The Play
It had been five months since that discussion and Nakada still hadn't talked to Yoko. Rebekah and Yoko had found away to catch Kuronue without his disguise on so she went through the whole story (again.) Rebekah's parents were going to be gone for another two years (they don't act like good parents huh?) so Rebekah was staying with them for a little longer. Also the whole team began to play as a band and Kuronue had learned how to record so he would record their music and sell it. Their band was actually called The Thieves and everyone loved their music.
Yoko was having a rather hard time trying to train the gang, do his homework, study for school and play Sean as well but he was somehow pulling it off. One time April almost caught him working on a math problem but the plants in his room helped him out by covering his work so nothing could be seen. (Can you actually see Yoko doing homework? I can usually see things quite well but that is kind of faded. All I see is Yoko at a desk holding a pencil in his fist and his thumbpressing against it with his other hand on his forehead trying to make since of the question. Then the end of the pencil snapping as he put to much pressure on it.)
Yoko soon found himself in a tough spot though. He began to feel like Nakada was getting closer to Sean and farther apart from him. And his symptoms were going to start up some time next month (which was tomorrow.) He had tried to talk to her personally but he could never find her, and she wouldn't listen to him during training.
Right then he was supposed to be listening to a lecture that their English teacher was speaking. But instead he was leaning on his elbow on the desk with his face in one hand and holding a pencil drumming it on the desk with the other one while looking out the window.
I don't have that much time left to tell Nakada who I really am. Hmm…maybe if I slept with her again tonight and stay with her until she wakes up she will get some understanding about how I feel. But if she starts out with a lot of questions then I will tell her everything I can. And if that doesn't work…then I guess I die.He looked towards where Nakada was sitting and saw that she wasn't paying that much attention to the lecture either.
"Now class," Mrs. Hanson began and they both clued in, "We are going to do a class play next month on one of Shakespeare's most famous of plays. Romeo and Juliet. I have already gone ahead and decided the roles for all of you. Our two actors to play Romeo and Juliet will be…Sean Matheson and Nakada Bates.
There was aloud 'awe' around the room as all of Nakada's fans glared at Yoko and all of Yoko's fans glared at Nakada. They just smiled as they looked at each other but for some reason their smiles were fake.
This is just great! Nakada thought as she looked at Yoko. Sean thinks I'm getting closer him and just when I thought of something during that stupid lecture it is ruined by her making us partners in one of the most romantic plays ever! I still love Yoko and like I said before I will always love him. I guess no matter how much he hurts me or how much he hates me my love for him will always blind me. Well I guess I could always go and sleep in his bed again tonight. For old times sake and the fact that I can't stand sleeping alone another night. Even if he burns me to a crisp.
That's jut great! Yoko thought, (this is going to be close to Nakada's so I won't go over that. They just both decided to go into the others room to sleep .)
Well after they had come back from school they were all busy about the play. They all had gotten parts and they were working on rehearsing them. Kuronue was trying to help Yoko but he wasn't exactly into it and just stared at the script with his thoughts on the other side of the world.
"Yoko? YOKO!" Kuronue yelled looking at him seeing that he wasn't paying any attention.
Yoko looked up at him a bit dazed as if surprised that he wasn't alone but he quickly got over that, "Sorry Kuronue I just don't see the point of it,"he looked at his script again then laid it beside him, "I'm probably going to be dead by then or going through my symptoms so why should I try?"he fell backwards so his back was on the bed and his legs were still over the side.
Kuronue looked at him for a second then sat down beside him, "Yoko…"
"Kuronue,"he said as he sat back up, "Nakada is falling for Sean not me. She has feelings for Sean but not me. She wants the person I'm acting as but she doesn't want the real thing,"he leaned forward and crossed his arms on his lap, "I just don't see the point in this anymore I just don't."
Kuronue looked athim for a second and sighed, "I guess it does seem kind of pointless but we can't give up hope. Not until the very end."
