Chapter 21
Twilight was setting in when we just came back from town, Kouhel has already left. And Alex is mean! Okay, he does not need the money for that date tomorrow! He had a Visa credit card this whole time! So in other words, he tricked me! But it's okay…when he finally admitted it; I tackled him and repeatedly smashed his face into the cold hard earth! So it's all good~. I just hope Kouhel isn't scared of me…
Takuma and I just pass by the Night Class's gatekeeper, when I pulled him over to the side of the bridge walkway. Who knows how deep the water is below? Keeping that in mind, I sat cross-legged and faced Takuma as he looked towards the opposite side.
"Dude, we haven't talked in a while so let's start now, eh?" I repeat what I said the day before while observing his face, "What information did they get out of Tori?"
"I don't know; the elders didn't tell us anything." "Then who was Tori's kidnapper?" "His name is Basil." Takuma sighs, "He may look like a teenager, but he's much older. He was born in the 1300's and was transformed into a vampire during the plague. Even though he's a Normal Vampire; he's the longest living former human. Despite this rank, he has a power to put people to sleep. Basil's attitude is rather…bold, so I wouldn't mess with him if I were you. Also, he doesn't like many vampires who are like humans so we don't get along that well. ^^;;"
After studying his posture for a few seconds, I broke out into a smile, "He's just jealous of your awesomeness~!" "…Yeah that's it," he replied with a shitload of sarcasm, before we burst out laughing. It turns out when he doesn't get much sleep, he gets sarcastic… niiice! This will be one of my favorable memories.
"One last question. How are you?" He blinks in a questionable manner, "Fine; thank you?" "No, like before, what the hell was up with ya? Don't you ever fake a smile, got it?! Your smiles are so gen…gen-er-win…gen—YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY! That they're contagious! Even a sad smile does you shame," I pause to try to think over my words, "I guess what I'm trying to say is," I place my hand on his shoulder and soften my voice, "just be yourself. And if there are people you can't be yourself around then at least you have me as an outlet." I lean closer to place my head on his shoulder. As I looked out across the water my bangs shadows my face and a snarl spumes out of my mouth, "And if anyone tries to fuck with you, they will have to get through me." The scene of the café today flashed through my mind.
"I've become someone you'll protect-"
"To the very end…" I pulled away to look back at the night sky, "I'll get stronger somehow. Sure, it might lead me to my death. But to be honest, I should've died long time ago… Let's go back inside; you've played human enough for one day." I jumped off the ledge and pulled him with me only to trip on that invisible rock again. Ugh!
"If I'm not mistaken, I'll say you're falling for me~" he laughs at my face expression. "Only in your nightmares, lover boy! Besides, you're just my 4th husband-" "I still don't understand that." "That's 'cause you're over thinking it! Great! I lost The Game!"
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****3rd P.O.V. ****
"You did what?!" Chaotic exclaims at the fading-purple haired girl as his wife bursts into fits of laughter, "You flirt!" "I'm sorry! I feel like a traitor!" Cassie flails her arms around while her voice reaches a few octaves higher. "You are a traitor!" Chaotic barks at the teenage girl for her foolishness. October bangs on the coffee table, gasping for breath, "I CAN'T BREATHE!" "HE SMELLED GOOD!" "I don't wanna hear it! I'm going to my room!" Chaotic shot up and ran upstairs. "I gotta go to the bathroom!" October cries while stumbling off the couch to follow him. "I'm going to my father's!" Cassie screams at the trio, who were on the other couch, before running out of the dormitory.
"What just happened?" Hanabusa asks to nobody in general. All Hanabusa, Takuma, and Senri were doing was listening to Cassie's day when she started talking about Kaito Takamiya's cologne.
"What did he smell like?" Senri asks Takuma, completely ignoring the aquamarine-eyed vampire. Takuma shrugs before reading his new manga. Meanwhile, Cassie was banging on the Headmaster's door.
****Back To Cassie's P.O.V. ****
The door just opened up showing the Chairman dude in a pink robe, tan pajama pants, messy hair, and bunny slippers. I averted my eyes as I barged in, exclaiming that Chaotic is a paranoid fool. Then I walked over to the couch to see the TV playing some late night Japanese drama and a bowl of popcorn on the coffee table. While glaring at the TV, I grabbed the bowl, curled up into a ball, and tried to focus on the show to see if I knew any words.
"How is he-"
"I don't wanna talk about it." I grumbled childishly while trying to calm myself down before saying something I'll regret. He sighs as he takes a seat on the other side of the couch, "Well you can always talk to me, I am you're adopted father." The way he said the latter with so much pride, makes me wonder why anyone would want a daughter like me. Scoffing in return, I pushed the popcorn away as my dark thoughts consumed me once again.
