Mythology: Night's Bane
Chapter 3: The invitation
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'Aw man….Luna….' Takashi thought with a great pain of despair and sympathy
Takashi felt like such a jerk thinking of himself before the girl whose life could be ruined right about now….
He turning into the park, almost missing the turn because of his great amount of thinking
He parked in a spot furthest away from the road, it was shrouded by draping trees and shadows cast by larger flora
He leaned back in his chair with an exhale and just let his arms go limp, he was about to adjust his seat backwards…..
But then….. A growl came resonating from behind.
A chill rose up the back of Takashi's spine, his eyes widened and back stiffened, and He slowly held his hands up in an attempt to not look threatening….
He scoffed to himself after this, after all this is Luna he was dealing with not some wild wolf…
Right?
Takashi exhaled slowly and turned around; Sure enough the wolf was awake and not happy at all
She was baring her teeth at Takashi; her incisors were intimidating enough to make his skin crawl.
"L-listen I helped you okay, I'm no threat" The wolf's pupils contracted into cat like slits, and Takashi chuckled nervously. Luna wasn't buying it.
"Easy! Easy! Please…I don't what to hurt you….Those kids they freaked out….I-I panicked and just grabbed you, I didn't know….I didn't know what they were going to do to you, I could have left you there" He relaxed a tiny bit, But another growl from Luna quickly fixed that
"Listen for what it is worth, I was worried at first that I would be in trouble for helping you….but after thinking about how bad this could end your life, how you could lose your friends. So I guess in a sense…I didn't want to be one of the friends you would lose….I couldn't leave you there…And much as you hate it or despise it….I guess I'm in this mess with you" He said with a small meaningful smile as he shrugged his shoulders
The wolf sat back on her haunches, still being investigative; making sure Takashi wasn't lying or being deceitful in anyway
'Well it does kinda explain why I am changed….and why I'm in the car with Takashi….' The wolf assumed, she couldn't really remember much, it was all a hazy fog after she met up with Takashi in the kitchen to leave….
"So uh….I'm out of ideas…I don't know where to go….can you uh….change back maybe?" Takashi asked as he lowered his arms, Luna didn't seem to distrust him anymore
The Wolf Looked at him for a moment, giving a final judgment on wither or not he could be trusted…even if Takashi was her friend, people were unpredictable. She decided that she could trust him…so far that is. She answered his question with a shake of her head
"Really? Why?" he asked with a puzzled expression
Luna narrowed her eyes, slightly annoyed at his assumption that she could somehow answer that question
"Oh uh….yea…can't speak…sorry…" he said with a humorless chuckle
He turned back to face the front, he laid back in his seat with a sigh
"So can you communicate at all with me? Or am I just kinda talking to a brick wall here"
He received a small nip on the shoulder
"OW hey! Stop that!" he cried as he grumbled and began to rub the affected limb
'Well you started it…' Luna thought staring into his eyes, at this point she hoped that he could hear her
"So uh…Where can I take you? My house?" He asked with a raised eyebrow
The wolf shook her head
"Uh….your parents?"
Another shake of the head
"What about your place?"
She looked to her right for a moment, thinking over the suggestion, she faced his and nodded to the best of her abilities
"Are you sure? I mean people have seen you like this….wont they look for you?" He asked, concern evident in his voice
The wolf nodded yet again, she was positive that she would be fine
Takashi lifted his arms in the air in defeat and placed them on the steering wheel with a thud
"Alright then…So your place it is then" He said as he started up the car
He looked behind himself to back up only to bonk heads with Luna as she was crawling up to the front
They both recoiled in pain, Luna placed her paws over her muzzle with a sad whine and Takashi rubbed his head and grumbled
"My bad…come on up if you want.." he said scooting over to allow her more room to walk over the center console
Luna got up and quickly sat in the passenger seat, her tail brushing his face, he spluttered as he wiped his face free of the fur
Luna made a sound similar to a laugh, Takashi gave an annoyed glare, he sighed and shifted his focus to driving
"Okay let's get going, this night has been more eventful than I would have liked…" He softly spoke, with a turn of key the car fired up with a shudder, he put the car into gear and looked to the rear of the car as he backed up.
