(Author's Note: I noticed in the last few chapters I kind of mixed the
story within the labels like, "Waiting Room" or "Dream", sorry bout that.
So in the continuation of the chapters, I'll just do like, "~~~" things.
=])
Chapter 5- The Truth
Gavin's shoulder slumped down and his grip of the blanket on Chihiro's lap tightened. His hair became disheveled when he held the blanket edge to his cheek and tossed his head from side to side. Clear watery tears slowly streamed down from his crying face. Chihiro didn't really understand... and like the others, Gavin never revealed about that incident to anyone but Naoki.
"Chihiro..."
Gavin mumbled in his sleep.
"Mother...why did you have to do that?"
Chihiro leaned forward closely to him till she was on her knees sitting on the bed. Listening to the very words he said, she wondered if she should ask him... Just seeing Gavin like this sent a sharp pain into her chest and her eyebrows arched upwards. She had a worried look on her face and gently tapped him on the back the neck and then whispered his name.
"Gavin... Are you okay?"
He didn't move.
Chihiro placed her hands on his arm and pulled it away, finally to reveal his face, he was grinning widely and Chihiro's eyebrow lifted up with a confused look. Gavin's eyes were looking directly into hers and she sighed.
(Was he joking!?)
Her mind reran that scene with her eyes looking up at the ceiling and her skinny arms crossed over her chest. Gavin sat back up and sniffed then ran his hair from front to back. He leaned back into the chair and chuckled.
"Can't believe you fell for that Chihiro..."
The way he said it, it seemed false but he added a smile again to Chihiro before she complained more.
"You're such a jerk sometimes, Gavin!"
Chihiro said with a giggle and a forced smile. She couldn't really tell if Gavin was being honest or he was lying to her face... She gave a shove into his shoulder and Gavin got up and leapt back just in time. He snatched his jacket from the chair, did a back flip and landed right in front of the door.
"We'll, not a jerk, more like a joker."
He reached his hand onto the doorknob, gave a turn and pulled it open. Just as he stepped out, he flashed his smile at her and said, "Ciao and get better". He walked right out, slammed the door shut and stood in the corridor. His eye glanced around and there was no sign of Tiffany. Tiffany seemed to have disappeared, perhaps left, but he doubted it. His head hanging and he shook his head. He wiped a few tears from his face with the back of his hand and his lips trembled.
( I wonder if she really did believe that... And after that dream, it's gotten me thinking again... )
"Maybe it was my fault... damn.."
He jammed his fist into the wall and cracked all the knuckles from his right hand then drew it back into his baggy jean pockets where he walked to the waiting room to return with the others.
~~~~~~~~~~~Waiting Room~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a moment of silence in the room when Gavin walked in. His hazel coloured eyes shifted around to see who was there and obviously, Akinori had left... Anyway, Johnny was still there sitting in his seat and bursting out hysterical laughter from just looking at his feet and Masahiro was starting off into space as usual, probably daydreaming bout Naoki. Others had been asleep on their own chair or taking up two chairs with their jackets covering over their own body. After a moment, Johnny went silent and dozed off from the boredom of making him crack-up. What an idiot, some might say. Only Masahiro sat awake. His eyes looked sleepy and obviously, you can tell, his head bobbed up and down, back and forth. And every time he leaned all the way back, his eyes would jump back right open.
Masahiro wore his usual get-up, his black cap with blue lines on the edges and blood red words sewn in the front that said "Raven Inc." along with his green bandana under his head with his dark brownish black hair tied into a ponytail. He even wore a white tee under his puffy north face jacket along with a pair of short in a dark navy color. That he was a weird person... It was summer, why was he still wearing a north face jacket???
Gavin coughed quietly with his hand in a fist over his mouth and moved it back into his pocket as he took a seat near sleeping Tiffany. He was right, she didn't leave. As only a few moment passed, Gavin sat his back against the chair, head hung and only dim lights shining overhead made him sleepy... when it came time, he fell sleep.
"Ah..."
