I woke up sweating and breathing heavily, glanced at were Satoru was sleeping only to see him staring worryingly at me "Akane? are you fine? did you have a nightmare?" I glanced at him "I'm fine, I- I don't even remember why I was like that" I turned to face the clock, 5:08 A.M "Satoru, do you have classes today?" I sat on the bed with my back resting against the headboard "Yaga-sensei told us to rest a few days" I got of the bed "Good, because I want to find that key as soon as possible, I have a bad feeling about this" I said the last part to myself.
I walked to my wardrobe and then I turned to face Satoru who was staring at me "One question, I'm now a curse so..... normal people can't see me right?" Satoru nodded "Yes, why do you ask?" I smiled to myself and faced back my wardrobe "Nothing, that means that I can wear my kimonos without people staring at me" Satoru laughed making me feel embarrassed "Shut up!! go to your room and get ready" he got up "Yes ma'am!" and he walked away.
I searched in my wardrobe for an specific kimono "where is it? don't tell me I left it!" I panicked, it was my favourite but after searching for a while I found it "Haha, got it!!" Satoru walked in my room "Are you still like that? I could have slept more" he dropped on the bed "I was looking for this" I showed him the kimono.
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(I'm very bad at describing clothes, bear with it)
"how are you going to fight with that?" I glared at Satoru "This are pants!!! but they look like a skirt, but they are pants!!!! isn't it cool!!!" Satoru laughed lightly, making me blush from being so excited about pants that look like a skirt. "Anyways! I'm going to change!" I walked to the bathroom and for some reason, I expected Satoru to stop me but when I looked back at me he was smiling from ear to ear and waving at me "Dumbass" I slammed the door shut.
I took off all of my clothes and looked in the mirror and realised that my scars had faded, I smiled to myself and changed clothes. I brushed my teeth and washed my face, I decided to leave my new white hair down "I don't know if I like it......." I walked out of the bathroom "Ready?" I nodded "I just bought the train ticket for since...... well........" I smiled at him "It's fine, now I can travel for free!" I said excited.
Satoru called someone to pick us up "Shouldn't we tell Yaga-sensei?" I looked up at him waiting an answer "No" his response was short but clear.
After some minutes the car picked us up and left us at the train station, Satoru gave his ticket and we got in the train.
I sat in front of him, facing the back of the train because he gets sick.
I glanced at him and realized that he wasn't wearing his school uniform, instead, he wore of casual clothes that consisted of a black t-shirt and white cotton shorts "Checking me out?" he grinned and I looked out the window "You wish" I looked at him from the corner of my eye and he crossed his legs and laid his head against the window "What" he kept grinning "Nothing my love" I glared at him "You look pretty with white hair" That caught me of guard, I felt my cheeks getting warmer by seconds. I took a strand of my hair and played with it, wishing it would help me to calm down. I tried to change the topic "How long until me get there?" Satoru turned to face the window "It will be and 1h 56 min to Koriyama and then 2h to the park and lastly a walk thru the woods for about 1h" he turned to face me again "It's pretty difficult to access it, but we are lucky to be sorcerers" I nodded at him and then it hit me, how did he know how to get there? he hasn't have time to look for it at any maps or book guides of the place so.... how.
"I've been there" I snapped my head to him "You were furrowing your eyebrows" He pointed at my face "When have you been there?" he thought for a moment "When I was twelve or something, to do some training with the monks" I nodded at him and my stomach growled.
I heard him laugh softly "Stop it!" but then his laugh started to be louder "Satoru!! I said stop it!!" my face was getting red from embarrassment and we kept getting looks by people.
Satoru suddenly got up "I'm going to the train bar" and he walked down the train aisle and disappeared behind a sliding door.
After a few minutes he came back, with to bento boxes in one hand "Here" he handed me one and I murmured a thanks "So.... Akane, do you know why is it there?" I shook my head "Nope, no idea at all" I opened the bento box and my eyes sparkled when I saw the food. "We didn't have breakfast" I said to him "Oh, I did" An irk mark appeared in my forehead "YOU DID!?!?!" his famous grin appeared on his face "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO!!!" he was going to speak but I looked away "Never mind, I don't want to hear you" We ate our bento boxes in silence.
After a while, we finally reached Koriyama "Now what" I looked at Satoru who took his phone and began calling someone, he hanged up and faced me "We need to go to the car rental and pick the car" we began walking and then it hit me, did he say rental? "Satoru?" he smiled at me "What?" "Who is going to drive" his smile turned into a grin "Me, obviously" he pointed to himself "You are underage!" he patted my head "When you have money, it doesn't matter" I glared at him "Still!!! do you even know how to drive!!!" he nodded "What?" i shook my head "Never mind" we arrived at the place and a man gave us the keys to our car.
The car was pretty normal, not to flashy but still pretty. It was a black car (don't care about the brand) and it smelled pretty good.
I took a seat next to Satoru and put on the seatbelt "Are you scared?" I swallowed "Yes" he patted my thigh and whispered softly on my hear "Don't be, I'll take good care of you" My face began to heat up and I moved his hand off my thigh "Okay, let's go" I tried to say without stuttering.
I looked out the window to try and calm myself and realized how beautiful the scenery was. The trees were green and there weren't many high buildings that contrasted with the clamless of the mountains.
After an hour, the scenery changed again, now there weren't any houses or buildings and the road started to look more rough than before. "Akane" I glanced at Satoru "There should be a map over there, can you grab it?" he pointed to the car's glove box and I opened it and I pulled out a folded paper "This?" he stopped the car in the middle of the road and I panicked "Satoru, were in a highway, you can't stop the car her just because you want to" he grabbed the map and he began to unfold it "Don't worry, when was the last time you saw a car" you closed your mouth knowing he was right "Still!!" he grabbed a pen that you didn't even know that was there and he circled a location "There" he handed it back to you and you almost suffocated because how big the map was "give to that point" I scanned the map and then glanced back at him "What? don't tell me......" I looked away in embarrassment "It's not that! I don't need it!!" you ripped the map and then you realized what you did.
You looked at Satoru expecting disappointment reflected on his expression but instead he smirked "I hope you memorized it because that was the only one" I started to feel nervous, how could I memorized it if I didn't even know how to read that thing with lines!!!.
I smiled awkwardly at him and he turned on the engine again "Okay! you decide which way, do we continue down the highway or do we take the next exit?" I said the first thing that came to my mind "Straight"
