A Poisonous Beauty

/2/ Complicated Surprises

|With you|

You walked around the main street in the dark. Your (e/c) eyes looking around all the Great Seven Statues in search of Grim. But there wasn't any sighting of him being here.

"HEY, GRIM~" Deuce called out. Also looking around with you for the monster.

You cringed at how loud his voice was. Ace shooting the blue haired boy an annoyed glare.

"Are you stupid?" He huffed. "We're not supposed to be here. Lower down your voice."

Crossing his arms, the ginger began walking around again. His eyes narrowed now as Deuce finally grew quiet. Letting Ace continue speaking. Which you felt only served to make the atmosphere more tense between you three.

"We'll get our heads chopped off if our dorm leader finds out that we are staying outside at a time like this."

"Yeah. I don't think the Headmaster would be very "gracious" anymore if he also found us," you pointed out. The two other males nodding.

"Ah... you're right." Deuce sighed. Making sure to keep his voice low as he turned his attention back to the situation at hand. "Grim~ Come out, I have your favorite tuna can."

The searching had then continued on for an achingly long time. With still no luck of actually finding anything. That was until a ringing noise started to come from Deuce's pocket.

"I told you to stay qui..." Pausing, Ace's glare morphed into a slight panicked one as he understood what it was. "Oh, it's your phone? Is it...."

He wasn't able to finish his sentence and merely trailed off. Deuce gave a nervous look at you before answering. And it then became apparent that it was Crowley calling.

"The Shroud brothers from Ignihyde have successfully captured Grim," He announced, sounding relieved.

While your heart dropped. Seeing as you had failed in finding him before anyone else. Ace and Deuce shared the same expression with you. You could only assume what would happen now.

"Whew. I'm so glad we caught him." Crowley sighed. "Or else I might have had to cancel the festival tomorrow. Mr. Ambrose will definitely look down on me if that happens...."  The Headmaster had then quickly cleared his voice, seeing as he was still on the phone. "Ahem! Please forget anything I said just now.... We still can't have a proper conversation with Grim. We will be asking him about this matter after he regains consciousness. We will also ask for professional help outside the campus. Therefore, you are not allowed to see Grim for now. That's all."

With that the call had ended. Along with your entire world coming crashing down, yet again.

Was this really how things were going to go? Just to get rid of the monster?

"Wait. Did he just say that we can't communicate with Grim?" Ace finally questioned.

"Don't tell me, did he attack someone again?"

"I really hope not..." You mumbled. Glancing back down at your injured (s/c) hands. This was the last thing you had wanted. "I'm really worried about him."

Deuce frowned. Placing a reassuring hand on your shoulder. Although, you all knew nothing was going to help you for now.

|Time Skip|

The next day had come quickly with out another word of what was going to happen with Grim. Nothing felt quite the same without him. As you all were forced to wait. But you weren't quite sure for what yet.

For now however, you made an attempt to focuse your attention more onto anything else. Especially with it being the day of the festival.

Although, the members of VDC hadn't quite left Ramshackle yet. And you had taken that as a comfort. Despite knowing they, of course, would have to leave at some point.