Synchronicity

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Chapter 3. Another Day, Another Memory

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It was echoing... all the voices... over and over again...

echoing...

"You're a monster... born to be hated..."

"Don't you just hate this world?" "It... it doesn't make any sense..."

"No one cares about you... no one."

"I'd rather die than to give birth to such a beast!"

"this world... it's lonely... and it will always be..."

"This world cares for no one... it just waits for everyone... everything to rot away..."

"It's your fault..."

Ky woke up from this absurd dream. He visualized nothing but the voices got louder and overlapped each other until he couldn't take it anymore. Tired Ky stretched out his arms and walked out of his lonely room and downstairs. To his surprise, Solaria was there in the living room chatting with Millia.

"You really call this early? There's no more sun and the stars are already out..." Ky rubbed his eyes before focusing them to Solaria.

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"Phew! We're done!!" Dizzy cheered and looked at the job she and May had just finished.

"Nya!! Squeaky clean!!! Millia will be HAPPY!!!" May bounced up and down as a way to express her excitedness. The dining room was as clean as if the constructer had just built it. While the two gaped at their work with smiling faces, Sol entered the room. They way he walked indicated that he was as bored as ever.

"Mr. Sol!! Good morning! Oh! er... I mean... Good evening!" Dizzy was obviously in the best mood of her life. May simple "Nya"ed and resumed to her wide chubby smile.

"What the..." Sol raised his eyebrow and stared at Dizzy for a moment. "Whatever, girlie. Go away." Sol stomped passed DIzzy and made his way to the dining room table. He slumped himself onto one of the available chairs.

"Is there anything you want, Mr. Sol?" Dizzy said approaching. Sol clenched his fist and then...

"GET OUT!!!!!!" Sol shoved Dizzy and May out of the room as he shut the tall door with the loudest slam. It sounded as if the doors would fall from its hinges.

"That was..." Dizzy was oddly confused as she sat on the floor with May gibbering random curses at Sol that didn't even make sense. As soon as May was done, Sol opened a portion of the door and threw a broom that made contact with Dizzy's forehead causing her to fall backward. Sol slammed the doors again, and Dizzy laid half-unconscious on the cold floor. "Mr. Sol... ouchie... broom... head... wham..."

"Dizzy? What happened to you...?" Millia gave Dizzy the i-know-who-did-this-to-you-but-I'm-not-saying-it face and helped Dizzy get up.

"That mean sack of meat kicked us out! NYAAA!!!" May screeched and banged her tiny paws onto the doors to annoy Sol.

"Oh... I see..." Millia checked Dizzy's forehead to see no sign of any bleeding.

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"Ky... how are you?" Solaria asked and walked over to give him a kiss. Ky noticed this and quickly backed away before their lips could make any contact. There was a momentary silence between them.

"Sorry..." Ky still looked away from his lover.

"We're engaged... but you have never kissed me yet. Why is that?" Solaria walked close to Ky until she was leaning on his chest.

"Um.. don't you want our first kiss to be at our wedding?" Ky looked down to Solaria and gave her a simple smile.

"When is that? You want to wait for Father to come back but that won't be until next year. Do you really want to wait that long?" Solaria backed away from Ky and waited for his answer.

"That is..." Ky thought about what to say. "I see you brought Mamori with you."

"Mamori always goes with me," Solaria hugged the doll in her arms.

"Mr. Ky! You're awake! Good evening!" Dizzy warmly greeted him as usual.

"Hello, Ms. Dizzy. You must have met Solaria already," said Ky.

"Yes, I have," Dizzy smiled. May walked next to Dizzy and waited for Ky to pet her furry self. Ky looked at the irresistible little furball and cradled it into his arms.

"Nya so good!" May cuddled into Ky's arms as he stroked May's fur. While they were having fun, only Sol and Testament remained down in the dumps. Time passed very quickly, and after dinner Dizzy was left doing the dishes with Ky as her help.

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"Was... was my cooking bad?" Dizzy had a cute puzzled look on her face and stared at Ky.

"Okay.. it was rather burned but it was not a failure," Ky smiled and turned to look at Dizzy.

"...thank you... Mr. Ky," Dizzy felt somewhat secure in Ky's presence. At least when he wasn't in his vampire form.

"Mr. Ky? When you say that, it makes me feel old. You can call me, Ky," he resumed drying the wet dishes that Dizzy washed. Dizzy smiled and handed him the next wet dish. For some time the two stayed silent. Only the sound of the water coming from the faucet could be heard. Ky went forward to reach the next dish that he thought was already washed as Dizzy went to wash it. Instead, their hands landed on top of each other with the unwashed plate underneath. Ky removed his hand and a pink blush appeared on his cheeks. Again, there was silence.

