Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Scarlet Letters ❯ Canvas bags and contents... ( Chapter 11 )

Disclaimer: Weiss belongs to Koyasu Takehito…unfair.

 

AN: Back to Yohji POV. You can blame this chapter on moimoi sneaking in a second update and making me feel guilty for not updating yet. : p

 

Scarlet Letters - Chapter 11

 

Yohji

 

I hate Schuldig right now.

 

Really.

 

But, I guess I have him to thank after talking to Aya…or is it Ran now? When he told us of his decision to keep using his sister's name, he said it was because he didn't feel like Ran anymore. What changed? Schuldig wouldn't tell me just what happened when he caught up with the other redhead, but he seemed so certain that there was a human inside the swordsman, capable of caring for someone other than his sister.

I know Schuldig isn't a bastard anymore…well, much, but he isn't exactly a people person either.

The microchip that was removed was also enhancing his telepathic powers, and without it being there, he can only read thoughts clearly if he focuses quite intently on whomever he's trying to read. It's not as easy as it was before.

I really hope he didn't taunt Aya into doing or saying something he didn't mean.

 

Why the hell is he going to make me keep up this drunken bet? Emphasis on drunken. I didn't know what I was doing! We were in the Library! How was I to know that Schwarz kept whiskey in there? I was innocently inebriated. And now I've got myself into this. It could be worse I guess. He could've asked me to let Farfie throw knives at me.

Although, the little Irishman isn't so bad when he hasn't got various mad scientist drugs constantly stimulating his Medulla Oblongata. I still don't see how his handlers thought they could control him while he was on that crap.

At least Farf didn't need an operation like Schu did. But getting those pill-centered M&M's away from him was hazardous to everyone else's health. Who knew he liked colored chocolate so much?

 

Okay, big entrance time.

 

No one's noticed me yet, and I was in front of a group of fangirls, who seem to think they know everything about us, but are yet to notice me walking right in front of them. I wonder if the guys will be able to tell it's me. The longer they take, the more I have to pay Schuldig! This bag is getting annoyingly heavy too. Another part of the bet.

 

I mean, sure Aya is a good friend - maybe even a best friend, but I'm not so sure he's that observant in the flowershop.

 

I really didn't know Nagi was so dexterous with smaller objects when it came to his powers.

 

God this door has never looked so intimidating.

 

I try to blend in with a crowd of people going in at the same time as me, but the bet specifies that I have to walk around the whole shop, so this is only temporary cover. Damn.

 

Oh shit! Omi's coming this way. I turn with a swish of my hair and pretend to be engrossed in a…miniature cactus? I didn't know we had those. Must remember to get one for my room - I always thought they looked cool.

 

I can see Ken out of the corner of my eye, carrying several ceramic pots to the back room.

 

I still wonder why Schu asked me to give this to Aya. Fangirls give stuff to us all the time, but we hardly ever keep it. Still, I know what this means to me, but will Aya remember? I told Schu in the utmost confidence, and he assured me that he didn't say anything, but I have to wonder. I'm certain Aya didn't know who it was.

 

I wonder what those professors would think if they knew that I was alive? They would drag me kicking and screaming, back off to some academic institute. And they wonder why I was 'drinking and swimming' that day. I wasn't anywhere near the beach that day. I was at home, hacking into a police database to make a drowning sighting for that day. The body was not found because it was walking around enjoying a life free of expectations. Then I met Asuka.

 

But, we all know what happened then so I'm not going to dwell on it again.

 

Argh! I shouldn't do this! Aya's coming out of the back room and I have no where to run. I'm just going to leave 'canvas bag and contents' on the counter and leave.

 

I hurried over to said counter, protectively clutching the bag to stomach. As inconspicuously as possible, I tried to place the bag down without garnering the unwanted attention of the ever-helpful chibi.

I managed to do so, and with much relief, headed to the door.

 

I think I may have run out of the shop, but it didn'y matter, so long as Aya didn't recognize me.

 

I walked to the side alley where I knew Schuldig was waiting and had been reading the other three to see if any of them recognized me. I don't think they did.

 

I saw the familiar shock of flame red hair attached to the body leaning casually against the wall. I walked up to him, ready to tell him that the bet was a failure because I chickened out, when I noticed him staring - not at me, but behind me.

 

Wait.

 

No! It can't be!

 

He was smirking at me! Damn.

 

I turned slowly, nervously looking at my shoes, not wanting to see who had followed me into the alley.

 

"Yohji?"

 

Shit! It was Aya! He was only in the shop for a few minutes - how did he know it was me? His voice sounds as inquisitive as I'd ever heard it. I looked up at his questioningly confused face and breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that he had come straight after me and not stopped to open that damn bag.

 

"Er…hey Aya! What are you doing around here…in this…umm…alley?" If it was possible for that much expression, he looked even more confused at my almost-stammered and pointless question.

 

"Yohji…" His voice was in the same tone used for frightened animals, almost as if he was wondering if I'd run away, or he was questioning my sanity. "Why on earth are you dressed like a schoolgirl?"

 

"Um…hehe…long story…"

 

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Yes, I'm cutting it off there, and I might take less than a month to update this time. Unless you're really good at guessing, or I'm not as vague as I'd hoped, you won't be able to figure out what Yohji's little gift is. Just to clear it up, Yohji was supposed to find a way to tell Aya that he likes (loves) him, because Schu figured out that Aya is quite capable of loving someone. Hmm…what happened to the vagueness?!

 

P.S yes, I know this chapter is boring, but please review anyway! *Sniffles* Or I'll cry!