Chapter Thirteen
I liked to think that maybe, just maybe I was becoming a better person. Even if I had…snapped…a bit with Shizuka. I hadn't done it seriously towards anyone. Unless you count Kaori. I didn't want to count Kaori. Saya hugged my arm tight, pressing her face into my neck. I could feel the warmth of her tears on my skin. I ran my fingers through her hair lightly. "I have to go see Takashi and Kohta, I'll be back though…" I stood up. She nodded, and put her head back between her knees.
I trotted up the stairs until I reached the door to the main, biggest bedroom. I knocked on the door, and waited. There was a slight pause. I heard whispering from the other side. Then the door opened slightly and Takashi's face appeared in the crack. "Yo. What's the password?" I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms, raising a brow. He nodded, then opened the door. "There aren't any girls coming in here too right?…Cause I mean, it's a men only zone."
"Then why the heck am I here then," I muttered, shaking my head. "I'm a girl-"
"Aye. Shush. You have a penis you're one of the dudes," I opened my mouth to protest but was shushed. "We have something to show you, fellow dude." I looked over to see Kohta standing in front of a dresser excitedly. "Well, multiple things."
I waved my hand, and supressed a smile. "What is it, get on with it." He nodded.
"Do it Kohta." I watched in slight amusement as Kohta gazed at me, grinned, then slowly opened the dresser that sat behind him. My amusement turned to shock and I practically leapt up. My heart pounded with excitement... no way.
"Holy shit," I gasped, "this is…holy shit!"
"This girlfriend of Shizuka," Kohta murmured, "was a big member in the army, or the police because jesus christ this is some super-powered weaponry! And it has all the mags and stuff too! Not to mention that Humvee! I'm in love with her already," He beamed, doing a little dance. I had to resist the urge to dance as well. This meant longer survival for us if we were careful with this stuff. "And there are some huge bags we can put the guns in too. Fill them with ammo and shit, we'll be unstoppable." I gave him a pleased grin.
"But this also means we need to-" There was a loud, piercing bang from outside. I stepped to the glass doors that led to the balcony. Down below on the streets, a single man with a shotgun was attempting to survive against the hoard surrounding him. I laughed, and that earned with a strange look from Kohta and Takashi. I chuckled. "Come on guys, look. He's pissing his pants right now." I grinned. Takashi gave me a dead serious look, then shoved me back a little.
"It's not fucking funny." Just like that the friendliness between us was gone. I knashed my teeth together, glaring into his eyes. "That man's brave, he's fighting to survive. He doesn't deserve to get laughed at. And that's just a small part of why laughing is wrong. What the fuck would you be doing if that was Shizuka, or Rei, or any other of your girltoys?!" I snarled and shoved him backwards. His amber eyes lit up with rage. I twitched a tiny bit, trying to suppress the anger boiling beneath my surface. Fucking bastard, who did he think he was judging and shoving me? What was he, a fucking baby? That bastard was unable to survive, he was getting what he fucking deserved.
"You shut the fuck up Takashi," I hissed, the fact that he even thought it was okay to speak about something like that was enraging. "Say something like that again and you'll regret it, I swear to god you will." Takashi glared back.
"Despite what you think you're not invincible Saeko."
"I know that, but I would never ever allow them to get hurt, and they're not my fucking "girl toys" How dare you!?" I growled.
"Shut up! Jesus Christ, I thought you guys were friends now!" Kohta somehow yelled softly. I let out a long sigh. The kind pudgster was right. We were friends. Close friends now. We shouldn't be fighting like this. "You guys are giant babies. And while I also find her laughing at him highly immoral and wrong, there is no need to confront her about it, we all have our own morals and beliefs and we have to deal with each other and not fucking kill each other in the process." He panted, tired from his little rant. I considered this. I was trying to do just that. It wasn't me who started the fight this time. Oh shit, I really was being a baby, blaming and pushing and fighting in a time of crisis when we needed to all be close.
"Sorry Takashi," I muttered, offering him a hug. "For pushing you and…laughing at his amusing death." He sighed heavily, then looked at me. He hugged me back.
"You're a piece of work Saeko." Shrugging, I turned my attention back outside. I leaned against the balcony outside.
"Shouldn't we be a bit worried about the fact that they're even around us," I asked, glancing at them.
"I was going to tell you guys that," Kohta growled, throwing his fists in the air, "but then you toddlers decided to start fighting!" I rubbed my temples. I walked back inside, then turned the light off.
"We need to be much more careful now. Silent. And Takashi as much as you want to, we cannot save any-fucking-body down there, kay?" He looked me in the eyes. Even Kohta was nodding, to which Takashi tssked. The expression on his face was one of immense frustration and almost pain.