Woosh
His eyes caught something, but it was so quick he could barely register it
Luna started growling, her hair raised
Takashi did a double take, checking every side of the car with nervous observation
"D-did you see that too?" he asked with a concerned expression
Luna nodded to the best of her animalistic abilities; something just passed by them that was for sure.
Takashi waited for a moment to see if whatever it was would show itself again, but after a minute Luna voiced her impatience with a sharp whine
Takashi waved his hand, knowing the reason why
"Fine…fine" he let his foot of the brake and the car started to back up yet again, he quickly drove to the exit of the park.
'I really don't want to sit here much longer than I have to' Luna thought, a constant antsy feeling in her body, it usually happened when she was a wolf, she can't stay in one spot for too long.
Takashi kept his eyes pasted to the road, trying not to let Luna's constant fidgeting bother his focus.
He cracked his knuckles, stress starting to seep it way into his head
"Listen Luna we are only like….4 minutes from your house, can you please stop with the constant moving?"
He heard the wolf give a growl of displeasure; he chuckled with a bit of exasperation
"Ah darn it….sorry Luna I'm just….just trying to fit it all I'm my head…you being….not human….Eh he…sorry….ahem…. how we are going to see our friends again? I mean if they don't think the people that saw you are full of crap then we are in some seriously big trouble…we have nowhere to go…" he muttered with a solemn expression, his eyes glassed over as he was deep in thought, he was still able to drive, but his mind was clearly not on that.
He pulled up next to the curb of Luna's apartment, as soon as he finished he fell back into his chair with a heavy sigh
"Geez….I mean…here I am complaining….you should be the one to be sad…You are the one who turned into a wolf; not me" he said with a anxious chuckle, his eyes starting to dull from exhaustion
Luna looked indifferent as her amber eyes bore into his own, she pawed forward and placed her muzzle on his arm, he flinched a bit at first but calmed down after she did too
He wondered if she did this for her own comfort or to comfort him, perhaps both.
After a while Takashi sighed and sat up, Luna did too and sat back into the passenger seat
"Okay so how will we uh….get into your apartment…you have a key?"
Luna nodded slowly
"Uh really? How the heck-no you know what I'm not even going to ask, so then how about the lady at the front desk? Will we be able to get past her?" He mentioned, he remembers the elderly lady at the front desk; she won't take too kindly to a young man she has never seen and a wolf trotting in her apartment complex at this time of night
Luna nodded and scratched at her door with a paw
Takashi tensed "Hey, hey! Ill open it for you chill don't scratch my car's interior!" he said as he opened his door and strode out, he held his hand out, motioning Luna to exit out of his doorway
Luna coyly stepped out of the door; she kept her eyes open and checked each direction, when she was sure no one was watching she ran down the alleyway at an impressive speed
"Hey wait!" Takashi cried, he dug into his pocket, he fumbled around for his car keys, he yanked them out of his pocket and he clicked the auto locker; he dashed clumsily after Luna
Luna whined by a door that linked to the apartment complex, she scratched the door with a paw, the metal making an audible echo down the narrow alleyway.
"Hey Luna keep it down! You don't want anyone to know we are here!" Takashi cautioned
Luna rolled her eyes, not concerned in the slightest, like some random citizen would just decide to walk down an alley way that has a metal drumming sound echoing from it.
