Chapter 6
Break, Bleed and Breed
The second mom saw me her face dropped. Apparently, I wasn't who she was expecting. She looked almost angry that I was there.
"Why aren't you with Gakupo?" she asked tapping her foot.
"Why aren't you with Piko?" I countered.
"Oh I am. Piko's upstairs." Mom giggled like a little girl who had done something naughty.
"That's disgusting." I said sticking my tongue out.
"What can I say? That boy is to damn cute for me to ignore."
"But how is he here? He's a ghost. We shouldn't be able to see him." I pointed out.
Piko walked down the stairs buttoning his shirt. "Oh hi Gumi!" Piko smiled. "Isn't this cool! Kiyoteru made a device for your house too! Now I can come here whenever I want! Isn't that exciting?" Piko asked.
"Sure" I glared at mom. "And when did you decide it was ok to do whatever it is you are doing with Piko?"
"Oh please. We didn't do anything illegal." Mom waved me off. She slid her arm around Piko's shoulder. "And he's just so cute, I can't resist." They gave each other a kiss which was beyond creepy.
"Ok, I'm going to bed! Have you fun in the basement! I don't want to hear a sound!" I growled then went upstairs.
"You heard her" Mom giggled. They both ran to the basement. I groaned and made a gagging sound. That's so disgusting.
The next morning Gakupo was sitting on my bed drumming his finger's on his knee impatiently. I groaned and rubbed my eyes. "What do you want?"
"Put this on" he held out kitty ears and a completely fake tail.
"Not even." I answered impassively.
"It's a theme day." Gakupo sighed. "How do you think I feel" he mumbled. In his other hand he held black wolf ears and black and white wolf paws. I chuckled and sat up. "If you wear it I'll wear mine." I offered taking the ears and tail from his hand. "Please say it comes with a tail."
"It does and how many points do I get?"
"50 just because that's so embarrassing and you can't take them off until I say you can."
He chuckled. "Alright."
I got up and got dressed in a short strapless puffy black dress with lace lining each side of the top of the dress. I also added black leggings, really long black gloves and black platform heels. I carefully slid the cat ears onto my head and clipped the tail to the back of my dress.
"What idiot came up with this idea?" I asked.
"Kaito." Gakupo sighed as he slid the wolf ears onto his head. He had braided his hair in a really sexy way and it looked so hot.
I rolled my eyes. "Of course he did. Such an ass." I adjusted the kitty ears on my head. "I probably won't even get a guest today anyways."
"Oh I almost forgot, you've got a guest today." Gakupo said as he slid the paws onto his hands.
"I do?" I asked. I pulled out my eye liner and started making cat whiskers on my cheek. Might as well go all out.
"What are you doing?"
"If I'm going to be a cat. I'm going all out." I answered. "I wonder if mom still has that costume makeup. I could give myself a black nose to go with my whiskers."
"Now you sound like a child on Halloween."
"Shut up." I snapped. I walked out of my room and Gakupo followed. I walked into mom's room and began to raid her bathroom. Finally I found the costume makeup and began to blacken my nose.
"What do I get for authenticity?" he asked.
"An extra 20 points" I answered. I finished my nose and then grabbed him by the chin. "Hold still" I ordered as I started to blacken his nose.
"Isn't this a little over board?"
"No, we should at least have fun while we work." I answered.
"You call dressing like a slutty cat fun?"
"This is not a slutty outfit!" I objected. "And yes I do find it fun to an extent. Beside's, I have a guest and I should look good for my guest right?"
"And I thought you were doing all of this for me." he complained. "Why are you making my nose so black?"
"This is how my mom did my face paint when I was a dog for Halloween one year."
"Good choice." He gave me a thumbs up.
I rolled my eyes. "Ok wolf boy, let's get going before our guest get antsy" I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him from my mom's room. When I came down stairs mom was making out with Piko on the couch. What made it worse is mom was sitting on Piko's lap. This is so weird. I'm just glad there fully clothed.
"Piko, we need to go." Gakupo ordered.
"Is it that time already!" Piko shrieked. "Sorry Kiku, duty calls!" he kissed my mom sweetly then ran over to us. He looked at the door and sighed. "Do you mind Gakupo?"
