Chapter 9
Rin ran to the west edge of the roof, the one facing the alley, and sat down on the edge. She pulled her knees into her chest and buried her face in them. Her sobs were quiet enough not to draw attention to herself, but they were uncontrolled and passionate all the same. She cried herself out for more than a few minutes. When she felt she couldn't cry anymore, she started roughly wiping at her eyes.
"Stop crying, stupid." She mumbled to herself as she harshly rubbed the streams of tears away. "It makes perfect sense, so you don't need to be a baby about it."
Rin had thought it over, and it did make sense. Mew was Yuki's cousin; she had known the girl her entire life. They knew each other well, and Mew just wanted her safe. Rin could understand that.
She, on the other hand, didn't know anything about kids. She was tough, prepared, and could shoot a gun. She was fourteen, and had no idea what it meant to be a mother, but apparently Mew did. She hadn't thought her conversation with Yuki was unhelpful, or that her hug had been rough and cold. But Yuki apparently had.
Rin didn't know how to hug a kid. She and Len had been the youngest of everyone they were friends with, and she had been the shortest. She only had experience with playfully rough hugs and tight, strong embraces. She had tried to hug Yuki as nicely as she could, but apparently it hadn't worked out too well. She, personally, had found the embrace nice and comforting. But the feeling hadn't been mutual, she now knew that.
"You alright?" a voice from behind asked. Rin sighed, she'd come to recognize that voice all too quickly.
"I'm fine Kiyoteru." She snapped without turning around.
He sat down next to her and tried to make eye contact with her, but she just turned her head away.
"Rin, I'm a teacher. Reading children's actions is part of my job."
"Nothing's wrong!" Rin shouted "There's nothing wrong with some bitch I hardly know judging me about things she doesn't know shit about! There's nothing wrong with a little girl pretending to be my friend but telling people how crappy I am at babysitting behind my back! I tried to help that ungrateful little..."
"Stop it." Kiyoteru said sternly. Rin looked at him with a mix of surprise and anger. Since when was he so bold? And what made him think he could interrupt her?
"What did you say to me?" Rin demanded, her eyes glowing with hate.
"I told you to stop." He returned her stare, but his look was one of…Rin wasn't sure. He didn't look angry exactly, or spiteful for that matter. But he had the same look Len had once gotten the time a bunch of bullies had ganged up on her in a gas station. Just not as passionate or violent.
…
"Leave me alone!" a younger Rin shouted.
"Why, are you CRYING Rin-Chan?" an older girl snickered. "Is little Rinny actually a little WUSS?"
"Go away!" Rin cried. Knowing her duplicate was near, she screamed. "LEN! LEN!"
"Aw! Look, she can't even fight for herself!" a girl with curly pink pigtails giggled. "She can't do anything about THIS!" She kicked one of Rin's shins and she went down. "Or THIS!" she kicked with all her might into the struggling blonde's stomach. Rin coughed as the wind was knocked right out of her. The girl's friend laughed.
"You stupid little slut," the first girl sneered. "Where's your dumbass boyfriend?"
"Not….my…." Rin gasped.
"Oh shut up you idiot!" the pink haired one stomped on her wrist with horrible crunch. "We know what you're doing, you thick-skulled whore! But you just keep doing it don't you?"
"What are you talking about?" Rin sobbed. "I don't….understand."
"Yes you do!" the first girl shouted. "If you don't answer, I'll have Teto crush your pathetic little skull."
The pink pigtailed girl, who must have been Teto, started giggling uncontrollably. She wasn't very strong, but her black leather boots were enforced with metal, and were causing Rin great pain.
Rin closed her eyes, waiting for the crushing impact of the boot on her skull.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING TO HER?"
Rin opened her eyes weakly. She saw that Len had slammed Teto and the other girl into the wall of the convenience store part of the gas station. He was beating the shit out of them.
"TETO! TEI!" He screamed "DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH HER!"
The two girls were screaming bloody murder. They were shocked at his sudden aggressiveness.
"Why do you fight for her so much Lenny?" Tei said sweetly as she tried in vain to dodge his blows. "Why are you even doing…"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID BITCH! I'M NOT DOING ANYONE!" Len lifted his leg and kicked her square in the chest. Tei's face contorted in pain.
"Let's go!" Teto cried, grabbing her friend's hand. The two of them raced away from the gas station, though Tei rather reluctantly. Even though Len had beaten her to a pulp, she still had a monster crush on him.
Len bent over his bruising double.
