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BEST SUMMER EVER
~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER 3: Day after yesterday! Complications~~~~~~~~~~
-Okay, don't you dare to drop him.
-Hihihi~! This is going to be fun! Hihi-OWIE! Why was that for?
-Shut your mouth or you'll wake him up. And look at your fee-AGRH!
-Warning, shoes on the way...
-Idiot! Warn me sooner! I don't have eyes behind my head! Direct me normal-AGH! SHIT!
-Warning, bed...
-You're useless!
-Brother, you'll wake him up...
-How are we supposed to cooperate, when you don't-AGRH! Shit! I dropped him! It's your fault!
-Why is it mine!?
-Because I said so! You made me drop him!
-No, I didn't!
-Yes, you did!
-No!
-Yes!
"May I ask you, gentlemen, what you are doing?" It was kind of surprising that I found myself half-lying on the floor and above me an argument could be heard. Two non-identical twins were looking at me shocked as I interrupted. The black one, Devid, probably was holding my legs, because now they were lying under him and my upper half was still held by the blond hippie, Jasdero. Behind Devid I found opened door to the bathroom and, assuming, the bathtub was full of cold water. They probably wanted to drown me. Or worse... "Excuse me..." I looked up at the now-mute blond "Not that I'm complaining, but could you take me down? The way I'm right now isn't quite comfortable and I'd love to go back to my bed ."
"W-W-What should I do?" Jasdero asked his brother in current confusion.
"Do as I politely asked?" I insisted. When the one was slowly putting me down, all of the sudden Devid rose his hand to stop his brother's action. An evil smile appeared on his tanned face and, as if nothing happened, grabbed my legs. I smell trouble...
"Well, friendly awakening couldn't be done, but I we can't let the water in the tub be wasted, right, Jasdero?"
"Hihihi~! Right, Devid!"
"Wait!" My begging was no use as they were carrying me to the bathroom. "Don't! Put me down! Just put-WAH!" As I said, it was no use. Cold water was surely... bloody cold. And the twins had a lots of fun. Hyper clever, I would say... "Glad to know you primitive instincts were satisfied."
"Shut up, British ass." Devid was probably displeased by my total calmness. Personally I would like to smash his face hardly and painfully, then throw him to the bathtub. "You'd better remember who is your boss here."
"Yeah, we're the bosses! We rule here~!" Of course, hippie had to speak. "From now on, you have to call us Jasdebi~!"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. Now, I'd really like to get out, if you won't mind." I stood up. Achoo! Great, catch cold on the first day. They smirked at each other and... rushed out of the bathroom, locking doors in the meantime... "Could you please open the door?"
"Bite us!" Perfect synchrony. Now what? I looked around to find if anything would help me. Those devils took away all towels and every thing related to the term: 'I'm soaking wet and I need to dry myself'. Another inspection brought nothing but a small window, placed above the toilet. Despite its size, I calculated there's a possibility for me to go through it. I guess I'll just go to my room through the front door. Okay, I'll give it a try... Gosh, why it had to be placed so high? But I'm reaching... Reaching... There! They're opened, now I have to... fit... Ugh! I'm shivering and it's not helping the situation! Ugh... Only a little... So close... So-WAH! M-My back huuurts.... But I'm outside, thank Heavens. It's still early in the morning, so nobody can see me wet in my pajamas. I went to the doors and tried to open them. TRIED. They were locked as well. From the other side I could hear annoying laughter. How did they know I would come here? My knocking started to damage the wood, leaving splinters on my fist. Sweet pain... They probably won't let me in until the organizers alarm awakening. And that'll happen in about... two hours?
"Huh? Allen, what are you doing here?" WAH! It's a bad beginning of my day. "Don't tell me I scared you. Again." I got busted by no one else, but Lavi. He was wearing jogging clothes, this time without the bandanna on his head. He had warm, dry clothes on him... Man, I'm jealous.
"Um, it's nothing, really. I'm just integrating with my new friends." I heard a big gulp in the house. They are scared.
"Then why can't you do it inside? And at more normal hour, not 5 a.m?" It's 5 a.m.? Normally I would sleep... He moved closer and put his hand on my shoulder. My shivering was probably noticed. As well as my wet appearance. "I see those guys have a really funny way of integrating." He said it happily. I can't comment on that... But then his face changed into serious and went to the door, hitting it on the same spot as I had. "Ok, guys. Jokes out, let us in."
"B-But we c-can't..." The knob was twisting from one side to another. The voice belonged probably to Jasdero. "The door can't open. W-We're stuck." Lavi held the knob and tried to push the door as hard as he could. No use, it was deadly closed.
"Uh, I see we can't do anything." Lavi sighed and pulled out a key. It had a plaque with written '5'. Wait, don't tell me... He closed them! "It's seriously broken. I have to report this to Mr Cross." The twins squeaked in fear. I'd probably do the same, If I were them. "Also we have to find out why Allen is outside, all wet and cold."
