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My eyes gently fluttered open and I immediately squinted at the harsh sunlight filtering through the crack in the paper door. My eyes slowly focussed on the cushion that lay on the floor in front of my face.
Kyo.
I shifted to get up when I felt a light weight on top of me. I picked up whatever it was and examined it, frowning as I felt the material between my fingers.
In my sleepy haze it took me a few seconds to clock that it was Kyo's blue hoodie.
He'd covered me up in the night.
Hold on, where was he?
I sat up and folded the hoodie on my lap, suddenly realising the silence that lay around the house.
'High School girls! High School girls! 1,2,3! High School girls!'
Well that was short lived…
'Why the hell are you singing that?' I snapped, twisting my hair in my hands and pulling it over one shoulder.
'Ah! Akane! You're finally awake I see!' Shigure smiled.
'What do you mean finally? And why the heck were you singing that perverted song.' I held the hoodie against my chest, folding my arms over it as I stood up.
'Well, its almost lunch already, and I just got it stuck in my head.'
I shrugged off the link between lunch and that damn song as I noticed a book in his hands. 'Well don't. What's that?' I pointed at it.
I approached him and reached for the book.
'Nothing.' Shigure whipped it behind his back and my fist closed onto air.
I glared at him and he patted my head with a nervous smile. I took this opportunity to grab his wrist and twist his arm backwards violently.
'Ow! Akane that hurts!' Shigure sang nervously as he winced in pain.
'Only a little.' I smirked as I calmly reached round him and grabbed the book.
Whimpering as I released his wrist, he rubbed it.
I opened the book cautiously. I already knew that it was one of his 'novels', and by his body language I could tell he didn't want me reading it. That only meant one thing.
Scanning my eyes over a couple of pages my anger grew. I closed the book with a thud and shoved it into his chest with one hand. 'Burn it.' I demanded and began to walk away from him.
'But Akane-'
'Burn it or I'll burn something else.'
I didn't stay long enough to see him visibly wince and shrink away.
~xxx~
It was now late afternoon and I was casually walking down the upstairs hallway when I was violently tugged sideways and into a room. My eyes screwed shut as I heard the door slam behind me and my back hit a wall. I could feel a tough grip on my shirt collar as my mind raced with possibilities. Faces flashed up of who this person could be. I didn't dare open my eyes.
Kyo? No, we'd not long had that talk. It can't have been him.
Shigure? I'm sure I hadn't offended him that much.
Yuki? Nah, he couldn't lay a finger on a woman in that way.
Hatori? Had the Doctor suddenly become-
'Akane.'
What?
'H-Haru…' I managed, opening my eyes to see…nothing. The lights were off.
'I've been waiting for you for 2 hours.' he growled. There was a longish pause before he spoke again. 'Turn on the lights.' He released his hold on my shirt and I scrambled to switch on the lights. Once the lights were on I would feel a whole lot safer.
Out of all my family members I feared Haru the very most. The others I could handle. But not the Ox.
I gasped when I realised who's room we were in. Mine.
'Haru? Why are we-?'
'In here? Good question. Because by now we should be halfway there already, to the main house I mean.' he seemed to have calmed down a little. But not much.
'Wha-?'
'But you were 2 hours late.' he finished and grabbed his jacket off the back of my chair, making his way to the door.
'The main house?' I thought aloud.
'C'mon.' he nodded before leaving.
What just happened?
~xxx~
I ran to keep up with him. We were deep in the forest now.
'Wait! Haru, why the heck are we going to the main house?'
'Just hurry up or she'll be back already.' he shouted over his shoulder as he continued to march through the leaves.
Who?
'It wasn't really my fault,' I began, trying to keep moving as well as shake a wet leaf off my leg. 'You can't really be late for something…' I gave up and bent down to peel the offending foliage off of me before jogging to catch up with him once more. 'you didn't know was happening!' I finally finished and then proceeded to bump right into the back of him. Apparently he had stopped.
So here's Chapter 11! Sorry I had to stop there. Busy busy busy! But I hope it was slightly less harsh on Akane in this one! Haha.
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