Hiyah everybody!! ^-^
Yeah about why it took me so long. I kind of forgot that i didn't update the chapter so it's been in my upload file for like a week. Because i'm so sorry i made this chapter longer than the rest. Over 8,000 words!!
..:~: Reino POV :~:..
I watched Kyoko carefully. I didn't want her to know about that because I expected her to react badly. So far it's going just as I thought it would. She still stared at Mizue. "Do you know how he died?" She whispered weakly. I gave a warning glance to Mizue. She better not say anything. It's too early. She ignored me and started talking, "When two of our kind have a child they kind of created a curse. The first person to hold them with an overpowering amount of emotion, whether it be love or hate, they die. No body knows why but all we know is that it happened in almost every situation. Your mother was a survivor with out her grudges. It still applies for former grudge holders so when you were born they were hoping that you were one of the rare few that didn't have the curse, but you did. Your father loved you so much and he was the first to hold you with that much love." Mizue finished softly. I looked at Kyoko. She was on the verge of tears. I walked over to her and crouched down to see her face. When she noticed me she whispered, "Did you know about this." I hesitated but I told her the truth and nodded. Her tears over flowed and this time her face was furious. "Then didn't you tell me about it?" she hissed. "It was too early. I didn't want to tell you when you weren't ready for it." I told her reaching out to wipe away her tears but she harshly slapped my hand away. "Don't touch me! I deserved to know! It was my father! I wondered what happened to him and you knew this whole time! How could you?!" she shouted. I opened my mouth to say something but she hit me and then pushed me away and ran upstairs to her room. Kanae glared at me and went after her. Mizue put a hand on my shoulder and said, "I'm really, really sorry about this Rei, but she had the right to know." she squeezed my shoulder and then went up stairs too.
I just sat there stared at nothing really. I brought my hand up to my cheek where she slapped me. One of her nails scratched my skin and started bleeding a tiny bit. But I could care less. All I could think about was her tears and her enraged face. It hurt me a lot to know that it was because of me. I know that she deserved to know but I didn't want to see her get hurt. I just wanted to protect her but I ended up being the one who hurt her. I bet she just about hates me now. I forced my self to get up and into my room. There was a reason I didn't want Kyoko or her friend to see it. I was embarrassed. The room just as big as Mizue's. I had dark blue walls with a black ceiling, a queen sized bed, a black marble bedroom set, a computer table with a laptop on it, sapphire and black bed set, two doors, one leading to the bathroom while the other lead to the terrace. One wall held a few shelves that were filled with different books. The other wall parallel to it held a collage of different pictures that I took of Kyoko. That was the reason I didn't want her to come in. I don't know how she'd react. Kyoko is never predictable.
I lied on my bed. I still couldn't get the image of her crying face out of my mind. She still used her demons to express her feelings. I felt the rage and grief radiate off of her when she glared at me. And it hurt so much knowing that it was because of me. She might not forgive me this time. There was a possibility that she would but it was a very small possibility. In a way I should be relieved. If my sister hadn't told her now then Kyoko would have been even more upset that I hid it from her for that long. I get it. She just found out that she had partially caused the death of her father. Sooner or later she'd realize that was the reason her mother never showed her love. The pressure of having a cruel mother, the absence of your childhood best friend (Kuon), and the betrayal of the one you once loved would cause the release of your grudges. I wonder how she would react if I told her of what my father did to us after our mother died.
I stared at the pictures on the wall. The largest one in the middle was one of her angelic smile. When she was happy and serene. When I wasn't part of her life as much I am now…
I tried to close my eyes and get some sleep. But I couldn't. I could hear that faint sobs of Kyoko from across the hall. I tried to ignore that but that didn't work either. Who would be able to sleep when the girl they love is breaking apart because they didn't tell them why her father died. I knew that I wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight. I got up from bed and silently walked out of the door making sure no one would hear me. I could hear Kyoko's sobs a bit more profoundly now. I scowled in self disgust. I slowly walked down the stairs and made my way down to the music room. I turned on the lights and the room once again became bright and tranquil. To me it was more melancholy and depressing. I shut the door and made my way to the piano and sat down. My father taught me how to play the piano. My mother taught Mizue the violin. Mom and dad would play duets often.
