𝕊𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕖... {𝕍𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥} (On hold)

Woods ~39 (S2)

(Published:28/11/2021)

I wanted to see Umi. No. I needed to. I needed to ask her so many things so I could clear my mind of all my racing thoughts.

"Hey, are you ok?" I must have woken up Kaito and he was now crouching next to me, resting his hand on the table to keep his balance. The overwhelming noisy thoughts made it hard for me to focus but Kaito's presence help dull the buzz. I lowered my arms. "Hey, you're bleeding," Kaito's eyebrows were drawn together in concern.

"Why am I like this?" My voice breaks.

"Like what?" Kaito pulls my arm towards him and attempts to get it to clot.

"A coward, selfish. I can't bring myself to do anything to help people who need my help because my problems get in the way and they end up taking over my whole life."

"Well I guess sometimes you have to deal with some of your big problems then you can help others," he shrugs," I don't know, I'm not good at dealing with emotional people. Not that you're a problem though-" Kaito stops talking, deciding probably that it would be best to.

"I never thought I would say this but you might be right." I wipe the tears from my face, pulling myself together. I needed to be tougher to deal with myself, then others. I needed to talk to Kaname.

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I had made my decision, I was going to try to talk to Kaname tonight if I could even find him. Since that night he had withdrawn into the shadows of the moon dorm, unwilling to come out. Maybe his bruised ego will take a while to heal.

Sheathing my Katana, I hopped over my bed and made my way to the door. Glancing back at Umi's empty bed stung a little however I could get answers out of her later. Kaname was what was important now. 

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Streaks of moonlight lit up the outside of the academy as I power-walked over the expansive school grounds to the moon dorms. The woods marked the schools' boundaries and it was already creepy in the day but it being night just made it worse. During night patrols I never wanted to go in there alone and always insisted that either Yuki or Zero came with me. Tonight, an unnatural silence had fallen upon it in difference to the usual wind always stirring the trees.

I saw a glint of an eye within the thick branches of a tree and stopped in my tracks. If a student was in there they must truly have some guts as it was where the vampires usually went when they were sulking.

Taking cautious steps towards the woods I drew my katana. I tried to stop my voice from betraying my brave front but I utterly failed," H-Hey you shouldn't be out here, it's past curfew." A deep chuckle came from one of the tree's above me and I stumbled backwards, into a tree. 

"Curfew's mean little to me now," Arima hopped down from the branches," It's been a while, I've missed you."