Hello my lovlies~ It's so nice to see you again! Here is part three of my Senji/Crow story. I'm very happy that those who took the time to review did so, but I noticed something. Out of almost 300 views, only about five actually took the time to review it. Made me kind of sad, I REALLY want to know what you think of the story so pleeeeeeease review for me? It would be most appreciated. :) But anyways, read, enjoy, review!
"Mai...Mai...time to wake up now...Mai. It's time to play a game now."
My eye shot open and I nearly bolted out of bed. Sweat was running down my entire being from those very recent, very unforgiving memories. To here her say that again was terrifying. At least the pain in my head isn't as bad as it use to be. "Mmm, what time is it? Senji, are you awake yet?" I groaned out, trying to push this heavy cover from me so I could search for a clock of some sort.
Hearing a, in my opinion strange sounding, snore, I craned my neck up and saw Senji with his mouth wide open and snoring like it was nobodies business. No wonder I woke up. I managed to push the covers away from my body and shivered from the newfound cold that this room was providing. Man, I still didn't know what time it was either. It was so chilly at the moment, I actually had the urge to pull the covers back up and snuggle into him, but with his girly freak out moments it would just be strange, not to mention inappropriate giving the time factor that we've known each other.
Senji let out another snore and rolled over to where his back was facing me and then in one graceful move...he fell off the bed and landed in the floor on his back. And would you believe that he didn't even wake up! "Wow, really Senji?" I said while peeking over the bed and down onto the floor.
I managed to creep my way around him, finally getting the time, and walked into the bathroom. Might as well let him sleep until I get out at least, it was about seven and a little early. "Shower here I come!" I whispered out with excitement. Too much had happened last night for me to even consider the possibility of a shower, but this morning I was feeling a little better. Besides I felt nasty with all the sweat and blood all over me.
Entering the bathroom, it seemed normal enough, though the color was dull. White walls, white floors, and tub, toilet, counter, sink, white everything! How does he do this everyday! "Oh well, maybe when I get some cast points I can spruce the place up a little bit. Maybe get a flower or something."
Stripping myself from my bloodied and sweaty clothes, I got into the shower and pulled the curtain back. I didn't bother to take off my eye patch though; I had a feeling that water against the wound would be a lot of pain right now. Turning on the water, I let it run as hot as I could stand it.
"Ah, this feels amazing." Standing under the stream of beady water, I grabbed the bottle of shampoo and gave off a sigh. "Vanilla and strawberry? Whatever." I squirted a good amount into my hand and scrubbed my scalp, trying to massage away the remaining part of the head ache that still lingered. It was working and the hot water helped to relax all the sore muscles in my body.
"I wonder what there is to do around here. I need to spend time with Ganta, but I wonder if we are even allowed out of our cells?" I pondered while rinsing out the soapy bubbles and replacing it with the more smooth and creamy conditioner. I ran it through my long tresses and rinsed it out as I did before.
A small creaking noise was heard and I saw a shadow looming just outside. "Senji? Is that you?" I said while poking my wet head out from behind the curtain. He was still just in his pants and had obviously just woken up from his little tumble to the hard floor. "Yea, when did you get up?"
Sticking my head back in I grabbed a bar of soap and began to wash away all impurities that were stuck to my skin. "You do realize that I'm bare behind this curtain right? Shouldn't you be running away with a red face or something?" I giggled out.
"It's too early to be embarrassed. Besides, I can't see anything because of the curtain, so this doesn't bother me. How you doing anyways? How's your eye?" He asked while turning on the faucet of the sink. It made the water a little cooler than normal but it wasn't that bad. Well, not bad enough to chuck the soap at him at least.
"I'm doing better, but my eye still hurts some. How ling did it take before yours stopped?"
"Few days at the most, then it just needs time to heal." He stuck a toothbrush in his mouth and began to brush his teeth. Speaking of which, I have absolutely nothing! No clothes, no underwear, no sanitary things!
Rinsing off the soap, I turned the water off and poked my head out again. "Hey, grab me a towel will you?" He turned his head toward me, toothbrush sticking out in all glory and grabbed a towel from under the sink and tossed it too me. I wrapped it around myself and stepped out of the shower, glad to be away from the steam.
"H-Hey! What do you think your doing coming out here in nothing but that!" He screamed, toothpaste flying everywhere, while he pointed an accusing finger toward me. Not to mention the beautiful shade of red on his cute little cheeks.
I gave off a sigh and crossed my arms over my chest. "Senji, I may have only known you for twenty four hours, but before I die, I am going to break you from being shy. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I will! Now...can I please borrow some money for clothes?"
