Authors Notes
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Well, I repeat over and over again but…
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In case you didn't know, I deliberately misspelled some words, because Lightning doesn't really fully understand English.
Well, I want to extend some thanks to Chazz, we both discussed this chapter of my story to some length…
III – New Life
In the dead of night, a man leaned in the doorway of the guest room, to check on his 'pet'.
He left with a dark look, muttering disapprovingly to himself.
He walked into his room with his sleeping wife, and picked up his hidden tranquilizer.
He walked back to the room.
He kicked open the door and turned on the lights.
The Mithra woke up in a shock.
She even yelped in fright.
She shielded her eyes from the light.
He picked up the tranquilizer and shot her.
She then fell asleep on the spot.
He walked over to the cage, opened the hatch and removed all her 'luxury' items.
He left, chucking darkly to himself.
The early dawn of the next morning.
'Hope's Perspective'
Why do I get the feeling something bad just happened?
I wake up, suddenly feeling this strange sense…As if something happened.
Something bad…
I sigh.
"There's no time to dwell on this, I woke up a little late." I mutter to myself.
It's time for breakfast….
I better get up.
I check my hair in the mirror.
I guess I'll just leave it messy the way it is…
I take a long yawn on the way to the breakfast table.
Breakfast
We were eating silently…No one is saying anything.
"So, Hope…Don't you have school?" Mom inquires.
"Nah, I have a vacation for a week." I reply.
Dad looks at me for a while.
"Son, I want to see you after breakfast, in my room." He said it darkly.
Damn it, what is it this time?
I sigh and just eat my food.
Even mom looks a little worried.
After Breakfast, Batholomew/Nora's bedroom.
"What do you want? Make it quick." I say sharply.
He gave me an odd look.
He picked up a pillow and blanket.
Wait….Are those…?
I see traces of fur on them.
Those are the things I gave Claire last night.
"Wha…? Where did you get those…?" I ask nervously.
He sighs.
"The thing is, son…I'm here to ask you. What are your extra pillow and blanket doing with that….Mithra?" He spat at the word 'Mithra'.
I growl.
"Well, what do you expect? It's not comfortable sleeping on cold, hard steel…So I tried my best to…" I was cut off by dad.
"What I want you to know, my son…Is that a Mithra is a PET. Don't treat it like a royal human or something it's not." He said slowly.
"So, don't you go pampering her like some spoiled brat or some kind of royalty…" He finished in one breath.
That's it…That was crossing the line.
I growl really loud before giving my reply.
"Shut up Dad! You don't know what it's like…Watching the Mithra suffer like that…" I shout at the top of my lungs.
"Sometimes I wish you were never my father…You're such a heartless fiend." I hiss softly.
He seems shocked…Beyond words apparently.
"I don't give a damn what you think…One day, I'm going to make the whole world understand…" I mutter.
I slam the door behind me.
I sigh.
I need to bring Claire breakfast.
I walk inside the kitchen and prepare her a nice breakfast.
I smile when I think about spending time with Claire…
It's been really interesting…Spending time with her.
'Lightning's Perspective'
Ugh….What happened?
When I came to, all I remembered was someone came in and changed Night to Day.
And then he shot me with a…what was it called again? Tran-kui-lizar?
The thing that knocks you out.
Then I notice the items the silver haired man gave me are missing.
I growl when I think of him…
To think I trusted him….
He is the only person I know who can change Day to night and vice versa at will.
I knew it.
Humans are all the same…Slime that doesn't deserve to even live.
I was stupid to even think life here would be pleasant.
I was stupid to think that the silver haired man was different….
All humans are the same, evil and care only for themselves. They don't care about us Mithras….
Then the door suddenly opens…
Speak of the devil…I thought as I saw him enter the door.
'Hope's Perspective'
'Morning, Claire! I brought you breakfast.' I smile warmly at her.
I was greeted with eyes full of venom…
What's with the hostile stare?
I cautiously enter the room.
