Hey, Nukia here!
This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.
I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I'm going to keep going. This chapter is weird, I'm going to show you what SJ and A's relationship is like in private. I think I made it to eww, but there is random and learning moments too.
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Chapter 25!
I glanced at my cat shaped calendar holder on my dressing table, it was the 10th of October. It will be A's 15th birthday in 3 days time, I have no idea what to get him. I guess I could just make him a toffee cheesecake like I did last year, it seems like the easy option and he enjoyed eating it. I looked at my reflection in my mirror as I fixed my wonky collar on my red dress, I got up from my chair at the dressing table and walked over to my room's door. I unlocked the door, I walked over to my bed and quickly made it. I put the rest of my books in my bag, I zipped it up and looked over at my room's door when I heard it open.
I smiled when A peeped his head around my door, I beckoned him to come in and quickly tied my hair up into ponytail. He closed the door behind him, I rushed over to him and zipped up his white hoody for him. He placed his hands on my hips and laughed slightly when I brushed his down with my hands, it looks like he's got dressed in the dark again.
" Good morning!" I smiled.
" Hey..." He smiled as he gently pressed his nose against my nose. " How are you today?"
" I'm good, I've missed you..." I replied.
" You saw me about 9 hours ago, but I understand how you could miss me because I'm so intelligent and have a handsome jawline as you once told me..." He smiled. " So I get why you'd miss me, I'm just to awesome..."
" So vain, I have never said that to you!" I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck. " You're so full off yourself sometimes, as anyone ever told you that before?"
" Nope, but it was worth a shot to see if I could get a compliment out of you..." He chuckled.
" Silly A, you're perfect to me..." I smiled.
" Good, that means I don't have to change for you..." He smirked as he brushed his lips against my lips. " You should finish getting ready for class, we'll end up being late again..."
" Okay, I'll be quick!" I smiled.
I let A softly kiss my lips as he pulled me closer towards him, I squealed slightly as he tickled my sides with his finger tips and laughed. I gently pushed him away from me, I walked over to my dressing table and took my bag from the back of my chair. I hung my bag over my shoulder, I applied some of my cherry flavoured chapstick to my lips and looked at my reflection in the mirror.
" How are you feeling today?" I asked and put my chapstick in my bag. " Hopefully better than yesterday I hope, I know Mr Ruvie as been giving you more of a hard time than usual about your studies..."
" I'm alright, I'm use to Mr Ruvie being a jerk now anyway. He just thinks I need to concentrate more, apparently my attention span as been slipping in lessons which is affecting my studies. But like every other student in the orphanage whose mind doesn't wonder from time to time? It's basically a normal human characteristic, who really concentrates on a task without becoming distracted for a few seconds?" He asked and sat down on my bed. " But on a good note, I'm here to walk you to class..."
" That's very thoughtful of you, I've just got to put my shoes on and I'll be ready to go..." I smiled, I turned around to face him and leant on the back of my chair. " Do you know what? I think I'm the one distracting you, maybe I should stay away from you for a while so you can concentrate on your studies..."
" Don't be daft, you're my good distraction!" He smiled.
" I guess that's good to know, I'm just going to grab my shoes from the bathroom..." I said as I began to walk towards my bathroom's door. " I left them in there last night, they were all muddy from that walk we took through the cemetery..."
" Alright, take your time..." He said.
I walked into the bathroom, I put my shoes on and switched the light off. I closed the bathroom's door behind me, I leant back against the door as I watched A reading his beeper. He got up from my bed and put his beeper into his hoody pocket as he walked over to my room's door, I wonder where he his going? I loudly cleared my throat, I watched him stopped at my room's door and look at me over his shoulder.
" I'm sorry, I need to go..." He said as he opened my room's door. " I'll come and find you later, I've been called to Watari's office..."
" Okay, but it's not very polite to leave without saying goodbye..." I smiled. " It's bad manners, have I not taught you anything over the years about manners?"
" Erm tea is not proper without a saucer, I remember that one..." He replied.
" And what else?" I asked.
" I'm sorry, my mind was else where..." He replied with a smile and closed my room's door. " Come here and give me some sugar with cream before I go!"
I rolled my eyes as I walked over to him, for some reason he uses the words sugar with cream when he wants a kiss and a hug. I wrapped my arms around his waist, I felt A kiss the top of my head and pull me away from him. I stood on my tiptoes as I quickly kissed his lips, I rested my hands on his arms and looked up at him.
" So much for you walking me to class today, I like you walking me to class first thing in the morning..." I sighed.
" I know, I'll walk you to the end of the corridor instead..." He smiled.
" Okay, I guess that will have to do..." I giggled.
