I woke up to a day I'd dreaded. Kazune was going to school with me today. Oh, joy.
Chisame had gotten his uniform yesterday night, making it official.
I felt a familiar warm figure next to me and flushed when I saw him.
The sun made his pale blonde hair glow even brighter, and his sapphire mixed eyes stared up at me innocently. I could see he'd already dressed in his uniform, but he'd left both his jacket and the shirt underneath buttoned, revealing his gorgeous chest and mid section.
"Good morning, Karin." he said when my green eyes met his.
I sat up quickly and backed up in alarm, pressing myself to the wall.
"Um, K- Kazune, you didn't button your shirt... oh, dear.." I said nervously and he crawled over to me.
He stared down at his clothes, not knowing what to do. I bit my lip and scooted closer to him, then with shaky hands, reached up to button both layers of clothing.
Chisame chose that time to walk in the room, and I realized just how odd this must have looked.
She stared at the both of us with wide eyes.
"Well... uh, this is interesting."
"This isn't what it looks like! He needed help with the buttons!"
"Uh... uh-huh.. you don't have to explain."
"That's not what I meant!"
"Yeah, okay." Chisame smirked. "I made breakfast, so you guys better hurry."
I stood up to leave and Kazune followed behind me.
Geez.
At School...
I looked down at Kazune's schedule. Well, it wasn't too complicated... maybe if I got my things together early, I could take him to Math
"Okay, you have a speech teacher that will help you with your words, alright? She's the first person you'll see in the morning. Then after that, you have math, and language arts, and English.. then.."
I glanced over at him to see that he was staring out of the school window, blinking, fascinated at a flower pot on the windowsill.
"Kazune.." I sighed.
He suddenly glanced up at me, his eyes full of question.
"What is this?" he asked, regarding the vase. "Th- that's a flower, Kazune." I walked over to him and picked up the little daisy. Kazune stared down at the flower, then a moment later, a small smile crossed his face. I gasped when he reached over and broke the flower from it's roots, leaving the flower itself and half of the stem attached before sliding it in my hair.
I stared up at him, eyes wide with shock, and he only beamed at me before I felt my cheeks reddened.
"Kazune, y-you're not supposed to do that, someone worked hard to plant that flower."
He wasn't listening, he was admiring the way it looked in my hair. Must have seen something like this on TV...
I jumped when the bell rang, and students began pouring into the halls. I quickly opened the door to the Speech room before pushing Kazune inside and quickly saying to a surprised teacher.
"This is Kazune... Hanazono! He has trouble speaking Japanese, and he'll be one of your students learning this language in private! Bye!"
Darting out of the room and leaving Kazune behind, I shut the door and pressed my back to is, letting out a sigh of relief. I was like an overprotective mother taking her child to their first day of preschool.
Himeka passed by me in the hallway, her long black hair pulled into a ponytail with a big purple bow at the top. She smiled, almost passing me completely before forcing herself through the crowded sea of teenagers. She looked like a cute little fish trying to fight the strong current in an ocean.
I couldn't help but smile back, "Hi, Himeka-chan."
"Good morning~!" she managed, panting as she finally got by them all. Suddenly noticing where we were, she asked, "Why are you in front of the speech room? You transferring classes or something?"
"N-no... just showing a new kid around..."
"Oh, really? Who? Is it a boy?" she tried peeking into the speech class door's window and I moved so she couldn't. Himeka's kind of short, so she had no chance of trying to stand on her tippy toes to see.
"Umm... yeah... he's just... a guy."
And of course, Himeka knows I'm being mysterious.
"Is this guy... attractive?"
In so many ways, I wanted to say. But if I told her who Kazune was, I'm not even sure I could trust my best friend to tell her I was taking care of a person from outer space. How was I supposed to tell her that? She'd think I was crazy. Quick, think, Karin, what will you say if someone asks who Kazune is?"
"Ummm, he's my... cousin."
Damn. That was the only relationship I could think of... but it's not like it's too bad of a cover for him, I mean, if I said he was my brother, I think it'd be awkward because in the future, I might... Wait, why did I say "cousin?"
"What?! You have a cousin?" Himeka's big golden eyes widened before she frowned and cocked her head to the side.
"Chisame didn't-"
"No, no!" I waved my hands in front of my face, "No, Chisame never... had any kids... Kazune is... um..."
"Kazune? Strange name.."
I bit my lip, thinking, "Um... Kazune is my... great grandfather's youngest sister who's now deceased's
... adopted son.." Well, that sounded just about right.
Himeka looked deep in thought, "Oh. That's cool, I didn't know you had a cousin. So you two aren't related by blood?"
I shook my head. This was good, if word got around that Kazune was my cousin, then in the future if we... well.. uh... What?
"Okay, well, I'll see you in Biology. Point him out to me then, okay?"
I let out another sigh of relief as Himeka skipped down the hallway. Thank goodness.
In class..
