CHAPTER SEVEN

"Here you go, Chibi!"

Hiro placed down a cup of tea on the table between us. I rubbed my head with the towel he had lent me once more, then rested it around my shoulders. I grabbed the cup and took a sip.

"Thanks for the tea, Hiro," I said to him with a smile. I looked out the window, and it was now pouring down rain.

"I don't think you'll be able to go home with rain like that," he muttered, looking out the window as well. "If you want, you can stay at my place."

I shook my head and chuckled. "Thank you for the offer, but I don't want my dad worrying about me."

"Alright then. I'll just walk you home after you're done with your tea."

Hiro stared at me, resting his head on his hand. I stared back at him as I drank my tea. I couldn't help but notice how pretty his eyes were.

"I really like your eyes," I complimented him. He smiled.

"Thanks. That's the first time anyone's said that to me."

We sat in his apartment in silence. Nothing but the sound of me sipping my tea. I enjoyed it though. The peacefulness.

"U-um, do you want me to turn on the TV or anything? Just thought the silence was bothering you," he asked, reaching out for the remote.

"You don't have to, but if you want to then... I'm fine with it," I replied to him with a soft voice.

His cheeks turned pink. He looked away and turn the TV on, putting his focus onto it. I giggled before taking another sip.

"What's so funny?" he asked, pouting.

"Oh nothing. It's just the fact that you're blushing!" I laughed some more.

"I demand you to stop laughing right now!" he began to raise his voice.

I stopped laughing for a moment and stared at him with a weird face.

"You can't tell me what to do."

I continued to laugh, soon enough he began laughing along with me as well. Moments after, we calmed down. The room went silent again with nothing to be heard, other than the noise coming from the TV.

"Hey so... Would if be alright for me to ask why you were crying earlier?"

I froze before taking a sip from my tea. I put the cup back down onto the table.

"Kid happened. You don't need to worry about it," I replied to him. I looked up and saw him frown from hearing his name.

"You're still with that freak?" he asked me. I didn't want to answer. "He's been with another girl. Months after I heard you left, Chibi, h-"

"I know."

I didn't want the story retold again. I've had enough of it.

"I don't know how to feel about it anymore. I'm just going to give up and move on now," I sighed as I slouched back into the couch.

Hiro sat still, quiet. He looked at me, saddened.

"You don't need to worry about me though, I'll get over it," I said, forcing a smile. He seemed relieved, but only by a bit.

"I won't pry. I'll be here to comfort you if you need it though," he said.

I looked down at the floor, feeling sad again. I stood up and looked at Hiro.

"I'm gonna go home now," I muttered. He got up and grabbed his umbrella from earlier. We walked out of the apartment building and started our walk to my house.

There was nothing but silence between us for most of the walk. We'd say a few things here and there, but the conversation would always die.

As we were crossing a road, some biker guy drove by with his motorcycle at a ridiculously high speed. I squealed and clung onto Hiro's arm without realizing I did so.

"Are you okay?" he asked, looking at me. I nodded my head and fixed my hair.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just sort of lost my balance there for a sec," I answered shyly. I could feel my face heating up from embarrassment.

We had finally reached my apartment building. I thanked him for escorting me there. He stood waiting for me to walk inside. I opened the door and looked back at him and ran over to him and hugged him tightly.

"Thanks, again," I muttered.

I walked into the building and went straight to my apartment.

Today was...

I don't know how to describe it.

A bipolar day?

I'm not sure that term would really fit it, but that's what I think of about today.

I knocked on the door. Taura opened it and I happily pranced inside.

"You're in a good mood. What happened while you were over there?" she asked with a smile, watching me.

"Oh, Kid isn't why I'm so happy," I started, "It's someone else."

Taura stared at me, confused.

I looked back at her and grinned.

"I think I might end up liking the guy!"

Taura grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me slightly.

"Are you crazy? You're just going to throw Kid away after the present he sent you!?" she shouted. I looked to the side, frowning a bit.

"He shouldn't matter anymore. Besides, he's got some fiancé now, her name's Melanie. Met her earlier," I rolled my eyes as I sighed. I fake gagged afterwards. Taura let go of me.

"You aren't serious... Are you?" she looked at me seriously.

"Would I be kidding about some arranged marriage like this?" I answered sternly, pouting a bit. I walked into my room and sat in the corner, next to the teddy bear Kid gave me earlier today. Taura followed behind.

"I knew it, I was right about the marriage part," she muttered to herself. I hugged my teddy bear and cuddled with it, pretending it was Kid.

It even smelled like him...

"What's this Melanie girl like?" Taura asked.

"Oh jeez, she's gorgeous. She's even fit, unlike me. Gaining weight and all that. She's got that dark brown hair pulled back into those perfect messy buns and stuff. And her eyes, they're plain and brown, but they're really pretty."

I sat up, holding the teddy bear in my lap.

"I've got some competition, Taura. Haha.."

She opened her mouth, about to say something, but suddenly we both saw a shadow coming from the window.

I looked up at the window and frowned, gritting my teeth.

She was back.

I wonder what kind of a present mother could've possibly bought for her daughter.


A/N: Just wanted to say that Melanie isn't really an OC of mine! You know the episode in Soul Eater where Kid was on that ship called the Black Dragon and was talking about how Lord Death was picking out weapons for him and stuff? I just chose one of the girls from that part and gave her a name. I decided to do that since some people could say that Lord Death choosing a weapon for Kid was like a way of doing an arranged marriage and yeah.