's hugging a pillow instead of you." She said as I handed her the cake and poured milk in her glass.
"Probably not… she is a deep sleeper after all. " I replied smiling at her.
While eating and drinking our snack, I heard a knock on the door. Who would knock on the door this early in the morning? I thought to myself as I looked at Mineko with curious eyes. She motioned to answer the door and I followed her. The knock was rather silent since it's such a big mansion. But we're vampires and we can hear any noise whether near or far. It does have a limit though. We can also read people's thoughts. So we would know if someone is going to bully someone or do something with good intentions. The school is safe and peaceful because we know what's going on in their minds although the students and staff don't know that. We keep it as a secret from all of them. As we walked through the long red carpeted hallway towards the door, the person outside still knocked silently, careful enough not to wake anyone up. We got to the front of the door, and I motioned Mineko to step aside so that I could look into the peep hole. I saw Spook's face and he was… SHIVERING!
"Oh my gosh! Spook what are you doing here this early in the morning?!" I said in my low voice, almost whispering.
"I don't really know. I couldn't sleep. So I figured I would pay you a visit since I could sense that you were awake." He said smiling.
How could he even sense that I was awake? I thought to myself.
"Are you gonna let me in or am I just gonna freeze out here by myself?"
"OH! Oops sorry. Please come in." I said practically dumbfounded.
"Hey there Mineko-san… I didn't know you were awake as well." He noticed Mineko standing behind me when he came inside but Mineko smiled and replied, "Hey. We were just eating our snack in the kitchen. Would you like some?" She suggested.
"What are you guys having?" He asked.
"Milk and cake." I replied smiling back at him.
I closed the door behind me, locking it securely as it was earlier. We led him into the warm kitchen and I told Mineko to sit him down and let him warm up. I got him warm milk instead of cold and then I got a slice of slightly warmed up cake I took out of the fridge earlier.
"Here you go. Hope the cake isn't too cold. I just took it out before you knocked on the door." I said to him and handed him the cake.
"Mmmm… it's really good. And no, it isn't that cold. Thanks." He replied as he ate. I poured some hot milk for him as well.
"No problem, Spook. So how did you find this mansion? It's way at the other side of your dorm." I asked with my left eyebrow raised.
"I walked here and I just followed your scent. You had pretty strong but relaxing perfume on. Until now, I can still smell it." He winked and I sort of blushed.
"R-really? My scent is that strong?" I stuttered as I replied making me blush even more out of embarrassment.
"Yup. I've got a strong nose too actually. I can even smell Mineko's scent from the classroom until here in this mansion. Nice place by the way." I raised my eyebrow again and started to laugh and so did Mineko. I suddenly thought of the time so I turned to look at the clock. It's already what time?! 6:30AM?! I thought in horror and worry! We need to get fixed up for the new day.
"Uhmm… guys?" I said in a worried voice.
"What is it, Riko-chi?" Mineko asked in a replying worried look.
I pointed to the clock to make them look at the time themselves. Eventually, they panicked.
"What the heck?! Is that the time already?! We need to get dressed!" Mineko panicked and I shoved my hand onto her mouth because she was already yelling.
"Be quiet! You'll wake everybody!" I said.
"Mmmfff"
"What?" I asked and she licked my hand.
"Eeew! You hand licker!" I wiped off my hand on my pj's.
"Well we do have to wake Rei don't we?" She said.
"Shoot! Oh yeah! Okay, go wake her up. I'll take care of everything down here." I said and pushed her to the stairs and going back into the kitchen where Spook was standing.
"Thanks for the company, Odoriko. Say thanks to Mineko-san for me too." He said smiling at me and giving me a peck on my left cheek.
"Sure. It was our pleasure, Spook. I'll give her the message as well. Are you gonna be alright going back on your own out in the cold?" I asked with my oh-so worried eyes again.
