The King Is Still Standing chapter 6
"please shiva~… I want you again~" when I came back to the new day moka has been wearing a lustive look "I want you today~ and tomorrow~"
"hey moka ease up~ I'm free but you can't just use me and book a head of time"
"why not~ I love you~ we shouldn't wait for time to catch up~" oh no, oh no, oh no "please~ you just taste so good~!" I couldn't stop her she leaped at me then "itadakimasu!~" she drained me, story of my life. "Ahhhh! Come on moka! You took too much this time!"
"n-no~ I didn't~"
"oh really? Then explain why he looks like a date!" I was lying on the ground fading into the light "shiva please don't leave me~"
"I won't … Jerica~" through confusion I mixed up two people "I'm yukari~? whose jerica?~" she just got more worried "Look at him moka! He's confusing people because you kept drinking his blood!"
"to be honest I didn't take any during the summer break~"
"NO excuse!" I was little awake when I remembered she didn't come by for blood "moka! If you didn't drink over the break you must of starved, please remember to come by my place if your hungry I'm more then happy to help a friend" I seemed conscious enough to stand I noticed someone wasn't to pleased with my answer "come we need to hand out the papers we created everyone will enjoy them" I gained a new positive attitude from somewhere, maybe the humans.
"Hello! Please take one of our newspapers!"
"please read through it all and learn about the human world!"
"Wow! The newspaper club went to the human world! So brave I couldn't last a day with those prying eyes on me!" it seems our endeavours payed off people were grabbing it like fire. It's been around a month since we were at the human world, since we stopped the city's destruction, since we stopped the sunflowers pollution speaking of, some 'protestors' began arguing against the plan to build a factory there, the many explosion caught the public's attention and soon after an anti-factory and nature protection plan was put in action, funny to think the way to cause a peaceful end to both factions was to started a hostile take over the old witch would be proud. "yahoo~! we did it shiva! our papers were a huge hit!" kurumu was tightly wrapped around me with her hugs while moka pried her away "oh?! since this a great achievement we should celebrate with a party!"
"that's a great idea moka!"
"yes! Nothing short of amazing from moka-san!" everyone was congratulating moka, enjoying the idea "so who's coming?" I questioned "everyone besides ginei! He is enemy to all woman!" kurumu didn't take kindly his existence "don't worry I'll bring the drink! I allowed to drink sake!"
"no your not, just bring regular fizzy drinks" she pouted in annoyance, she might of grown up but she's still a child. "You guys are so weird, getting alone feels unnatural" a soft voice came up to us "I guess I'll never understand what makes you so you~" there was a woman with pale skin bangy hair and cold eyes, her outfit was very~ unique "good morning~ sorry but we ran out of copies~" she didn't halt just standing close to me, really close "fufufu~ you're shiva I can tell by how cute you look~ much more then I expected though~" she had a soften blush over a cheeky smile "I'll take this copy~ till next time"
"uh? Uh?! My paper!~" she took it when she seduced me.
"good morning everyone! I want to welcome everyone to the 2nd semester and what better why to start things off then, deciding a homeroom leader!" oh dear~ "there's going to be a lot of activities happening like the school fair so we need a homeroom leader to manage the entire activities" I'm going to feel sorry for the person who gets that much work on his shoulders "we'll need four people, one homeroom leader, one vice leader and two secretaires, now does anyone have any suggestions?" heh, I can just fall asleep now no one will pick me, "hey teacher!" the voice sounded familiar? "I think shiva-kun would make a good homeroom leader" ha, poor shiva the fool now has loads of work mounted on his shoulders… Wait I'm shiva! "your shirayuki-san? Interesting, haven't seen you during the entire first semester! But you suggest shiva? so how about it shiva?"
"What!? I'm not the leader type~ I can't do this!" I didn't get a say, everyone ignored me and started clapping "Wait! I'm not embracing it, please stop!~" before I knew it, it was too late I was the sacrifice made for the school. "congratulation of becoming the homeroom leader shiva-kun~"
"wahh~ why me?~" I mopped on the stairs "come on you'll be good, your head strong and brave that's the qualities for a leader!" moka tried to cheer me up "but I'm lazy~ I don't want responsibility for a fair~"
"come now, I believe you can pull through you always have" she comfort my depressing ass with one of those kind smiles, "oh hey by the way we should go buy snacks for the party after school?!" topic changed fast but I got in a better mood "okay, let's go I've been deciding on chips but then we'll need dip what do you think?"
