After they finished eating, Crow gathered up the dishes and took them to the sink. “Do you wanna play some card games or something while you wait?” Will looked over from the table to the sink, “Wait? For what?” Crow shrugged a bit. “Well, for the okay that you can leave. I’m sure I can find a deck of cards laying about somewhere.” Will thought it over a moment. Playing games sounded like a decent distraction, but it wasn’...

Will had mumbled his full-titled name to himself after Crow left the room softly. It was like a spell was being said to him from someone else, though indeed it was his voice speaking. It was echoing in his ears. Again, and again Will repeated the name. Softly and quietly the words echoed into the bedroom. It took a few minutes and then Will's eyes widened a little bit. “He... knows. He... knows.” Will mumbled the two word...

Chapter 12Araiso turned to look at Kasei quickly. Kasei smiled a bit, standing up. “Don’t get too cold in there,” Kasei said as he waved and walked out of the bathroom.“Kasei!” Araiso called, but Kasei made no turn back. “Kasei!” Araiso shouted louder. He waited a second for Kasei to come back, and when he didn’t Araiso just slumped back into the water with a frown.After a bit, Araiso went into the living room to see Kase...

Crow left out of the room, shutting the door quietly after he did. He left back down the kitchen and sat at one of the stools next to Akiio and Isaac. With a heavy sigh, he dropped his head onto the counter. Isaac laughed a bit and poked Crow's head. “What's wrong?” “It seems the only emotion that guy hasn't shut off is doubt.” Crow groaned again, letting out another sigh. Isaac looked to Akiio. “Doubt?” Akiio nodded. “Lo...

Chapter 10After laying there for a while, Araiso got up and left to the kitchen. He helped himself to a cup of water, then stared in at the half filled glass. With a sigh, he turned the cup over and poured out the water.“Going back on your kind.” Came a soothing man’s voice through the room.Araiso looked up, and then around to see no one.“That’s not like you.” The voice said.Araiso turned around, and began to search the h...

Chapter 10 Crow nodded and hurried over to Will. He put his hands under Will's arms and helped him to stand again, and led the shocked boy back onto the concrete and then back into the shop. Crow let go of Will once they were back in the bedroom, and Will was sitting back on the bed. Crow felt his cheeks. “Hey, you okay?” Will nodded a bit in shock, though he looked pale. “Wh-... What was that?” “Uh...” Crow straightened...

Chapter 8Amused by this, Araiso watched the other sink and sink. He chuckled, “I wonder if I should take that meaning that I’m a good kisser?”Just then the door opened and in walked a young blond dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt. “Yo! Kasei, you in here?”Kasei quickly swam up as a panicked Araiso swam down to the bottom of the pool. “Yeah, what’s up, Daaku?”“You suddenly ask to borrow my pop’s pool then don’t even ask me...

Chapter 9 As Crow closed the door he let out a sigh. Isaac was standing in the hall with his arms crossed and a testing looking on his face. Crow took a few steps, then stopped. “Yeah?” “You're not helping.” Isaac stated bluntly. “You're best bet is just to-” “I know!” Crow answered, turning to the blond. He lowered his voice, “It doesn't sit well with me to let him wander around thinking that he's the only one who knows!...

“I knew this was a crazy idea,” Crow grumbled to himself, clinging to his shoulders with his frozen fingers through his dark red jacket. He shivered a bit, shaking his head to shake off the shiver and peered ahead. Snow was falling slowly, in white light fluffs, and the sun was hidden behind the thick gray clouds. All of the light illuminating the street lit up the cold wet concrete sidewalk and cobblestone road. Everythi...

Chapter 6Araiso was quiet, thinking for a moment in the bathwater. Kasei had already backed up to be leaning against the bathroom door.“Anyway you look at it, isn’t this like keeping a hostage?”“Hostage?” Kasei looked over to the other. “You’re not a hostage if you’re staying by your will.”“But I’m not!”“You can go back any time.” Kasei said with an unbelievably straight face. “Just cause I have your mirror doesn’t mean y...

Chapter 8 The murmuring of the voices got closer to Will's ear. He groaned from the throbbing in his head, and squinted open his eyes drearily. Just then, Crow opened the door letting in a smell of scrambled eggs, toast and jam and some sweet tea. It was delicious and overpowered the lavender. “I'm fine. Get out!” Crow whispered in a frustrated manner to someone at the door, and shut it quickly with his foot once he was i...

Chapter 7As Will began to return to the world ofconsciousness, his thoughts swirled around. The dream he had been having was about the last dinner party he'd gone to, almost four months earlier. This was the time when Mia had offered him some nice fettuccine alfredo pasta with a special mix of spices she had added. Sadly, it hadn't just been limited to peppers and salt. The mixture had given Will food poisoning and left h...

Chapter 4After a bit, Kasei got up and with a new cigarette in his mouth headed back to the den. Araiso followed after quickly.Kasei spent a while flipping through some books, while Araiso just sat next to him with the blanket wrapped around him.“Waiting for me to show you the mirror?” Kasei asked with a chuckle, looking to the other. All he got was a pout. “Why do you want my mirror so bad?”Araiso looked around, trying t...

Will was pawing through the shelf, cleaning off the gunk beneath from all of the soap scum. He took note of the many shampoos and conditioners lining the shelf and edge of the bathtub. “Hey, Crow.” He called, slightly angling his head toward the open doorway. “What are all these for?” “What's all what for?” Crow asked, coming in. “This.” Will repeated, holding up a bottle of melon-scented shampoo guaranteed to keep your d...

The young man rubbed his shoulder, looking after Adell with a confused annoyed look. “Well. That was interesting.” He shrugged a bit, lifting his chin to see the doorway to the kitchen. A smile grew onto his face just before he headed across the crowd to the door. He greeted the servants coming and going with nods, and then slipped into the kitchen, looking around. His golden eyes spotted Will just as the pink-haired youn...