I'm not sure if my rewrite is going to be as popular as my xreader version of my story, but I'm going to keep writing it the way I want it. So if you don't like it, then don't read it as normal. I want to finish my fanfictions, that goes for Eva Birthday and The Red Ribbon Straggler which will be my third part in my Birthday Trilogy.
Also to my old readers who have read and reviewed my rewrite, thanks! I'm glad you're going to follow me again, that means a lot to me! I've began to slow down again, I blame video games, Attack on Titan and the lack of reviews... where have my readers gone? o.o But thank you for the Reviews, Favorites, Alerts and to the unknown people who read my story too.
I've began to write The Wammy House memories as a separate fanfiction, I've done four chapters to it so far. It begins from when SJ is 8 and ends when she gets onto the plane to Los Angeles.
Chapter 7
I sighed loudly and switched the old second-hand television set off that we brought the other week from the Pawnbrokers on our street, there was nothing interesting on TV tonight besides old cheesy horror films which I didn't fancy watching alone. I glanced over at the kitchen's wall clock and placed the tv remote down on the sofa, I wonder where Beyond as gotten to? It was just after 11pm, I know he said he was going to follow Mr Porter and do an observation on him before he passed away. But that was hours ago, I thought he would have been home by now seeing that our landlord only had three hours of life left to live. I really didn't feel any sympathy for Mr Porter at all, not since he threatened me and forced his way into my home in a disrupt manner. I don't know if it makes me a bad person for not caring at all that his time was up, but he was a terrible person and I guess karma wanted to take him sooner rather than later.
" I'm going bed..." I muttered.
I unwrapped my blanket from around me, I folded it up and hung it over the back of the sofa. I quickly put all the cushions back on the sofa, I grabbed my dirty plate from the coffee table and walked to the kitchen. I tutted to myself as I tripped up on an empty jam jar, Beyond really needs to take his empty jars to the recycling center down town for a few dollars before I end up breaking my neck or cutting my feet on them.
" I'm going to do the dishes tomorrow..." I yawned as I placed my dirty plate into the sink and turned the kitchen light off. " And sort out the cupboards, also do a top to bottom clean of the living room..."
I unclipped my hair as I made my way to the bathroom, I placed my hair clip down on a small end table with a spider plant on it by the bathroom door and went for a quick shower. I got dressed into my blue pajamas, brushed through my hair and cleaned my teeth. I threw my damp bath towels in the laundry basket, turned the bathroom light off and went to bed.
I was awoken from my sleep when I heard the apartment door unlock, Beyond must be home. I sat up in my bed and ran my fingers through my hair as I watched the apartment door open. A dim light from the corridor partly filled the kitchen, I saw an outline of his figure enter the kitchen as he carried a large bag in his hand. I looked at the alarm clock on my bedside table and saw that it was just after 1:30am. I pulled my covers away from me and swung my legs out of my bed as I heard him quietly close the apartment floor behind him, I wonder what's in the bag that he as brought home with him? I listened to his feet dragging across the apartment floor as he walked into the living room, he was muttering something under his breath to himself and stopped in the middle of the room when I cleared my throat.
" You're awake!" He said with a hint of surprise in his voice. " I thought you would have been sleeping soundly by the time I got back, did you make me some dinner like I asked?"
" Of course! I made you some strawberry jam tarts for dessert and I've just got to boil some noodles to add to the chicken..." I replied quietly. " Would you like me to get your dinner ready for you and make you some tea?"
" Yes, that would be delightful my dear..." He answered. " But first I need to take a hot shower, I feel rather unsanitary right now. The alleyways of Los Angeles are vile places, all of them full of vermin and microorganism... "
" What's microorganism?" I asked.
" It's a form of bacteria, fungi and viruses..." He replied. " Too small to be seen by the human eye but visible under a microscope, I could smell it's odor throughout the alleyway..."
" Oh okay, would you like me to get you some fresh towels as well?" I asked, I got up from my bed and picked my empty glass up from the bedside table. " Why don't you go and get ready for your shower, I'll bring the towels into you after I've put the kettle on..."
" Alright..." He nodded.
I watched him walk to the bathroom and close the door behind him. I turned my bedside lamp on as I yawned loudly, I better get him those towels before I fall asleep standing up. I walked to the kitchen as I hummed to myself, I turned the kitchen light on and placed my glass down on the counter side. I quickly filled the kettle up with water, I took two blue mug from a cup holder and turned the kettle on. I got two clean towels from the laundry basket, I glanced over at the large bag that Beyond had brought home with him. I looked over at the bathroom door and heard the water running in the bathtub, I bit at my bottom lip and hung the towels over the back of a chair at the kitchen table.
