Chapter Eight- Thinking about You differently
The sun burnt into his eyes as the curtains were drawn by his various maids that were owned by Kaname, he guessed that Kaname had thought that he needed a prettier wakeup call as the girls dawned on him, applying to his every whim. He had had a terrible sleep after all that happened last night; he didn't want to dump Rima but he had to; what if her parents found out that they were dating? He pulled the sheets off and walked towards the windows, unafraid of the sunlight and looked into the girls' dorms; Rima was doing the same thing. He tried to hide himself behind the curtains that had been drawn, but it was too late; she had seen him and given him a sweet but awkward smile.
He decided to say hello to her in person and was halfway to her dorm when he was stopped by Melrose who was walking briskly towards him and had pulled him into a corner of the garden, "I heard that you and Rima broke up…"she asserted.
"That's not exactly true," he retorted, "it's only a break from the hardship that the relationship puts onto Rima and her relationship with her family."
"So…her family doesn't like you? Well… I think that my family would like you much better!" she squealed as she edged closer to him, hinting for a peck on the cheek.
"Uh, uh, I'm not that kind of person you know. I don't break up with someone and then five minutes later ask someone out!" he shouted as he pushed her from him and sprinted away to Rima.
He knocked on her door, wondering whether she would answer him. The doorknob slowly turned and sparked his hopes up, but it wasn't her, instead it was Seiren, "I don't think that Rima wants to see you now. I think that she's crying a little bit."
"Then let me see her! Maybe I will be able to cheer her up!" she blocked the door, stopping Shiki from entering.
"It's no use, she hates you, and she doesn't want to see you, since you broke her heart and everything!" she slammed the door in his face while he still was pleading with her to see Rima. He walked off; thinking to him again whether breaking up with her was the right thing to do.
He kicked a stone in front of him, forgetting that it was still daylight and felt a sudden burning sensation on the back of his neck; rushing back into his dorm. To his surprise Kaname was already up, devising another plan to get rid of Zero and have Yuki all to himself. Shiki walked slowly towards him and slammed into his shoulders; frightening him. "DON'T EVER DO THAT!" Kaname yelled as he recovered quickly from the fright.
"What are you doing up so early anyways?" he questioned Shiki, bewildered.
"Uh, uh…" he knew that he had to lie to Kaname, otherwise he would warn him about getting back with Rima. "I was getting cosy with Yuki for you. I figure that if she knows me better, I can give you two some alone time."
Kaname smiled, "I knew that it was a good investment to be friends with you," he clamoured as he put his arm around Shiki in a friendly fashion. He looked into the distance of the window, "ah, I keep thinking about her, I don't know why, but I can't stop thinking about her either. What do you think, should I ask her to come to the garden with me for some alone time; even though she's attached to Zero?"
"I don't think that's a good idea…" Shiki said in a quietened voice; Kaname didn't like to be contradicted by people.
"Alright, I should go and ask her right now," he said as he strutted out of the room, very joyous.
Shiki got back to thinking, about Rima; it was hard breaking up with the cutest girl on campus. He heard a knock on the door and expected it to be Rima, coming to reconcile (even though he was the one to break up with her). However, when he got to the door, it wasn't who he expected, it was Melrose and she was pleading him to be her boyfriend. As usual he refused and told her that if she didn't get out of the sun she might be burnt to dust and shut the door once more to her.
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Melrose thought to herself as she got the door shut in her face once more by Shiki, 'I don't think that I should try and get with Shiki anymore…but…he broke up with Rima, which makes it okay, right?' She took the thought with her as she went back to the girls' dorms. On entrance she was approached by Seiren, one of her best friends; but also one of Rima's best friends.
"Why do you think that you can hit on Shiki when they haven't even broken up with each other for 24 hours?!" she scolded as she went to comfort Rima some more.
"Hey, it's not my fault that Rima wasn't all that he thought her to be!" she rebutted as she trudged from the scene.
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"You didn't need to do that for me, you know, I can take care of myself and take care of whoever is hitting on Shiki." Rima exclaimed as Seiren sat back down on the bed.
"I know, but then I thought, why not help Rima out a bit?" she smiled.
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The dark of the night and the brightness of the moon were approaching but Shiki was still at the window staring into the distance of the night class' garden. Class was about to begin for the night class and the students stood outside the classrooms, awaiting instruction from their teachers. Neither Rima nor Shiki was to be seen anywhere and people began to wonder where both of them were (okay, mainly Melrose).
Shiki was still in his room, wondering whether Rima would mind if he visited her again; Rima on the other hand was asleep and Seiren had covered for her saying that she was sick.
He stood at the window, thinking and not having moved an inch since he came back from the attempted visit to Rima. He noticed that the lights in her dorm were on and realized that she mustn't have gone to class either; maybe she was really upset about the breakup. He thought of going to visit her, but then thought also that she might not let him inside to talk. Then he thought even more, going over the situation over and over inside his mind. (He does a lot of thinking.) He decided that he would visit her and stepped outside, but stopped. Something in his heart told him that she would not want to see him right about now; but with a half- heart thought he stepped onto the shelter in front to the door to her dorm.
He knocked subtly on the door. Noticing that the door was open, he stepped inside and ran to Rima's dorm, "can I come in?"
"Who are you first?" she questioned, giggling hysterically.
"I am Shiki," he said proudly.
"Okay, you can come in." she gave in, unlocking the door.
On opening the door she accidentally gave him a kiss on the cheek, forgetting that they had broken up, "I'm sorry…it's just that I haven't gotten used to it."
"You mean… the breakup? I'm sorry about that. I just thought that if your parents learn about us, they might not want you to be dating me."
"Oh, is that the reason…" she whispered, drifting back into her mind, "why didn't you tell me then? We could have worked it out; my parents are actually very understanding." He seemed bewildered by what she had just said.
"I thought you said that your parents were rich and wanted the same for you."
"That's not what I said," she teased, "I said that my parents were rich, they wanted me to study hard to become like them; not to someone like them."
He smiled and returned a kiss on the cheek, "So that means that we can still be together?"
"Yeah, but I think we should do it right this time. You should meet my parents first, and I can meet you mother and allow her to judge me."
"But first I think that we need to prove to our parents that we can be as responsible for ourselves as our parents expect us to be," he said as he took her hand and led her to their next class; (they're already in their uniform.)
"I think that we'll be fine." Rima confessed as she skipped hand in hand with Shiki to their next class.
End of chapter eight.
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