"I'll be fine, don't worry. Now you better go up there and help Mineko-san wake Reira-san up and get ready." He lifted a hand and gave me another peck on my cheek before he left the door and closing it behind him leaving me just standing there and I suddenly snapped out of my thoughts again and ran up to my room to help Mineko wake Rei. As I reached my room and went in, I jumped on the bed over Rei and continued jumping up and down until she woke up. She really is a deep sleeper and Mineko and I knew that a long time ago. The only option left to do was to get her off my bed, lift her to the bathroom, lay her in the tub; her face facing the faucet, turning it to the warm side and let the hot water pour onto her face until she finally wakes up, eventually bumping her forehead onto the faucet itself and still panicking. Mineko and I laughed as usual seeing Rei's face soaking wet and pouting and rubbing her head.
"That's not funny, you guys." Rei said pouting and turning off the faucet.
"It was actually. You should see you face, Rei, it was so funny. But we're sorry. We had no choice! You wouldn't wake up at all!" Mineko said, still laughing. I laughed along with her.
Rei was still pouting and got out of the tub, still wet of course. Rubbing her forehead, she went out of my bathroom and into her own bedroom. She didn't bang the door though, although, I hope she won't fall back asleep again like the last time.
"Hey Rei, don't fall back asleep! You gotta get ready too. We'll be late." I yelled from my room.
"Hey, Min-chan, you should get ready too. We still got Student Council duties to attend to before classes start." I motioned Mineko out of my bathroom, then bedroom and into to her own room.
As I went back to my bedroom, I locked it and went straight to my bathroom to bathe and get ready for a new day at school with our new student and new friend, Adderly Valencia, also known as Spook, I still kept on thinking that he was different from all the other students. It never even crossed my mind until now that he might be a vampire hunter. No. He can't be. I shook my head at the thought which kind of scared me in the process of thinking of it. I had both my hands on my temples rubbing them since I'm getting a slight headache. But how could he have smelled my scent from yesterday until today? That is not normal at all. I thought again and shook my head again. I turned on the shower looking down… staring at absolutely nowhere… thinking… shaking my head over and over again until I get dizzy. There are a lot of things confusing me. I just suddenly snapped out of my train of thoughts again when I heard a knock on my bathroom door. Didn't I lock my bedroom door? I know I did. I suddenly thought. Then, I was so stupid to think again… I remembered we were vampires and we can teleport anytime we want to. Heh. I guess locking my bedroom door was a useless thing to do in the first place. Then I heard another knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked, my voice reaching the door.
"It's me, Mineko. You better hurry up or you'll be late, Riko-chi. You've been in there for almost 30 minutes!" She said.
"Okay. Thanks. You and Rei go ahead… I'll see you in the Student Council office." I told her.
"Okay. Hurry up." She replied then left. I got out of the bathroom, seeing and sensing that the two of them have already left leaving me getting ready and the maids and security downstairs doing their assigned jobs. I got my uniform out of my closet and changed into it. I dried my hair, brushed my teeth, fixed my bag and went off to school. I teleported to the office instead of having my driver take me or walking.
-Student Council Office-
"Hey guys. Ugh… are those new papers?" I asked while I groaned.
"Apparently, yes. They just came in. We've finished sorting them out. So all you have to do is sign them, Riko-chi." Rei told me.
"Really? Am I that late or did you two finish it so darn quickly?" I chuckled.
"We finished it quickly. We sense that you teleported here while we weren't looking." Mineko said grinning at me.
"Yeah, why? Did I startle you guys again?" I raised my left eyebrow while laughing.
"Sort of but that's no problem. We're getting used to it anyway." They said in unison. We tend to do that a lot for some odd reason.
"Okay then… give me those papers please. I'll sign them now so I won't have to do it at lunch. I'll get lazy later anyway." I admitted and they handed me the sorted papers.