"I'll be the judge of that." He muttered. I grit my teeth but nodded. I couldn't control him even if I wanted to. I could only hope he would make smart decisions. I sat down on the big bedroom bed. "What were the other things you wanted to show me," I asked softly. Takashi's attention was back on me. He opened another closet, this one filled with layer upon layer of dark clothing.
"I wanted us to be badass together and your clothing kind of smells so I figured maybe, just maybe we could use this clothing and match." He said halfheartedly, seeming a tiny bit nervous now. He probably thought I was still angry with him. I wasn't. I was…slightly cross with him, if that. I gave him the thumbs up. I stood and walked over to it. Not bad. Very dark though, all blacks and gray. Takashi was stuck with his jeans much to his disappointment. I don't know why he expected to find a pair of male jeans in a house with two gay women. He did find a dark gray t-shirt and thick black coat however, which much to his joy, wasn't too girly. I pulled out some black jeans, an almost black tee and a jet black hoodie. I also slipped on a backpack. There was a small little loop along the side of its form. I wondered…I rushed downstairs to grab my bokken, before slipping back up. I briefly wondered where the girls were because they were nowhere in sight.
I slipped the wooden blade through the little loopy things, which I wasn't sure what they were there for. Multiple key chains? All that mattered was that my bokken fit perfectly inside it. No more lugging it around! And easy access as well. I grinned. Out joy was short-lived however.
"Come look at this," Kohta gasped, we immediately stood and shot back outside. I ripped the binoculars from his hands, and peered outside.
"Where?" He pointed in the direction and for a second I couldn't breathe. It was…it was a little, tiny girl. Holding her daddy's hand as he led her through the gate towards a household. I knew what was coming, and I couldn't bear to watch. Even so…I did. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. It's the way it has to be. It's…it's the way it has to be now. Children are turning all over the world. What difference does it make…helping this one little girl? The difference was that Takashi and could stop this if we really wanted to…we could…
"Saeko, get ready to head out." Takashi murmured. He didn't have to tell me twice.
"I've got your back from here," Kohta declared. We have him a pleased grunt. We dashed to the doorway of the room, he grabbed his baseball bat from the side of the bed. I skidded to a stop.
"Any grenades?" I whispered. Kohta's eyes widened, probably wondering what I was thinking.
"In the top dresser drawer under her boxers," I ignored the fact that she wore boxers and raced to the dresser, ripping out the drawer. I sifted through them, then grabbed one. "For that one you just remove the pin, you have seconds after that-" I ignored him and sped to the balcony. I grit my teeth, slid out the pin, and threw it with all my fucking strength. The thing fucking soared down the opposite street. Opposite where the little girl stood. Then…the exploding sound almost hurt my ears, even though we were far away from it. A good sign The undead turned, and as expected every single fucking one of them treaded down the street. The father and daughter looked over to where we were in shock. We waved at him, and the father got the point.
"Let's meet him halfway," Takashi growled. I nodded.
"Let's go, we probably don't have that much time."
"Good work, Saeko." I gave him a solemn look.
"Maybe I am a little human."
We rushed them into the house as fast as we could, silently killing the few undead that littered the area still. It took about a minute to get him inside, and thank god…the undead were still down the street. I ripped open the door, "Inside," I ordered quickly. With a nod, the father practically dragged his little girl inside. Takashi shut the door as he entered behind the father. We let out a sigh of relief.
"What the hell do you think you're doing," Saya hissed, appearing from the master bedroom. She was giving Takashi an angry look, and me, a deadly one. The other girls appeared behind her. I blinked.
"What the hell does it look like?!" Takashi snarled back, "we just saved a little girl and her dad."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to create more trouble for you," The man said slowly, seeming beyond troubled. We looked at him.
"You didn't," Rei spoke up, "Saeko baby, Takashi, you were very brave," She slipped over and wrapped her arms around me. She leaned up to give me a hard kiss on the lips. "But next time, tell us when you decide to leave and do something dangerous. All we heard was this huge explosion then we look around and you and Takashi are gone."
"Very smart thinking," Taniuchi spoke up. That was rare. She smiled at Takashi. He blushed.
"Oh umm well, it wasn't really m…my idea so…it was…" I winked at him. He breathed. "I mean, I'm glad you think so, it was a hard decision to make since there was so much risk involved. I didn't want you or the others to get hurt." Taniuchi blushed and nodded, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. We all chuckled, even the father cracked a smile. The little girl just seemed confused.
"Get a fucking room already," Yuuki scoffed,
"Let's focus on the little girl" Shizuka blurted, I full-heartedly agreed. She had the kindest, motherly look on her face as she kneeled to look at the little girl who smiled at her nervously. "Hey there little one," She smiled, "Do you want a snack?" She sniffed, deadly afraid, then nodded.
"Y…yeah I do. Do you have gummies and juice boxes?"
