WALLFLOWER REUNITED

chapter 7

By: K'onix

Gina was bouncing with excitement as she and Kyo made their way towards Sunako's home. She didn't really know why she was so excited, but every time Kyo laughed at her giddiness, embarrassment hit her again.

"You know she's nothing special, right?" Kyo lied easily. "She's just really anti-social."

"But she's mysterious; she's different; she's cool!" Gina said, trying to find a reason for her excitement. "I feel like I'm being allowed into some secret club or something."

Kyo's blue eyes shifted away from the jumpy brunette. "No. There's no secret club or anything."

"I wish," Gina said dreamily.

The two worked their way through the bushes. Gina almost screamed with joy as they came to a large building.

"Ah! Is that it? It's so big!"

"No, that's the stables. For the horses." Kyo corrected.

Gina's smiled fell. "Oh,"

"This is the house," Kyo said as they came around.

Gina thought that she was happy when she saw the barn. Her excitement then was nothing compared to now.

It was dark, almost black. It gave off this nightmarish feeling, like a Halloween horror house. Skulls, bats, and spiders hung from the porch roof and the porch itself was full of spider webs. The steps even creaked as she walked up them slowly. Gina's brown eyes took everything in with awe and wonder. This woman was cooler than she thought.

Gina walked passed Kyo as he held the door open for her. "Halloween never leaves, huh?" Gina giggled as she walked through what she thought was the living room.

"Never," Kyo agreed as Gina explored every inch of the dark room. Sunako walked in silently and observed her from a corner. The brown eyed girl was fascinated and awestruck by every new thing.

"It's nice to meet you," Sunako said suddenly, giving Gina a small smile and strong hand.

Gina jumped slightly. Her eyes found Sunako standing there and almost tripped over herself to shake her hand.

"Sunako, this is Gina." introduced Kyo.

Gina shook her hand furiously. "It's so great to see you again. Thanks for having me over. You've got some great stuff here. I really like the Freddy figurine. Where'd you get it. Thanks again for the skeleton earrings. I love them--"

Sunako pulled her hand away. "That's all right," she said, edgy.

Kyo stepped in. "Gina's really excited to meet you." he said, "She really admires you, for some reason."

"She's great!" Gina interjected, correcting Kyo.

"Thank you for your...enthusiasm," Sunako tried smiled kindly. "There's a library with some awesome books through those doors, if you'd like a look."

"I'd look," Kyo offered. "She's got one of the last copies of Raging Hallow."

Gina's brown eyes widen with excitement. "Really?" she squealed as she jumped to the door.

Sunako's smile held in place until Gina was out of view. Then she turned back to Kyo, her violet eyes flashing with untold torture ideas. "I thought you said she didn't know,"

Kyo nodded. "She doesn't know. It's just that she lives in a house with creatures of the light. This is exciting for her."

"Oh, man!" Gina shirked from the other room. "It's a rare..."