"I'm jealous of Yuuki." I grinded my teeth to stop myself from cursing. "She's been with you for how many years and refuses to call you father? You do so many things and…" I bow my head, causing my bangs to cover my face yet again, "I would call you father, but it's so hard…I never called my own biological father, dad or whatever 'cause he never seemed like one. We used to get along but 6th grade and on up, is when our relationship began to crumple. And when I try to show my gratitude to you, I get frustrated because I don't know how. And it makes me seem angry at you when it's the total opposite." My right hand grips at my hair, trying to hide myself away from his gaze. "Why did you adopt me? What's the real reason?! Why would you want somebody like me?" Tears slipped from my eyes as I forced myself to stay instead of running out the door. I can't always run away from my problems. I need to get stronger.
Hastily wiping the tears away, I scooted closer and dropped my head on his shoulder; surprising us both. "I'm sorry; I forgot to take my medication for the evening," my eyes became lifeless at my new discovery, "forgive me of speaking ill of my beloved sister." I giggle to bring life back into my eyes. Yuuki is the favorite and always shall be… I know my place now.
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A few hours later, I was back in the dormitory sitting in the lobby with Chaotic's laptop listening to "Burning Hearts" by Sliverstein. Shiki and Ichijou were on the other couch while Onyx rests her head on Nao-chan's lap. At certain points, I would sing along before focusing back on the Adventure Time game I was playing. Then I remembered something, "Hey Taco John!" That's the nickname Alex came up with, "That girl who was dancing earlier, is she in the Night Class?" He looks up to chuckle at his given name, his green eyes sparkling in delight, "Yes, actually her name is-"
"My name is Onishi Kimiko, but you can call me Kimiko, darling~" The said female purred as she approached us from the stairs. I turn away to hide a blush that was ambushing my face. Her black midnight wavy hair bounced after each step she took. She was very beautiful and many Day Class boys fantasized about her. Her onyx-colored eyes were bursting with mischief as they rested on her high cheek bones. Her lips weren't full but were perfect in my opinion. Oh man, she'll put any human model to shame… I wonder if she's famous.
As her footsteps reached me, her fingertips lifted my chin to meet her face. "Look at me when I'm talking to you." Even though that was a command, I couldn't help but oblige for I was completely under her spell. She smirked when I didn't object and leant closer to my left ear, "You're very cute," then pulled on my piercings with her teeth. I surrendered with a breathless moan and told her that she was cruel. Then she places her fore and middle fingers on my neck when a growl tore us apart.
"Drinking blood is prohibited on campus, Onishi-san." Shiki stared at us with unreadable eyes. That's when I remembered my surroundings and curled up into a ball to hide my flushed face. "Oi, I was just feeling her pulse. I know the rules, Shiki-san." Kimiko spat with venom, clearly showing she does not like to be interrupted. God, I love dominate women!
Kimiko takes a seat next to me but leaves very little space between us; good thing I'm not claustrophobic. She rubs my back as if I were her pet, while paying close attention to my spine. When I didn't look up, my leg muscles began to twitch and then soon enough pain shot through both of my legs.
"Ugh!" I gasped out in pain, falling to the floor so I could somewhat stretched out my legs. "Cramp, cramp, cramp!"
"Onishi-san! That's enough!" Ichijou yells as he shot up from his seat. I look back at her to see her staring at me while amusement dances across her lethal eyes. "You're doing this?! Why?!" I asked just as I burst into a fit of giggles when she increased the pain. "Bitch," I seethed through my teeth as tears began to escape my eyes. Chuckling once more, I grabbed onto Shiki's leg and sunk my nails into his skin to share the pain.
"(What are you doing? If you want to start a fight, choose me.)" Chaotic's voice silences the whole room (and I think the whole dormitory as well). I don't know what he just said but judging by his voice, red eyes, and that dark aura… he's pretty pissed.
The pain evaporates and I could move my legs as if this never happened. I sit up, shake my head, and pat Shiki's knee to say I'm sorry. Resting my head on his knee, I studied this Kimiko girl to realize that she reminded me of Sophie. Sure, Sophie wouldn't take crap from Chaotic like Kimiko is, but they have the same personality!
"Dude! Doesn't she remind you of Sophie?" I interrupt their bickering while looking at Chaotic with glazed over eyes and a cheeky smile. Standing back up, I return to my seat with a yawn. Even though this girl is a sadist, she interests me; plus, this is my spot damnit! "Who's Sophie?" she asks, her eyes held a tint of red in them. "She's a lesbian, vegan, hates all men, and she's cruel like you." I gave her a cheeky look as I stuck out my tongue.
"How the hell is Sophie like her?!" Chaotic asks with his left eye twitching. "Okay, I was watching SpongeBob-" "Oh god." "Let me finish! And it was that episode where SpongeBob had Mermaid Man's belt and was shrinking everyone. And it was when Patrick had that idea of 'Wombo'. So a commercial came on and I was repeating what he said and Sophie yelled at me from the kitchen to shut up. So I changed the words to 'I penis, you penis, he/she/me penis' then she ran outta the kitchen and threw a dart into my shoulder. Then she yelled, "I will have no such body part in my house!" And I yelled back, "So your bedroom must be an exception!" cause you know she has a whole bunch of dildos in her room-"
"CASSIE!"
