Names pt 1

Siren was singing softly as she walked to the jeep that Kurosaki currently sat in, some of her friends walked beside her as they headed to the main gate, as they parted ways she waved to them,

"By Haruka, I'll see you and the others tomorrow!" she smiled opening the passenger side door, Haruka turned to her,

"See you later Siren!" both girls waved and Siren hopped in the passenger seat, closed the door and buckled up, when she looked up she saw the jeep pulling out of the parking lot. The drive was long and silent, the radio was on, per Siren's request and on a Country station where she sang along with the lyrics quietly, the sun was warm and gave her, her usual tan glow. Her long hair fluttered about the vehicle as the window's were rolled down slightly, Siren enjoyed the peace of singing it brought to her and wondered what was going to play next, which, sadly, she didn't get when the music was turned down. It sounded more like background music than anything now,

"Why do they call you Siren? Is it a nickname or something?" Kurosaki suddenly asked, she turned to him, stunned for a bit before letting her head tilt to the side as her gaze went back to the road,

"I guess you could call it that" it was silent except for the rolling of the wheels on pavement, and the background music, even the wind played a part.

"What else would you call it?" he asked again, she sighed and searched her memory for a minute and smiled gently,

"Originally, the nickname was given to me by my mother. When I was younger I would always sing everywhere, it didn't matter where I was or who I was with, I always had a song to sing and that was when she started to call me Siren. As I got older the nickname got passed to my friends, and eventually, everyone just forgot my real name and decided to call me by my nickname" Kurosaki was silent as he took in what she said, she waited patiently for the man to answer her. She noticed the direction they were going and she grinned to herself, she was hungry again and she didn't have much lunch since Riko was on another month long business trip this time. Siren watched all the different buildings and signs passing by them as he spoke yet again,

"What's your real name then?" she blinked and looked to him, startled that he asked it, she felt her cheeks turn warm as Kurosaki pulled to a stop at a red light and gave her a small look,

"Why?" she asked, she knew she was supposed to offer it up, but she wanted to know why he cared so much what her name is or isn't,

"Why what?" he asked back, she stared into his blue eyes, a feeling of safety and love enveloped her as she spoke again,

"Why do you want to know my real name?" she asked carefully, his gaze softened as he looked back to the road and pressed on the gas pedal, picking up speed, her gaze never wavered, it was silent once again as she waited for his answer, she hardly noticed the window's were rolled up because her hair had stopped fluttering and she felt warmer again, though that was for a different reason.

"I want to know so you have at least one person to call you by your real name, since all you hear is Siren I'm sure it gets annoying that they won't call you by your real name, no matter what it is" She sighed and ducked her head, she felt the car coast to a stop and saw they had pulled into Master's restaurant. They both turned to look at each other, Siren felt herself blush as she finally told him,

"Natsuki" Kurosaki thought about it for a moment and smiled gently at her, placing his hand on her head, and for once, not ruffling her hair,

"It fits you, Natsuki" her eyes widened, even if he had to ask her to get it out of her, she was happy at the thought that he'll be calling her by her real name again. Tears of joy spilled down her cheeks as she closed her eyes, she grinned her toothy grin as she felt Kurosaki pull her into a tight and warm hug, she hugged him back. It had been so long since someone had called her by her real name…but…she was happy at whom it was that now gets to call her by her name,

"Natsuki" he whispered gently, his voice and the way he says her name echoed in her mind.