*Different universe*
*Alaska*
*11 months ago*
The house where we were living was aside from the center of town. Closer to the forest. It was an old build, wooden, two floors house. The biggest room was a living room with two big sofas and an armchair. One of the walls were covered with family's pictures. To be more specific: pictures of siblings. On the first floor we had the kitchen where we ate all our meals. On the second floor were our rooms. Because I was the only girl in that house I got my own room. Yay! It was small but cozy so I had no complains. The other three bigger room were shared by my brothers. Two in each. Ichirou )the oldest one) moved out to live with his now wife who he met in his freshman year at the university. Anyway, after Ichirou moved out Jiro(the second son) was left with a privet room. That year in our family was know as The Game of Rooms. There was sabotages, furniture moving, debate nights. Everything. But Jiro still got to keep his room. Because Jiro and Orochi(the third son) had jobs in the town they went to university for a two week of intense learning and classes from the early morning to the late evening then came back to the town to continue working. While Isamu (the fourth son), Mamoru (the fifth son), Rin(the sixth son) and me still went to the high school.
"Kaya, are you 100 percent sure you wanna go?" Rin asked me out of blue. We were quietly spending evening in the living room watching TV. I was fully laying on one sofa.
"Dude, you asking me this again? " I sighed annoyed. Rin was in the armchair with one leg on the coffee table.
"Just making sure if you really wanna go to Japan for summer. There's always a chance of a plane crash in some abandoned island and do you remember the guy from the movie Hannibal?" Rin looked at me lazily.
"Okay! Stop with this nagging. I have made my decision to go" On the same time commercial showed up on the screen, advertising a new tooth paste. A black leather couch cracked when I changed my position from laying to sitting. My hand reached for TV remote and switch the channel "Besides, at the beginning you were the one who encouraged me to go and now you're the one who is worried about it. What's up with this ?"
Rin paused. He stood up from a sofa and fell next to me making my body slightly jump. With a caring thus serious eyes he turned to me making me react with an expression of 'Wut?'
"Kaya, you are my favorite sister"
"I'm your only sister-"
"You're my favorite sister, Kaya" Rin cut me off "I wish the best for you. I know that going back to Japan is one of your goals and it will be a great experience to you"
"Thank you for understanding" I said in a soft voice following it with a smile.
Once Mamoru asked me why I wanna go back to Japan even tho, all seven of us deep down in our hearts had been wanting for that. My answer was simple: because I felt something pulling and calling me there. Freaky things are nothing new to me.
"But you will die there without my help" Rin tried to be funny.
"...For a mare moment I thought you developed mentally" I stared at him blankly.
"Aren't you cute" the boy pinched my cheek and stretched it like grandma does to her grandchild.
"Rin, seriously, I don't get it why you became so obsess with the idea of me leaving for about three months" I shook his hand away from my face "It's getting to the point when it's just annoying"
"You're not giving up" Rin mumbled under his breath sighing, leaning back against the couch. For a moment he kept silent which made me believe that we can now change the topic and talk about sky or aliens or whatever. Nothing like that.
"So how about this?" he sat up tapping my my shoulder multiple times "Let's flip..." his hand was searching for something in a pocket "...a coin" he showed me a newly looking, shiny silver coin "If it's heads then you will leave your ass here"
"And if it's tails I will carry my ass to Japan" I turned to him bringing my legs up and crossing them. Between us, siblings, flipping a coin was a sacred thing. It solved most of the discussions and arguments. For example what's for the dinner, what movie should we watch. Come to think of it, from other people perspective we should have looked 'interesting'. We kind of making a big deal out of it. One coin rules them all.
Rin placed it on his thumb before eyeing me. I nodded letting him know he can throw it. The coin flew up, making that clink sound before going up from the thumb. It spun so fast making it look like a small silver ball thrown in the air. Rin caught the flying thing in the air, placed it on the top of his hand, slowly removing the one covering the side of the coin which will be today's judge of what decision shall I make.
"Heads. See, even the universe on my side" Rin mockingly announced.
"Stupid coin" I folded my arms and frowned eyebrows.
"The coin knows the best" Rin placed his hand on my shoulder "Don't frown your face"
"I'm not frowning"
"Kaya," Rin paused "Why do you want to have wrinkled face?"
I didn't answered this time. Just the thought of missing an opportunity to travel to Japan bothered me. What I learned is that with every trip come life lessons, new acquaintances, memorable moments which you will remember when you'll be sitting in the rocking chair turning the pages of an old photo album with all those moments captured on a paper. Just remembering that your youth wasn't wasted for nothing.
"Think about this the other way, ya know. You will avoid all that packaging thing. Troubles at airport. And understanding of language"
"Bonehead wa nihongo de nanto īmasu ka?" (How do you say bonehead in Japanese?) I replied sarcastically.
"Hmm?" Rin pretended to be thinking. He tapped his index finger on a lower lip, looking up like there's an answer written on the ceiling "I'm not sure but it sounds similar to Mamoru"
For a mere moment my eyes got slightly bigger. My face expressed a small confusion before it was replaced with heartfelt smile and joyful laugh. And it didn't took long before Rin did the same.