"Rin? RIN? Dammit Rin! We need to get you to a hospital!"
…
Rin stared at Kiyoteru's expression, and suddenly burst into tears again. He had seemed like such a docile and passive man, but when somebody insulted his little girl, he was ready to face even Rin, who, since that day at the gas station, had heavily practiced hand to hand combat and self-defense. It was unfortunately useless on zombies, but very effective on humans, especially humans who got in her way. He was reminding her so much of Len, and that alone was enough to drag her back to the reality of her situation. Yuki's loyalty didn't matter; As long as they all stayed alive, she could side with all the multi-personality vipers she wanted.
"I'm sorry," she said, turning to face Kiyoteru. "And I really mean it. I shouldn't have said those things about Yuki. She was just turning to her cousin, someone she knew."
"I don't know what you overheard, Rin." Kiyoteru said, still holding her gaze. "But I know that it has something to do with Yuki choosing mew over you. But what you just said, I know you believed it."
Rin stood, wiping her tears away, and bowed to Kiyoteru. He had truly helped her, but not in the way he thought. Just by acting like Len, he had dragged her out of her stupid imaginary conflict with Mew and returned her to the real situation. They had food, weapons, and shelter. It was rational to remain where they were, even if it meant watching Yuki and Mew together every day. It wasn't like they had any alternative.
"Thank you Kiyoteru," she said "I'm an idiot."
And with that, Rin walked away to find Luka.
…
That night, when everyone was eating around the -now lit- fire pit, Rin ate in silence. She sat between Luka, who spent the whole time stuffing herself with every bit of food they would allow her to have, and Yukari, who just kept trying to start a conversation with Rin. Rin just wasn't in the mood to have a conversation with Yukari, but the purple-haired goof didn't take the hint. Kiyoteru was in amidst a deep conversation with Yuki, and Lola was admiring Gakupo's samurai sword and pestering Luka with questions about it.
"What kind of metal is this?" she ran her dirty fingers along the bloodstained blade. "I swear this is some sort of enhanced steel! But, like, REALLY enhanced with something strong! Do you know, Luka?"
"No," Luka said in between bites of canned vegetable soup. She had used the fire to heat it and was now actually enjoying something other than rice with beans. She didn't know much about the sword other than the fact that it was good for killing things.
"Rin?"
Rin turned to see Mew standing behind her with a slightly unnerving smile on her face.
"What?" Rin asked, swallowing a mouthful of tomato soup from a can.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" she glanced at Luka, who was looking at Mew curiously.
"Uh, sure." Rin said nervously, looking at Luka for ideas. She just nodded and waved for her to follow Mew.
Rin stood up, setting her can of soup down, and followed Mew. They walked from the fire pit to Mew's tent. When Rin realized where they were going, she became slightly nervous.
"Is it that private?" she asked "Do we have to talk about it in your tent?"
"Yes," Mew answered without turning around. They reached the tent, and Mew held the flap open for Rin to enter. She looked at her with suspicion before entering the tent. What was mew up to?
When Mew crawled inside, there enough room for both girls to sit comfortably without touching at all. The tent was rather large, but the ceiling was low enough that neither of them could have stood up. There were several quilts covering the floor.
"Rin," Mew began. "How long have you been with Yuki and Mr. Hiyama?"
She noted the way she said "Mr. Hiyama" as if the fact that Rin called him by his given name was a horrible sin.
"Some friends of mine came across Kiyoteru and your cousin in an alley yesterday." Rin emphasized the man's first name, displaying to Mew that she would call the man whatever she pleased. Then she added "They both died saving those two."
"I'm sorry for your loss," those were the words that came out of Mew's mouth, but her ton implied that she wasn't sorry at all. "But what made you decide to keep them with you? They WERE the fault of your friends' deaths right?"
"It was no one's fault except the zombies'" Rin confirmed. She wasn't about to get caught in Mew's web of words like Yuki had.
"Well, how long do you plan to stay with us?" Mew asked.
"We haven't discussed that yet." Rin explained, staring into the girl's coal-like eyes. "It's like Luka said earlier, we're a team, and we make all of our decisions democratically."
"Even if that is how you function as a group, why is there no leader? There needs to be someone to organize and control the group's actions in a situation of emergency, where there is no time to vote."
"We told you already, our leader died." Rin's voice had gained a harsh edge at the thought of Meiko with the zombie bite on her shoulder, the poison already halfway to killing her after less than a minute of infection. "Nobody can replace her, so we didn't, and we won't. So don't suggest that it's time for a new leader."
