Black and White ✘ Black Butler

Chapter 40

While the halls were over crowded with bustling students, I do my best to keep my head down. I couldn't risk being spotted by anyone, even my closest friends. It's for their own safety. In order for them to stay away from all harm, I have to do my best to distance myself from the people I love. It's not the ideal plan but it's the only one that I have. I have to sacrifice part of my happiness to ensure everyone's protection.

Guess it's what it takes to be a Lost Child. I could never belong to either Heaven or Hell, so I should be used to being alone.

It's been a few days since I've concocted this plan. It wasn't that hard to avoid them over the weekend, but during classes, that's where it's difficult. But, I've managed. I guess the lies come easily when your half demon. When I've some run ins with the twins, or anyone for that matter, I came up with the excuse that I had a busy schedule and work was just overwhelming. At least, that's normal for the most part.

As much as it hurts me with each step I took away from my friends, I just couldn't risk any one of them getting hurt like Raina. The pain was too much, knowing that the accident was mainly my fault, and I have too much to lose. I have people that I love and they can never get hurt because of me.

Fortunately, after a week in recovery, Raina was back at the academy; though, she was confided in a wheelchair to prevent anymore tension to go through her brain due to all of the movement and excitement that she could go through in a normal day. But, that's temporary, just until the doctors are convinced that she's fully healed.

But, I couldn't dare to look at her. I would only be reminded of what I was unable to do, that is to protect her.

Even with the bustling students and the pounding footsteps that they created, I hear the squeaks of Raina's wheelchair wheeling behind me. I only pick up my pace. I'm just grateful that my small physic could conceal me in the waves of students walking to their next class; no one would be able to find me. Upon reaching a corner in the halls, I enter it and walk deeper into it. The sound of Raina was diminishing in the distance; I got away again.

Once the coast was clear, I creep into another entrance in the wall. It could've been tricked as another hallway, but the double metal doors, which lead into the basement of the building that was a couple meters away from the opening in the walls, only showed that it was simply a large entryway that pointed to the doorway.

I lean against the wall and drop my head down. Despite the busy hallway I just escaped from, I hear my own breathes as I let out the air I didn't know I was holding in. Guess that's what the suspense does to you. I let my bag slip from my shoulders, and it falls to the floor with a crash.

I don't know how long I can keep up with this, but I have to do what I can.

I put my hands in front of my eyes and push my head back up, letting it lean against the stone walls. I inhale whatever air there was and brush my hands through whatever hair I still had left. After all, cutting off over 50 centimeters of hair takes a lot of weight from my head, leaving me with only a long pixie cut.

Once my hand rested on the back of my neck, I open my eyes, but I yelp when I found out that I wasn't the only one left.

Alois chuckles. "Didn't mean to scare you, C.L.."

I scoff, "I bet you want to do more than just scare me," I reply, my voice monotone.

He smirks. "You know me so well; how sweet of you."