Moon: HI! Today, Shade's going to be stalking someone.
Shade: Why is that the first thing that you say? Can't you say anything normal?
Moon: Shade, Shade, how long have I been writing for this archive?
Shade: Over a year?
Moon: Exactly, and how many times have I tried to hurt you in my stories or said something weird?
Shade: Too many times for me to count.
Moon: And that is why I can't say anything normal. Well, I'll be going. Make sure you do the disclaimer. (Runs away)
Shade: She doesn't own anything. Wait a second! Don't just leave me here!
Shade's POV
I'm not stalking Rein. I'm not even following her. I'm just walking somewhere away from the hospital today and she just happens to be where I'm walking. Yeah, there's something wrong with me right now. But even though I think that, my feet just won't stop moving.
"Rein, if you start feeling bad, just tell me and we'll go back quickly," Fine said.
"Don't worry Fine. I've been feeling a lot better lately, so it'll be completely alright today," Rein said happily with her regular smile. I don't get myself at all. Becoming happy with that girl's expressions that are like an angel's and feeling emotion other than hate is strange for a Shinigami, but I'm not really an ordinary Shinigami.
"Ah, she's already there. Milky!" I looked in the direction Fine was yelling in. Milky? I froze in my step. That name... I've heard it somewhere before. It sounds so familiar... I looked to see the twins talking to a girl with light pink hair and the clearest blue eyes. Those innocent eyes and carefree smile... I've seen them before I know that for sure, but I still don't remember. I thought hard, searching my mind for some memory of my past, but I just fell down to my knees in pain.
Why? Why can't I remember anything? It's frustrating to not know what's happened to me, what happened before? I looked up to see the three girls walking away. That pink haired girl... she must know something about me. Or else I wouldn't be feeling this much pain. I stumbled a little as I stood up, but I manged to have enough strength to follow them. I would have to ask that girl when neither Rein or her sister is around, but who knows when that happens? I sighed. Really, what's going on with me?
As I followed the three of them, I felt like there's something in my mind that will tell me about that person who's important to me. It's like the memory is right there where I can reach, but there's a wall in between me and that memory. It's frustrating to the point where it's almost suffocating. Then I remembered where I was. Rein probably already noticed that I'm here and later she'll ask me what I was doing. I sighed. It's going to be annoying. Then I noticed that they went into a bookstore. I can corner that 'Milky' girl and ask her some stuff. But the question is what to ask... I'll just worry about that when I'm actually close to her.
I concentrated all of my power and snapped my fingers. I changed into clothes that a boy would wear instead of the all black outfit that I was previously wearing. Hm... But this is the first time I've ever tried to make myself appear as a human, so I'm wondering if it worked? Suddenly someone bumped into me and said "Sorry." Looks like it works.
I walked into the bookstore and looked around. Let's see, where's that person? I saw her with Rein's twin. I walked closer to where they are and chose a random book and started reading it. "Well Milky, I'll go help Rein chose a book. I'll be right back," Fine said. She walked past me and I could have sworn that she whispered, "You can't be him."
What does she mean by that? I put the book back and walked up to the girl. True, what do I say? "Excuse me. Can I ask you a question?"
The girl looked at me. At first she was shocked, but then she quickly changed her expression and asked, "What is it?"
I acted like I was thinking about something. "I'm sorry. It's just that you look like someone that I knew," I said smiling. I don't remember her. "I'm sorry to have bothered you."
"Oh no. To tell you the truth, you look a lot like someone that I knew before too. It was my brother, I haven't seen him in a long time though," she said, smiling sadly. "I'm sorry, it must be rude to be told that you look like my brother when you've never seen him before. Well, good bye." She quickly ran away with her book.
Brother...? Does that mean that I'm her brother? Is that why I feel like I've known her for a long time? I clutched my head, feeling weak. It's painful... Then a hand touched my shoulder and I saw gentle green eyes staring at me. "Shade? What are you doing here?"
"Rein..." Within an instant, my questions seemed like they didn't matter anymore. I stood up.
"Hey, are you okay? What are you doing here anyways, Shade?"
"I don't even know," I said honestly. "I guess I just got tired of being in the same place all the time. Besides, it's not like I can't take a break once in a while from my job. There's nothing wrong with that."
She smiled. "How strange, I thought that you wouldn't have cared about things like that." Then she looked over somewhere else. "Ah, I have to go. Fine's started to wonder where I am. I'll see you later, Shade." As she walked away, I almost smiled. I really don't know why, but I feel like my perspective of the world changes, after I talk to Rein.
Normal POV
"Hey Fine," Milky said as Fine looked at her, picking up a book. "That person with the purple hair... he's not Onii-san is he?" Fine watched Milky as she spoke. "He looks exactly like him... Not only that, but his voice and that look in his eyes is the exact same. I can't shake this feeling... Could it really be him?"
Fine just looked at her with shocked eyes. Finally she said with sad and serious eyes, "No, it can't be him, it isn't him. You know that Milky. That person cannot be Shade. No matter what, it's impossible." Milky accepted that. She's already accepted the reality. Fine has done the same before, however now her acceptance is wavering after what she has just witnessed.
Then someone bumped into Fine. "I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going," said the girl with pure white hair. "I'm really sorry."
"It's fine," Fine said watching as the girl bowed and walked away. Even though Fine looked like she was fine, she was worrying a lot. Who wouldn't be after seeing someone who's not suppose to be in a place like this? Then, the white haired girl had a single thought and that was:
So that's why.
