the kid with the slingshot disappeared behind the fence for a few
second's then reappeared, pulling his arm back as he now had rock
for ammo.
the rest of the kids had left due to fear of hiro, since they knew
he was more dangerous then the girl.
anastasia sniffled and quickly went inside, then ran and went up
the stairs to her room.
the kid with the slingshot sent the rock flying and it whacked hiro
right between the eye's, leaving a small gash since the rock had a
few rigged edges, then the kid disappeared again and ran back home
just like the others.
Hiro didn´t move, the rock even if it had hitten him the pain he
should feel from it was none, either from being under the
protection of his sister´s precious dolls or for any other reason.
He saw as the kids ran away, sighing sadly as he already imagined
what the future held for them and they, poor naive children that
had even got close to the house couldn´t do anything to stop what
was going to happen. He took a handkerchief from his pocket and
cleaned the small amount of blood that had shown up from the hit
after the kids left and after he was sure not even a drop of blood
was left he went back inside.
Akuma watched as the rain fell heavily from the doorway, still with
the open door as she had gone to see who could have knocked on the
door but instead of closing it again she simply got distracted by
the rain. She looked to the side and saw an umbrella laying on the
ground. Holding the doll closer to her chest she picked the object
and left the house to go find the new visitor, knowing there
wouldn´t really be many places he could have gone to since nobody
wanted to live in those surroundings and those few that actually
did were often too afraid to open the door to strangers.
Anastasia was sitting in the middle of the floor near the living
room hugging her leg's and shivering, still sobbing quietly with
her face buried and hidden.
~~~~~~~
Ryan was on his way back to the house when he saw Akuma leave,
rather surprised to see her outside the house, and by herself.
he ran ahead a bit to catch up with her and huffed.
''what the hell are you doing out here Akuma? especially by
yourself..... what if you ended up kidnapped or something?'' he
said.
Hiro walked back inside slowly, not turning back but still trying
to little if steps were approaching once again but nothing came. He
closed the door behind him and followed the silent sobs that came
from inside the house, as nothing else was making a sound it wasn't
really that difficult to hear. As he arrived at the living room he
immediately saw the sobbing girl and kneeled down in front of her
as he patted her head "hey, did they hurt you?"
Akuma stopped as Ryan got closer, either to let him catch up or
just because she had already found him, but then looked at him with
a confused expression " I can walk by myself... I might not look
like it but I´m a big girl. And like you probably think, if someone
kidnapped me it wouldn´t take too long for them to release me due
the fact that I´m annoying. So, did you managed to find what you
were looking for?"
she flinched and slapped his hand away, looking up at him with
eye's before realizing it was Hiro.
''sorry, u-um.... and no........'' Anastasia sniffled, rubbing one
of her eye's.
~~~~~~~~
''i think the phone lines are down or something..... anyway... your
out here alone and cause your a girl also makes you a bigger target
for a lot of bad reasons kidnappers do, like selling you to some
awful person with ill intentions'' Ryan said, actually sounding
worried for her safety.
The male shook his hand a little as a spontanous answer to erase
the small pain caused by the hit but Quickly recovers his postures
"that's good then. Do you want some tea to help you calm down?"
She moved the doll to be able to hold it along with the umbrella so
that she could pat his head with her free hand " I understand the
concern but I'm not really alone. Also, there's few thing that can
be worse than what's going on here. Things you cant even notice"
''s-sure..... and a warm bath...'' Anastasia mumbled, getting up
while hugging herself still.
she covered her mouth and nose and sneeze, followed by a small
cough.
''ow....! that sneeze really hurt...'' Anastasia whimpered, putting
her hand over the front of her neck.
~~~~~~~
he swatted her hand away and clenched his teeth.
''not to mention the seriously short nightgown hun, like
seriously.... a knee-high nightgown is better than the one your
wearing Kuma'' Ryan said, ignoring the obvious faint blush that
appeared on his face, and especially after using a nickname instead
of her full name.
