4: Part of me
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I go over to Adrian's room because it's usual the hour he gets back from whatever he does so I look at his stuff on his bookshelf with pictures of him and his other relatives when I hear the door open. I turn around and it's him; he truffles his hair with the towel as I notice that he just showered when he comes near me to grab a shirt from his closet.
"So what are you doing here Amber? You hardly come into my room unless if something's up," he hollers from his closet
"Why didn't you tell me that you're Akito's brother?" I demand making him peak his head out of his closet and he studies me carefully. After like what feels like a minute or two he shrugs and disappears into his closet.
"I dunno never came to mind to tell you and you never asked." he finally answers making me growl to the point that he can hear me.
"LAME!" I roar making him chuckle. I snarl a bit so he comes out with his shirt on and he just smirks
"Sheez I didn't know it was a crime if I didn't tell you something and how did you find out?"
"Hatori told me," he nods then opens the door to his room,
"Well I'm going to be buying some stuff for the New Year feast oh well the one YOU'RE allowed to go to wanna come?" I shrug
"I got nothing better to do," I head over to the corner store with him that's a couple of minutes away so as we walk I look over at him then notice that Angel's right about him being "smoking". He has the black hair that's so black it can either look like a dark blue or purple if the light hits it right and these auburn-ish looking eyes but that alternate between the red and the brown in them that stand out even more with slightly tanned skin. He looks down at me and smiles then teases
"What? Has my crow beak come out?" I shake my head as we walk but he pulls a bit on my hair so when I turn around to scowl at him he uses me moving as an advantage and picks my wallet out of my back pocket. I feel it pulled out so I turn around and he takes off with it.
"Hey! Give it back!" I screech as I take off after him since I'm a tiger I catch up to him pretty fast so I pounce on him tackling him down to the sidewalk. I'm on him trying to get my wallet when he makes it beyond my reach and he pushes me back as we fight each other for my wallet. I eventually get it back and get off of him, he chuckles as I glare at him so I start walking pass by him but I slap his shoulder with my wallet. We grab the stuff for the feast (some spice my mom wanted) so we're on the sidewalk outside of the store eating ice cream. I lick my ice cream cone with he has the cookie one,
"So what are you going to do meanwhile the New Year's?" I ask as the setting sun gives off a yellow haze to everything making his hair look like it's a clash between black and red. He doesn't reply
"I don't know, I'm just not allowed at the banquet but I can party if I want." he answers
"Hey, um" I push my hair behind my ears and finally muster my courage to ask "why are you a crow? Hatori mentioned that you were a crow because of another curse;" he doesn't look at me
"It's because my dad was married; if you're from a one night stand or an affair the child gets a curse for being the other mistress's or whatever kid."
"That's terrible! It's not like you chose to be the other family!" I yell making him to finally look at me, then I see the resemblance between him and Akito, the same sharp nose and high cheek bones with the slender necks.
"If I could have chosen I wouldn't," He says quietly
"Whatcha mean?"
"I wouldn't have wanted to be related to my father so that way I wouldn't have to deal with the Sohmas or anything." I'm taken back
"Why? Don't you love that you can fly? Soar into the heavens without being bothered?" I ask then he smiles a bit
"You can't imagine a life without the transformations can you?" I smile and shake my head
"In a way the curses and transformations are a part of me; I know it sounds stupid but I wouldn't be able to imagine life without it." He nods then gets up.
"Let's go," I get up too so we're walking back talking when some little kids push us out of the way making me fall onto the asphalt landing on my ankle. He scoops me up out of the way as a car zooms by,
"Can you walk?" he asks as we're on the sidewalk. I try to get up but it sends a sharp pain up my leg so I shake my head. He crouches in front of me with his back towards me then says
"I'll carry you on my back then, c'mon." I wrap myself around him so he stands up and carries me back to the Sohma house. He takes me to my room but as he walks down the hallways I notice that no one's home which is strange because someone should be there at least one person. I kick my door open because his hands are under my thighs supporting me from sliding off of his back and he inches to my bed. I feel his muscles in his back flexing and coiling against my chest and heat burns up in my cheeks so he sets me down.
"Want me to go look for your mom?" he asks, I nod and he opens the door to leave but he takes steps back and somebody presses their way pass him and it's Akito.