𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐒 ᶠᵉᵐ ⁱᵍᵘʳᵒ ᵒ. ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ ˣ ᵇᵒⁿᵗᵉⁿ

twenty eight

December 24, ****

“HERE'S YOUR ORDER” mitsuya handed you a box that is wrapped by a christmas wrapper. he fished his smartphone from his pocket and showed you a picture of your order since you can't see it now that it's now wrapped

“i like it. how much is it?” mitsuya smiled before telling you the price, it was not too expensive, you are a little confuse why it is not expensive when the item was really beautiful

“thank you very much. advance merry christmas”

“uh yeah... advance merry christmas” mitsuya assisted you and opened the shop's door for you, ran was waiting for you on the parking lot. he wants to come with you but you stopped him, not even him can see your gift

rindou can't come with you since mikey made him and sanzu run some errands.

“come again” mitsuya waved at you, you nodded before walking away from his shop. you made your way to the mall's exit, holding the gift carefully, making sure you won't drop it

you saw ran in the parking lot, he's leaning on his expensive car without roof, while smoking. you walked towards him and he didn't fail to notice you, he quickly dropped his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it to kill its light

“you're quick” he opened the door of his maserati granturismo convertible car for you, you hopped in and he closed the door. he jogged to the other side and hopped in before starting the engine

you cover the gift with your coat. yes, you're not wearing your uniform since it's very cold, kaburamaru stucked out his tongue and hide himself inside your coat

“y/n, before we head home, let's eat ramen” ran said and glanced at you before returning his eyes on the road, you just hummed and nodded

you too want a hot soup because of the temperature. the trip only took 20 minutes, ran parked his car in front of a ramen house. as usual, he opened the door for you

before you two go inside, he did something to his car, suddenly it had a roof. you raised a brow, ran just smiled at you before pulling you inside the ramen house

“hello, welcome to-- eh?” a guy with smiling face and orange fluffy hair welcomed you both, he's wearing an apron and is smiling nonstop

“hello, we would like to order. what's your best seller in here?” ran scanned the whole ramen house and nodded, probably satisfied by the design of it

“please take a seat and we'll give you a menu. everything is best selling in here” the guy with fluffy hair led you two into a single table with two seats

after settling down, he gave you and ran the menu. you scanned the menu, trying to figure out what do you want to eat for the cold temperature.

“one nagoya taiwan ramen for me” you said, ran and the guy nodded, he took out a pencil and mini notebook to list it

“one kurume ramen for me” after ran said his order, the guy took the menu and goes inside their kitchen, after he dissappeared, ran turned at you

“he's nahoya kawata or also known as smiley. you see, he's smiling nonstop. sometimes my jaw hurt just by looking at him” ran winced and touched his jaw

“he also have a twin. the complete opposite of him, souya kawata. he have a blue hair and his face is constantly set in a snarl making his veins prominently show. that's why he's called angry” you nodded on the information, tho you're curious why ran knows them, maybe he's eating here a lot?

"you, y/n, do you have siblings?” you didn't expect his question but you're not offended by it, he was just asking if you have a sibling

“i had.” ran covered his mouth after he remembered what happened to your family, he's mentally cursing himself

“you know, i never told anyone about my past. but it still haunts me, it made loath myself” ran didn't said anything and just listened, he feels like your every words are important

“i was born into a clan of thieves who lived off an excessive amount of riches that had been stolen from those who had been killed by the demon that my family worshiped. this demon took the form of a woman with a snake-like lower body and face, and had a great taste for newborn babies, which is what my family sacrificed to her in exchange for their riches.” you're only looking down while talking

“as the first girl born into the family for 370 years, i lived out all of my days inside a wooden cage, being spoiled by my family. they always brings me a large amount of expensive foods that i became sick of it due to the overally pungent odors of the food and the poor ventilation of my room or cage.” ran didn't say anything but he's really flabbergasted by that information

“and the demon that they worships, the serpent demon, it took a liking on me because i was a rare female with heterochromia. that demon would spend the nights slithering around my cage in the dark and staring at me. it frighten me so much that i couldn't sleep at night” you took a deep breath, remembering the past

on the other hand, ran felt a lump on his throat. that was traumatazing for both an adult and a child. and to think that you're a child when that happened, he feels like your story would hunt him at night

“when i turned twelve, i can finally leave that cage for the first time. i was so happy, but it didn't last long. i was taken into a room that appeared to be an expensive shrine, and put face to face with the serpent demon for the first time. my body shook in fear and terror by the demon's appearance and i just realized that, that was the same monster who's slithering around my cage and staring at me at night.” ran wanted to stop you from sharing your story because he can sense fear and agony from you, but he also wants to hear it at the same time

“the snake remarked that i was very small and...” you gulped before continuing, you thought you moved on with this, but remembering it and the terror that you felt from your past made you feel a little fear and agony again

“hey, it's okay if you can't tell it.” ran puts his hand on your shoulder, but you can't look at him, you're just starring on the table

“...and wondered to herself if she should wait to eat me until i was a little bigger. deciding that she would..” your hands went on your bandaged lower face, slowly taking it off

“she organized my mouth to be cut wider, all the way to my ears. the blood that i shed from the procedure was then collected into a chalice that she then drank from like fine sake.” ran can't look for words to say, he wants to say something to comfort you but he can't

“i was child back then, what did i do to deserve all of that? and even if it's already done, it will haunt me forever.”

to be continued.

a/n: hello! sorry for late update, i became busy because of school works 😭 incase anyone is wondering, i'm a grade 12 student :>

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