Chapter 10

Lavender Smores

*snoooooreee *

With a thud, Reika fell off the bed thanks to a certain pineapple head beside her.

*snoooore*

"Mumu-kun!" Reika shouted with all her might, pulling the covers off of Mukuro's chest, yet leaving enough to cover his legs so he wouldn't get a cold.

He lifted up an eye, then instantly closed it, seeing the pale sky outside.

"It's winter. It looks dark even at 9AM, Mumu-kun, come on, let's go eat." Reika sighed, then walked to the other side of the bed, and pulled him upwards so he sat up.

8:56 AM

"There's still time, Rei-chan, kufufu, I'm sure you'd let me sleep a while more." Finally blinking open both eyes, Mukuro laughed and pulled his sheets above his head once again.

"Mumu-kun..."

Reika was supposed to be exasperated, but instead, she started laughing, giggling at the playfulness of Mukuro. Finally, calming down, she hurried into the bathroom with her change of clothes and toiletries ready. Turning open the tab and watching the clear liquid bolting out, she had an unknown urge to, hmm, release her emotions, and let them bolt out. Not like Mukuro would know, the sound of the tab water was loud enough, and he was asleep anyways.

But Reika didn't want that to awaken Mukuro either.

The normally 'strong' her, leaned against the tiled wall, letting the shrill of the cold slowly make it's way down her spine, and letting it take over the pain in her soul.

Mumu-kun...

But what could she do? Mumu-kun obviously favored Yumi, and even if she tried, it'd be of no use. The way that he looked at her! The way that she looked back. It's obviously...that they...liked each other.

As if finally seeing how pitiful she was, she finally let her body sink to the ground, her cries barely audible against the tab water. She had always been a pain to others-hasn't she? Her parents thought she was a pain. She was a burden to them. And so she got abandoned. The old man, probably thought she was a pain too, no other reason to kick her out. And Mumu-kun. What would Mumu-kun think of?

No matter what he thought of her now, Reika only knew one more thing. She couldn't be the one in between in his affection for Yumi. Then... she'd get detested, wouldn't she? She'd get abandoned-kicked out-homeless, once again.

"Rei-chan?" A few knocks on the door. Finishing her last few snivels, she splashed her face with water, quickly changed, and opened the door-holding her toothbrush.

"What took you so long?" Mukuro came in, rubbing his eyes sleepily. Still startled, all Reika could manage was move aside a little. But the boy didn't find any difference in Reika, one part of her let out a deep breath, while the other, felt like it was getting tortured all again. Lifting her hand up, she finally began brushing her teeth. Harder, harder, harder.

Why couldn't she be the kind that Mukuro liked? A Yumi-kind.

"Kufufu! Five minutes of brushing teeth, ten minutes of brushing hair, three minutes of washing face. Done." The pineapple man gave his creepy smile, and left the bathroom laughing.

With the silence returning to Reika, she smiled to herself in the mirror. Everything will be fine. I...can't like Mumu-kun. I can't.

With that, she clicked the light off, and tailed behind Mukuro, who was waiting at the door of the bedroom.

"I want pineapple waffles, Rei-chan~" The man turned to Reika with one of his smiles that always made Reika go crazy. How was she supposed to react to all this? She... was one that couldn't like Mukuro, and yet, she had to endure all the cute actions, all the playfulness from Mumu-kun. But...this could have been a profit too. Being able to experience all these, without needing anything else...just pure, enjoyment.

As they walked out in the streets, Reika was still pondering about this issue when a sudden loud beep rang, as if lightning tearing open the skies of Earth. Even without time to react, she stumbled on the ground, falling onto Mukuro, who already had his arms apart, carefully placing her to the over side of him while the car whirled past. Still gasping, she looked up-seeing the refined features of Mukuro-even more perfect than before.

'No, No, No, No Reika! You can't like Mukuro, you know that!' Reika thought to herself, pinching herself.

But soon, she heard footsteps and a soft girly shrill, "Mukuro-san!"

'Yumi...' Reika thought to herself, smiling sourly. But remembering her role in all of this. She was only a secondary character in their happy ever after, she had to be the one that would support them...or else she would become the evil Queen. No matter what, she wouldn't want the boy she adored so much now-to just disappear.

The man that held her pushed her up, stared at her for a second, and then began walking towards Yumi.

"Rei-chan, you can go to training first."

"Alright, Mumu-kun."

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2:26 PM

"Mukuro-san!" The blond hair boy shrieked, and Chikusa and I leapt up from our position on the couch in which we were playing a very interesting game of cards.

"Kufufu, I'll train Reika today. Ken and Chikusa, why don't you battle each other?" Seeing the hard glance from Reika to her school, Mukuro laughed again and added, "outside of this building."

"How are we going to train?" Reika tilted her head curiously. She hadn't ever trained with anyone else except for the old man and his rings. And if the fights with Chikusa and Ken counted-then they were of no significance.

Mukuro held his trident, titled it towards Reika, and before she even had time to react, she was tackled down on the ground, a trident pointing at her neck.

"I see."

"You didn't give me time to react. But this time, I'll win." Reika narrowed her eyes and put her red ring on. Mukuro's eye flashed to "1".

Volcanoes burst out of the ground, the heat tangible, but Reika could control the flames that Mukuro had already "imagined" through her guns.

With even more heat and intensity than Mukuro's, she aimed it at him, and even he- Mukuro- backed away a few steps dodging the flames.

"More, Rei-chan." His tone had mockery in it, something that Reika couldn't stand. Yet she knew it too, this man wasn't fighting with all his might.

She couldn't use the flames that he had created anymore. She couldn't use her red ring anymore. Quickly, she switched her blue ring on, and aimed at Mukuro. Closing one eye, she prayed in her head. 'Let there be a pond nearby in which I can use that water. Or a river. A ocean- would be too much for Mumu-kun.'

But what came out was only a small squirt of water that splashed Mukuro's face. He spit some water out.

"We're not at a waterpark, Rei-chan!" His eyes switched to a "4" and he came with more power. Reika fell to the ground once again, a trident at her neck.

"Too weak."

"I can beat you."

"I know."

"..."

"Next time you'll beat me, come on, you must be tired, Rei-chan. The training will pause for today, but you must practice your close combat, distance shots like those that you pulled on me might not always work. But you're not as weak as I imagined." The man lifted his trident and shot out a hand to Reika. She took it gratefully, and with an immense amount of energy, got pulled up to her feet.

The two men staring out the window gaped when Mukuro stared at them, but the pineapple haired man only grinned before turning to Reika once more.

"Let's grab something to eat."

So the two people set off down the road. A normally 'strong' girl blushing her face off, and a playful boy with his grip strong on his trident. But there was another stop down this road, in which a certain girl's shop was located. Would the boy stop for her? Or realize the feelings of the girl beside him? That would be told in a different chapter.

Mumu-kun...let's value our time together now...because I think I like you, and I won't be able to control it around you... Bye.

bellluv's note:

Three chapters for today!~ it's a monday by the way. So I will work hard-yes-but I'm going to rest for a few days...and hopefully be done resting by friday! Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter, and continue supporting all characters! Oh! And, please tell me who you would like Mukuro to go with... :/...