Takashi gripped the doorknob and twisted it sluggishly "this door leads into the apartments?" The door rasped open with a groan, it obviously hadn't been used
Luna nodded in response to his inquiry
'Man my neck hurts…' she sniveled
She trotted in beside Takashi; the room was dusty and aged, much like a supply closet
"Man this place is really muggy, I can barely breathe" Takashi coughed
Luna rubbed her muzzle against his leg, trying to gain his attention
"Huh? Oh what do you need?" he said ready to assist her
She pushed her nose against a grating in the wall, light filtered through it
Takashi cracked his neck and got on one knee and pulled with all his might, the grating was in the wall tight, but he managed to free it, he fell back on his rear with a strained groan
"Aw man…Oh it's the hallway!" he exclaimed to Luna
The wolf chortled and ducked under the hole in the hallway and passed on through effortlessly
He exerted his strength and got up on his feet, he crawled through slowly as to not scrape his back
He passed through, he turned around and reached back into the hole, he grabbed the grating and pulled it back into its place
"There" he said simply as he dusted off his hands, he stood up and walked over to Luna, who was at the far end of the hallway making sure that no one was coming their way
"Okay Luna, where is your room?" He asked in a whisper
Luna hunched over sneakily and stepped silently down the hallway to the right, which in the center of said hallway, was an elevator along with several cola dispensers and a few plants to decorate the corners
She pressed the 'Call elevator button' with her nose and sat down afterwards, patiently waiting for the lift
Takashi strolled up beside her after checking the hallways to make sure no one left their rooms or turned onto the hallway
"Okay we are all good, no one has seen us" he said as he placed his hands in his pockets casually
His eyes wandered, Just trying to pass the time, he saw the soda machines, the Banzai trees placed in the corners, the paper walls and even the security camera hidden in the corner of the room
Wait…..security camera?! Just then the elevator arrived
"Oh crap Luna! The camera it's seen everything!" He said pointing shakily at the domed camera, not concerned anymore with the elevator
The wolf's ears stood up on end, Luna rapidly looked over at the object that Takashi was shouting about
When her eyes caught the sight of the object she laughed, well as close to a laugh as a wolf could produce from their vocal cords
"What? This is serious!" Takashi said without a sign of Calming down, the wolf only snickered even harder
Takashi was not amused in the slightest, his brows furrowed in confusion and anger
"What? Can you at least give me a hint as to what I'm missing here?" he assumed that Luna was writing this off as nothing
Luna sat up on her haunches and pointed her nose at the dome, then to one of the lights on the ceiling
Takashi's eyebrow twitched
"You mean it's a light?! Oh great…" he said with an anxious sigh
"Got myself worked up over nothing I guess...boy nothing like a night of adventure to make me lose my mind" he uttered with a gloomy tone of voice
Luna padded into the elevator, waiting for her human friend, she rolled her amber eyes
Takashi stepped onto the elevator with her, she got up and trotted over to the elevator buttons and mashed the 3rd floor
"Oh man what if someone is going to be waiting for the elevator when we get up there?" Takashi asked Luna with a sincere voice
Luna growled, his anxiety getting the best of not only himself, but not starting to make Luna upset
'Man, you need to chill out, we will be fine' Luna thought to herself, really wishing she could tell Takashi to calm down
"Hey I'm just concerned is all, I really don't need our lives messed up even more by some person blabbing to the news about how there was a wolf and a guy stalking in an apartment complex at the hour of 2 in the morning!" he said with a cross but meaningful face
The doors slid open, Takashi slowly stepped forward
He peeked to his left, and then to his right. No one was here
"Oh thank goodness" he said as he turned to Luna
"It's safe let's go" his gaze left Luna and he turned around to the front of the elevator.
His eyes locked with someone, He was sure his heart stopped right then and there
A person in an aged brown trench coat passed by, a hat sat atop his head, it too was brown like the Coat
The persons steely gaze drifted over to them as he passed by, the collar concealed most of his face, and only the top portion was visible
But what they both observed made both of them fill with fright
His eyes were not human, not in the slightest
His Blue eyes were dull, nothing special, but it was what was in the center that made their skin crawl
The pupil was nonexistent, a black vertical slit was in the place of his Pupil, it contracted as he observed them
He stopped in front of them just for a moment, Luna's muscles tensed, ready to fight she began to growl at him
Takashi was frozen, what sort of person was this? What would he do to them? His body would not move despite the adrenaline coursing through him at that moment
The man narrowed his eyes and continued on, not uttering a word or sound
They both heard the stairwell door close; he had left the floor and was now gone from their presence
At the same time Luna and Takashi exhaled with great force
"Oh man…." Takashi muttered, his hands on his knees as he slouched over
Luna ran out of the elevator, she did not want to stay out in the open any longer
Takashi stammered wanting to say something, but he settled for pursuing Luna
Luna ran up to her door, relief filtered through her body, she turned around, a plant sat up against the wall behind her, she stuck her nose in the soil and started to dig for something
Takashi spotted her and slowed down as he approached her
"Okay Luna, how are we going to get in?" Takashi asked as he bent down to the wolfs level as she continued to dig in the soil of the plant
He was confused by this obviously "Uh Luna…why are you doing that?"
