Caspar: The Shinigami
Chapter 6- Trip and Fall (Part 2)
It was… awkward… walking back. As Hitsugaya led the way, Shinozaki stood behind him, pretty much permanently red. It didn't really help that Nana was next to her with that god awful all-knowing smirk, and her eyebrows constantly wiggling up and down {( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) Basically this}. And trust me, it was a long walk.
"Well, this is my stop, later alligator!" Nana quickly said before pulling a freaking road-runner. Three minutes later Shinozaki got a text.
Lol tell me how the walk with your LOVER was when its over hahaha
'Oh that little sneaky buttface.'
Oh I'm sooo gonna get you back for this. She replied. She glanced back up to the boy in front of her. Her stomach did a backflip.
"Hey"
Shinozaki jumped. It was the first word the boy had spoken since the school.
"Uhh… yeah?" She replied uneasily.
He turned around, with a bright smile. "You okay?"
"M-Me, oh yeah I'm just chillen ya know!" Shinozaki replied, mentally facepalming herself. God she was so stupid.
He looked at her.
'She's acting awfully weird…' He shook it off though. "I just… I know what he means to you."
The blonde's eyes widened. So he knew about her ex. But whatever, why would she care?
"What? He doesn't mean anything. He's just an assclown who thinks he's everything. He's really not." She reassured him, patting him on the back.
"Oh, okay then."
"Oh, well uh, that's ma house, gotta go ya know."
"Hey, are you okay? You kind of seem, I don't know, you're just acting weird." Hitsugaya asked.
"What? No, I'm just… nevermind, anyway are you going to be staying here or…?"
"Oh no, I better get back to my lieutenant. Um, see you later, I guess."
Shinozaki watched as the man left. Oh god she couldn't focus. What was happening with her?
She shook it off, obviously she was just tired. She entered the house and saw Buddy sleeping.
'Good idea…' She thought as she face-planted into her bed. Seconds later she was out.
"Hey."
Shinozaki turned around. "Oh hey!" She chirped.
He stepped closer to her. "So, I-I know it's been weird, but I just really need to tell you this."
He grabbed her hands. "I- I love you!" His face was dark red, and he was avoiding all eye contact.
"Oh, I love you too!"
He looked up. "Really?"
She smiled back reassuringly. "Really."
Suddenly, a girl broke through the door.
"What the- Nana! GET OUTTA MY DREAM!"
Nana was sitting on a cloud (?). She waved her hands around while saying, "I kNeW iT!" (She said it like a ghost or something idk)
"Nana, go away!" The cloud floated off to space.
"Well, anyway, since we proclaimed our love for each other, it's time to pull a Romeo and Juliet." The white haired boy said.
"Wait, what, oh hell nah I ain't killing myself!"
Suddenly, he leaned, well uh, UP for a kiss. She leaned down. Closer. CLOser. CLOSER! MWAHAHAHAHAHA
Shinozaki awoke from the dream.
"Holy shiz balls, what was that?" She asked herself, questioning if she was drugged or something. She went over the dreams events in her head (not the Nana part and stuff tho)
And she realized, that seed Nana planted, that sprouted long ago. OH MY GOD… SHE WAS IN LOVE.
Shinozaki went to the roof of her house. It wasn't far from the ground, but could still break a bone if she fell. She went up there to think. She couldn't be in love, she was only in highschool, well technically she was a senior, but still a student. And like this dude was a spirit. A FLIPPING GHOST. Like wtf how would that work out and...-
She cut herself off. Her mind was racing. Taking a deep breath, she took in the view. It wasn't much, but she could see a small amount of the town from there.
She took another deep breath. "I just need to calm dow-"
"HEY!" A voice rang out.
Shinozaki screamed bloody murder and jumped. Once again, literally jumped. Slipping off the edge of the building was like slow motion. 'This is it, I'm going to die here. Goodbye world, you were pretty chill accept all those time you hit me in the stomach with an eighteen-wheeler truck.'
Suddenly, someone grabbed her hand. She stopped falling and began getting pulled back up. Her eyes were sealed shut but her whole body fell on something small and boney and it was obviously another body.
Opening her eyes, she saw, oh shit she saw turquoise.
"Is it just me, or is my life a living fanfiction?" She mumbled.
"What?" Hitsugaya asked.
"Nothing." She once again mumbled, before picking herself up.
"Uh okay. So what's up, I have the day off, kind of, so I figured… well uh you know."
Shinozaki stared at him. HIM, he was the boy. She shook her head. She didn't know why but she felt so, so MAD. Mad at him, mad at herself.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" She screamed.
