Perennial

Akito

(REWRITTEN)

Y/n laid sprawled out on her bed, her eyes idly scanning the pages of a fantasy novel she recently picked up, a knock sounded from the door and she sighed slipping her bookmark halfway between the pages before continuing to try to read the rest of the page 

"Y/n" a slightly impaitent voice called with another knock, she huffed fully putting the bookmark in and closing the page as she headed for the door "I'm coming geez, don't take my door off its hinges" she attempted to joke but her lighthearted expression dimmed when she opened the door and saw haru's expression 

He walked in and ran a hand through his messy multicolored hair, he glanced down at her with a sigh as he dropped his hand, "I may have made a mistake" he said after a few moments, y/n's bows furrowed in confusion

"Huh? What do you mean?" She questioned as she moved to the kitchen putting a kettle on the stove she held up a cup to him in silent question he nodded and sat down at the table in the living room criss crossing his legs

"The members of the zodiacs have a god just like I'm the story, and the god is our family head, they weren't to happy that I let you find out about our secret" he explained as he watched her return with two cups setting one in front of him and claiming one for themselves 

"Well there's not much they can do about it now, I mean I already know" y/n said blowing the steam from the surface of her mug the warm scent of the teas spices filling the room. Haru sighed a hint of regret in his eyes "well, that's the thing..." he trailed off before looking her in the eye "Hatori, the dragon zodiac can make you loose your memories" he said watching her expression 

She nodded in response her hands soaking in the warmth the cup provided which was a stark contrast from the ice that felt was in her veins, "how is that even possible-?" Hatsuharu scrutinized her expression "well, I can turn into a cow. Is loosing your memories that much odder" 

She couldn't help but chuckle at his joke "well i suppose your right, well then what do i do now that the head is mad?" she questioned taking a sip of her drink Haru mirroring her actions. "We go and give them a visit, I'm hoping they will let you off the hook like they did Tohru"

She nodded, "ah okay" she said with a a small shrug, Haru tilted his head slightly with a quirk of his lips "you look so nonchalant" he mused the hint of humor in his voice causing her to smile "nothing is scarier than my mom when she runs rampant now let's go" 

She stood setting the cups in the sink and then glanced at her casual attire "should I change or am I good?" She asked, haru shook his head "your fine" he grasped her hand causing her breath to hitch as she trailed after him 

They walked for a while hands conjoined,  the sun warming their skin they walked to the gated community, momiji sat on the other side and perked when he saw the two of them "I didn't know you were coming" he greeted energetically as the gates swung open

"Hey momiji" she said looking around an array of houses and buildings, "does everyone here have a curse?" She asked and haru shook his head "no, these are just relatives or distant cousins, things like that, most of them don't even know about the curse"

She nodded along absorbing the information as they walked, Momiji bounced besides them twirling a pink lollipop in between his fingers "so why are you here" he asked but the look haru gave told him what he needed to know

He patted y/n on the arm "good luck" he said a hint of worry swirling in his eyes, she glanced over as a taller man with dark hair and one obscured eye walked out of a building "it took you so long I thought I'd have to go searching for you" he said to haru before turning to her "you must be the girl I presume"

Y/n nodded "yeah, that's me" she answered a hint of awkwardness in her voice, "Hatori" he greeted back calmly "nice to meet you" she said even though she now recognized him as the person who would take her memories if ordered to, she wondered how that worked, but mentally scolded herself hoping not to jinx the interaction that was bout to happen with the head, 

"Right this way"Hatori said gesturing inside, Momiji stayed in the open area as y/n and Hatsuharu followed the older man down the dimly lit hallway. He paused outside an orientally decorated paper room door. "Akito she's here"

A husky voice carried from the other side "come in" he slid the door open and the two teens walked inside, the room was dark, only a ray of light peeking through, her heart fluttered nervously in her chest

"Leave Hatsuharu" the voice was cold, it cause Hatsuharu to tense as he stood besides her, he was about to open his mouth to protest before Akito repeated themselves this time more firmer than before, with a worried look her way he left the room the gentle slide of the door filling the suffocating silence 

"So you must be y/n" they stated not moving from their place in the corner as they glanced towards them their short hair falling over one of their eyes. She swallowed but nodded managing to croak out a "nice to meet you" 

A dry laugh cut through the tense atmosphere, "everyone wants to take things from me huh" they muttered under their breath before glancing towards her again "so your another one who knows about the curse" they stated lazily 

"You can trust me to keep the secret" she said watching them wearily, Akito sighed "they'll all come crawling back eventually" they muttered to themselves again making y/n's brows pinch. "Your dismissed" they said abruptly with a wave of their hand 

She left releasing a small sigh "did he hurt you?" Haru asked grasping her arms gently as he looked her over she tilted her head "I'm fine" she offered a smile, Hatori was watching them his own eyes scanning her critically, "good" 

They walked out the house passing a grey haired man with a sleezy grin, haru referred to him as sensei, "you must be the darling little y/n, it's like two tohru's walking around" he said his voice sickly sweet 

"Yeah I got that a lot  today" she said her expression deadpan causing him to chuckle his eyes lighting up with mirth "I bet, I'm guessing your visit went well seeing as your coherent" he said with a wiggle of his finger, hatori grumbled in the background and hatsuharu rolled his eyes as he causally lead her out "see you at school tomorrow?" He said as he walked her home and she nodded "mhm"