Kasai

Very slowly, after crying my heart out, I manage to stand up and push myself off the living room floor. The moon, now hidden behind clouds, throws the world into shadows.  I lost track of time... everything is tinged in a dull grey light. My knees feel weak as I start making my way to my room. I don't even bother brushing my teeth, washing my face or even changing my clothes because what's the point anymore.

I can't be with the guy I like... a guy who I've liked for the past 3 years... the guy who I thought would never like me as anything more than a best friend...

Why is it so unfair? Why!? It's all because of him. That stupid hooded figure guy! Who does he think he is intruding in on my life!?! Making rules, threatening the ones I love... Who the hell does he think he is!

Suddenly I'm quite motivated to sleep. I really just wanna go and yell at the stupid hooded figure guy!

But of course as things works, it never comes to those who seek it. I find myself too angry to go to sleep... 

I simply lie in bed, my feelings of resentment causing the room to dance with bright flames. My emotions causing my brain to fire (a/n haha get the pun) chemicals that make my adrenaline run faster, and the hormones in my body to run faster. I cause the environment around me to dry out eventually causing my surroundings to catch fire.

Good thing Niichan made sure that everything in my room was fireproof. What would be even better if he actually taught me to control my powers when I was feeling different emotions, but unfortunately he thinks that that is not necessary. But it's a good thing that Victor thinks that what Niichan thinks about matters concerning my powers is a load of bullsh*t, and taught me a few things himself.

I slowly take in my 'calming breaths' and run through the exercise Seung Gil Lee taught me to do when I'm worked up. Unlike Victor, I still do not have total control of my powers. They still react with my emotions.

Slowly, ever so slowly, the flames disappear. I sit up and turn on my humidifier so that the air would not be so dry, and so that I would not accidentally set the room on fire from a little spark I make in my sleep... waking up in a room full of fire is never pleasant for anyone.

I lay back down onto my bed, and try to calm down. I need to go to sleep. I need to confront that stupid guy... I did enough crying... I cried all of my sadness out. The numbness is fading out, and is being replaced with anger... and its ranging anger... but now I honed it in and it is refined anger... finely refined blinding white harsh anger.

Very collectedly, I take a deep breath in to clear my thoughts, and will myself to fall asleep. Soon the cool blackness of sleep envelops me, and I welcome it. I take a deep breath in.

The blackness starts to swirl. Or maybe it is me who is spinning. Suddenly it is as if white is being mixed into the darkness... like cream being mixed into black coffee. However instead of turning grey, the white just over powers the black, and soon I am in white rather than the black. I blink, still spinning, and I find myself there on the couch.

Instantly I sit up... But I feel as if the world is spinning, and I fall backwards onto the couch.

I hear laughter, and instantly sit up. It's him... well he doesn't have a hood on. Rather he has a towel over his head, and he is rubbing it vigorously over his hair. So I see approximately the same amount as if he was wearing his hood. He is wearing a black bathrobe. From under the towel I see a peek of his hair... it's silver.

"What are you laughing at!?" I say indignantly.

He finally pulls the towel away, and I take a sharp intake of breath it's him. It's the guy in Minami's notebook... except that he has a long scar running from his left ear, across the bridge of his nose, to his right ear. His hair is the same shade as Victor's and my undyed hair... his eyes, brilliant green with orange flecks... my anger has seemed to have fled my body, and has simply left me with confusion.

"You!" he laughs. He walks over to the couch, and takes a seat. I stand still, watching him still in a state of confusion. I watch as he casually pours himself a cup of tea. He pours another one, and offers it to me. "How long are you going to be standing there for?" he asks, "It's as if you are rooted to the spot."

I take the tea from him, pretend to sip from it, but just dump it on him. I guess I still am angry...good because this guy is the worst. Even if Minami somehow knows him.

"Okay... calm down... never mind...I probably deserved that... would you like another cup of tea?" he says holding up the teapot.

"Another cup to pour on you? Sure any day!" I say.

"No, stupid. A cup to drink." he snaps his fingers, and instantly he is dry, and the tea that I spilled is cleaned up.

I harrumph, and plop down on the couch.