"I would rather just show up to your smile then what bag of chips exist" she hooked around my arm sweetly smiling "hey now, have an opinion this is an important conversation" I poked at her cheek little annoyed "sorry~ but I'll decide when we get there" she apologised with her happy tone, it's still contagious. "hey, hey what about these~?" was holding a box of pokies "aren't those the sticks you use to plant a kiss on someone without asking?"
"What!? N-no!~ I just thought they would be … good~" she fiddled with them "moka you are way too cute to be lying, I just thought if you get them the others will definitely use it for the game and I love having oxygen" she pouted just getting redder "but hey! if your lucky you can just privately use them so then no one knows and take advantage of your brilliant plan~!" I started to wander off only just recognising moka looked worried "is something wrong moka?" I walked back and she didn't have the playful pout "I noticed you still haven't choose who you want to love and who you want to stay a friend" she started to break me "who long are you going to have my emotions held down because your afraid of hurting me~" she was beginning to cry "moka please~ don't cry, I still need time to think~"
"Well how long are you going to think!" she burst "If you haven't noticed I want you to love me! I don't want kurumu winning and taking you away from me! I want to be yours~ and you mine~" she was breaking my heart, "please~ I just want to know how to feel about you~" she was crying I wanted to confront her to love her but I couldn't raise my arms "I'm sorry~" I started to speak "I'm sorry I'm so weak when it comes to choosing who to love and who to want to be friends, I just wanted to have friends I didn't think this far ahead~" I also broke under pressure "I can't give you what you want, so I'm just going to leave" I turned and walked off "Shiva don't leave!~"
"NO! it's okay! I'll meet you at the party~ I just need to plan my life out for a sec" like the coward I am, I shy from my problems.
*tick, toc tick, toc* moka wait in the club room teary from her latest conversation with shiva "what have I done~ I knew he wasn't ready but I still pressured him for my affection~ I'm not a very good friend"
"that's correct~ you are a terrible friend" moka jolted hearing a cold voice appear behind her "you've hurt him very deeply, he is really unhappy with you so~ I've come to deliver a message" the ice figure drenching the room started to move "shiva says you are an eyesore, a nuisance, a pain that he allowed me to remove"
"Now! Wait your shirayuki right?! What are you doing here!?" moka rose from her chair "I told you, to remove you so shiva can be happy" he dead eyes focused down on moka "now why am I a pain to shiva!? I didn't do anything to hurt him!"
"are you sure?" moka didn't believe it a first but thought that the 'hurtful' conversation seemed to break him "no, no! I didn't mean it!"
"no one ever does~ it just happens because it's what we wanted, but unlike you I know what he wants because we are the same~"
"AHHHH!"
A long the banks of a large lake, shiva sat depressed by the foolish coward he is. "what's wrong with me~, am I not allowed happiness? Am I forced to be alone in this world because I refuse to accept my problems?~"
"I know how you feel, shiva-kun~" I slowly turned to see a soft yet cold harden face "oh? you're the girl in my class shiruki?"
"shirayuki, my name is mizore shirayuki" she responded sweetly as well "oh sorry, shirayuki uh? Is this your spot? Sorry if I'm intruding~"
"don't be, I would rather you stay here" what nice pleasantries. She sat next to me hair blow softly into the wind "you seem really unhappy shiva~?" she finally asked "well I am~ I had a 'fight' with someone I care about and now I'm sitting here avoiding her at all cost because I'm a disgrace" I responded deeply conflicted by the emotions destroying me "if it's worth anything, I think your awesome" she rested her head against my shoulder "I know you shiva, I know you're a shy loner who is scared of others" she caught me by surprise "I always followed you because I think your awesome, I kept a scrapbook with all the stuff you documented on" this is feeling a little creepy for my taste. she handed me a book with a pretty cover "well guess I'll take a look" I opened it a every page was blacken till ink ran out, it didn't match the cover "you see I appreciate your work, it's in the mind of a shy person afraid if he's making the right move but still stumbles around, just like me" her writing about me weren't very clear, some would complement my cursive letters others would just say I was doing a good job, it was to positive to look so negative.