"I wasn't going to." Mew smiled pleasantly, but Rin detected something underneath that. It was almost like resentment. "That was why I asked you how long you were staying. Let me inform you that you are welcome to stay as long as you like, as long as you abide by our rules."
"Rules?"
"There isn't much to it. It mainly means that you treat me like the leader, and follow my lead in any situation."
Rin was silent. She wanted to scream at Mew, to tell her that there was no way she would agree to that and that they were leaving immediately, but kept quiet before replying.
"I can't make that decision. We vote, and make our choices as a team."
"I can't force you to say yes to my offer, but I can recommend it strongly. We could use strong fighters like you and Luka, not to mention that Mr. Hiyama is very smart, despite his being an elementary school teacher. You would all be very useful here, and you would get your share of our food and your use of our weapons of course. You are free to speak with your friends and choose."
Rin nodded and left the tent.
…
"What?" Kiyoteru was stunned. "Who died and made her Queen?"
Rin had pulled Luka and Kiyoteru aside and told them the whole story. She had also shared her opinion on it and let them know where she stood in the situation.
"No idea," Rin shook her head "Though she seems to think it was Meiko. That girl's insane, guys, we can't make her our leader."
"It'd be an insult to Meiko," Kiyoteru agreed.
"What other option do we have?" Luka asked. "Before we came here, our numbers were dropping like flies. Here we have food and protection. They have weapons they got from a wrecked military chopper. You do know what that means don't you?"
Rin was silent.
"It means we don't have any help on the way from them." Luka continued. "This place is our best chance of survival. Even if we have to listen to Mew, we can't just go back out there. How long do you think it'll take before we're all dead?"
"I agree with Rin." Kiyoteru sided. "From what she told us, there isn't much of a chance of doing anything without her okay except leaving. She could do anything she wanted with us, or to us. Although the rational move would be to stay, I have considered the opposite after a bit of thought."
"Yukari seems fine, and I'm not sure about Lola yet," Rin said "But Mew can't be trusted. She went from some gun-slinging sniper to a nice lady who gives out pudding in a matter of seconds. Then I overheard her talking to Yuki in their tent, and she was trying to convince her that she was better for her than us. She was telling her that we don't know shit about babysitting."
"Wait," an idea popped into Kiyoteru's head. "What if Mew WANTS the three of us to leave, and that was why she told you she was in charge? She could have been telling Yuki all that crap just to get her prepared to choose Mew over us? She kept recommending you to stay, because she knew you would go against anything she said. That was also why she said she's the leader! She only saved us for Yuki and now wants to clean up the mess she brought in with her, the mess being us."
"God," Rin murmured "That girl is a genius. A selfish, manipulative genius, but a genius all the same. When she was talking to Yuki, she mentioned a bunch of things that I said that she couldn't have just known from guessing! She must have been following us and picking up information about how we were treating her cousin. We didn't meet her standards, so she staged the whole helping us off the roof thing to get our attention and they came in for the kill, metaphorically speaking. That was why it was Mew's idea to help us, and how she came up with the idea to fire gunshots to get their attention, and ours, and help us escape. She had plenty of time to think about it because she had been planning this since she started stalking us!"
"So do we stay?" Luka asked. "It's a better situation for us, and we would be screwing up her plans."
"It makes the most sense to me." Kiyoteru nodded. "Rin?"
"I hate that girl with everything I've got, but we don't really have much of a choice." Rin said after a moment of silence. "We should stay for a little while, and leave when it becomes too unbearable to deal with anymore."
…
They spent about three weeks until it became unbearable.
"Rin!" Mew was heard calling. "I need you!"
Rin sighed and dragged herself off the space next to Yukari where she slept. She rubbed her eyes and pulled on her sweater over her brown tank top. Then she snatched up her green denim jacket and pulled it on. She pulled on her jeans and grabbed her hair ribbon. She was left staring at it for a moment. She didn't really need it, because Yukari had given her some hair clips to keep her bangs away a couple weeks ago. It couldn't really make much sense under the ear muffs she'd been given after a winter raid a few days ago. And yet, she felt a sort of sentimental attachment to it, as if it were an old friend. It would feel like betrayal to that friend if she just left it in the tent.
It was around 6 in the morning, and halfway through November, so it was naturally freezing.
"Rin!" Mew called again, starting to sound annoyed.
"You better see what the princess wants," Yukari said sleepily, her eyes still closed. "She's waking everyone up."
