Aoba stared at the new girl his new sibling who was introduced to him by Nadeshiko. She was rummaging the first aid kit. "Seriously what is wrong with you coming back home with so many wounds every single day." She had a tiny body and yet her ability to boss around the house was amazing. It irritated him. He was told that his parents had kept her until a few days. Loved her….
She took out a medicine "I don't need it." Said Aoba coldly. "Don't be stupid you need to tend your wounds."
He hated it may be it was called jealousy… jealous that his parent kept her with them when he didn't even hear a from them for years. Just by looking at her he could tell how much she was pampered.
Hina dipped the medical cotton onto the medicine and was about to touch Aoba. "Don't just freely touch me." He smacked her hand away. The medicine fell on the ground. "Look what you did now the medicine is all over the floor. Clean it up." Hina commanded. This surprised Aoba, this child was clearly crossing the line. "Wha…? And why should I listen to a kid?"
"Because the so called adult is behaving like a brat!" said Hina putting her hands on her hips.
"Who do you think you are calling a brat?!" shouted Aoba.
"Who do you think? Fighting every single day you're not even serious about studies." Aoba could tell she was provoking him and yet he could not stop himself.
"I don't want to be lectured by a scrawny kid like you." Aoba shot out the first word he could think of to make intimidate her and he had succeeded.
"Don't call me Scrawny you Brat!" Hina frowned. Aoba felt a sense of triumph.
"Oh yes I will! Scrawny!"
"BOTH OF YOU STOP FIGHTING?" Both the kids were startled. It was their grandmother, standing at the kitchen door in her pajamas, with her hands on her hip. "What do you think you are doing? It's 3 am on the morning!"
Hina looked at her grandmother and then at Aoba. Tae's (their grandmother's) eyes followed Hina's eyes. "Aoba did you fight again?" Tae sighed. "Hina go to sleep I'll take care of him"
"But." Hina protested. Despite their differences Hina cared for Aoba and he knew it. He wondered what was he trying to achieve from it all.
"Go" said her grandmother. Hina frowned. Hina frowned without a word "Gaki(brat)" shouted Hina sticks out her tongue and ran off. "Why you…" Aoba chased after her. "Both of you stop!"
Gakixangel(lost hansel 4)
Hina slowly opened her eyes got up she looked beside her, Aoba was sleeping beside her last night Aoba had not let her go at all so both of them ended sleeping in the couch. Aoba's head rested on her chest. He was heavy and yet she was comfortable with the way they were. She felt his hair tickle her neck and the smell of his hair was sweet. She slowly closed her eyes for some reason her body was relaxed.
"HELPME!" as man's face suddenly flashed in her mind. Her breath stuck on her throat. Aoba lifted his head to see her. "Are you alright?" Aoba looked at her. She had expected to see was the golden filled with the hunger to destroy but instead it was a pair of gentler light brown eyes. Once again this left Hina confused.
Why? Why? After so many years When she was finally moving on with someone new, was he here to hurt her again. She wanted to ask him she wanted to scream and shout to Aoba for all the pain she got from him 5 years ago, golden eyes that stared down at her.
She slowly got up without saying anything. She had taken only a few steps away from the couch when a large hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. She tumbled back onto the couch with Aoba above her. "Hey…" Hina was about to scold him. "Just a little bit." Said Aoba,
"Stay." Said Aoba 's, like demanding little child. "Hmm?" Hina looked confused. "I meant don't go to school, was it not suppose to be your holiday."
Hina could feel her heart beat fast she needed to escape fast out of his reach.
"I have the counsel's work piled up." Said Hina. "I still don't want you to." There was a long silence and Hina could fell Aoba snuggling to her tighter. "Hina?"
"Yes?" she answered.
"why don't you call me by the name you gave?"
"Call you by the name?" Hina felt confused for a second then she remembered she used to call him Gaki. "Back in Medorijima you used to behave like I belonged to one but you. It was as if I was yours and nobody else but now…"
There was a painful feeling filling her chest Hina didn't want to remember the past. It reminded her of those days where she chased after Aoba and all she got was pain and his hatred.
Hina pushed Aoba away "I need to leave for school. There is going to be an event at school and I'm busy with the preparations." said Hina.
She walked towards her room. "Why?" Hina's feet stopped with Aoba's question. "Why are you running away from me?" said Aoba. His voice clearly showed pain but it instead of the sorry feeling she felt a sense of rage.
"How can you ask me such a question? When you know why…" Aoba looked at her with confusion pained. Hina gritted her teeth "Stop looking at me as if I am the one hurting you. When you're the one who started it… you killed him…. You killed the man I was in love with." Tears rolled down her cheeks.
She dashed to her room, she caught the knob of her door, twisted it and swung the door open. Then she entered her room. Was about to close the door but was pushed back, the impact made Hina fell on the floor. Aoba entered the room and closed the door behind him making sure she wasn't able to escape. Hina stared at Aoba her body, his body had not moved an inch since he had closed the door. His face was looking down and she couldn't see them.
"The man you were in love with…?" Hina shivered she knew that tone. Aoba raised his head, What stared down were shimmering golden eyes, smiling.
The Devil was smiling down at her.