Shizuka nodded, happy. "I do, I love to drink juice and eat gummies too! Do you like cookies, because I have some of those too!"
"R…really!?"
"T…thank you ma'am," The father blurted, Shizuka nodded with a happy expression. I wondered if before this she wanted kids. She was practically glowing with a motherly air. I shrugged. A cute mental image.
"Welcome to the group…Mr…."
"Maredato. First name Akihiko." He bowed. "I am beyond thankful to you."
"Honestly, it's not a problem," I said softly. "We had the ability to save you…so why not? You know? Again, welcome to the group. Get some sleep because we're heading out when we all wake up tomorrow. And be quiet. They react only to sound." He nodded seriously. "And don't worry about your daughter-"
"Alice."
"Alice," I nodded, "Don't worry about her. She'll be alright with Shizuka," I smiled. He nodded.
"Thank you…thank you again." After that we all tried to get some sleep. Yuuki and Rei disappeared suspiciously. Saya laid down on the couch. Taniuchi found a resting spot on the loveseat. Shizuka took the floor. One room was occupied by Maredato and his daughter Alice, the other was taken by Kohta and Takashi. I found myself wide awake in the kitchen, trying to digest a meal because damn I didn't realize how hungry I fucking was.
"Saeko," I chewed on a piece of bread, before turning my head. My eyes nearly bugged from my head.
"HOLY shit, what the hell are you doing?" I spat. "Yuuki!" She purred softly as she padded towards me, her naked form glistening with sweat.
"Your girlfriend's a naughty girl Saeko." I was paralyzed at that moment. What? She held my hand, before sliding it down. "She did this to me. She made me come so hard." She looked around, "But don't tell her I told you," She winked at me, "I just thought you'd find it sexy, maybe have a threesome with us… I don't know, she might break up with you soon by the way. So I'd try and go for the threesome first." Without another word, she walked away. "Come join me in my bedroom if you want."
My heart was pounding so fast and hard I thought it was going to rip right out of my fucking chest. I turned, and slammed my fist into the fridge. Fucking whore. I was going to change for her, and then…a threesome?! She wanted a threesome with…no. No. I was finally ready for a commitment. I inhaled, exhaled, inhaled, the rage was building up. It wasn't working, the deep breathes weren't working! I splashed water on my face from the kitchen sink. I had to relax! I slammed my fist down. Cunt. Cunt! I felt so betrayed. Then I got angrier, because I used to do stuff like she did! She was using me for sex! The nasty whore, and I'd admit, I was a whore but I thought after what we went through…
"Saeko…" A soft whisper broke through my heavy thoughts. I glanced over. "Why are you crying?" I thought for a very long moment. W…what? I was…crying? I touched my face. Why was Shizuka even awake…? I wiped off my eyes hastily. "It's ok. You can cry Saeko!" She stepped close, and embraced me. I hated crying, I felt so weak.
"I'm just being a baby. I'm fine. I just really loved her is all," I whispered. "And she used me."
"Saeko…oh," Rei paused in the doorway. "Jesus, Yuuki is a freak, she tried to fucking come onto me."
"Don't fucking lie to me Rei. I know you…did her."
"Saeko…I didn't touch-"
"Don't lie to Saeko," a familiar girl appeared in the doorway, Taniuchi was looking disgusted. "I saw you slip off with Yuuki." Taniuchi saw it? What the fuck Rei? You could have at least hid it better. The beautiful girl looked absolutely enraged at that moment.
"I would never fucking lay a finger on that stupid bitch! Okay?"
"Don't talk to me," I growled and began to walk away.
"Saeko!" Rei shrieked, seeming a bit frustrated.
"Don't talk to me, if you try to fucking talk to me again I'll snap your god damn neck you lieing bitch," I snarled. Not truthful, but hopefully she wouldn't know that part. I was so angry…. "Like I'd believe you. Two people saw you. You're disgusting and we're through." Rei exhaled. I walked into the living room.
"Saeko…we saw Taniuchi and Yuuki scheming. Do you really think I'd-"
"Don't," Shizuka hissed at her, "Just don't!" At that moment, she simply went silent. She teared up.
"Whatever." She walked away shaking her head.
I laid down on the floor, exhausted all of a sudden. Every night I became more tired than the one before it. I laid next to Shizuka on the floor, using my arms as a pillow. We could have used a bedroom, but for some reason I didn't want to. Time passed, and Shizuka eventually cuddled up to me. It had been beyond difficult to fall asleep, but a bit of my emotions disappeared as I felt the comforting, familiar touch of her massive breasts on my arm. I just had to close my eyes…I was…so tired. Of everything. Things kept changing. I didn't know what to feel anymore? I was thinking about whether or not Rei would actually touch Yuuki, when everything faded away, and I fell deep asleep.