Ah...yes. Now where did I leave the poor D.B.s? Oh yeah. Housing the (almost) incaratin of a devil, Tysa.
Chapter 31: Acting like Home
"Tysa. Wake up."
"Don't wanna, Tally…"
"Didn't I say don't call me that?"
"S'rry. But I don't wanna get up."
"Well, you're going to if you want to eat."
"I'm up." Tysa sat up in her bed as soon as Tala said 'eat'. Tala sighed. It had been almost a week and Tysa seemed like she was at home.
"Well, here." Tala handed her some food and Tysa ate it heartily.
"Hey, Tala?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks." Tysa gave him one of her rare smiles. Tala blushed as Tysa resumed eating. He quickly gulped it down.
She's only staying here until we can contact her brother. Tala reminded himself. She can't stay anyway. Boris is getting more and more suspicious.
"Practice is in fifteen minutes, boys!" Boris yelled from the hallway. Tala sighed.
"I'll come back later, ok?" Tala told her as he stood up. "Or any of the others. Oh, and Spencer's still scared of you." Over the past few days, Tysa had put the poor guy in a headlock, punched him in the face, and kicked him in the balls whenever he tried to regain his dignity. Spencer had then given up in fear of the smaller girl.
"Whoop dee do." Tysa said nonchalantly. Tala sighed. This girl was a handful in a way he was ok with. Spencer needed some humbleness anyway.
"Well, remember, Tysa." Tala said as he walked out the door. "Stay—"
"'Stay quiet and don't leave this room'. I know, Tala. Sheesh. You're like my brother."
"Well, don't forget it. Remember, Boris can't see a girl here."
"Right, right." Tysa said as Tala closed the door. Boris can't see a girl here, huh?
"Man, Boris is pushing us to the limit." Bryan complained as the teammates walked down a hallway after the practice. "I wish Tysa could come with us. She could show him a thing or two." Over the last few days, Bryan had developed a lot of respect for the tomboy, not that he would tell her though.
"Yeah, then Boris could throw her out in the cold, and we'd never see her again." Ian reminded Bryan.
"Hey, I said 'I wish'." Bryan confirmed as they walked behind a group of the younger boys in a circle. "Hey, what's going on?" In the center of the younger boys was a beyblading ring where a white-silver 'blade was kicking some plastic and metal 'blade butt.
"Hey, that 'blade…" Ian realized. Tala realized it first.
"Move!" he commanded the younger boys. Seeing the top-ranked, the non-blading kids cleared out first. The inner part of the circle revealed a few boys taking on the white-silver 'blade at once, and the owner of that 'blade was wearing a blackish brown hat (not the cap the Ty-wins normally wear style wise) with a dark blue jacket and black shirt and pants. The owner looked particularly like a guy…
"Oh, hey you guys." The owner realized as Tala and the others came into view.
"It's you, right, Tysa?" Tala asked as the remaining boys cleared out as well.
"Yep. Congrats. You don't get a prize."
"What are you doing out here?" Ian asked. Spencer was quiet, as he often was in front of his conqueror. "You know that if Boris catches you—"
"As a girl, Ian, I'm dead. As a boy, though, he could care less." Tysa told him. "He actually passed by a few times and congratulated me on my skill. He's not very perceptive, is he?"
"Well, not with a chest like that." Bryan commented. Tysa smirked.
"Isn't it convenient I'm a late bloomer?" She asked rhetorically, obviously proud of her flat chest.
"Define 'convenient'."
"Bryan!" Tala glared at him. Bryan shrugged and walked off. Spencer gave a respectful bow to Tysa and followed Bryan anxiously. Tala gave Ian a look that Tysa didn't see. Ian caught the drift and walked off, saying something about getting a nap.
"So, are they all scared of you like that?" Tysa asked slyly. Tala felt a blush but quickly repressed it.
"Well, now Spencer's scared of you…"
"Heh heh. Maybe I should stay and keep him under control for you."
"Spencer wouldn't like that."
"Spencer doesn't like me kicking his butt as much as Boris doesn't like girls. They both have to deal because they both can happen."
"And of course, Boris likes cross-dressing girls."
"And he likes boys with girls names as well." Tala was surprised that Tysa knew about his name. Most people (including all the residents in this abbey) didn't know about it.
"You better not—"
"Tell anyone? Don't worry, Tala. You're secret's safe with me."
"Will you stop—"
"Finishing your sentences?" Tysa gave him a grin with her half neko-jin fangs showing. Tala glared at her, only hoping she got the drift. Tysa gave him a half smile. "Don't worry, daddy. I'll be good." She teased. Tala started to get annoyed.
"Don't do that again." He said, trying to keep him blush down.
"Didn't cross my mind." Tysa told him. "Oh, um…Tala?"
"What?"
"Well, um…"
"What is it?"
"Uh…is there anyplace I can take a shower?"
Tala blushed as he kept guard for the showering girl in the dead of night. He didn't understand why he was doing all this for her. Had he gotten soft?
"Hey, Tala, what's wrong? You sound anxious." Tysa said clearly.
"Maybe it's because there's a naked girl taking a shower with no curtain behind me!" Tala growled in response as he fought the urge to turn around.
"Well, maybe if you actually get a curtain, part of the problem would be solved.
"Well, since there's all males here, we never needed a curtain!"
"Oh, yeah. Well, have you ever considered insecure males?"
"Arrggh!" Tala growled as he crossed his arms. "There's no winning with you!"
"How funny." Tysa mused aloud. "That's what Kai always says." The memory of Kai crossed Tala's mind and so did an image of Tysa and Kai that made Tala jealous for some reason.
"Hey, Tysa?"
"Yeah?"
"How well do you know Kai?"
"How well does anyone know Kai?" Tysa sighed. "Who knows what goes on in that little thing in his head that he calls a mind." Tala had to nod in agreement.
"If he has a mind." He added without thinking. He heard Tysa chuckle behind him.
"How true." There was an understanding silence between them. "Hey, Tala?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you have any towels here?" Her question was answered by silence, then the rustling of someone taking of their shirt.
"Here." Tala told her without looking as he handed her his shirt. "Use this to dry off, then put back on your clothes."
"Ok…Tala?"
"What now?"
"Why are you being so nice to me?" The same question Tala had been wondering at the beginning.
"I told you before." Tala said. "I owe your brother."
"If this was just about owing him, you wouldn't have let me take a shower and what not." Tala flinched a bit, realizing this was true.
"Hurry up." He said suddenly. "I can't stand here without a shirt all day."
"Of course, Tally." Tysa said warmly.
"Don't call me that!"
For some more clairity, Tysa isn't interested in Tala at all and Tala just has a friendly crush from the exposure to Tysa. Just letting you know. And, I'll be gone for two weeks in about a week, and right now, I'm obsessed with reading an Inuyasha fanfic, so I probably won't work on many of my own fanfictions. (it's a miracle I remembered to post this one up).
Mizuki Sakura