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. Just going to say that my updates will be slowing down for the next month, I'm going to be doing some charity work but I will try to update as best as I can. But I'm going to say there will be another cliffhanger, this chapter will be split into 3 parts as well and it's pretty short.

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Chapter 29!

I yawned as I rolled onto my stomach, I opened one of my eyes as I peeped from my pillow at A lying next to me. He was still fast asleep, we had managed to sneak to the attic last night without being seen by Mr Ruvie. We had waited until 11pm and met in the stairwell that led to the top floor of The Wammy House, it was pretty easy after that to get to the attic. I groaned as I got onto my knees and stretched my arms above my head, I feel so tired this morning. We mustn't have gone to sleep until 1am, we had spent most of the night playing silly thumb wrestling games and chatting about the most random things. But last night was fun, it was nice being able to spend the night with him and be like any other normal couple even if we were still classed as children in the eyes of the law. I looked over at my alarm clock on the wooden crate, it wasn't even 4am yet and the attic was dimly lit by a few candles on the crate. I glanced around the attic and jumped slightly when I heard a strange creaking sound coming from the other side of the room, please don't be anything creepy.

I quickly looked at A when I heard him muttering something in his sleep, he must be having a dream. I giggled quietly to myself when I heard him say something about bananas in his sleep, I quietly crawled over to him and gently brushed some of his fringe away from his eyes as I kissed his cheek. He stirred in his sleep, I kissed him again on his cheek and then gently shook him by his arm as I told him to wake up.

" Please wake up Aiden, I think there is something in the attic with us..." I whispered.

" Don't be silly, it's probably the building creaking because it's old or your imagination is in overdrive because it's dark... " He sleepy said as he rolled over onto his side and pulled his blanket over his head. " So go back to sleep, it's not time to get up yet..."

" But I can't sleep now after hearing that creaking sound, please wake up for just a little while..." I whispered. " I'll do anything you want, I'll even let you win when we next thumb wrestle. I'll even show you how to play checkers or even the card game go fish, then you can beat me at the games we play..."

" Alright, just for 5 minutes and then I'm going back to sleep..." He sighed.

I grabbed my blankets from where I had been sleeping, I curled up next to him and snuggled my face into his back. I felt him roll over to face me, he draped his arm over me and kissed the top of my head. I snuggled my face into his chest and smiled to myself as I listened to him breathing. I shivered when I felt my blankets being pulled away from my feet, I quickly sat up and looked around the room. I couldn't see anything or anyone, sometimes I believe that the orphanage is haunted.

" What's wrong now?" I heard A ask with a hint of annoyance in his voice. " Have you got ants in your pants or something? With the amount of jumping and fidgeting you do in your sleep wouldn't surprise me if I was right about the ants, just come back to bed..."

" It's nothing, I think my imagination is in overdrive..." I replied and pulled my knees to my chest as I looked at him over my shoulder. " I swear someone just pulled my blankets away from my feet, I think I'm losing my mind right now. Does it seem colder in here to you or is it just me?"

" We're in the attic and it's November, it's going to be cold up here..." He replied. " There is no way anyone else can get into the attic, there is only one way in and two ways out, the second way out being the window. Why don't you come back here and snuggle with me, I'll keep you safe until the morning. But for the rest of the day you're on your own, I've got three exams in the afternoon so I need some sleep..."

" Okay, but I want pillow to place near my feet just to be on the safe side..." I said quietly as I looked around the room. " I don't fancy being pulled from underneath my blankets by some unknown creature or thing, I need to stop talking and thinking now..."

" You're kind of scaring me right now, come back to bed before I can't sleep..." He sighed.

I grabbed a pillow from behind me, I placed it by my feet and lay back down next to him again. I rolled over onto my side, I softly kissed A's lips and cupped the side of his face as he wrapped his arms around me. This is the first time I've ever been close to him like this since we first became companions, it was nice having someone to snuggle with at night. I kissed him again and removed my hand from his face, this is nice.

" Now get some sleep, it will be morning before you know it..." He smiled." There is nothing in this room that can hurt you, I won't ever let anything hurt you as long as I'm around. You have my word, but you may have to protect me from clowns though..."

" Why is that?" I asked.

" They're like my kryptonite, I've got a clown childhood trauma..." He replied and kissed my cheek. " I'll tell you about it later, but for now let's get some sleep..."

" Okay, good night..." I whispered.

" Good night and remember to not let the bed bugs bite, unless I'm the bed bug then it's perfectly fine..." He chuckled.