" I wonder..." I muttered.
I glanced back over at the bathroom door again, I guess one little peep in side of his bag won't hurt. I walked over to the large bag, I knelt in front of it and wiped my hands on my pajama bottoms. I carefully unzipped one of the side pockets of the bag, I tilted my head when I saw many small medication boxes with different labels stuck on them, there was clomethiazole, diphenhydramine, diazepam and many others. I know diazepam is used for anxiety or psychosis, but I don't understand why Beyond as them in his possession.
" What at you doing?!" I heard Beyond say quietly from behind me with a tone of anger in his voice. " Get away from my bag right now Elizabeth, there is nothing of interest for your eyes in that bag of mine my dear..."
" I'm sorry!" I replied and quickly zipped the side pocket back up. " I didn't see anything, I won't do it again!"
" Good, then let's keep this brief. I never want you to open that bag, do you understand?" I heard him ask in a softer tone." There is nothing of importance in my bag, just a few items I needed to purchase in private for my personal needs..."
" I understand, I'm sorry Backup!" I replied.
" Now I suggest that you get up from the floor before you dirty your pajama bottoms..." He chuckled. " I may have brought half of the dirt from the alleyway in with me, so in the morning I would like you to mop the floor with beech and hot water. Do you understand?"
" Yes, I understand..." I nodded.
" Good, now get up from the floor and let me look at you..." He said.
I slowly looked over my shoulder at him as I tucked some of my hair behind my ear, I could tell he wasn't pleased with me by the look on his face. I quickly got up from floor and turned around to face him. He took a step towards me, I shook my head at him and back away from him. He titled his head as he held his hands up in surrender with a chuckle, he gave smirk before he turned his attention to the large bag on the floor and let his arms fall to his sides.
" I'm not going to harm you my dear, you surprised me with your curiosity..." He smirked as he gave me a sideways look. " You don't have to fear me, I came to collect those towels you promised you'd get me..."
" They're on the back of the chair at the table, they're clean like I said earlier..." I muttered, I walked over to a cupboard above the microwave and opened it's door." I'll put the noodles on now, It will be on the table for when you've finished in the bathroom..."
" Alright..." He said.
I took the packet of noodles from the cupboard and rested my hand on the kitchen counter, I shouldn't have looked in his bag. I'm lucky he didn't lose his temper with me this time, but it doesn't explain why he his getting all over protect about a bag. I sighed as I filled a glass bowl up with hot water, I added the noodle mix to it and placed the bowl in the microwave. I felt a soft hand on my shoulder, I turned around to see Beyond giving me a pleasant smile for once well he held a paper pharmacy bag towards me.
" What's this?" I asked.
" Your vitamin supplements, I got them for you like I said I would after I followed Mr Porter to his death..." He smirked and opened up the paper bag. " I've even brought you two weekly pill boxes, I will be able to set them out for you each week..."
" Thank you B, that's thoughtful of you..." I sighed and leaned back against the counter. "Can I asked how Mr Porter died?"
" Our dear Mr Porter had an appointment with a very sharp butterfly knife, it seems that he owed someone a large amount of money..." He answered, he placed the paper bag down on the kitchen table and chuckled. " He begged them not to kill him, but they would not listen to his screams or pitiful sobbing. They gave him a big grin across his throat, a beautiful clean laceration to his carotid artery. It was glorious sight to behold, his blood splatting the alleyway walls like sprinklers on the grass in the park. His gurgling was so delightful, but he suffered for over 5 minutes when the normal death time for a cut throat would be 2 to 4 minutes. He didn't even lose consciousness which surprised me, he was awake until the very end..."
" That sounds like a dreadful death, poor Mr Porter..." I said quietly." Were you seen by anyone?"
" No, I stayed my distance and watched from a far..." He replied as he gently took my hands and smirked. " They left his lifeless body behind a dumpster not far from Downtown Independent cinema, it gave me a brief moment to examine his corpse before a homeless person raised the alarm. But do not fret my dear, I disappeared quicker than I was seen..."
" Why did you want to examine Mr Porter's body?" I asked.
" I wanted to examine him for my own private purposes, I've never seen a wound made by a butterfly knife before at close range..." He replied as he glanced over at the microwave and closed it's door. " The laceration was quite jagged which surprised me, I thought with the smooth motion of the blade it would have been tidy. His wound wasn't even that deep across his carotid artery, I could fit my whole finger tip inside of his wound because it was such a little slit. It amuses me that something so small could cause his lifespan to fade away like it was nothing..."