Mom died when I was 7 months old. I can clearly remember the smiles on both their faces when they played. Most children don't remember things from that far back in their life but Mizue helped out with that.
My fingers found their way to the keys and slowly started playing. It was a song that dad wrote a month after mom died. It was really sad and moving. You could feel his grief pour out of the music. I played the song a couple of times before. Mizue played the violin with me when ever I asked her to. This time my playing was different though. Before the music expressed guilt. Now it expressed loneliness. Kyoko won't forgive me. This information would make her see her whole life in a different perspective. This time she knows why her mom hated her and why she never met her father. He died one month after she was born.
The music stopped and my hands lied limply one the keys. He loved her a lot. All that love caused all that pain. That basically was the curse. Love=Pain.
..:~: Kanae POV :~:..
I am going to kill that bastard! He's not good for her. I met him for one day and he already makes her cry! This arrangement was made for me to decide whether I approve of that guy or not and I highly doubt that I would approve right now. I am going to kill him.
Kyoko was sleeping now. She was crying for over an hour because of that guy. Mizue was staying with us just in case. She was also sleeping. I slowly got out of bed and carefully closed the door when I got out. Reino's room was right in front of ours so I didn't have to go and get lost in this house. I opened the door and was about to smack him in his sleep when I realized that no one was in the room besides me. Where the heck was he? I looked at his room. It wasn't bad. My eyes widened when I saw one of his walls. It was filled with numerous pictures of Kyoko. She was smiling in all of them and she looked beautiful. I wonder how much he had to go through to get all those. My previous thoughts of killing him was washed away by awe when I walked up to the largest picture of her. In the corner of it there was a simple message written in sharpie. It said, 'I love you.'
Aw man! I hate this mushy stuff. It always gets to me. Damn it. I really don't want to do this but I'll have to give him another chance.
I smiled at the picture before walking back to the room.
..:~: Mizue POV :~:..
I waited for Kanae to come back from Rei's room. She thought that I was asleep but I wasn't. I had a lot on my mind. When she did come back I was right in front of her and she almost shouted. I put my hand over her mouth before she could. "I told you to stop doing that! You almost gave me a heart attack." She hissed. I ignored what she said and asked her, "So did you forgive him?" Her face softened but it was still worried. "I didn't forgive him but I am giving him another chance." She saw what he wrote on that picture.
"Good. Because I need your help." I told her. "For what?" she asked. "Remember how I told Rei that I'll get revenge?" She nodded a bit warily. "Yeah. I probably could do it myself but I thought that you would like to have some fun." She thought about it and then she smirked. "What do you have in mind?"
..:~: Kanae POV :~:..
I can not believe I agreed to do this. Isn't this illegal? Mizue knocked out Reino by just poking him somewhere on his neck. I asked how she did that and she said, "It was something that I discovered by accident." I didn't really want to know what she meant by that so I didn't ask. Right now we are in the basement bathroom and she said that this is actually for Reino. He'd be pissed but it would be worth it. Meaning that he will be thanking us one day. I protested at first but she said that I would enjoy this in the morning. He was still knocked out when Mizue came came back with two boxes of hair dye. I cocked my eyebrow at her and she said, "It's his original hair color. And I was going to get back my black hair." I shook my head. She told me to hold his head up and took out a scissor. My eyes widened. "Relax. I'm just cutting some of his hair. The long hair in the back still gets on my nerves for some reason." I couldn't argue with that. That hair was a bit weird. She carefully cut off the little tail, but left a little bit of it still there, and trimmed the rest of his hair so it looked more 'boyish' than 'cool'. She also did this thing with his bangs so that the right eye was still behind his bangs but the left eye was mostly visible by a partition of the bangs. When that was over she took over and wet his hair, dyed, and shampooed it. After that she sat him one the floor. "If he had some black makeup on he'd look emo." I said looking at his face. Mizue and I looked at each other and then we grinned. "I'll be right back." she said and ran back upstairs.
