Chapter 9

Luka looked at me with shocked eyes. I stood awkwardly in front of her, shifting from foot to foot. All that was running through my mind was 'Please don't slap me, please don't slap me...'

Instead, her mouth spread into a wide grin and she held out her hand for me to take. It was my turn to look at her with shocked eyes. She didn't hate me? She didn't want to rip out my guts? I ditched her for Lily, someone she clearly didn't get along with, and didn't even apoloigise for not stopping her or for not following after her.

I hesitantly took her hand. She smiled sweetly and led me into the open area. She took the hand that was laying by my side and placed it on her waist. She then put her hand on my shoulder. I had no idea how she was supposed to teach me, considering she couldn't talk.

Luka nodded to Miku to turn on the music. She turned back to me, gave me the sweetest of smiles and began to dance slowly. She would push and pull me in different directions until I managed to get hold of the pattern. Luka grinned and let me take the lead. I watched my feet, in their crummy $2 trainers, dance back and forth with ease. Luka's feet, in their red doc martens, danced on their toes, gently and elegantly taking each step.

I felt a cold hand under my chin. It lifted my head from my feet to azure eyes. Luka shook her head and pointed at her eyes, indicating to watch them. I did, despite how awkward I felt staring at her and have her stare back. Though it was only then I noticed how wise her eyes looked. They were deep and held a wisdom that I couldn't even imagine.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked suddenly, still dancing. Luka cocked her head to the side, confused.

"For earlier," I elaborated. "With... Lily."

Luka's mouth formed a small 'o' but she shook her head quickly. Her eyes darted away for a moment, thinking about something. She returned her gaze to mine, a question lingering on her lips. She pointed to me and then our feet. I looked down to see them still dancing.

"Are you trying to ask who I'm going to the dance with?"

Luka nodded slowly, almost as if she didn't want to know the answer. "I-I, uh, um..." I stuttered. Luka's gaze narrowed on me, silently demanding an answer. I didn't like her glare. She was always smiling or just looking on calmly. Her glare was scary and didn't suit her little face.

"Lily..." I admitted quietly. Luka nodded, smiling sadly.

"Did something happen between you two?" I asked, curiously. Luka gave me a shocked look but recovered quickly, shaking her head too quickly for it to be true.

"Come on, I'm not stupid. You were both very tense when she showed up." Luka shook her head even more, glaring again slightly. I dropped the subject quickly, not wanting to see her angry.

The song came to an end and Luka quickly pushed away from me. She courtsied, gave me a smile that didn't reach her eyes and ran down the hall to her room. Great, I made her upset. I went to go after but decided against and just walked down to my room. I sat down on my bed and rested my head in my hands, combing through the tangly mess of my hair.

From the corner of my eye, I saw my phone vibrate and light up, indicating that I had a text. I grabbed it and flicked open the screen. My phone was old. Like, real old.

On the screen, there was a message. I opened it up, my eyebrows furrowing in confusion.

From: Mum

How is school?

I glared at the message, gripping the phone tightly in my hand. In a fit of rage, I flung it at the wall. It crashed against the wall with a bang and fell behind Gakupo's bed. I fell on the bed, whimpering slightly. How dare they think that they can just send me here? And then act like we're best friends! I was used! Used and exsited for Kaiko's benefit only.

I heard the door open and held my breath, hoping whoever it was would think I was asleep and leave. The door closed and I thought they had left. But someone rested their hand on my back and I jumped up, whipping around to see the perpetrator. It was Luka.

Luka saw my slightly red eyes and looked at me with concerned ones. She shuffled closer and wrapped her arms around my waist, leaning against my chest. I placed a hand on her shoulder and buried my face in her hair, not caring how unmanly I looked. When I had had a rough day in school, Kaiko used to give me a big hug and whispered how, even though Mom and Dad never really appricated me, she would always be there and I would always be her big brother. I miss though days.

Luka looked up at me and, for a moment, I saw my sister. Luka's azure eyes turned a deep blue, looking up at me with concern and her long, tangly pink hair turned short, blue and smooth. I didn't want to admit it but... I missed my sister.

"I miss Kaiko..." I mumbled. Luka took out a small notebook from her pcket and wrote something on it. She showed it to me, her eyes sad and lonely.

'I have a brother too, Mr. Kaito. His name is Luki and I miss him ever so much... He's always so sweet and kind to me, always looking out for me, never letting anyone tease or harm me. It's awfully hard having to be away from him.'

"Kaiko's my twin. She's not very well, and never has been. I used to stand beside her all the time and stand up for her. She's the complete opposite to me. She's so sweet and caring, and I'm not. It's actually our birthday on Sunday," I told her, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand. Luka smiled, wrote something on the page and showed it to me.

'Maybe we're not so different, Mr. Kaito.'

I gave her a small grin. She stood up and held out her hand, helping me up. I checked the alarm clock on the wall quickly. It was 6:30, time for dinner.

Luka and I walked to the Shokuhin hall together. As we got closer, Luka clung to my arm. I gave her a look, waiting for an explanation, but she ignored me. I saw Meiko and Gakupo outside, waving madly at us. When we got to them, Meiko took hold of Luka's free hand.

"It's okay honey. You don't let them get to you," she said. Luka nodded, releasing her grip on me slighly. Gakupo grinned at her and she smiled back. I was completely lost. Without any explanation, we walked into the Shokuhin hall together.

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'Shokuhin' means food in Japanese.