Chapter 4. Suspect no. 3
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Ever since yesterday, Kain lay on his bed in foetal position, sulking. Buckets of chocolate ice-cream were on his bedside table, and piles of lavender-scented tissues littered the floor around his bed, indicating who he had stolen them from. "My life sucks."
Aidou sighed, picking up the tissues. Was this really his cousin, or had some love-struck teenager taken his place? "No, it doesn't, you're not picking up tissues with someone else's snot... and you ate all my chocolate..."
"Yes it does, she doesn't love me."
"We don't have any proof that it actually happened."
"But, but we saw them in different clothes, and that building had hearts outside."
Aidou was quite annoyed by Kain's whining now. "So what? It doesn't mean they did it!"
Kain's eyes watered up even more."I made you angry now, I'm a terrible person! Why would Ruka ever like someone so awful as me!"
Aidou nearly fainted, was the redhead making fun of him? "Crybaby..."
Kain sat up. "I'm not a crybaby!"
"Oh really? Crying all day while eating ice cream and hugging your pillow looks like the behaviour of a crybaby to me."
"You have no right to talk, you don't know what it feels like. It's like your whole world has been turned upside down and black is white. Nothing makes sense anymore."
Aidou averted his gaze. "If you feel like that, then you should stop this detective game."
Kain chuckled. "No way."
"But it's killing you, you should stop."
"Hanabusa, I know you don't approve of this, but I want to go through with it until I know for sure what's going on."
Aidou let out a whisper. "What if you don't like what you find? What will you do then?"
"I... I don't know."
Silence filled the room. Kain was worried about what he could find out about Ruka thanks to Aidou's words. On the other side of the room, Aidou was silent as well, lost in his own thoughts. Steps from the corridor were heard. Aidou saw Kain's eyes shine. "Akatsuki, don't."
"It's her. We have to go."
"No, you just said..."
"I'll deal with that when the time comes. Now I just want to go after her. Come on."
Kain left the room, followed by a very reluctant Aidou.
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"Akatsuki, it's too bright, I'm sleepy. Lets go back..."
Kain ignored Aidou's whiny voice. They were in the Academy's forest, trying not to be discovered by Ruka. "Shh, I don't want her to hear us."
"Well, then if we were in our dorm, she wouldn't hear us at all."
Kain looked at Aidou as if he was an idiot. "Yeah, but we wouldn't be able to see what she's up to either."
Aidou's reply was sarcastic. "Oh no, how terrible..." He bumped into Kain's back. "Ouch, my nose!"
"Shh, she stopped."
Aidou peeked over Kain's shoulder. Ruka had stopped and took a tablecloth out of her bag. Setting it down, she got some boxes out of the same bag and opened them. Aidou's nose picked up the lovely scents of chocolate, cream and pastries. She arranged them in a platter and got some drinks out of the bag.
"She's preparing a picnic."
Aidou frowned. "That's too much food just for one person."
"You're so naive, she's obviously meeting someone. And by the type of food, I'd guess it's Ichijou."
Ruka got up and disappeared among the trees. "She's gone, let's eat."
Kain grabbed Aidou's sleeve. "Don't be silly."
"It's easy for you to talk, you ate all of my ice-cream!" Aidou let himself fall to the ground. "I'm hungry..."
"Shut up, she's coming bac..." Kain's jaw dropped.
"Yeah, is she alone?" Silence. "Hey, Akatsuki?" Silence. Aidou got up and waved his hand in front of Kain's eyes, but in vain. Turning around to see what had made Kain so surprised, his own voice disappeared completely.
Ruka was coming out of the trees, pulling someone by the hand. That person's uniform identified him as a student, but it was black. Which meant he was a Day Class student... As soon as his face got out of the shadows, Aidou nearly fainted. It was... Zero Kyriuu.
"It's K-K-Ky-Ky-Ky..." Aidou was stuttering like mad, he couldn't finish the sentence. What the hell was going on inside Ruka's head? He came back to reality when his nose picked up the smell of smoke. Looking at his sleeve, he saw that it was on fire! "What the hell?! Akatsuki, stop it!!"
Tearing his eyes away from Ruka and Zero, Kain realized what he'd done. "Use your ice!"