Gakupo sighed. "Ok." Suddenly Piko disappeared. Gakupo pushed me along out the door just like Piko would.
"Wait a second! Piko did you posses Gakupo?" I yelled.
"Shush!" Gakupo placed a finger to my lip. "It's the only way I can get back to the house without disappearing for good."
"Fine" I mumbled. I walked back to the mansion with Gakupo/Piko. The second we were on the property Piko appeared in front of us.
"Sorry Gakupo!" Piko shrieked.
"Yeah yeah, I'm use to it" Gakupo sighed.
"You guys look great by the way." Piko shrieked then danced up the drive way happily.
I half smiled. "He's really a sweet guy."
"I don't think I've ever seen him without a smile on his face…but then again, when he's sad, he just disappears." He half smiled. "I only wish he was truly that happy all the time."
"He's not?"
"It's Piko's way of masking his pain. He won't tell us what happened to him…the only person who knows is Kiku. It kills Miki not knowing. I've seen her blow up over it a few times. You've seen how bad she get's when she's angry."
I looked at Piko as he walked inside with a smile on his face. So…that's not Piko is it? Not the real Piko…and I'm sure he won't tell me anything about it. I wonder why he trusts my mother with something like that…but then again they totally had sex last night so I guess I can guess why.
"I wonder if he'll tell me his story."
"Unlikely" Gakupo slid his arm around my waist and pulled me close. "Despite his usual smiling face, he's the hardest nut to crack. If he doesn't want to do something he won't change his mind. He's like a child in so many ways."
"If you understand children, you can easily solve problems. Lucky for all of you I studied children in college. I've always wanted to be a preschool teacher but I guess being a hostess is fine too."
Gakupo looked down at me with confusion. "You wanted to teach a bunch of 4 year olds?"
"Yeah, I love children" I smiled.
"But you refuse to have my children!" he yelled.
"That's right."
"Why?" he yelled throwing his hands (paws) into the air.
"Because I'm not gonna do what you tell me to do. If you hadn't forced me to have sex with you in the first place, I might have agreed by now."
"What?"
"Your fault."
"No it's your fault! If you had agreed in the first place, you could be my wife by now!"
"Well did you ever think that I don't love you!" I yelled.
His eyes widened. "What?"
I sighed. "I didn't mean that. I just…don't know what I want right now ok. A real man would understand and not force me to do things I don't want to do."
Gakupo sighed and gave me a kiss. "I'm sorry. I won't bring it up again until I get 1000 points." I reached into my purse, pulled my notepad out and wrote down plus 10 points. "What's that for?"
"For being a man." I answered.
"And what does that give me?"
"355 points."
"And how far am I from being able to get a real kiss from you?"
"45" I rolled my eyes.
"So what do I have to do to get another 45 points?"
"I don't know. I make it up as I go along."
"That's not fair!" he complained.
"Life isn't fair and neither am I?" I kissed his cheek. "If you'll excuse me, I have a guest to prepare for."
"Why'd you want to become a host anyways?" Gakupo asked as we walked up the steps.
"Because I knew you'd get jealous and I figured your jealous face is hilarious." I opened the door then looked back at him. "I was right."
He blushed a little. "I'm not jealous" he looked away.
I laughed. "I can't take your seriously dressed like that!"
"It's not funny!" he yelled.
I calmed down and walked inside. It seems that guest had already arrived. Rook was leading a girl down the same stair Kaito had let that other girl up when Gakupo and Miki got in a fight yesterday. Please tell me there aren't extra bed rooms up there. Rook must have just finished whatever he was doing with that girl. I shuddered at the thought of what they could have been doing. What a man slut he is. At least with Gakupo and I, we have some sort of love there.
The only other person with a guest was Meiko. She was playing with a guys tie flirtatiously and giving him a seductively smile. The man held her chin and had his hand on her hip. He seemed to be enjoying himself.
What was interesting was Meiko's outfit. She wore a long black dress that had sleeves but still revealed her big boobs and was cut on her right side up to her hip with a spider web sash that tied at the top of the long cut on the side of her dress. She also wore some spider web thing that wrapped around her neck and covered her chest. Then she had some spider web Shaw thing. The strange thing was on her breast was a small tattoo of a spider.