"T-There's no need for that! I think I can open them!" This time it was Devid. He probably didn't want an encounter with my Uncle. He dealt with the door knob and made a loud 'Click!', but there was a surprise. "What!? It's closed!"
"N-No way!" Jasdero was terrified.
"What did you do with the doors!? You broke them, you useless Jasdero!"
"I just did what you told me! I closed the doors so Allen wouldn't be able to come inside-OUCH!" So that's the 'error' of the doors. They closed them from the inside. Lavi whistled in amusement of twins' stupidity. I would do the same, but now I have to concentrate on my body temperature.
"I see. No wonder that it's broken. But don't worry, I'm sure Mr Cross will do something." He hid the key back to his pocket and, surprisingly, pulled off his sport jumper and put it on my shoulders. That was quite nice of him. "We'll leave you from now on. Come on, Allen." I nodded and we headed to his house, number 20. "Unfortunately I can't let you in. One of my roommates would definitely kill us if we made a sound and woke him up. I'll go there alone, bring some warm clothes to you and we'll go to the main building, ok?" I smiled back at him. He put the key and twisted it. The doors were opened.
"You're really going to report them to my Uncle?" I know it's necessary, but not completely. I've read that after reporting bullies, the bullied has even worse time in his life than before the report. He looked at me with amusement.
"And why not?"
"It's just... You're going to report now? He'll be mad if you wake him up."
"Well, apparently he'll be mad at the twins."
"But it's not that..."
"You don't want me to tell him about it? They watered you with a freezing cold water and pushed you outside, where it's even colder air!" Even if he acts so mature right now, I don't like this behavior. It's too... adult. I shrugged and sighed in defeat. I'm just a child and it's obvious listening to a child won't do anything. "Don't worry, it'll teach them a lesson. I'll make sure of it."
"If you say so..."
"Don't say it in a doubtful tone." He sulked. That's definitely his childish personality. "I'll be going. Stay here." And he had gone. A question covered my mind: why Lavi was outside that early in the morning? Looking at his clothes I can assume he went jogging. But that early? That would be stupid. Oh, someone is shouting inside the house? "Forgive me! I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" And so Lavi flew through the door with a bag of clothes. But it wasn't so terrifying. In doors there was a... creature. A creature with a long, black hair all over its face and a murderous intentions in his eyes. It was holding a wooden sword and glaring at Lavi. "Why do you have to be so grumpy in the morning, Yuu?" I don't think whining is a good idea. The monster became even angrier and raised his stick. "Whoa, calm down! You can't kill me in front of kids!" Excuse me, who is the 'kid' here? The monster looked at me dangerously... Does he want to kill me? Probably not, because he mumbled something under his nose and slammed the doors in front of me. "Phew! We went through this. And we're still alive!"
"W-What was that?" This 'something' really scared me almost to death. Lavi blinked a few times and burst out laughing.
"Don't worry, he's a fine human!" Did he call it a 'HUMAN'? "That was my roommate that I had told you about. I hit his swords and they woke him up. Good thing I had had all stuff brought with me." I nodded and helped him get up. Instantly, we were heading to the main building. On our way, Lavi gave me a soft towel to dry myself. We entered the main building. "Okay, now, you have some dry clothes here. Go to the bathroom and change, I'll go to the organizers room." Right, Lavi still wanted to tell my Uncle about the occurrence . I took clothes and did as was said. It didn't came as a surprise that his clothes were too big for me. Lavi is slightly taller than me and have a well-shaped body, and I'm just a... bag of bones? Ok, having thoughts about good body are weird, but it can't be helped when you're a good observer and artist. After all, it's nice to have warm clothes on yourself. I went out of the bathroom and sat on a bench, waiting for Lavi to come back. I don't have anywhere to go, so waiting is the only option left. Oh, here is Lavi. He didn't look well.
"So how was your report?" I think I know the reason why Lavi is so... traumatized.
"I-I woke him u-up..." And I guess it's enough.
"I told you he'll be mad." He nodded and sat near me. "So... What now?"
"What 'what' do you mean?"
"I mean, what will we do? It's rather early and everyone's still sleeping."
"And neither you, nor me can go back to our houses." He admitted. "I can give you the key and you can go back to sleep to your house."
"Um, I don't think it's a good idea after what had happened."
"True. Neither can I. Yuu is going to kill me." He shivered in horror, but then yawned. "We'll have to stay here until the alarm. I'm kind of sleepy so, if you don't mind." He lay on the bench, preparing himself to... "Goodnight."
"You're going to sleep here?"
"Do I have any choice?"
"No, but... You're fine with it? Those benches are really uncomfortable."
"Nah, it's not like I'm sleeping like this for the first time." He must have hard life if he's used to that kind of environment. "Or maybe..." He sat up and looked at me with a big grin. An idea was flashing in his eyes. "You'll lend me your lap, so I can make a pillow for myself!"
"What?" I...He... My lap!? What does he think I am? "Pillow? I'm not an object, you know."
"But you were so concerned about my comfort." He pouted. "Come on, it's not like I'm going to rape you."