"Listen, how about this" the boy turned to me "I will help you find a job here and after summer we both take a trip to Japan, how about that?"
"What?"
"If you will go now, you're gonna work there. And what I'm offering to you is to go there as in a vacation, to relax, leave our prints there...and also try not to destroy temples"
I must admit that, it sounded like a great idea.
"Okay..."
Rin looked at me.
"...I'm in"
"I knew you will agree" he clapped "Come to think of it, all this could be good for your health too. After being alone in a lake house, away from civilization for awhile, something would start knocking on your brain's door" he made a dramatic pause "A second voice in your head"
"A voice in my head? Rin, stop being ridicules. Do you really believe that I would start to hear some little voice which would have it's own opinion and mind?"
Rin lifted his eyebrow "You would go to turbo-funky mood, starting doing shit that even the devil himself would say 'dude' "
Sighing I stood up from the couch and harshly tossed TV remote at Rin hitting his chest.
After the beginning of the summer Orochi and Rin helped me to find a full-time job at the cafe. The surrounding and the staff were great and all, nothing for me to complain about. Except one...coffee. For eight hours, five time a week I had to work around the coffee machines which for me was a torture. The smell of coffee and the process of making it gave me satisfaction. But after two-three weeks I got used to that feeling. For every hour and then, this thought was coming to my head and I curse myself for acting so selfish.
As fast as it started, the summer came to the end. Three hard-working months had passed, still leaving the nice, warm weather behind them. Rin and I saved enough money to buy plane tickets in advance and also looked for a hotel to stay in. Nothing too fancy. Knowing Rin he wouldn't let me stay in unless I would get sick. And what about school?...well...Ichirou said that we can go but we'll be the ones who'll be responsible for our actions. And by actions he meant flying overseas.
Finally, the morning of departure has come. We patiently waited for Orochi downstairs. Rin was sitting on his suitcase in his favorite black leather jacket and turning, flipping his phone in a palm. In the mean time I putted on on my shoulder a satchel and began to sing under my breath September by Earth, Wind & Fire.
"~Remember, how the stars stole the night away, hey hey hey~"
When the part of singing chorus came up we both made up...how to explain... a sound which you can get by mixing donkey, cow and a goat
"Baaaaa" we both ...
"Jeez" ... came down "This just confirms my hypothesis"
Rin stood up and took his suitcase "What hypothesis?" he asked opening the front door.
"You both are adopted" Orochi took my luggage and went outside to the car. Rin and I exchanged confused looks. Then Rin looked back at Orochi and from the house shouted.
"Va' fa Napoli"(Go to hell)
After two hours drive to the airport we said goodbye to Orochi and got in to the plane. At least that what Orochi thought. The truth is, Rin saw directions leading to the first class passengers receptionist desk and well... things got a little interesting. I questioned myself: 'Why I didn't stopped him?". The answer is simple. Because there is like 0,4 % of chance that his plan will work.
"I'm telling you the last time" Rin leaned forward narrowing his eyes trying to read what is written on a ticket checker card "Mr. Kurihara, we are Japan's entrepreneurs. Our tickets were taken by an assistant who's already resting his ass in that 5,000 dollars chair"
"Sir, without tickets I'm not allowed to let you in" with expressionless face he stated.
While Rin and the worker were killing each other in their minds, I was standing a couple steps away thinking about how it would be nice to finally go and use the restroom. Unfortunately, Rin didn't want give up on all this that easily.
"Okay, I didn't want to tell you this but " Rin leaned with his elbow on the desk closer to the man "Our last name is kind of famous. You know, trying to avoid all those paparazzi" he whispered.
"What kind of honorable mark did you and your college did in a business world that made your name, which are still unknown to me, well-know and I can let you pass without showing me your tickets"
"We are..." Rin looked at me then back to the man "We are...Yam..."
"Yam?"
"Yamcha" with a serious face he corrected.
That cracked a smile on my face. When he said Yamcha, this plan got busted.
"I do not recall any man with this name"
Me and Rin slowly exchanged the looks. I honestly thought that characters from Dragon Ball is well know around the world. Especially Yamcha.
'Sir," the man sighed "I will have to ask you to leave before I call the security" he picked up the phone.
"No! Wait..." Rin stopped him before he pressed the first button "You got us. We are not entrepreneurs, we're actually from" Rin looked around before whispering "interpol"
"Excuse me" a voice startled me. All three of us looked at the mister who was standing behind us. Fancy suit, waxed shoes, now he looked like someone who belongs in the first class section. His hair were white-grey colored, eyes shining gold, almost looked something supernatural.
"Oh , Mr. Tougo Sakamaki, it's a pleasure to see you again, sir. Please, don't mind this and take your seat"
"If I may" the stranger gave a slight head bow. Somehow the atmosphere around us tensed up for a mare moment. Judging from Rin's eyes, he noticed that too. There was some uncomfortable staring which got from awkward to creepy. And it all happened in a few seconds.
"Umm, Gandalf " Rin addressed the man "Who's Tougo Sakamaki?"