"Hey! Cookie has dildos under her bed but I think she uses them for Tyler since-"
"CASSANDRA ELIZABETH LEACH, SHUT THE FUCKING HELL UP! I don't need to know this about my friends! OH MY GOD! I'm scarred for life now…" Chaotic melts onto the floor and start rocking back and forth. Kimiko and I began laughing at his reaction when I looked at the boys. They were wide-eyed and held blushes.
"Y'all don't know what a dildo is? I know! I'll lock you guys in a room with Alex and then fill it with playboy magazines/hentai manga(s) then you'll be as corrupted as me~!" I fist the air with a creepy laugh… while drooling.
"I think you need to go to sleep now, it's already six in the mornin'," Chaotic faceplams; he's just as perverted as me. "Nah, I'm staying up. The Chairman dude invited me over for breakfast around nine!" I cheered as I pet Onyx. She wanted to curl around my neck again; so cute!
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I was sitting next to Zero, telling him about the Lucky Charms cereal, "…and tasty red balloons!" I gave my open mouth smile while he raised his eyebrows. And then it happened. Yuuki took a picture of us. As the photo comes out, we turn to glare at her, "Burn it." We ordered before lunging at her. We all race back to the kitchen when Yuuki hands the picture to the Chairman dude and he went back to cutting…ham?
"I'M A PESCATARIAN!" I yelled before he could make another cut. His face was so priceless! He pause for a second, drop the knife, and had anime tears running down his cheeks, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!" "YOU DIDN'T ASK! PLUS, HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WERE MAKING?! I thought we were just gonna have cereal. The last time I had a fancy breakfast was six months ago." I pout as I stared nostalgically at the knives in the knife rack. Reaching forward, I randomly grabbed one and was hypnotize the second the light hit the wicked curved blade. I could feel their eyes as I ran my forefinger along it; careful not to cut myself.
"After my Grandpa and I got done fishing, I always watch my Grandma clean the fish with this kind of knife." I spaced off while remembering those days; my hands were starting to shake so I drop the knife and spun on my heels to exit the room. I don't understand why I'm getting all these memories; it's annoying and pointless.
As I reach the table, I popped a pill into my mouth and chugged the rest of my water. "What was that?" I looked at the window to see Zero's reflection standing behind me. "Lithium." I say while sitting back down. He returns to his seat as well, "What does that do to you?" "It stabilizes my mood so I don't get into hyper drive. But when I don't take it, I feel like my old self again. And the bad part of that is I have old memories that I didn't want to remember. Like the simplest things can bring them back up to the surface," I shake my head as if that would wipe the slate clean, "The thing is, I don't want to become too addicted—too dependent on them. Ugh, it's complicating." I grasp my hair as I looked up to stare at him; an idea coming to mind, "Do you wanna go to the ramen noodle shop with me? I know that you like ramen and Alex gave me the earnings from yesterday so don't worry about the money. There won't be no vampys; just you and me. Is that okay?" He blinks; disbelief fills his purple eyes before nodding. I tell him the time and place to meet just as the Chairman dude and Yuuki return with the food…and natto. YES! My first time having natto!
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The teeth scattering breeze stabbed right through me as I waited by the main entrance of the school. I flipped up the hood of my Nightmare Before Christmas jacket before curling up into a ball. Zero's late; well, I guess it doesn't help that I'm wearing my black cargo pants either… Well at least I have gloves—that are fingerless… I'm wearing a new shirt too! It's red and there's a mix tape on it saying "Let the music take hold." I just hope the shirt isn't too low, if you catch my drift. In Japan, you can show off as much legs if you want, just not the boobs. Oh well, I have a rose necklace that will hopefully ease the attention away. I watched as the clouds flew by while messing with my belts. The one I'm using to hold up my pants is a Marshal Lee from Adventure Time, and the other one is an Asking Alexandria belt.
At the sound of footsteps, I looked up to Zero, who was wearing a large tan trench coat, some blue jeans, his school shoes, and a lovely rain cloud over his head~! "You look like a raccoon with your eye makeup," he snorts as he passed right by me. I jump up and skip after him down the stairs. "Pshh you're just jealous, because you're not an animal yet! But have no fear, I'm still thinking of one."
When we reached the road, I unzipped my jacket and jerked him towards me. "Is this shirt too low? `Cause I don't want people staring at me. And if they do stare, I'll hide behind you. Because most people think you're scary looking. Unless you're a pervert yourself and completely take advantage of me—I keep talking when I don't want to! Boy, I'm cold!" I zipped my jacket back up while staring at his face for any sign of reaction. Zero scoffs as he walked away, "Like you have any-" "HEY! My boobs might not be as big as October's or Tori's but at least I have boobs! Like most girls here have A cups. I'll have you know that I have C cups! So in your face!" "CAN WE NOT TALK ABOUT THIS?!" "Why the hell not?! You're a guy, you like girls! I'm a girl and I like girls! This is like one of the only things we have in common!" I grabbed him be the shoulders as I looked ahead with glazed over eyes, "we should embrace this!" "…Don't touch me…"
A/N: Hey guys! This chapter was actually supposed to be longer. Also, I got a story summery out; and it only took me 3 years to make it… ,"