Chapter Sixteen - Mister Urushihara Does Not Love Maou. Nope.
I decide to try and ignore the voice, even though the fact that it exists is making me very anxious. I can't tell if it's male or female, which helps greatly in this predicament.
I continue staring at the wall, hoping to just crawl back into my own little world of angst and destruction and stay there forever. Of course, that isn't what happens. Because what ever goes the way you want it to?
I hear a screech and next thing I know, I'm pinned to the ground.
"Mr. Urushihara, you're not supposed to have your wings out!" the voice, now obvious of being female, says. "What if someone else would have found you? You're lucky it was only me."
Yes.
Lucky.
So very.
"Yeah, okay, whatever. Just get off of me."
"Right. Sorry."
She climbs off of me, and I sit up, rubbing the back of my head.
"What are you even doing down here anyway?" she asks.
"Could ask the same thing for you."
"I.. I was going to the store, and I guess I started daydreaming because I... I got lost."
I bite my lip to hide a laugh. "Oh."
"And your reason is?"
"Needed to think. Wait, why would you be headed towards the store? It's like two in the morning."
"Girls eat, too, you know."
"Yeah, I know they eat, of course they do, I just.. t's awfully stupid for a high school girl to be strolling around, alone, at this time of day. Besides, don't you have food at your house?"
"Oh! Uh, yes, but.. Mother doesn't like me eating junk food."
"Must be terrible. But that doesn't mean you should be sneaking around. You could get kidnapped, Mi- Chiho."
"I'm not afraid of getting kidnapped." she says, turning away from me slightly.
"Yeah you are. You're getting scared of even the thought of it."
"No I'm not."
I chuckle. "Look who you're talking to, honey."
"Right. Fear makes you stronger.."
"If it makes you feel any better, you're safe around me."
"Why say that?"
"Again, look who you're talking to."
"Right.."
"Hey, what would you do if your parents went into your room around this time to see that you weren't home?"
"I... I don't know. I never really thought of it."
"You mean to tell me you don't think about what the people you love would do if you left?"
"No... Is that bad or something?"
"Not necessarily. I just find it kinda strange how someone can live their life so.. recklessly."
"This is coming from a fallen angel."
"That is beyond my goddamn point, lady."
"Sorry."
"It's fine. Why do you apologize so much?"
"That's how I was raised.."
"Have you ever been assertive?"
"Rarely. Only when needed, I guess. Not many people are worth being rude towards, though."
I'm almost tempted to ask if I'm one of those people. Judging by the fact that she hasn't been negative towards me, I guess I'm not, in her mind. So then why do I feel like I am?
"I.. I know this'll sound really weird to ask, Mr. Urushihara, but.. Have you ever.. felt.. weird around someone?"
"Define weird."
"Like.. Different? You know, uhm, in love?"
"In love? Why do you ask?"
"Because... Because you seem so much more... Open nowadays.."
"Open?"
"You talk more than you used to. Normally you would have sworn under your breath or asked me to leave by now. I think you've got yourself a crush." she gasps. "Is it Suzano?"
"What? No, gross."
"Who is it then? Some girl you met online?"
"I'm not in love, Chiho."
"You totally are."
"I'm not."
I'm not.
A/N: omg is this what I think this is? is this.. an update? -dramatic gasp- so, this is my last little amount of free time before more stuff happens. like I did before, I will try my absolute hardest to update more often
alsooo, I'd originally planned for it to be Maou who found Luci, but then I decided to not do that. the story is bending towards the track now, so the ship will finally set sail soon yay.
I've been going through a lot of crap lately, so I apologize if any of the future chapters get all depressing-y and stuff.
tell me what you think of this chapter? any ideas of what should happen in the future? what your favourite colour is?
thanks for reading. I literally love all of you
until next time~