"What's with the tea anyways? Like why do you always offer me tea?" I ask. Wow this conversation definitely happened differently in my head... but at least I got to throw tea on him.

"You give tea to guests so that they feel welcomed."

I laugh at this, " YOU want ME to feel welcomed. Ha that's a joke."

"No bigger joke than you're love life."

When he said that, that set me off. Finally back onto the topic that I came here for. Does it matter to me that for some reason Minami has a portrait of this guy in is notebook sans scar? A little bit. But what matters more is that this stupid guy actually threatened the safety of Minami just because we liked each other. I wasn't so mad when he first laid down that 'rule'... but that's because I never thought that Minami would actually like me, and I saw no other hope at being in a relationship with anyone... but now, after the confession, it broke my heart to turn him down. And that sadness cultivated my anger... towards this dude who normally wears a hood.

"Ya, and you know why my love life is such a mess?" I ask starting to raise my voice.

He raises his eyebrow and sips from his tea.

"It's because of you!" I say in an accusatory tone.

"Well I hardly think it's fair to put me in that situation. I'm trying to help you. You see I'm simply trying to prevent more heart break from-"

"Fair- f-f-f-fair-" I stutter in anger. "You think that I should be fair to you, when you basically threaten the one I like just so that I'm not in a relationship... for what?... for you to come in and sweep me off of my feet?! Like hell I would let you. What are you even doing, bringing me here? Like what, you expect me to fall for you?"

"Hey, you're the one who said it, not me." He says raising his hands, after putting down his tea.

"Like I don't even know your name! What do even except from me?!"

"Akihiko." He says simply picking up a news paper that is resting on the coffee table.

"Wh- what?..."

"My name is Akihiko."

"Are you serious?"

"Dead serious." He says motioning to the front page which is about homicide.

"First of all, don't joke about murder. It's not funny. Second... your name is Akihiko... as in bright prince...?"

He shrugs, and puts the newspaper down. "And what of it?"

"You're name... it's just that it doesn't suit you at all. What was your mother thinking naming you Akihiko... she probably never expected you to turn out this way."

"My mother isn't the one who gave me the name actually." He says a little stiffly. Clearly his mother isn't someone he likes.

I decided the avoid the topic of his mother... clearly he's uncomfortable with it, and I'm not the kind of person to bring it up. I may hate him, and I may be extremely mad at him... but taking low blows like that is simply something I refuse to do."Who named you then?"

He brightens up... why did I make him feel better? I'm supposed to tell him off.

"A friend." he says simply.

I shake my head to try to clear it. I did not come here to make small talk. 

"You know the only reason why I wanted to come tonight is to tell you that I did what you told me to do! So are you happy?!" I ask starting to get upset. A friend named him... well at least he has or had a friend... now I don't even have my best friend. "Because if you are then please leave me alone!" I shout.

He chuckles, "But where would be the fun in that? Anyways I did it for you're own good. You'll thank me later. Truly... what I did was for the best. Trust me... cause I mean perhaps this way you can be saved... and if not... I guess you'll see what I tried to keep you from soon enough... I see that you are really upset right now, so maybe it's best to let you rest."

He waves his hand, and that damn coin appears.

"Wait, I'm not done yelling at you yet!" but the world turns black, and I open my eyes to find myself back in the room. The only sound I hear is the soft purring of the humidifier.

I sit up slowly, then throw the coin across the room with all my might. It leaves a dent in the wall.

"'For your own good'. Like hell you ever took my opinions into consideration." I say under my breath as I flop back onto my bed angrily, and pull my covers over my head.

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Hello lovely human beans~

And that is a wrap on the chapter... I hope it kept you interested... like is Akihiko telling the truth? If yes... what is he trying to protect Kasai from?...

I have like the main idea planned out for this story... but at the same time I kinda don't... I'm just writing the chapters as I go along depending on how I feel... but ya... is it going to end up as weird as the first one? who knows...

fun fact Kevin Reynolds stayed at my house for the past few days so that he could do choreography with a choreographer in my area!

Anyload, see you in 2 days with a new chapter!

Peace out.