"He's one of the Japan's politicians working on Japan's new strategic foreign policy" he returned to his emotionless voice "If that's all, I will have to ask you to go to your real seats, or next person you'll be talking to will be a security guard"
"Tsk, okay, okay" Rin picked up his backpack from the floor and putted on on shoulder "...I can't believe you don't know who Yamcha is?" he sighed.
The rest of a flight went without shenanigens. But honestly, even if he would had done something like that it would have brighten up my day more.
A few seats in front of us, in the middle row was a kid who kept taking a look on us. At first we didn't react to that but at the second time I made a silly grimace which made a little boy smile. On the third time, I did the same except Rin joined in to the play. To kill some time I took out a book from time to time looking through the window. Rin put his earbuds in his ears and tried to get some rest with musical background. I was able to hear a leaking music through them but it didn't bothered since Rin's taste of music appealed to me. I didn't remembered the band's name but I knew too well those three words: 'Sweet Home Alabama'
Actually, to relax I didn't needed a book or that song. The fact itself that soon we will reach our home country excited me. This might be stupid, but I don't give a damn. My memories about the first house where we lived are foggy and unclear, not like Ichirou's, Jiro's and others. Somehow that made me left out which is one of the reason why I wanted to go there. To make my own memories.
"Huuoouuaahaa" Rin stretched his arms. We were waiting with other passengers at baggage conveyor "You know what, I have never slept that good in ages"
"One, " I took my bag "you said the same thing the day before yesterday. And two," I looked at him "in the plane you snored like a tractor"
"Really?" Rin grabbed his bag too "Well, I'm so sorry for you" the boy smiled "let's take a taxi"
The airport wasn't crammed that much as I expected but you still needed to dodge people. From microphones woman's voice announced flights apart of that the room was filled with luggage wheels running sound and people's chats.
"You should be sorry. With that snore you scared the crap out of me" I complained.
"Kaya, don't be an old-timer sitting in a terrace in a rocking chair yelling at the children for walking"
"Are you serious? Everything went quiet in the plane and then from nowhere you were like..." I imitated a loud snoring sound. And that day I've learned a valuable lesson: never make a snoring sounds at an airport with a good acoustics. Passing by people glanced at us. Some of them with amused smiles others with unsure faces if we're okay. It didn't took long for Rin and I to crack up and laugh in the middle of the airport not caring for what others might think.
"What the hell?" he giggled
"Let's just go" I fasten my phase. Unfortunately, because of that, I bumped into some guy. My shoulder hit his arm making a self-binder fell on the floor. I quickly apologized for my clumsiness and picked up a binder giving it back to the tall man. Through his glasses, the guy glared at me with his red-purple eyes. With one gloved hand he took a binder from me.
"Deplorable manners" that was all I heard from that man before he disappeared in the crowd.
For a moment I stood confused, processing what happened.
When I turned back to Rin he had that fake-surprised face expression on.
"Gasp...How did he know about your manners?" he whispered.
"My manners are not that deplorable"
"Okay " Rin laughed and we continued walking towards the exit.
"You wanna hear something weird?"
"Always" Rin replied.
"Guess what was written on that guy's binder". Through electronic door we walked outside. The evening sun shined bright enough to still warm bare skin but it was chilly. maybe because of the passing cars created wind blows. We stopped at the side walk, looking for a taxi. "Sakamaki"
"Sakamaki" Rin glanced at me "You mean you bumped into a politician. That's the one thing you can check as done on your list"
"But I didn't managed to read his first name. I think it was something like Ri- Ra- Re- Rer- Raj- Rej- Rei- ?"
"Rikutu? Rafael? Rembo? Rere? Reject? Reinbow?"
"No. Shorter"
"Rajesh?"
"I think it was Rei- Reiji...?"
"Sakamaki Reiji?" Rin folded his arms and glanced up to the sky with a thoughtful look "If you ever would live with a person named Sakamaki Reiji you would drive him to the point of where headache will be his everyday problem"
"You're making conclusions just from a name?"
"That was my impression and in most cases it's the right one"
"Interesting"
We caught a taxi. Around the number plate it had some stickers on: a skull, super sonic, BMW, Ford, a sticker that said' Do not touch it' and a few more similar. The taxi driver wore a black vest with white shirt underneath along with black trouser and blue sneaker. He looked kind of young, about 24-25 years old. Driver opened up the trunk and placed our bags in there. Me and Rin sat at the backseat and said where to we need to go.
We drove through the forested places to the city where our hotel should be. After five minutes on the road the driver asked us if it's okay if he puts on some music. We said it's okay and that was the moment when we got a little nervous what kind of song he will play...
Through the radio came a creaking door sound following with a footsteps and wind blow familiar composition. A lightning. Wolf howling. When a rhythm reached our ears making us unconsciously tap our feet to the rhythm.
~It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark~
The driver started to sing along. The voice wasn't at the level of Michael Jackson but still incredible. Just before the chorus Rin and I exchanged the looks and with a biggest smiles joined in. And from the looks of it, the driver was pleasantly surprised. But I think what surprised him the most was that we started dancing in the back of the car. Personally, I didn't knew the sequence of the dance moves but I couldn't care less, I just did those trade mark moves.