"I can't, it melts!"
Kain grabbed Aidou's coat and threw it on the floor, stepping on the sleeve until it stopped burning. Picking it up, he gave it back. "Here you go."
Aidou eyed the now earth-covered coat. "Err...no, thank you. You owe me a new Armani coat."
They went back to the task of spying on Ruka and Zero. They were siting down next to each other and talking, although Kain and Aidou couldn't hear them. Zero's eyes never left Ruka's face and he seemed to be concentrating on every single word she said.
"Why is she with him? He's a Level E and disrespects Gang Leade... I mean, Dorm President Kuran, she despises him."
Aidou didn't reply immediately. He was as confused as Kain. Why was Ruka having a picnic with that Kyriuu guy? "I don't know."
As they wondered why, they saw Zero leaning closer to Ruka. Kain tensed. "No..."
"He can't."
Zero bit her.
"That lowlife!" Kain shouted.
"That bloody bastard!" Aidou added.
They were both shocked. How could Ruka let him do that to her? She wasn't even fighting back! Kain clenched his fists, his red eyes showing his intent on damage. "I'm going to put and end to this right now."
Aidou was more than happy to let him do that, but he still wanted to believe they were wrong, that somehow there was an explanation for this. As Kain was starting to walk towards them, Aidou stopped him. "We should go back now."
Kain looked at him, baffled. "What? We can't leave them like this. I know you must be angry as well, no mater how much yo utwo argue, she's our childhood friend!"
"I am, okay? I am very, very angry right now, I can't even see straight. But..."
"No 'buts'! I'm going there." Kain started walking again, only to feel a heavy weight on his back. "Hanabusa, do you think you could get off of me?"
"No."
"Fine, I'll carry you there then." Kain lifted his foot, only to find that he couldn't, as it was frozen. He let out a sigh. "Hanabusa..."
"What?"
"You do know I can just melt it, right?"
"Oh." As Aidou heard the fire crackle and melt his translucent ice, he had to think fast. Suddenly it hit him... literally. A tree branch hit him on the nose, giving him an idea. Hanging on to a branch, Aidou wrapped his legs around Kain's waist, making him unable to keep walking.
"Hanabusa, stop being so stubborn." Kain pulled, but Aidou and the branch were quite strong, so he simply took one of Aidou's shoes off and tickled him.
"Haha! ...Akatsuki, stop it ...haha!" Aidou squirmed, however he had to let go of Kain, hanging onto the branch. "Hey, Akatsuki, wait, you can't leave me hanging here! Akatsuki!" Aidou made such a fuss that the branch broke, leading to him falling flat on his face... again. He rubbed his nose. "Dammit..." Seeing Kain walking away, he wondered how he could stop him now. Looking at the branch next to him, he shrugged. It was worth a try. "Akatsuki, look!"
Kain turned around. "What is it n..." Bam! Aidou hit him with the tree branch.
Aidou cleaned the dust off his hands, muttering. "Think you can leave me there..." Grabbing Kain's feet, he started to drag him back to the dorm. No way was he going to pick him up after what he'd done to his nose.
"Aidou-senpai? What are you doing to Kain-senpai?"
Aidou didn't stop dragging his cousin, recognizing Yuuki's voice. "He's sleepy, I'm taking him back. Shouldn't you be in class?"
"Yeah, but I was looking for Zero. He's been acting weird lately. Have you seen him?"
".... Maybe..."
"Err... yes or no?"
"Maybe, now let me do this alone or help me."
"No, thank you, I have stuff to do." Yuuki walked away, knowing that since all the students were in class, she didn't have to worry about him preying on the Day Class girls.
Aidou finally arrived to the dorm. "You can stay here." Letting go of Kain, he entered their room and left him outside the door. He was tired and hungry thanks to his cousin, so it seemed fair to leave him there until he woke up. Falling on his lavender-scented bed, he immediately fell asleep, but not before wondering what Ruka and Zero were doing.
A/N:Yes, Zero is the new suspect. Bet you didn't see THAT coming. Poor Aidou's nose, I'm too mean to it^^
I'm running out of suspects, so I think you will find out who the mistery guy is soon.
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