Chapter Four: Revealed Secrets
All the pain held in your… Hands are shaking cold…Your hands are mine to hold…
Blinking, the female looked to Tala, then to the ground below. "I…never really thought about that" Raising a brow Tala nodded "Ah…so…how did you find us…" Smiling weakly, the female's bitchy attitude softened slightly as her smile comforted June. "I…Kinda saw the fire…its instinct." She trailed off, looking to the ground once more as she shifted; looking as though she were going to jump. His eyes widening Tala sat up. 'Please don't jump…' "So...Uh How is it instincts?" He asked, trying to preoccupy Majirdiu from jumping.
Sensing his discomfort, Maji looked over to Tala "Uh…Are you…Okay?" She asked sitting down; his shoulders slouched slightly as she'd sat. "Uh yeah… I'm okay" Tala mumbled with a nod. Raising a brow June kicked her foot at Tala's thigh. "Smarten up Tala" She sighed, looking back up to the sky. Shaking his head Tala sighed. 'She really is quite the blonde… I can't believe I am related to her…' "I thought you were thinking of jumping" He said, looking a bit concerned as she shifted at the edge again. "Actually…" She stated, "I am" She whispered, turning to face him with a grin; laughing at his expression. "Calm down, I have feline attributes, I do know how to land on my feet" She snickered, turning her attention to the small balcony below her.
"But-" Before he could finish or even get another word out, she'd jumped down, a small 'clunk' sound coming from below. "Oh my god!" June screamed, scrambling to the edge of the rooftop, sliding downwards. "OH MY GOD!" She howled, sliding off and down to the balcony with a 'thung' sound. "June!" Tala cried, jumping to the side of the rooftop, looking down at his sister. Laughing, he fell back onto the rooftop, looking upwards towards the sky with closed eyes. "Ha ha ha! My God June You Have Talent!" He smiled with a sigh as he opened them, wide. Grinning at him were two big green eyes which peered down at him, a small brown nose, and soft brown bangs which tickled at his cheeks. "GAH!" He hollered, jumping upwards, beginning to roll off the edge. Meeting the gutter, his lower half dropped as he clung to the rooftop; his complexion pale as a ghost. "My God…I'm not that ugly" Maji muttered, crawling over to where Tala hung, her hands slapped onto his as she grinned; being his only help to either be pulled back to safety or to drop downwards to the bushes below.
"N-no!" Tala stuttered, shaking his head. 'My god woman trust me you're no where near ugly' "I didn't mean that!" He rushed, panicking as she slowly let him slide down farther off the edge, a grunt coming from him as he was now dangling from the top. "I know" Maji smiled, leaning down towards him, their faces inches apart. With a grin, her eyes were no longer the gentle green they once were a moment ago, they were now a dark blue, with hints of silver mixed around her slitted irises. Exhaling quickly, Tala grunted again as he began trying to find a crack for his foot to rest at, as her tight grip on his hands loosened dramatically. 'She's going to drop me! She's going to let me fall down to the ground, on top of the rose bushes and all!'
Leaning over the rail, June gasped "Majirdiu!" She cried, leaning on the side of the balcony, watching as the demon was lowering her brother off the edge. "Majirdiu!" She yelled, jumping on the balcony "Don't drop him! Please!" She cried, dropping to her knees as she watched.
Panicking even more, Tala let out a small 'whimper' as his pale blue eyes gazed to hers, fear distinctively noticeable in Tala's eyes. Leaning down towards his cheek, Maji's lips pressed at his ear "It's a game" she whispered, pulling back from his face, an evil grin forming with her lips. His eyes widening, he stared at her with disbelief for a moment "WH-What!" He gasped, letting out another whimper as her hands began to slide from his. Wincing, she looked to his hands as he was sliding from her grip. Grinning she began to pull him back up, only to have him slide even more. "Tala!" June cried, jumping up and down while on her knees, hiding behind the rails as she watched. "Help!" he hollered, falling from Majirdiu's grip.
Jumping forward, she slammed her clawed fingers into his wrists, causing a sudden cry of agonizing pain from Tala. Wincing, as his frame fell limp Tala weakly looked to Majirdiu; her grin wiped off from her lips. Pulling him back up to the rooftop, Majirdiu dragged him back a little ways away from the ledge.
"Shit…" He quietly gasped, holding his wrists to his chest as he lay on the rooftop beside the demon. "I'm sorry 'bout that" She whispered, lying down on her stomach beside him, gently attempting to pry his wrist from his frame. "Let go…" He mumbled as he tightly shut his eyes. Her ears flattening, she brought her hands back beneath her frame, rolling onto her back to stare at the sky. "Tala…" a quiet voice whimpered, sounding as though the person were dying.