After two minutes she was back and handed me black nail polish. She had eyeliner, a comb, scissors, face powder, and bright red lipstick. I started with the nails while she did the face powder first. Then she started with the eyeliner. I was done with the whole left hand and two fingers of the right when Mizue asked me, "Do you think that he really needs the lip stick?" I looked him over. He had paler skin and a not too thick layer of eyeliner. His hair was now black and his lips were a pinkish color. "Uuuumm…I don't think so." I told her. She nodded and put it down. "Okay so he's going to wake up any minute now. You go and get back to your room. You don't have to lock it. He wouldn't dare go into the room when Kyoko is in it. All I have to do is lock mine and barricade the balcony door. Now go." she ordered. I ran out but then I waited for at the top of the stairs. When she got up to where I was I offered to carry some of the things. She didn't let me because all of the things go to her room. We heard some sounds down stairs. "Shit." we hissed and ran for it. Mizue shut the door because he won't be able to pop up in front of us if he can't get through the door automatically. After that we ran up the second stair case and shut the doors to our rooms. To my relief Kyoko was still asleep and my worries were back. How would she be in the morning? Would she still be upset? Would she get over it? Will she forgive him or will she decide to never see him again? I don't know but I hope that whatever happens it's for the best.
..:~: Reino POV :~:..
I read the note that Mizue left again. You're going to thank me later. Thank her. Really? She knocked me out, cut my hair, dyed it back to black, and made me look freaking emo! I know that I dyed her hair red but she didn't have to do this! I used to be emo before about three years ago but I out grew that and don't like it as much. I tried to wash of the make up. It worked. Sort of. The face powder came of but the eyeliner didn't. Speaking of eyeliner in was right next to the sink. I picked it up and read the label. Water proof. Of course. I sighed and made my way back to my room. I obviously won't be getting any sleep. The reasons just keep adding up don't they? First I made Kyoko cry. Then I had to remember my parents. Now Mizue and, I bet Kanae, had to do this to me. I sat on the bed and stared at a random wall. It happens that my desk was against that wall and there was an outfit folding at the top of it. I walked over to it and unfolded it. It was a short sleeve, black, V neck shirt with white paint spatters going from the bottom up. A long sleeve, grey T-shirt, black jeans, a white silver studded belt, elbow length arm warmers, one buckled wristband that was mostly silver, and a few rings. I found a black choker that fell down and a mini plastic bag with ear rings. Over all the outfit was very emo-ish. I can't believe I had these things in my closet. There is no way I am going to where them. I left it all on the desk and went back to the bed.
I lied down and thought about what I was going to do tomorrow. We all are reconsidering about quitting the band. I do like music but I don't enjoy it enough to make it my profession. Acting still doesn't seem that appealing to me. I mean the idea is interesting but I don't know if I could do it. Shizuru is pretty good. We saw some play he did in middle school and we were all surprised. Kiyora (Keyboard) and Dasuku (Guitar) tried to do it but they can't act if it meant saving their lives. Miroku and I didn't even bother trying. Shizuru said that he could act and play at the same time. There are many musicians who do both. Sho Fuwa acted in his PV for Prisoner. Even if he did the work of an amateur he still acts well enough. Mizue is forcing us to switch agencies from ours to LME. Just because she's my sister who is a model and a bit of an actress and I am her brother who sings doesn't mean that we have to be in the same agency. We had a huge fight about it last week. She ended of winning because she was getting on my nerves and when I yelled out "Fine!" she said, "Good because then you could see Kyoko more often if you do." Damn. Why does she have to be right about that. She's using my weakness! I tried using her weakness but apparently she doesn't have one. Mom and dad don't upset her. Well it does but she knows how to repress emotions perfectly.