'What do you want, you bastard…"
I heard a voice…
It can't be…
Did it just come from Claire?
I almost drop the tray in surprise.
I'm speechless….
Wait, what did she just say?
Did she call me a…bastard?
"Wh….You can talk…?" I addressed the first question in my mind.
She seemed uninterested.
"What do you take me for…An idiot? Of course I can speak human language." She spat.
I sigh.
"Look, I brought you breakfast…" I started…
"Stuff the innocent act…I know your true colors now." She hissed.
I'm confused.
"Look, I noticed you called me a bastard…" I started…But was promptly cut off.
"What of it? You are one." She spat.
I sigh.
"If you would just tell me what's wrong…What did I do?" I ask, genuinely confused.
"As if you didn't know, you bastard." She kept an angry tone every time she replied me.
I sigh once again.
"How am I supposed to help you if I don't even know what happened?" I say, voice genuinely confused.
She let out what sounds like a 'Tch'.
"So you just want to hear about your own heinous act? Very well, I will tell you."
She took a deep breath.
"As I remember, I was sleeping soundly on the plump block you gave me…" She started.
Right, she enjoyed it at least.
"Then suddenly Night turned to day…And who else but you knows how to do that." Her voice had a hint of anger.
Night to Day…? Does she mean the light switch?
"I was shot by a…Tran-kui-lizar." She said softly.
A tranquilizer…?
Now I get it…
Dad kept a tranquilizer in his room in case of robbers.
I clench my fist.
"Then when I came to, everything you gave me was gone…"
"And that dart really hurt." She finished in a huff.
I sigh.
"So, you automatically assumed it was me." I stare at her.
She glared at me.
"As I already said…You are the only human I know who can change Night to day…and vice versa." She hissed.
I sigh.
"It was my father, Claire…Not me." I say softly.
She snorted.
"Likely story…"
She dismissed it so easily.
I look at her solemnly.
She refused to meet my eye.
"You know I would never do that, Claire…I care for you more than that." I said softly.
She still doesn't believe me.
"You could just be pretending…You humans….Are all the same. Slime, who abuse us…You don't care, you just think playing with our feelings and sensitivity…is fun or with whatever twisted logic you have."
There must be a way to get her to understand…
There must be a way to show her I care…
Maybe actions would speak better than words…
I set down the food on the nearby bed.
I opened the hatch.
I pulled her face so that it was directly in front of me.
She still refused to meet my eye.
"What do you want now, you slime…" She spat.
I use my hands and move her face so she looks me squarely in the face.
She seemed stunned when she looked at me.
"I do care for you, Claire…If words won't convince you…Then…" I take a deep breath…
And I kiss her, full on the lips.
She was too shocked to resist.
When I broke it, I looked her squarely in the face.
"It wasn't me Claire….You know I would never, ever do that to you…" I whisper to her.
She looked stunned.
She didn't answer me; she just stared blankly into the air.
I pick up the plate and put it inside the cage.
"I made this myself…I hope you enjoy it." I smile.
It was a handmade recipe of mine.
I tested it on my friends Mithras Whenever my friends weren't around.
They seemed to enjoy it.
"Well, enjoy…Claire. I'll come see you again soon." I gave her a big smile.
With that, I left the room.
I clench my fist.
One day, dad…One day… I thought to myself darkly.
'Lightning's Perspective'
I was initially disgusted at him for playing with my trust like that…
I was fully convinced it was him that knocked me out with the tran-kui-lizar.
But when he pulled me close to his face…
His eyes…They were shining with Love and Care…
I was mesmerized by it.
Then he did something I never expected…
He kissed me.
It was a light kiss…Albeit full on my lips.
But, it was good all the same.
After that I was just…Speechless.
My first kiss…Was given to a human…
Then he repeated what he had said just now…
Except this time I took him for his word.
He sounded really earnest and truthful…
It's like he was desperate for me to see, that he was not the culprit.
