Night by night pass, boringly, if Hashizuka might add. Nothing had ever happens after three whole weeks that she had been there. Well, aside from a disgusting dream that is. It struck her nerve how the so-called 'Queen's' unsleeping soul could be so depressing at times. And why was she only dreaming of the bad memories? Oh right, because apparently the unsleeping soul that remains attach to her was her depressed moments. Curse her luck.
The appalling dream, for the week, was few days after her sibling's death. She was unbelievingly distraught and decided to visit one of the Heartstrings' noble best-friend, the Cassanovas. And, yes, she went there when she's still in lunatic-mode, and definitely acts like a complete nut there. After several, long hours, she somehow managed to sense the presence of the Akiramanas—the Dewfields' loyal dogs, to put it harshly—and drink her to the point where the not-so-poor young noble could barely feel, see, or sense anything. And that's when she pulls her heart out and literally ate it. And not to mention, before the 'Queen' touches the young noble, she force the Akiramana to feel—the Dewfields force their loyal dogs to drink sips of their blood so they could turn the Akiramanas into ultimate weapons, which mean not being able to feel emotions aside from love to their own clan or hurt, physically and mind.
Yep, the Queen of the Vampires was a scary person indeed.
Hashizuka was just comfortably lounging on her massive bed, clearly satisfied that there's currently no class for tonight and tomorrow night. She eyed the walls with mild interest. Everything was almost perfect. Well, that is until she heard the light knock on her doors. Resisting the urge to roll on her bed and screamed a loud "GET LOST!", she sighed and mutters a small "Come in." She knew the one that is across the door could hear her. Vampire had gifts, that includes enhance senses. Whoever is disturbing her better had good reasons, or else she would dust them!
Stepping in was her best friend, which slightly pissed her, but also made her felt a gush of relief. Well, no matter how ridiculous is Sakki's reason to disturb her, she would never kill the cute noble. Well… she won't kill anyone anyways. "What is it, Sakki?"
She shrugged and casually threw herself at Hashizuka's bed. "Aliciana contacted me yesterday," she mumbled incoherently, rubbing her cheek with Hashizuka's soft, black blanket. Raising one of her white eyebrows, her eyes stare at her, silently asking her to continue. "She said the time is really getting closer… she want you to prepare yourself…"
Hashizuka sighed, rolling in her bed like an immature child. There's no wrong in wanting to be an innocent child… right? "Why didn't she just call me instead?" she asked, closing her eyelids. Aliciana could be really confusing sometimes—no, most of the times. Different than Daniella that was so easy to read… she chuckled at the thought of the brown-haired vampire. Daniella was always the noisy and immature one. Well, she is the youngest daughter of Helen Heartstring…
Sakki shrugged once again, eyeing her master with amused eyes. "She said that my reaction is funnier than yours," Hashizuka rolled her eyes. What kind of excuse is that?
The noble's eyes went down from Hashizuka's face, to her pale neck. She smirked when she sees the necklace she was wearing. "So you decided to wear the necklace, I see."
Hashizuka's eyes went wide, looking down at her neck, holding the pendant with utmost care. "It's beautiful," she mumbled, closing her eyelids again and visualizing the pitiful Queen, smiling sadly at her. The same smile and place when she last seen her in conscious state, the last night where she could talk with the Queen, even if it's just a part of her unsleeping soul. "Do you know who gave it to me, Sakki?"
Sakki nodded, grinning happily. "Helen and Helena gave it to me before we left England. They told me to give it to you…" the girl scratched the back of her neck nervously. "But the idea of giving it to you… you know… slip my mind…" she chuckled nervously, afraid that Hashizuka would be angry. But the girl merely rolled her eyes in a unlady-like manner, resulting a relief sigh from the pinkish girl. "Aren't you interested on going around the town, Hashizuka? There are plenty of things we haven't seen before…" a grin showed up at the mildly-pale face of Sakki. "Up for a little bit sight-seeing?"
Her lady only gave a hum of approval before walking out the door happily.
This is the reason why Hashizuka never went out of the dorms before.