She has four sides to her. First is the everyday girl who is friends with everybody and you can't help but love her. She is very playful and loves to trick people. Second is the sensitive girl who breaks down on a tragic topic. That part almost never comes. Third is the devious and diabolical demon who isn't afraid of anything or anyone but everything and everyone is afraid of her. There's an even more severe part attached to the third part of her that only came out twice. That part of her will not hesitate to kill. She is ruthless and merciless but she makes sure that no evidence leads to her. That part of her really is a demon…
The last part is the wise side. She knows how to comfort someone who lost their whole life and she knows how to take care of things. She makes everything better. Even though she has a major twisted way to do it. It's not exactly being sensitive but it works. Those are the reasons that I live with her. It's either I need her or she needs me. I need the wise and lovable part and she needs me when she is breaking apart or enraged. The first time it happened was when she first got her powers. The second that she got that mad was when I was 12. Some kids were picking on me and they got pretty violent. I ended up with a broken leg, a dislocated shoulder, and lot of bruises. I didn't tell her who did it though. She found out herself.
I looked at the clock. Four thirty two. Wow. I didn't know it was that late. I have to meet the guys at ten so I have less than six hours to kill. What to do? I could try getting rvenge on Mizue and Kanae. Perfect. I don't know Kanae well so I don't know what would make her tick. Mizue on the other hand already takes forever to get back at. Mizue likes to draw, read, play music, listen to music, and always needs something to do. She gets bored really easily. She is a model and acted in like three movies just because she wanted something to do. (That's how serious her 'condition' is.) She played small roles because she is an incredible model so she is busy and can't put a lot of time in movie roles without having no time for personal things. Kanae seems like the over protective friend, takes her job seriously, and doesn't tolerate immaturity. On the inside she is very caring and I bet has a few weaknesses I can use in the future. I'll have to get to her later.
Mizue currently has nothing that can make this easy for me so I'll have to put a lot of effort to this. I just recently dyed her hair red and she might have dyed it back by now so I can't do that again. She mostly likes dark colors but she doesn't have a problem with the others as long as it isn't pink. Apparently pink is okay but too much of it is scary. (I saw my cousin's room once and I never went in there again. Everything was pink, white, and fuzzy. It was waaaaaaaaaaay too girly for me.)
I think I have an idea for what I can do to Mizue. This is perfect. I'm going to need the rest of the bands help though. I can't wait for the morning.
-------------------------------- Morning!! Still Reino POV ---------------------------------
It is now 8:23 in the morning. The whole time I was going over the plan for my revenge against Mizue and worrying about Kyoko. I told myself to not think about it but I can't do it. She was so mad and hurt. Anyone would worry. I sighed and walked out of my room to see Mizue right in front of me. I jumped a little but then I composed myself. "What?" I asked her. I noticed her hair was still red. "First of all it's still red because there wasn't enough dye. Second of all don't go to Kyoko. She's a lot calmer but you should wait for her to come to you. And third, you can not expect me to allow you to go out in that outfit." she scoffed at the last part. I looked myself over. I had on a black button up shirt and dark blue jeans. I didn't see anything wrong with it. "You are going to go back in there and put on the outfit that I laid out for you." she ordered. "And what makes you think that I am going to comply?" I asked her. She smirked. "I went very easy on you when you dyed my hair. That doesn't mean that your off the hook." The look she gave me was something even the devil would envy. I rushed into the room and quickly changed into the outfit she put out for me.
When I had all of the things on I heard the door open and close and turned to see Mizue sitting on my bed. She bit her lip and looked me over. "Take off the choker." she told me. I did as she said and handed it to her. She put it back into one of the drawers and went into another one. She pulled out a white tie that I didn't know I owned and told me to put it on. Like I knew how. She roller her eyes and put it on for me. It looked pretty good. "There you go. And just a reminder. You'll thank me later." With that she left my room. I stared at the mirror for a minute and walked out of my room to find, thank god, no one out there to give me anymore threats. I wanted to go to the roof but I remembered that the only way were either Mizue's or my room so I had to go back in my room and open the door to the balcony. I walked up the staircase that lead to the roof. I was a few feet behind the table that was put up here when I realized that someone else was here too.
