ATTENTION! Might be triggering.
This scream was so loud not only my, but also Shuu's eyes shot wide open.
"Shut up..." Subaru lazily grunted, still under an effect of sleeping cookies.
"I have no words for you! Don't you understand that this is a school trip!? You can't go around sleeping with not one, but two guys! And brothers on top of that!" Miss Kamatotayama was screaming her lungs out on me.
Only then it clicked to me - I was in my king size bed with two Sakamaki brothers. With two guys! In a hotel!
"Please listen to me. This is not what it looks like! We only slept in one bed, nothing else happened!" Good thing that I was wearing my long sleeved pyjamas and Subaru was still in his everyday clothes. However, this noise woke Subaru up. He seemed to be confused for a while, but then decided to talk.
"You there... Did it all end? Did Laito... make you do... any perverted poses? If he did... I will punch him..." Subaru, I know you are being considerate, but this is NOT helping!
"I can still explain..." Teacher's eyes were wide with rage and disgust.
"I know what you're going to say: 'We were only playing 'Twister' or some weird stuff. You won't fool me with that." I was left speechless.
"But it's not time for this kind of conversation. School officials will decide your punishment, not me. As for now - get ready." And so she turned around to leave.
"What did just happen?"
"Welcome to the circle of perverts, Subaru."
"Shut up! I am nothing like you!"
"From now on you are," Chuckled Shuu.
"Guys, we have to go - Azuchi castle is not going to wait for us, you know."
"It's been waiting for five hundred years, it can wait some more," Shuu lazily answered.
"You know that I can destroy your music player, don't you?"
"I can buy another one."
"But files in your player were quite rare, I must say. I found your computer and deleted all of the music files there. The only copies are in the player." He sat up.
"Wait... You don't mean..."
"Yes, if you don't behave - say goodbye to your moaning girls."
"With your help I can make some new recordings." He smirked wickedly.
"No, you can't. Shuu, let's go or she won't be able to leave her room in time." Subaru pushed him out of the room, leaving me alone.
I got ready for the day and left my room. After short breakfast in one of the restaurants, we went to the Azuchi castle. I was a bit too exited to visit Oda Nobunaga's home (I blame the game I play), but Reiji's inability to see put some restrictions to my energetic fangirling.
"Reiji, no. No! That is NOT a trashcan." But Reiji still threw his used coffee cup on sleeping Shuu's head.
"I know."
"You are rude, you know."
"I don't see how this is my problem."
"What are you jealous of now? This comfortable spot on the floor or maybe my eyes?" Shuu asked without even making the effort of looking at his angry brother.
"I will show you!" Reiji grabbed what he thought was katana and pointed it at Shuu.
"You will show me what? How to sweep the floor? Uuu I'm so scared."
Shuu's mockingly calm voice enraged Reiji even more. He broke the broomstick in two, throwing away the brush part.
"Let's see if that myth about pierced heart by wooden stick is really just a myth."
"Reiji! This castle already had its share of blood! No need to add more!" I read Dracula, I know what stuff like that does to vampires and I didn't want to see that happen in real life, so I grabbed that stick and pointed its sharp tip at my heart, hoping that movies don't lie.
"If you want to kill someone, kill me!"
"..."
"Okay." It worked in movies, so why not here?! I felt it being slowly pressed towards my skin.
"You can't kill me though! Your dad would get mad." Reiji stopped trying to make a kebab out of me.
"My father?"
"Yes. Your dad."
"You mean my father."
"I said your dad!"
"Be respectful and call my father Father!"
"I am respectful enough to call him dad! If I was rude, I'd be calling him daddy!" I slowly checked the room to see if I haven't accidentally summoned the kind of all daddies, but it seemed that three of us were the only ones in there. But not for long.
"Kids, why are you arguing? Aren't you a bit too old for that." Mister Reinhart walked in. Honestly, I was expecting to see Laito, not our health teacher, but oh well.
"We were just talking about how Reiji's dad wouldn't mind being called dad."
"Yes, he would." Reiji went to fix his glasses, but poked his forehead instead.
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind it at all," Smiled our teacher, "Especially if he was called so by a cute daughter like you." Reinhart ruffled my hair.
"But I'm not his child."
"There's always adoption." Okay, this conversation was getting a bit creepy.
Noticing my discomfort, Reinhart changed the subject and took back his hand.
"Have you checked everything you wanted?"
"Yes, pretty much."