Tiff yawned with her hand over her mouth and blinked a few times. She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands and looked around. Everyone was asleep... except, Masahiro. She had this eager look on her face like she wanted to discuss something. He got up and tiptoed over next to Masahiro and as she did, she had to cross over Johnny's sleeping body and his loud snoring was just unbearable, it rung like a broken alarm clock with its alarm off like crazy. She cringed and mumbled something as she crossed then pulled it jacket over his face.
"Finally, that idiot can't ever stop snoring..."
She grumbled then seated next to Masahiro was looked like he was falling asleep too... Her eyebrows meeting at her forehead arched up and she sighed.
"You're not sleeping! It's rude to ignore a young lady who's got something to talk bout that's very very very important!!"
She hissed in a whisper as she snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"Hey...earth to lover boy-with-science-but-never-any-girls!"
She hissed again and nudged him in the arm then aimed a kicked at his ankle to catch his attention.
"Ow!!!! W-what!? Tiffany you got to stop doing that. It hurts!!!"
He shouted loudly reminding Tiffany bout Akinori's loudmouth younger sister. Tiffany pulled her hand over his mouth. She looked at him, eye to eye and she got a serious look on her face.
"Zip. It."
Masahiro's head nodded Then she pulled her hand away down back on her lap.
"So what's this about?"
He whispered at her.
"The Secret."
She said back with her eyes staring at him like she was trying to read his mind. Masahiro arched his head back and shook it from side to side.
"What? You don't trust me? And yes, only I know!"
He said sounding a bit cautious. He rolled his eyes and rotated his shoulder in circles to crack a few tired bones.
"You're really a thing."
"A "thing"?"
She shot a look at him.
"I mean... a demon."
"A good demon"
She added in.
"Um, right, good demon... but hey, we never know for sure, right?"
He said with a smirk. She didn't smile. He cleared his throat with his nervous eyes starting to glance around.
"And that's all you wanted to tell me... Since I'm a friend, you're lucky I didn't black mail your butt or sold you out."
He responded with a glare into her eyes. Quite loud he said it too...
".... I guess I'm lucky then."
There was a short awkward silence.
"I'm sorry."
He mumbled under his breath. Tiffany just shrugged.
"Just remember, if you see any weird things happening, tell me a.s.a.p, got that?"
She said in a low tone of voice. Masahiro just nodded and he kept his mouth shut from asking any more questions. He really wanted to know how she got to be a guardian, about her life and all. Isn't that what close friends are suppose to know about one another?
"I understand."
They stayed quiet again after that and Masahiro couldn't help but glance at her a few times as the others as well. Tiffany just sat with her legs crossed Indian style on the chair and slouched her body.
(I have so much I want to ask... I mean, maybe, I'm actually speaking to a real different race!!! )
Those words flowed from his mind and he knew if he asked, she wouldn't respond back, even if she did, she'd probably lie, because her purpose is only to guard someone...
Gavin shifted his hand from across them and tossed his body the other way. His eyes opened with a blink of an eye. Tiffany's face had a smile and she walked towards Gavin. Masahiro watched as she did and turned his head to the side, looking through the pitch-black corridor. He couldn't get comfortable so turned his body horizontally so that from head to toe, leaning on his back. It took up three chairs. He crossed his arms and closed his eyes mumbling. Slowly he seemed to have dozed off.
(Why do all the girls pay attention to Gavin?)
"Hey Gavin, you feeling better?"
Tiffany asked.
"I'm fine. I'm really cool with this... She'll get better like the doctor said. It's only a few wounds..."
He said in his forced calm voice. Tiffany's lips slanted and she sighed. She didn't want to talk bout Chihiro so she quickly swapped to the next question. Before she had a chance to ask, he blurted out,
"I'm going back to her house to investigate."
"Her parents aren't going to let you in, ya know."
"They don't have too... I know they think I did it but I know what I saw and I'm going over tomorrow to find out what the hell it was. I'm serious; it was a big cat, more like a Saber!!"
"Right."
