SSF: Hello everyone, so lately I had writer's block I didn't know how to present Vash and Tori's song, then it hit me. I ws listening to Blood Red sandman, playing on horror sites and talking with friends, 2p!England is coming into play here! I would like to thank my co-writer, iiShuChan for helping me write this, while HopeFaith2 was offline. By the way I think we had a bit too much fun here with 2p!England...Reason for him being will be explained in the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia I own Tori

Chapter 18

It was already nearing the final day of the performance, Tori and Vash had to do a last minute change due to having heard Matthew singing Masterpiece already, they decided to do a club song Addicted, as they were practicing Tori noticed something out the corner of his eye, Arthur was standing in the distance with a basket in hand, and a smile, a sweet smile. Vash turned Tori's attention back to the music sheet,

"Tori, focus, we need to memorize this song by lunch or we'll flunk." Tori nodded and looked back to see Arthur gone, strange. He shook his head and began to sing with Vash. Though, he couldn't shake that something was wrong. Arthur would normally come up to him see how practices were despite if he was busy or not. Vash noticed Tori's distraught loook and laid a hand on his shoulder, looking him in the eyes.

"Hey, I know you're stressed. But after this, we can finally relax, what's wrong?"
"...I think something is wrong with Arthur, he would have came over and sat near us watching how practices are going." Vash nodded and pulled back,

"Maybe he wanted to give you some space, you've been spacing out at times. Go get something to eat, meet me back here in an hour, maybe some food will ease your nerves" Tori thanked him and left the rose gardens going to the cafeteria, maybe it is nerves, maybe nothing really is wrong with Arthur, that had to be it what else could it be? Passing by some students he noticed some were looking at him in worry, or fear, mostly worry though, wondering what was going on he went up to Carlos, a Cuban guy.

"Carlos, why is everyone giving me worried looks?" the Cuban sighed and pulled him to the side, looking him dead in the eyes.

"Listen, we all know you and the student president are close, that's why we're worried, Arthur's been attacking students lately, nothing too fatal yet but we're not taking chances-" Tori gave a glare, Arthur would never hurt anyone!

"How dare you, Arthur would never attack anyone! He's a gentleman!"

"I know he is but he's changed, you need to be on your guard Tori!" the small teen felt hurt, there was no way Arthur would hurt anyone, it was against his gentleman nature. He moved away from Carlos and went over to the cafeteria getting the usual grapefruit with a glass of water, he sat by the stained glass window and began to eat, what was said about Arthur, it had to be out of spite and jealousy. Soon, said Brit plopped down beside him, holding both hands behind his back. Tori, to lost in thought, hadn't even noticed he was sitting there. Arthur smiled sickly at the boy before laying his head on his shoulder, causing the other to tense. Tori whirled his head around and puffed an air of relief.

"Thank God, I was getting worried about you. Some of the students have been talking-"
"Oh, you know school. Gossip, gossip, gossip! You can't ever believe anyone here, love."
"You're writing this off rather quickly..." Tori deadpanned, "But, seriously, have you been attacking kids?"

Arthur sat in silence for a while before showing off a rather innocent smile, "Me? No, why would I?" Tori gave a weak smile at the answer, but he couldn't be sure, something was still off about this, about him. He decided to go with it to draw away any suspicion.

"I figured, I knew it was against your gentleman nature"
"That it is lad," he looked down at Tori's choice of food, "That's not very sweet, you deserve something with sugar, something that will make your taste buds sing with delight." he brought out the basket and took out a cupcake "Something like cupcakes" Tori shook his head and declined politely.

"Thanks Arthur, but the last thing I need is a sugar high before my performance with Vash." Arthur nodded and set the cupcake back in the basket.

"Perhaps another time," He ran a finger around Tori's hand. "I do wish you luck in your song" It was then noted that Arthur's eyes weren't the usual green they had a slight pink. Slight irritation nothing more, he probably didn't get much sleep, or he had an eye infection. Finishing off the grapefruit and the glass of water Tori got up and bid Arthur a farewell before returning to Vash. His heart was racing, not from running, but from fear.

-Line Break-

"Finally, I was about-" Vash cut himself off once he noticed the look on Tori's face, "What happened?"
"Arthur's eyes...they're...I don't know. Do you think he may be sick?" Tori looked at the man with worry written all over his face.

"I wouldn't know, I haven't talked to him recently. And, honestly, after what I've heard I don't really want to," Vash laughed. Tori nodded, looking at the hall leading to the cafeteria, "I don't blame you..."

He studied Tori for a bit before sighing and rubbing the back of his head, "Look, before the show, we'll...I don't know...stalk him and watch how he acts. I suppose. Would that make you feel better?"

"Totally!" The black-haired boy beamed.
"Good. Maybe now we can concentrate, yeah?"

Tori nodded, he was lost in thought for a while before he looked up at Vash, "Has Arthur tried to give anyone cupcakes?"

His only response was laughter, "Are you kidding? Everyone knows not to take food from Arthur if he cooks it." Tori laughed a bit and grabbed the music sheet to Addictive, Vash started the song and they began to choreograph to it, halfway into the dance was when Vash realized they looked like strippers so they abandoned the dance all together and just stuck with the song. After making sure the song was in a right pitch and perfection, they packed up and left to stalk Arthur. Just to see if the rumors about him were true, or if he was just...well anything else. Tori went down the halls to follow the Brit to the library, he hid behind a shelf and watched Arthur, who was in the 'Mystery' section, okay he liked a good mystery book nothing wrong, but what got him most was when he heard Arthur laughing. Laughing, at something he assumed was a murder mystery book.