Rin laughed. She had grown to love Yukari and her jokes. She and Lola were nothing like Mew and they loved to prank and joke about everyone, including each other. Rin smiled at her purple headed friend, pocketed her hair ribbon, and left the tent. She walked across the frost covered roof over to the fire pit, where Mew was waiting.
"Oh good, you're here." Mew nodded in approval.
"Where else would I be?" Rin said with a yawn. She wasn't a morning person.
A dark look flashed across Mew's pale face, momentarily replacing her slightly annoyed smile. But the look didn't last long, as Mew was very quick to smother her true emotions and wear the strange smile she had plastered onto her face.
"I need you to do something for me." Mew said.
"Okay," Rin said, rubbing her cold hands together in hope that it would provide some warmth to them. "Shoot."
"Last night, while I was on watch, I saw another one of those choppers." Mew said.
Rin froze.
"Like the ones we saw yesterday?" Rin asked, referring to the large fleet of American Military helicopters they had seen fling overhead. They had done all in their power to capture the attention of the pilots, but they had been ignored. They had obviously been on a mission too important to save a few survivors.
Mew nodded.
"But this one was different." She explained "Instead of flying off in the direction of the other helicopters, it landed on the roof of an apartment building over there." She pointed to the south, the direction they had come from when Rin, Luka, Kiyoteru, and Yuki had first been found. "Do you see what I'm getting at?"
"You want me to go over there and see if this dude will help us." Rin summarized. "But how are supposed to know if he can even help us? He probably landed for a reason, like his engine was screwed up or something."
"Then the plane would have been flying at an awkward angle." Mew reasoned "Or it would have been making sounds that were strange and different than the sounds the other helicopters made."
"Why me?" Rin asked. "Yukari and Luka are the better fighters, Kiyoteru's the smart one, and you and Lola have the talking skills."
"That's just it Rin," Mew smiled her sly smile. The one that wasn't a kind mask, but a face of genuine cruelty. "You're expendable. I don't want to waste any of my useful people on what may be a hopeless mission, so I'm sending you."
"No freaking way!" Rin protested. "That's it, I'm getting Kiyoteru and Luka, we're leaving!"
"Oh, so are as useless as I thought," Mew said as Rin turned to walk away. "I knew that you lacked more than babysitting skills. You aren't just weak and pathetic, you're a COWARD!"
Rin froze in her tracks. She dug her nails into her palms and didn't move an inch. A coward? Rin told herself she was just trying to push her buttons, that there was no use in listening to her. But she couldn't stop the memories of Len's illness that were overflowing the dam she had built up against them. She had been useless, just sitting there fretting over her duplicate's illness. She hadn't fought or gone searching for supplies or done anything useful other than watch over Len. Nobody had asked anything of her, most likely due to pity, and she had just stared at a boy who she had no chance of saving, but she convinced herself that she did. She had done nothing to save her friends, who ended up dying one by one. Ever since Len's death, she had promised herself that she would be as useful as she could.
Apparently, that hadn't worked. Was there anything she could do that none of the other people could? She could shoot a gun, but everyone except Yuki could do that. She could fight hand to hand, but that could disable, not kill. And considering that the zombies couldn't feel pain, it would be a useless effort.
Rin was angry. Not at Mew, she realized, but at herself. She had been completely useless and couldn't deny it. This was a mission that could save them all if it succeeded, but it was deadly with the oncoming cold. Mew had been right about her being expendable, so wasn't it for everyone else's wellbeing that she would do this?
Rin turned around slowly.
"You're right Mew," Rin said in monotone.
"Oh?" Mew smirked as she raised a thin black eyebrow.
"I'll do it." Rin nodded as she said it.
"Get some supplies and leave as soon as you can. I don't want anyone to see you; they might try to stop you out of worry for your safety." Was all Mew had to say to her. No "Good luck." No "I hope you'll make it." Not even an "I hope you don't freeze to death out there."
But Rin didn't argue. She just nodded and headed toward her tent.
"Where are you going?" Mew asked suspiciously.
"To get my bag." Rin said "It has my blanket and some extra clothes in it."
"I'll get it." Mew said. "Yukari might ask questions. Get together the food you think you'll need and one of the water bottles. Don't forget a gun." And with that she headed off to get Rin's backpack. Rin heard her mutter "Not like you ever change your clothes."