"You sound like them always preaching about how everything happens for a reason and that you must always hope to the very end," Yoko laid on his bed again, "But Kuronue what hope is there that Nakada could love me and not the person she think Sean…"
Before he could say anything Nakada opened the door and looked inside, "Yoko?"he sat up straight and perked his sounded a bit uncertain about something and this was the first time she had gone into his room since…the incident, "I…was…wondering…if you could…help me…out with my lines…for…the play," Nakada was looking at the ground but when she looked up saw that Kuronue was in the room her eyes seemed a bit faded, "Oh…I see your busy…well I guess…"
"No Nakada wait it's alright I'm not busy," Yoko said standing up trying to hide his smile, "I would be happy to help you with your lines,"she looked at him and smiled.
"Thank you Yoko you can use one of the girls scripts and I hope you don't mind playing the part of Romeo. I really don't want to leave that up to Kyle or my brotherand the other girls don't want to play the part of a boy," Nakada left and Yoko couldn't suppress his smile anymore as he smiled and a glint came to his eyes.
Kuronue looked at him and smiled, "Well never thought she would have done that now did you? And the character your playing as well looks like your luck has changed bit."
Yoko looked at him with the smile still on his face and before he left the room he turned around to look a Kuronue, "I just hope it keeps on going on like this and I hope Ican control my feelings when it's mating season. It is almost spring you know," then he followed Nakada to the living watched Yoko and he smiled a little and chuckled to himself.
When it was time to go to bed they had practiced and they had learned most of their lines the gang and Rebekah (who was considered a part of the gang now) went to bed. Yoko had completely forgotten about going into Nakada's room butshe hadn't.
When it was ten o'clock she snuck out of her room and opened her balcony door and a cold rush of winter air blew in her face. It being her elemental friend she didn't shiver much but she did close her eyes and sniff the air smiling. I always loved the winter air just as much as a like a rain storm of any kind. Nakada sighed and jumped from her balcony to Yoko's after she had closed her door. She quietly walked over to the sliding glass window and opened it. She peeked her head in and saw Yoko sleeping in his bed laying on his side with his back to her.
Nakada felt a bit nervous and she began to think of a reason for being in here if he woke up. Then she thought of an excuse that wasn't perfect but it had to do. She closed the door and stood there for a second and then she walked over to Yoko's bed and sat down on it. He hadn't made a stir and she crept up behind him and snuggled against his back. She hadn't gone under the covers even though for some reason her heart wanted to so she could get closer to him. But she laid on top of the covers and snuggled in close to his back as she closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep.
Yoko woke up an hour later feeling slightly more warmer then usual and he could also hear even breathing and something was pressing itself against his back. He turned his head around and saw that Nakada was sleeping soundly behind him but was on top of the covers. He gave a little yawn a bit tired and wasn't exactly fully awake to notice that she was really there and this wasn't a dream because every night he would dream things like this. He turned around though as an old habit from at least five or six months ago kicked in. He sat up and gently lifted her up so he could slide the blankets from under her and laid them on her. When she was covered up he laid back down again facing her as he slowly began to wake up and even more slowly registering that she was in his bed with him and this was not a dream. He wrapped an arm under her and gently wrapped it around her back. With his other hand he began to stroke her face with his claws sometimes gently scratching her while moving stray hairs away from her face trying to figure out why he felt so happy and relaxed with this girl.
Then she moved a bit and snuggled in closer to his warmth and pressed the side of her face against his chest over his heart and she gave a little sound as she sighed. Hiss eyes widened when he heard her make a sound. He then began to finely realize that Nakada was in his room, in his bed and this wasn't a dream. He gently wrapped his other arm around her and held her as close as he could with out hurting her or waking her up. He placed his hand on the back of her head and turned his head so his face was in her hair and he sniffed it smelling the shampoo and conditioner she had used in it. Why has she come to my room now? I thought she hated me. She even seemed a bit nervous while she practiced her lines and when she asked me to help her with them. Yoko turned his head again so his cheek was against the side of her head.
He stayed like that for awhile until he felt her start to stir, "Yoko?" he started to move away from her with great reluctance and he looked down at her but he was not able to unwrap his arms from her. Nakada snuggled against him not wanting to get away from the warmth of his bare chest and she looked at him with tired eyes. She yawned a bit and pressed her head to his chest listening intently to his heartbeat, "Are you all right?"