In the middle of the song Rin asked for a driver how much it will cost to us to get to the city's center. As the driver answered Rin took out his wallet. His eyes shot wide open. A moment later I felt my shoulder being punched in return I gave him an angry tho questioning glare. He showed me a wallet. It wasn't empty or anything. But the thing is instead of yens it was dollars.
"You forgot to change dollars to yens?"
The car slowly stopped and the volume of playing song turned down. The driver looked at us with displeased face.
"Only yens"
The next minute we know, we were standing on the side road in the middle of nowhere. There were only us, our bags, trees, the sky and probably the maniac killer somewhere out there.
"...If we're out here for more than two day, I will eat you alive" I stated with monotonic voice.
"Kaya, don't be a wet gizmo, I have GPS on my phone...damn it, there's no signal"
I gave him annoyed glare.
"Calmarse, gizmo" Rin took his bag " Imagine as we are hiking, like in old days" he gave me a smile. Weirdly, I couldn't stay mad at him. Maybe because in the future we will be recalling this and have a good laugh. "Come on" he gestured me to follow him.
To be honest the whole situation wasn't that bad. At least I or Rin aren't alone. Besides, it wasn't the first time when we had to walk a long distance. Few times it happened. But mostly it was because Rin and Mamoru often acts spontaneous. Sometimes it's a good trait, but it does get us in a big troubles sometimes. And right now, we will see where all this will lead us to an adventure or misery.
So far, we walked for more then a half of hour, Rin's phone finally caught a signal so now he could use his GPS. It showed that it's 42 minutes by foot till we reach the city.
"We have to keep going straight then..." we slowed down but didn't stopped. Out from a forest stood out a roof top of the house. Soon enough we reach a brick fence. Every few meter, on a coping stood an ornament which enliven all structure. A wrought iron fence gate were closed. We took a look inside of the front yard which had a fountain in the middle of it with demonic sculpture.
"That's one damn good looking mansion" Rin got closer to the gate.
"It looks cold"
"What?" Rin looked at me.
"I don't know. Somehow I don't like this place, this all surroundings gives me a bad vibe. It feels differe- The hell are you doing?"
Rin was holding on the top of the gate with one feet placed on a little protrusion which was made by a lock. And with the other one tried to find a comfortable place to put it. It looked like he tried to brought one leg up to his head while hanging on the gate.
"What?" he asked casually.
"Explanation would be nice" I looked around the mansion if no one is coming or watching.
"One: Facts. There's no cars. These gates aren't electronic you can only unlock them with a key. Also people living in a places like this tends to have security camera's witch I don't see around. Plus if gate is locked like this that means the mailbox should be outside, which is not. So all conclude, this place is taken care by someone from time to time and no one lives here" With every fact he stated I payed attention to a details he pointed out. And he was right. "Two: to answer your question. I just wanna take a peek inside of the mansion"
"Well good luck getting that fat ass of yours to the other side" I joke.
"Just be careful that my ass wouldn't crush you if I fall" he went along.
Suddenly, we both heard a silent sound that made Rin stop and me frown eyebrows looking around. It sounded similar to a click like something was unlocked. On the right side of the front yard the door opened as well as the front gate on which Rin was hanging. From the side it look comedic sight. The gate opened by itself with Rin still hanging on it.
"Dude, run!" I quickly grabbed Rin's bag with me and was about to take the leave but of course the universe decided to give us a bigger doze of adrenaline. Rin's feet got stuck in one of the gaps of the gate.
"Kaya ! Cut my leg off!"
"What?! No! Oh dear God " I saw a car backing up from a garage "Someone is coming! You said no one lives here!"
"I was only 73 percent sure!" he did 180 degree turn and freed his leg. Almost falling on the ground he got back his balance and ran to me. From panicking I was jumping on the spot. He took his bag from me and we jumped in a ditch nearby.
The hotel's receptionist was a man in his 50's. On a golden name tag with black letters was written Nakagawa. He was typing in a computer and didn't noticed our presents.
I cleared my throat to get receptionist's attention. It worked. He lifted his eyes from the screen and opened his mouth to greet us. But stopped. The reason of that could have been anything but my guessing is that he was a little shocked by our appearance. I don't think that every day he sees people covered in a mud. The biggest damaged got my jeans, one side of the jacket, t-shirt and sneakers. The similar situation Rin got too.
How all this happened? Apparently that ditch was a muddy one. Muddy and swampy to be exact.
"Umm..." Rin opened his mouth "I booked a room in advance. Yagami Rin"
We got a simple two beds room with a TV, WiFi, our own bathroom and a mini snack bar. The room had one huge window with a view to the street. The biggest priority was to get ourselves clean and change clothes to a fresh ones. I went to the bathroom first. It got those mini shampoos, soap cubes and stuff like that. I washed my face, arms, legs and changed in to a rolled up jeans, a gray top and military green jacket.
As I walked out of the bedroom, I saw Rin going through his bag, nervously looking around, grabbing pockets of his jeans and leather jacket.
