They turned at the sound of glass falling to the floor, and Elios saw Rini standing in the doorway, "Rini!" Peruru said, and stood, but Elios stayed sitting, it was then that she ran out of the room with Diana and Peruru trailing behind. He was beginning to understand some things about Rini that he hadn't known previously, as close to her as he had been. She had clearly had a fling with Peruru after he had left, but it probably wasn't much of one, seeing as how she had been looking at him instead of the other boy. Peruru apparently still didn't understand how Elios knew Rini. He did not feel betrayed; in fact, he could not, because he had left things unresolved between them. He couldn't blame Rini for thinking that they might just be friends, but he wasn't ready to give up, not just yet. He calmly stood, and followed her aura, not knowing quite where it would take him.
Peruru didn't understand Rini's reaction to him, but then, she hadn't seen him in nearly five years, "Rini wait!" He saw her open a door onto a balcony, then jump off of it, landing on the ground below, "Rini!"
"I'm fine Peruru, I actually find speaking this way much easier." Her nerves were frazzled, so she did not dare speak to him at close range. "Why did you run?"
"You really don't know? Ask Elios." She suddenly sprouted wings, and flew back up to the balcony, "What do you mean, 'ask Elios'?" Rini shook her head, "I... can't really explain, you would take it the wrong way if I did." Elios, what did he know? Peruru was in love with Rini, he didn't care about Elios, unless... "Do you mean that...?" Rini sighed softly, "You both have put me in a bad position, I really don't know how to answer your question."
Elios arrived just as she said that, "Have I missed anything?" Rini looked up at him, then back at Peruru, "No, I'm sorry, you just scared me, and everyone was so secretive, I really had no idea that you were here." Elios nodded, "I almost wasn't, the guards didn't recognize me until your father walked by the gate."
"Well, it has been a long time, I can see why that might happen." It was so much easier to talk to her in her dreams, where there was no one but them, "Yes, it has."
Rini saw it in Elios' eyes, he knew what was going on, but he wasn't angry, just maybe a little disappointed. They looked so alike, with the blue cast on Elios' hair and the pink cast on Peruru's. They had both left her wondering if she was in love with them, now here they were, and it was killing her knowing that one of them would leave with a crushed heart. "I have to go." Rini really did, she had school in twenty minutes, and it took thirty to get there. They parted, and she ran, "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" She muttered, wishing that she had learned how to teleport for the millionth time.
She all but broke down the front door as she pushed it open, grabbing her backpack, and cursing once again, "I didn't put my homework in my pack." She groaned and ran up to her room, realizing that it was a sty, "What else can go wrong?" She found her homework, and looked down at her watch, "Ten minutes! No, no, no, no, no!" She ran out the door, and was ready to start yelling profanities when she realized that she wasn't even going to make her first class. It was then that she heard a sound like a car crashing, "You are kidding me!" She looked up, and sure enough, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and rain started pouring, quickly filling the streets with water. Rini was terrified of thunderstorms, but she knew that she had to keep going, and that she was still about twenty minutes away from the school, "Curse the stupid rule about not driving until you are eighteen!" A car zoomed around the corner as if on cue, and then a puddle of water splashed onto her, and a tree nearby was struck by lightning, "If I ever get through this day, I'm going to kill Raye, Mother, Father, and the rest of them!"
A tree root stuck out of the wall, but she was too busy cursing to notice it, and tripped over it. Rini landed with a thud, and screamed, "Yeow!" She felt tears sting her eyes, and tried to get up, but found that her ankle hurt too much, "Damn you gods!" She fell over, and crawled against the stone wall, using what little protection from the rain that it offered, "Someone will find me eventually, right?" She just hoped that eventually meant soon.
Peruru didn't understand Rini's reaction to him, but then, she hadn't seen him in nearly five years, "Rini wait!" He saw her open a door onto a balcony, then jump off of it, landing on the ground below, "Rini!"
"I'm fine Peruru, I actually find speaking this way much easier." Her nerves were frazzled, so she did not dare speak to him at close range. "Why did you run?"
"You really don't know? Ask Elios." She suddenly sprouted wings, and flew back up to the balcony, "What do you mean, 'ask Elios'?" Rini shook her head, "I... can't really explain, you would take it the wrong way if I did." Elios, what did he know? Peruru was in love with Rini, he didn't care about Elios, unless... "Do you mean that...?" Rini sighed softly, "You both have put me in a bad position, I really don't know how to answer your question."
Elios arrived just as she said that, "Have I missed anything?" Rini looked up at him, then back at Peruru, "No, I'm sorry, you just scared me, and everyone was so secretive, I really had no idea that you were here." Elios nodded, "I almost wasn't, the guards didn't recognize me until your father walked by the gate."
"Well, it has been a long time, I can see why that might happen." It was so much easier to talk to her in her dreams, where there was no one but them, "Yes, it has."
Rini saw it in Elios' eyes, he knew what was going on, but he wasn't angry, just maybe a little disappointed. They looked so alike, with the blue cast on Elios' hair and the pink cast on Peruru's. They had both left her wondering if she was in love with them, now here they were, and it was killing her knowing that one of them would leave with a crushed heart. "I have to go." Rini really did, she had school in twenty minutes, and it took thirty to get there. They parted, and she ran, "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" She muttered, wishing that she had learned how to teleport for the millionth time.
She all but broke down the front door as she pushed it open, grabbing her backpack, and cursing once again, "I didn't put my homework in my pack." She groaned and ran up to her room, realizing that it was a sty, "What else can go wrong?" She found her homework, and looked down at her watch, "Ten minutes! No, no, no, no, no!" She ran out the door, and was ready to start yelling profanities when she realized that she wasn't even going to make her first class. It was then that she heard a sound like a car crashing, "You are kidding me!" She looked up, and sure enough, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and rain started pouring, quickly filling the streets with water. Rini was terrified of thunderstorms, but she knew that she had to keep going, and that she was still about twenty minutes away from the school, "Curse the stupid rule about not driving until you are eighteen!" A car zoomed around the corner as if on cue, and then a puddle of water splashed onto her, and a tree nearby was struck by lightning, "If I ever get through this day, I'm going to kill Raye, Mother, Father, and the rest of them!"
A tree root stuck out of the wall, but she was too busy cursing to notice it, and tripped over it. Rini landed with a thud, and screamed, "Yeow!" She felt tears sting her eyes, and tried to get up, but found that her ankle hurt too much, "Damn you gods!" She fell over, and crawled against the stone wall, using what little protection from the rain that it offered, "Someone will find me eventually, right?" She just hoped that eventually meant soon.