He sighed a bit and nodded holding her close, "I'm fine Nakada what about you?" he didn't want to ask why she was here. It was more then he had ever expected with her in his bed snuggled close to him and he was not about to do anything to lose that.
"I'm all right," with out knowing what she was doing she began to move her thumb back and forth across Yoko's bare chest. He closed his eyes as he felt her do that. It was driving him crazy and he was trying so hard to stifle a purr and a moan but he felt like he was fighting a losing battle. Nakada then stopped becoming aware of what she was doing and he mentally sighed with relief, "Yoko I have a few questions."
He looked at her, "What are your questions?" I wonder if she is going to ask me about why I was holding like that not that long ago.
"I don't mean to be rude with them or anything but they keep on bugging me so here's the first one. Are you colour-blind?"
He stared down at her wide-eyed and a bit worried, "Who…who told you that?"he asked as a bead of sweat rolled down his face.
She didn't notice it or the stammer in his voice but she did hear his heartbeat speed up, "People say that dogs are colour-blind and I thought foxes might be to. But today I remembered you're a fox demon so I began to wonder if you are colour-blind as well,"she looked up at him for a second and she wrapped her arms around his waist holding him close," It's nothing to be ashamed of if that is the reason why your worried. I hear that there are some humans in the world that are colour-blind as well."
Yoko couldn't begin to explain the measure of relief that he had when she hadn't said what he thought she was going to say and he closed his eyes, "Do you think me any different now that you know my disability?"
She made a move and turned him so she was on top of him and she was staring at him in the face, "Now why would I think you any different? But I think I can do something before I ask my other question. Close your eyes," he looked at her a bit confused and uncertain but he still closed his eyes.
He felt her unwrap her arms from his waist and place them on the bed and push herself up to his face. Then he felt her warm breath on his eyes for a second. At once he felt her lips on one of his closed eyes and her lips felt cool as she kissed that eye and then the next. She gently lifted herself back up and laid on top of him again with her head turned a bit so she could lay her head on his chest. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room. He felt Nakada on top of him and he looked down to see her head on top of his chest.
But something didn't seem right as he looked at her, his eyes also felt different. He wrapped his arms around her and she looked up at him with a smile on her face, "I hope it worked we won't know until this morning but now about my second question. You don't have to answer it if you don't want to,"he nodded and wrapped his arms tighter around her.
"What is your other question Nakada?" he asked looking up or straight forward from his point of view and closing his eyes.
"Okay," she took an unsure breath and closed her eyes, "What is marking?" Yoko's eyes widened again but he took control as he looked at her. He placed a hand on the back of her head and pressed her head to his chest and she laid it down.
"Marking…for a demon usually means a sign for owner ship. That they own a person or the person or demon is their mate. Most of the time it's only the male who marks his female to show other demons that she is taken. But sometimes females can mark their mates as well. During a certain season male demons go out and search for mates and when the find one they mark them," Yoko sighed and looked at Nakada while stroking her hair that was now almost completely silver blue tinted knowing that she would want to know the whole truth, "The way a demon marks their mate is they bite their fangs down into their mates neck in a certain place," he looked skyward at the curtain that was covering the top of his bed hoping and praying Nakada wouldn't get to angry at what he was going to say next.
She had a hand over his heart that was beside her ear and she could feel that he was having a difficult time telling her this. She closed her eyes and just kept on listening to him talking and his heartbeat. He took a deep breath knowing he was going to have to say it sooner or later, "But some demons don't mark for a mate. Sometimes they mark just for owner ship or just to mark. With every human girl I slept with I would mark them trying to show everyone she was already taken and...for fun. Eventually I lost the fun in marking women and when I knew that they weren't really going to be mine and I really didn't care about them. So I made a promise in front of Kuronue that I would never mark another woman unless I really did love her and she loved me back. So far I have kept to that promise and I haven't marked any woman ever sense because I haven't found someone I love yet and who would love me back."