I switched my room's light off as A opened the door, we both left my room and walked down the corridor together. I said goodbye to him at the end of the corridor and made my way down the ground floor of the building. I continued to walk along the corridor and saw a few students leaving the science lab, I wonder what is going on? I walked into the classroom and stopped in the doorway, the class room was empty. I looked back into the corridor, I saw three teachers rushing up the main staircase of the orphanage and chewed at my bottom lip. I shrugged my shoulders, I walked back into the class room and took my normal seat. I took all of my books out of my bag, I glanced up at the Science lab's clock and saw that it was only 9:15am.
" I'll meet you in the library in 10 minutes!" I heard a female's voice say from outside of the class room. " I've got to collect my books first from the science lab, I'll be quick!"
I looked over at the class room's doorway and saw Autumn walk into the class room. She gave me a smile as she made her way over to her desk, she stopped next to her desk and took her bag from the back of the chair. She began to put her books into her bag, I watched her for a while and got up from my desk as I cleared my throat.
" Excuse me Autumn, but what is going on?" I asked. " Where are all the other students?"
" Haven't you heard, one of the students Watari had sent to Los Angeles for a month at some university as gone missing!" She replied." Kidnapped in broad daylight from the campus grounds by a group thugs in front of all the students there!"
" That's awful, what's the student's name?" I asked.
" Elèanore, she's in the same science class as us and her twin sister Adèle. They sit in the third row, second desk to the front of the classroom. I've heard Adèle is devastated over the news, she's had to be sedated and put under the care of Nurse Clark... " She answered as she picked her book bag up from her desk and hung it over her shoulder. " This mornings lessons have all been cancelled, all the teachers have been called into an urgent meeting with Watari and Mr Ruvie. I'll see you later, I'm going to do some research on lobotomies in the library..."
" Okay, I will see you later..." I nodded.
I watched Autumn leave the science lab, I sighed to myself as I got up from my desk and packed all my books back into my bag. Poor Elèanore, she must be so scared and I feel so sorry for her sister. This explains why A had to leave in a hurry instead of walking me to class, I guess he will be helping Watari to try and find Elèanore. I hung my bag over my shoulder and left the classroom, I'm not sure what I will do with my free morning though. I carried on walking down the corridor, I noticed a few students sitting on the main entrance's staircase well they spoke quietly amongst each other. I twirled my ponytail around my finger as I headed towards the stairs that led to the second floor of the orphanage, I stopped at the bottom of them when I noticed Backup and A along the corridor. I watched them for a while well they spoke to each other, they seemed to be in a deep conversation.
" I wonder what they are talking about?" I asked myself.
I sat down on one of the steps of the stairs, I continued to watch them until Backup made eye contact with me. I quickly hurried up a few of the steps, I sat back down again and opened my bag. I took a Mars bar from my bag, I ripped some of the wrapper away from the chocolate bar and took a bite of it. I continued to eat my chocolate bar until A peeped his head from behind the wall at the bottom of the stairs, I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and gave him a smile. He dropped a blue duffel bag at the bottom of the stairs, he leant his shoulder against the wall and crossed his arms as a smirk crept across his face.
" Are you spying on me?" He asked.
" No, I was on my way to my room and then decided to have a quick snack on the stairs..." I replied and put my Mars bar back into my bag. " I'm going to take a nap, all this mornings lessons have been cancelled due to a terrible incident involving one of the students..."
" I know, I've already heard..." He sighed, he picked his duffel bag up from the floor and hung it over his shoulder. " Do you want me to walk you to your room?"
" I can find my own way there, but thank you for the offer..." I smiled and got up from the step. "Are you going somewhere?"
" Yeah, how did you guess?" He asked.
" You've got your duffel bag with you, the only time I've seen you carrying it is when you're going traveling with Watari and your mentor..." I replied. " Where are you going this time?"
" I'm going to Los Angeles, there as been a state of emergency called in an American Government funded orphanage owned by one of Watari's business contacts. I guess you've heard what's happened from the other students?" He asked. " Apparently it indicates a human trafficking racket was involved in Elèanore's abduction, it's a very serious matter. Don't tell anyone I told you that though, it's meant to be kept under wraps so it doesn't scare any of the other students..."
" That's awful, poor Elèanore..." I muttered.
" Watari is frantic over the news, I've never seen him act like this before. But Elèanore is one of his students so I understand why he his acting this way, he will use all of his resources and connections to get her back... " He sighed as he looked both ways down the corridor and took hold of my hand. " Will you come with me for a moment, I need a private word with you..."
" Sure..." I nodded.
I let A lead me down the corridor, he stopped me outside of a door labeled Janitor's Closet and opened the door. He gently pushed me into the dark small room, he closed the door behind him and switched on a light. I leant back against the wall and looked around the room, it wasn't the most hygienic of places. There was buckets, smelly mops, brooms and different kinds of cleaning detergents bottles in one corner of room. I looked over at A as he rummaged around in his coat's pockets, he took something out of his pocket and stepped towards me.
