A/N:Erm, so, this chapter is actually Reino-centric, so... *breathes in* I'M SO SORRY FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO SEE SHO INSTEAD! *prostrates* I'm really sorry! I promise I'll get Sho some time in the future chapters! Please forgive me!
Disclaimers: I do not own any of the Skip Beat! characters, but I do own my characters. Contain OOC elements!
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Chapter 6: Dirtied past
Kanae waddled into the backstage, grumbling about pests and whatnot.
"Otsukaresama, Kanae-chan." Kanae did a double take when she heard Shion's voice. And then she realized he just called her by her first name, and so familiarly!
"Why are you here?" Kanae asked incredulously, also partly irked.
"You don't expect me to stay in that LME building for hours straight do you?" Shion approached her and smiled, "I just took a look around the town, hoping to find something entertaining, and then Sebastian suggested this place."
That butler did? The black haired beauty eyed the smiling boy skeptically, noticing how his tail is gone and the remnants of his flattened ears poking out from the casket hat he's wearing.
"Don't you need to get changed?" Shion asked to get rid of the awkward silence.
All Kanae did was huffed out a 'Mo!' and stomped towards the dressing room.
Shion chuckled again and followed her. If that silver haired man plans to get her, then he would do it when she's alone. But he would never guess that she has a companion.
And just as the wolf boy predicted, Reino strolled into the corridor where Bo's dressing room is, and stopped short at the sight of a boy not shorter than him, leaning against the wall beside the said room.
Shion glanced at him, "Do you need anything?"
"I just wanted to see who's inside that costume. She has some fine negative feelings that can be on par with the actress who did Mio." Reino said merely, a light smirk pulling at his lips.
Shion knew that Kyoko was Mio, since that idiot-parent had made him watch that show—Dark Moon—several times, all while boasting about how the actress acting out Mio is his 'other Kuon'.
The boy wondered how on earth the man never ceased to run out of vocabulary to use when it comes to praising his 'sons'. During the
"Well, too bad for you, but Bo isn't seeing any guests." Shion didn't think he would retreat that easily, but it's never a bad thing to try using words to drive him away.
"I don't need any permission to see somebody." Reino stated plainly as he approached the door, reaching out a hand to turn the doorknob when Shion grabbed his wrist.
"Stop." The boy squeezed the wrist.
Reino jolted when the memories flooded into his system. He had once thought that Tsuruga Ren was scary, but he had never thought there would be someone who would be scarier than that pacifist lion.
The singer retrieved his wrist as if burnt; taking immediate steps back as he panted, his violet eyes widened in fear.
"You—who are you?" Reino had to force himself not to shudder at the lingering negativity haunting his mind.
Shion blinked, obviously confused by the sudden change of his attitude.
"How many… just how many lives have you taken so far?"
Even when the question came out barely as an inaudible whisper, Shion heard it perfectly clear, for his eyes widened in disbelief.
"How did you—"
"Get away from Kyoko. You're too dangerous." Reino warned unconvincingly. He was trembling lightly.
This boy is a literal living weapon, and he knows Kyoko. Knowing that woman, she wouldn't even suspect him, since she didn't even listen to his advice and avoid Tsuruga Ren.
Shion approached the man, his eyes cold and passive, "Don't you ever tell anybody whatever you know, or else…" He didn't need to give a proper threat, "You know what will happen if you do so, right?"
Reino swallowed dryly, and nodded mutely. He wouldn't dare to pick a fight with someone, no, something, that can chew his bones out without hesitation.
"Then all's well. Get lost." The boy smiled sweetly.
When Kanae opened the door a few minutes later, she saw Shion standing in the middle of the corridor, staring at the wall opposite of the room with an indecipherable look.
The conversation was actually loud and clear for her (they were talking just outside, for god's sake!), so she heard fairly everything, except before Shion had threatened the singer.
Kanae became alert. A particular sentence was stuck in her head as if with a superglue.
"Get away from Kyoko. You're too dangerous."
What did he mean by that? Why is it Kyoko?
"Kanae-chan?"
The dark haired woman snapped out of her reverie and took a step back when she saw the boy's innocent face merely inches from hers. She suppressed a blush from creeping up her face.
"Mo! It's nothing!"
Shion blinked. Why is she so flustered?
Sebastian came back to pick them up only half an hour later. The ride was oddly silent, even for Shion, the butler noted. Maybe something happened in TBM? He would need to discuss this with the President.
Shion was affected by that blasted singer's words. He would need to ask somebody about his name some time. He saw. But how much did he see?
There were blanks in his memories. But he always failed to forget about what exactly caused the destruction of Servant beasts in the first place.
His hands are forever stained with blood, his comrades' blood.
He would never want to let anyone know about his dirtied past.
Especially Kyoko; she is so innocent, so pure. If she was to be stained by someone like him, then he would rather stay away from her, like that man had warned.
Unknowingly, his eyes narrowed sadly. What should I do now?
How was it? I think Shion is having some personality dispute :/ But whatever! It's fun to write him like that!
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