Others CH 2
I'm so glad you guys like this story! All the feedback I've gotten has made me happy and wanna write more! And I know the pairing is Kakuzu/OC but I'm going to have a little fluff with other people because that's the way I write. Hopefully you like it~
cheeky half-demon: I'm gonna! :D You're stuck with it babe!
BeNiceToAnime: You're not being rude! I'm surprised that nobody's asked that yet. ^^" That's one of the Others. They're going to be the main bad guys of the story. And their leader is someone I'm pretty sure you guys will like… XD
Thanks to cheeky half-demon and Kismahaz for the alerts and BeNiceToAnime for the alert and favorite!! They make me feel happy.
"Does that make any more sense now?" Kakuzu asks raising one of his eyebrows as I fall silent again and work out a problem.
"That depends…is this right?" I turn the page I'm working on toward him, his eyes scanning my messy scrawl. He nods slowly and turns it back toward me.
"That's correct," I squeal and throw my hands up.
"Finally!" I slump over the book again and sigh happily. "That took forever,"
"You're telling me," He says rubbing the side of his head gingerly. "That took almost half an hour,"
"Heh-heh, sorry," I say rubbing the back of my neck sheepishly. "I was never any good at math,"
"That much is apparent,"
"Hey!" I pout slightly. "You're mean,"
"I'm a senior; you have to be mean in order to survive. Get used to it,"
"You're not just mean, you're scary," His eye twitches a little and he sighs into a hand.
"You really don't want to irritate me. I've already been to juvie for killing a guy and I'm eighteen so I don't want to kill you and up having to go to jail." I flinch and nod slowly, staring at his face to make sure he wasn't just kidding me.
He wasn't.
I gulp hard and look back down at my page of doodles. It was mostly drawings I'd started and never finished while Kakuzu was talking. He'd gotten annoyed, I could tell. I still get the feeling that he doesn't like me but I don't know why he kept trying to teach me.
My phone rings in my pocket and I fish it out, seeing Ryuu's number.
"That's my dad," I mumble gathering up my books and shoving them into my bag. "Thanks for all your help," He grunts and nods. I smile a little and turn to wave when I get to the door. He gives me a halfhearted wave back and I duck into Ryuu's car. A pretty decent second-hand car that he says I'm going to get once he worked up the money to buy another one. It doesn't look like I'm going to get it any time soon.
"How was your day?" He asks smiling a little at me as I shove my crutches into the back.
"Long, boring. The walk to the library was a pain," He nods sympathetically.
"I know it is but it's safer than you walking home by yourself."
"It was one time, Ryuu. I'm fine,"
"I know Others are stupid but they'll see you hurt and see that as a perfect opportunity to take you." I shiver slightly at his words but nod. "I'm not going to let them have you. Very few people survive other attacks. You know that,"
"Yeah," I say in a small voice. He glances over and smiles a little.
"Let's drive through somewhere for dinner," I know he feels bad for scaring me like that. I nod and force a smile.
"Can we go to Chick-Fil-Ay? ((A/N: Seriously! How do you spell that?! ."))"
"Sure," He says putting his hand on my knee and squeezing it gently. I put my hand over his and close me eyes, tried from the day.
"We're here," My stepfather wakes me when we get home. I yawn and the smell of fast food overwhelms my sense. I grin and hobble inside.
"Thanks Ryuu," I say sitting down at the table as my mom walks in.
"Smells good," She agrees pecking her husband quickly. It's been almost two years since they've gotten married and they still don't like PDA-ing in front of me.
"Who was that boy you were with?" He asks and I almost choke on my sandwich.
"What?!" Mom asks looking like an eager puppy.
"His name is Kakuzu and he was helping me with my math homework…you know I'm not any good at that."
"Do you like him?" She squeals and I turn bright red.
"No! I just met him! Of course I don't like him!"
"Oh," She looks disappointed. "Sweetie, if you want we can try to find a boyfriend for you…" I deadpan.
"No thanks. I'm good finding mine myself." I say dryly as I take a slurp of milkshake. "I'm a big girl, Mom. I can do it,"
"You're always going to be my little girl," She says with a slight sob. I reach over and pat her on the back.
"I know Mom,"
"I love you!"
"Love you too," She sobers up quickly and smiles as she finishes her food. I take the last bite of my sammich and grab my crutches.
"Where are you going?" Ryuu asks frowning slightly.
"Room, night," I say giving them a backwards wave as I hobble up to my room. I yawn and set my crutches down as I limp into the shower.
The water helps me forget what had gone on before. I close my eyes and tilt my head back, letting the water run over my face. Sighing and opening my eyes, I turn off the water and wrap a towel around myself as I go back to my room. I close my eyes as I pull the cloth off and towel-dry my hair.
"I've been waiting for you" A dark voice hisses in my ear and a hand over my mouth muffles a scream. I whimper and terrified tears fill my eyes. "Nobody gets away once I decide I want them dead," It's the Other from before. I whimper again and his dirty nails dig into either side of my mouth, drawing blood. It runs down my jaw and he grins, dragging his tongue along so it gets the blood. "And I want you dead"
I screw my eyes shut and when I open them again, the Other isn't there. A hand to my jaw says that I was hallucinating…again.
"If this happens again I'm telling Mom and Ryuu," I promise myself as I get into my pajamas and crawl into bed. Dreams of Others dance in my mind.