I signed them one by one with my fast hands, practically just stamping them since our names were on a separate stamp and we used different colored inks to indicate our position; red for the President, blue for the Vice President, and purple for the Secretary, so the students and staff wouldn't have to ask who finished the work and who signed it. After signing the papers, I sorted them out again and double checked if I signed everything. I love being organized, it's a habit. We were done for the morning work, finally. We walked out of the office and locked it for security and walked to our homeroom class which was four classrooms away from the office. All the students greeted us with utmost respect and smiles and it flattered us and of course, we greeted them back with a wave and a smile. It gets tiring at some point in time, but we can't be snobbish and treat them like trash as if we're popular and wouldn't care at all. But actually, in the student's eyes, we are popular, but we care for everybody here. As we walked and we caught sight of our classroom, we all saw Spook standing by the door waiting for the three of us.
-Class 3-A-
"Ohayou!" We all said in unison to the boy standing beside the door, practically shocked but smile all the same.
"Do you three always say things all at the same time?" He asked while letting go a soft chuckle.
"Actually, yes… sorry we startled you. But you should get used to it though. We do it all the time without even noticing sometimes." I said smiling at him.
"Then get used to it, I shall." He replied smiling back.
"Thanks for keeping me company last night, Mineko, Odoriko." He thanked us while we were still standing there.
"No pro--" I was about to reply but suddenly…
"He went to our mansion last night?!" Rei almost yelled if it wasn't for Mineko who had nudged her to remind her that we were inside the halls.
"Not exactly last night… it was like, 3:30 in the morning when Mineko and I got hungry and went to get a snack." I said.
"Oh… no wonder I woke up hugging a pillow instead of you." She pouted and I let out a soft chuckle.
"Heh. I wanted to get up. I got so hungry. And I wouldn't wanna wake you up too early either. Mineko ended up the same." I stuck my tongue out. And I heard some of the students' thoughts. Some of them were whispering, "Isn't Miyane-senpai the coolest? She can be funny yet serious. She's smart, beautiful, and thoughtful. She's perfect!", to the other student. I felt flattered at that time and Mineko and Reira could see it in my face as well leaving Spook a little bit clueless as to why I looked flattered when he heard no one talking about me that loud at all. He doesn't have to worry though, because I will be telling him everything about us three when he's ready to listen and when we're close enough for him not to get too shocked. That was the plan… and both Rei and Mineko agreed to it last night. We laughed in our thoughts just looking at Spook's confused face.
"Come on guys. We better get inside before sensei comes in." I motioned everyone to get into the classroom while Mineko and Rei were busy getting everyone seated and behaved.
"Good. Everyone is here. All is left is sensei." I mumbled to myself not realizing Spook was right beside me listening.
"So you're really serious about your duties, huh?" He smirked and I returned that smirk of his.
"Well yes. I can be lazy at times too, you know. I couldn't be always serious on my studies and duties. I might end up getting sick and I so wouldn't want that."
"Why not?"
"Because that would mean I'm letting everyone down. And I'm letting my partners down as well. I don't want them to do all the work for me. It would be unfair." I smiled at him.
"You really care for this school. I can see that. You're a just person too. I think we'll really be good friends." He smiled back as he replied.
"I think so too. Maybe when we get close enough, I would tell you everything you need to know about me. Mineko and Rei would probably do the same." I said.
"Is that a promise?" He asked.
"Yes it is. It's a promise." And we pinky swore on it. It is kind of childish but I still love pinky swearing. It makes me relaxed about the promises I make and I keep them.
Finally… Tamaki-sensei came in to class… it was only homeroom so only announcements were said. Everyone thankfully behaved as they were supposed to. There was an event coming up and Mineko had announced it. It was going to be the school festival in one month. We're announcing this early so we could make the correct arrangements and so that nothing will go wrong. Rei and Mineko have already started writing down the students' suggestions for booths that will also be held by the students themselves, but with our help and supervision of course. We wouldn't want to do anything indecent and scare away outsiders with utter disgust. It'll take all our efforts to be able to perfect this and make our festival memorable and the best!