"Okay, because we are leaving. Everyone's already waiting in the bus. Shuu, come on." It wasn't easy to get him into the bus, but we managed. Our next stop was a couple of museums. Today was a day for culture and history. Tomorrow is for entertainment.
After a long day among antiquity and old stuff, we finally came back to the hotel.
"I love you, my sweet dear fluffy and lovely bed!" I dived right into its warm blankets.
"I need to take a shower." I snuggled deeper into the warmth. "And I have to change my clothes." I wrapped myself in a blanked. "I need to..."
"Bake me a cake!" I jolted out of the bed like a cat from a full bathtub.
"Kanato!? Don't you know how to knock?!"
"Of course I know how to knock you out, but I need you to make me a cake."
"For whose future funeral?"
"There is this one kid in the pool." Kanato clenched his fists, making his knuckles turn white.
"And what did that kid do to deserve death?"
"He was born." I sighed, knowing well that Kanato's not joking around.
"What did that kid actually do?"
"He breathed my air." I knew that Kanato wouldn't tell me the real reason why he wanted to kill that poor kiddo, or he just simply had no other reason but his sadistic urges. He couldn't let out his rage on me - I was untouchable on this trip after all.
"What, if I made a really delicious cake just for you, hmm? Would you still try to kill anyone?"
"It depends on how tasty that cake is." I might be a horrible cook, but my baking skills are to be jealous of, so I knew that I'll save someone's life today.
"Let's go ask if we can use their kitchen." We found some hotel workers and asked them a few things. At first they didn't really want to let us near the kitchen, but after a private conversation with Kanato, hotel owner herself made sure we had everything we needed for the cake.
"And we're done. All we have to do is put it into the oven for an hour," I sighed.
"And add some sprinkles."
"Kanato, put the rat poison down."
"Okay, fine. But only because Teddy says so."
"...Kanato, Teddy is not here."
"You said Teddy is in a hotel, so maybe he's here somewhere." I knew for sure that Teddy was hidden in an abandoned green house I found in the woods, so there was no way in hell for that creep to be here.
"Yeah, maybe Teddy's here somewhere. Anyways, after an hour the cake will be done, so do whatever you want with it. I'll be going to sleep. Night." Kanato was too busy staring at the cake to answer me. Not that he would answer me anyways.
On my way to my room, I saw Laito's head poking out of some sort of room to hang a 'Do not disturb' sign. Kanato and Laito won't annoy me in the morning - they were too busy for that. After this horrible morning, Subaru has been avoiding me like a devil avoids salt. Reiji was too blind to even try anything and Shuu was still in a bus, sleeping.
I guess Ayato is the one I'll have to deal with...
"SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT YOU HORSE-BUTT!" I heard a furious scream coming from a gaming room.
"COME AT ME, YOU RED HAIRED TROLL! And this is a PONYTAIL, YOU UNCULTURED..."
"Oh SHUT UP AND MOVE YOUR QUEEN!"
"Haaaa?! THIS MOVE WOULD BE TOO STUPID EVEN FOR YOU!" After this, a loud crash echoed through the hallway. I ran into the room to check out what was happening.
Once I opened the door I had to rub my eyes, pinch myself and kick the wall to make sure I wasn't asleep and dreaming. There, in a middle of the room, was a chess table and Ayato was playing with Yuma and Ruki was supervising everything. I walked to Azusa, who was intently watching the match, and asked him:
"The hell is going on? Are they drunk or something?"
"They're fine... It's just... Yuma called Ayato an... idiot... so now... they are competing..." I took a good look around this room and oh boy was it messy! Crosswords, sudoku puzzles and mathematical equations were EVERYWHERE! A few were ripped to shreds, a few were thrown out on the floor and a few even had some bite marks.
"HA! CHECKMATE!"
"That is not my king, you moron! YOU CHECKMATED MY QUEEN."
"Same thing."
"No, it's not."
"Yes it is!"
"RUKI!" Both vampires yelled to get attention of the only smart person in this room. Ruki rubbed his temples with shaking hands, sighed a couple of times and slowly raised his head.
"For the last time, you need to destroy the king!" Both Ayato and Yuma returned to the game, mumbling about these stupid rules and how smart people have no patience.
"Azusa, where is Kou?"
"He couldn't come... because of the... work..."
"Aw, that's so sad!" Tonight is going to be vampire free! I can't wait to take that bubble bath without fearing to be seen.
"Why are you... smiling then..?"
"Because I'm so sad I can't even function. Now, excuse me - I gotta go express my sadness somewhere where nobody is going to see me." I ran straight to my room where making a bubble bath was the first thing I did. Shower was separate from a bathtub, so I planned to take that one first.