"What are you looking for?"
"I can't find my phone" Rin one more time went though all pockets.
"When was the last time you were holding it?"
He closed his eyes and scratched his head "I think I had it when...ah crap" he sighed "It was when I tried to climb over those damn gates"
"Oh dear God"
"Put on comfortable shoes" Rin commanded me and took his black zip hoodie, blue jeans and walked pass me to the bathroom.
"You mean, we're gonna walk back there?"
"Get ready soldier" he shouted from the bathroom.
"The mansion shouldn't be that far now" Rin looked around "Careful" The car was coming from behind so he pulled me a little to the side.
"That's weird" I said watching as the red lights disappearing behind the turn "The first time when we walked this road, no car passed us. But now this is the fourth one"
"Maybe it's a rush hour when everyone is coming back home from jobs"
It took us less then 10 minutes to reach our destination. In that time, two more cars passed us. Unfortunately for us, we saw where they at to. At the same place where we were heading too. The mansion.
"Plans are changing" We stood in front of the brick fence. Rin did a little squat and putted his palms one on the other "I gonna give you a lift and you scoop around the place for my phone"
"Maybe give me binoculars as well, James Bond" I putted my feet in his palms. As Rin lifted me up with my hand I grabbed the edge of the fence and pulled myself up as much as I managed "Oh"
"What? What do you see?" Rin asked getting more comfortable pose for him to hold me. The cars that passed us before were placed side by side in front of the mansion. I saw three men getting bags and boxes from the back of cars.
"Gasp! Coffee machine"
Rin shook his head "Kaya, no distractions. Do you see my phone or not?"
I looked around the area around the gate.
"Spot it" I announced. When those three guys went inside I quickly jumped on the fence straddling it and helping Rin to get on it as well. He jumped down on the other side of the fence and quickly ran to get the phone which was laying on the grass next to the gates. He picked it up and checked if the screen is not broken.
"Hallelujah. My fella survived"
I raised my hands in victory. Rin stood there for a sec before looking at the mansion. I knew that face of his. That was I'm-about-to-do-something look.
"Kaya, come" he called me and went straight to the mansion. I was lost for a moment asking myself what the hell is he doing. But then recalling the previous events I realized that he wants to go and look inside of the mansion. I cursed under my breath and jumped off the fence and ran after him. When I caught up with him, he was already in the entrance hall.
"Rin, what's got in- Oh, fancy"
"I know"
"You two" someone shouted from a hallway. He was of the guys dressed up as a waiters who were carrying boxes "Who are you?"
Me and Rin exchanged the looks. This caught us both out of guard. In this kind of situation you must react quick, otherwise, well, the next 48 hours you will spend at the police department. Also, I think this is one of those examples which confirms the fact that Rin's impulsive actions can lead to a not so amusing situations.
"Well?" Man asked one more time.
"This is very easy to explain...Kaya" Rin stepped away from me. My eyes shot wide open and I looked at Rin, getting ready to kill him.
"Aren't you those trainees?" Behind the first men popped out the second one " I thought you guys won't be able to make it"
"Well, we're here" I smiled.
"Good, an extra pair of hands would be a great help" the second man headed outside gesturing us to follow him. "By the way," he took one box from a trunk and give it to Rin, then the other one to me " where's your uniforms?"
"Yeah, about that, it was told to us that we don't need them " Rin replied.
"Well, you guys will have to stay here for a long time and also serve the food. Do we have a spare ones" he asked the first waitress.
"I think they should be in the chef's car"
"I will check. You two, take these to the kitchen. Turn to the right and you won't miss the open door. In the meantime I will bring your uniforms"
We did as he said. In the kitchen apart from us were one more waitress and waiter. We introduced who we 'are'. Out of curiosity Rin asked exactly what kind of even this is. The answer was ridiculous watching from our perspective view. It was a politicians party held in Sakamaki's mansion by Tougo Sakamaki himself. The universe just loves us with all her heart. A moments later the second waiter brought us the uniforms and told us where we can go change. As soon as we closed the changing room's door we both exhaled "Oh my God"
"How is this possible?"
"I have no idea" Rin shrugged his shoulders "But one fact is clear, their security system from people like us is very poor"
"Rin! What should we do? Should we stay or should we go"
Rin smirked.
"Don't you dear" I gave him a humorless look.
"~Should I stay or should I go~"
"Tsk"
"Kaya, all this is not that bad. My 61 twitter followers would be more then happy to know how I got in to one of he most famous Japan's politician's mansion. And we will have a good story to tell when we'll return to Alaska"
"I suggest that we leave uniforms here and just jump through the window and run back to the city"
"Oooor, we can stay and have free snacks" Rin wiggled his eyebrows.
"...You think this shirt will fit me?"
"That's my sister"
Were our intentions bad. Yes. But we were hungry and we were about to give them our free services. Kinda free.
For this evening I was wearing a white shirt with a black vest, skirt and waist apron. Rin wore the same but instead of a skirt he got a black trousers.
"I will go to find the restroom. If I won't come back, avenge my death" I said before leaving the room.
