~Rin~
"Who is he?" Izumo asked, her arms folded crossly over her chest. She stared at him skeptically.
Grace frowned, "Normally you say 'hello' when you meet someone."
"My name is Mikael," he said, smiling. I couldn't help but think that this guy smiled a lot…probably too often.
"H-Hello," stuttered Shiemi, staring at him. A slight hint of pink graced her cheeks, "I'm Shiemi."
"Nice to meet you," said Mikael, though I had a feeling he didn't really mean it. His eyes kept flicking back to Grace. I glared at him as I walked towards my girlfriend.
"He's staring at you," I whispered into her ear.
"I know…he has to keep an eye on me. Isn't that what my father ordered him to do?" she replied.
I frowned, "In the middle of a classroom?"
She nodded and went to sit down. "Hey, man. You joining our class?" asked Shima, striding towards Mikael.
"For now," replied the angel. He looked a little nervous. I caught Grace smiling. It pissed me off. Mikael went to sit beside her, but I got there first. I resisted the urge to growl at him. Grace was mine. This guy wasn't going to get her. Mikael immediately backed off and took the set behind Grace instead. I sat down angrily.
"Are you jealous of him?" asked Grace, leaning towards me. I stared at her, trying to hide my anger. "You are! You're jealous!" she said, grinning.
"I am not!" I protested.
She patted my shoulder and leaned against me a little, "That's adorable."
"I am not adorable!" I complained. She just smiled and rested her head on my shoulder. I couldn't help but relax a bit. She was with me now, so I didn't have to worry. Her head wasn't on Mikael's shoulder. Still, I knew I had to keep an eye on him. I sensed something about him that unnerved me. It wasn't anything dangerous, but I still didn't like it…though I wasn't exactly sure what it was. I sighed as class started. A few seconds later, Grace sighed too. I smiled and took a lock of her hair in between my fingers. We stayed like that the entire period.
"Shima!" Grace called, bounding up to him.
He turned to his right, "Hmm?"
"Are you and Izumo going out today?" she asked.
"Not that I know of," Shima replied.
"We're not. We hardly ever do," said Izumo sourly as she strode past her boyfriend.
"What?" asked Shima. "Wait, Izumo! Come back!" he called after her, "Does that mean you want to go out?"
Their voices drifted away as they walked down the long hallway.
Grace's shoulders slumped and she was scowling. "Disappointed your best friend is busy with his girlfriend?" I asked, shoving my hands in my pockets.
She nodded solemnly. "Care you go out with your boyfriend?" I asked expectantly.
She smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck. I circled my own arms around her thin waist. "Depends…where would we go?" she asked.
I leaned down, bringing my face closer to hers, "I don't know. Where do you want to go?" Our noses were touching now.
"Hmm…let me think about it…" she whispered. She arched her neck and brought her lips to mine. Our lips barely brushed before a loud sound made her flinch and turn away from me. A mixture of agitation and longing swirled inside of me. The rest of our classmates walked out of the classroom along with Yukio, who had been the teacher this period. Bon walked casually past us, giving me a quick che sound as he strode by. Konekomaru smiled as he followed closely on Bon's heals.
"So you're an angel too?" I heard Shiemi ask. She was walking beside Mikael and staring at him in wonder.
He nodded, "Sort of…yeah." Grace pulled out of my arms and ran towards her bodyguard…or should I say 'friend'.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you something," she said, looking excited. Yukio strode over and stood beside me.
"Hey, little brother," I mumbled, my exasperation seething from me unintentionally. I looked over to where my brother was standing and realized he looked just as pissed off as I was.
"He really does look like an angel, doesn't he?" Yukio muttered.
I nodded, "It pisses me off." I stared at Grace. She looked really happy. The fact that anyone other than me could make her smile like that was really irritating.
"Look at Shiemi. She looks like she's in love with him or something," growled Yukio. That surprised me, "You like Shiemi?"
He snapped out of his trance, "No!"
"That'd be like a teacher-student relationship," I said, hiding a smile. I tried not to laugh.
"I don't have any control over it!" he replied, outraged.
"Oh, so you admit that you do like her?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
His face turned bright red and he stalked away. "Wait, Yukio!" Shiemi called, catching up with him, "Our new shipment of wolfs bane has come in. Did you want to come with me so that you could pick it up?" Yukio smiled and nodded. They walked off together. Before I could turn back to where my eyes had previously been glued, something small slammed into me.
It knocked the wind out of me, "Ow."
"Oh, sorry," said Grace, "Did I hit your stomach?"
"Couldn't you just hug me normally?"
"Normal? Where's the fun in that?" she asked, smiling. She didn't wait for me to recover before she said, "Hey, I'm going to go out with Mikael. Is that ok?"
"What!?" I gasped, stunned.
"Not…like…go out go out. I'm talking about flying." She turned away from me and called over her shoulder, "I'll be back before dark!" I stared after her in shock as she walked away with her new 'friend'. The last thing I saw were their backs as my girlfriend got farther and farther away from me. I wanted to stop them…to remind her that I was her boyfriend, but it's not like I could actually do that. I couldn't take that friendship away from her. She'd finally met someone who was just like her, and that was important to her. If it was important to her it was important to me. I can't say it didn't hurt that that important person wasn't me, though. I'd found a new reason to hate my lineage. I longed to be the only one in Grace's eyes. As I turned to head back to the dorm, it became clear to me that that wasn't possible.
A/N: Yeah. It was short. I probably should have told you beforehand that the chapter lengths would vary. Some will be pretty short and some will be pretty long. Don't forget to leave a review. Thanks. :)
Side note: I'll be updating this story once or twice a week. I normally update every day, but I'm having a little trouble with this one, (it may also have something to do with the fact that I want the storyline to be purrrrfect...) Look forward to the next update soon!