She responded with forced sarcasm. In her own world, she knew enough that things like that were possible. So maybe it was possible her too since she was sent here... why couldn't something else be sent here possibly too?
Chapter 5- The Truth
Gavin's shoulder slumped down and his grip of the blanket on Chihiro's lap tightened. His hair became disheveled when he held the blanket edge to his cheek and tossed his head from side to side. Clear watery tears slowly streamed down from his crying face. Chihiro didn't really understand... and like the others, Gavin never revealed about that incident to anyone but Naoki.
"Chihiro..."
Gavin mumbled in his sleep.
"Mother...why did you have to do that?"
Chihiro leaned forward closely to him till she was on her knees sitting on the bed. Listening to the very words he said, she wondered if she should ask him... Just seeing Gavin like this sent a sharp pain into her chest and her eyebrows arched upwards. She had a worried look on her face and gently tapped him on the back the neck and then whispered his name.
"Gavin... Are you okay?"
He didn't move.
Chihiro placed her hands on his arm and pulled it away, finally to reveal his face, he was grinning widely and Chihiro's eyebrow lifted up with a confused look. Gavin's eyes were looking directly into hers and she sighed.
(Was he joking!?)
Her mind reran that scene with her eyes looking up at the ceiling and her skinny arms crossed over her chest. Gavin sat back up and sniffed then ran his hair from front to back. He leaned back into the chair and chuckled.
"Can't believe you fell for that Chihiro..."
The way he said it, it seemed false but he added a smile again to Chihiro before she complained more.
"You're such a jerk sometimes, Gavin!"
Chihiro said with a giggle and a forced smile. She couldn't really tell if Gavin was being honest or he was lying to her face... She gave a shove into his shoulder and Gavin got up and leapt back just in time. He snatched his jacket from the chair, did a back flip and landed right in front of the door.
"We'll, not a jerk, more like a joker."
He reached his hand onto the doorknob, gave a turn and pulled it open. Just as he stepped out, he flashed his smile at her and said, "Ciao and get better". He walked right out, slammed the door shut and stood in the corridor. His eye glanced around and there was no sign of Tiffany. Tiffany seemed to have disappeared, perhaps left, but he doubted it. His head hanging and he shook his head. He wiped a few tears from his face with the back of his hand and his lips trembled.
( I wonder if she really did believe that... And after that dream, it's gotten me thinking again... )
"Maybe it was my fault... damn.."
He jammed his fist into the wall and cracked all the knuckles from his right hand then drew it back into his baggy jean pockets where he walked to the waiting room to return with the others.
~~~~~~~~~~~Waiting Room~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a moment of silence in the room when Gavin walked in. His hazel coloured eyes shifted around to see who was there and obviously, Akinori had left... Anyway, Johnny was still there sitting in his seat and bursting out hysterical laughter from just looking at his feet and Masahiro was starting off into space as usual, probably daydreaming bout Naoki. Others had been asleep on their own chair or taking up two chairs with their jackets covering over their own body. After a moment, Johnny went silent and dozed off from the boredom of making him crack-up. What an idiot, some might say. Only Masahiro sat awake. His eyes looked sleepy and obviously, you can tell, his head bobbed up and down, back and forth. And every time he leaned all the way back, his eyes would jump back right open.
Masahiro wore his usual get-up, his black cap with blue lines on the edges and blood red words sewn in the front that said "Raven Inc." along with his green bandana under his head with his dark brownish black hair tied into a ponytail. He even wore a white tee under his puffy north face jacket along with a pair of short in a dark navy color. That he was a weird person... It was summer, why was he still wearing a north face jacket???
Gavin coughed quietly with his hand in a fist over his mouth and moved it back into his pocket as he took a seat near sleeping Tiffany. He was right, she didn't leave. As only a few moment passed, Gavin sat his back against the chair, head hung and only dim lights shining overhead made him sleepy... when it came time, he fell sleep.
"Ah..."
