Sapphire Vixen

--By SunFireVixen--

Chapter 5: Manners and Curiosity

About 5 minutes after he had left, the human named Hilary handed me back my gloves. I put them on frantically.

The boy with silver eyes and blue marks did not return until eight in the night, when the rain had stopped. When he came in through the door, he looked like he had stepped into a lake. He glared at the others staring at him, then glanced at me, and walked towards what I think is his room.

'I do feel bad about threatening him earlier...' I thought, then came up with and idea.

'Don't.'

I walked towards a human with big, yellow hair. I tapped his shoulder.

"Excuse me, where may I get a towel? I would like to give it to him," I said, pointing at the door the silver-eyed boy had entered a few seconds ago.

"Oh...umm...I'll bring one for you!" he said, and then ran to what seemed a bathroom. He came out a few seconds later, with a white towel in his hands.

"You're nice, but I'd think twice if I were you...he might bite your head off...," he said, handing me the towel. I felt my eyes widen.

'Feh...like if a pathetic human can hurt me.'

'He won't hurt us.'

'Are you siding with them humans now?'

'I j-just...stop speaking to me. Leave me alone.'

"Ah...thank you for the towel, and the uhh- err...advice...?"

"Max…Max Tate."

"Thank you." Then, remembering my manners, I inclined my head, making a small bow.

"Hey- You know, you don't have to be so polite! You're between friends now."

'Friends...?'

'Don't believe him.'

'But he said-'

'No. Do not believe him. You'll be hurt.'

'Okay... right.'

"Oh, I'm sorry, but, I'll keep my manners, Max." I said.

"Okay...Hey, can I ask you something?"

I nodded.

"Why do you have two ears popping out of your head? They look kind of funny," he said, with a small smile.

"I'm not exactly human, Max," I said, looking at the floor, avoiding his bright blue eyes. I felt the scarlet ears on my head droop.

"Hey, I washed your clothes!"

I looked up, and the human girl named Hilary handed me back my clothes.

"Thank you very much, Hilary-san, I appreciate it very much," I said, inclining my head once more. She smiled.

Then I carried my clothes to the bathroom and changed. I carried the towel that the yellow-haired boy, Max, had given me, to the silver-eyed boy's door and knocked.

Kai's Point of View-

I was still wearing my wet clothes and I was trying to squeeze out the water out of my blue hair when I heard a knock on my door.

I walked toward the door, and then opened it. The girl with the light-blue eyes and unusual scarlet ears sticking from her head was there. My eyes widened a bit.

"Yes?" I asked. I felt my throat unusually sore.

Her eyes were sad, and the fox ears on her head were drooped.

"I...I'm sorry...for threatening you. It was wrong, I apologize," she said, looking at the floor. She handed me a white towel.

I felt awkward at her politeness. I accepted the towel.

"It's okay." I said, my throat feeling even more sore and rough.

Her ears perked up, she looked at me, her face lifted in surprise.

"Really...?" She said, losing the politeness in her voice. "Thank you...umm..."

"Kai...Hiwatari. What is yours?" I said, clearing my throat.

"Thank you, Kai. My name…is Sapphire."

"You don't have to be polite. Come in." I said, opening the door wider, letting her in.

Then I started to dry my hair once again, with the towel she had given me.

As I dried my hair, I watched her sniff my alarm clock in curiosity. She clicked the big button the top, and it started to ring loudly. She backed away, growling at the clock. Her eyes had become slits, and fangs were visible on her teeth. She looked ready to attack.

I blinked.

I walked towards the clock, and then turned it off.

She stopped growling, and her eyes became normal again. She stared at me wide-eyed.

Then I sneezed.

"You seem to be getting sick. I'll call …Hilary," she said, then ran outside, closing the door behind her. I quickly changed clothes, and then I crawled into my bed. Moments later, Hilary, accompanied by Sapphire, came in with a thermometer.

I started to fall asleep, and the last two things I saw was Sapphire's worried, light-blue eyes...