"umm thanks shirayuki~ it's … lovely, but surly I'm not someone you can relate too?" she tilted her head in confusion "like people have always feared me they wouldn't think I had a heart, I can't see you living like that" her coldness was deepening "to be honest I kind of missed the times I was isolated~ I didn't have to worry about others and no one ever knew I existed, it was like the earth was balanced~" my sorrows never did get better, my dread filled eyes seeped into a lower light "why are you making this so difficult~?" the air dropped cold fast "what's wrong with you, I'm more relatable to you yet your more comfortable with the moka Akashiya~" in near instant the swamp lake froze over, creating a wintery hell rink "you care a lot about someone who just wants to hurt you~" I could barely stand on the ice, constantly sliding "come on~ would I be a better partner to be with~" she appeared from the frosty air "the little cold ice fairy~ and the hatred feared demon~ together has one?" her hair was more ragged gaining sharpen ice edges and her hand with spears of ice. Before I could try to run for it something hooked my leg "there's no use~ I can manipulate ice and snow~ it is destiny for us to meet~" she walked closer without worries has I was encased in ice "you see we're loners~ we understand one and another~ this allows us to warm each other's frozen heart, please you're the only one for me~" I was being encased in ice, no will to break free… it was going to be my sad, pathetic end to life.
"SHIVA!" there was a loud scream has I just got a glimpse of someone rocket propel themselves into shirayuki, "wh-what~?" I questioned barely having eyes sight "*huff, puff* you bitch going to die on me without my condolence!" I just someone from the mist holding a large rock "wh-who~?"
"dam how long has it been?! You can't seriously have forgotten me?! The voice was becoming familiar, "Keito?"
"long time you asshole!" it was Keito she was hacking at the ice with a large stone "what are you doing here~?"
"I came here to do two things, beat your ass for being a weak loser and mopping at the river bank and save you, the order doesn't matter to me" how charming "but why~? why would you care about me~?" *Bash!*
"Oww fuck!"
"When the hell did you become so weak! It's disgusting!" Keito gave me a hard punch "much like the friends you have! I too will come to help you! you fucking idiot!" she every bit of aggressive has I remember "don't get in my way~!" a blizzard kicked up "now I'm going to pick up your mess and come back to beat more sense into you" Keito went off only able to cut away a small portion of the ice "Why does everyone want to intrude on my destiny!" ice started climbing to the skies has frost pick up it's dangerous pace "I don't know what destiny you have but I'm not going to let you get away with touching shiva!" she started following her motives and transformed into her monstrous form. It was becoming a dangerous fight one where I think Keito is going to lose no, I know she'll lose if she trips or stops moving for one second shira- mizore will kill her, and she knows it. "Stop moving you spider bitch!"
"not unless you have dropped dead, ice whore!" Keito bounced from tree line to tree line throwing rocks, mizore just kept attacking wildly "there he is?!" a new voice joined the stray "moka?"
"what happened to you?" they landed right next to me, kurumu was with her "get out of here it's not safe"
"but what about you!?"
"just leave me, I'll get out of this and go back to my isolation" *smack!* "I am not leaving you alone every again!" moka slapped me as hard as Keito did "from now on we are staying together! You will not be alone or feel lonely for has long as I breathe!" she was really angry with me, "look what I did, forcing you to choose between friends, I didn't release how difficult it would be on you, so please don't run away this time shiva" man I'm a fucking loser.
"*sigh* you are the second person to hit me today" she looked concerned "when Keito punched me I saw it has a normal thing with her, but then" I broke free one of my arms from ice "then you slapped me and I knew I was doing something wrong!" the other was free "I forget I'm not actually alone anymore I can't just cower away anymore" I managed to break free from the ice "Keito! The battles over! We're leaving!" I called to the little spider clearly exhausted "What?! Since when are you in charge?!"
"You know I'm always in charge of the situation!" Keito felt a tingle zap through her body "Welcome back!~" she playfully shouted stinging her way over to me "Wait!? What's going on? Shiva where are you going?!" mizore was confused, the fighting stopped shiva is free and more people were here "Mizore!" I grabbed her attention "I'm sorry but I must go, I appreciate you looking after me while I was sad but my friends have come to collect me"
"what? No! you are mine and mine alone! I'm not going to let you leave!" she had an annoyed determined look "I'm sorry but I don't belong to you! I never have" my words emotionally ripped her apart "no~ … no No! NO NOOOOO!" she became unstable blasting ice pillars everywhere "Why is it happening again! WAhhhh!" she wailed creating blizzards of frost "Why Shiva!?"
"because I would just bring upon a greater pain" mizore spun around in shock "Sh-Gyak!"
"come now, you've exhausted your day let's get some rest" mizore fell unconscious because shiva chopped the back of her neck now cradling her he gave back her scrapbook ending this hellish day.