Nakada had listened to the whole thing with out interrupting and she stared at the door that led to outside. So he only used them for fun? He never actually loved or cared about them? I wonder if he kept on rapping other girls. She took another breath, "But…did…you still sleep…with…other women?"he closed his eyes and held her close and dug his face into her hair.
Yoko didn't lessen his grip but he lifted his face from her hair long enough to mutter, "Yes," and he pressed his face into her hair again. He wasn't hurting her but Nakada felt her heart break into a thousand pieces. She didn't know what to do as she laid on top of Yoko gripping his shirt and just staring out into space. Then a tear fell down her face followed by three more until she was silently crying into his shirt.
Yoko looked down ather and saw that she was crying. He didn't know what to do at all so he just held her close trying to calm her down. Soon she fell asleep and he moved her so she was sleeping on her side but she was still holding him and wouldn't let go. When he tried to get her to let go she stirred and some tears fell down her cheeks. So he continued to hold her and after awhile he fell asleep but he didn't dream.
The next day Nakada woke up early so early it was still six hours until the sun was going to rise and looked at Yoko who still had his hand on the of her head and was pressing it to his chest. She placed a hand over his heart and all she felt was pain and love towards her. Yoko…I don't know what to think any more. I feel like such an empty shell after what you just told me. But…I am proud that you did. But can you tell me what I am supposed to do now? I feel so lost more lost then I have ever felt before. I still love you no less then I did before but…tell me what I am supposed to do.She dug her face into his chest and silent tears fell from her face.
Yoko woke up when he felt Nakada crying and looked down to see her crying into his chest. He began to stroke her hair and she looked up. Her eyes were a bit pink but her face was so dry from crying last night. He wiped away the new tears and looking at her lips he felt like he wanted to kiss them and try to kiss her until she felt better.
She raised a hand under one eye and he saw that there was a smile tugging at her lips, "Yoko I want you to close your eyes for a second and I'll take you some where,"he looked at her uncertain but he closed his eyes and she helped him out of bed. She led him outside and to the edge of the balcony, "Okay I hope this works the sun isn't out but you might be able to see them, okay open your eyes."
He opened his eyes and couldn't believe what he saw! He saw all kinds of colours as he looked at the clear sky and the light blue pond down about a mile away from the house and the evergreen trees in the forest. He looked at Nakada and saw that she was wearing a light ice blue nightgown that matched her ice blue eyes that were shinning with happiness.
"Can you see them Yoko? Can you see the colours?"he smiled and placed his hands on her waist and lifted her up as he spun her around in circles. After a few spins he let her down and hugged her tightly.
"Yes Nakada I can see them…thanks to you."
He looked down ather and she looked up at him, "It wasn't much actually, I've been able to do that for awhile now and all the other girls can do it to. I just wanted you to know what colours looked like…oh and one more thing about your sight," he looked at her a bit worried, "I hope you like the colours because it's permanent."
He smiled and nodded, "I can deal with that," he looked at her and cupped her face as he looked into her eyes. He began to bend over leaning closer to her face just wanting to try and get one kiss while she was awake. There lips were about to connect when it began to rain down hard on them. He covered her and she laughed.
"Yoko it's just a little rain what's the matter?" she ducked from under his arm and spun circles around on the balcony getting wet.
He laughed, "I have nothing against it but don't you think that nightgown is revealing enough? But I'm not complaining about that either," he pointed out as her thin nightgown began to stick to her body. She stopped and looked at her nightgown and saw that the rain was making it reveal a little more it should have been. She blushed intensely and crossed her arms over her chest and Yoko wrapped his arm around her and pushed her inside. He gave her a towel and she went into the bathroom so she could take off her wet clothes and wrap the towel around her. When she was done she came out of the bathroom and saw that he had changed as well.
"Thanks and one more thing," he looked at her, "That never happened," he smiled and nodded. Nakada smiled and sighed as she sat on the bed next to him and snuggled close to him as they both watched the rain. He wrapped his arm around her noticing that she was shivering a bit and she snuggled in closer to his embrace and laid her head on his shoulder.
He looked down ather and smiled as they looked at the rain on the sliding glass window and he laid his head on hers. It seems that she wasn't falling for Sean after all and she was still in love with me the whole time, but didn't know what to do? Should I tell her how I feel now? He looked ather and then took her hand and looked at it for a while.
