I screamed running towards the bathroom, I examined myself no bruises, no nothing. I ran my hand through my hair."It was only a nightmare." I said to myself repeatedly. I put my back against the wall and slipped down bringing my knees to my chest.
I looked at my hands, I killed them. I killed the only people who loved me and cared for me.I let him control me.
I got up and washed my face. Looks like I'm not sleeping anymore. I thought to myself as I changed in to some sweatpants and a shirt and headed to Snakes dojo. I mean he wouldn't mind if I go,right? And besides he's probably sleeping now. I stepped into the elevator and went up. I made my way towards the door and opened it. The lights were dimmed and it was complete silent. I sat in the middle and began meditating. After a couple of minutes I looked around for some katanas, lucky for me I found them. I did a hand stand with them, which was a complete failure since my shirt kept going down exposing my bra, but after a few tries I finally did it.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I was about to swing my katana and practice with my invisible opponent when I heard light footsteps coming closer to me, once they were close enough I swung my katana at who ever it was, to my surprise they blocked it. It was Snake Eyes.
"What are you doing up so late?" I asked, but then quickly regretted it when I remembered what Jaye told me. Snake Eyes tilted his head to the side and pointed a finger at me.
"I...I couldn't sleep" I quickly said. He nodded and sighed. "You too?" He nodded again. It was silent, I looked down then at him
"I better go..goodnight" I was about to turn around but he grabbed my arm "What?" He put his hands up but then stopped "I know ASL..."
"Really?" He signed
"Yeah. My parents made me learn it, they always said 'You may never know if you're going to need it.' So I gave in and I learned it. Guess they were right huh?"
He let out a small soft chuckle. "Want to practice? I saw that you were trying to do a handstand on the katana. I can show you.."
My cheeks turned red, remembering how my shirt went down every time I tried to do it. What if he saw my bra?
"Yes I did. Its a pretty color...I like the design. Looks good on you." He signed giving me a thumbs up.
I couldn't help but laugh at his comment. "I don't know if I should thank you or think that you're a creep."
His shoulders started moving, he was laughing. "I'm no creep" He signed
"Only creeps will look at a girls bra.." I said crossing my arms over my chest. He shook his head and I'm pretty sure he was rolling his eyes.
"Sure I want to practice" I finally said. He took one of the katanas from my hand
"Show me what you got" He signed as he backed away from me
"I think you already saw that" I muttered looking away. He playfully shoved me. And I laughed.
"Stop it." He signed as he put his katana up.
"Well you're the one who kept looking at me!" I said as I put my katana up.
"Who wears a baggy shirt when they're training?" He asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Oh so you don't want me to wear a shirt?!" I raised my eyebrow.
"That's...that's not what I meant. I..." He signed but then stopped. I raised my eyebrow "Forget it." He finally signed. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, what ever you say perv." I said playfully. He was about to sign something but I swung my katana at him but he blocked it with his katana and pushed me against a wall with his body against mine I smirked finally some good action. I kicked him of off me. He came closer trying to hit me but I blocked his every move and he did the same. We moved in sync with our katanas, almost like dancing, you enjoy every minute of it. Memories of my dad and I flashed through my mind. Dad and I always used to practice at night, when everything was calm and there was no sound to distract any if us. I brought my full attention towards Snake letting everything out all my anger, all those years being in one tiny room and not being to socialize, all those hits I would get if I didn't succeed. Surprisingly Snake Eyes was keeping up with me hitting me as hard as I hit him.
"We should probably stop." He finally signed after a few hours with both of us breathing hard.
I went towards a mirror to fix myself, my hair was all messed up and my shirt was literally falling off. Now I know why Snake said 'Who wears a baggy shirt when they're training?' After trying to fix my hair and couldn't succeed, I looked around barely noticing how the dojo was now that the lights were fully on. I was amazed , it had traditional Japanese colors, and it had everything you needed. I frowned as the memories came flowing in.
"Is something wrong?" He asked tilting his head
"No, its just...your dojo reminds me of my dads dojo." I said as I remembered the dojo back at home. The only thing different was that dad only had katanas and a picture of us when we were a...family. We would always hang out over there, we'll have dinner, we'll even spend Christmas there. I felt a tear running down my face, I quickly wiped it away.
"Its okay to cry" Snake said as he put his hand on my shoulder.
No its not okay to cry. Crying makes you weak. Crying makes you a target. I shook his hand off me and walked towards the door. "Bye." I said before I closed the door behind me.
I was about to enter the elevator when I felt an arm wrap around my waist, I was about to turn around when the elevator opened and Ripcord was standing there. His eyes widen looking at me up and down then his eyes landed on my waist. He opened his mouth to say something but instead he started pressing the button rapidly. The elevator door closed leaving me with Snake alone.
I turned around glaring at him. He quickly removed his arm from my waist and put his hand on the back of his neck looking away.
He turned towards me and signed "Bad timing?" I rolled my eyes and pressed the elevator button to open, it opened revealing Lady Jaye, Duke and Ripcord. I glared at Ripcord and he winked at me. "Have fun!" Duke said as the door closed once again leaving me with Snake. I rolled my eyes and looked at Snake
"Are they always this-" I was cut off by Snake signing
"Annoying? Stupid? Hard headed? Nosy? Immature? Did I say stupid already?" I laughed
"Ninja sure those have some good sense of humor." He chuckled and put his hand on my back pushing me slightly towards the elevator. We got in and waited until it opened again. I noticed his hand was still on my back, I looked at him and he looked at me. I raised my eyebrow making him tilt his head to the side.
"Your hand." He quickly removed it and looked away.
The elevator door opened and I got out with Snake following me.
"See you later" I said as I went into my room.