Well, to put it short, she need to report to the dorm leader where will she be going, no matter what level of vampire you are, and apparently Hashizuka does not have a very peaceful relationship with the so-called 'Dorm-Leader'. Grayish orbs scanned the intricate door with a hard, piercing glare before swallowing all uneasiness and knocked softly at the door. "Kuran Hashizuka, reporting in." This isn't going so well with Sakki chuckling amusedly at her back. It's getting quite annoying, in fact.
"Come in." the voice didn't hesitate on answering. Like usual, her oh-so-beloved brother had this odd way of sounding so authoritative, even if the one that is hearing it is on the other side of the door. So she opens it quickly, with Sakki right behind her. She eyed her brother, which was sitting on the sofa with an untitled book in his hands. Wine colored eyes eyed the younger pureblood warily, and annoyingly, with so much sadness laced there. "How may I help you, Hashizuka?"
The girl coughed awkwardly, putting her hands together at the front of her hips. She doesn't like the way he was staring at her. It made her feel guilty for something that wasn't even her fault, and that's not good. Why does he have to have those eyes that screamed 'I'm an emo who will always be sad' every single time? It disgruntled her. "I am requesting your permission to go… sight-seeing around town…" she trailed off rather incoherently. It doesn't matter how pretentious Hashizuka is, this man always manage to throw her off her cool stance.
He raises his eyebrows in amusement. "And who will accompany you? No one is allowed to go out alone." He spoke out, finally closing the odd-looking book and put it beside him.
The nervous pureblood stared at the dorm-leader oddly, as if asking him 'What do you mean who? Who else would follow me everywhere without hesitating?', but seeing the pure look of curiosity—he could act it out for all she knows, but nonetheless—in his eyes, she decided to answer him, albeit a little bit warily. "Sakki would want to accompany me…"
He chuckled. He freaking chuckled. The emo man just chuckled in front of her. "Well then I must say I'm sorry, Hashizuka. I have a task for Kugayama and Ichijo, therefore she can't go with you. But I'm sure Shiki won't mind showing you around town now, would you Shiki?"
As if on cue, the blank-faced teenage vampire showed up just in front of the door. He nodded immediately, but slowly. She glared at Kaname heatedly. "What task are you giving Sakki? Why couldn't you let anyone else help Ichijo-san?" she demanded rather harshly. Well, it was her best friend that he's using… so yeah…
"It will remain a secret. You could go now."
So Hashizuka stomped her way out while pulling the still blank-looking vampire along with her.
After a full hour of going around the town, Hashizuka and Shiki still didn't know what to do and where to go. The hour has been filled with awkward conversations and silent. Hashizuka isn't usually socially awkward, nor was she the type of person that likes to go around town without knowing where to go. But she is clueless to what kind of place is available in this small town. And Shiki? Well, he certainly knows his way around town, but he is too damn silent to voice an opinion. This journey will at least be more fun with Sakki… even though she is as clueless as me in this town, we would somehow find our way… Hashizuka groaned out loud, ignoring the still-blank look she gets from Shiki. She really craves for sweets now… "Shiki-san?" he looks at her, so she assumes he is asking her to continue. "Do you know where to get ice cream or something around here?"
He blinked a few times before nodding and striding towards, she assume, the direction of the ice cream shop. With both of their long legs and fast-walking, they manage to get there in mere seconds. Hashizuka didn't even bother to read the shop name sign, for she is too excited on the thought of delicious ice creams… and a moment of rest from Shiki's blank stare…
They quickly took a seat in the more deserted corner, both sitting across each other. Hashizuka scanned the menu for a few minutes before a waitress, looking like she's barely seventeen, skipped to their table with a wide, full grin on her face. She has flickering blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and a rather… huge… assets. "Hello~ I am Maria Renatha, and I will be your waitress for today~ how may I help you lucky couples?"
Hashizuka choked on her own saliva, while Shiki merely eyed the presumably foreign waitress with mild interest and the same blank look. A couple? What the hell makes her think that they're both an item? What will they be? The odd-colored hair couple? He has maroon hair for God's sake! Well… she does have a white hair… but that's out of the topic. Shiki didn't even bother to decline her previous statement, deciding to say his orders instead.
