One Step Closer
Ray crept inside the classroom 'Crescent Moon' and tried not to get Leo's attention as she settled down beside Boy. The sound of Leo asking about her gender made her panic but since she hardly had any emotions, panicking can be quite rare for her.
"Good morning Ray", Boy flashed her a smile,
"Hi", Ray muttered and looked at the whiteboard and saw two big words written in white chalk, 'DISECTION DAY'.
Ray shivered as the thought of animals getting killed made her feel sad and happy at the same time for some odd reason. She massaged her temples while she waited for Dr. Stein to come in but the sound of someone plopping down on a seat disturbed her quiet thoughts, she glanced to her right and saw Leo grinning at her,
"Hey Ray, I'm sorry 'bout last night", he forced himself to a smile,
"Its ok", Ray muttered,
"Cool, so uh...for being so weird last night, maybe we could hang out this afternoon to smooth things out, whata ya say?", Leo asked, Ray paused, she didn't want to get any more closer to Leo but the way he's smiling made Ray not want to let her friend down,
"Fine", Ray mumbled,
"Cool", Leo jumped off the seat and went back to his old spot. Ray sighed and waited for the class to end.
After Class
"So...where do you want to go?", Leo asked,
"Somewhere cool", Ray replied, Leo chuckled as they walked randomly to nowhere while they think of a place to go,
"What about the basket ball court?", Leo suggested,
"Sounds cool", Ray nodded as they headed the other direction.
The walk between them was very silence and Leo didn't like it, there was still something wrong about Ray that made her look more feminine. Was it the eyes? He tried to remember what she looked like when she pulled her scarf off. No, she showed her eyes every time and her hair. Is it her hair? It's long and purple, and made her look cute if she's a girl and cool if she's a guy.
"Would you mind taking your scarf off for me, again?", Leo asked,
"Sorry, can't do that, the only time I take my scarf off is when theres an emergency", Ray muttered under her scarf.
Boy's POV
I thrashed threw the old boxes in the attic, I practically come here everyday to look for clues. Homework doesn't matter to me anymore, I've got to get something out of my dad, who is this Rain? And why does her hair look familiar? She's got the same eyes as someone I know but who? I can't seem to recall that and it's really getting on my nerves. I rescanned the photo album, nothing. This time I'm going right in, to the bottom of the box, a small black book was there. Right at the bottom. I picked it up and brushed the dust off as I opened it. It was blank, but there was another photo with Rain and another red haired girl with black eyes, she looked liked the woman who runs the maid cafe...Judy was her name. I skimmed down the page and found some tiny texts: Rain and Judy.
My eyes widened at the sound of her name when I read it out in my mind, and for a second there, I thought my mind was going to explode. I jumped up and rushed out of the house to go to the maid cafe.
Ray's POV
I was just sitting there like an idiot and looking at Leo playing basket ball by himself. I hardly knew how to play and the last time I played was years ago. He glanced at me and grinned,
"You've been sitting there like a doll, come, I'll show you how to play", Leo offered,
"No thanks", I muttered,
"Come on, it's cool and fun so get up!", He smiled as he tried to pull me, I was stronger but seeing him so gullible and makes such a big deal, I stood up pretending he won the tug of war.
"Thats it", He smiled as he passed me the ball, I grabbed it and gave him a boring expression but he kept smiling and pointed at the hoop.
"Ugh, stupid ball", I muttered as I threw it into the hoop without looking, the thing about basket ball is that it's quite easy when someone that expect you to not do much is in front of you when you could do it better than them. Leo's mouth hung open while I plopped myself back onto the seat again, he waddled next to me and sat down as well.
"Your a natural", he blurted after a few seconds, I raised a brow and chuckled,
"Really? Cool", I nodded and naturally, when times like this I would take off my scarf and breathe in some fresh air and thats what I did. Leo, again was giving me confused signals, he still probably is wondering about my gender or something,
"Are you sure your not female?", he asked, I glared,
"Why do you keep bring that up? Of coarse I'm male", I said nervously,
"I'm sorry, but I've had enough of this", he stood up, blushing,
"What?", I hope he's not thinking what I think he's thinking,
"You'll have to prove it!", he said clearly,
"How?."
"W-Well..."
"Tell me and I'll see what I can do."
"Uh...", he blushed harder and pointed down at his jeans, my eyes widened,
"ARE YOU NUTS? YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU MY THING?", I raised my voice,
"If you may", he said politely,
"No", I gave him a straight answer and calmed down,
"Then I will ask you that question everyday", Leo pouted.
Boy's POV
The sun hasn't vanished yet when I looked at my watch and peered threw the maid cafe window, it was empty. The chairs were stacked up onto the table and but the lights were still on. A lady with red hair was sitting by the cash register as she counted her money. I slowly twisted the door knob and heard the bell on the door jingle, the lady glanced up and smiled at me,
"Hey cutie pie, what can I do for you?", she asked,
"Do you know Rain? As in, human?", I blurted, her eyes widened for a second and then backed it up with a smile,
"It seems you've gone threw some of your daddy's stuff haven't you?", she smirked,
"Yes, and I want to know who she is", I demanded,
"Well, I can't say I can help you there but I could tell you a story", she said as she stood up and grabbed another chair for me. I walked across the room and sat beside her,
"So, once there was this girl, she was pretty lonely and boring. Her parents abandoned her because she never smiled and so she came here. Here, she met a boy that looked quite like you actually and they fell in love. But the kishin tore them apart and the girl tried to safe the boy", she paused,
"And?", I tried to rush her,
"And she succeeded of coarse but she vanished after that, nobody knows where she is now, the end", she finished with a smile, I thanked her and headed home after a story that seemed sad and mysterious yet short. I thought, Ray seems pretty suspicious. I mean, he has the same hair style and eye color. I've never seen him without a scarf before and he won't take it off, but he's a guy. But Rain in the picture looked like a guy too, but how does that relate to the amethyst I found in the shop? Can it be a coincidence? The sound of yelling snapped me back into this world, I looked around and followe the scream. Finally I've reached a basket ball court and saw Leo and Ray fighting,
"Take it off!", Leo yelled,
"No! You pervert!", Ray said as he kicked Leo in the stomach,
"Oof! How are you that fast?", he asked,
"Because I'm not as fat as you!", Ray snapped,
"I'm not fat!", Leo tried to punch Ray but he dodged it, and before anyone could injure any more people, I broke them apart,
"Enough!", I yelled, "You guys are so immature, now tell me whats the problem".
They both looked at each other and then back at me,
"He's a pervert", Ray mumbled,
"I don't believe he's a dude", Leo hissed,
"Ok, so why were you fighting?", I asked,
"Because, he wanted me to...strip", Ray blurted,
"What? If we're both boys then it wouldn't matter would it?", Leo yelled,
"Well I don't just show myself to anyone!", Ray yelled back, I blushed when I heard Ray explain, a weird felling went threw me as if Ray was actually a female,
"Ok, Ray, can you look at me in the eyes and tell me your a guy?", I asked.
TO BE CONTINUED...