The girl had a red, short sleeve button up shirt. A pleated, black and white plaid skirt. Red knee length stockings, and black converses. On her arms were black and white checkered arm warmers and a red watch. I noticed that she also had a black tie on. It was a kind of rocker school girl image. Her orange bangs were pulled to the side with a black hair clip. Her make up was simple. I little bit of red eye shadow and a bit of eyeliner. Her lips were shining in the rising sun so I assumed that she was wearing lip gloss. I stared at Kyoko for a while. She looked gorgeous! Her back was against the railing but she was facing the rising sun. It took a while before I remembered what Mizue said. Don't go to her. Wait for her to come to you. I took one step back but Kyoko turned her head in my direction. I mentally cursed. There wasn't anything that I could do. If I run she'll most likely be offended. If I say something she might get upset. I was at a complete loss right now. I just stood there and we both stared into each others eyes.
It hurt to look into her. I couldn't see anything. Not pain, anger, not any shred of life. Before I could clearly see what I did to her. Now I don't know.
She looked down now. Then looked back at me. She took one step towards me. Another step. And then another. One step after another until she was directly if front of me. I looked into her eyes again and they were brimming with tears. I brought my hand up to her face but she slapped it away. Instead she threw her hands around my neck and hugged me tightly. My eyes were wide and it took a moment for my brain to function again. I wrapped my arms around her waist just as tightly for her comfort. She relaxed when I did so.
"I'm sorry." she murmured onto my neck. What? "Why are you apologizing?" I asked. I was the one that she was mad at. Not the other way around. "I overreacted. I know that you were trying to protect me and that's why you didn't tell me sooner." she pulled back just enough to look at me. "Kyoko. I don't want you to apologize for something like that. It was entirely my fault. When I told Mizue about you a few months ago she did a bit of research and found out about your father. She told me that I had to tell you but I said no. I forced her to keep quiet and stay away from you so that she wouldn't tell you. I didn't think that you were ready."
"I kind of wasn't but I still think you should have told me earlier." She unlocked one hand from around my neck and caressed the mark on my cheek. It was almost gone but it was still visible. Kyoko then leaned forward and kissed my cheek where the mark was. I closed my eyes in content when she wrapped her arms around my neck again. "I should probably tell you something." Her tone was wary. "What?" I asked. "Sho called me yesterday. He wants to talk to me. So he asked me to meet him. In private." she said. I froze. The thought of Sho wanting to be alone with Kyoko wasn't something that I welcomed with open arms. "Reino?" she asked looking at me. "What…did you tell him?" I asked her monotonously. "I told him yes but I'll choose when and where." she hesitated and asked, "Is that okay?" She looked so damn cute when she was worried! "It's fine. But I have to be there." I told her. She completely let go of me and took a few steps back. "I think that would be a terrible idea." she said. Wow. She's still blunt. "How do you think Sho would react if you come with me. He's very immature so he would definitely freak and make a scene. And then he just might try to kill you. You may have been working out but I think that even I can take you. Also he will not listen to us if we tried to explain-" I placed a finger on her lips. "You're right. That would happen if I was standing with you. But what if I was just nearby. To just make sure he doesn't try anything. Just because he knew you for so long doesn't mean that there aren't limits." I tried to cover up the jealousy that was taunting me. I didn't like that Fuwa knew more about her than I do. I failed. Miserably. "Aww…you are jealous!" she said pinching my cheeks. So much for acting. I grabbed her wrists and told her, "Please don't do that." she grinned and I asked her, "So are you really okay? About your father?" She nodded. I didn't believe her. "Okay fine. I'm going to try and get over it as much as I can. We all know that I won't be completely okay. It's my dad. I never met him before. Well I have some people who are just like fathers to me at least." she said. "Who?" I asked when she said people. I know about the taisho guy but who else is there? "One is the taisho of the place that I live. Another is Hizuri Kuu."
"Hizuri Kuu?! Since when?" I asked. "Oh. Yeah. You don't know about that. I was assigned to be his caretaker when he was in Japan. We fought, I cried, and the next thing I new I was calling him 'father'." she said. She's editing. A lot. I could always find out the whole thing myself by just touching her but I don't think she'd appreciate that.
