''it's the least i could do, y'know...? since you've been so kind
about letting me stay here until i can get home'' Ryan said.
Anastasia walked over and sat down at the table, setting her stuff
next to her on the table and decided to start eating, starting with
the pancakes first.
''how did you make these so fluffy....?? it also tastes really
good..!'' she muttered, smiling a little.
he chuckled and smiled, tilting his head a little.
''ah, she speaks! i'm glad ya like it~'' he teased with a hum.
she blushed faintly out of embarrassment and shrank a little,
though still continued to eat.
Akuma noticed the small blush on Anastacia´s cheeks and huffed,
feeling just a hint of jealousy. She sat down and started to eat,
or at least tried since she suddenly had lost any traces of hunger
she had.
Hiro smiled at the reply and started eating, enjoying the meal "You
still shouldn´t need to do so. I´m sure everybody would welcome a
traveler that had caught a storm like this."
''though mostly everyone aside from you guys and the elderly woman
whose pets i had been keeping an eye on have been the only people
kind enough to do so'' Ryan said, soon finishing up his breakfast
since had been the one in the kitchen at the time.
"Well, you just had luck that day. If it were me I would have left
you dying in the rain" Akuma mumbled, shoving her plate aside
letting the food untouched and getting up "I'm going to my room.
Don't anybody dare to get even closer." She warned and left the
kitchen to walk upstairs.
Ryan watched Akuma get up and leave, a bit confused before he got
up and followed after her.
Anastasia watched them both leave then turned towards Hiro.
''w-what's going on between them...?'' she asked, rather confused
about the whole situation.
Akuma heard some steps but didn´t bother to turn around until she
had reached her door "it´s better for your life that you´re not
following me. Just go to your room or leave this house, I don´t
care"
Hiro looked a little confused to Anastasia, clearly shocked and
confused by the situation, but shrugged "Oh, you know. I´m pretty
sure they had a fight or something like that..."
''Akuma wait, what the hell has gotten into you all of a sudden!?''
he questioned, seriously confused about what happened.
~~~~~~~
''if they did, Ryan wouldn't be chasing after her... what really
happened between them? i'm not a kid anymore'' Anastasia said.
She turned around to face him, glaring as hard as she could "it's
not of your business! Just leave me alone, or do I need to repeat
myself?"
"hum... I honestly dont know how to put what is going on between
them. I'm not even sure if they even know about it..." hiro sighed,
eating the last piece of his food
''Akuma please, you were fine moments ago, whats got you all riled
up like this?'' Ryan asked, reaching out to grab her hand.
~~~~~~~
''hmm.... well, isn't he the same age as you....? it's instinct
probably, like wolves or something... like in those books in the
library about animal science i think'' Anastasia said.
Akuma just glared at his hand, before slapping it away and going to
her room, mumbling a low "leave me alone" before closing the door
behind her.
"It seems so... But I doubt that´s the case... And don´t compare
him to a wolf, again he´s not an animal..." he sighed, remember the
earlier mention of the dog treatment that Akuma had also given
Ryan gritted his teeth and quickly managed to wedge foot in the
door way, happy he wore his hiking boots, and kept the door
cracked.
''Akuma please talk to me, you just took a complete 180 from acting
the way you did before to acting all depressed...'' he
muttered.
~~~~~~~~
''then cat? monkey? i'm just saying human beings in general Hiro''
Anastasia said.
''Kuma i know that's a fake smile... if it's something i did just
tell me..... i'm not going to leave you be until you talk to me
about what's wrong'' he said rather stubbornly, putting some of his
weight on the door so she didn't try to slam it.
~~~~~~~
she sighed and finished her plate, pushing it aside before staring
down at the tabletop.
''will we ever have a normal life....?'' she asked, her voice a bit
shaky.
She groaned, giving up on the door and moving away, leaving it be,
as she went to sit on her bed while holding one of her dolls "I
dont want to talk"
Hiro gets up and picks all the plates on the table before putting
them in the sink to be washed "well, to start with, we would need
to want to be normal"
he sighed and simply decided to go to his room, disappearing inside
while closing the door behind him.
he went over to the bed and flopped over onto it, soon laying down
with his back to the door, which he left unlocked.
~~~~~~~
''i want a normal life...! a normal life with friends and
relatives.. not solitude and confined into a house with only five
people with hardly any to no new faces to talk too......!!!!'' she
snapped quietly, curling up while covering her head as she started
sobbing.
Akuma sighed as she was once again alone, hugging the doll close to
her chest as she looked outside at the rain, calming herself
down.
"Well, why don´t you try to go out? You can always see people on
the garden of the village, just remember to not bring anyone here"
Hiro suggested and warned at the same time, while washing the
dishes
''did you already forget what happened to me yesterday on the back
patio....!? you know how the other kids treat us in this
village!!!!!'' she practically screamed, getting up and grabbing
her notebook out from under her pencil case, throwing her sketch
book at him before running off to her room sobbing.