John yawned as sat on the verandah, looking up and the rainy sky.
He had been brooding over the past week, specifically the girls.
Last night was the first time I ever kissed a girl like that, he thought.
Am I favoring Mitsuki over Ishi and Akitsu?.
He sighed, "I don't pay them enough attention".
"John!" yelled a certain girl, rounding the corner.
Shifting his gaze from the Sky to Ishi and blinked, "yes?".
With a massive grin on her face she started bouncing around, causing a small smile to cross John's lips.
"Kagari-san is coming home tonight!", she chirped.
Ah!, He thought, someone else I've Neglected.
"Smith-san!" called Miya as she too came around the corner.
"Yes Miya, a certain Birdie already told me that Kagari is coming home" He chuckled.
Quickly nodding she thrust a piece of paper into his hands.
"Huh, what's this?".
Miya smiled, "We will be having a party for Kagari-san when he…I mean she gets home, that's the grocery list".
Opening his mouth to give her a piece of his mind a Demonic image appeared behind her shoulder, "You will help, won't you Smith-san?".
Closing his mouth he nodded violently.
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Taking his rain coat from Ishi, John quickly shrugged into it, "Thanks".
"Have a Safe trip John!" she smiled.
Quickly leaning In he gave her what was meant to be a short goodbye kiss.
At least it was until Ishi threw her arms around his neck and deepened it, not that he was complaining.
After several moments she released him, "And come back soon!".
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Trudging in the rain and sheltered by his umbrella John looked around as his mind wondered.
In the rain there was nothing in the distance.
An impregnable veil of life's blood surrounding you.
Sounds, sights and smells all different in the rain.
A crooked smile crossed John's lips, He'd always liked the rain.
Seeing a convenience store that looked a lot like a 7-11, John hurried inside.
He quickly found the things on the list, including various ingredients and Sake, which had a love heart written next to it, Kazehana?, how'd she manage to sneak that in?, he thought.
Making his way back down the street John's mind wondered again.
Feeling a sudden lightness in his hand he looked down to see a lack of groceries in his hand.
Quickly searching for them he saw what looked like a little boy in a baseball cap, loose top and shorts running ahead with the aforementioned groceries.
"Hey you!, get back here with those" he yelled.
Glancing back the little boy began to run faster.
John swore, "Dam it!" and quickly went after the bag-theif.
After several minutes he lost the boy down an alley way.
"Bloddy Frickken hell!" he swore as he kicked a nearby dumpster. Turning to leave heard the soft mewing of a kitten.
Looking down into a smaller off-shoot of the alleyway he could make out the little boy crouching over something behind the dumpster. Switching to the other side of the alleyway to see the little boy huddled over a trio of tinny kittens in a large cardboard box.
"It's ok little ones, here have some bread" murmured the little boy as he tore off a piece of bread from the loaf, "go on eat it".
Approaching from behind John sheltered the boy and the Kittens with his umbrella, "you know you could of asked instead of robbing me".
Quickly spinning around, the boy's foot landed in his chest, sending him in the alley wall.
Groaning John looked at the boy.
Surprisingly the boy's hat fell off revealing long black hair.
"Huh?, you're a girl!?!" he coughed.
Crouching down in a defensive position she hissed.
Getting up, slowly, John took off his coat and offered it to the girl, "here you'll need this more than me".
For a few moments the girl blinked, then sniffed the coat and snatched it.
Quickly she pulled it around herself and planted the kittens in the crook of her arm.
Smilling for a few moments and redness in her cheeks became evident, she mumered, "thank you", before collapsing.
Rushing forward John caught them in time, preventing any harm to the kittens.
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Bursting through the front door with the girl, the kittens and the groceries in his arms he yelled, "Miya!, Ishi, someone!, We really need help here!".
The aforementioned land-lady appeared onto the scene, placing her hand on the girl's forehead,"quickly, we have a spare room near the stairs, you take her there while I get the medicines and some wet towels".
Rushing towards the room, John literally threw the groceries into the kitchen and continued on with his load.
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After a nerve wrecking Half-hour, the girl's fever seemed to go down and the rest of the gang were let into the room.
Falling back on his rear end John let out a long sigh.
"I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here?" he mused.
"Oh?" said a relieved Miya.
He nodded, "yeah, every few days I seem to bring a Sekirei home".
Gesturing to the girl he continued, "I bet you 20 bucks she is too".
This earned a chuckle, "Oh, what makes you say that?".
Putting his hand through his hair John pondered, "hmm… besides the pattern I seem to get this feeling when I'm around Sekirei".
At this the girl's eyes fluttered open, "huh, where am I?".
"A safe place, and more importantly a warm place" John smiled.
Quickly sitting up she started looking around the room, "The kittens, where are…".
She was quickly cut off by Miya, "they are fine, thanks to you they didn't catch a cold and some of the other tenants are taking care of them right now, there's no need to worry".
Seemingly satisfied with this, she looked to John, "Who are you".
He offered his hand, "John Smith at your service".
Surprised by this she awkwardly shook his hand.
As soon as they touched a chill seemed to travel up her arm.
A now familiar feeling began to burn in his heart.
Quickly withdrawing his hand John scrambled to change the subject, "uh…what's your name?".
The girl's head seemed to become downcast, "Suzume…".
Going to lay a hand on her shoulder a animalistic growl seemed to emanate from her chest.
As
she looked up John jumped back, her eyes had seemed to change from a
light hazel to yellow with slits.
"may we wander life's plains
hand in hand, now and forever!" she said before she leapt at him,
quickly claiming his lips.
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A little tid-bit; Suzume's name means Sparrow
P.S: I'm thinking of going for Benitsubasa soon, any thoughts are welcome
