Mid afternoon found a freshly showered Ken, a cheerful Omi, a half-asleep
Youji and a stoic Aya gathered in the basement of their flower shop,
clustered around Manx. Although as usual, Aya was only half-paying
attention to the freaky red head, mostly his mind was on the boy beside
him, Ken. The object of his hidden affections. He loved everything about
the brunette, his enthusiasm, his passion, his lover for living things, the
way he walked, the way he talked, the way his brown eyes turned to a golden
amber when ever he was angry or distressed… which he appeared to be now,
although no one else would have noticed, because Ken was hiding it
(adorably or so Aya thought) behind his long chocolate bangs.
"Could this thing be an escaped Musafumi relic?" Omi asked, wide eyed.
"Well, " Manx replied, " The security camera's at the zoo could only pick up a vague, monstrous outline." As she said this, Max pushed the tape into the VCR. Ken flinched at the first staticy growl, for he recognized it. This sent him into a silent panic. "They're going to be hunting me!" he thought desperately to himself. Manx continued on, "The monster has only shown up on sporadic, but predictable dates. So far its only killed animals, you must stop it before it attacks a human."
Although Ken appeared to be listening, even Manx could tell he was distracted by something by the way the poor boy was fidgeting. "Ken? Is there something wrong?" she asked. Ken didn't hear her, for his attention was too deeply focused on his own thoughts. "I'm scared, I don't want to be hunted! Oh god…is this how my victims and prey feel?" And so on and so forth. These thoughts dominated his entire being, until interrupted by a hard smack upside the head, so thoughtfully delivered by Youji.
"Still mooning over that girl KenKen?" he said
"There. Is. No. Girl. Get off it Youji!" Ken cried in frustration, rubbing the new sore spot on his head.
"How about a boy then?" this gave ken a bit of a pause as the words sunk in.
"No! I'm not into anyone!" Ken shouted as he got up and stalked angrily out of the room.
"Ken!" Manx called, "What about the mission?"
"I'm not in." came the reply, accompanied by the door slamming. "Oh well, " Manx shrugged, "What about the rest of you boys?"
"I'm in." Aya grumbled
"Guess so." Yawned Youji.
"Yup." Chirped Omi, who was already researching on the computer.
"Could this thing be an escaped Musafumi relic?" Omi asked, wide eyed.
"Well, " Manx replied, " The security camera's at the zoo could only pick up a vague, monstrous outline." As she said this, Max pushed the tape into the VCR. Ken flinched at the first staticy growl, for he recognized it. This sent him into a silent panic. "They're going to be hunting me!" he thought desperately to himself. Manx continued on, "The monster has only shown up on sporadic, but predictable dates. So far its only killed animals, you must stop it before it attacks a human."
Although Ken appeared to be listening, even Manx could tell he was distracted by something by the way the poor boy was fidgeting. "Ken? Is there something wrong?" she asked. Ken didn't hear her, for his attention was too deeply focused on his own thoughts. "I'm scared, I don't want to be hunted! Oh god…is this how my victims and prey feel?" And so on and so forth. These thoughts dominated his entire being, until interrupted by a hard smack upside the head, so thoughtfully delivered by Youji.
"Still mooning over that girl KenKen?" he said
"There. Is. No. Girl. Get off it Youji!" Ken cried in frustration, rubbing the new sore spot on his head.
"How about a boy then?" this gave ken a bit of a pause as the words sunk in.
"No! I'm not into anyone!" Ken shouted as he got up and stalked angrily out of the room.
"Ken!" Manx called, "What about the mission?"
"I'm not in." came the reply, accompanied by the door slamming. "Oh well, " Manx shrugged, "What about the rest of you boys?"
"I'm in." Aya grumbled
"Guess so." Yawned Youji.
"Yup." Chirped Omi, who was already researching on the computer.