Satan's American Son

Chapter 4

Risk

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I awkwardly shifted my feet as I stood waiting outside my dorm for him to show up. I had clutched in my hand, a small piece of paper with the words "meet me outside your dorm at 8 a.m. this weekend" written on it. Not sure what to expect, I dressed myself in my nicest jeans, a white v-neck, and a black overshirt that could easily double as a dress shirt. Yawning as gust of wind blew past, I heard a shout of to the right and saw Ryuji, alone, running to meet me.

"Hey, thanks for waiting on me." He said, coming to a stop and catching his breath.

"No problem. So," I asked, "Is it just the two of us?" getting nervous and excited at the same time.

"Yeah. I thought we could spend some time getting to know each other." He answered, face red from both running and embarassment. Oh my God! This is a date!

Quelling my excitment, "Sounds great. What exactly did you have in mind?" following him as he started off towards the acadamy grounds.

"Well...I thought we could, you know, walk around for a bit."

I couldn't help but supress a snicker, his awkwardness was so damn cute it was funny. But as the morning progressed, it faded away and he became more comfortable. He even started swearing as any teenager would, all be it milder than what I'm used to in the states.

"Hey, I was wondering," his mouth full of food, "where'd ya learn how to fight like you do?"

Taking a drink and swallowing my food, "Well, a few years back, I got into a situation were I had to learn how to defend myself and use my new abilities so I didn't end up destroying anything important to me. So, I studied Northern Shaolin martial arts and thats how I learned how to put my natural agility and new abilities to good use." I explained, fingers interlocked to form a surface for my chin to rest upon.

"Ability? What is it?" he asked, intrigued.

Should I risk it? "I dunno if I should..." trailing off, fingers druming against my thigh. Looking around, there wasn't anyone besides us in the courtyard.

"Well, come on! Show me!" Bon pressed on.

Sighing in defeat, maybe he won't freak out, "How well can you keep a secret?" I asked, anxious.

"Very." he responed, nodding.

"Okay, but I'm taking huge risk with this." I stressed. Since I left Arati in my room, I had to bring out my flames out by my own will. Taking a few steps towards to yard's center, I focused on my breathing and brought out my flames with practiced ease. Picking up a fist sized rock, I tossed it in the air and cut in half with a slash of heat. Letting my flames die out, I turned solumly to Ryuji to see a expression of shock quickly turn to rage. He began to leave and I chased after him.

Grabing his shoulder, "Ryuji, I didn't choose this!" he didn't respond, "Say something!" I pleaded.

"Let go of me you demon!" he shouted, knocking my arm away.

That cut deep and crushed any hope of friendship right there. Feeling a solitary tear roll down my face, "I see...I trusted you too soon." I choked. I turned away and ran in the opposite direction and jumped to the acadamy's roof where I could find a quite place to take out my frustrations. By the time I had calmed down, a piles of ashened coal tars littered the place before a huge gust of wind blew them away.

"Humans are such cruel beings. They take one look at us and treat us as though we are to blame for their misfortunes." said a flamboint voice.

"Can it Samuel, or I'll turn you to ash as well." I threatened, ready to take the last of my frustrations with myself out on the King of Time.

"Now, now, no need to be angry with me. Your the one who thrust a heavy burden upon that young man, so don't blame me that he reacted the way he did." He said, finding the entire thing amusing.

"I'm warning you..." my flames coming out and were dangerously hot.

"Fine, I'll leave you. Just don't burn down my school." leaving in a puff of smoke.

I'm not entirely sure how I got home that afternoon, all I remember was that I was on the roof one moment and walking into the dorms the next. Hearing nothing but silence from the second floor, I went straight to my room as quietly as possible. Once closing and locking the door, I let out an exhausted sigh and slid down to the floor. Everything hit me at once, his smile, how comfortable his chest can be, the cuteness of his embaressment, the anger of finding out what I was, and those final words. Interlocking my fingers, I placed my elbows on my knees and rested my head upon my thumbs. I felt like giving up on trying to have something that every creature is entitled to and just let myself decay. But a little voice in the back of my mind said, Keep trying.

Berating myself for being so easily defeated, I got up with a new determination and started writing:

Bon,

I'm not very good at talking, but writing has always been one of my strong suits. I apologize for unloading such a heavy load on you before you were ready. I get it, you want nothing to do with me. But please, save your judgements until the end.

As flowers do not choose where they bloom, so to do children not choose who their parents are. I hate what I am, but I have to accept that its a part of me or the flames will consume everything I care about. Even though I've only known you for a short time, you have become one of those things I wish to protect. You may think me an idiot for easily letting people come and claim pieces of my heart and you'd be right. I am quick to let people in and it usually leads to sorrow. I blame myself for being quick to trusting someone I've only just met.

I hope we can move past this, but its fine if we can't. I've gotten used to being alone. But that doesn't mean I enjoy solitude. Even beings such as I long for companionship and love outside their families. I only ask that before you cast me away, that you consider that I too have feelings and I'm just as much human as you are.

Sincerely,

Tabius

P.S. I ask that you don't share my secret, I have a feeling it will be revealed soon enough.

Finishing my letter, I sealed it within an envelope before tossing it in my bag to deliver later. For now, I just needed to find a way to get my mind off things for a while. Thankfully, a distraction came as a knock on my door and a shout.

"Hey, if you're in there, we need to get to training." Rin yelled, voice muffled by the door. Glancing at the clock, I suppose we have time.

Taking up our usual areana, we started to spar and were mindful of the weaker sections of the roof. Rin had really excelled in the last few weeks and was able to get a hit in every now and again. Today, he had kept me close to the edge and when I took a bad step, he sent me flying off the roof and into a bush.

"Ow! Damn that hurt!" I groaned, pushing myself out of a mess of branches and leaves.

Hearing Rin's laughter from the roof was annoying enough that with a snap of my fingers, he too was sent flying off his perch with a collum of flames. He wasn't as lucky and crashed into the ground.

"Not so funny now, is it?" I smirked. I could of sworn I heard snicker from somewhere behind me, but I didn't see anyone.

"No fair. You promised not to use your flames." whined the young demon.

"I remember no such thing." I joked. Rin pouted and I said, "Come on, that's enough training for today. Take it as a lesson to never let your guard down."

Turning in for the day, I couldn't help but notice a figure walking away as I looked out the second floor window. The blonde on brown hair was all I needed to see to know who was watching us train today.

When Monday came along, I waited until cram school to deliver my letter. Getting there first, I layed it down in Bon's usual seat and returned to mine. When he came in, I pretended to be searching for something in my bag so I can watch him as he read it. He hadn't told anyone, since nobody was looking at me differently than usual. As I watched him read the letter, he kept blank expression through out before sighing and picking up his stuff and moving it over to the seat next me.

"I'm sorry." He said, "My temper got the better of me and I overreacted. I promise, it won't happen again."

For while, I looked at him, stunned that all it took was a simple letter to fix my mistake. When the shock had worn off, I smiled and said, "No problem." before turning to the front as the class started. Bon sat with me for the rest of the day and made it a million times better.

Now I know, if I do something to tick him off, I could always write were speech fails.

Phew! That took longer than I thought. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this chapter, I enjoyed writing it. Show your support and leave your thoughts in the comments below. See ya later!