Next chapter of Twin's Desires. Previously, many of the memorable characters signed up for Driver's Ed. Kalas already aquainted with Mikoto and Eri while Innocent only talked to Yakumo. So, let us continue.

XOXOX

Chapter 3: Spring Twilight

Sarah, Asou, and their boss watched Kalas work quietly. Kalas only took orders, scribbling in his own language; English, instead of the kanji. Although he appeared to be a good worker, he never smiled to his customers.

"So what made you hire him?" Asou asked curiously.

"The poor boy was starving last week. He said that he couldn't pay for the rent that month and had been kicked out of his apartment. Taking sympathy, I convinced a landmaster to lend him a house and that I'll make sure he pays his rent by working for me. I take a quarter off of his hours and add it to his rent. I was the one who suggested he should go to school." Their boss explained, scratching his nose on the process.

Sarah only stared at him quietly, "There's a familiar atmosphere around him. Almost similiar to Yakumo." She thought to herself.

Kalas walked into the back to place empty plates and bowls and such. Tired, he leaned on the wall and sighed.

"Not bad at all" Kiko's voice popped up, appearing besides him.

Kalas then gave a frusterated sigh, "What do you want?" He asked.

"What? Can't a friend come around to check up on their friends?" The ghost asked, mockingly hurt.

Kalas gave a scoff, "Since when did you consider us friends?" He asked.

Kiko then decided to change the topic, "Anyways, that girl I wanted you to meet is about to pass by, along with another girl whom I find some interest in, maybe you will too." She explained.

"Don't bother having them come here. I'm off in half an hour." He then walked off to continue his orders.

Kiko watched him leave, "By the way Kalas. Try smiling to your customers more." She suggested before vanishing.

Kalas only scoffed and went to the tables.

Behind the wall, Sarah seemingly listened in on the conversation, "What a strange man" She thought to herself quietly.

"Seems you have an eye for our new partner." Asou's voice ringed out, nearly scaring Sarah out of her socks.

Sarah turned back to him, "What! No..." She denied his conclusions.

"You were looking at him ever since he walked into this building." Asou added, grabbing the dirty dishes.

"It's not that. It's just, there's something familiar about him. I keep looking at him to figure it out, although I can't place my finger on it." She concluded her suspicions.

Asou only gave a little laugh and walked away, "Well, don't let it distract you." He replied.

*Somewhere else*

"Um, thanks for treating me for dinner." Yakumo called out quietly, walking alongside the taller girl.

Innocent only smiled, "Well, first day in Yagami, figured I should at least know one person." She replied.

"Where are we eating?" Yakumo asked.

"You know, I don't really know. We're just going to a restaurant I've seen in an ad." Innocent confessed letting out a little chuckle. She then turned her head to the side, "And this is it." She motioned out to the restaurant. (AN: Same restaurant where Asou, Sarah, and Kalas works.)

Yakumo took a while to memorize the building, "Oh, that's where my friend works." Yakumo pointed out.

"Oh, good. This will be easier on my part." Innocent complied and the two went towards it.

*Back*

"See you tomorrow Kalas. Same time." Their boss waved goodbye as Kalas raised a hand in acknowledgement.

"That went well" Kalas thought to himself quietly, placing his hands in his pocket. He kept his head lowered in deepthought, apparently one of Kiko's words got to him, "Smile? Now that I think of it, I don't remember smiling about anything..." He added to his train of thoughts, before shrugging it off ridiculously. He wasn't paying attention to where he was heading, until bumping into two individuals snapped him into his position.

"Watch where your going" One of the girls snapped.

"Sorry." Kalas answered without turning, "Wasn't paying attention to my surroundings." He added, continuing his walk.

"Hmph, the nerve of that guy. Bumping into us and not even looking back at us." The same girl muttered.

"Um...At least he said sorry." The other girl complied.

The two girls continued towards the resturant. While on the ground laid a certain necklace donning several gems.

*Back to Innocent and Yakumo*

They were already seated when Sarah came over to take their orders. Innocent was still mumbling about a certain rude young man while Yakumo looked towards her friend.

"Oh hello Yakumo." Sarah greeted grabbing out a paper and notepad. "Who's your friend?" She asked, motioning towards the girl who was still mumbling.

"Hi" Yakumo greeted back and looked towards Innocent, "This is Innocent Myst. She's attending the same class as my sister." She explained and looked at the girl. "Innocent" She called out, causing the older woman to snap out of her little ranting, "This is my friend, Sarah" She introduced the both of them.

Sarah let out a hand, "Pleased to meet you." She greeted.

Innocent looked at her in the eyes, "Likewise." She shook her hand.

At that moment, Sarah's eyes widened once she saw Innocent's eyes and let out a little gasp, still gripping her hand.

"Are my eyes that scary?" Innocent asked tilting her head.

Sarah quickly looked away, "Sorry, just suprised. Sorry for being rude" She then sat on a chair, "By any chance, do you know a man named Kalas Angelus?" She asked curiously.