" I need to tell you something, it's about Los Angeles..." He said as he took hold of my hand and pulled me closer towards him. " I don't know how long I'll be gone for this time, I maybe gone over 5 months or even a longer. I wanted to tell you that I'm going to miss you, this is going to be the longest time I've ever been away from you since we were children..."
" It's okay, I'll be right here when you get back from America..." I smiled. " I'll miss you too though, but we can stay in touch with each other well you're away right?"
" I'm not sure if I can this time, I'm going to have to break connections with everyone outside of America for safety reasons. I won't be able to ring Backup either, so you really won't hear from me this time..." He answered. " I just wanted to get a private moment with you before I left and give you a parting gift. I know it's not much, but I don't have anything of value on me right now..."
" That's not fair, but I understand..." I sighed.
" I'll be back before you know it, you'll be sick of seeing my face at some point..." He chuckled, he placed something in my hand and smiled. " Here, hold onto this for me until I return. Take real good care of it, they're my favorites..."
I looked down at my hand and let out a quiet laugh, there was a toffee in the palm of my hand. It was wrapped in gold and silver paper, it's a strange parting gift. But this is A after all, I looked up from my hand at him and laughed again.
" A toffee?" I asked.
" Yeah, it's the only thing I've got on me right now for a parting gift..." He replied with a chuckle. " But as long as you have that toffee in your possession, then I'm coming back to you. I can't leave one of my precious toffees behind uneaten, it would be like blasphemy!"
" You're funny, I'll keep it safe until you return..." I smiled, I unzipped my bag and put the toffee into my bag's side pocket. " I guess I should give you something, let me see what I've got in my bag..."
I rummaged around in my bag, I found a couple of mints and my half eaten chocolate bar. I chewed at my bottom lip as I continued to rummage in my bag, I smiled to myself when I found the perfect thing he could take with him. I took my cherry flavoured chapstick from my bag, I held it towards him and sniffled.
" I'm sorry, this is all I have on me..." I said.
" Your chapstick? Yeah my bag is going to look so manly going through the airport's baggage scanner with that in my bag!" He chuckled and took it from my hand. " But thank you, I'll make sure I'll keep it safe until I return home. You'll keep an eye on Nonie for me, right? She's been acting weird lately, she refuses to talk to me about a few things..."
" Sure, I'll make sure she okay..." I nodded.
" I'll see you really soon, I promise..." He smiled.
A softy kissed my forehead, he pulled me into a hug and kissed the side of my head. I closed my eyes and snuggled my face into his shoulder, I wish he didn't have to go to Los Angeles. He gently pulled me away from him, he kissed my forehead again and then quickly left the janitor's closet. I sighed to myself as I let myself slide down the wall, I sat down on the floor and wrapped my arms around my legs. I'm going to miss him a lot, I hope he's not away for to long.
It's been 4 months since A left to go to Los Angeles, none of us have heard from him since then. Nonie as become withdraw and quiet around me, she won't even sit next to me in the dinner hall anymore. She seems to talk to Backup still, I've asked him if she is okay and all he tells me is she's going through changes. I'm not sure if he means girl changes or educational changes, he's never clear about it.
I closed my room's window and locked it, it was coming up to 9pm. It was time for all the students to go to bed, I drew my curtains and looked over at my room's door when I heard a gently knocking on it. I climbed off my bed and walked over to the door, I wonder who that could be at this hour? I unlocked my door, I opened it and saw Nonie standing in the corridor. She was wearing her sunglasses again, she was dressed in her plan black pajamas and wore no shoes.
" Can I come in?" She asked.
" Sure, is everything okay?" I asked.
" Not really, I think I need help..." She replied and walked into my room. " I know I've been a jerk around you lately, but I need someone new to talk to about something. I know my brother thinks highly of you, so maybe I could share my little problem with you instead of concerning him when he returns back to the orphanage..."
" Okay, take a seat on my bed..." I smiled.
I closed my room's door, I watched Nonie sit down on my bed. She grabbed one if my pillows from the end of my bed, she crossed her legs and stared at me. I bit at my bottom lips as I walked over to my bed, I sat down on it and wrapped myself in one of my blankets.
" So, what is your problem?" I asked. " Is it about boys or girls private matters or maybe something to do with your studies. I'll try my best to help you, but I'm afraid my information about boys is nonexistent..."
" Boys?" She asked with laugh. " Don't make me laugh, I've got no interests in boys at this very moment, especially ones living in orphanage. Besides, I don't think my brother would be to pleased if I started seeing boys at the age of 14, do you?"