"Mr... I mean, Ky... Millia told me a little bit about the curse... how do you break it?" questioned Dizzy handing another plate to Ky. Ky still remained silent until Dizzy repeated her question.

"Is there a way to-" Dizzy was cut off by Ky's sudden statement.

"Stop it. This is none of your business. You're just a maid here. Don't consider yourself involved with our problems," Ky placed the plate so hard onto the counter that Dizzy feared it might break.

"I'm sorry... but... I-" once again Dizzy was cut off.

"Shut up," Ky left and Dizzy dropped the plate she was about to hand over to him. She thought he was still there. The plate fell with a crash. Dizzy rushed to get a broom to pick up the broken pieces. Unfortunately, Ky didn't help her. She didn't have time to search for the broom so she used her hands to pick up the pieces. Dizzy felt like crying. She didn't mean to anger Ky. She simply wanted an answer. Ky is a vampire. What could he do to her? A few teardrops rolled down her cheeks.

"Hey," said a voice. It startled Dizzy. She turned around to see who it was. To her surprise, it was Testament.

"Mr.-Mr. Testament..." Dizzy tried to smile but her emotions wouldn't let her.

"Did Ky do this?" Testament went over to Dizzy. He removed the glass pieces from her trembling hands and put them into his own.

"Um... It was my fault. I asked him something... I... I shouldn't have... I deserve it!" Dizzy wiped her tears and buried her face in her bleeding hands. The glass pieces cut her delicate hands.

"About our curse right? Ky gets really sensitive about it. Solaria doesn't even talk about it with him," Testament's seemed to cheer up Dizzy a little. Dizzy bent down to help Testament.

"About before... I'm... I'm sorry..." said Testament quietly almost in a whisper. "I'm not used to seeing girls like you... I thought you were one of those bounty hunters again.

"It's nothing really... thank you for helping me..." Dizzy smiled. Testament gazed at her for a minute. Even with the bandage on Dizzy's face, she was still beautiful. He couldn't take his eyes off. That one smile seemed to remove all his worries. In the light of the half-moon he could clearly see her long flowing blue hair that was tied in two looped pig-tails, her pale skin, and her brown-red eyes.

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Meanwhile, Ky was still in a bad mood. That simple question altered his respect towards others. Now, he was acting as rude as Sol.

"Ky, this isn't right," Millia went in front of Ky.

"Move," was Ky's command. He glared at her and waited for her to move her body out of the way.

"What did Dizzy do to deserve that?" Millia wanted to set that boy straight. He wasn't in his right mind at all.

"Breaking a curse is not simple! This isn't a game! Life to her is nothing more than a fairytale!" Ky threatened to push Millia if she didn't move. Millia did step aside and watched as Ky stomped pass her.

"Think about what you're doing... You're acting like him. Change your attitude and apologize." Ky left with no answer to Millia's demand.

"Stupid Millia. Stupid Dizzy. Stupid everything!" thought Ky. He never actually blamed himself for what was happening. Until a thought popped in his mind. "...She didn't yell back.. she just apologized... She was doing housework for us..." This was his conscience speaking. Ky wanted to ignore it. He knew Dizzy hasn't done anything to put them in danger. It is time to apologize.

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Ky looked around the mansion looking for the loyal maid. He found her on the balcony outside. Her long azure hair flowed with the wind. Dizzy heard someone and turned around.

"Ky," she said with a smile. It was odd how she could recover from depression that fast.

"Ms. Dizzy... I'm sorry about what happened. I just don't like being asked that kind of question," Ky walked toward Dizzy and leaned his arms on the balcony.

"I should be sorry. I should not have said anything about the curse," Dizzy looked up into the sky and fixed her eyes on the moon. It wasn't full so vampires would not be present until next month. "The moon... it's beautiful." Ky turned to look at Dizzy. At this moment, his feelings were identical to that of Testament when he gazed at Dizzy.

"She's... beautiful too..." Ky thought still staring at her.

"Ky... When you look at the sky... what do you think of?" Dizzy asked.

"Nothing really. It's just the sky," Ky looked up with Dizzy.

"Hmm... I think of my memories. When it's quiet outside, and the sky is clear... I feel like forgeting all my problems and remember some good times that I had..." was Dizzy's answer. Ky's never heard such words. With her, he felt like forgetting everything and make some new memories with her.