Chapter 6:

"Aoyagi!" I screamed. This was bad. Sou-chan was so submissive to the Aoyagis in the past. They would make him a dog again! "This is bad," I muttered as I slid to the floor in agony. My head hurt pretty badly when Sou-chan told me about Aoyagi Ritsuka. At first I thought it was from the heavy rain, but now I think it was from my fits of rage. "This sucks!" I yelled at Sou-chan. "You're getting drawn back in again!"

Suddenly it occurred to me. This kid has the same last name as Seimei. What if…

"Oh god," I cursed, "not Seimei's kid!" Sou-chan shook his head and gave me his look that said, 'Kio, you're so over-dramatic.' I get that look from Sou-chan a lot.

"Of course not," Sou-chan replied. "Seimei still had his ears, remember?" I shrugged and lowered my head to continue wallowing in my anger, but Sou-chan muttered a few words I don't think he meant for me to hear: "He's Seimei's little brother." Hah! I knew there was a connection somehow! Seimei had returned to haunt me, to tease me and mock me, but this time he came in the form of a sixth-grade boy.

"Sou-chan," I whimpered, "you're going to become enslaved by Aoyagi again. I hate it. I really, hate it." Sou-chan stood stiffly by the window, looking out at the rain. I think I hurt him a little. After all, the Aoyagi before Ritsuka was special to Sou-chan. But, Sou-chan hurt me, and he pissed me off. "I was glad when Seimei died," I growled.

"Kio!" Sou-chan snapped at me! I hadn't seen him pissed off before, and I think I pushed it.

"I'm saying it anyways!" I yelled back. "He shackled you, Sou-chan!" Soubi shrugged his shoulders.

"I was okay with it." There it was, the moment my argument was flushed down the toilet. After all that growling and screaming Sou-chan said he was okay with Seimei's mastery over him! God, what can I do to get through to this guy!

"Well, I'm not!" I snapped. "I can never forgive him." Sou-chan sighed as he leaned against the wall and stared out the window. I know the rain's nice, but he could at least look at me when I'm talking. "If you're into that kind of stuff," I said, twirling my candy sucker between my fingers, "you could at least do it with me. If you don't I won't stop abusing you until you can't stand it anymore." Sou-chan shook his head, a small smile spreading across his face. Does he shake his head to toss his hair? See! He's totally flirting with me! He is into the kinky stuff!

"I'm not a pervert." That little phrase…that little, four-word phrase just about killed me! I almost lost my voice from screaming at Sou-chan so loudly. In fact, the professor threatened to kill us if we didn't go home. Ha ha ha! I'm kidding! Geez! But, he did make a 'lovely' comment about my ears.

"Kio, those ears are too much," he said. "Don't add anymore. It's disgusting." Disgusting! He called my personal hobby, my stress-reliever, my attention-grabber disgusting!

"Awww," I whined as he walked away. "But they look cool, don't they, Sou-chan?" Sou-chan narrowed his eyes as he counted how many hoops I had on each ear.

"You added more," he said. Finally! Sou-chan had taken interest in what I had been doing for nearly two years to get his attention! I proudly brushed back my hair to reveal each glimmering hoop.

"I added two more," I grinned. "Now, I have seven on each ear!" Sou-chan's eyes suddenly changed. They had a dangerous look, a look of curiosity. For Sou-chan to be curious is a bad omen. It means he's plotting something perverted and creepy. "You interested?" I cooed, proudly displaying my earrings for Sou-chan to see. "I can give you a piercing if you want."

Hidden barely by strands of golden hair, I could see Sou-chan's ears. They were so beautiful and pure, untouched by a needle. I wanted to nibble on his ear a little bit, just to see what he tasted like. With ears like his, it would have been no problem. I pushed away the thin curtain hiding his ears and stroked them. So soft, like his hair.

"Look at these beautiful virgin ears of yours," I cooed. "You've never put holes in your ears before, have you?" Sou-chan gently pushed away my hand. He wanted me to stop touching his ear, but I just couldn't stop. It took all my self-control to keep myself from stroking his lovely ears.

"Not in my ears," he said, answering my question. Wha! Ooh! Where else does Sou-chan have holes?

"You pervert!" I grinned. "Where else have you poked holes?" Sou-chan patted my hair to calm me down. I wish he'd stop treating me like I'm six.

"Don't get so excited over that," he said. Aw man. I thought Sou-chan had actually become interested in my hobby. I thought he wanted a piercing party. (Don't ask unless you want to know how my piercing parties go.) "Do you use a needle, Kio?" Huh? Sou-chan was still interested?

"No way," I said in my best professional tone. "That's too clumsy to handle. If you want a quick job, you use a piercing gun." Oh no. Sou-chan had that look again. He was definitely up to something bad! I caught the last few words of his thoughts.

"…even a kid could use it."

"GAH!" I cried. "Creepy! Creepy! You and that kid! Sou-chan! That'd be creepy!" But, did he listen? No. Sou-chan hardly listens to me when I tell him to do something. Instead he asked for my piercing gun. Would he actually make a sixth-grade virgin pierce him ears? Not even Sou-chan is that creepy…is he?