" Backup, that's a stupid thing to do!" I frowned. " You shouldn't have examined his body without any rubber gloves on, what if you left something on him like a hair or even worse a finger print!"
" Hush my dear, after all of these years you still doubt my carefulness..." He smirked and took a pair of bloody rubber gloves from his jean pocket. " I always carry a pocket-sized forensic kits around with me, you never know when it will come in useful and I wore my hood up at all times. Will you dispose of these gloves for me? We can not leave any traces of blood behind, you will also need to soak my clothes in hydrogen peroxide and wash them after. We may get a visit from the police at some point, I believe there will be an investigation into Mr Porters death..."
I slightly nodded my head at him and sighed as I watched him throw his bloody gloves in the kitchen stink, his obsession with wounds were quite frightening at times. I don't have a clue why he wanted to examine Mr Porter's body, he must have followed our landlord's murderers to the Downtown Independent cinema because it's a few blocks away from our apartment. I was snapped out of my thoughts when I felt Beyond's hand brush against my cheek, it felt rough for some reason. I took hold of his hand to see a bloody bandaged wrapped around it, I quickly looked up at him and gasped.
" What have you done to your hand?!" I asked.
" Nothing for you to worry about my dear, just a slight accident..." He replied, he pulled his hand away from me and sighed deeply to himself. " Two female individuals tried mug me well I was walking home, but alas they failed and didn't manage to get hold of my wallet..."
" Let me take a look at it, you may get an infection if you didn't clean it right!" I frowned and gently took hold of his hand. " What if you need stitches or a tetanus shot, there is a lot of blood on your bandage!"
" My hand will be fine, all you need to worry about is our unborn child..." He smirked.
" I'm allowed to worry about you too, you're my only friend I've got left since we left The Wammy House..." I sighed as I let go of his hand. " Sit down, I'll get the first aid kit out and you can eat your dinner well I tend to your hand..."
" I believe it's best if I take my shower first, my body will be more cleansed and I can rinse my hand under some hot water before you re-bandage it for me..." He said, he removed his long-sleeved black shirt and took the towels from the back of the chair as he placed his shirt down on the chair. " I will be back in a while, I also think you should change your clothes too. You've come in contact with me, you may have some of Mr Porter's blood on your clothes..."
" Okay, I'll get changed while you're taking a shower..." I nodded.
I watched Beyond take his jeans off, he hurried to the bathroom after well I got changed into some clean clothes from the laundry basket. I quickly grabbed a yellow bowl from under the sink and filled it with boiling hot water, I added some hydrogen peroxide to the water and put our clothes into the bowl. I took my first aid box from the cupboard, I placed it down on the table and continued to prepare his dinner.
It wasn't long before Beyond returned from the bathroom, he sat down at the kitchen table dressed in his grey bathrobe and rested his hand on the table top. I added the slices of chicken to the noodles, I grabbed a folk from the cutlery draw and placed his dinner down in front of him. I sat down at the table and stylized my hand with some hand sanitizing gel. I took a look at his cut on his hand, it was bruising already and looked pretty deep. I looked up at him from his hand, he wasn't wearing his contact lenses for once. His eyes were a bright crimson colour without his dark coloured contact lenses, he only wore them when he left our apartment so he could blend in with everyone else and not stand out.
" Are you ready?" I asked as I opened my first aid box and took a pair of rubber gloves from it. " I'm going to have to check the cut on your hand first before I clean it, I'm apologizing now in case I hurt your hand. But I'll try to be gentle, can I asked what you cut you hand on?"
" A pocket knife..." He answered.
" That sounds painful, does it hurt?" I asked.
" I've experienced much worse pain in my life time, so do not worry about hurting me..." He smirked.
" Okay then, let's get your hand cleaned up..." I sighed, I put the rubber gloves on and bit at my bottom lip as I wiggled my fingers. " Will you need any paracetamol for your hand? You may have trouble sleeping later on if it gets sore, I think you should sleep in the bed tonight so you will be more comfortable..."
" Maybe before I go to sleep, does that mean you'll be sharing the bed with me?" He asked.
" I'll sleep on the sofa, I don't want to roll over and hurt you in your sleep..." I replied.