Do they all have tattoos like that? Now that I think about it, Gakupo does have a small wolf tattoo on his chest which I think is both cute and hot at the same time. Maybe everyone has one.
"Gumi, you look adorable as a cat. No wonder you are a cat half breed." Kaito took my hand and kissed it.
I jumped a little. "When did you get there?"
He smiled showing me his fangs. "One benefit of being who I am is speed." He pulled me to him and leaned down whisper in my ear. "And another is to take your precious blood." He kissed my neck.
I pushed away. "Watch it Kaito. You're fixing to get your ass kicked."
"By who? You?"
"Gakupo."
Kaito sighed. "It would be a very close fight. I'm not sure who would win but one of us would be dead at the end. I assure you that Gumi."
"Watch it Kaito." Gakupo growled. "This one's mine."
"I'm only messing with her. Don't you worry little puppy." Kaito waved him off.
"Shut up Blood sucker" Gakupo growled.
"You both shut up" I snapped then grabbed Kaito by the collar. "You pull any of that crap again and I'll rip your favorite body part off your pail ass body. You feel me?"
"I feel you." He answered then smiled showing off his fangs. I let go and then looked at Gakupo. "When will my guest arrive?"
"A few minutes I'm guessing. He is a new customer. Never been here before just like the other one." Gakupo answered.
"Hey!" someone yelled. I turned to find Haku walking towards us. Just the person I wanted to see. I still don't know much about Haku. This may be a good time to find out what I can. Haku seems like such a nice person.
"Oh, Hi Haku. You look lovely today" I said with a smile.
Haku half smiled. "Thank you." She wore a short low cut black dress and black heels. "Anyways, I have some news that might be of interest to you."
"What is it?" I asked.
"A Half Breed clan is passing through here and is going to stop by to meet you. It is important for someone who is a Cat Half Breed to know other's of there kind even if your sure you won't see them again. To be a round your kind is a way to prove that you are still one of them. Keeping close can give you great insight on what goes on inside your group of Mythical creatures. You shouldn't blow this opportunity to meet them." Haku explained.
"The Half Breeds are coming?" I pondered that for a second. "But I'm not a Half Breed yet. I still have a few months."
"You will be which is a good enough reason to meet you. It's not often when clans pass by us so we always take advantage of when they do. This is a perfect opportunity for you to figure out what you're going to be and make your choice if you'd like to live with a clan or stay here with us." Haku gestured at the room. "Some of us don't have a choice so I advise you to choose wisely."
I looked at Gakupo then at everyone else in the room. I have a choice to leave…but do I really want to. I looked at Gakupo again. Gakupo has waited so patiently since the day I was born to make me his lover. Even now when I keep pushing hi away…he won't give up so…I can't leave…not now.
"I'm not leaving. I'm not finished here just yet." I stated. Gakupo sighed with relief and hugged me. "Who says you can hug me! Watch it! Your gonna smear your face paint!" I complained.
Gakupo gave me a quick kiss. "You choose me over your own kind. I knew you loved me."
"False" I pushed away and turned my back to him. "I chose to stay because I'm not finished here. Doesn't mean it has anything to do with you. There are a lot of fragile souls here. I believe it's my job to make the pain as easy to deal with as possible. That's what friends do right?" I looked at him out of the corner of my eye. "Though I wonder what you are to me."
"You are so cruel" Kaito sighed.
"I'm not cruel. I'm truthful." I answered. I looked at Haku. "Is there any way I can talk to you later."
"By all means. I'm locked up in that room all damn day" Haku answered. "You'll understand why soon enough." Haku turned to leave. "You are welcome to visit as often as you like Gumi though you'll find that a Banshee doesn't live like a normal mythical creature." She walked away heading towards the stairs leading to the bedrooms.
I looked at Kaito. "I have a question, where do those stairs go to?" I asked pointing to the stairs I continually see Rook going up with his guests.
"Oh, those are more private rooms. If we'd like, we invite our guest for a longer stay if you follow me?" Kaito explained.