"Take it all! But please put some clothes on woman!" He shielded his eyes by placing a hand over them and then felt his way out of the bathroom and back into the bedroom where he thought it was safe. Or not. I followed him out and tapped him on the shoulders, "Can I borrow some clothes then?"
"Y-Yea here! Take this!" He scrambled over to the small dresser he had and pulled out a pair of his pants and one of his long coats, but no shirt. He placed his hand over his eyes again and with the other pointed to the bathroom. "Now get in there and get decent!"
I picked up my underwear and bra from yesterday, disgusted in my head about the whole thing, and took the clothes in my arms. But then I noticed that I had a slight problem. "Umm Senji...what about an actual shirt? This thing doesn't zip or button up does it?"
"Shirt...I-I don't have an actual shirt." He replied sheepishly. "Wait, didn't I get you clothes yesterday? Now where did I put them?" He went back over to his dresser and then pulled out a pair of black shorts, and a bright green, plain t shirt. "Here, this'll be better." He tossed them over to me, making me drop what I already had.
"Oh yea. Thanks, I'll pay you back I promise! Just as soon as I earn some cast points." I was about to turn and head back to the bathroom when the door slid open quickly, revealing a guard.
"Crow we are here to inform you-why is Peacock in nothing but a towel?" He stopped in the middle of his sentence and asked, looking me up and down through his mask. This I did not like, and judging from the hard glare that Senji was giving off, he didn't like it either. Quickly pricking my left index finger, I shot out a long stream of blood and pointed it right at his neck.
"If I were you, I would stop being a pervert and get on with whatever you have to say; otherwise this is going through your throat." I threatened, surprising Senji enough to actually have his mouth hang open a bit.
"R-Right. Crow, we have come to inform you that tonight you have a carnival corpse against Hummingbird." He finished, immediatly backing away and running out the room before any further actions by yours truly could be taken. I retracted the blood and gave off a sigh.
"Well look at you. Getting all tough on me." He smirked out. I grabbed his clothes from the ground and threw them in his face, then proceeded to go back to the bathroom to change. I discarded my towel and brushed my hair out with a brush I saw on the counter, hope you don't mind Senji. I then proceeded to put on all my clothes, still disgusted by the underwear, and walked back out into the bedroom while Senji finished dressing. I saw his pants, thank goodness they covered his underwear, from last night on the bed and he was sporting a fresh new pair.
"That's better. You know I was thinking that you should enter the dog race today to earn some cast points, you're really in need of some." He mentioned, walking back into the bathroom and putting his toothbrush back in its rightful place.
"Dog race? What the heck's a dog race?"
"It's like an obstacle course, only it's more extreme than you'd think. Woodpecker said that he went through it once and almost died, literally. Some girl named Shiro helped him. Come one, I'm sure you want to see him anyways." He headed for the door with a wave of his hand and I followed quickly after him like a lost puppy. Well, I guess that's kind of what I was. I didn't have a clue around this place yet and if I were to get separated from him, I'd freak.
"You mean we're allowed to roam free? Isn't that against the rules or something?" I asked while peeping around, making sure that there are no guards or anything. "Couldn't we get into trouble for this?"
"This is G-Block, with people like us; the guards don't dare say anything unless they're armed. We're fine. Here we are, hey Woodpecker, open up!" He brought up a fist and knocked a few times on a door that actually wasn't to far from our own, maybe three or four down. Now that I could remember.
It slid open and Ganta glanced up at Senji. "Oh hey Senji...Mai, I'm so sorry." Senji stood aside and let me through so I could see Ganta. Immediately, I went over and gave him a hug that probably crushed him from the inside.
"Ganta, it's so good to see you. I mean really see you, not in the Carnival Corpse, just as a regular person." I said to him, tears already threatening to spill from my eye. "And don't worry about my eye; it was worth it to know my little brother's okay." I wiped away the offending liquid and we all stepped inside his room. It was basically like Senjis, only he actually had some color in it. You know, maybe an orange pillow here, a few pictures there, that kind of stuff.
"I was telling her about the dog race today." Senji said while sitting down in a desk chair, folding his legs over one another. I on the other hand made myself comfortable on Gantas bed, leaning my back against the wall and watched as he did the same by my side.
"The dog race is brutal. I-I would have died if it hadn't been for Shiro; she really helped me through it. You're not actually thinking of competing are you?" He asked, gray eyes already filling with worry for his older sister.
"Ganta I need some cast points, besides I don't have a carnival corpse tonight, Senji does. I can't just wait around for them. Hey who are you against anyways?" I asked Senji. I did happen to notice that he gave off a shiver though, heh, must be a girl.