" Silly Aiden, go to sleep!" I smiled.

I kissed him again and curled up next to him as I yawned. I pulled my blankets over my shoulder as I snuggled my face into my pillow, I felt A place his hand on my hip as I closed my eyes. I peeped from my pillow at him and gave him a smile before he closed his eyes, I could spend the rest of my life like this with him by my side.


I groaned when I heard my alarm clock ringing, I got up from the blankets and looked at A snoring his head off under a blanket next to me. I rolled my eyes and switched my alarm clock off, I better wake him up I thought to myself as I took a pillow from the blankets. I held the pillow above my head and smirked slightly as I listened to him snoring.

" It's your wake up call!" I laughed as I hit him with the pillow. " Come on sleepy head, it's 6am and we need to get to our rooms before anyone notices that we're gone! Unless you're me, then it doesn't matter because I don't have a roommate!"

I watch A stir from underneath his blankets, I hit him again with the pillow and squeal when he lunged at me. I fell backwards onto the blankets with a thud, he pinned me down on the blankets and blew his fringe away from his eyes as he frowned. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to hit him with a pillow after all, he doesn't look to amused with my waking up method. I watched his face soften as he realized it was me, he let go of my wrists and got up from the blankets.

" I'm sorry, I thought you were Backup for a moment..." He sighed and ran his fingers through his messy hair as he looked down at me. " Are you alright? Hopefully I didn't hurt you, I didn't mean to lunge at you like that..."

" It's okay, but now I'm questioning why Backup would be in your bed first thing in the morning..." I smiled. " Are you keeping secrets from me?"

" You're funny, remind me to get you a joke book later from the library..." He chucked, he held his hand towards me and gave me a smile. " Let me help you, are you sure I didn't hurt you?"

" I'm positive, but I may have hurt my elbow..." I replied.

I took hold of A's hands, he helped me up from the blankets and pulled me into a hug. I snuggled my face into his chest as I wrapped my arms around him, I felt him pull me away from him and kiss my cheek. He let go of my arms, he sat down on the window seat and took a chocolate biscuit from a plate on the tray he served tea to me on yesterday. I walked over to my bag hanging on the back of chair and unzipped it. I took my new black dress from my bag that Rose had brought for my birthday, I turned around to face A and held the dress up in front of me. I looked up from my dress at him and saw him eating his chocolate biscuit as he stared out of the window. I cleared my throat and watched him turn around to face me on the window seat with part of his chocolate biscuit hanging from his mouth, he's such a messy eater sometimes.

" What do you think?" I asked.

" Yeah it's nice..." He replied as he took his biscuit from his mouth. " It's kind of to classy for The Wammy House though, it looks like a dress you would wear to a party or maybe a funeral. But I guess you were raised to be a lady by your Aunt, she dressed quite elegant if I remember rightly..."

" Rose brought it for me for my birthday, I like it..." I smiled.

" Good, you're going to be the only one wearing it after all..." He said and popped the rest of his biscuit into his mouth. " We better get dressed now, I know some students leave their room at 7am on the dot without fail..."

" Okay, is there anywhere for me to get changed in private in the attic?" I asked.

" Nope, you'll have to get changed in the open..." He replied.

" I see, where are you planning to get changed?" I asked as I unzipped the back of my new dress. " It's inappropriate for the both of us to get changed in front of each other, my Aunt Thora would be spinning in her grave at the very thought!"

" I'm already dressed, I slept in my clothes last night..." He replied. " But you can get changed if you like, I don't mind that at all..."

I crossed my arms as I stared at him, he just sat there with a blank expression on his face. He took the last chocolate biscuit from the plate on the tray, he turned his attention back to me and took a big bite out of it. He raised one of his eyebrow at me as he chewed his biscuit slowly, I cleared my throat and placed my hands on my hips with a serious expression on my face.

" What? What have done?" He asked. " Did you want the last biscuit? You can have the rest of it, I don't mind sharing my food with you..."

" Would you mind looking away please, I need to get changed into my clothes..." I replied. " This is not a peep show after all, I know we have been together for a year now but it doesn't entitled you to seeing me remove my clothes. Our relationship is not at that stage just yet, now if you wouldn't mind reverting your gaze away from me please!"

" Oh I'm sorry, I forgot!" He chuckled, he put his hood up on his hoody and let his fringe cover his eyes as he turned around to face the window. " I'm not looking, I swear!"