My eyes widened. "You nasty pervert!"
Kaito smiled his fang full smile. "I mustn't leave my guests waiting." He took my hand and kissed it. "Those rooms are always open for you Mrs. Gumi." He leaned up so he could whisper in my ear. "And I take requests."
"I'm gonna stick my foot so far up your ass –"
"Now now Gumi, there's no need for that. I am only teasing you." Kaito smiled his fang full smile then walked away to join his guest.
"Damn that man" Gakupo hissed. I grabbed his hand. He sighed and lifted my chin. "Don't you ever leave me for him ok?"
"Oh please" I waved him off. "I'd rather have you then Kaito. He's such a man slut but then again, you're not much different." I pulled my notebook from my purse. "30 points for clamming your property and sticking your ground." I penciled it down. "And 5 points for being a good sport." I poked him. "You're so fun to mess." I twirled his purple hair between my fingers.
He sighed. "Well that means I'm only ten away from getting a loving kiss from my beautiful true love."
"Good luck." I kissed him quickly. "You'll need it mongrel."
"Cute." He said impassively. "I believe letting Kaito tell me all those werewolf insults was a good idea."
"Damn that fanged demon." Gakupo hissed glaring at Kaito who was sitting on a couch being as princely as ever. He's such an idiot. Sometimes I wonder if dealing with that idiot is worth my time.
"Go get ready for your guest. He'll be here soon." He ordered.
"Fine man beast." I snapped then giggled at my ever so funny werewolf joke. Gakupo didn't seem the slightest bit amused. That's just the icing on the cake.
I sat down on one of the couches and waved Sora over to me. "Mind grabbing me some wine. What ever you like best."
"Very good Mrs. Gumi." Sora answered.
"You could just call me Gumi you know."
"I could."
"Well are you going to?"
"That's so informal. I prefer to address you as formally as possible Mrs. Gumi."
I sighed. "Fine, whatever sinks your boats."
"I believe the saying is whatever floats your boat Mrs. Gumi."
"Really?" I shrugged. "I like mine better."
"Very well Mrs. Gumi." Sora left to get me my wine.
"Enjoying yourself Gumi?" someone asked. I turned to find a guy wearing a blue jean jacket with some biker name on the back, blue jeans and carrying a bike helmet. He had chest length brown hair tied back in a low ponytail, blue eyes and the sexiest muscles ever (he wasn't wearing a shirt under his jacket). I'm not sure whose sexier, Gakupo or this guy.
"I believe you're my hostess." He titled my chin up.
I blushed a little. "You're Ren?"
He smiled a really sexy half smile. "My name's Ren Ikune." He jumped over the couch and sat down next to me. This guy is way to hot to be requesting me. I don't think I'm that pretty. I would have expected him to pick someone more flirtatious like Meiko or sassier like Lily. I'm so confused. "And you must be the lovely Gumi."
"I wouldn't say I'm lovely in the slightest." I picked up the wine bottle. "Want some?"
"I would love a glass." He answered. I poured us each a glass. "So you get your guest good and drunk huh?"
My eyes widened. "No!" My eyes narrowed. "Your messing with me aren't you."
He chuckled. "Just a little." He clanked his glass against mine. "To you."
"To a new meeting" we both took a sip of our wine. I stuck my tongue out. "Still disgusting."
"You're not a fan of wine?" he asked. "I think it's delicious."
"It's so bitter." I groaned.
"Then why drink it."
"I…don't know." I shrugged and took another sip then stuck my tongue out again. "I'm trying to get a taste for it I guess. Beside's, all the other hosts and hostesses have wine."
"You don't have to fit in you know."
I shrugged. "But I still don't know what I'm doing. You're my third guest but the first one didn't really count since it was an old friend."
"I'll tell you if you're good."
I groaned. "I'm not a good hostess. I'm nothing compared to everyone else. I don't have any sexy qualities or some kind of amazing personality. I'm just normal and unoriginal."
"Oh please, I'm sure you're a rambunctious ball of fun."
I crossed my arms. "Not to brag but I am most defiantly a ball of fun."