"Wait, what?"
"UHHHHH YOU ARE SO ANNOYING DO YOU KNOW THAT? LIKE DO YOU HAVE TO BE HERE EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY? GOD! You know what, no, I'm sorry, I shouldn't take it out on you, it's my fault, what's wrong with me?" She sighed. "Sorry about that, just my monthly." She laughed.
He cocked his head. "What does that mean?" He asked.
"Seriously? Period jokes dude."
"What?"
She facepalmed. "Nothing."
"Well, I uh, I came here for a specific reason really…"
She looked at him strangely.
"I have to tell you something." He said, blushing.
Deja Vu coursed through her. No. This can't be real?
"I really-"
"STOP!" She screamed. He looked at her kind of scared. "Listen, you're cool and all but," she looked down, desperately trying to avoid eye contact, "I can't talk to you anymore."
"What why? You're not being serious are you?"
Her face fell. "I'm sorry, I- I JUST CAN'T ANYMORE OKAY! YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME ALONE!" She screamed, before running and pushing him out of the way. She ran down the stairs, off the roof.
Hitsugaya sat there. His world just collapsed because of one sentence. He dusted himself off for no reason, and watched as Shinozaki ran down the street and out of sight. Out of his world.
TWO WEEKS LATER…
"And so, instead of running, I took the pie, and threw it in his face."
Shinozaki looked surprised. "Wow, what got you to do such a bold thing?"
"It's because of this girl I met! She's helping me get through my shyness and teaching me how to stand up for myself!"
Shinozaki smiled, "That's… that's really cool!"
It had been two weeks since Shinozaki and Hitsugaya had stopped talking, and she hated to admit it, but she missed the little guy (she laughed silently because he was short and she called him a little guy).
Though, she could think straight again, life had been kind of boring without him constantly throwing cliches at her.
She sighed sadly. Her and Nana were walking home from school. It started raining halfway through, so by the time they got to the park, they were drenched.
They were enjoying a nice chat, when a screech cut through the air. Both girls froze.
"Did you hear that?" Nana whispered.
"Y-Yeah…"
It happened again, a screech that sounded like nails dragging across a chalkboard. It was high pitched enough to break glass, or make someone's ears bleed. Suddenly, the air felt heavy.
Another screech, but it was closer. Nana clasped her hands to her ears.
"I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS!" She yelled.
Strangely, Shinozaki felt the same way, like being in this exact place would be a bad ending.
"Y-You're right! We should go!" She yelled back.
Both girls turned around and stopped dead in their tracks. Right in front of them was about a 20 foot tall… thing. It was pure black, with, what looked like, a mask made out of bone. The black body was like a solid cloak, and the mask had a long, pointed nose. There were black lines coming from the empty eye sockets, making it look like tears.
"W-What is that?" Nana whispered, breathing so fast, it was as if she was having an asthma attack.
The blonde didn't respond. She didn't do anything. Her mind was racing with things like 'WHAT IS THAT?' and 'What the hell are you doing? WHAT SHOULD I DO!?'
But nothing came out. She wanted to scream "Help" but didn't no how. All words failed her.
That… thing screeched again, managing to bring her back to reality to manage one word.
"Run."
Nana finished her thought, "On the count of three. One. Two. -"
The girls booked it backwards. They heard it screech again and it started trudging toward them. Like literally, making a shallow trench as if it was it's version of a footprint.
They were almost out of the park when Shinozaki slipped on some mud. Nana skidded to a halt.
"SHINOZAKI!" She screamed.
A long black finger-type-thing protruded from the cloak and smacked Nana. She flew across the park and smacked into a tree, crumpling to the ground.
"NANA!" The finger wrapped around Shinozaki's leg and whipped her up in the air.
"Oh SHIT!" She yelled.
A large gap formed in the monster's mask, like a black hole. She screamed and began thrashing around.
"LET ME GO!"
This was it, she was going to die from this spirited away lookin ass thing.
It brought her closer to the black hole. She could see something resembling saliva peek out of the corner.
"NO WAY ARE YOU GOING TO EAT ME!?" She screamed to it. Common sense told her it wouldn't reply, but right now common sense was being a dick and telling her what her future is- pure pain while she gets crushed and chewed and OH GOD PLEASE
Fear coursed through her body.
She was going to die.
One last attempt, please!
She drew in a breath.
Screaming at the top of her lungs, so hard that it felt like her vocal chords snapped, she was able to get one thing out.
"HELP!"