The Day I Fell In Love With Death
Ch.2: Rioku
It had been a month since Grim left, and Mandy had totally broken down ever since.
She wouldn't leave unless to hang out with Billy which was rarely now, since he hooked up with Blandy a few weeks ago.
She was envious of their relationship but hell, what can she do? She was happy for Billy that he found someone to love, unlike her.
She surprisingly goes to school everyday, but still is in a sour mood to everybody, and snaps at Irwin when he tries to make a move on her.
At school she's a touch rough girl, but at home she's a crying wreck. Since her parents are off on a cruise for 5 months or so, she has been crying in her room everyday, and has been crying herself to sleep.
We come in when Mandy is getting ready for school. She just looked at herself, sighing while looking at herself in the mirror, and leaving for school. Only after a few minutes, she sees Billy walking up to her.
"Hey, how was your night?" He asks.
"Fine," She lied. "Let me guess, you got laid, didn't you?" Mandy asks.
Billy blushed and nodded, while Mandy just rolled her eyes. Just then Blandy walks up to them, kisses Billy and pulls him into the school.
"See-ya later Mandy!" Billy yells, waving good-bye to Mandy.
"Bye..." She replies, half-heartedly. A pain sensation nagging at her empty heart, knowing the man she still loved, is probably somewhere in the underworld, having the time of his reaping life.
Since she was about 10 min. til school started, she walked up to Nergal Jr. Who was leaning against the front part of the building, and started talking to him.
"Hey, how is living in the underworld go'n fer ya?" She asks, not really caring, but trying to make a conversation with the son of Nergal.
"Okay, hey, I heard u freed old bag of bones huh?" Jr. Asks.
There was a sharp pain in her heart when he asked that, but she pushed it off to the side, and putting on her normal 'I don't care' scowl on.
She answered, "Yea, bonehead was getting on my nerves, so I freed him, big woop."
Too bad that was far from the truth, and even she knew that, but she didn't want other people to see through her mask of angry to see a lonely lil girl, crying for her long lost love...
Shaking from her thoughts, the bell rang, and she and Jr. started to head for their classes.
Meanwhile
A punk guy with black hair who was wearing a beanie, with long black baggy pants and a shirt with a skull, say'n 'Death Is My Sin' on it, leaning against a tree in the shadows, smirked and started trailing into the building with the rest of the kids.
Inside 1st Period
When Mandy got into her 1st period class, she sighed. 'Art. Yay me..' She thought sarcasticly.
In the middle of when the teacher Mr. Wilson was doing attendence, the door opened, and the a bored looking punk guy walked in.
"Ah, so you're here. Class, this is a new student, Mr...?"
"Rioku, Rioku Death," The boy named as 'Rioku' replied.
"What an...unusual last name, Mr. Death, well, class I hope you will make Mr. Death welcome here. Please take a seat next too..hhmm, ah, next to Mandy. Mandy raise your hand." The teacher instructed.
Mandy sighed and raised her hand so Rioku could find her. After he sat in the empty seat next to her, since it was tables fit for 2 people, because well you know...it was art. After roll call, he began with the assignment.
"Okay class, for today, you are to draw 'death' so I can observe what the word means to you. You are also to write a title under, or above the picture, your choice." The teacher explaining the lesson.
"Eeww, why do we have to draw about death?! I'm sorry, but I'm NOT go'n 2 do that, 'cause that's what a LOSER would do!" Mindy complaining to the teacher.
"Do it, or fail, your choice Ms. Mindy," The teacher shot back.
Mindy huffed and started doing the assignment.
Mandy started thinking of what she thought of Death...she sighed, and her heart was just getting more and more painful.
Never the less, she started to draw Grim, and his boney glory. She drew him holding his scythe with him looking like he was in a spotlight, being surrounded by darkness, and evil eyes around him. After she colored it in, she wrote under the picture, 'The Bone Head That I Love.'
When she was finished with her dark masterpiece, she held it out in front of her arms, and looked at it, with a sad smile on her face. While she was scanning over it, for any more last miniute details, Rioku looked over, and was impressed of how good she was.
"Wow, that's pretty kickass," Rioku complemented.
"Thanks, but I don't think it's THAT good," Mandy answered.
Rioku then looked then was puzzled at the writing under it, "Do you like know the Grim Reaper or something?" He joked.
"Actually, yea, I did...once," Mandy replied sadly.
Rioku was surprisingly wasn't shocked, he instead asked, "So, you knew him huh? How? I mean he IS death after all..."
Mandy sighed, then looked at the clock, 'damn, still have 35 more min.' She thought sadly.
"Well," She stared, "He was actually me and my friends slave for a few years, you know, doing our chores and such, 'cause he lost a bet. But I set him free, thinking he could do a lot of more things then just hanging around me.." She trailed off.
"Wow, but it says here that you loved him...like brotherly love?" Rioku asked, seeming VERY curious of what she thought of the famous 'Grim Reaper.'
Not noticing his curiosity, she replied, "Sadly, not like a brother, I truly loved him...and still to this day. But I set him free because, I mean come on, Death love me? A mortal at that? I HIGHLY doubt it, and I bet that he still has the silly crush on Eris or what ev." Mandy mad a big sigh after that.
Rioku was in deep thought to himself for a few min at this.
Rioku was about to say something when the bell rang, and at that, Mandy quickly got her stuff together and left for her next class, forgetting about her picture, leaving it on the table.
"hmm, maybe this could work..." Rioku said to himself and picked up her picture and headed for his next class.