"Well that's…interesting. It's not everyday the girl you love ends up having a father daughter relationship with the greatest actor in Japan." I said. She blushed at the word love and looked down. Why do I find everything she does cute? Oh yeah. The love situation.
"Lets go back inside." I said. She nodded and we started making our way down. "Wait a minute." she said when we were in Mizue's room. I still didn't want her to see my room. "I don't exactly know why I didn't ask you this before but what's with the emo image?"
"That's Mizue's and your friend's fault. They knocked me out and did this to me. Mizue most likely wanted revenge for what I did to her hair and Kanae wanted to release her anger out on me by making me look like this. I think now she knows that I'm not fond of the emo thing." I told her, frowning. She bit her lip and touched the black strands of hair over my eye. "Actually I find that you look very…attractive like this." she said a bit seductively, probably unaware of it. My breath hitched. Oh please don't do this to me. She brought her face closer to mine and I didn't know that I did the same until our lips met. I know we kissed twice before this but those times we didn't kiss. The first time I kissed her and the second time she kissed me. This time was so different. In a good way. Both of our lips moved in sync and it was so…ethereal. Her lips were so soft and so sweet. She tasted like fresh apples. Her hands made their way around my neck and one of her hands tangled into my hair. One of my hands held her cheek while the other one snaked it's way around her waist, refusing to let go. We continued kissing each other for who knew how long.
I didn't hear the door to the room open until I heard Mizue say, "Oh no. No. None of that is happening in my room." She came over to us and had a questioning look. Kyoko and I both blushed madly and disentangled ourselves from each other. She cough in an embarrassed manner and pursed her lips as if she was trying not to smile. Mizue rolled her eyes and started dragging us down stairs for breakfast. "I don't know what the hell caused that little scene in there but I don't want to see in my room again." she warned. The way she was dragging us kept on making us trip every now and then. When we were going down the stairs she at least slowed down a bit so we wouldn't die but we still tripped a little. Mizue let us go when we were at the bottom of the stairs. I glanced at Kyoko and she was looking down. Her blush was clearly visible. I doubt mine is any different. When we all got to the dining room I noticed why Kyoko looked like the way she did now. She, Mizue, and Kanae were all dressed in the same theme.
Mizue had almost the same thing as Kyoko but her colors were only red and black. Well the red was more like maroon. Mizue's skirt was like Kyoko's but it was maroon instead of black. She had a black polo and red tie. Black stockings and red converses. She also had her hair tied in a ponytail. Kanae's colors were white and purple. Her outfit was the exact same as Mizue's but instead of stockings and converses she had white knee length boots. Her hair was let down. Kanae looked up at me and smirked. I started getting nervous.
..:~: Kyoko POV :~:..
I glanced at Reino. He looked nervous when Moko smirked at him. I lifted my hand to touch my lips. I can't believe I just did that. What's even more surprising is that I don't feel awkward about it. I liked it. Wait. Liked is a major understatement. Oh my god what am I turning into?! I looked at Reino again and blushed. I heard an 'aww' right next to me. I turned to Mizue and lightly smacked her in the arm. She laughed and walked over to Moko to whisper something in her ear. At first she was furious. Then she looked thoughtful. Finally she rested on scheming. Oh crap. Now I'm getting nervous.
She now smirked at me and I am 100% sure that Mizue just told her about our…moment in her room. I groaned. "Moko please don't look at me like that. Your making me really nervous." I begged. She just turned away but she was still smirking. I groaned again. Why? Why do they have to do this? Mizue, Moko, and I became fast friends and we all like each other to be best friends but right now I'm not so sure about it. I was going to sit down for breakfast but I saw something at the corner of my eye. I turned around but there was only a large plant there. I could have sworn I saw something blue instead of green.
..:~: Mizue POV :~:..