"I shall kill everyone" Rin joked.
I decided to go back to the entrance hall and then take the stair and look for the bathroom upstairs. The problem was, when I walked the main hallway on the second floor there were gazelian doors and no directions, no tags or a glowing 'WC' sign. It was eenie meenie game with doors. I walked down the hallway looking around not really paying attention where I'm going. And just when I turned around the corner I bumped into someone. A second time this day. I could make a drinking game out of this if this will keep going.
"Oi! Watch where you're going, idiot"
In front of me stood a tall, reddish-coloured hair, young man. His green eyes darted me with annoyance. He wore a black jacket and brown scarf with blue jeans with a belt attached to both sides of his pants.
"I'm sorry" I rubbed my nose "but it's really hard for a 5'2 to dodge a 5'8"
"Tch" he shoved his hands in his pant's pockets "You're a waitress for tonight?"
"Apparently"
The boy leaned in closer to my face "If circumstances would be different you would be a goner, Orokana" the last word he said with a mocking grin.
"Oh, believe me, if circumstances would be different you would be rolling on the floor in agony"
"Heh? You have damn balls, Orokana" he mocked but this time with a hint of surprise.
"Don't call me Orokana"
"You're in my house, I can call you whatever I want" the stranger stated.
The time stopped. I was in his house? I mentally face-palmed myself. That means he's Sakamaki. I bumped in a one more Sakamaki. Just what's up with these guys? Since I came to Japan they are all over the place. This is turning to some serious drinking game.
"W-Well I would appreciate if you call me by my real name. And if I may, my bladder is now kicking my ass to go and find a restroom. Adios" I walked pass him.
The boy giggled in a low husky voice "Yo, Orokana" I turned around to him sighing "What's your name?" he asked.
For a moment I hesitated. My mouth opened and closed a few time before speaking "My name is Kaya"
"Kaya? Huh?" he looked thoughtful. Then he lifted his eyes up to me "Orokana fits you better"
"Should I tell you what name would fit you the best, because it's not something that your ego would like to hear"
"Is that so?" he took few steps closer giving a threatening glare "I dare you to say it at loud"
I opened my mouth for a words to spill but from nowhere I hear another voice which seemed to belong to someone who hadn't had enough of sleep for ages and is tired from everything and everyone.
"Ayato"
"Tch. Shu" The red-head boy hissed and turned his head to the side. I did the same and found a blonde guy leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
"Don't be a troublesome" the blonde guy showed his amber blue eyes pointed at me "And you. You have a preparations to do, isn't that right?"
"Uh y-yes. That's correct! Preparations! Si, senior"
"You just got lucky, Orokana" Ayato folded his arms keeping intense glare at me.
Just before speaking up with a strong italian accent, I looked at him with a hint of disgust "...Va' fa Napoli"
I hardly found the restroom which had the same level of fanciness as the whole mansion's. On my way back, I almost got lost but then I met Rin. We went to the first floor and to the ball room where we had to prepare tables, polish the glasses and stuff like that. He asked around and found out that in this mansion live six Sakamaki brothers. But some nasty rumors are going around that they are not normal. The first thing that pooped in my head was 'supernatural?' But Rin explained to me that all people are tent do talk shit about each other. He reminded me what happened back in Mexico. Some elders started the rumor that we are the cursed ones just because we seemed out of that place. Anyway, back to this. This mansions belongs to a politician Skamaki Tougo but he doesn't stay here often. And the waitress told him to act around some brothers careful because some of them are unpredictable. That was when I told Rin about my encounter with one of the brothers. Although, I wasn't sure about the blonde one's position in this house.
"Is that what he called you?" Rin asked taking another glass and polishing.
"Yes. I don't care if he lives here but calling someone who you just met 'Orokana' is not an ethical step"
"And you were about to call him how?"
"...An egoist jackass"
Rin laughed.
"I know, that would had been a good nickname for him"
"No, I'm not laughing because of that. It's just, if you two would be in a elementary school he would be pulling your braids to get your attention"
"I'm sorry, do you wanna be called jackass for the rest of your life?" I turned to Rin pointing a wine glass at him like I would be holding a knife.
"Aww, my sister does love me"
"Aghh"
"Come on, I was just saying my first impression of this situation"
I lifted my eyes from a glass and looked curiously at Rin "But you said that the first impressions are always right"
"...Mmmaybe"
I playfully kicked his ass from behind. That made Rin to move, hitting a table with a hip. The glasses made clinging sound but none of them shattered. We looked at each other and laughed in relieve.
"Why are you giggling?" From a distance, a purple hair boy addressed to us with unpeeled voice tone. His style looked something from 1940. Boy lolitish? But darker version. As he walked closer to us the more face features you could see clearer, like his not so unnoticeable eye bags. But what attracted more attention about him was that he was holding a teddy bear. And I got the biggest urged to touch it.
"No reason" Rin answered joyfully.
"Stop it. Both of you. It makes my ears bleed" Rin and I stood there blinking confused "If not..." the boy took a fork from the table in front of us and clenched it in his palm.