Turning, he looked over to the edge of the roof, blinking as he didn't see what he was expecting. He expected to see Majirdiu, hoping to get his attention; but instead he saw June, trying to pull herself up onto the top of the roof. Crawling over to her, he gently hauled her up onto the rooftop with him and Maj, looking up to the sky.
"Get out of there!" June cried, jumping over Tala and onto Majirdiu, who was screaming bloody murder by June's attack. "June get off of me!" Tala grumbled, pushing her legs off his stomach. Sitting up he narrowed his eyes at what he'd seen. "Where the hell did you get these?" He hissed, looking at June as he picked the package up; the package of Cigarettes in which June had been trying to hide from him earlier.
Pausing, with her hand at Majirdiu's throat, and as she straddled her, pinning her down with the other hand, June gasped. "They're not mine" She blurted, crying out as she fell onto her back, Majirdiu on top of her with her clawed hand resting underneath June's jawbone. "Igh (I) thware (swear)" She coughed, wriggling from underneath Maji's frame.
"Get off of her." Tala growled, his hand touching Majirdiu's side, causing her to jump a mile away from the two. Both June and Tala looked at her as she snarled at him. "Don't EVER touch my sides AGAIN!" Having little patience left Tala snapped back at her "THEN DON'T GO BEATING UP MY SISTER!" Growling Majirdiu stood up, walking towards him, her hand tightly grabbing at his chin, instantly causing blood to drain. "Don't you dare raise yer voice at me ever again" She growled, her voice in a low and quiet tone, with a dangerous feeling about her. Wincing, Tala narrowed his eyes as he bit his tongue. Loosening her grip on his chin, she dropped her bloody hand to her side, walking to the edge of the roof, jumping down to the balcony. "Find your own way down!" she growled, walking into the house, and leaving the two on top of the roof.
"Now look what you've done!" June cried, storming to the edge of the roof, looking down at the balcony. Turning to face him, she flinched as she frowned "What…" She whimpered, cowering at his angered expression. Without a word, Tala walked over to June, pressing the bag and purse into her stomach with a harsh force, causing her to stumble slightly as he jumped down onto the balcony with a soft 'plunk'. Turning around June sighed. 'Thanks Majirdiu…You've ruined my relationship with my brother.' She thought as she sat on the ledge, trying to find a way down. Throwing the bag and purse down she sighed as she allowed her legs to dangle. "You did that to yerself June…"
Turning, June sighed as she saw Majirdiu standing behind her. Taking a second look at her, the demon seemed like your average human girl, only sadder, and with a different look. She looked like your average, depressed and angsty female teen; scars all over, sad gloomy eyes, low set ears, tail dropped to the floor…or roof in this case, and her shoulders and head were no longer held high with pride like they once were. She looked like a lost puppy left in the rain. Double taking June blinked.
"Why are your arms bleeding…and why is your stomach bleeding too?" June whispered, looking at the sad girl as she sat down beside her. "What do you think happened…?" Majirdiu mumbled, turning to look at June with dark grey eyes. "Why…" June asked, wanting to reach out and hug her…But she was unsure if she'd get a smack in the face, or thrown off the roof. Then again…she would have found her way down! "If you lived a life like mine…Or even walked an hour in my shoes you'd be doing all this too." She sighed, rubbing at her arm.
"Heroin?" June asked, looking at the female's arm. "Not today no…But yes I do that shit…And I inflict harm in any way possible. Yer lucky you don't have a hole in yer wall."
"What made you so sad?" June asked, beginning to swing her feet, causing Maji to do the same after a while.
"I grew up with an abusive father…It was discipline, but it began to get worse as I avoided my chores and stuff… Then I ran away and went into a coma…And…You don't want to know what is wrong with me" she sighed, waving her hand as if admitting defeat to someone. Raising a brow, June cocked her head "What's wrong?" Blinking with a dull expression Majirdiu looked to June, "Man you sure want to know everything eh?" She smiled as June nodded with a grin. "Well…Okay…You asked for it" She sighed, taking out a list of paper. "It's a schedule for me to follow when I forget what's what." She said, looking at the list.
"Let's see… Well, I have congestion, and it usually acts up during the night…Hence why no Man would ever want to have me around…And-"
"What do you mean by that?" June asked, tilting her head 'is she lonely…And single?'
"What guy wants a girl that can't even breathe at night to sit with him, or watch a movie with him when she coughs and wheezes?"