I was looking between Kyoko and what she was looking at. Well more like who. There's this ghost that often comes by for some reason. He's a little boy around the age of 6 and he wears a sky blue hoodie, kaki shorts, and white sneakers. He doesn't say much. He just stares mostly. He'll ask questions like 'what are you doing', and 'what is that'. But not much more. When Reino and I ask questions he doesn't really answer unless it's a yes or no question. Even then he just nods or shakes his head. We've grown to like his company. Unusually he's a good listener. Most ghosts don't really let us talk more than a few sentences. We don't know his name. Like I said he's not much of a talker. The boy looked at me and asked, "Who is she?". I glanced at Kyoko and decided not to answer in front of her. I mouthed 'later' to him and he nodded and left. Like that fade into the fog type of left. Reino was staring me. I just shook my head in a way to tell him not to worry about it. You won't be able to see ghost if they don't want you to. He didn't see the kid but he saw me tell him later. He obviously didn't notice that Kyoko got a slight glimpse of the boy. I'd have to pay more attention to Kyoko now. Just to make sure how much she develops. That fact that she just noticed a ghost is enough of an alerter.
Reino looked at me suspiciously but it let it go for now and sat on the table. We all did the same and started eating. Breakfast was chocolate chip pancakes (My favorite. I want some right now. ^-^) and fruits. I got some OJ along with Kanae while the other two got water. When the realized they answered at the same time they blushed. Cute.
"So, Kyoko." I started. She looked up at me. "How was your morning?" I asked pleasantly. Kanae snickered and Reino started to choke. Kyoko gulped and said, "It was nice." I grinned wickedly. "How about you Rei?" I asked him. He glared at me and said, "It was different." Kanae took over this time. "Different huh. In a good way or a bad way?"
"Really good." he said immediately not realizing it. Kanae and I broke out in hysterics. Him and Kyoko both blushed furiously and he started stuttering vague words. Oh my god. The things this boy does. It's good that he met Kyoko. I didn't like the reason why he started singing professionally. I understood the reason but that didn't mean that I approved. She's changing him. And they are good changes.
Our laughs died down but Kanae was still snickering. Kyoko was still blushing. Kind of. I could see it but it's faded. Reino on the other hand still had a long way to go before that flame even starts to calm down. His whole face is red. "Hey Kyoko. Do you like what we did to Reino?" I asked. Her blush reappeared and Reino's I think got darker. "On second thought, don't answer it. Those blushes are enough to kill you." I'm serious. The redness is worrying me. How much blood do they have in their bodies? They didn't say anything for a few minutes. "You know you guys never told us what all of your abilities are." Kanae said. Oh. That's true.
"Yeah. Reino said something about this thing you have but you don't use it much." Kyoko added. "Yeah, you see. Well you know how we have short distance teleportation and it's really common. Almost all of us have it. The thing Reino is talking about is the memory manipulation. I can erase and bring back any memory. To erase something very specific the person has to be thinking about it. Other than that I can do anything else. To bring back memories is a bit harder. I mean I can do it easily but it drains more energy. The more memories there are the more energy it takes. I can also levitate things."
"Levite as in telekinesis?" Kyoko asked. "Sort of. It's not that powerful. Like say someone is falling. they'll still fall but it'll be like landing on a bed. It's the memory thing that I don't use much. Reino's is kind of similar to that but it's also very different." I told them.
"Does this by any chance have anything to do with why you know so much about my past?" Kyoko asked. "Actually it does." he started. "I can look into peoples pasts. I have to be touching them when I do though. That's how I found out about you. Remember that day when you, Fuwa, and my band were in that room? When I touched you I may have peaked into your past. There are some times that if one persons past is so terrible and I touch them their past just seeps into me. Even if I don't want it to. I can do the same for things like a pen. If I focus hard enough I can see what someone wrote with it. Remember when I touched that stone of yours?" he asked Kyoko. She nodded. "You threw it back as if it shocked you."