As soon as her back was turned, Rin scrambled to grab one of the pieces of paper that was being saved to fuel the fire and a thin piece of charcoal out of the fire pit. She quickly scribbled a note on the paper and slipped it under the entrance to Lola's and Luka's tent. She quickly flew back to the fire pit before Mew returned and began to do what she had been commanded to.
"Here" Mew dropped the backpack where Rin was kneeling. "I took a few of the clothes out so that you would be able to fit more food."
Rin nodded and peeked inside to make sure that Mew hadn't taken all of her clothes out before stuffing the food and two water bottles inside.
Mew nodded at her as she jumped down onto the slightly shorter building that lay below. She continued to watch her progression until she was out of sight.
…
"Luka!" Luka awoke to a feeling of being shaken and Lola repeating her name in a slightly loud voice.
"What….what is it?" Luka mumbled as she sat up, still holding the quilt over herself.
"You need to read this." Lola thrust it in her face. "I found it folded up and it has your name written on it. It says "Important" so I'm pretty sure it's important.
Luka slapped her forehead.
"Thank you captain obvious." Luka said, shaking her head. "You are a detective to be remembered."
Luka's stomach churned. The last time she had found an important note, it had been Kaito's suicide note that was full of confessions, mainly Gakupo's murder.
Nevertheless she opened the note.
Luka-
Mew sent me on a mission to find help. She says she saw one of those helicopters from yesterday land a little ways away from here. I'm going to see if there's anyone who can save us. But it's cold as hell out there, and I have a limited supply of food. So it's pretty much a suicide mission.
So here's where you come in…
Luka read the rest of the note, making sure not to react to anything. She still didn't fully trust Lola, she had been around Mew too long for that. She read over Rin's plan with an unchanged expression, not knowing what to make of it. Only one thing was truly clear from the note, Rin was insane. Some of the words were unintelligible in Rin's hurried scrawl, and in other places the charcoal had smeared. But the basic idea was clear enough.
"So what is it?" Lola asked, her ordinary bored tone tinged with antsy curiosity.
"Rin's gone on some important mission for Mew." Luka explained "Something about finding help from a helicopter. But I'm worried. It's getting colder and colder every day and she's got a limited supply of food."
"She'll be fine," Lola said "Rin's too stubborn to die. She will stay alive, determined to annoy Mew further."
"I just hope she doesn't do anything crazy." Luka said shaking her head and ignoring Lola's comment about Mew.
"Of course she'll do something crazy." Lola laughed "She's just that way. But she's too crazy to do something of a normal crazy level. She has to do something completely insane! But she's not stupid. She knows when to ration food and how to take shelter. So don't worry about her."
"I suppose your right" Luka nodded. That was all Lola needed to hear for now. If Luka decided later that she trusted the girl, she might let her in on the secret. But until then, the dark haired girl would just have to remain in the dark.
Luka grabbed a solid blue, long-sleeved t-shirt that Yukari had mentioned matched her eyes when they found it in an old convenience store, and she pulled it on. She then grabbed a fluffy white parka they'd found on the same excursion. She snatched a pair of sweatpants off the floor and pulled them on before crawling over to grab her boots.
"What are you doing?" Lola asked tiredly. "We might as well sleep in as long as we can."
"I need to tell Kiyoteru about this." Luka said as she slid her left foot into its boot's fuzzy interior. "He would want to know."
Lola nodded before yawning and laying back down and covering herself with the blankets.
Luka slipped through the tent flap and out into the biting November cold. Luka shivered as the chilly air nipped at the exposed skin on her face and neck. She quickly pulled the hood of her coat over her head and rushed over to Kiyoteru's tent.
When she crawled inside, she found the teacher on a pile of blankets in nothing but his underwear. Luka felt her cheeks suddenly heat up despite the cold she had just run through, and she didn't think it was due to the exercise.
She looked at his sleeping form, noticing his muscular build. But was even more noticeable was his scars. They were all over, from his face to his heels. But Luka had no place to talk; she had just as many scars, probably more. But when she saw her scars, she thought about how disgusting she looked on the outside, which would only cause her to think about how revolting and repulsive she was on the inside. But his scars weren't ugly, they were kind of sexy. He was very young to be a teacher; he didn't even seem to be out of his twenties yet.
Luka shook her head and could feel her cheeks burning again. This wasn't a time to be admiring her friend's physique; there were bigger problems on hand.
She bent down and shook his arm.
"Kiyoteru! Kiyoteru, wake up!" she whispered urgently.
"Huh….wha….?" He sure was a heavy sleeper. Luka sighed and smacked his chest with all her might.