The two girls shook their heads, "Who name's their son Kalas? Might of sounded better outside Japan, but here?" Innocent pointed out.

"Um, can we order?" Yakumo stepped in.

"Oh right, sorry." Sarah got up and grabbed her notepad again, "What are you two having?"

*Back to Kalas*

Kalas sneezed for no reason, like someone was making fun of him, but that was only superstition, so he shrugged it off.

"So what do you think of those two girls back there?" Kiko asked, appearing out of nowhere.

Kalas again sighed, "Must you always appear when I'm alone in thought?" He asked annoyed.

"So where are you headed to now?" Kiko asked.

Seeing as she is only a ghost, Kalas turned towards her, "Well, the lady whose apartment I was renting is kicking me out, saying I was always late to pay the rent." Kalas replied, sticking his hands in his pockets.

"Wow. What are you going to do now?" She again asked.

"Well, I found a landmaster who is willing to give me a house at a cheap price providing I fix it up myself. Although he said one of the neighbors is pretty clueless, but I can live with that." Kalas admitted, starting to notice something missing in his pockets.

"Let me guess, the Tsukamoto Sisters." Kiko pointed out.

"That's what he said. How did you know?" He asked, still feeling around his pockets.

"Call it a lucky guess." She answered, if she was still capable of feeling emotions, she would have had a smug smile on her. Clueless was the keyword. "How are you going to get your stuff there?" She again asked.

"I rented a truck and someone to drive. Told him to get my stuff there while I was in school." Kalas explained. He then finally noticed something was absent. "Crap..." He then took off without a word.

Kiko only watched him walk away, "Hmm. Moving close to the Tsukamoto sisters. Something tells me things are going to get pretty wild." She muttered to herself, then vanished from view.

*Back to the restaurant*

Innocent waved bye as she walked off. Yakumo done the same and started to walk the other way, she then stepped on something that nearly made her trip. She then moved her foot and found a necklace gleaming in beautiful colors. She then picked it up and examined it, "It's beautiful. Wonder who it belongs to?" She wondered to herself.

Down the street, Kalas was running, again not paying attention. So he bumped into a girl again.

"You again? You really got to watch where your going!" The girl again snapped.

"Sorry, can't talk." Kalas ran without exchanging a glance.

"Hmph, the nerve of that guy." The girl again mumbled. Then looked back getting an idea. She looked around to see if anyone was watching, seeing that no one was, she extended her two fingers to Kalas' foot. Smiling, she jerked her hand back, using telekinesis to hold back his foot.

Kalas then tripped flat onto his face, getting up and looking back at the person he suspected that would trip him. However he looked back and the girl was walking away and was already too far away so she couldn't have tripped him. Looking around, he shrugged it off and got up dusting himself off. He took a couple of steps, continuing to dust himself off. He then looked ahead and saw the other girl holding his necklace, "Damn..." He muttered to himself.

He then studied her, "She's just a harmless girl, just ask and she'll give it back." He replied to himself and walked towards her.

"Guess I'll hold on to this until someone reclaims it." Yakumo replied to herself and placed it around her neck, she then held up the necklace, "Whoever this belongs to will be very depress about losing it." She again muttered to herself. She then let out a little smile, "It's beautiful though."

Seeing the smile, Kalas stopped in his steps, "Come on Kalas. This is your property, she's probably not even a thief." He continued to talk to himself, then looked at her smile again, "But she looks so happy about it. I can't knock that smile off her." He pondered quietly. "Just ask and she'll give it back. That easy." He continued the mantra.

"Hey, Kalas!" A familiar voice shouted out.

Looking towards his name, he saw Mikoto walking towards him, "What are you doing here?" He asked curiously.

Mikoto stood in front of him, "What? Not even a hello?" She mocked, in which was answered with a shrug, "I'm just waiting for Asou to get off." She explained her reason of being there.

"Asou." Kalas replied curiously.

"He's my boyfriend." Mikoto answered simply.

"Ah." Kalas then looked towards the girl again.

"Anyways, you seemed distracted, so I came to see what's wrong." Mikoto answered her other reason of approaching him.

Kalas then looked towards her again, "That's rather kind of you." He acknowledged.

"You were staring at Yakumo. Is this about her?" Mikoto asked...rather smugly at that.

"Yakumo..." Kalas repeated the named, learning it.

Misunderstanding his silence, she let out a little giggle, "Too shy to start up a conversation?" She again asked smugly.

Kalas then narrowed his eyes at her, "This has nothing to do with being shy." He pointed out blankly.

Mikoto then looked towards Yakumo, "Hey, Yakumo. Come here for a sec." She called out.

"No! Don't call her." Kalas snapped quietly.

Yakumo, looking towards her name, saw Mikoto with a boy from earlier, who Innocent described as rude and bringer of bad luck. "Yes?" She asked, placing the necklace beneath her shirt and walked towards them.

