Note: It's been a while since I update and I'm sorry for that. It's been a trying chapter and I've had a bit of writers block (on all my works,) but I think I'm breaking though it as we speak. Send words of empowerment to help me through the brick wall in front of me. It may be a short of chapter, but it's meant to show that I'm still writing this story.
Tadashi kissed her bare skin before getting out of bed. She giggled as he leaned in to kiss her again. He loved the feeling of her skin under his touch and his lips on her. She smiled to herself as she tried to hide her blush.
"I'll be right back." He promised her.
"Okay." She smiled softly. "I'll be here."
She watched him give her a sharp nod before turning to leave. If it wasn't for the light of the high sun, she was sure she wouldn't have noticed the tattoo on his back. It was some kind of Japaneses character, a word on his left shoulder. That was odd. He didn't seem the type to have a tattoo. The coloring looked fresh. When had he gotten it and why?
She slowly stood up and and realized that she was a bit cold. She missed having him beside her. She recalled her nightmares and wondered why she was having them. She wasn't sure what was fact or what was fiction in her dreams. It wasn't unheard of having visions of the future. Her great grandmother had been known to have many, and she had been human. Was June having visions of a possible future, but what about the man dying for her as a child? Was that a memory, a symbolization of a possible future or just her fears that others would die for trying to protect her?
She rubbed her arms as she swiftly stood up and sighed. She was over thinking this. A banana could just be a banana and nightmare could just be a nightmare. June leaned on her door frame and wondered what Tadashi thought of her. She knew that he thought he loved, but he didn't know her. He didn't know what she was. So, how could he love her?
"What's the matter?" He questioned.
"Just thinking."
"About?"
"Us?" She replied as she took a seat in the kitchen area. "Is there an us? I mean... I'm..." She added as after a moment of thought. "My family...we aren't like everyone else."
"Ha, that doesn't matter to me." He informed her. He knew where she was going with this.
"No, you don't get it." She struggled to correct him. Maybe, it was best to let her tell him rather than just tell her he knew. He thought to himself as she tried to tell him."We aren't the norm. We're..."
"You're?"
"WE're-" She was about to say monsters when his phone went off. The sound silenced her moment of bravery. "You should get that." She sighed out as she rose from the table. "I'll be in the shower."
"Wait." Tadashi cried out as he raced to the coffee table to grab his phone. "You could-" The door slammed before he could get the rest out. He sighed in defeat before he answered. "Hey, what's up?"
"Where are you?" He heard Gogo question. "You're late and it's not like you. Fred is freaking out." She sounded like she was about to punch someone.
"I got caught up in... stuff."
"Yeah. You're totally up to something."
"Me, no way." Tadashi waved off. "When am I ever up to stuff?"
"Did you touch my stuff?" Gogo narrowed her eyes. "Is that way Fred is freaking out? He's covering for you."
"I didn't touch your stuff." Tadashi shook his head. "I had a thing." He stated as he looked for his pants.
"A thing?"
"Yes, a thing." He rolled his eyes. "I have a life outside of you guys."
"No, you don't." Gogo crossed her eyes. "You don't do anything outside your family, your work, us, and... Oh."
"Oh?"
"You were with her." She smirked into the phone.
"What?" Tadashi froze in horror.
"Got to go." She rushed out before the call ended.
"Shit!"
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June looked at her phone as she was about to enter the shower and frowned. She didn't like what she saw. She hated what it meant and she hated putting people through "their test." Almost nobody past the first time, since nobody ever saw it coming. Still, she would do as asked and play her part. It was only fair and important.
She hoped that Tadashi would take the test well. He was a good man and didn't deserve to be made a fool of, not like all those other men.
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Tadashi and June walked towards their school. She seemed a bit worried when she Callaghan looking her way. He seemed rather upset at the sight of her. It was at that moment that Tadashi realized that he never saw them together.
"You should go." She whispered to him.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, it's best that you aren't here for this." She frowned at the professor. "It could get heated."
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Tadashi sighed as he entered the school lab. He noted the knowing smile on Gogo's face and Honey's unsure gaze. The blonde seemed slightly unhappy about what she had been told.
"So, tell us everything." Wasabi stated. "How did you tell you about your feelings?"
"I didn't." Tadashi admitted. "I...it... there didn't seem to be a right time."
"What?" Gogo frowned. "You did nothing." She couldn't believe her ears. "What's wrong with you?"
"Now, now." Wasabi jumped in. "We don't even know what happened. I'm sure there was a good reason why he didn't say anything."
"Well, what happened." Honey eyed him with worry.
"I... we..." Tadashi frowned. "She's been having nightmares. I couldn't... it wouldn't be right if..." He struggled to say what they all knew. He was worried of taking advantage of her. He was too good of a man to do that. He flushed in embarrassment as he recalled that he may have already done just that last night. He hid his face in his hands and sighed. "Everything's a mess. I don't know what to do anymore."
"What's with the long faces?" Fred asked as he walked towards them.
"June." Honey heaved out.
"Oh? Is it the wolf thing?" Fred wondered aloud next to Honey Lemon. The blonde quickly elbowed him in the guy and Tadashi straightened his back while fake coughing.
"I can't breath." He lied as Gogo was about to question what the hippie was talking about. "Water," He started to turn red in the face.
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Alistair eyed the white hair woman waiting for him on the curb. She glanced left and right befor3e sliding into the limo and sit across from him. She seemed uneasy with being close to him. She didn't like the way he treated her.
"It's been a long time since we've faced each other June."
"Yes, it has brother." She agreed with a bit of bitterness. "I'm sorry. Half brother." She pouted and he sighed.
"Why do you say it like that?"
"Isn't that always how you explain it to others?" June questioned softly. "Don't you always add that we are half related."
"That's only-"
"We you talk about April and May?" She cut him off. "The three of us shared the same womb. We're triplets. They're not any different than me. They share my face."
"But not your spirit." He shouted at her. "April doesn't know loyalty and May doesn't get off her computers. They are selfish."
"I'm selfish too." June weakly pointed out. "But that's not why I asked you to see me."
"No, you wanted to talk about...that day."
"He's still very upset about it. He blames you." She rushed out. "I sense great darkness in him. He's not well."
"He wouldn't-"
"I don't care if you believe me nor not." She cut him off and her words showed great fear. "I only want to warn you and let you know what I sense."
"I understand." He watched her carefully. "I will take your warning to heart this time."
"I miss her." June choked out. "I wish... I wish I had stopped her... but..."
"You were young." Alistair informed her. "And no one believes..."
"I should go." She brushed tears from her eyes. "You are busy and my sister is coming."
"Which one?"
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