She responded by lifting her head, a key card in her mouth, she gave the wolf equivalent of a smile and trotted over to the door
"Oh I see now..." Takashi said as he watched Luna attempt to open the door
She scratched and clawed at the door, attempting to get some sort of traction so that she could properly slide the card through the slot
She growled and kept trying, each time she was unsuccessful
"Luna…you uh need some help?" Takashi asked with a raised brow
The wolf ignored him and continued to try, on the last attempt she just about slid the card through the Slot, but it was to no avail
She sat down on her haunches and hunched over, she slowly turned to Takashi with pleading puppy dog eyes
Takashi smirked and laughed "Okay, okay I'll get it"
He grabbed the key card from her mouth and with a quick hand stroke unlocked and opened the door
Luna quickly pushed past him and ran into her house, Takashi shut the door behind him and locked it
He slowly stepped into the rather clean and fresh smelling apartment, The small hallway led to a Foyer/ dining room, to the right of that was a kitchen, to the left was another hallway; he examined his surroundings with intense curiosity, He heard a door shut but he quickly dismissed it as Luna entering one of her rooms.
He sprawled out on the Couch with a sigh of relief, he had gotten Luna home, his mission was complete...well the mission he had formulated in his own head
He sat up, when he did his eyes caught something, something peculiar on the glass coffee table in front of him
He picked it up gingerly in his hands
A Black envelope with a strange dark blue seal, he turned it over but no name was on it
He considered opening it but decided against it, he honestly felt like it wouldn't be appropriate to open it without Luna's permission. He laid back down on the couch, this time on his side. By now sleep was certainly the only thing on his mind. He closed his eyes, He could feel his mind begging him to drift away into blissful unconsciousness, he would have too if he did hear someone's footsteps
He looked up to see a rather timid girl whom he immediately recognized, who was actually human this time
She had on a simple yellow shirt and a pair of white shorts, she had one hand behind her back grasping her other arm, she wouldn't look at Takashi directly, a embarrassed blush was quite apparent on her cheeks
Takashi got up "Oh man Luna I am so glad to see you like…this…you know. Are you okay? I mean…you want to talk about anything?" He said, attempting to be a shoulder for her to cry on, he clearly knew she was upset
Luna Sighed, Ignoring his previous question, she felt guilty for bringing him into this. All kinds of emotions swam around in her sub conscious "Sorry for dragging you into this Takashi" She said glancing at him briefly with her sea foam colored eyes
Takashi sighed with a frown "Luna don't you worry about it, it was my choice and my choice alone."
Luna slowly stumbled over to the couch she sat down next to Takashi, still not willing to look at him
"Listen, everything will be fine, I'm sure they will all forge…" He wasn't able to finish, Luna raised her voice at him
"Forget….Do you understand what happened? I changed right in front of them; I don't think they will forget that very soon! And the people that didn't see will no doubt spread it all over school!" she said with a rather loud tone , tears forming in the corners of her eyes as she stood up, teeth grit and her eyes boring into Takashi's
She stood there like that for a few moments, Takashi didn't reply at all. She needed to get this off of her chest.