"That's the spirit." He gave me an award winning smile. "Keep talking like that and you won't feel so unoriginal."
"Yeah yeah." I waved him off.
"Gumi" Rin shrieked jumping onto the couch next to me. Len strolled over to us trying to look cool despite his girly face. He really is a pretty cool kid. I wonder why Rin and Len are so close. There direct opposites.
"Rin, I'm with a guest." I pointed out.
"But this is important!" Rin complained.
"Fine what is it?" I asked.
"Would you go to the store and buy me some candy?"
"Why don't you do it?"
Rin's eyes welled with tears. "You know why I can't! Don't remind me!"
"I'll get you some candy." I sighed. I had almost forgotten that Rin and Len are Ghouls and they can't leave. "But not because your begging but because I want to get something at the store anyways."
"Yeah!" Rin hugged me. "I love you Gumi!" she got up and skipped away. Len rolled his eyes and followed her.
"She's an interesting child." Ren chuckled.
"What's even funnier is she's older then me." I pointed out.
"You've got to be kidding me. She can't be out of middle school." Ren said in shock.
"She's actually already graduated college. Rin's cousins with the blue haired guy over there so she's staying here with him."
"You've got to be kidding me."
"I still don't believe it."
He laughed. "No matter how I look at that girl, I see a middle school girl."
I laughed. "I completely agree. I always find myself treating her like a child."
"Honestly, I doubt you look your age. I'd say you've got to be 27."
"19. I'm gonna be 20 in a few months." I answered.
"You've got to be kidding me. You looked so sophisticated."
"Oh please. I'm a sophisticated as a hobo."
He chuckled. "I highly doubt that my dear." Ren took my hand. "I'd say you're doing well as a hostess so far. You've managed to amuse me up to this point."
"I'm pretty sure that's not what a hostess does." I groaned. "Maybe I should try flirting instead of talking."
"If you did that then you would be just like all the other lovely ladies here. Stay the way you are."
I blushed a little. "Fine but you'll have to visit again. I don't get picked much from the guest. I mean obviously since you're only my third guest."
"Fine but I would love to have this wine again. It's fantastic."
I groaned. "So disgusting."
He laughed again. "So are you a single hostess or are tied down?"
"I wouldn't say tied down. I'd say more like idiot that wants me to much."
He sighed. "All my luck. The gorgeous ones are always taken."
"I'm gorgeous?" I awkwardly tugged at my hair. "I wouldn't say I'm gorgeous. Especially when I'm wearing such a ridiculous costume."
"It's cute and sexy at the same time. What man wouldn't love seeing his lady in that kind of an outfit? You must drive your boyfriend crazy."
"What kind of crazy are you talking about? Angry crazy or sexual crazy?"
"I'd have to say both. No offense but you seem like the kind of girl that keeps a man on a short leash."
I glared at him. "For your information I keep him on a loose leash because if I kept him on a tight leash he'd do something stupid." I crossed my arms. "That idiot can't even walk down a hall way without doing something wrong."
He laughed. "That sounds like a man you'd fall in love with."
"Slow down gorgeous. I never said I loved him." I sighed. "But if I had to describe my feelings for him I couldn't think of a better word."
He tilted my chin up. "There's nothing worse for a man then to hear his girl say that she doesn't love him. You can't hide your feelings or it'll eat away at him to the point where he'll get down on his knees and beg for your answer."
"Are you a Host or something?"
His eyes widened. "How could you tell?"
"Your better at hosting then I am. Figure's your actually a host." I uncrossed and re-crossed my legs. "As for your advice, he knows that I love him even though I constantly tell him I love him. With our relationship, it's mostly me keeping him at a distance but if you understood the situation you'd know why."
He adjusted himself giving me his full attention as he sipped his wine. "This sounds juicy. Do tell."
"I'm afraid that's extremely off the table. Gakupo would kick my ass."
He looked over the couch and looked at Gakupo. He was sitting on a couch with Rin. Rin was talking to him excitedly and Gakupo listened with an amused smile on his face.
"That him?"
"Yeah." I rolled my eyes. "Idiot. I still wonder how I got stuck with him."
"The more you talk like that, the more he'll stray away from you."
