V

"O-o-o-h! You know, I think you'd look cute with tips." Mesoku pointed out. We had just left Yemma's classroom, and were heading to our free class. She was convinced that I had to go to their salad bar. I couldn't back out.

"I just messaged Malkom to come over." Barley told us as we sat down. I wasn't very hungry, so I was just poking my salad with my fork.

"Great! Iris, why aren't you eating?" Mesoku asked me. She comes off… strong sometimes.

"Just not hungry. Why aren't you barking at Orsyko for not eating and just me?" I said, poking my fork in her direction. She laughed, "Yeah, he's hard as a rock. There's no breaking him."

Not like I couldn't break him…

Who are you?

"Hi guys, sorry I'm late." Said a white bat. He had Byzantium colored bat wings, grey wings, and purple shoes with a darker shade of purple circles on the top. His eyes really bothered me… His actual eyes were an even darker shades than Byzantium, with his pupils a light lavender. It was odd to look at, but I quickly got used to it.

"Iris, this is Malkom." Orsyko said. Malkom walked over to me and stuck out his hand. I reluctantly took it out, remembering the last time I shook someone's hand I got a surprising hug after. He had a strong grip, and I saw his neck tense up. Maybe he's not the touchy type, like me. I know how he feels.

Of course you do. You hang out with us now.

Whoa. How did he do that? After letting go of our shake, I gave him a nervous glance, then turned back to my un-eaten salad.

"Mesoku, you broke her." He pointed out. She frowned and stuck out her bottom lip in a pout, "No I didn't! Yemma did. He just had to bring up her dad."

"And now you bring it up…" I muttered. I felt something poke my arm and I turned to my right to see Orsyko looking at me. He stood up and gestured I follow. Sighing, I got up leaving the other three to argue. He grabbed my wrist, not too harshly, and pulled me out of the bar. I got irritated he was touching me, and I wanted to pull off but I didn't know where he was taking me.

"I just thought you'd want to go and see your room instead of being embarrassed." It's almost as if he could read my mind.

Not as much as I think Malkom can…

"How do you know where my room is?" Still pulling me forward, he turned around and gave me a pitiful look.

"Do you not remember I'm your guide? I'm supposed to know where everything is. And you're room is part of it!" I laughed, "Right." He came to a stop at one of the round doors in the hallway. Taking a deep breath in, I pulled my wrist free.

"Don't touch me."

"Here's your room." He took a step closer and the door opened.

"If anyone walks this close to the door, will it open?" He smirked, "No. You need a key, smart one." He took off his glove and pulled showed me a small rectangle key. It almost looked like a scan-card used in hotels.

"Okay, so when am I going to get that from you?"

"You get your own."

"No. I don't want you to have an extra key to my room, you pervert." He ignored me and walked into the room. I grunted and joined. My room looked almost exactly the same as his, except mine was pink, black, or any other shade of grey. Leading up to my kitchen, the floor was lifted about six inches, with three steps surrounding its perimeter. I gasped and walked around.

"You weren't kidding when you said they make it to your likings. They so-o-o got lucky on this."

"They didn't guess. I told them." I frowned and faced him.

"What do you told them?" He shrugged, "When I went into your house, your room mostly had these colors and I automatically assumed. You also look like it with the pink eyes, black and grey complexity."

"Using big-boy words now are we?" I shot back annoyed, placing both hands on hips.

"I'm sorry, do you not know what complexity means? It means-." I smacked him playfully on the arm and started to look around my room more.

"I love the closet! We have to go shopping sometime soon! You guys have a mall here, right?" Orsyko shook his hands back and forth, "Whoa! I'm not going shopping with you. Also, to answer your question, we do have a mall. Surprisingly…" I shrugged him off and walked toward my bed. My bed had a pink blanket, black covers and base with blood-shot red pillows. Enjoying everything, I jumped onto my bed landing on my back. My quills flew everywhere around me; on top of my shoulders and spread everywhere else. I was spread eagle on my bed when I felt my body sink toward a slant. I turned to see Orsyko sitting down with his elbows on his knees, looking down at the grey-carpeted floor thinking.

"What's wrong?" I sat up and sat Indian style beside him.

"Just thinking." I frowned. Playfully, I started to bounce my but on my bed making both of us move. Orsyko turned his body around and gave me an amused look.

"What the hell are you doing?" He smiled. I smiled back, "You seemed down, so I wanted to do something about it."

"Hmph." He shrugged and turned around.

Well, that was a waste.

He stood up and offered me a hand and I hesitantly took it. Helping me up, I ignored fixing my blanket.

"Nice room?"

"Yeah. What class do we have next?" I asked him.

"We have Math, so nothing new." I moaned dramatically and stomped out of my room.

"I don't know how I would've survived college…" I muttered.

"I agree. This is much worse." After walking out, the door closed by itself. I turned around and faced him as we walked down the halls.

"How long have you been here?"

"Longer than you think."

"So about three years?"

"No."

"Five?"

"No." He said disgusted.

"Four?"

"No."

"Then how long?" I cried. The only other options are two and one, and he said longer than you think. What the heck!

"It's hard to explain." He said, raising his eyebrows to see our friends run toward us, and with friends meaning Mesoku who engulfed Orsyko in a hug. I wonder if they're together…

Nope.

Where'd that come from?

When Orsyko finally pulled the cat off him, he turned to Barley.

"Where were you two?" He asked us. Malkom took a step closer and rolled his eyes at me. That sick bastard…

"In her room."

"WHAT?" Mesoku wined. "I wanted to see her room, too!" I shrugged.

"I had no choice." I could grow on these people I guess. It's hard to though when my ears are always ringing with pain. I mean, I like Mesoku in all, but sometimes she can be loud and my sensitive ears can't take that much. "Yeah, while you two were arguing, Orsyko showed me my room."

"Your favorite part?" Barley asked me. I put one of my hands onto my other arm. "The closet, but there were no clothes."

"SHOPPING DAY! OH MY GOD, WE HAVE TO GO SHOPPING TOGETHER, IRIS! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN!" Mesoku squealed with excitement. I lowered my ears and squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for my ears to calm down.

"Hey, calm down, she's hurting." Orsyko said. I sighed, my eyes still closed and my ears still down. Mesoku walked up to me and softly pulled me into a hug.

"I'm sorry." She whispered. It's amazing how she's all hyper one second, then completely calm the next. She sort of reminds me of a-

A fire? She should because that's her ability. The main council members decided to take her off her prescription for a week to see what happens.

That's awesome. I'm assuming yours is telekinetic stuff?

Yeah… I can read minds and so on. It's a lot to explain, but it's enough.

Ah… You know, you guys touch me a lot.

Sorry about that.

Silence.

Open you eyes now, okay?

And with that, I opened my eyes and saw Mesoku looking at me worriedly. I smiled sheepishly, "Sensitive ears." I pointed to one of my ears incase they didn't understand. I looked over to Malkom and smiled at him. I might really start to like him; we have a lot in common.

Thank you.

Get out of my head please.

"Lets go to classes guys…" I spoke up. Everyone nodded and parted ways. Orsyko was by my side of course, but so was Malkom. Grinning, I slipped my hands into both of theirs. Interesting…