"That's because the previous owners memories were so bad that it just came into me. That's why I threw it back. It was a bit more than I could handle. I met one person who's past was so dark that it hurt to watch. I didn't want to see it. So I make sure that I don't ever have to see him again. I don't want to risk getting hurt because-"
"Because your not afraid of death but only pain. I got it." Kyoko teased, lightening the tense atmosphere. He told me about that. I figured that Tsuruga Ren was different but I was surprised to see how different. He always seemed really boring to me. Not someone I'd want to be friends with but not someone I have a problem with either. After Rei told me about it I wondered what would make him explode. I found out yesterday. I'm pretty sure that Rei also knows that if any other guy courts Kyoko then Tsuruga Ren will become Kuon Hizuri. "So who is this person?" Kyoko asked. Uh oh. I glanced at Reino. "You don't know him. He's some foreigner. I don't know his name but I could tell because he was a blonde." What a lying man. Well it's only a partial lie. Kyoko really doesn't know Kuon. She knows Ren. "So have you succeeded on avoiding him?" She asked. "So far, yes."
It'll be harder. Vie Ghoul is being transferred to LME. So Not only will he see Kyoko but the other guy as well. It wasn't that hard getting them in. His agency just needed a bit of threatening to let them go and Mr. Takarada actually owed me for a favor I did for him. Which reminds me. I have to wrap the chocolates. "Kyoko, are you giving anyone chocolates? It is Valentines day after all." I told her, completely changing the topic. "We still have to put them in the packages." She groaned. "What time do you have work?" I asked. "We have to get there by 11. Right now is 9:30." Kanae said. "Okay. I'll drive you both to the Darumaya so you can get your things. Then I'll drive you guys to work with me. I have to get there at the same time as you." They both thought about it and agreed. "What about me?" Rei asked. "You have to get there by ten so you can't drive them. Actually shouldn't you be leaving right now?" I asked. He checked his watch. "Crap! I'll se you guys later." He ran out the room and went upstairs. Then he came back down with his messenger bag. We were all at the door by the time he got down. I don't know why. First Kyoko got up and then Kanae and I just followed, confused. He immediately walked out the door.
"So you're going to walk?" I asked like he was stupid. Which he was actually. He stopped and came back inside to get the keys from the coffee table. "Am I forgetting anything else?" he asked standing in front of me. I shook my head. Then out of no where he turned to Kyoko, pecked her on the lips, and left without looking back. Kanae made 'oohhh' sounds while I whistled at her flushed face. "Were you hoping for that to happen or what? Because so far that seems to be the only explanation for why you randomly walked over here." Kanae told her.
"I don't really know why I came. I just heard a voice tell me to." she said looking confused. A voice? I heard a giggle come from behind me and I turned slightly to see who it was. It was the boy. He winked at me and that was when I figured it out. Every time I see him I like the boy more and more. He's a sneaky little rat. But I should tell him not to do that again. At least until Kyoko asks about why she's seeing dead people. "We should leave now too. We have to get your chocolates wrapped." I told them. They nodded and went upstairs to get their coats. When they were out of hearing distance I turned to the boy. "Good one." I told him. He smiled. "But you might want to refrain from doing that again. She's just starting to see ghosts. We don't want to freak her out." I warned him. He sighed and said, "Fine. But I won't make any promises." Then he disappeared. Since when does he have an interest in someone else like that? I shook my head and smiled. That girl really can change people. Live and dead. (Let me just tell you now that this boy is a good ghost and as long as I own Happy Now? he's staying that way. I can't make any promises about the other ghost though.)
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Then I felt my phone vibrate. I flipped it open when the caller ID said it was Mizue. "Yeah?"
"Reino?" she asked sounding nervous. That's odd. "What's wrong?" I asked. The guys all sat forward when they heard my worried tone so I put it on speaker. "You remember Akito, right?" she asked.
"The vision guy?" Miroku asked. I nodded. "Yeah. Did he have another vision?"
"Um…yes…and it's really bad. It includes both you and Kyoko." Oh no. Akito's visions are usually those of death or disasters.
"What did he see?" I asked with a tightness in my voice. The guys all seemed worried too. Even though they never officially met Kyoko they still see her as someone important.
Yeah it wasn't that long but i'll try to update soon.