"She's crazy! I've only fought her once, but her outfits and her use of words, it's awful." He said, crossing his arms and looking away from me with a tint to his cheeks. Wow, I will most definitely have to watch him in the Carnival Corpse tonight.
"Mai, if you ever have to go against her, don't listen to a thing she says. She'll be all nice and sweet to you, but in the arena she's nothing but a psycho." Ganta added, pointing his finger at me like I was a small child. It actually brought a smile to my face; he's grown up so much.
"Yea, I'll be sure to check that in my head. But seriously, how do you enter the dog race. I need cast points so I can pay you back for all the clothes and what not." I felt bad because of it. He earned those cast points for himself and spent some of them on me, a person he barely even knew.
"Don't worry about it. Clothes aren't a big deal; it's the candy you have to worry about, without it every three days you'll die." He replied coolly.
"Oh yea-" Before I could finish my sentence the door to Gantas room slid open and the peppiest girl I had ever seen in my life came darting in there and hopped on the first thing she could. And believe it or not Senji managed to avoid her! Though I could tell that he was very uncomfortable. Must be the skin tight and almost see through clothes she was wearing.
She bounced over between me and Ganta and let a cute giggle escape. "Ganta, you didn't tell me that your sister was here! How could you!" She immediatly turned her ruby eyes toward me and placed her hands on my shoulders.
"I'm Shiro, Gantas bestest best friend! I'm so happy to meet you Mai!" Wrapping her arms around me, she pulled me into a hug while laughing. Once she let go I gave her a soft smile; she may be the same age as Ganta but she acts like she's four. It's cute in my opinion.
"It's nice to meet you too Shiro. I'm glad that Ganta has a few friends in this place." I said with a smile. But really, we've avoided this whole topic since we got in here. "Seriously guys, dog race, I need to know."
"Oh you're going to enter the dog race today! I want to too! Come on Ganta we had so much fun last time! Please, please, please!" She begged. This was a strange girl. She was albino, that's a dead give away, but I feel as though I've seen her somewhere before. Maybe in the past she was a friend of the families?
"N-No Shiro! No way am I doing that again! And I don't want Mai to either!" He yelled out, making a guard pop his head in. Actually I believe it was the same one that was gawking at me earlier when the clothing issue was brought into play. One small glare from me was enough to make him slink away like the pervert he truly was.
"Don't worry Woodpecker, I'll enter with her, make sure she comes back in one piece." Looking over I saw Senjis giving a small smirk over to Ganta, who seemed to feel a little better. Why would he bother doing something like that, I mean he could get hurt or something couldn't he?
"Y-you don't have to do that Senji. I'll be fine."
"Ha! Sis I remember when we use to go to the park. Believe me, you're not the most graceful thing in the world ok. Besides, I've fought against Senji and he moves pretty good, if you're going to enter at least take him with you." Ganta said through Shiro. Literally, she was wrapped around him like a snake and refused to let go. He had managed to pop his head from under her arm to talk to me.
"Oh thanks for the support little brother! Fine, if it makes you feel better, and if you don't mind Senji, I'll take him with me. Now come on! Who knows when this thing starts and besides, we have to get out of G-block anyways." Both Senji and I got up, intending to head out the door when I felt something tugging at the back of my shirt.
Glancing back I saw Shiro was an embarrassed look on her face. "Mai...can I have you bean bun?" Giving out a small chuckle I gave her a small wink. "Sure Shiro, I'll be sure to give it too you. Wish us luck you guys!" Shiro jumped up and began to cheer Senji and I a 'fight song' while we walked away and toward the exit of G-block.
"Senji, you really don't have to do this you know. You've been more than kind to me; I can't ask you to put your life in dan-" He put his hand over my mouth and silenced me right then and there.
"If you say one more thing about me getting hurt or something like that then we are going to have a problem. You care too much Mai." He grinned out, delighting in my stunned form. He removed his hand and began walking again down the hall and I caught up and started walking beside him.
"Oh I care too much. Let's do a comparison shall we? You buy me clothes, you comfort me when I needed it and we can't forget the biggie. Strong man was enough of a gentleman to let me sleep in the same bed! You know Senji I'm starting to think that you like me or something." I giggle out. Oh if I could have gotten a snap shot of his face right then and there it would have sold for millions.
"W-What! I do not like you!" I cocked an eyebrow at him, getting him more embarrassed than he already was. Yea it was probably mean in a way but I just couldn't resist myself, he was doing nothing but digger himself into a deeper hole.
"I mean, I'm not saying that I never would. I mean y-you really pretty and all, but-"
"Senji...I get it." I laughed out, walking over to him and grabbing his arm, linking it with mine. "Now come on tough guy. Help me get through the dog race!"