"Kanato" another one pooped in out of nowhere. But this time, the face was familiar to both of us.
The boy grunted and looked at the figure "Reiji-san" it was the guy who we met at the airport.
The guy named Reiji and the boy Kanato made this weird eye contact with each other. Reiji's was the clam one and Kanato's was similar to I'm-about-to-kill-you look. The purple hair boy putted fork back on the table and walked away mumbling something under his breath. When he disappeared from our sight, the black hair man looked at us. We did the same. Judging from his expression he was having something similar to a déjà vu feeling. I gave him a big stupid smile and waved him. The man seemed like he got lost but without any further ado, he turned around, taking a double check on us and walked away.
"What was that?" Rin folded his arms and looked at me smiling.
"I really don't know. But I feel that I made a strong bond with that guy right now"
We both giggled and continued polishing glasses.
"Did you saw that Teddy bear?" Rin asked.
"Yeah"
"Did you wanted to touch it too?"
"Yup"
"Good. I wasn't the only one"
We finish all preparation work early and had some spare time which we spent in the kitchen chatting with the others. Surprisingly they had a lot of good stories to tell. Especially about how much did they traveled around Japan. They served drinks and food for the most famous figures to a regular people. In general those three waiters and waitress seemed kind of cool people who have a great sense of humor.
The party looked...boring. From time to time we went to the ball room to gather dirty dishes, napkins, glasses and every time I eavesdropped what were politicians talking about. I understood nothing. A whole new language in there world.
Me and Rin finished our 'work' hours passed the midnight. After changing into a regular clothes we returned the uniforms and walked back to our hotel. On the way back, we began planning a business plan of party services. I will learn how to cook better and he will go to a business management school. But at the end, we decided to open our plus Mamoru's bar which we will call 'Dude'.
The clock showed 12:52 p.m. I was laying on my bed with a cup coffee, calmly reading a book. The sky was cloudy but weather warm. Our plans for this evening was just to go out to the city and think of something to do there.
"Kaya"
"Mmm?" I hummed not looking away from the pages.
"Kaya"
"What?" I looked at Rin who was siting on a creamy sheets bed with a laptop on it. He was holding his phone and filming in a slefie mood.
"Say hello"
I putted a mug of coffee on a nightstand "I'm gonna ask again... What?"
Rin sighed and pressed the stop button "It's for my blog. I'm filming our trip"
"For your 61 twitter followers or facebook?"
"Facebook can suck it. This time it's for my tumblr account. Plus, right now I have 63 follower on twitter"
"Your army is getting bigger" I took my phone which was laying beside me.
"Soon all social media will be brainwashed by my posts" Rin announce with a fake evil voice making a villain laugh at the end.
"Umm, Rin"
"Yeah" he looked at me.
I started to read his most recent tweet "A word of the day: Orokana. Description: a crazy woman without wisdom teethes...#I heart Japan"
"If itwill make you feel better, I'm not thinking of posting it on my tumblr account"
I took a pillow on which I was leaning and threw it at Rin's face.
After two hours I fell asleep. Rin woke me up just about when the sun was going down. After taking a shower and changing cloths we went out to the city. The street lamps were turned on giving a yellowish light. Almost every store had these glowing signs to look more attractive. People dressed up in animish looking costumes and gave brochures and advertisements to upcoming events in the restaurants or discounts. As we went further, from every store came out a different music. Some of them were in Japanese, others just instrumental music and few of them putted on English songs. I stopped in front of the one store because the song by Miley Cyrus 'We Can't Stop' was on. Rin filmed my little trolling/making-fun-of-me dance. So the night was going great.
We reach the outskirts of the center where we saw teenagers in a black school uniforms. The strangest part was that it was 9:00 p.m. We followed a few students. Now when I think of it, we should have looked like a creepers. We reach a huge building. On the wall it was written 'Ryoutei Academy', and we did what every these days person would do when he or she doesn't know something. We google it.
"It says that this academy is one of the most privileges schools around Japan. Students attempts classes at the night time. This school's students have the highest score when it comes to national exams and SATs as well...it makes me feel stupid just standing in front of it" Rin examined the building.
"You know, if Mamoru could have come with us he would probably say that 'yesterday we were waiters, now let's become students'"
We shook our head giggling from a ridiculous thought.
"You wanna go?" Rin asked
"It would be like in a spy movies"
And we headed to the building. Every student was in the classrooms leaving hallways empty for us to explore. The walls were covered with talented students artworks. As we understood, on the first floor were first year students classrooms. We silently walked around when in one of the rooms we heard teacher's voice getting louder and questioned one student where is he going. The door slid opened and a white hair student walked out.
"Bullshit"
Before he closed the door we heard teacher saying 'Sakamaki Subaru'. We stood there frozen. From that boy came raging aura and vibes which were alarming. He pierced us with his red eyes. I won't gonna lie, I got a small panic attack with an urge to scratch. All I could say was...
"...Hola" I gave a little wave.
"Are you making fun of me or something" he hissed
"Yo sólo hablo español" (I only speak spanish) Rin added.
"Tch. Weirdos" the boy glared at us one last time and walked passed us. Rin and I looked at each other and carried on our small tour.
