Bleh...this is another chapter I'm not to sure if I like
I def don't like how I wrote it but I'm stumped as to what to do right now
Maybe if I sleep and then tomorrow read it again I'll like it better...
Although it reveals some stuff...
haha there are going to be more chapters with them just hanging out with Italy than I first thought....
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Chapter 10: Futon
“Koharu!” Miki yelled as her arms dropped to her sides, no longer concerned about protecting herself from the “mystery intruder.” Koharu just stood there seeming to be still half asleep as she rubbed her eyes and yawned. Yossui walked over to Miki and looked from her to Koharu and then back again.
“Koharu? So this is the kid you had to train that was such a pain in the a-“ she was cut off abruptly when Miki jabbed her in the side with her elbow. Miki looked back over to Koharu, but she hadn’t heard what Yossui said because she was now practically sleeping against the wall.
Miki sighed and walked over to the youngest girl. “Aww shes so cute,” Yossui whispered from across the room as Koharu staggered a little while trying to stay standing.
Cutting to the chase Miki looked straight into Koharus eyes, “What are you doing here?” The way she said it was kind of cold; but not because she didn’t like the kid. Yes, she had been a pain at some points. However, Miki exaggerated a lot when talking to Yossui about Koharu. In all honesty, Miki thought Koharu was a pretty okay little kid.
Koharu just stared at Miki for a moment as she pieced together the sentence in her half asleep mind. Miki hadn’t meant to hurt the kids feelings, but after a moment Koharus eyes began to water. “You don’t want me here?” she sputtered out before she began crying.
“Shit,” Miki mumbled as she watched Koharu stand there crying. “I didn’t mean it like that.” Too late for excuses because Koharu half on purpose and half because she lost her balance went down to the floor as she continued to cry. Miki knelt down beside her and, with a quick glance back at Yossui (who was smirking for the obvious reason that Mikis motherly side was about to come out), wrapped her arms around the younger girl. “I honestly didn’t mean it like that,” Miki whispered as she stroked her black hair.
She sniffled a little, “Then what did you mean?”
“It was more of a,” Miki paused. “How did you manage to find me all the way in Italy? You didn’t even know I was coming here.” Miki smiled comfortingly at Koharu as her tears finally began to stop. “There that’s better.”
When Koharu had finally finished sniveling, Yossui brought out a couple of mats to the center of the dojo and they all sat down there. “How did I find you?” Koharu repeated the question aloud. “Well,” Miki stared at her waiting for her answer. “I don’t really know.” The youngest of the three smiled sheepishly and looked down at the floor.
“You don’t know?” Miki scoffed, “So what you just had a feeling that I was here?”
“Yes.”
Miki blinked a couple of times in slow motion. “Oh…well…hey!” she glared over at Yossui. “Why the hell are you giggling?”
The blond smiled devilishly over at Miki, “Because you forgot.”
“I forgot wha…oh…” Miki narrowed her eyes and looked at Yossui. “Well it’s not like I use that all the time. It’s you who hunts me down. So it’s okay for me to forget on occasion.”
Yossui rolled her eyes, “uh huh. Excuses, excuses.” This just made Miki glare harder, so much that Yossui mock flinched like she was under fire from death glares.
“Uhmm,” both girls looked over at Koharu. “What are you two talking about?”
“Oh just-“ Miki began, but Yossui cut her off.
“Why don’t I explain it since you forgot?” Miki just rolled her eyes and got up from the mat and went into the office. She mumbled a few choice curse words as she left.
Yossui scooted closer to Koharu on the mat. “It’s not really something we understand completely. But we know it exists.” Yossui paused to make sure that Koharu was paying attention to her. “Us Interfectors, for some reason, when we want to find each other…it’s just like you said. We just kind of know where the other is.” Yossui then looked away from the younger girl as she realized just how stupid she sounded saying these words aloud. But there really wasn’t a better way to explain it.
“Unless we don’t want to be found,” came Mikis voice from the entrance to the office. She was leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed over her chest.
“Oh yea, that’s right!”
“Now who’s the one forgetting,” Miki rolled her eyes before she went back into the office and away from the other two.
Yossui was about to make some snappy remark back when Koharu spoke. “What does she mean, when we don’t want to be found?”
Pushing back some of her blond hair that had fallen in her face, Yossui continued. “It’s like, if you just want some alone time or something. You can basically mentally will yourself to become invisible to the other Interfectors…well not invisible. But you become just as hard to find as any regular human being.” Yossui smirked, “Or in most of cases, you’re even harder to find because we’re all so skilled at hiding.”
“Ohh…”
Yossui wasn’t sure if Koharu was really taking any of this in because she stilled seemed like she was nodding off every other minute. “Why don’t you go back to bed?” The tallest got up and offered her hand to Koharu.
“Wait a minute,” there was Miki again at the doorway. “I still have a question for Koharu.” The youngest looked over at Miki as she got up off the floor. “Now I want to know why you are here. I thought you wanted to live a normal life as much as possible.”