I let out a giggle as I slightly shook my head at him, I removed my nightwear and quickly put my black dress on. I scooped my hair over my right shoulder and whined slight as I struggled with the zip on the back of my dress. I looked over my shoulder at A and sighed, he was stilling facing the window.

" Aiden, would you please help me zip up my dress?" I asked.

" But I'm not meant to be looking at you, I'm being a gentlemen..." He replied.

" Please, I'm kind of nearly dressed now..." I sighed.

" Fine, but just this once!" He said as he turned himself around to face. " If it happens again then you're on your own, but I warn you now. I'm terrible with zips, they're all fiddly and small..."

" Well call this your practice then, but hurry up I'm getting a chill over here!" I giggled and looked over at an old wooden bookcase on the other side of the attic. " I need to have a wash before I go down for breakfast as well, would you like to stay in my room tonight?"

" You're inviting me to stay in your room for the night?" He asked.

" Yes, I want to spend more time with you..." I replied.

" Alright, but tonight is not good for me. Watari and my mentor have decided to give me a surprise study night, so I won't be around much tomorrow either..." He said. " But any other day after that I'll be free, but not on Wednesday though because that's case solving night..."

" What's case solving night?" I asked.

" It's nothing important, let's get you zipped up before catch a chill..." He replied.

" Okay..." I nodded.

I bit at my bottom lip as I heard A get up from the window seat, I listened to his footsteps as he walked over to me. I felt him zip the back of my dress up, he then told me he was going to unlock the attic door for me. I quickly packed away my items I brought with me, I put my shoes on and hung my bag over my shoulder. I carefully walked down the staircase of the attic, I stopped at the bottom of the stairs and watched A open the door for me.

" Will I see you at breakfast?" I asked.

" Yeah, you count of it..." He replied with a smile. " You better get going, I'll see you in a few hours. I need to tidy up the attic first and make sure everything is placed back where it belongs. But remember to me careful walking back to your room, also I'd remove those heals in case you have to run..."

" Why will I have to run?" I asked." Everyone is still asleep at this hour, I'll have no need to run..."

" Yeah I kind of forgot to mention that Roger begins his morning rounds at 6:35am, so I'd hurry if I was you..." He replied. " I should have told you that before you set your alarm clock last night, you've got about 20 minutes to get to your room unnoticed..."

" What are you like?" I asked with a smile and quickly kissed his lips. " I'll see you at breakfast, don't be late or I'll come and find you!"

" Well in that in case I'm going to be late then on purpose, I'll see you later..." He chuckled.

" Goodbye..." I smiled.

I quickly kissed him again before I left the attic's staircase, I heard the attic's door close as I hurried along the corridor. I stopped at the door that led down to my room's floor, I opened it wide and took off my shoes. I glanced both ways down the corridor, I walked through the doorway of the door and quietly closed the door behind me.


I jumped up in my bed when I heard someone banging on my room's door, I quickly scrambled out of my bed and rushed over to the door. I unlocked the door and opened it wide. I saw Nonie standing outside of my room's door in the corridor, she had tears running down her cheeks and red stains on the legs of her pajama bottoms. She let out a loud sob as she quickly wrapped her arms around me, I stumbled backwards slightly with her and wrapped my arms around her. I listened to her sobbing as I tried my best to comfort her, I wonder what's happened? I gently pulled her away from me, I tucked some of her long blonde hair behind her right ear and rested my hands on her arms as I soothed her.I led her over to my dressing table, I sat her down on my chair next to my dressing table and took a box of tissues from a draw.

" Nonie, what's wrong?" I softly asked as I pulled a tissue from my tissues box. " As someone hurt you? Would you like me to get you a teacher or your brother for you?"

" He's gone!" She sobbed, she quickly got up from the dressing table's chair and wrapped her arms back around me. " He's gone, he's left us!"

" Who as gone?" I asked. " Nonie please answer me, what's happened?"

I repeatedly asked her the same question and she refused to answer me. I wrapped my arms back around her and noticed Backup partly peeping his head around the door frame, maybe he knows what's happened to Nonie or maybe he's the one who as done something to her. He wasn't wearing his coloured contact lenses which was odd, he normally wore them when he wasn't in his room. He stepped from behind the door frame, his face was pale and he also had red stains on his jeans. His face saddened as he put his hands in his jeans pockets, he looked down at the floor and sighed deeply to himself. I felt Nonie quickly remove her arms from around me, she hurried out of my room and pushed Backup out of her way. I wonder what as happened?