Chapter 3

When I came home after school, I didn't know what I was going to say to Mai and Kichiro…luckily they weren't in. They probably went to the park, or something. I went into my mother's room and looked at her. I felt her wrist. I was cold and I couldn't feel a pulse. I broke down into tears. I didn't mean for it to happen like this. It happened way too quickly.

I decided to hide the body; otherwise Mai and Kichiro would totally find it suspicious that Mum had been sleeping for a day or so. I put the body into a black bin bag and buried her in the back garden behind the shed. No one would look over. My hands were shaking after I realised what I had just done. I accidentally killed and buried my own mother.

What would I say to Kichiro? And Mai wouldn't be able to handle it if I told her. She's only eight. I'll just say she's late from work. They believed me. I need to think of something else, or I'll totally blow my cover.

The next morning at school, Aiden came into the classroom about ten minutes after me. I really didn't want to talk to him after what he said he wanted to do. He was walking up to me anyway, as I expected. He was about 10 steps away from where I was sitting.

"Oh, I swear to God, Aiden. If you take another step closer to me, I will seriously make you regret it." I said, angrily.

"So what are you going to do then, huh? Bite me? Go on then. Bite me." Aiden said, folding his arms, trying to stand his ground.

"Don't tempt me." I hissed, baring my sharp teeth at him. "I mean, I am pretty hungry for blood, you know. Because that's what you think isn't it? That's so stereotypical. I bet you think that all vampires hang upside down at night time. And they hunt to quench their disgusting blood-fest. Well, I'm not like that. I'm different."

Aiden stared at me, sympathetically. "I'm sorry, Miyu. Really, I am. I don't think that of you. I like how you're different than everybody else."

"Then why did you want me to do it with you? That's disgusting. That's all guys like you do, isn't it? Chatting up girls, trying to get lucky."

"Now who's being stereotypical?" he countered. I couldn't help but smile at the mistake I made. He extended his arms out to me.

"I'm sorry, Miyu. Forgive me?" he said smiling his "pretty-boy" smile. I got up out of my seat and gave him a hug.

"Yeah, I forgive you. Just don't do it again, okay?" I said, flicking him on the nose.

"I promise." He said softly, giving me a kiss.

Just at that same moment, Asaka walked into the classroom.

"Miyu! What are you doing? He's a pervert! You told me on the phone last night, that he wanted to do it with you!"

"Oh, Asaka, that was then. We talked and he apologised. Isn't that sweet of him?" I said, putting my arms around his neck, smiling.

"Miyu! Get away from him! I don't care if he's a pervert or not. He still tried to pressure you into sex! I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!" Asaka shouted. She stormed over to him.

"No, Asaka, don't!" I shouted. I ran up to her and bit her on the neck. She fell to the ground. Aiden and I stared at her on the ground, unconscious.

"Oh, f***!" I screamed. Aiden rubbed his head.

"Oooh…how you gonna get out of this one?" he asked.

"Oh my God, I really don't know. I just killed my best friend!" I screamed.

"Hey, hey. Calm down okay? You don't want to attract attention."

"Well, what am I going to do? School starts in ten minutes! Oh my God, I'm hyperventilating. Air, I need air!" I panicked.

"Woah, hey, calm down, I'll be with you all the way and – hey, what's that? On Asaka's neck?"

"It's blood! What do you think it is? Okay, we're going to need a place to put her…"

"No, I know its blood but…it's black. Isn't blood meant to be red?"

I leaned in closer to her and licked the blood off of her neck.

"Hmm…you're right. It tastes funny. Well, obviously something was wrong with Asaka's blood. But now that I think about it…Nobu's, my Mum's and now Asaka's blood was black too!" I said.

"Well, maybe it's just you then. Hey, try biting me and see what happens." Aiden said, pointing to his neck.

"Are you crazy? You might die, too! I can't afford to end another life. The line stops here."

We took Asaka and put her in the broom closet. I stole the broom closet key and locked the door so no one would know she was in there.

"I'm a murderer. I've killed the people I loved the most. Well, I killed Nobu too, but he's in the loser category." I sulked.

"Don't you worry about a thing. As long as I'm here with you, everything will be ok. I'll promise you that." Aiden said, giving me a comforting hug.

"You've been making loads of promises lately." I giggled. I looked at the clock.

"Hey, it's gone past 8:30. Why isn't anyone here yet? Are they late or something?" I wondered.

"Oh, I totally forgot. It's a bank holiday today. None of the students are supposed to be in," Aiden said, getting up. "But, I wonder why Asaka came in today."

I shrugged. We started walking back to my house. When we got through the door, Mai came running up to me and tugged on my skirt.

"Miyu! I can't find Mummy! Where is she? Kichiro doesn't know either."

"Yeah, Miyu. Where's Mum? Do you know?" Kichiro said, coming down the stairs.

I hesitated. I bent down to Mai and pinched her chubby cheeks.

"You little monkey! Haven't you been getting Mum's calls? She's on a business trip! She's not going to be home for a couple of months, so Kichiro and I will look after you until she comes back, okay?" I said tickling her.

Mai squealed and ran into her bedroom. Kichiro gave me a look that said he didn't believe me. But he went upstairs as well without saying a word.

"What're you going to do, Miyu?" Aiden asked.

"Whatever I'm doing now, because obviously it's working."

*Nobu's POV: (I know, it's been a while, sorry.)

I opened my eyes and stretched.

"Wow that felt like the longest sleep ever!" I said yawning. I looked around. I saw nothing but white fluffy cloud-like substances around me. I gasped.

"Where am I…?" I said, trembling. "Hello? Is anybody there?" Was I…dead? I walked around for a while and saw, what looked like…Miyu's mother! I ran up to her.

"Hey, your Miyu's mum, aren't you? What's going on around here?" I asked, hurriedly.

"Nobu! You're Miyu's school friend aren't you? I really don't know. But all I remember after I woke up is someone biting me. And now, here I am. I think this is heaven." She said, looking around. "Hey, look. There's Asaka. What's she doing here?"

Asaka ran up to us, crying. She hugged Miyu's mum.

"You guys, I'm really scared. Are we…are we dead?" she said, her voice breaking. I looked at her, considerately, feeling sorry for her.

"The last thing I saw was Miyu running up to me and then I think I fell unconscious. Then I woke up and now I'm here. Hey, look! Golden gates! We really are dead!" she screamed. Me and Miyu's mum looked at each other. There was no other explanation. We were dead. And Miyu killed us.

The End of Chapter 3