Shade's POV
I sat on the top of a tree in the garden as the nurses took patients out to the garden below me. Sigh... If only people weren't allowed in the garden during day, then it would be so much more relaxing for me, as I take breaks from my jobs, but stuff like that, shouldn't bother me too much. My pocket watch beeped. I opened it and arrows came out of it, showing me where to go.
I started to walk on air towards the window. I walked through the window to see an operation taking place for an old man. He was desperately trying to breath in a single breathe through a plastic mouth. His eyes opened for a second and saw me, then he stopped trying. Mentally at least. He has accepted the fact that he was going to die today, and there would be no exceptions. I raised my scythe, then in one swoop, I slashed at the man. His silvery white soul went into the watch. I looked at it. Suzuki Aoi has been collected.
I left the room, through the actual doorway, leaving doctors and nurses to accept the fact that the man was dead. They're always so noisy and annoying. I sighed, now what to do until the next job? Then nurses passed by me talking. "You look exhausted. Did she started acting up again?"
I stopped in my tracks and listened to them. "Yep. I can't understand why she just suddenly throws the vase, or a tray of food, or why she hits me and Izumi-sensei." Hm... "But this time was the worse, she threw a tray at the window. What is she trying to do?"
Sounds like someone who's gone crazy. "What can you expect from someone who's been in here practically since birth? It's a good thing that the window got fixed up quickly. She'll go back to normal. Her sister's visiting her after all." I stopped listening to their conversation. Been here since they were born? Sister? It sounds like Rein. True she throws fits once in a while, but that often?
Before I knew it, my feet started moving towards Rein's room. I didn't even bother to go through the wall, I just opened the door and walked in to see Rein with a pink haired girl. Rein turned around. The unfamiliar girl asked, "What's wrong Rein?"
Rein looked directly at me and then said," That's weird, the door's open." Then she gave me a look that said, "What are you doing here?"
Hm... what am I suppose to say in this situation? My feet were worried? "There are too many people outside, let me stay here until nightfall," I said, thinking up a believable lie. There are far to many people outside for my liking.
"Hm... that is weird." The girl stood up and walked past me to close the door. Her eyes were red. I blinked, stupidly as I smelled a sweet scent. Those eyes and that scent... are familiar. "Rein, I'm going to the bathroom for a minute. Let's eat the cake I brought after that okay?"
"Okay. Take your time," Rein said as the girl closed the door. She looked at me who was obviously confused. "That's my sister, Fine," she explained simply. "Shade, do you know her? Maybe you met her before in the past?" I raised an eyebrow in curiosity."Well, you looked like you knew her before."
"She does look familiar, but I'm not remembering anything. That's not why I'm here," I said truthfully. Now she gave me a questioning look. "I heard from some nurses that you were freaking out again. Is everything okay?" I didn't know why I wanted to know that, but maybe it's payback for her asking me those questions. I'm not too sure about my actions for today.
She gave me an exhausted smile. "I don't know. I'm just tired of being here. They normally don't even let me go outside. After being in a place like this for so long, isn't it only natural that I would act out once in a while? Maybe my actions were just trying to say that I wanted to go outside." She looked out the window as she spoke. Then turned around to me and walked out of her bed. "It's nice to know that you actually care Shade," she said smiling.
For the first time, I realized how small she was. She was thin and at least three inches shorter than I was. "So, I can stay here for a couple hours?" I asked, remembering where I was and who I was in this situation.
"Sure, but when it's time for Fine and me to have a girl talk, you need to go in the bathroom or something," She said pointing to the door of the nearby bathroom "You may be a Shinigami, but you're also a boy. Boys aren't allowed to hear what girls talk about, no matter what."
"Okay, whatever." Why would it even matter to me about what they talk about? But if there's a bathroom in here, why doesn't her sister just use this one? Unless it was clogged up or something... Eh, who knows and who cares? The door opened, and Fine walked in.
She stopped right in front of me and spoke to Rein. It was weird, since she was talking to Rein, but it looked like she was staring at me. "Rein, let's hurry up and eat the cake, before I have to go back," she said, with an easy smile. I could tell that she was related to Rein, they had the same face and the same smile.
"Sure. You don't want to worry Mom or Dad right? Let's start eating quickly then. I've been wondering what kind of cake you brought this time," Rein said sitting down on her bed as Fine sat down in the chair that was pulled out. A paper box on the bedside table was opened by Fine to reveal two slices of a chocolate cake with white chocolate shavings. "The shavings on the cakes are pretty~. Where did you get them?"
"From the usual bakery. Here," she said handing her sister a slice. They both enjoyed eating the cake, a little too much. Well at least Fine did. But that does look familiar. Loving sweets...I think I knew a person who was sweet-crazy. I vaguely remember... A blurry image came into my mind. She always smelled sweet, like sugar and was always smiling. She was a cheerful person, who always managed to brighten my day. It's weird... even though I remember this much about her personality, I can't remember what she looked like at all or her name. She was important to me, but I can't even remember her face?
"That was so good~ Thanks for bringing it Fine," Rein said putting her paper plate down.
Her sister smiled and said, "Well if that made you happy, then guess what I'm going to say that's going to make you really smile." Rein looked at her in curiosity. "I got permission from Izumi-sensei and Mom and Dad for you to get out of this hospital for a day next week."
"Eh? Really?" Rein asked in shock. Hm, she must be happy. Well, she has been in here too long. She's even resorted to talking to someone like me. This works out for everyone really well. She can get out of the hospital, the nurses and doctor don't have to worry about her for a day, and I can stay somewhere without anyone annoying me.
"Yep," Fine said calmly, smiling at Rein. "Do you want it to be just the two of us shopping? Or would it be better for a couple of my friends to come and meet you?"
"I want to met your friends, they sound like really interesting people," Rein said smiling. This doesn't concern me...
"Great then, I'll tell them tomorrow," Fine said. "I can't wait! We're going to have so much fun." It shouldn't bother me...
"I hope that next week comes by soon," Rein said with a huge smile on her face. This situation isn't suppose to bug me, but it does. Something just didn't sit right in my chest. What's going on with me?