'Tala doesn't mind that.' "I dunno…"
"Exactly… and in order to keep that in order, I get to take two inhalers, one to clear the congestion so I can hack it out, and an asthma one to let me breath."
"Wow…" June said frowning even more "I'm sorry for being such a bitch earlier…"
"Hah… You were nowhere near being a bitch…Trust me I'm the bitch around here…And that's nowhere near the end of the list"
"Oh…Sorry continue" June laughed with a smile.
"Hm…Well I also have Epilepsy…Y'know, the seizure thing…And I take medication for that. I also have anger issues…As in very little temperament for people and attitude. I have anti-depressants which I must stay on, I have maybe three other bottles in which I take to treat bone marrow-disease, and I have a Seizure-Coma reaction thing…Meaning after a seizure, and depending on the time and how bad it was, I'll fall into a coma. The worse the seizure the longer the coma…"
"Oh god…I'm sorry" June whispered, hugging the Demon, noticing how thin she really was. "You're very boney" June laughed.
Laughing Majirdiu nodded. "Yeah… I'm kind of a runt…And I can't really gain weight without losing more than half of what I gained." She smiled weakly with a nod. "Aside from that, and the surgeries I go through for random injuries, I live quite the 'happy' little life." /sarcasm
Hugging her again June sighed "I'm really sorry now."
"That's okay"
"So…Why is it that you haven't hit on my brother already?" June asked, turning her attention to Maji, who'd looked rather stunned from the question.
"Eh?"
"Well, I mean, most girls fall head over heels for him, and he's such a bad flirt, yet he never chooses any of them…So what makes you so different?"
"What makes him different from any other guy?"
Blinking June frowned "What do you mean?"
"Well, mostly all any guy wants is to get in yer pants then leave after satisfied, and there's really no use when you've been used like me."
"Used…?"
"Yeah…" Maji sighed, shaking her head lightly. "Rapes, used for popularity, more rapes, more popularity, blah blah blah, broken heart mended with a band-aid, then it breaks again, yadda yadda…It's not worth it in my books."
"Oh god…I feel even sorrier now!" June cried, hugging Maji again. Pushing her away she laughed quietly "Yeah…Well you get used to it all after twelve, thirteen years."
Blinking, June sat up. "How old are you?"
"Bad question my friend…If I was a human, I would be fourteen. And because I am not a human, I am not fourteen…Demons age quicker than humans, yet we have a lot more youth-not to be rude- …But I am sixteen Demon years."
"Uhh…" June croaked, looking as though she had been lectured on eating too much ice cream.
"I'm sixteen."
"Ohhh Okay" June laughed nodding.
Returning back to the serious questions, June looked to Maji, whose posture had gotten straight once more. 'I guess it helps to talk to her' "What if I told you that my brother isn't like that?" Narrowing her eyes, Maji looked at June. "And what if I told you I don't like yer brother's attitude?" June shrugged. "That wouldn't make things any different. I hate his attitude and how he treats me, but I still love him"
"You have to love him. He's yer brother…"
June furrowed her brows. "Well…still…"
"Besides…I think things over, I think before I act…" She sighed, shifting slightly as she stared at the ground.
"Waste your days thinking, You should just go ahead and try…It doesn't hurt to try new things."
Shrugging, Majirdiu looked to June "Trust isn't at all that easy to give away…but to answer yer question, I haven't hit on him, nor shown him any interest, because-"
"Because?" June questioned, getting anxious on the answer.
"-because I don't hit on strangers." She grinned, standing up, jumping down to the balcony, looking up to June.
"But that's not- Actually it is… Okay, help me down." She whined, turning onto her belly as she slid her way down to the balcony. With the aid of Majirdiu's hands as directions to the balcony, she finally made it down. Walking into the house, June stopped as she saw a limp, motionless Tala lying on the floor.
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Hey yall :3 I Hope yall liked this chap X3 I sure did enjoy writing it…And thumbs up, Tala is not dead xD He's just… ; Laying…on the floor….Yeah….unconscious…. ; A note, Majirdiu really does represent me in a lot of ways…As for the epilepsy, no I do not have that but Maji represents it for family (imnotexpandingintodetailfortheirprivacy) The anger and depression I have, I do have the congestion, and bone marrow is merely a thing to represent for those who really do suffer from disease and these kinds of things. Majirdiu is a character of mine, or my soul, where she -is- me. Any questions, shoot, I'll answer. As for any mentioning of more story ideas, fire at will, I'm there to catch em 3
Btw, the words in italics are always lyrics to a song which Im either listening to, I love, or it's according to the chapter... In this case it's the chapter, if you get the evil pun x-x; …and Yeah Heh 'Move along' All American rejects 33