" I guess not, so what is wrong exactly?" I asked.
" My problem is kind of peculiar, I thought Backup would have understood seeing as he as the same condition than me..." She answered as she hugged my pillow and sighed. " But his explanations are always bizarre, but he's not very clear at times. I can't ask my brother for help because he would just freak out or he wouldn't understand, also I have no idea how to get in touch with him well he's in Los Angeles because Mr Ruvie is being an asshole and will not give me his phone number! So I've decided to ask you instead, that's if you can be any help to me..."
" Okay, so may I ask what your condition is?" I asked.
" It's hard to explain it in words, I will have to show you..." She replied as she tucked her blonde hair behind her ears. " Promise not to freak out, if you scream then we'll both be in trouble seeing as I'm meant to be in my room right now..."
" Okay, I promise that I won't scream..." I said.
I watched Nonie remove her sunglasses, she looked down at my pillow as she placed them down on my bed. She slowly looked up from the pillow at me and shrugged her shoulders at me with an odd smile on her face. My eyes grew wide, her eyes were bright Red instead of their normal brown colour. I crawled over to her, I sat down next to her and took a closer look at her eyes. I understand why she thought she could talk to Backup about her eyes now, his eyes are red too under the dark coloured contact lenses he normally wears in his day-to-day life.
" Do you want me to take a picture, it will last longer!" She frowned.
" I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare..." I said quietly. " So this is the reason you've been wearing sunglasses for the past year?"
" Yeah, I didn't want to draw any attention to myself..." She answered. " Watari, L and Backup are the only people who knows about it. Well including you now, but you've got to promise not to tell A. He would defiantly freak out over my eyes, I've tried to wear coloured contact lenses but they make my eyes feel sore and uncomfortable..."
" I won't say anything to him, but you can't wear sunglasses forever..." I sighed.
" I know, I think Watari is researching into other lenses for me to try..." She said, she put her sunglasses back on and placed my pillow at the end of my bed. " There is a type of contact lens called silicone hydrogel lenses, apparently they're more of a softer lens which will be better for my eyes. I won't be wearing contact lenses all the time, just for day-to-day lessons and events. The rest of the time I will be wearing sunglasses, I don't want to draw any attention to myself or be branded as different..."
" I see, so does this mean your eyes are the same as Backups or does everything he always tells me just make-believe?" I asked. " He always talks about lifespans and other strange things, does he speak the truth? I mean if I heard it from you then maybe I would believe what he says in the future, but I know he as the tendencies to over exaggerate at times..."
" I think its best not to question what Backup says to you, if I was you I'd ignore everything he says and get on with your life..." She replied. " But for now I'm going back to my room before Mr Ruvie begins his night-time rounds, I don't think I want a weeks study detention for roaming the halls after lights out..."
" Okay, you're best taking the long way back to your room. A once told me that Mr Ruvie starts his rounds from the first floor, so by the time you've gotten to your room he will be on the second floor..." I smiled. " Unless his rounds routine as changed, then you will been seen which is very rare in your case because you're a good snooper..."
" Why would A tell you something like that? Do you both sneak around The Wammy House after lights out and cause some chaos?" She asked with a smirk and chuckled as she walked over to my room's door. " Raiding the fridge no doubt, having a midnight snack when no one else is looking instead of sleeping. I know what my brother is like when it comes to food, his eyes are bigger than his belly. Anyway,I'm going to my room now..."
" It's not like that, we don't sneak around after lights out!" I said as I then gasped and quickly covered up my mouth after I realized what I had said. " I mean he told me Mr Ruvie's light's out routine in case there was an emergency or I needed to make a quick escape, nothing sneaky about it at all!"
" What did you say?" She asked, she took hold of the door handle and looked at me over shoulder with a smirk on her face. " Is there something I should know about? Are my suspicions correct about what I've thought for the last several months or have I been misled by your random babble?"
" I said nothing suspicious, it was random babble like you said..." I replied.
" You're hiding something from me, I'll get to the truth in the end..." She said.
" I'm not hiding anything, goodnight..." I replied as I removed my hand from my mouth and smiled at her. " You better go before you get caught, I'll see you at breakfast..."
" I've got my eye on you, both of them from now on..." She smirked. " Goodnight, sweet dreams and remember to not let the bed bugs bite!"
I watched Nonie leave my room, I got up from my bed and walked over to the door. I locked my room's door and leant back against it as I sighed. I nearly put my foot in it then, I need to start watching what I am saying in front of people. At least I understand why Nonie is always wearing sunglasses now, but I don't understand why she told me not to question what Backup says to me. She didn't even tell me if what he says is true, maybe I should get on with my life and ignore what he tells me from now on. I switched my room's light off, I walked over my bed and settled down for the night.