She looked at him while he inspected her hand. Then she noticed it was the hand that he had unintentionally burnt. She let him look at it and then she looked at the cheek that she had slapped. She gently placed her hand on it and turned his head so he could look at her. She looked over the cheek as if trying to find some trace of the mark she had left but there was none. She smiled a bit and wrapped her arm around his neck and pulled him close to her. She still had a hold of her towel that was wrapped around her but she still wrapped her other arm around his neck and laid her head in the crook of his neck.
Surprised he didn't know what to do then he wrapped his arms around her and held her close. Thunder sounded outside and a ripping sound was made. Scared Nakada and gave a startled gasp and looked out the window as she held Yoko close as lightening hit the telephone pole not far from the house. The lights blinked on and off for a second and she gave a little yelp as she dug her face into his shirt wrapping both of her arms around his neck. He held her close and placed a hand on the back of her head as he looked out the window.
"Nakada why don't we get you into your room so you can change and then we can go down stairs until the storm blows over?" she held him close but she still nodded with her head still in the crook of his neck.
He picked her up bridal style and carried her to her room. She was as light as Rebekah was and was no trouble. When he was there he settled her down in front the of door to the walk in closet and she went in. After a few minutes she came back out wearing a long flannel nightgown with blue roses on it. Yoko was carrying a comforter and when he looked at her he smiled and took her hand as he led her down stairs to the living room. There was a flickering light downstairs and when they came to the living room they saw everyone was there. Someone had started a fire in the fireplace and so they were all seated on the floor, couch, chair or love seat. There was one couch that wasn't occupied so they sat down there and stared at the fire.
Nakada held on tight to Yoko's arm as she watched the fire and he wrapped his free-arm around her holding her close and wrapping themselves both in the comforter. She laid her head down on his chest and listened to his heart and he somewhat lifted her onto the couch and began to stroke her hair. Another crash of lightening was heard again not that far from the house and everyone jumped including Nakada. She buried her face into his chest and he held her close.
Jennah had done the same thing with Kuronue and he wrapped his arms around her. Kuronue and Jennah were both laying on one of the couches and he wrapped his wings around her as he held her close and she dug her face into his chest. Jennah was lying on top of him with her arms around his waist exept for the arm that was beside her head over his heart. Kuronue had his arms around her shoulders and was moving his thumb back and forth on one of them with his head on top of hers. They also had a blanket covering them as well.
Rebekah was on one of the lazy boy chairs with a blanket around her looking at the fire with a pillow under her head and she clutched the blanket as the lightening streaked across the sky. Everyone was covered or wrapped up in blankets and was on one of the couches, chairs or had made a comfortable bed on the floor.
April looked around for a second and then she got an idea, "Nakada?" she looked at her, "I was wondering where did you put the you know what's for the you know who's?"
She thought for a second and then she said, "In the kitchen on top of the second shelf to the left. But why…" before she could finish her question April unwrapped herself from her blanket and ran out into the kitchen.
"What was that all about?" Yoko asked as he resumed stroking Nakada's hair as he looked at the door to the kitchen.
She shrugged and laid her head on his chest again and looked at the fire while lightening crashed to the ground again. Yoko looked down at her and saw that her eyes were kind of happy and he smiled as he held her even closer. She looked up at him and smiled, "Yoko why don't you lay down on the couch as well? It must be uncomfortable the way you're sitting."
He looked at her and then nodded with a smile so she got off the couch for a second and he moved so he was laying on the couch with his back against it. Nakada got on the couch after him as he lifted his arm so she could lie close to him and he could hold her. She smiled as she snuggled close to Yoko her back towards him and he covered them both with the blanket.
Kuronue, Jennah and Rebekah looked at them and they smiled as they watched Nakada close her eyes and lay her head on one of the couch cushions. Yoko looked at her and began to caress her cheek as he laid his head on his arm and they looked at the fire.
"Looks like Nakada is getting closer to Yoko now," Rebekah said to Kuronue and Jennah. They both nodded.