The anger slowly draining from her, Luna sat down staring at the ground with a sorrowful expression
"I'm sorry Takashi it's just that…" Takashi cut her off this time
"No Luna, its fine it needed to be said….." he sighed and ran his hand through his hair
"You're right Luna…..what in God's name are we going to do? I mean you can't just erase that from people's memory" he said, anger pitching in his tone at the last few words
Luna looked at him, he looked back
"Well, At least I've got someone to go through it with" Takashi smiled lightly, his brown eyes dull from exhaustion
Luna smirked "I guess that is a good way of looking at it…"
They both jumped when a knock at the door rang loud
The two looked at each other, then to the door
Luna motioned for him to stay still
She walked over to the door just as another loud knocking occurred
Luna unlatched the door and opened it
"Luna!" Aiyano dove in through the door, giving her a big hug, she was caught off guard to say the least
"Aiyano? What are you doing here? How did you get here?" Luna asked, she peered past Aiyano to see if anyone else was with her
"Nope it's just me; one of the guys drove me here" Aiyano clarified, able to tell what she was looking for.
Luna smiled and closed the door and latched it back
"Okay then what's up?" Luna asked, crossing her arms
Before Aiyano answered she noticed Takashi sitting on the couch looking at the both of them
"Oh hi Takashi" She waved, He waved back
"What is he doing here?" Aiyano asked in a hushed tone, too low for Takashi to hear
"He drove me home, why do you ask?" Luna responded indifferently, Aiyano nodded
"Okay just wondering….But Luna….Some of the people at the party they…they were saying things about you two…" Aiyano took a deep breath and sat down at one of the bar stools in the kitchen, Takashi listened to the best of his abilities as the two girls talked. What an ironic moment, not even a few hours ago he despised the two of them when they talked on and on, now he was trying to listen.
"Like what?" Luna asked as she sat down next to Aiyano, She didn't like where this was going, Worst come to worst she would have to tell her friend about a the secret that she kept from her all the time they have known each other.
Aiyano smiled insincerely "well I uh….heard that something rather weird happened to you at the party…and Takashi took you…"
Luna's eyes widened "Well….yea something did happen, You need to be more specific Aiyano you are acting all cryptic, Come one we are all friends here"
Aiyano frowned "Fine Luna, They are going around saying things like you aren't human and bull like that, Its making me mad and I came here to tell you so they won't tarnish your reputation, we need to put a stop to this, Honestly where do they come up with these stupid lies…" She said venting
Luna couldn't take it anymore, she couldn't take the lies anymore, her friend was going to find out and she didn't want to keep it from her anymore
"They are right Aiyano"
Luna could have sworn she heard aiyano's heart skip a beat, Aiyano stopped in place and blinked in disbelief.
"What….What do you mean?" Aiyano said with a laugh, thinking it was all a joke
Luna sighed painfully "It true Aiyano….I'm not human…"
Aiyano blinked and stammered "W-what? Then what are you?
Luna sighed "I'm not really sure….all I know is that I'm very different, and that I change into something…a wolf…and that….is the real me, I'm…a monster…"
Luna fully expected either Takashi or Aiyano to leave, not willing to accept that their friend is a freak…
Quite frankly she couldn't blame them
This is why Luna was very surprised when she felt warmth around her
Luna opened her eyes slowly, Aiyano was hugging her tightly, Luna's eyes fluttered, confused
"Luna don't you ever say that you are a monster, you have been my friend for as long as I can remember, and you will always be that to me" Aiyano said, her voice muffled from her face being on Luna's shoulder
Takashi stepped up "Yea Luna, If I thought you were a monster I would have never have gotten you out of there, but guess what, You have helped me plenty of times and frankly I can't live without you two anymore" The young man stood up a look of great seriousness
Luna looked back and forth between her two friends
She smiled genuinely "Thanks guys…I…I really don't know what to say…"
"No problem" Takashi said simply
"Hey what's family for?" Aiyano said letting go of her best friend, her warm smile made Luna feel much better
Luna sighed contently and walked over and sat down on the couch, Takashi and Aiyano followed suit, Aiyano sat next to Luna and Takashi sat on the chair that was adjacent to it
Luna was about to say something but something caught her eye
'What the heck is this?' She thought with a perplexed look, she reached out and picked up a Black envelope with a dark seal
"Takashi is this yours?" Luna asked with a raised eyebrow
Takashi shook his head "Nope, found it here, sorry I was going to mention it to you but you were kinda sad looking" He mentioned with a sheepish half smile
Luna waved her hand "No worries" she ripped the letter open and found a nicely written letter
"Huh…." She said skimming over it
"Hey don't read it for yourself! Read it aloud!?" Aiyano said with displeasure
Luna grimaced "fine, fine….uh let's see here…"
She began to read from the top line
"Hello
I have taken note of your recent troubles. In particular the revealing of your true form at a party this evening. I'm sure you feel very lonely, perhaps misguided or clueless. Well rest assured we are he from you, for Miss Lune you are not alone, you are not the only one of your kind. Atop the largest mountain on the outskirts of Tokyo is a clan that is compiled of the people of our kind and I would like to formally invite you to it.
