belluv's notes: hey! sorry for the SUPER late update~~ I've been sleeping my head off and getting ideas! So now here I am! Please enjoy and review~~~
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR
Claimer: I did write this...
-story starts here-
Yumi wasn't there. As Reika and Mukuro walked through the streets together, only the placid wavering of the breezes were able to be heard. Reika noticed Mukuro's head lift a little as if to glance inside the store to see if anyone was there, but his head quickly turned back to the street as he saw no one was there.
But Reika noticed it all.
"Na, Mumu-kun..." Reika murmured, turning towards Mukuro, "Yumi's a nice girl, right?"
As if without hesitation, Mukuro laughed and responded, "Kufufu~ of course."
Reika's heart thudded to a stop, and like some hidden idea that she always had inside her had been brought out and shoved in her face. Right... Mumu-kun always liked her anyways. From the first glance and on.
"Why, Rei-chan?"
Why...right. Why did she even asked him that? She knew the answer anyways. It was like she was wanting to feel the torture in her soul herself.
Mukuro stopped walking and held his trident on his left hand even tighter. "Why, Rei-chan?" Reika only kept on walking, as if not even noticing Mukuro.
"Reika!" Mukuro yelled, almost even mad at her for the first time. "What's wrong? You need to tell me for me to know!"
That's when Reika stopped moving and turned around to Mukuro, a few tear droplets in her eyes. But as it blended in with the moonlight now shining in, Mukuro did not spot it.
"N-N-Nothing." Reika sniffed a little, then forced a chuckle as she continued, "I think I might have a cold. Let's go home and-"
"Why did you ask me about it?"
"Kohoho... I guess because I want to be...friends with Yumi." Mukuro smiled satisfied at Reika's obviously false explanation, but he didn't ask more. Together, they walked silently under the moonlight as they arrived at the house.
Reika hurried to the fridge, grabbing out some pineapple bentou's that were bought from the supermarket before, and handed one to Mukuro who was already sitting comfortably on the couch. He patted the mat beside him, grinned, and turned on the TV.
Mukuro laughed at whatever was on the TV, smacked the pillow hard as he continued laughing, but Reika just couldn't... care more anymore. Mukuro liked that girl-not her, so as any normal person with any sense, she said it.
"Mumu-kun... I'm going to move."
Mukuro, who had been laughing exasperatedly at the TV show suddenly stopped, turned off the TV, and as if switching personalities, turned to Rei-chan sternly.
"Why."
"Because..." Reika hadn't thought this far yet. She only wanted to move away so she wouldn't be the third person in between the lovey-dovey-ness. That way, she wouldn't have to witness all those events that would only make her, herself feel worse. "Because I..."
"I see."
"It's not that I don't like Mumu-kun!" Reika suddenly exclaimed, but it was like Mukuro had turned sides on her, and now she was in the very very bad side.
"I see, Reika. Do you have a house yet?"
"Not...yet..."
"Then you can stay until you find one. I'm sure I won't be a bother." Mukuro grabbed his bentou and returned to his room, leaving Reika alone.
Why did he get so mad because she was moving? He was supposed to like Yumi, and Reika was sure of it. The way that they talked to each other! Anyone could see it. But why...
Reika ate her bentou in silence, contemplating about all the possibitlies, at last, falling asleep on the couch.
-morning time-
Reika woke up with a blanket on her body, full of Mukuro's scent, and then she remembered Mukuro's cold attitude yesterday.
I'm sorry Mumu-kun...I'm so sorry. But how could I ever...ever tell you then real reason?
Mukuro was already packing up his stuff and preparing to leave when Reika had fully awaken.
"Mumu-kun!"
Mukuro turned around, one hand clenching his trident with fierce strength.
"Did you eat already?"
"No."
"Eto, can I make you something?"
"It's alright. I can grab something at the supermarket or the shack."
"But the supermarket is so far away! Just..sit down for a while? I can make you something quick."
Reika was already preparing to make her breakfast when Mukuro continued walking out. When he was outside of the ledge of the door, he murmured, "Why do you care about me now?" and disappeared around the corner. As Reika saw Mukuro walk around the corner, even his shadow slipping away from her, it was like everything broke down.
She collapsed on the chair, those tears that she hadn't seen in such a long time flowed out, and it was like she couldn't do anything else but sniff and wipe her tears. As it continued, her heart kept on grabbing on her, as if trying to suffocate her, but only one clear thought was still in her mind. If Mumu-kun loved Yumi, then she would get out of their way. With that, she hurried out of the door, not caring about her own breakfast and went to the house rental stores to find a suitable house.
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"Hello, Miss, how may I help you?" An elderly looking man walked out of the store with an affectionate smile. Reika grinned back and stared at the prices.
"I'd like to find a cheap house near Kokuyo High School, is it possible?"
The elderly looking man smiled, opening the door and welcoming Reika inside. She followed him into the store as a fragrant scent was brought into her nose, and even her mood got slightly better. The old man smiled at Reika's reaction, and brought out a few booklets.
"What price range would you like it for?"
"Um... I don't have quite a lot of money right now, around fifty thousand yen? I might be able to afford slightly more than that... but I'm not so sure. I can try my best though!"
The old man chuckled and took away all the other booklets except for one. He tapped on the cover as he slid it over across the table to Reika.
"There is in an apartment area, but it is quite a large space! Around two hundred mentors squared, there's a living room, dining room, two separate rooms as well as one kitchen and one bathroom."
"Wow!" Reika grinned as she listened and finally, she only had one question left, "what about the price?"
"It's only sixty thousand yen!"
Sixty thousand. Of course Reika had that much money in her purse right now, but still, she didn't have a salary, and quick enough, she'd have no money. She could find some assassination jobs, and each would give her around three hundred thousand yen. Perfect.
"Can you take me to see it?"
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Last night, Mukuro had been struck with the weirdest question of all. The best friend that he finally told everything to said that she wanted to move. And without a reason! That must mean that she didn't like him, no matter how much she tried to deny it. Mukuro had enough experience to know that a lot of people thought that he was a weird one and Reika might just be another one of them. How much he didn't want that to be true...but his soul and heart just told him otherwise. Weirdly, he felt a sort of longing to the usual cooking Reika would make him, but now Reika wasn't his, and not even his prey anymore. He thought of Yumi and grinned. There were pineapple sweets there as well!
However, when he almost approached there, he almost turned right beside him and said, "Wait, Rei-chan, you go to training first." But then he realized that no one was there. Right. He had ditched her this morning, ditched her cooking as well as her accompaniment. But... he didn't want to. He wanted Reika to stay. But who was he? He was Mukuro Rokudo, someone who didn't go ask girls to stay with him. Prey come all by themselves.
"Mukuro-san!" Yumi quickly ran out of the shack, her long black hair waving around her, ethereally beautiful. Her hands waved around her body as she tried to run as hard as she could, only making Mukuro laugh.
"Yumi-chan~kufufu~"
"Mukuro-san!" Yumi finally ran up to Mukuro, panting slightly, but grinning all the way.
Mukuro-san...? As if suddenly remembering, he remembered the "Mumu-kun..." Feeling a weird sort of longing, Mukuro shook his head, trying to shake it away.
Why did he feel this sort of longing? He was the one who ditched Reika...and yet, he still felt that weird sort of longing. What was this? And...what would it bring?
belluv's note:
It's 10 AM here! Yeah~ hopefully you enjoyed it, and I might update more chapters in the afternoon so you know, yeah. :) hopefully you enjoyed this chapter, and again, please review and tell me who you like so far! THANKS!