"Music? Check. Fluffy towels? Check. Snacks? Oh my, I gotta take care of those." I took my purse and walked out of my room. I saw a junk food vending machine on the first floor, so my goal was there. I just had to take an elevator which to my relief was empty.
Calming music was luring me into dancing, but I knew elevators had cameras somewhere, so I stood there, waiting patiently.
I bought a few chocolate bars, tons of potato chips and a few cans of soda. I might be small, but my appetite is enormous.
I was so happy with my purchase, that I didn't even notice how I was in the elevator again. When I heard a ding. Assuming that I was on my floor already, I took a step forward, but someone blocked my way.
"Nice seeing you again," Smirked the same male I encountered yesterday.
"The feeling is not mutual." His smirk deepened.
"Allow me to help you with your bag."
"Thanks, but no." I pushed his hand away and tried to walk past him, but he grabbed my hand.
"I was being polite! Couldn't you show me some gratitude?!" His eyes were so filled with hatred and anger they made me shudder.
"I can show you how happy I was with your creepiness by calling the cops. I'm sure they would enjoy talking to you." His grip suddenly loosened enough for me to get away from him. I ran out of the elevator towards my room. I took the key card and tried it once, but it didn't work. I tried it again, but the lock just beeped in displeasure.
"The hell?!" The only thing I wanted to do was to lock myself inside and snuggle into the safety of my blankets. Calling the security was also one of the top priorities, but I couldn't even get into my own room. Then it hit me. I slowly raised my head to look at the number above. III 246. It wasn't my room. I wasn't even on my floor. My room number was VI 546.
I stood there shocked, unable to move. A shadow slid behind me and covered my mouth with some sort of rag that was drenched in something with sweet odor. My bags fell down on the ground, making an awful sound.
"Don't struggle." Judging from the voice it was the same man from the elevator. I dug my nails into his hands, trying to do as much damage as possible. I knew that smell - it was chloroform. Reiji would sometimes drug me with it by putting some into my tea.
That man was strong, but he had a lot of trouble with handling me. But then I heard that horrific sound of the lock being unlocked.
"Welcome to my room, princess." Without letting me go, he pushed me inside. He was still covering my mouth with that rag. Poor man probably saw too many movies to believe it would work. Chloroform loses its effect once it comes in contact with air. But I was still getting dizzy and sleepy.
If this continues, I won't be able to do anything to save myself. I had to make a choice - continue on struggling with a risk of being knocked out or fake a faint. I decided to relax in his arms and fall limp. Noticing my lack of fight, he pulled me towards his bed and handcuffed me to the headboard. Then, he stuffed a cloth into my mouth and wrapped a few layers of duct tape around my head and mouth.
"I'll be right back, my sleeping beauty." He kissed my forehead. I had to fight off the urge to break his nose with my head, but then I'd have no chance of escaping. Once I heard doors being closed and locked with a card, I sat down.
After a few times with Laito, I was quite good at unlocking cuffs. I pulled a hairpin out of my hair that was the best one to unlock stuff and did my magic. Click of the lock was the best sound in the world. I checked if room was really locked. It was.
I didn't know what to do: scream for help or beat up that bastard when he comes back. I chose the second one. In the bathroom I found more various drugs I didn't even want to know the purpose of, some rope, alcohol and a knife.
I cut off the tape from my face. I searched the entire room for something hard and painful. After finding nothing, I ripped off the shower curtain holder. It had a good grip and was as hard as steel (because it was made out of steel). I pressed myself against the wall so that when he opens the door, I would be hidden behind it.
It didn't take long for him to come back. When I heard that beep, I prepared to hit him any time.
"I'm back, my sleeping... Where is she?!" He took a few frantic steps towards the bed and I, without waiting for anything, hit him right on the head. He stumbled forward, but still was on his legs... But not for long.
When I was searching around his room, I found two school uniforms for girls. Both were different size and style, meaning that I wasn't his first victim. I also found some pictures and for those, I was beating this man to a pile of minced meat.
First hit made him stumble, second one made him fall on his knees, third and fourth ones were aimed to his elbows and knees. Fifth one was towards his back. I hit him with no mercy, with no sense of guilt or regret. He was a monster and monsters deserved to be punished. I don't remember how many times I hit and kicked him. I don't remember how I got to the registration center. I don't remember how police came and how I was arrested. The only thing I remember is how my wrists felt being handcuffed once again.