" Pity, it's been a long time since we slept the same bed..." He chuckled as he leant forwards toward me and whispered. " I brought something odd when I was out this night, it's not something I wouldn't normally buy seeing as it's not my type of item I would purchase. But I inquired it when I was in the pharmacy, it's something little and quite sweet which caught my eye. It's inside the pharmacy bag if you want to see it, you will not be disappointed..."
" The last time we slept in the bed we created accident, a pleasant accident though..." I smiled. " So, what's the odd thing you've brought?"
" Why don't you find out my dear, it will be a delightful surprise..." He replied.
I took a peep inside the pharmacy bag, there was many boxes of vitamin supplements and the two plastic pill boxes Beyond said he had brought me. I titled my head as something colourful caught my eye, I carefully took the colourful item out of the bag and smiled. It was a little colourful plastic bracelet with all the colours of the rainbow on it, there were little yellow stars on it and red love hearts. It was very cute, but it seemed more of a gift for a child than an adult. I turned the over and saw three blue letters spelling out a name on it, I blew my fridge away from my eyes as I read the name out loud.
" Eva? I think you picked out the wrong name if it was meant for me..." I smiled, I put it on my wrist and took a closer look at the bracelet. " It's cute though, it's a thoughtful gift even if the name is wrong..."
" The name is right, it's just on the wrong person's wrist..." He chuckled.
" I don't understand, who is the bracelet for?" I asked.
" For her, my little successor..." He replied.
" It really is a thoughtful gift for the baby, but what if it's a boy?" I laughed as I took the bracelet off and placed it down on the table. " Oh B! You're so funny when you're not being all creepy and mysterious with your psychopathic tendencies. But I like the bracelet, it really is a sweet gift for a change instead of boxes of grapes or a can of soup..."
" It's not a boy, I can see her name as clear as the stars in the night sky..." He smirked.
" Stop pulling my leg! I know for a fact that your eyes don't work like that, I wasn't born yesterday like some people on this planet!" I smiled.
" And how do you know how my eyes really work?" He asked.
" You've told me all about them, you can only see physical being's lifespans..." I replied and took a packet of antiseptic wipes from my first aid box. " Unless you've been hiding a few secrets about your eyes from me, so my next question is are you keeping secrets from me?"
" Oh sweet Elizabeth, you really need to learn to trust me more..." He replied, he picked his folk up from the table with a smirk and began to twist some of his noodles on his folk. " To be honest, this new gift with my eyes is foreign to me. I've never experienced anything like this before which worries me, I believe there maybe something unusual about our child. My eyes and your frozen lifespan could create something greater than we could ever expected, a unique little girl with the ability to succeed into a perfect student for me to educate..."
" It's just baby B, nothing more or nothing less until it can choose who it wants to be when it's older..." I sighed.
" You refer to our child as an it, she as a name..." He smirked.
" Okay, so you can see her name!" I sighed as I took hold of his hand and gently ran my finger tip over his cut. " But it still doesn't mean you can corrupt an innocent child, now hold still..."
I carefully cleaned Beyond's cut on his hand with antiseptic wipes as he ate his chicken noodles, he was pretty lucky that he didn't need any stitches even is it was a deep cut and looked really sore. I applied some antiseptic cream and giggled slightly as he hissed a swear word under his breath, I guess he his human after all if he can feel pain. I bandaged his hand up, I threw what I had used from my first aid box away and made us both some tea. I took a plate of strawberry jam tarts from on top of the strove, I placed them down on the table and sat down on my chair again.
" I hope you like them, I've not made strawberry jam tarts for a very long time..." I smiled and cupped my hands around my mug of tea. " I'll replace your precious strawberry jam I used to make them, I promise!"
" Elizabeth, I need to call in the favour that we discuss not long ago..." He said as he took one of the strawberry jam tarts from the plate. " I will reveal my plan in more detail when the time comes. But I need you to promise me that you will go through with it, you'll not be place in danger's way and I will protect you if anything goes wrong..."
" Why can't you tell me what the favour is first?" I asked.
" You've got to agree first before I tell you anything..." He answered.
" Tell me!" I frowned.
" Hush my dear, I just need you to promise me that you will go through with it..." He replied, he placed his hand on my wrist and smirked at me. " What do you say my sweet Elizabeth? Me and you versus the world once more like we did as teenagers after we lost our poor Alternative to his depression, he would want us to do what I have planned in mind. He would be applauding us, do it for him if not for me..."
" I guess I've got no choice if I promised, you know I never break my promises..." I sighed.
" Good girl, now let me tell you what I need you to do for me..." He smirked.