"Seems our new friend; Kalas, wants a word with you," Mikoto pointed her thumb at the young man in question.

"Kalas?" She paused at his name. "That's the name Sarah mentioned." She thought to herself and looked at Kalas to see if she could read his thoughts. There she saw white words appearing like bubbles, seeing as it is white instead of black, she figured he want no dark thoughts of her, but it was pretty clouded and confusing, if not strange, on what he was thinking.

"Damn you, damn you, damn you, damn you."

Pretty strange indeed. She saw that he was cursing Mikoto, she then shook her head, "A word with me?" She asked curiously and continued her course towards them.

She then reached them and stared curiously at Kalas.

Kalas for the first time in a while, was lost at words. He wanted his necklace back, but he didn't want to take that smile away. "Well...um..." He kept mumbling at words.

Tilting her head, Yakumo continued to read his thoughts.

"Damn you, damn you, damn you, damn you."

"He's a strange one" She thought to herself quietly, "Yes?" She asked.

Kalas then looked towards Mikoto, "That is, I would prefer to discuss this with Yakumo alone." He answered.

Still having that smug look on her face, Mikoto giggled, "Oh, of course. I'll take my leave." Even her voice still had that smug tone on her.

Realizing the power of his words, he quickly recoiled, "Damn it." He mumbled, "It's not what you think." He pointed out and shook his head, "Forget it, there's nothing to talk about." He then ran off.

Wide eyed at his actions, Mikoto looked towards him, "Huh? Kalas?" She called out, but he continued on walking.

Yakumo continued to read his thoughts.

"Damn you, damn you, damn you, damn you."

They became smaller as he disappeared in the distance.

"Huh, you think a guy like him wouldn't be that shy about this." Mikoto wondered, scratching the back of her head.

Yakumo let out another smile, "I don't think this has anything to do with being shy." She pointed out, indicating by his thoughts, he wasn't shy from the first place.

"Yeah? Well, whatever. See you around." She waved as she saw Asou getting off.

Yakumo then proceed to go home. (AN: Quick note. She was busy reading his thoughts that she didn't notice his eyes.)

*After quickly getting home* (1)

Yakumo arrived at their home when she noticed the same boy walking towards the nearby house. "Kalas?" She called out.

The boy looked towards his name and saw Yakumo, "Perfect. Now I can ask her" He thought to himself and walked towards her.

Instead of seeing him continously repeating 'damn you' she saw his thoughts. "Wonder what he wants to ask me?" She wondered to herself.

"Evening." He greeted.

"What did you want to ask me earlier?" Yakumo wondered, continuing to read his thoughts.

"Well, I wanted to ask you..." Kalas began, but unfortunately...

"Yakumo!" Tenma's voice called out.

Both turning to the source of the voice, they saw Tenma running towards them.

"That's your little sister?" Kalas wondered.

Yakumo looked down in embarassment, "Actually, I'm the younger sister." She admitted. Although it happened many times before, she would continuously get embarassed by it.

Tenma was up to them when Kalas studied the both of them, "Didn't see that coming." Kalas quietly replied.

"Didn't see what coming?" Tenma wondered.

"Nothing." Kalas muttered.

Tenma took the time to recognize him, "Oh your Kalas. The new kid." She pointed out.

"I am."

"The bringer of bad luck" Tenma added carelessly.

"The what?" Kalas asked confused.

"Well, there's been talk that you bring bad luck because your name leads to it." Tenma explained.

Yakumo saw a change in his thoughts.

"Should've picked a better name."

She was confused at this, was he hiding or something?

"Whatever. I got to get some sleep. See you tomorrow." He then took off without asking his request.

"Uh...Night?" Yakumo called out, still shocked at what he wanted.

"So how was your nightout?" Tenma asked, walking towards their home with Yakumo following.

*Later on that night*

Many of his stuff still laid about, some in boxes. While not having much objects, it did take up a lot of room. He laid in a corner in a sleeping bag, still wide awake.

"Do you like her?" Kiko's voice again popped up.

Sighing, Kalas looked at the ghost, "Always when I think I'm alone." He muttered.

"You haven't answered my question" Kiko again asked.

Scoffing, Kalas turned around, "I can't answer that." He replied.

"Why's that?" She asked.

"I abandoned those feelings long ago." He pointed out.

Kiko however, floated besides him, "Yet, you hesitated towards her. Why?" She asked.

"Couldn't take away her smile." He answered simply.

"Why's that?"

"Had enough of making people sad." He then put on earphones to drown her out.

"Heh heh. Poor little human." She then disappeared from sight.

XOXOXOX

Not really satisfied with the last part.

(1) I wanted to add another scene between those two, but I didn't want another scene of mindless babbling or Kalas and Kiko arguing again. I also wanted to get the night over with.

I don't have much to say, but who can guess where "This has nothing to do with being shy" came from?