Chapter four: Uncomfortable

Chisai woke up bright and early at 5:30 in the morning to get showered and dressed so she can wait for Specter to show up and get her. She fixed her hair, brushed her teeth and washed her face in 30 minutes straight before he could enter the room and find her awake on time. "Ah, so I see that you're up nice and early," he said with a smile and nodded down at the small human, "You're quite the one that sleeps immediately then wakes up on time for me to meet with you. Now, before I could let you out for another meeting that I have with the Ukki Five, let's make this one quick." The two took a seat and looked into each other. Specter cleared his throat. "I think I've mentioned about Kakeru and the others yesterday, haven't I?" Chisai nodded. "Let me ask you: Do you know Kakeru?" Chisai pretended not to know anything about him or the characters from the show, so she had to become innocent and answer no. He nodded and asked, "What about Hakase? Or any of his friends?" Another answer no. "I see," he said, feeling satisfied, "Because if you were to be with any one of those humans, then I'd probably dislike you very much. But since that you are honest with me, little human.." He laughed gently before he spoke again. "I do seem to like you now as a friend. I never thought I'd say this but, you're not as annoying and foolish like my enemies. As I said before, you follow my orders and you answer my questions directly. I really like that in you, Chisai." He beamed. Chisai blushed a bright red on her face at what he said about her and smiled back. She does like him as a friend, but she liked him way more than that.

"Thank you," she quietly said in her slight deep voice and bowed down to him, "And I apologize about yesterday." Specter shrugged. "Apology accepted," he said, "Now.. Shall we go?" She nodded and they soon left the room in separate ways. Everyone greeted her cheerfully, except for Red who was busy flexing his muscles, or more likely showing them off. But they quieted down as soon as Specter appeared and started the meeting. He picked Red this time to do his mission. It sounded pretty funny to Chisai, because after every sentence Red says 'pi'! She covered her mouth from laughing so hard so nobody could hear. But Specter heard it and looked down at the human who quickly stopped. "What are you laughing at?" he hissed, raising a non-visible brow. She shook her head and cleared her throat. The monkey rolled his eyes and went on with the boring meeting. It seemed like three hours for it to be over so she could go back to her room and do something that can lower her boredom level. When she heard the four monkeys walk from their seats and exit out of the meeting room, both Chisai and Specter went out in both separate ways. She could barely see anything while she ran in the darkness of the hallway and it seems long and cold. She didn't realize that Specter was coming out of his room to Chisai's and ran into him, falling on top of him. Chisai got off quickly and breathed hard, her face burning up. "I'm.. I'm sorry," she stammered, "I didn't watch where I was going."

Specter got up and brushed himself off. "Well you should be more alert next time," he snapped slightly, "This hall should have light, but they didn't put in any so it's hard to make out where you're going. Try to get used to it. Anyways… Come on. We have business to attend to." He waited for Chisai to catch up to him and so they entered her room. "So what were you laughing about back there?" he asked and frowned. "Well, I don't want to be mean or anything," Chisai replied with a nervous chuckle, "But almost at the end of every sentence that Red says… He says 'pi' or something like that. Not that way as in… you know." Specter nodded. She didn't mean the word 'pi' as in to urinate in the bathroom, but she doesn't know what Red really said. "I guess it does sound a little funny," he chuckled but quickly changed his mood, "But never mind that for now. At least you didn't make any distractions during my meeting earlier." He folded his arms and grinned down at her. She smiled back and nodded in agreement. "Is it okay if I… ask you something Specter?" Chisai timidly said. "And what's that?" Specter asked, tapping his fingers on the chair's armrest. Chisai blushed a little and looked down at the squishy fabric of the couch. "Last night, while I was sleeping… Why did you do that?" "Did what?" He raised a brow and leaned forward. "You… k-kissed my forehead. Why did you do it?" The albino froze in his spot and his face burned up ever-so brightly. "E-Eehh…. Th-That's none of your business!" he stuttered angrily, his eye twitching, "If I kissed your forehead, then that absolutely means nothing to you. It isn't your concern anyway." He looked away, still blushing, muttering to himself. "All right. I don't want to push you over the edge," Chisai said quietly. Suddenly she had an idea.

"Specter?" She asked, making Specter swiftly look down at her. "What?" He grouchily replied. The girl walked over to her bed, taking out her flute. "Have you ever played an instrument before?" "I don't believe so. Does it look like I have played one?" "No. It doesn't. But let me ask you this: have you danced before?" Specter snorted. "I don't think I have either. But it's not like you humans do it. And… I really don't know how to dance." Chisai smiled. "Don't worry Specter. I can teach you." Specter sighed and reluctantly stood from his chair, walking over to the smaller human with a pained look. "Let's get this over with," he irritably muttered. Chisai stepped closer to the uncertain monkey and stared into his eyes. "First you clasp your hand with mine, like this," she gently instructed as both their hands slowly rose up and clasp each other. Specter looked down with shock and felt his face turn bright red. "Is this really necessary?" He asked uncomfortably, "This doesn't seem right." Chisai gave him a reassuring smile up at him and said, "Don't worry. I'm not going to force you to dance with me, I'm just teaching you the basics. Now you have to put your other hand on my hip while I put my handon yours." With a shaking sensation, Specter hesitantly put his hand on the girl's hip. He jumped when her hand touched his hip and he looked down at her with an even more uncertain look. Chisai felt sorry for him, she regretted herself for making him feel this way. "We don't have to do this if I'm making you have butterflies in your belly," she suggested quietly. She released her hand free from Specter's grasp and rubbed her fingers lightly against the albino's furry tummy.