The second floor was similar to the first one except on the walls were pictures of honored students. At one moment, Rin got curious what is happening in the classes. The table above it said 2-B. On the finger tip he slowly walked closer to the door and slid it just enough to make a crack through which we could both see what is happening. We heard the teacher explaining the new topic to the class. Some student were taking notes, others daydreaming. Nothing new. But my eye caught a reddish hair and then on the other side of the classroom a familiar purple hair boy with the same teddy bear.
"Dude" I whispered "We encounter Sakamakis again"
"What the f-"
~Now watch me whip, now watch me nae nae~ Rin's phone started ringing. Before sliding door close we saw how students turned their heads to us. I tried to contain my laughter while running away. We hided behind the corner where Rin found his phone and turned it off. From the classroom walked out the teacher and looked at all directions but after a few seconds came back to the room now filled with giggles. Some of them started to sing the song and to the dance at the desk.
When the coast was clear I burst out laughing while Rin face palmed himself.
"Who called you?"
"Mamoru" he laughed "I will call him back later"
"Best timing Mamoru. Best timing" I clapped.
After visiting the third floor we founded the door on which was written 'The Rooftop'. The stairs led to the other door. We opened them and the view of the night sky appeared for us. A mild wind blew there making my hair a little messy.
"I love you..."
We stopped when we heard a third person's voice. We looked around and found a young man standing with his back turned to us. He wore fedora, a black school blazer with a hoodie underneath. A lonely slender figure kinda looked scary in a place like this. For a moment I though that he was a ghost.
"For ever, and ever, and ever. Whether you desire it or not, I have never forgotten you, even for an instant. I remember your voice, your scent...your everything"
What a stranger said sounded poetic to my ears and a sincere 'awww' left my mouth. The lonely guy and Rin looked at me.
"Are you okay?" Rin asked me with unsure voice.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm a woman and I need a little romance in my life"
"Okay Shakespeare let's get going" Rin pushed me by the shoulders toward the door and looked at now confused young man "Sorry, we won't be bothering you anymore"
"Ow!"'
Rin pushed me to hard and I 'kissed' the closed door.
"Ups"
We went a little bit more around the academy. When we reached the lobby where the main exit was, the bell rang. Racket from the classes filled the building which was the sign for us to leave.
"Let's go or our longer visit may cause bigger problems then piece disturbance" Rin said and walked ahead of me.
I stood there still looking around the school with one question in my head .
"Rin," I called for him. The boy took one step down the entrance stairs. He turned to me and waiting for what I wanted to say "Let's say, if a coin flip would have turned out a different way, would you-"
"Would I come to visit you?" Rin interrupted me.
I gave him a nod.
"I think you know the answer" he gave me a gentle smile. This question was out of blue to him and it popped in my head just recently too. My brother's words sounded genuine to me and in a weird way soothing. It's good to know that I wouldn't be left alone.
*Back to the present universe*
The bell rang announcing the end of the last class and of course the time to wake up. I wiped a small drool from the corner of my lips.
"That's the sign of a good sleep" I yawed stretching my arms in front of me.
"Or maybe that's the sign of you dreaming about me" Ayato grinned.
"You know, you actually were in my dream" I looked at the vampire who now got curious. He leaned closer to me placing his head in a palm "Yeah, you were in a pink tutu dress, dancing 'Swan Lake' "
Ayato stood up from his desk keeping the smirk on his face "Just wait till we get back home, Orokana" he flicked my head and walked out of the classroom with other students.
"Oh come on bae, don't make me sleep on the couch this nigh too"
"Yagami" teacher called me.
"Yes"
"I will need your assistance at the library"
"Mine?"
"Correct. A little exercise will wake up" teacher looked at me smiling sarcastically.
'Well, you dig out your own grave'
The librarian commanded me to put all returned books in their places. There was not a one, not two, and not three books. It was almost a whole library.
At the end I lost the track of time. The only though in my head was which path should I take this time to come back to the mansion where Ayato probably is sharpening his fangs and Reiji preparing the speech of 'Nagnagnag'.
I walking down the hallway towards the exit without any rush. Just when I turned to the left hoping to see academy's front yard with fountain and U form graveled road something new tho familiar stood between two columns. It felt that everything around disappeared. All I could feel how heart stopped and started to beat faster. My arms got weak. The schoolbag slid down my shoulder and fell on the ground. I took a deep shaking breath in and with my both hand cover my mouth. Eyes were running up and down the males figure. He looked a little different but it was him. Dark-brown simple short hair, gray eyes, that black leather jacket, blue jeans and those wear out sneakers.
The ball of tear form in my throat. I felt happiness. A pure happiness. Sob after sob came out from me with salty tears streaming down my cheeks and on my hands.
"You can cry but at least come to say hello" Rin putted his backpack on the ground gesturing me to come.
It felt like my legs just woke up. I ran as fast as I could to embrace my brother almost making both of us fall on the ground. I hugged him as tight as he did.
"Hey sis"
I buried my face in to his shoulder and through sobs I managed to say "Hello..."