"Huh....?" And what reference has one thing to the second? Lavi made something like... a puppy look. "Uh... Alright, but-!"
"Yay! You're great, Allen!" He didn't even give me a chance to say something and he put his head on my lap. Nothing can be helped and I can only sigh. I looked down to see how Lavi was making himself comfortable and when he found the right position for his head, he made a blissful face. Is he really 18 years old? Now he looks like a happy toddler. It's kind of cute. I chuckled and keep staring. I'm staring... at him? "You actually look good from this angle." He was staring at me as well. It's a hit on me?
"How flattering." Even if I said it mockingly, I got quite flattered.
"I like giving compliments." He grinned again and closed his eye. I wonder what is he thinking right now? Complimenting should be used by men in front of women, not men for men. Or maybe he's again making fun of me. Why do I even care, he's just my carer, who wanted to sleep. Now that I look at him, he must be sleeping right now. His breathing is steady and soft, and he's not having that silly expression on him. His face is mature. And quite attractive. Why am I thinking of him as an attractive? I'm an artist, it's normal for me to pay attention to details. Though I wasn't particularly looking at men. What time is it? 5.43 a.m. I still have more than an hour...
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"Alright, everyone! I hope you can all swim, 'cause I don't want any dead bodies here. I'm one of the head organizers, responsible for physical activities on the camp, Cloud Nine. Those, who feel uncertain about their swimming skills, go with me to the restricted area. The rest can swim everywhere on the lake. The lake is safe, there are no whirlpools or any dangerous things. You have time till the lunch." And so the woman with a very feminine features and golden hair ended her rather odd introduction. Everyone on the camp roared in joy and rushed to the lake like some kind of animal herd. I should do it as well... "Hey you, the white one!" The female organizer's voice called probably for me.
"Y-Yes, Miss?" She came closer to me and inspected my face. Then her eyes landed on my bandaged hand.
"You're not going to swim with them on." I blinked in surprise when she pointed at my hand. Is something wrong with my bandages? "If you have any wounds, then you're not going in. If you don't, then unwrap it right now." I have to consider two options: let my hand stay wrapped and not swim or unwrap it and become a topic number one on people's tongues. I'll try with the third option.
"It's not wounded, but I'd feel better if the bandages stayed." I said with a smile. What else I could do? It would be nice to go swimming. The day is really hot. Ms Nine still was staring at me, mostly at my arm. She grabbed it and made few movements with it. No use, my hand is not in pain.
"Cloud, leave this idiot nephew." A shiver ran through my spine. This voice belonged to no one else, but my Uncle... "His arm is fine. He can swim with it." I looked around and was right earlier. It was my Uncle. Ms Nine gave him a doubtful look, but then released my arm and ordered me to go. Why Uncle came there anyway? I was too far away to hear anything, but I could see my Uncle was talking with the female. And he wasn't hitting on her, because his face was serious. That's a rare sight...
"Allen! I've finally found you!" This voice is haunting me from the beginning... Nevertheless, I turned around to see my not-so-mature-as-if-supposed-to-be carer. Lavi was standing behind me, fully ready to jump into the water. By prepared, I meant he had already took of his clothes, leaving him with a bare chest, well-shaped muscles and a swimsuit. This look... makes me feel odd. "The weather is great for swimming! Have you had enough rest in the morning?" At the question I felt my bottom hurt.
"Of course, not to mention sitting on a hard bench for more than one hour and bearing a heavy red head." My voice wasn't venomous. It was awfully polite. "And how was your nap?"
"Quite good, thank you very much." He returned the tone. "We better join others. They're waiting." Yep, he was right. From the distance I could see waving at me Narei, accompanied by unknown to me people and Lenalee. Heh, I have no choice to go there. It's not like I'm forcing myself! "Hey, Allen. What's with your hand?" It seems my hand is having more interest than me myself.
"Nothing much. Why are you asking?"
"It's bandaged, no wonder it attracts attention." I'm aware of that fact, no need to explain me that. "Will you show it to me?" That's surprising. Lavi is the first person, who asked me directly to show my arm. Not that I mind, but I'd like to get something in return, like...
"I'll show it... And will you show me your eye?" Lavi probably wasn't expecting such a trade. I'm amazed by myself, normally I'd just show arm and get over it.
"And I thought you're not the type to make any conditions..."
"I like to surprise." Since when I became so confident!? Not to say arrogant... Oh, Uncle is going to kill me. "Um, I mean, you don't have to show me if you don't want to." A little correction to my new-self.
"That's okay. It's not like I have something to hide." He giggled anyway. "Maybe the time now is not convenient for us, so why won't we meet later?" He's right. Our friends seemed to be annoyed by us not coming. Reluctantly, but I had to part with Lavi. Since our talk I hadn't seen him for the rest of the day. I wonder what he meant by 'later'?
~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER THREE ENDED!~~~~~~~~~~
Just a short note: for ~Kiaraz request I've changed my way of distinguishing conversations from - to "
Actually I admit you're right. This way is much easier.
Hope you liked it ^^