Lemony: *puts head down on desk*
Rukia clicked on the unread message and waited impatiently for the screen to open it. Mr. Hyde didn't leave much to the imagination seeing as though his personal email was . Rukia figured she'd used the same screen name for just about everything too, so that didn't make any difference. Besides, she didn't think of him as anyone but Mr. Hyde, she'd never given any thought to what his real name might be.
Finally the message screen loaded to reveal Mr. Hyde's words. His message read:
Failing school with style, eh Secrecy? That's the first time I've ever heard it put that way. Well, I'd wish you the best of luck with flunking. But then again, I don't you want to fail out of school, love. And I don't want to find someone else to occupy my time, I'd rather have you. What other girl can arouse me the way you can, you hot little tease. May I ask, what subjects are you struggling with? Perhaps I can help. My prices aren't steep; a few of your delicious fantasies would do just fine as payment.
See ya' around,
Mr. Hyde.
Rukia read the message and thought for a moment. What harm could it do for him to help her? Besides, she'd rather have Hyde than Kaien tutoring her anyway. She typed her reply with her hands jumping around the keys. The clicking sound was music to her ears:
Yes, sadly I'm about to fail. And there's no need for me to give you my fantasies because I already have a tutor…even though I don't like him very much. Don't you worry your pretty little head, I won't fail. I'm not stupid just bored as hell. And you don't need to trade anything for my fantasies, I like giving them to you lol.
Signed,
Secrecy.
Rukia read over her message and then hit SEND. Almost immediately she saw that his profile picture lit up with the bright yellow blinking box. Yes! He was online. Rukia waited for a moment, practically sitting on her hands, as he IM'ed her.
Mr. Hyde: Ah, there you are Secrecy. I've been so miserable without you to entertain me for the past few weeks, love. Where ya' been?
Secrecy: Wouldn't you like to know, lol. Aw, you were bored without me?
Mr. Hyde: Oh yes, very bored indeed…
Secrecy: Perhaps I can fix that, lol. Would you like to play tonight?
Mr. Hyde: Yes, but I want you tell me something first.
Secrecy: And that would be?
Mr. Hyde: How are you doing in school, you're not still failing are you?
For some odd reason, Rukia didn't wanted to lash out and tell him to mind his own business. If anything, the younger Kuchiki was just happy to be back online.
Secrecy: No, I brought my grades up…I didn't have a choice but to.
Mr. Hyde: What subjects were you having trouble with, love?
Secrecy: History is the absolute worst.
Mr. Hyde: Where exactly do you go school?
Before Rukia could stop herself, she typed her reply.
Secrecy: LWA Preparatory.
When she realized she'd given away her location Rukia slapped a hand to her forehead! Fuck! How could she have been so careless! Now Hyde knew where she was! Ok, ok, this wasn't so bad, LWA had 1,897 students, and there was no way in hell he could figure out who she was…could he?
Rukia began uncharacteristically biting her fingernails as she waited for his response.
Mr. Hyde: LWA huh? That's an all-girls school; you said you don't like your tutor…Is his name Kaien Shiba by any chance?
Rukia furrowed her eyebrows…Mr. Hyde knew about LWA? Did that mean he was nearby? More importantly, Hyde knew Kaien? How? Where did they meet? Did Mr. Hyde once work at the school or something? The raven-haired girl's mind was going a million miles a minute! Now she wanted to know anything and everything about the ever-mysterious Mr. Hyde! Sure she'd been curious before but now…Carefully she typed her response:
Secrecy: You know him?
Mr. Hyde: Unfortunately.
Secrecy: How?
Mr. Hyde: Wouldn't you like to know, lol.
Rukia rolled her eyes so hard they almost got stuck at the top of her head! At this point she was dying to find out everything she could about Mr. Hyde, but he was being vigilant, being careful not to give Rukia any unnecessary details.
Damn him.
Letting it slip that she was still in school was a careless mistake on her part, yes, but it had managed to open new doors between Secrecy and Mr. Hyde…
Secrecy: Now you're the one being a tease.
Mr. Hyde: How's it feel to be the one on the receiving end, Secrecy lol?
Secrecy: Like nothing I've felt before, Mr. Hyde.
Ten minutes passed before Hyde responded. Rukia checked that he was online and wondered what he could have been doing. When she read his rely her eyes glazed over.
Mr. Hyde: I checked LWA's server. I just couldn't resist. You know, their mainframe isn't very secure…that's not safe for students at all. Any hacker could have gotten in and gotten all of their personal information. But I checked the records and out of over a thousand students only one person was failing… You wouldn't happen to be the world-famous Rukia Kuchiki would you, Secrecy?
Rukia felt like she'd been punched in the stomach. Sweet Mary Mother of God in Heaven! He knew who she was! For almost twenty minutes Rukia didn't reply…somewhere in the world Mr. Hyde was chuckling to himself. He knew who she was…he knew where she was…this wasn't good! What if Hyde came looking for her? What would Rukia do? Well, really what could she do?
Her identity was no longer a secret.
He finally responded:
Mr. Hyde: What? You don't have anything smart to say…Your silence says it all, Rukia…
This…this couldn't be happening…Mr. Hyde knew who Rukia was…
To Be Continued…
Lemony: Yes, vampirelover I am so mean. Yup... another Evil Cliffhanger of Doom!...REVIEW!
