Delusions: Part 2
Having left Moto, Nao was on his way home. He walked with a steady pace through the streets as the night came alive. Those gray clouds from before seemed to have gone, as stars were visible in the sky. At the least a few stars were visible Nao thought; the city lights shone out the majority.
When he arrived to his apartment he heard chatter from inside. He didn't suspect anything and had only thought that he had left the television on. That expectation was about to be shattered.
Inside his apartment he heard the voice of two girls, one familiar and the other new.
He slowly walked into the living room to see Aika sitting across the komatsu from Caitlyn. They were talking over a cup of coffee as Caitlyn spotted him.
Having stopped the conversation and following Caitlyn's eyes, Aika turned to see the stunned Nao and only had to offer an 'oops'.
His first thought of the noise being the television wasn't incorrect, because the television was on. It was just being viewed by two girls, one of whom shouldn't have made contact with any person, let alone another ghoul.
This situation could land Nao in lots of trouble with various people.
The redhead stood up, "Nao you playboy!"
Her finger was pointed at him accusingly.
"Living with another woman!" Caitlyn acted this out dramatically.
"Huh..." he was shaken from his initial shock, "no-it's nothing like that!"
"Save your breath I explained the situation to her." The former quiet ghoul shot at Nao.
"Still what is she doing here!" He pointed at Caitlyn who was hysterical with laughter.
"She broke in." Aika deadpanned.
"Broke in?!"
"Hahaha! It is true." Caitlyn announced triumphantly.
"H-how?! And why!?" Nao exclaimed.
"Before, I didn't trust you. I didn't know what you wanted from Yumi so I decided to investigate."
"Investigate? You mean 'break in'?" he questioned.
"Yeah. I just jacked one of the keys from the reception office."
After Caitlyn spoke the room came down from its frantic state. He then enforced a more serious tone.
"Caitlyn, have you told anyone?" He questioned.
"Nope. After I found out I've just been hanging out here with Aika-tama." She said as straight-faced as him.
"Do you realize what's at stake here?"
"Multiple organizations of ghouls and the doves knockin at your door."
The serious attitude persisted as Nao continued questioning.
"Are you sure if anyone may have seen you break-in?"
"Please, I don't do break-ins with audiences around."
Their stares pierced at each other like thin, sharp threads.
"Fine. As long as this doesn't get out of hand." Nao said these words but knew things probably would get out of hand.
"No problemo!" A cheerful yet mischievous smile appeared on Caitlyn's face.
And with that smile the serious mood in the room fell and Nao joined them at the komatsu.
"Would you like some coffee?" Caitlyn offered.
"Yeah sure!" Nao answered quite delighted until he realized it was his own coffee they dug into.
Caitlyn strolled to the kitchen to brew said coffee leaving Nao and Aika alone at the komatsu.
Aika turned an annoyed look at Nao. After noticing her stare, he turned to her half as annoyed.
"What?" he asked.
"Don't treat me like an object."
"What?" he asked again.
"I'm more than capable of taking care of myself so quit treating me like an object. Your whole attitude about my situation is patronizing." Aika spoke sternly.
"Treating you like an object? Patronizing?" he, again, asked.
"Alright you two!" Caitlyn had returned, "Couple's therapy starts now!"
"Don't even go there." Aika's piercing gaze shifted towards Caitlyn.
"Yeah what the hell." Nao added.
The three's conversation went back and forth across the komatsu. They went between highs and lows until the conversation hit a lull and Nao was reminded of something.
"Oh! There's matches on tonight!" he reached for the remote and flipped through channels.
"Matches?" Caitlyn asked
"Yeah, boxing matches. I've already missed thirty minutes. Hopefully I've only missed some of the preliminary matches."
"Oh gosh," Aika said distastefully, "Moto told me about this."
The night went on.
Caitlyn left to go to her apartment on the floor below, Aika went to the bedroom to go to bed, and Nao was left alone watching the Saturday night boxing matches.
He soon fell asleep under the komatsu.
On that same Saturday night loomed more secret arrangements.
Secret arrangements made in a familiar small office.
An office right, left, and another right down an alleyway in Namba, Osaka.
"...that's the situation. Will you take this work?"
"... yes..."
"Alright. Then tomorrow, Koizumi, you'll start shadowing Nao Nakajima."
Characters:
Nao Nakajima (PassItOn)
Age: 16
Bio: Nao is Moto's cousin who's fairly new to Osaka. He attends school with his friend Yumi and watches a bit too much boxing. He's considered a 'boxing otaku' at school and hardly gets enough sleep because of it. He's joined a gang of ghouls to relay information to his cousin and info-broker, Kanie Moto. It's been noted that his kagune is deformed.
Kanie Moto (Jayut)-me
Age: 25
Bio:Little is known about this young info broker. He has ties to Oshiro which almost seem like a debt.
Aika Ito (Jayut)
Age: 16
Bio: The now former pop idol is on the run from the CCG and regular law-enforcement. Her attitude is bleak as she feels like she's lost everything. She has been entrusted into the care of Kanie Moto by Ryota Oshiro and Kanie Moto has entrusted her with his cousin Nao Nakajima. They don't get along well. It may also be noted that she drinks loads of coffee.
Caitlyn Foley (ZorialWater)
Age: 19
Bio: Caitlyn is a very bubbly girl whose appearance contradicts her actual age. She works in a manga store in Nipponbashi and is friends with Willow, Yumi Arai, and Nao Nakajima, whom she was recently acquainted with. Nao and Caitlyn both share common friends like Yumi and Willow (and now recently, Aika).
Yumi Arai (PassItOn)
Age: 16
Bio: Yumi is a human and has recently moved to Osaka. Her social awkwardness and envy she receives from the other girls keeps her from having a lot of friends. It has recently been discovered that she reads yaoi manga, but not how frequently. She also lives in the same apartment building as Nao. One of her friends, apart from Nao, is Caitlyn Foley. Unbeknownst to her both of her only friends are ghouls.
A/N:
Late updates due to school. Rest assured that I have no plans of dropping this as of now.