Tiff yawned with her hand over her mouth and blinked a few times. She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands and looked around. Everyone was asleep... except, Masahiro. She had this eager look on her face like she wanted to discuss something. He got up and tiptoed over next to Masahiro and as she did, she had to cross over Johnny's sleeping body and his loud snoring was just unbearable, it rung like a broken alarm clock with its alarm off like crazy. She cringed and mumbled something as she crossed then pulled it jacket over his face.
"Finally, that idiot can't ever stop snoring..."
She grumbled then seated next to Masahiro was looked like he was falling asleep too... Her eyebrows meeting at her forehead arched up and she sighed.
"You're not sleeping! It's rude to ignore a young lady who's got something to talk bout that's very very very important!!"
She hissed in a whisper as she snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"Hey...earth to lover boy-with-science-but-never-any-girls!"
She hissed again and nudged him in the arm then aimed a kicked at his ankle to catch his attention.
"Ow!!!! W-what!? Tiffany you got to stop doing that. It hurts!!!"
He shouted loudly reminding Tiffany bout Akinori's loudmouth younger sister. Tiffany pulled her hand over his mouth. She looked at him, eye to eye and she got a serious look on her face.
"Zip. It."
Masahiro's head nodded Then she pulled her hand away down back on her lap.
"So what's this about?"
He whispered at her.
"The Secret."
She said back with her eyes staring at him like she was trying to read his mind. Masahiro arched his head back and shook it from side to side.
"What? You don't trust me? And yes, only I know!"
He said sounding a bit cautious. He rolled his eyes and rotated his shoulder in circles to crack a few tired bones.
"You're really a thing."
"A "thing"?"
She shot a look at him.
"I mean... a demon."
"A good demon"
She added in.
"Um, right, good demon... but hey, we never know for sure, right?"
He said with a smirk. She didn't smile. He cleared his throat with his nervous eyes starting to glance around.
"And that's all you wanted to tell me... Since I'm a friend, you're lucky I didn't black mail your butt or sold you out."
He responded with a glare into her eyes. Quite loud he said it too...
".... I guess I'm lucky then."
There was a short awkward silence.
"I'm sorry."
He mumbled under his breath. Tiffany just shrugged.
"Just remember, if you see any weird things happening, tell me a.s.a.p, got that?"
She said in a low tone of voice. Masahiro just nodded and he kept his mouth shut from asking any more questions. He really wanted to know how she got to be a guardian, about her life and all. Isn't that what close friends are suppose to know about one another?
"I understand."
They stayed quiet again after that and Masahiro couldn't help but glance at her a few times as the others as well. Tiffany just sat with her legs crossed Indian style on the chair and slouched her body.
(I have so much I want to ask... I mean, maybe, I'm actually speaking to a real different race!!! )
Those words flowed from his mind and he knew if he asked, she wouldn't respond back, even if she did, she'd probably lie, because her purpose is only to guard someone...
Gavin shifted his hand from across them and tossed his body the other way. His eyes opened with a blink of an eye. Tiffany's face had a smile and she walked towards Gavin. Masahiro watched as she did and turned his head to the side, looking through the pitch-black corridor. He couldn't get comfortable so turned his body horizontally so that from head to toe, leaning on his back. It took up three chairs. He crossed his arms and closed his eyes mumbling. Slowly he seemed to have dozed off.
(Why do all the girls pay attention to Gavin?)
"Hey Gavin, you feeling better?"
Tiffany asked.
"I'm fine. I'm really cool with this... She'll get better like the doctor said. It's only a few wounds..."
He said in his forced calm voice. Tiffany's lips slanted and she sighed. She didn't want to talk bout Chihiro so she quickly swapped to the next question. Before she had a chance to ask, he blurted out,
"I'm going back to her house to investigate."
"Her parents aren't going to let you in, ya know."
"They don't have too... I know they think I did it but I know what I saw and I'm going over tomorrow to find out what the hell it was. I'm serious; it was a big cat, more like a Saber!!"
"Right."
She responded with forced sarcasm. In her own world, she knew enough that things like that were possible. So maybe it was possible her too since she was sent here... why couldn't something else be sent here possibly too?