Not knowing what to say, she merely voiced "The same as him…" before the waitress skipped out again. She eyed him with heavy curiosity. "Why didn't you deny her statement?"
He merely shrugged and answered with the same monotone. "It's pointless." Well that sums it up, Mr. Obvious. At least try something! She scoffed before doing the same as him, eyeing the passing-by people with mild interest from the window of the shop.
They eat fast, not greedily but fast. After paying for their sweets—Shiki decided to pay for the both of them, even though Hashizuka insisted that she will be paying for her own self, in the end Shiki wins—they both head out from the shop with Maria still looking as cheerful as ever, waving behind them screaming "Visit us again soon~". The first plan was to head to the dorms now, for it's already late, meaning the sun has risen. Yes, they went out at night and yes, the ice cream shop is open 24/7. But unfortunately, something caught Hashizuka's attention along the way.
"Hey, Shiki-san—"
"Shiki." He stated. "The san is annoying."
She chuckled awkwardly. "Well, okay, Shiki, is that a bookstore?" she points at the pretty huge store with books put nicely and tidily there. He nodded silently, which he silently regrets. She didn't squeal, but her usually dull grey eyes suddenly shone brightly. Too bright, he thinks. "AH! We have to go there! Please? Please please please please? Pretty please with cherries on top? I'll add blood sauce if you want!"
What? Why is she suddenly acting like a child, when she is supposed to be a majestic vampire? And he didn't even said no (yet), why is she begging him like he did? And what the hell? Blood sauce? What the he…licopter is that?! But of course, it's Shiki we're talking about, so he hides all confusion in the usual blank mask he owns. So he nodded, albeit a little bit worriedly for his superior's health. She 'yes'-ed out loud before skipping, yes, skipping, to the bookstore with a happy tune he didn't know exist. He followed after her, not wanting the now out-of-character Hashizuka to get into trouble.
"I promise you this won't be long, Shiki~! Just a few minutes! I'll just have to buy a few novels, and comics, and some other random things, and we'll be heading back to the dorm~ follow me~!" comics? Ichijou-san would go along with her well then, Shiki thought. But whatever, this shouldn't be that bad right? She'll be done in a few minutes, right? She won't go crazed over book, he know it. She will fulfill her promise and they will be back in the comfort zone of Cross Academy.
…right?
What Hashizuka said by minutes end up as hours. It had been an hour past vampire's bed time, which means Shiki is unbelievingly tired. Surprisingly, the pureblood didn't even break a sweat. She held five freaking large bags filled with novels, comics, and pretty much other things which to Shiki, wasn't even the slightest bit important. She skipped to her room after saying "Thank you for helping me around town, Shiki~" and went out from his enhanced view.
When she arrives at her room, Sakki was already waiting with a lopsided grin on her face. "You looked happy, Hashizuka. How did the day goes?" she? Happy? Sakki should take a look in the mirror before she said that. The pinkish girl practically emits light!
"Good. I went shopping for books…" Sakki flinched, remembering her first time shopping for books with Hashizuka. She literally went through hell that day, and she ended up getting her whole body sore for the next whole week. Poor Shiki, to have to go through that kind of torture… everyone knows Hashizuka is a sucker for books… well, not everyone… "What about you?" Hashizuka raises one of her eyebrows. "You looked like you're happier than a child who gets his first candy…"
Sakki chuckled nervously, scratching the back of her neck nervously. "Well… I did what Kaname-sama told me to… with Ta—Ichijou-san…"
"Hmm? And what did that man told you to do?"
Sakki grinned again, winking at her best-friend and master. "That shall remains a secret for now, Mistress~! Now I need to go to bed. Sleep well, Hashizuka!"
Hashizuka smiled contently after her best-friend wet out. "Sleep well, Sakki." She tossed her shopping bags away, intending to clean it up tomorrow morning, or night, change her clothes, and immediately went into deep slumber.
A/N: AND THAT IS THE FIFTH CHAPTER OF TBIL! Thank you for your reviews and favorites:*
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