Feeling better yet? Well, with all good news, reality must come.…If you think you can just go back to interacting with the humans you are mistaken, the humans will no longer accept you, and you don't have much time, make your choice within 3 days, we are allowing you just that much time, make your way to us, I implore you. Please I have seen so many die because of the hunters of our kind, I'm sure you have never heard of them, but they have likely heard of you, and if they haven't they will very soon, and will kill you.
If you choose to stay despite my many warning, then forget everything you have read, burn this note and hope that you will be safe.
Signed,
A Beta wolf of Night bane"
Luna finished with a large sigh, her eyes distant in thought
"Oh man Luna…what are you going to do….what can we do?" Aiyano asked placing a hand on her friend's shoulder
"Well she can't just go up to some strange mountain with a bunch of MONSTERS!" Takashi yelled, voicing his displeasure
Luna narrowed her eyes "Takashi if you forget I am one of those Monsters…" she said spitting the word 'monster' out of her mouth like Poison
Takashi cringed at her raised voice "Oh Luna I'm sorry…I just….I don't want you getting hurt!" he said quietly then angrily
Aiyano stopped Luna from retorting
"Takashi listen dude, we can keep her here and have her killed by these 'hunters' or she can go be with her kind! If you don't want her dead, let her go!"
Takashi stood up and pointed his finger at Aiyano "How do you know this is true? For all we know this could all just be a practical joke!" He grit his teeth, anger starting to take hold
Aiyano stood up, her eyes full of a fire "Oh really Takashi? So you will take the chance that Luna will stay here and die? At the very least we can take her to the mountain and she can try this out!"
Takashi scoffed "Try it? Ha that's a laugh. What if they take her and capture her?! If they really do exist that is!"
Aiyano got in his face "What would they want her for? Yea they are interested in her because she got the letter, but why would they offer her a place to stay if they wanted her captured? The person that delivered this letter could have just stayed here and took her when she got home! It obvious they wanted her to make the choice herself!"
Takashi stepped back, defeated "Fine then! If they really do exist then ill drive her to the mountain myself!"
Aiyano smirked "So it's settled then, Luna is going to this mountain clan, so she can hopefully learn to control her….uh….ability"
Luna stood up, her fists balled up and white knuckled
"Guys stop…fighting! If I want to go I will choose to do so! It's my choice!"
Both Takashi and Aiyano stooped the glaring at each other and instead looked to Luna, Shame was evident, they were so busy fighting they forgot that this was for Luna, and it was her own choice
"I would go….but my parents….if they found out they would be in such a tizzy they would lock me up for the rest of my life! And you Takashi, of course they exist! How can you explain that creepy dude that we saw near the elevator?"
Aiyano grimaced, Luna had a good point, and Takashi rubbed his forehead, feeling ashamed
"Luna, it's not like they come see you…how would they know? The dude by the elevator? Yea….I guess that is a pretty good point" Takashi asked, attempting to make a point
Luna glared at him, he shrunk away at her gaze "They will Come and see me if I don't write them weekly letters or call them."