Specter had to hold back a purr as his face reddened some more at the soft touch. Sweat poured across his cheeks and he stammered, "N-N-No, I-I don't mind at all. I don't care if you're teaching me. J-Just continue." "Okay, if you say so." Chisai returned her hand from his belly to his hand, clasping it back in place. "Finally… We start to dance." They both slowly rocked as they continued to look in each other's eyes, both of them feeling really uncomfortable. "You're quite a teacher," Specter said and chuckled, "You must've become more smart enough to show me your skills of moving to any genre of music. Human music skills, so to speak." Chisai shrugged and blushed. "Well, I thought I'd want to show you how I do things back in my world that's all. If you still don't feel comfortable, then we can stop. We don't have to do this." Specter looked over his shoulder at the clock and sighed, saying, "Actually… I really don't have time. But thank you anyway." He nodded and they both exited the room in their usual ways. 'What was I thinking?' Chisai thought. She sighed quietly and entered the meeting room. She saw that nobody was there except for only the two of them here. Suddenly she caught sight of a holographic screen above the table and she saw Red already beaten by Hiroki. He then ran off along with several monkeys.

Specter got there in time on his throne to see what happened. "I think Red did something wrong," she said. "What?!" Specter yelled and jumped out of his chair, "DAMN IT! I knew this would happen! Every time it happens they end up failing!" He kicked the table which sent a sharp pain to his foot and he let out a cry of agony. "And it hurts too! It ruins my chance of world domination!" He screamed as he hopped and held his hurt toe, falling to the floor. Chisai helped him up and gave him a sympathetic look. "I'm sure that maybe one of the monkeys won't fail tomorrow," she said gently. Specter huffed and his cold stare hardened down at the small human. "Well I'm keeping my fingers crossed that one of them won't," he growled, "And maybe you should do the same thing, because I want to keep my chance of success going. I am not going to end up losing to a bunch of weak humans who think they can stop me. Luckily you're not a part of their little parade. At least you don't go around and make my team fail either." He shook his head and sighed angrily. "It doesn't matter now. I have another meeting and they should be here anytime now." Specter hopped back into his chair and waited while Chisai sat down on the floor beside him. Soon the Ukki Five entered and took their usual places. 'He gave me more freedom as I hoped he would,' she thought, smiling, 'Maybe he might keep his word and everything will turn out okay.' Her ears hurt because of Specter yelling at Red. It was so loud that it almost made her go deaf. She felt a light tap on her shoulder and she looked up to find Pink handing out what looked like a handful of small chocolate candies. Chisai has a thing for sweets so she gently took them and she nodded thanks to Pink. She doesn't know where she got the candy from or how. But it's always good to keep your questions to yourself and not say anything, right? When the meeting was finally over and the monkeys were dismissed, they soon left as well. Chisai hid the sweets into her pocket so Specter wouldn't know and start demanding her where or who she got it from. They got back to the room and sat down at their usual places. They were still tense from earlier when Chisai taught him how to dance like humans do in her world. At the same time they were feeling drowsy and decided to let it slide for now. "Chisai?" Specter said sleepily which made the small human jump and look up at the monkey. "Will you sing for me again?" Specter asked while leaning back in his chair, head on his chest, "I don't feel like talking about anything."

Chisai sat up and tried to think of a song to sing for him. She began to sing a soft lullaby that was telling about being there to fight off any fear or wipe away his tears if he cried, which he rarely does. That finally made Specter fall asleep. So she stopped the song and looked at him with a smile. She looked around to find something to cover him up with and found a bedsheet that she pulled out from her main bed covers and gently put it over him. 'He kinda looks cute when he's sleeping,' she thought, smiling a little more. She stood on her tiptoes and softly kissed his cheek, which in return brought out what sounded like a low grunt as he jerked a little but he didn't wake up. Chisai looked over at the window, realizing that it was almost nighttime. She was too tired to go to her bed so she had to crash down on the couch for the night. After a few minutes she thought she heard Specter murmur something in his sleep and saw him recline in a different position on his chair, still not stirring. She smiled adoringly at the sight as she returned to sleep. 'I never saw him sleep before,' she thought in her mind, 'Oh well. Maybe he won't realize he crashed in here until tomorrow.' She yawned quietly, rubbing her eyes while she slept. She still didn't understand why Specter kissed her forehead the other night. Maybe it was the start of their friendship? Or is it something else? No, it couldn't be. It can't be what Chisai thought. She shook that thought from her head and tried to rest and sighed quietly. She looked over at the sleeping albino again to make sure he was okay. The one thing she heard from him was his soft purring musically entering her ears. Chisai wanted to laugh but if she woke him up he would probably freak out and zip out of the room. So she listened to his strange but cute purring and happily slept, thinking of nothing at all.

--

Like what I've wrote so far? Please be free to read and review and I'd be more enthusiastic to write more chapters! =D By the way, incase you didn't know already, Chisai was singing 'My Immortal' by Evanescence. That wraps it up for the rest of the night. I'm very sleepy. Good night!