"Trust me, there's no possible way he could ever do that. There are certain reason that keeps him from leaving me. Not that he wants to but his feelings for me won't change. That is certain."
Ren sighed. "That is how I felt about my last girlfriend. She had so much love towards me and then she left me for some Mafia dude who eventually dumped her ass." He tightened the grip on his glass. "And then she has the nerve to try to crawl back to me. What a bitch." He down the rest of his wine then slammed the glass onto the table. It cracked and then a few pieces broke off. His eyes widened. "Oh geez, I'm sorry. My temper got the best of me."
"Don't worry about it. From what this place charges, breaking one simple glass won't be a problem. I'll just dock some from my pay. It's not like I need the money anyways."
"You don't have to do that" he said quickly.
I waved him off. "Don't worry about it. Money isn't that important to me anyways. Beside's, having you come back is payment in itself." I picked up the pieces carefully and placed them on a napkin that was conveniently left on the table.
"At least let me clean up."
"I won't say no to that."
He chuckled and cleaned up the rest of the pieces only to cut himself on the edge of one of the bigger pieces.
"Oh! You're bleeding!" I grabbed my purse and raided it for a band aid. Finally I came up with one along with some of that disinfectant stuff…my mom is a klutz and tends to cut herself a lot. With someone like that you should keep that kind of stuff with you. "This may sting a little." I sprayed him with the disinfectant. He winced. I dabbed at the cut with another napkin which also was conveniently there and then placed the band aid on. "There."
He chuckled. "Did you really need to do all of that? You could have just put on a band aid. And why do you carry around disinfectant in your purse?"
"My mom cuts herself constantly and it's for your own personal safety." I sighed and put the disinfectant back.
"She doesn't cut herself does she?" Ren asked curiously.
"No she just tends to fall or cut herself with a knife while she's trying to cook which never works cause she can't cook and burns down the house when ever she tries. She's a mess."
"Sounds like the kind of mom you would have."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I demanded.
He laughed and rose from the couch. "I believe my time is up. I didn't pay for very long since I've got to get back to work."
"That reminds me. Why would a host, like yourself, pay for a hostess? Especially one that's not already in your host club."
"First of all the club I work at only has male hosts and second because the girls that visit me are all the same. I wanted something a little different." He smiled. "So I thank you."
"Sure anytime."
He took my hand and kissed. "I believe I will visit again Gumi." He let go and picked up his helmet. "Until then I suggest you take my advice. Push that man away will only cause more problems for your relationship I speak from experience."
"I bet you do." I nudged his muscular arm. "Try not to get in an accident on that motorcycle."
"Try not to get run over by that cute blond chick."
"Deal" I smiled.
He smiled. "You have a good afternoon Gumi." He walked away and headed out the door without a word leaving me to wonder about the Half Breeds.
Not only are they coming but there going to ask me to leave or try to change my mind when I turn them down. What am I gonna do about this? I can't just turn down people that have been in the same situation as me. People who are just like me. People who I will become…I don't want to think about it.
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Hey everyone, sorry it took so long but I've been so side tracked by this one show called Uta no Prince-sama that I've been slacking. If you've seen the show you'd know why. I'm only on episode 9 but I already love it. Serious watch it if you haven't seen it.
Anyways, I'd like to thank all of my fans for bring the view count for Cat's eye up to 519 views over all. It makes me super excited to see that my stories are get more views so the more views I get, the faster I'll right.
I'm gonna be going away for the holidays next week so I'm afraid I won't be able to write for about 6 day after Wednesday but I'd like you to know that not only am I gonna add a special scene for the Half Breeds coming to town but I'm also gonna add a little something something about Rin and Len. I've got to have a talk with Haku first. All the Haku fans out there (I love Haku!) keep your eyes open.
Also I'd like to give a shout out to Yukari-desu. I'm gonna add in a special Len and Rin scene just for you. I hope I've got you excited Yukari-desu cause it's gonna be totally awesome.
Anyways thanks for reading and I'll do my best to type as fast as I can until Wednesday so I can post another chapter. See ya!
Kari Yurika
(tee-hee, I love my writing name)