Unfortunately for me, Himeka has a very loud mouth and likes to think out loud, so word got around to at least 80% of the high school that I had a cousin. People were whispering behind me about Kazune, no one had seen him yet, but there was a lot to talk about on subjects like this.
I was so busy wondering if Kazune was alright, if the speech class was going okay that I couldn't even focus in math. Which earned me a chair thrown in my direction by my most faaavorite, violent teacher, of course.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO-"
"PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS, I know. Sorry."
She continued on with the lesson with a few glances in my direction to make sure I was paying attention. I followed her, yes, but I was still thinking about something else.
I knew this lesson anyway, it didn't matter.
When the bell rang, I snatched my things so fast, I was the first one in the hallway, speed walking down the hall, turning corners, running down the stairs, avoiding traffic as much as possible. I finally saw the door in front of me and took a step toward it.
Just a few more steps and –
An arm suddenly appeared in front of me and slammed against the locker, blocking my way to the classroom. Then another hand slammed against the locker behind me and I looked up at the person I was being caged by.
Light green eyes glanced me up and down and I glared up at the spiky blue hair gelled into a Mohawk.
Damn. Aito again. I was hoping he'd gotten the message that I didn't want to see him after that one Friday. Aito smiled smugly.
"Hey, Karin. I wanted to say hi. I don't think our relationship got off to a great start last weeken-"
I held up a hand in front of me and glared at him, "Get away from me. I have places to be."
"Of course. But how about we go together. It's about time people started realizing we're dating, right?"
Nearby, a few girls walked by and hearing the only 2 word's "We're Dating," they squealed and started whispering to everybody.
Oh, my GOD.
"See, now look what you did, you IDIOT!"
"What? They heard us? Let them hear. Now it's official-"
"How many damn times do I have to say it to get it through that thick skull of yours that we're NOT DATING?!" I grimaced. And of course, no one heard those 3 words.
Aito's hand rested on my neck before sliding up to touch my cheek."Come on, Karin, where do you have to be that's better than not being with me?"
I opened my mouth to answer when a hand grabbed Aito's wrist and pulled his hand away from my face. I gasped and turned to meet the eyes of someone I was actually surprised to see.
It was Kazune, but his eyes were back to that mysterious violet, and those same eyes were glaring daggers at Aito, who looked just as surprised as I was.
One of Kazune's arms snaked around my waist and pulled me out from Aito's cage. He held me close to his chest protectively and I stared up at him, wide eyed, but he was smirking at Aito now.
"Sorry, but Karin has to be with me right now. She promised me lunch."
Aito narrowed his eyes at Kazune before saying coldly, "And who are you supposed to be?"
"I'm her boyf-"
"- Cousin, he's my cousin." I interrupted immediately, surprised at what Kazune was going to say before. Aito's glare turned into a smirk.
Probably because that meant I was still single. And that he still had a chance.
As if.
"Well, it's nice to meet you-"
"My name's -"
"Kazune. Kazune Hanazono." I glanced up at Kazune. He was staring down at me, and looked a little frustrated. Aito smiled at us.
"Well, Kazune Hanazono, I just thought you should know- make some time for me and Karin to get together, okay? Since we're dating."
I glared at Aito this time, "We are NOT -" I was cut off when Kazune slid his hand into mine and pulled me away, stopping to call over his shoulder, "I'm not sure how that will work out. I don't let my cousin date just any guy. I'll have to observe you first."
Nearby, a few girls squealed. Great, now they thought Kazune was the overprotective cousin who was going to keep me away from any kind of romantic relationship. More gossip.
We walked away from Aito, me stumbling and trying to keep up with his quick walk.
What had made him phase like this and turn into that other person ?
"K-Kazune, hold on, I-"
When we were alone in the middle of a staircase, Kazune pushed me against the wall and lifted me quickly on the counter of it, earning a surprised gasp from me as he made his way in between my legs before I could protest for him to back away.
"Ah, Kazune, what are you-"
One of his hands rested next to me while the other reached up to take my face in his hand. He moved so that he was pressing the side of his face to mine and whispered.
"I want you to remember this. You are mine, understand? I'm not letting you get into any kind of romantic relationship with any of these filthy human teenagers."
I felt my cheeks flush and there was a light chuckle before lips pressed to my burning cheeks.
"Have I embarrassed you?" Kazune said softly. I jumped back from him, trying to push through the embarrassment to show him I was angry.
"W-who are you to tell me I can't date anyone?!"
He gave me a sideways smile and his violet eyes bored deeply into my light green ones.
"You're fiance, of course."
My eyes widened in shock and I shook my head, "I- I have to go!" I struggled to get away from him, but he held me tightly and looked at me again. Damn, his eyes were gorgeous.
"Mine." he whispered again, leaning in to kiss me, and I stiffened. He noticed, and sighed before pulling away. "If you'll excuse me, I have to make my way to room C202."
Then he walked away.
He said fiance, right?