Hiro chuckled and got up before petting gently her head "got it,
I'm going to set the bath first,is that ok?"
Akuma looked down at her clothes before looking at him with a
confused expression "it's not like I'm making you look at me...
It's not my fault that you like what you see" she replies with a
small smirk, now grabbing the umbrella on her previous free hand
again
Anastasia nodded and leaned back against the wall.
''thanks....'' she sighed.
~~~~~~~
Ryan's face became a brighter red and looked away, moving his scarf
up to try and hide his face the best he could.
''y-you twit, your r-really setting yourself up to b-be kidnapped
oh my god....'' he grumbled, stammering occasionally due to being a
bit flustered.
Hiro nodded with a small smile on his face and went upstairs, where
the only bathroom with a large tub was and prepared the stuff for
the bath, leaving the water going as he then left to go to the
kitchen.
She laughed and tried to take the scarf away "hey, let me see your
face. Red really suits you." she joked, letting the doll fall to
the ground as she tried to reach for the piece of cloth
she went to the bathroom and closed the door, going over to the tub
while seeing how warm the water was, then turned the water off once
the tub was filled up.
Anastasia glanced at the door a bit warily sighed, slipping Hiro's
coat off and put it on a towel hook.
~~~~~~~
Ryan grabbed her wrist, and glared at her murderously with his
crimson eye'd gaze.
''never. touch. my scarf'' he snapped, the blush on his face
disappearing instantly.
he let her wrist go, even though it wasn't a that tight, and
huffed.
The blue haired walked to the kitchen, a little uncomfortable for
the strong silence that was in the house even if it wasn´t a
strange thing to happen. He hurried to the destination and put the
water boiling, making sure it took its time.
Akuma looked, once again, confused at the boy and retreated her
hand, picking up the doll "Man, I didn´t know you guys also had
that time of the month... Your emotional button must be ruined.Oh
well, but your brain isn´t exactly in the best conditions too so I
guess there´s nothing much to do. C´mon, we should hurry home
before the rain gets worse"
he simply walked back to the house and pulled his scarf back up
over his face, both annoyed and embarrassed about how the
conversation went and just wanted to hide. i wanna hide right now and just.... ugh, i can't stand this
situation...! Ryan thought.
Akuma followed close behind, staring at his back while trying not
to laugh "You really like that scarf heh? Hey, there´s no need to
be shy around me, you can tell me all your secrets you know? "
''i-i have no secrets i ever want to share, and i'm not being shy''
he said, closing the umbrella he had once they made it back and put
it in the umbrella stand after he entered.
Ryan headed up the stairs to his room and sighed.
"Hey, are you running away from me?" The girl continues following,
randomly throwing the umbrella to the floor as she kept her focus
on following Ryan "You´re mean... Five minutes ago you were worried
about me and my beautiful clothes and now you´re just ignoring
me... Great way to treat a girl"
Ryan slowed a bit before he stopped and turn to face her, waiting
until she was close enough before he cupped her cheek's and brought
her closer with a surprisingly swift motion.
he then brought her head up a bit, closing his eye's and gave her
another kiss, though one that was more sincere and passionate
unlike the first kiss he planted on her.
Akuma looked at him a little shocked, taken back by the sudden
actions, but soon melts into the kiss, deepening it for a few
moments before pulling back. She puts her finger on top of his lips
while looking at him with a confused expression, arching an eyebrow
"And then I´m the one that is weird... I´m not the one randomly
kissing someone that you seem to be annoyed with, twice actually.
Is that your way to try to escape my questions? Because if it is
you will need to kiss me a lot"
i'm.. not trying to avoid your questions Akuma, just.... you were
asking to many'' he said.
Ryan rubbed the back of his neck as he tried to think on what else
to say, his face once again a bright red.
''b-but i'm just... confused, scared.. embarrassed..... my emotions
are conflicting with each other right now... anyway, you didn't say
you hated the kiss... meaning you actually liked it'' he said,
smirking a little now.