"Gah!" His half-closed eyes shot fully open. He looked around in confusion and over to Luka. Then he realized that he was in his underwear.
"Luka! I…" he frantically tried to grab the blankets around him and cover himself. She giggled and he flushed brighter than she had. "Why are you in here?"
"Read this." Her expression turned grave again as she handed him Rin's note. He grabbed his glasses from their case and carefully put them on his face. He skimmed over the hastily written charcoal, often stopping to mumble something unintelligible or shake his head at Rin's ideas.
He's so cute when he's reading…GAH! Where did THAT come from?
Luka sighed and ran her hand through her pink hair. Why did she keep doing this? So many thoughts were popping into her head about Kiyoteru this and Kiyoteru that.
You're twenty, he's twenty two. You're not that different!
"Shut up!" she quietly ordered her brain. This wasn't normal. She'd had feelings for Gakupo since…..
Wait, could that be it? She hadn't thought it was possible, but was she getting over Gakupo?
"I think she's insane."
Kiyoteru's voice had interrupted her thoughts, bringing her back to the present.
Now isn't the time for this! We still have the Rin problem!
"So do I." Luka agreed "But she's completely serious. We've been here three weeks, and Mew…"
"She let Mew mess with her head again!" Kiyoteru shouted "She must have, what other explanation is there? She isn't the type to pull a Miku and constantly want approval and recognition of her help."
Luka sighed. She and Rin had related the Miku accident to him along with the rest of their story. He had taken most of it well, but he practically lost it when he heard what Kaito did. He had just continued to shout "SUICIDE ISN'T THE ANSWER!" as if Kaito could somehow hear him.
"It seems like Mew has been studying the human mind and it's weaknesses." Luka pointed out. "We can't blame Rin for being provoked or baited or whatever. It's not her fault she's out there alone."
"We need to do something about this." Kiyoteru sighed, adjusting his glasses.
"What is there to do except go through with her plan?" Luka asked.
Kiyoteru stared at Luka for a moment, mentally daring her to say she was kidding and that she had an alternate plan.
His eyes are so deep. It's like I'm looking into an endless vortex of brown. FOCUS LUKA!
After a moment of staring at each other, Kiyoteru sighed.
"You're just as crazy as she is if you want to go through with this." He notified her.
"I know Kiyoteru." Luka said with a small laugh. "But what else can we do?"
Kiyoteru looked back at the note and silently read the end of it.
Bring Kiyoteru. Don't risk Yuki if you don't have to, she's safer where she is, even if that means she's with that witch Mew.
Don't get killed.
-Rin
"'Don't get killed.' Well that's comforting." Kiyoteru groaned. "I'm positive we're going to succeed now."
"Relax, would you? If we do this right, nobody has to die." Luka sighed and looked at the top of the tent.
"Uh, Luka?"
"Yeah?"
"Why are you still in here?"
"I don't know."
"Is it because you want to talk about this some more? Or is it because you want to see me in my underwear for another five minutes?"
Luka felt the adrenaline rush into her cheeks. She had never been one to blush, but this was just too much.
"Uh, sorry, I'll go now." Luka stammered as she crawled out of the tent.
Luka crawled out and stretched, reaching her long, bony arm high above her head. She turned around, just to get one last look at the tent…..
And there was Yuki with her arms folded over her chest.
Do I sense a little Luka x Kiyoteru romance in the air?
So sorry for the late update! I was so FREAKING BUSY yesterday.
QUESTION TIME! (Because three people answered last time!)
Who thinks Mew is a bitch?
What did Yuki hear?
What is the plan Rin came up with for Luka and Kiyoteru?
Where did Luka's sudden crush come from?
Were Luka's thoughts really dumb sounding? I was trying to simulate what goes on in a girl's head when she likes a guy and sees him in his underpants.
Was Rin's flashback necessary? Or was it kind of unneeded?
Are Lola and Yukari to be trusted?
Sorry I didn't mention the time of year before! Is it okay that it wasn't?
Is the dramatic/emotional theme getting boring? I haven't killed anyone in a while...
Is Rin really going to help the group? Or does she have other reasons?
Is it weird that I'm always posting after midnight?
If Lily hadn't left the group, how would she have reacted to the letter? What about Mew's mind games?
What is your favorite color/fruit/animal?
NEW STORY UPDATE!
I plan on finishing this one before I start my next stories. My plan is to start two new stories, one with romance and one with more action. I plan to alternate days on which I upload for each story.
But I need to finish this one first.
