Only You
Chapter 3. And a really annoying noble
"Geeze…" Eiko complained as she finished her homework, finally.
"Why did dad have to get me such a smart tutor that gives more homework than everybody else at high school?"
She sighed, putting down her pencil and shoving the thick stack of homework in her black bag for school. She slipped out of her bedroom and out of the castle, going exploring in the Lindblum town disguised as a common woman. She watched the people of her city often from her secret hideout slightly underground, in a small disserted cellar no one used anymore. She peeked in through the small hole at the top of the dark room, smelling a strong foul smell of Lindblum pickles since she was near the little shop itself.
"One day, I'll be able to wonder in these places by myself, without my bodyguards." Eiko muttered to herself quietly, watching people pass her unknowing she was watching.
One day………..
I'll explore my dear city………….
By myself………………
Eiko relaxed, sighing contently.
"Hello puppet."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Eiko screamed scared, turning around to find Gary Celesi standing there, smiling at her charmingly.
"What are YOU doing here!" She asked furiously.
"I'd ask you the same question." He replied slyly.
"Wha" She objected, but decided to keep quiet.
"Don't call me puppet please, my name is Eiko." She retorted angrily, watching his annoying smile widen.
"As you wish, Eiko." He replied, Eiko shivered as he said her name.
"Were you following me?" Eiko asked, eyeing him from head to toe angrily as she frowned, he put on an even more annoying smile at this.
"Your dear father Cid has asked be to watch you." Gary informed her, Eiko turned red in the face and eyed him furiously.
"You have no right to follow me!" Eiko retorted, furious at her father for the lack of trust.
"He was right when he said that you would be in the town." Gary said quietly, watching Eiko wipe her forehead clean of sweat.
"Well, Sir Gary, may you leave you alone, now?" Eiko asked politely, forcing a polite smile to him.
"Puppet, I must make sure you are safe." He told her, she lost her patience immediately.
"DON'T call me puppet! My name is Eiko thank you very much!" She shouted fiercely, Gary just chuckled pleasantly.
"I am sorry, dear Eiko." He apologized, not meaningfully though, more like amused.
He bowed to her and left the cellar. Eiko watched him walk away from the windows to make sure he was gone. She sighed, relaxing slightly. Walking out of the cellar, she crept down to Dirk's house that was just down the road. Knocking on the red wooden front door of the small but pleasant house, she was let in by Dirk's mother. Eiko walked over to Dirk's bedroom door, knocking on it several times. Dirk opened it and smiled, seeing Eiko smile back.
"Hey Eiko, come on in. Lani's here to study homework again." Dirk greeted, opening the door for Eiko to come in, closing the door after her.
Eiko came in and sat down on the bed next to Lani, who was amazingly studying be herself at the corner of the bed. Eiko leaned over her shoulder to see what Lani was writing on the clip board she was writing on, on her knee.
"Hey Eiko, what's up?" Lani asked, not lifting her head from her work.
"I finally got her to do her own work." Dirk said smiling rather tiredly, Eiko smiled at this.
"Congratulations, all you need her to do now is to actually get it right." Eiko retorted playfully.
Dirk shrugged as they watched Lani write down 'siences' instead of 'science'.
"So, what have ya been up to Eiko?" Lani asked, lifting up her head from the messy essay she was writing.
"The freak followed me to the secret cellar hideout. How did he know I would be in the cellar? No one knows where it is except us!" Eiko told him with frustration.
Lani and Dirk shrugged unknowingly.
"Dad has asked him to follow me!"
"That's tough girl…" Lani stated not really meaning it though.
"So, he's your bodyguard?" Dirk asked curiously.
Eiko nodded, miserable. Dirk shook his head slowly, sighing sadly. Then, all of a sudden, his face lit up.
"Can you sneak out without him? Can you, maybe, lose him and sneak out with us, tonight?" Dirk asked, Eiko face lit up hopefully.
"I, I don't know… We'll try though, right?" Eiko replied, a little worried.
"Sure! Of course you can! You've done it before! Come on hon! Tonight!" Lani exclaimed happily, Eiko and Dirk both raised their eyebrows in question.
"Well, I don't really know about this dude. All I know is that he's sneaky… Real sneaky…." Eiko informed frowning.
"Hmmm…. Sneaky, eh… Hmm…. Well, let's think about this…."Dirk muttered to himself while the girls chatted.
"Eiko, which exit?" he asked finally, Eiko turned around and smiled gleefully.
"My bedroom window." Eiko replied slyly, Lani smiled.
"Okay, so when do we meet?" Lani asked joining the conversation.
"How about 10:00a.m sharp, okay? We'll meet you outside the Business District k?" Dirk explained beaming.
"Great." Eiko agreed, they all smiled gleefully at each other.