Aiyano raised an eyebrow "So why don't you just do that up in the mountains?" She said, putting it rather bluntly
Luna stuttered, trying to find an objection, but failed to find one
"You have a point but…if I miss one letter or call; they will have the whole Tokyo police department after me" Luna grumbled, she sighed and fell back down onto the couch, Takashi and Aiyano knew that it was partly true
Aiyano sat back down next to Luna and placed her hand on her shoulder
"Luna, if I have to forge a letter so that my best friend can stay with the people that will save her from these hunters, then I'll do it"
Takashi joined in
"yea and if I have to, ill come by every week and pick you up just so you can go home and write a letter or get you in cell tower range so you can call 'em" He said with pride
Luna looked up at both of her friends, who she knew weren't kidding
She chuckled with a sob "Well I don't have much a choice in the matter anymore do I?"
Takashi jumped on the couch startling her and gave her a hug from the side
"Nope! And true friends will help solve your worst problems! So what you waiting for! Write a letter to your parents, pack up, get your crap together and Aiyano and I will take you personally!" He said with a broad smile
Luna smiled back laughing
"Well can I at least get a good night's rest after such a long night?" she asked with a giggle
Takashi laughed and rubbed the back of his neck "yea now that you mention it I am pretty tired myself"
Aiyano rolled her eyes " yea I can barely keep my eyes open right now, what a long party and an even longer night"
Luna yawned "Alright then, if you want you can chill here tonight, work it out amongst yourselves, I'm going to take a shower" she said getting up off the couch and trudging to her bathroom with a groan
Once they heard her close the door Takashi stood up
"You need a ride home?" he asked with a light smirk and a raised eyebrow
Aiyano shook her head
"Thanks dude but I'm going to stay with Luna tonight, I'll let my parents know"
Takashi nods understanding "Alright then, keep her comforted okay?"
Aiyano chuckled as Takashi walked to the door, as soon as he opened it to leave Aiyano spoke to him
"You know Takashi if I didn't know better I would say you like Luna…" she said with a giggle
Takashi strolled out the door like he didn't hear her, in the hallway he sighed, a rosy color had begun to surface on his cheeks
Aiyano smiled subtly, she pulled her phone out of her pocket and texted her mother letting her know that she was at Luna's, if her mom was even still awake that is
Her phone expelled a loud chime and Aiyano checked it her mother texted her back
'Fine, but try not to text me at 3 in the morning, I'll call you around late morning.' Aiyano laughed knowing how tired her mom must be right about now. She did already prepare her mom that she would be out late. She was already used to her daughter staying up late, after all she was the one Aiyano inherited it from.
Aiyano lay down on the couch waiting for her friend to get out of the shower, she rested her head up against the armrest, feeling drained, not only physically; but mentally as well
This ungodly pressure just sat onto of her chest, making her nearly drift to sleep if it were not for the moonlight shining in from an open curtain
She groaned and sat up, she blew some of her hair out of her face and walked over to the curtain and shut it, just as her slender hand grasped the cloth she heard a door open
Her eyes trailed over, Luna stood in the hallway covered with towels
"Hang on Aiyano I'll be right back, where did Takashi go?" Luna asked as she timidly stepped further out of the hallway, afraid that Takashi would see her in nothing but a towel
Aiyano waved her hand dismissingly with a roll of her eyes "he left no worries"
Luna sighed with relief and stepped fully into the living room "So, where you want to sleep? I can't grab the inflatable mattress or you can just sleep here" She remarked placing a hand on her hip
Aiyano stretched her arms above her head with a yawn "I think I may just sleep here tonight" She said sleepily
Luna smirked "You good without a cover?"
She received a nod from her friend, Luna began to walk to her room as well, she paused, Aiyano said something more
"Night Luna…" Aiyano said drearily as she snuggled her head deeper into the couch pillow
Luna giggled to herself "Night Aiyano….and thanks…." She muttered the last part in a meaningful tone
Aiyano however, had heard her friend's last words and smiled
'You're welcome' she thought.