“Oh well,” Koharu looked down at the floor before she shrugged. “I don’t know. It was boring not really having anyone to talk to. It’s not like it’s easy to make friends now that I don’t go to school or anything. So I thought I would try to find you because you’re nice to me.”
Miki would never admit it out loud. Hell, she would probably kill someone before she would admit it out loud. But those words meant a lot to her. “Okay,” she said quietly before heading to the front door. “I’m going to go get some fresh air before bed. You should get back to sleep.”
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About an hour passed before Yossui joined Miki outside on the front steps. “Cute kid.”
Miki scoffed and looked down at the floor. “Yea, but now we’re going to have to deal with her.”
“Aw Miki, she doesn’t seem that bad. Besides, you’re nice to her.” Yossui smirked and poked Miki in the side, who in response mock growled. “So have you trained her in anything yet?”
“Like what?” Miki didn’t move her eyes from the floor.
“Like any martial arts or anything. You know they’re useful for us. Besides, we have forever to learn them.”
“No.” Miki finally looked up at Yossui who looked like she was cooking up a scheme. “What are you going to train her?”
“Alone? No way,” she laughed a little. “But we both could. It will be really fun, like the old days. Besides, like I said before, you could use the work out. You’re getting a little chu-“
“That’s it I’m out of here,” Miki stood up and began to walk off back to the village. “I’m going for a walk. I’ll be back soon.” The reason she didn’t want to be around Yossui any more wasn’t even because she had called her chubby for the second time that day. But she mentioned the “old days.” That meant when it was her, Yossui and Aya. When things weren’t so lonely.
Miki didn’t look up when she heard footsteps follow behind her. “Miki wait! I didn’t mean anything by…” she trailed off as Miki stopped walking away, but didn’t look up.
“Yossui lay off.”
The taller girl was slightly taken aback at these words.
“You’ve been driving me crazy since my plane landed okay? So just lay off.”
They stood there not looking at each other for what seemed like an hour. Miki kept her eyes on the dirt road the whole time. She was so tired of everything Yossui did lately. She used to not mind Yossuis little stunts, but it was more than that. She didn’t seem to understand how much Miki was suffering when they were together. It just wasn’t the same as it used to be not matter how much Yossui wanted it to be and tried to make it be.
“I’m sorry.”
Miki looked up and over her shoulder at Yossui who was looking up at the starry sky.
“What?”
“I’m sorry.”
Mikis eyes drifted back to the dirt road as Yossui continued to stare at the sky. “I know I haven’t exactly been that great to you lately. I’m just…” Yossui closed her eyes. “I’m just worried about you. You’ve been doing some pretty stupid stuff with your assignments lately and it’s getting you in trouble.” Miki turned back away from Yossui as she listened. “You’re just getting to close and I’m scared for you.”
“Why do you have to be scared? I don’t see what the big deal is…”
No, Miki knew what this was about. Something happened where Aya learned too much and so she disappeared. Miki didn’t know all the details, but she was almost 100% sure that Yossui did. She was just too afraid to ask yet. Too afraid to know what had happened.
Miki was very content in her own little world with believing that Aya was still out there somewhere just ignoring her. Even though it hurt to think of Aya wanting to purposely leave her, it was better than the idea that she was gone forever. Although Miki still couldn’t understand how that could even happen to an Interfector.
There were no words again and the only thing that could be heard was the slight shuffling of feet before Miki felt strong arms around her shoulders. Yossuis lips where right up against Mikis ear as she spoke softly to her. “I’m also sorry for what I said the other day…”
She was of course referring to the day when Yossui had invited Miki to Italy, and the day when she scolded her for interacting with her assignment.
“I shouldn’t try to interfere so much with your work. But seriously Miki,” Yossui pulled away with her hands still on the shorter girls shoulders and whirled her around to face her. Their eyes locked momentarily, “You really worry me.” Miki looked away, “I care about you…”
“I know…”
Things were beginning to get a little too intense for Miki to handle this much longer without wanting to demand that she explain everything. If she really cared that much she would have told her what happened already to make Yossui so paranoid about this kind of stuff.
Miki broke into a light smile, “its okay. Besides I know I can’t really die again forever. Even if I wanted to.”
“It’s a good thing because I don’t know what I would do if you left,” Yossui replied as she ran one hand through Mikis soft brown hair.
Kind of like how I feel…
The pair made their way back to the Dojo without exchanging another word. It was like there was finally peace between the two of them after some time. Miki smiled at Yossui as they both got out the futon and laid it out in the middle of the Dojo.
However, the peace was broken.
“I thought you said there were two?!”
Yossui rolled her eyes, “Well there was two. But Koharu needed a place to sleep.”
Miki took two steps away from the futon. “No way am I sleeping in that small made-for-one futon with you.”
“Fine,” Yossui shrugged. “Then just sleep on the floor.” And with that Yossui laid down under the covers and closed her eyes. “Get the lights will you?”
Miki wished she didn’t like Yossui so much so that she could strangle her without feeling bad. Sighing she walked over and flipped off the lights before going back and standing next to the futon. “Oh whatever…” she sighed as she crawled in next to Yossui.
Soon she felt familiar arms around her waist as she drifted off to sleep…
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