This time…I trusted him.
When he left, I took a look at the food he left for me.
He said he made it with his own hands….
I feel a little bit…guilty.
He's been so kind to me…
And I thought it was just him trying to…trying to manipulate me or something.
I had doubted who was probably the only person who cared.
I started to eat.
I'm stunned…
It was…The best thing I had ever tasted in my life.
'Hope's Perspective'
I'm pretty sure I got through to her…
I touch my lips again.
I still can't believe I did what I did.
That was my first kiss, and I gave it to a Mithra…
I guess it was kind of fitting…
I had always liked Mithras, except I feel they have no freedom…
I smile smugly.
Afternoon
"So, Hope…You've been smiling for the past few hours…" My mother said teasingly.
"Did you get a call from your girlfriend or something…?" She said with a voice full of deliberate teasing.
I sigh in admiration.
"No, it's just…." I pause.
"I'll tell you when the time is right, alright mom?" I smile at her.
She smiled back.
Then dad arrived at the table.
He sat down and we started to eat.
Bartholomew Estheim was sure that the Mithra suspected Hope of being the culprit of tranquilizing her.
He had framed his own son to make him revolt against the Mithras.
"So, son…I heard the Mithra was giving you a hard time…Did it change your views now? They're just animals…" He said smugly.
I slam the table.
"We've had this chat already, dad. Stuff it." I shout at him.
He just stares at me blankly.
I take my food and walk away from the table.
"So, dear…Shouldn't you be getting back to work…?" Nora asked.
Bartholomew just stared at her blankly before quickly snapping out of it.
"Oh, Right! New shipment coming in today, have to go check it out. Bye. Make sure dinner is ready when I come home alright?"
"Alright, dear." She replied.
Bartholomew gave her a peck on the cheek and left.
When I entered the room…
It appears Claire had calmed down.
She still didn't want to look me in the eyes.
When I put the food in the hatch, I cleared out the previous batch.
I smile.
She saw it and looked away.
I swear I saw her face turn a little red.
"So, Claire…I'll see you again at night." I raised an eyebrow, waiting for her answer.
She hesitated before replying.
"S…see you…" She said softly.
She hesitated before adding,
"T-thanks for the food…It was really good." She said it so softly; I almost had to strain my ears to her.
But I smile warmly.
"Of Course…Well, see you in a bit."
At night
I came in with a pillow and blanket.
I gave them to Claire.
She thanked me for it and started to examine it with great interest again.
I went over to the bed in the room.
When I lied down on it, Claire regarded me with suspicious eyes.
"Um, if you don't mind me asking…What are you doing here…? Apart from giving me these things."
I smile at her.
"Of course, I want to sleep here." I smile at her.
She just stares at me.
She then realized it and looked away.
"Then, where is your big block and floppy thing?" She asked curiously.
I beckon towards the things she is holding.
"Those are mine, but I'm giving them to you."
She looks at me.
"But, then…I can't accept this…It's yours." She said.
I sigh.
"As long as I know you are sleeping happily, soundly…Peacefully…That's all I need. I don't need a pillow or a blanket…Just knowing that you're enjoying its warmth and softness…That is enough for me…" I whisper to her.
She looks at the floor, and I think she started to blush again.
I got up and go over to turn off the lights.
But this time, Claire didn't yelp.
She actually clapped.
"Bravo! You did it again…" She said in a small voice.
I think I saw a small smile before the room plunged into complete darkness.
I drop back on the bed.
"Well, good night Claire…Have sweet dreams."
Silence….
"Ah…Have a good rest…" She said softly.
A few minutes later, she started snoring softly.
With that, I fell asleep.
And what I said actually came true.
This turned out to be one of the best sleep I had ever had…Even without a pillow or blanket.
Authors Notes
I hope I portrayed it well enough….
I'm not satisfied with this chapter though…
May have to edit a lot. So if you see this on Fan fiction, it's probably like…The 20th edit or something XD.
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