"Finally something good is happening to Yoko for once," Kuronue piped in and held Jennah even closer as he kissed her on her temple. She smiled and tightened her hold on Kuronue's waist and closed her eyes.
April came in there with six huge bags of big marshmallows and a small bottle of pills. Everyone looked at her suspiciously, "Just because they are not here doesn't mean I can't continue this tradition,"she tossed a bag of marshmallows to everyone, "Every time a thunder storm came my family would sit down and eat marshmallows until we fell asleep or until the storm passed or until we couldn't eat them anymore. Nakada I don't know how much to give these to the guys,"she showed her the pills and Nakada gave her a smile.
"One should do," she answered as April opened the bottle and took out two pills. She gave one to Yoko and the other she levitated over to Kuronue. The demons looked at the pills unsure what to do.
"Just swallow it," Jennah said as she popped a marshmallow into her mouth, "Sense you guys get all hyper because of sugar we thought that maybe there was a way to stop that from happening so we made these pills."
Kuronue looked at it for a second and then popped it in his mouth and swallowed. Jennah gave him a marshmallow and he ate that. After a while nothing happened so he ate another marshmallow and still nothing happened. After the forth marshmallow they all smiled and Yoko finally swallowed the pill (Talk about using your friend as a lab bat.)
After awhile they all began to enjoy the marshmallows and talk about what they would usually do with there families. Slowly they all began to go to sleep while the storm finally began to blow over. Yoko and Kuronue were the last ones awake as they stared at the dieing fire. Yoko was staring at it more intently then Kuronue was and he noticed that.
"That isn't going to happen to you any time soon Yoko," he said as he wiped some hairs away from Jennah's sleeping face.
Yoko just kept on staring at the fire and holding Nakada close to him as she slept. Then he sighed and moved a bit so he was laying on his back and looking at the ceiling, "We don't know that Kuronue. Nakada is getting closer to me again but I still don't want to get my hopes up to high only to have them come crashing down."
Nakada moved a bit so that her back was no longer towards him and she snuggled closer to him. He looked at her and smiled as he moved some hair away from her face and saw that she was smiling. Yoko was on his back with his arm around her and she was sleeping on her side with one arm under his back and her other hand lying by her head on his chest.
Kuronue looked at Jennah and saw that they were sleeping the same way and he smiled, "What I want to know is why they seem to like to listen to our hearts beating," he mussed as he cupped Jennah's cheek, "It seems to relax them for some reason and reassure them as well."
Yoko looked at Kuronue and smiled, "I was wondering Kuronue," he looked at him with a bit of confusion on his face, "Has Jennah found your favorite spot yet or are you keeping that a secret?"
He glared at Yoko, "No and you had better not tell her. She was to close last time and it almost made me go mad. And I have seen what happens to you when Nakada rubs your ears," Kuronue moved his wings a bit and held Jennah close. Yoko chuckled and looked at Nakada for a while before finally yawning a little and held her close to him as he titled his head so it was on top of hers. Kuronue took a marshmallow from a bag and put it in his mouth, "You want another one?" he asked Yoko.
He looked at him and shook his head; "No thank you I pushed it with the last one a few minutes ago and now I can't eat another one even if my life depended on it."
Kuronue smiled a bit, "I could always beat you in an eating contest," he said as he eat another marshmallow making Yoko feel a little sick as he watched him.
"That's because your pig with wings," he said as he continued to watch the bat demon eat another marshmallow.
"Well if I'm every at a party then at least I can try a lot more new things then you with little worry of getting sick. You on the other hand," he ate another marshmallow and Yoko had to look away from him finally and held his stomach that was now doing summersaults and turnovers.
"You can be so mean at times you know that?" he asked as he continued to look at the ceiling still pressing a hand to his stomach.
Kuronue just laughed as he put another marshmallow in his mouth, "Well finally I stumped you like a said I would."
"Oh shut up," Yoko said while still looking at the ceiling and trying to get the sick feeling out of his stomach.
After that Kuronue went to sleep which made Yoko really happy but he still stayed awake even after the fire had died. Then his eyes began to get heavy and fell asleep with a smile on his face but had no dreams that night.