Second chapter of the weekend. Sorry it's a little later than anticipated. By the by, you like the new story image? Made it myself! Anyways, enjoy!
Chapter 11
I woke up late the next morning. Remembering Lily's instructions, I pulled on the clothes I was wearing the day before and stuck my head out of the door. No one was in the hallway. I checked my watch. It was half seven, they had all gone to breakfast. I brushed my hair my dragging my hand through it and hoping I didn't look a mess.
I walked downstairs, over to the Ringu and behind the wall. I took a quick look over at the Shokuhin Hall, where my dorm were eating lunch and probably not noticing my absence.
"Sup Kaito."
I turned around to find Yuma standing about 5 meters away from me. My eyes immeadiatly narrowed. Yuma put his hands up, his face somewhere between worry and smugness.
"Don't shoot, dude. I wanna apologise."
I straightened, giving him a confused look, and waited for him to elaborate. Seeing that I was not about to attack him, he shoved his hands back in his pockets.
"It wasn't right of me to give you the drug. Let's face, none of us could have taken it. I asked Rook to get his hands on some, his Dad got put in jail for drug dealin' so I figured he would have some ties. It was a test, you know. To be honest, I wasn't sure of what I thought about you. You looked the part but you're attitude is funny. Lily says you got put in the dorm with the dumb girl."
I nodded, though my hands curled into fists behind my back. Luka was not dumb,she was mute. I wasn't about to argue with Yuma though, so I gestured for him to continue.
"Point I tryin' to get at is, you passed. I've decided you're cool, Rook and Dell seem to like you, Neru thinks you're cool, Haku doesn't know who you are and Lily's obsessed with you. So, I think you're cool. Are we okay?"
He held his hand out to shake, looking at me with a somewhat sincere expression. I looked down at his hand, back up at him and grinned.
"As long as you don't offer me anymore drugs, we're cool." I shook his hand and Yuma grinned, the first non-evil one I've seen from him.
"No more drugs," he agreed. Letting go of my hand, he leant against the wall. I stuck my hand back in my pockets and shuffled my weight from one foot to another. You could tell that autumn was creeping up. The wind was blowing and the air was nippy.
"So, why am I down here?" I asked. "Did Lily tell me to skip class, not wear my uniform and come down here just so you could apologise?"
Yuma chuckled and shook his head. "Nah, we're waiting for Rook, Lily, Dell, Neru and Haku to show their sorry faces. Then we're goin' somewhere. A Mystery Tour, if you will."
We waited for another 10 minutes for the other 5 to show up. You could see Yuma's irratated meter rising each minute. So when Dell and Haku did show up, steam was coming out of his ears.
"And what took you so long?" he spat.
Dell pointed accusingly at Haku. "Look at 'er, not me. First she wanted breakfast so we 'ad to go to the Shokuhin hall. Then she said she needed a ciggy so I 'ad to run down to the local shop, school don't sell fags. Then she started whinin' about 'er skin!"
Haku only giggled at her boyfriend's annoyance. Dell shot her a nasty look, snapping a ciggarette he was holding in his hand while muttering 'Chicks and their fuckin' needs..."
Luckily, he was saved by the arrival of Lily, Rook and Neru. Yuma switched his irratated glaer from Haku and fixed it upon the two girls and boy. "What's your excuse?"
Neru shrugged, clearly not worried about Yuma's head exploding. "Dunno. Just late, I guess." Yuma was going to have permanent frown wrinkles on his forehead by the time he left, judging by how much he was frowning. Eventually he just sighed, mumbled, "Lets go." and walked away. We all followed him like lost puppies.
I shivered. The morning frost was really cold. Suddenly, I felt a warm hand slip into my pocket and grab my hand. I looked over at the hand and found Lily, smiling at me. She wasn't wearing her usual outfit, she must have felt the cold too. Instead she was wearing a off-shoulder black jumper and jeans. She looked nice, less dolled up.
We walked hand-in-hand until we arrived at the bus stop. The bus was about to take off when Yuma decided to run at it, shouting and yelling like a lunatic. The bus pulled over and the door open. The bus driver did not look happy, accusing us of 'holding up people's busy schedules.' He shut up pretty quickly when Rook gave him 6000 yen.*
We sat at the back of the bus, taking up about three seats. Neru squeezed between Rook and Yuma, with much complaining from both of them. Dell and Haku sat next to each other. Haku began to fall asleep, despite the fact that it was only a ten minute drive, stops included. Lily sat next to me, staring out the window. She seemed much more peaceful today, not fighting for my attention or giggling annoyingly. She just seemed... Normal. And it was nice.
The bus began to near a stop and Yuma stood up gesturing for us to stand up too. Neru lost her footing and pushed Rook into Haku, who fell against Dell, who got his face squished against the window. Neru, Rook and Yuma began cackling madly at Dell's misfortune. Dell stormed off the bus quickly, rubbing his cheek and mumbling.
We stepped out in front of a large shopping centre. Lily, Neru and Haku squealed, holding each others hands happily. The moment they went in, they began heading towards a clothes shop. But Yuma restrained them, tutting, and instead walked towards a cafe.
We were greeted by a girl, around the same age as us. She had her dark hair hel back with two chopsticks and was wearing a pink kimono. She smiled politely, bowing low.
"Good day, sirs and madams. My name is Mizki, I'll be your waitress!" Grinning she led us over to a table, set out the menus, bowed again and left.
Neru opened her menu and began licking her lips. "Ooooh! Let me see here..." Rook only rolled his eyes. I turned to Lily.
"Lily... How did you know I was in the same dorm as Lu-... Er, the mute girl?"
Lily pointed to Neru. "Neru's sister is in the same dorm as you and Megurine. I also kinda assumed since you were with her yesterday. Wednesdays are her days off, y'know."
I turned to Neru. "Your sister is in V-03?! Who is she?"
Neru looked up from the menu long enough to answer, "Hatsune Miku. I'm Hatsune Neru."
Mizki came over, took our orders and returned with them speedily. We ate quickly, paid and left. Yuma refused to go up and give Mizki the money so I had to do it. I asked him why but he only muttered something, turning slightly pink.
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The day was drawing to a close. It was near 5 when we all hoped back on the bus. I had had fun, probably the most fun I'd had since I came here. Back on the bus, Lily fell asleep, her head resting on my shoulder. I put my head on her's, smiling at her angelic face. Neru and Yuma were bickering in front of me, Rook was squished in between them and Dell was trying to keep his cigarette out of reach of Haku's hands. I grinned silently to myself. They may have offered me drugs, but they were pretty cool. I think I'll stick around with them for awhile.
I let my eyes close and wrapped my fingers around Lily's small hand.
*6000 yen would be about $50.
Thank you to reviewers:
-guest
-karenanzora 09
-Kegi Springfield
-Ambokiko
-doniLALALALALALALovesssssYOU
-Sal the Happs Dude T3T
-Asshole (Heehee, that's weird to type)
-TheVocaloidMaster
-ManonVarendaz
Um, I'd like to address something that a reviewer said to me. The reason Kaito think certain things are 'unmanly' and 'gay' even when they're not and are just sweet is because of his upbringing. Kaito has been raised on the beliefs that 'Boys don't cry' and 'To be tough is to not have feelings' and 'Feelings are stupid'. You'll see that as the story goes on and his character develops.