"Oh my, skinning a person alive, Bloodman, how you charm me..." Tori felt his heart race, he couldn't pull away and run out of the room! The laughter stopped, Arthur was looking to his side as if he was looking at someone, but, there was no-one there, who was he talking to? "What's that Flying Chocolate Bunny? Someone is with us?" He closed the book and turned to where Tori was hiding. Now Tori was screwed big time. "I see now. Is that so?" A sick grin formed on Arthur's face as he started walking towards the spot Tori was in. Arthur's playful giggling got louder and louder as he was about to round the corner. A hand grabbed Tori's shoulder and pulled him back, going down the fiction section quickly and hiding behind a bookcase, pulling him close. The hand clasped over Tori's mouth as the man shushed Tori.

Arthur stared at the empty space, head tilted. Now, his friends don't normally lie. So, unless this was a trick, someone had just saved someone's skin just now. He smirked and looked down the fiction section. The Brit leaned against the bookcase and called out in a sing-song voice, "I know you're here. I'm not a git, love!" He tapped his foot, waiting for an answer. When there was none, he looked over at Flying Chocolate Bunny, "Bloody liar. I thought we'd have some fun!"

Arthur's footsteps slowly padded away and the man let go of Tori, "Dude, are you nuts?! Artie coulda done somethin' to you, bro." Tori looked down to make sure Arthur was gone he looked at Alfred,

"We need to get out of here, rule one in horror survival don't hide in a library, with this labyrinth he could catch us anytime," Alfred nodded in agreement and lead Tori out of the stacks and back into the halls, he ran towards the auditorium where Vash was ready to perform, Alfred handed Tori to the Swiss.

"Alright kiddo, after you're done, go strait to your room, I'm going to stay and keep an eye on Artie" Tori nodded
"Thanks Al"

-Line break-

"Whether I'm at home
I could be in the club
I'm addicted to your love
Addicted to your love
The way we touch
The way you back it up
I'm addicted to your love
Addicted to your love, love.

Your kisses had me hooked in an instant
Ha I'm so addicted, ha I'm so addicted
Girl, and yes I miss it when you leave for an instant
Ha I need a minute, ha I'm so addicted to you"

The song went by smoothly, they were already on the second verse and already most of the female population of the school was already staring at the odd singers. But one set of pink eyes was gazing at the singers in the shadow, waiting, waiting in a hungry way, it made whoever was in the line of gaze uneasy, in this case, Tori. Vash noticed the uneasy in the silver eyed boy and nudged him to say 'focus you'll be fine' but made it look like it was part of a dance or part of the show. Finally the score ended, they accepted their applause and left the stage, not caring what the teacher had to say for the grade, all that mattered was that Vash got Tori to his room with no trouble.

"You stay in this room don't open it unless you have to. Wait for me to escort you to your class, or wait until Alfred show up either way" Tori looked up at Vash with concern in his eyes.

"Vash...Will Arthur be okay?"
"I don't know kid, what I do know is at the moment, he's dangerous I don't want you or my sister to go near him at all you hear me?" Tori nodded in understanding, he wished Vash a good night before leaving to his room, locking it. Even then he still didn't feel safe, he had to block the entrance way. Tori took a gulp of water before resting on his bed, sleeping soundly, well he tried to at least. Something sinister was happening to Arthur, he had to talk to Mrs. Evlyn Kirkland about this.

-line break-

"Tell me my dear, do you think Tori likes chocolate cupcakes?" Arthur said looking at what appeared to be his reflection, well a pissed off version of his reflection.

"You leave Tori alone you bastard!" he hissed.
"Leave Tori alone?" He blinked before a sinister smirked played onto his features, "But it's all so fun! It's like one big game!"
"They're not retarded. Save for Alfred... But they'll figure it out!"

The lighter blonde-haired boy laughed loudly, "Like bloody hell. They all think you've got the flu or something! Your lover boy looked me right in the eyes and didn't say anything to the difference in color!" The other of the two growled, glaring harshly. Oh, how he wanted so badly to punch the daylights out of him. The green-eyed Brit fought against the rope tying his hands together. Where the hell did he get it anyway?

"Now, now, if you keep putting up a fuss, I'll just stuff your bloody stuck-up arse back in the closet," He stated, acting hurt.
"You wouldn't..."
"Want to bet?"
"Fuck you!"

The lighter-haired blonde growled and kicked the other n the head harshly. The boy fell back, hissing in pain. His vision started to blur as he started up into the eyes of the other. Guess it was back to the closet...He slammed the door shut after stuffing the other Brit inside. He hated when people swore at him. He would have killed the boy right then and there if it weren't for the fact that it was past curfew and it would be slightly hard to clean up the mess and hide the body. Especially with that stupid Francis roaming the halls.

Francis...

Arthur smirked. What better way to let off steam then torture the one person that everyone would suspect. Everyone would chalk it up to a fight between the two only more bloody. And with less yelling...

SSF: Cliffhanger! R&R

Notes:

Addicted: Song by Danny Fernandas

Rule of Horror survival: I found it on scary for . One of the rules seriously said 'Don't hide in a library' and it's true, think about it, halls upon halls of bookcases like a labyrinth. It's easy to get lost, and it would be easy to run into the killer.

Bloodman: It's a book, I forgot who wrote it...I should start reading it again...