Chapter 12

Audition

Yumi was waiting in Adain's room when she came back. She wanted to talk, even though it was around one in the morning.

Adain was smiling to herself, and reliving those last moments. The only problem, was that Snake wasn't the same as he was when she last saw him. Either, that was some clone someone had created to lure her away from her mission, or Snake had changed. She had noticed that he had seemed rather sad about letting her go home. Either sad or angry. She expected it was sad. She hoped it was sad.

Adain had learned to cover her emotions about Snake, or else she was bombarded with embarrassing questions from Coyote that usually ended after Adain pretended to throw a punch at Coyote, stopping it a fraction of an inch away from Coyote's face.

"So, was that Snake?"

"Yeah," Adain sighed and fell onto her silver bed, pretending to faint.

"You described him perfectly. He looks exactly like you said he did."

"Yeah," she sighed again.

"So, did he kiss you?"

"No way! Didn't you understand a word I said last night?!?" Adain sat up quickly, too quickly, because Yumi heard Adain's spine rearrange itself. Adain groaned.

"Yeah, I get it. But you two were pretty close there." Even in the dark Yumi caught the death glare Adain sent her.

"Don't you dare tell anything to Snake! I mean it! If you do you won't like what'll happen." It was a threat, but Yumi saw through it. Adain was just scared. But about what?

Yumi decided to change the subject. "Well, at least he'll be here for your singing debut."

Adain smiled at this thought. "Yeah, I guess he will." She was smiling again. This was good.

"I'll leave you to your sweet dreams." Yumi got up and left.

Yumi ran out the dorm door, surprised to see Snake still standing there. She had expected to have to go look for him.

"It's Adain, isn't it?"

"No!" was the automatic defensive reply.

"You know, you should tell her."

"Also a no."

"Why not?"

"She'll hate me!"

"You don't know how many situations like this there are in the world!"

"Yeah! Your world! Adain and I aren't from your world! And. There are other things."