A Secret | AC - TG

Fear • 08

I laid on the couch exhausted, we had gotten back from the park and both Natame and Keriku were in bed. I sighed and stared at the ceiling until my eyes were to heavy to keep open. I closed them and soon after fell into a deep sleep.

"Aunty! Natame!" I called in a singing voice at the door as my father knocked laughing at my excitement.
"Did you miss them?" He asked and I nodded in response. The door opened and my Aunty smiled at my father as I am met with a very cheerful eight year old Natame.

"Namu!" Natame cooed jumping over to me and hugging me. I smiled at him and then he gave me a peck on the cheek. I giggled and he did the same. "Let's play tag!" He says excitedly jumping up and running over behind a tree. "You're it!" He shouted giggling again.

"No fair! You got a head start!" I called toward him and chased after him with him running further away. I soon caught up and jumped onto him knocking him onto the ground as I sat on his lap.
"Got you!" I shouted. He laughed and flicked my cheek. "Hey!"

"Did you know I might get a little brother or sister soon? Mum's trying again!" He said sitting up and I got off him.
"Really? Do you think you'll get a sister or a brother?" I asked.

"I want a sister!" He said standing up.
"But you're a boy. You're supposed to prefer boys, not girls." I say crossing my arms.
"Well what do you want the baby to be?" He asked.
"A boy!"
"And you're supposed to prefer girls and not boys!" He argued back. We both started laughing and Aunty came over.

"What are you two laughing about?" She asked us, we just ignored her still laughing.
"Mummy, do you think you'll have a girl or a boy?" Natame asked.
"Hmm.." She pondered for a bit looking down at her belly. "A girl."

I opened my eyes to find that it was pitch black, I groaned and rolled over trying to fall back asleep but couldn't. Remembering the dream made me feel nostalgic. Natame and I were so close back then.. I sighed remembering our game of tag. I lifted my hand up and felt the cheek that Natame had kissed when we were little. He's changed since his mother died..

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard a clunking sound followed by gurgling and other strange noises. I got up and noticed a small light emitting from the kitchen. I stood up and tip-toed over to the bench and looked over to find a small figure leaning over with the fridge door open.

I reached for the light and flickered it on. The figure's head whipped over to face me and I soon realised that it was Keriku. She was covered in blood and gore, and flesh was hanging from her teeth.

She held a leg in her hands and stared at me motionless. She instantly looked down at her lap and stopped.
"I.. I'm sorry.. I was hungry.." she mumbled growing teary. I sighed and removed the half eaten leg from her hands and placed it back into the fridge.
"It's okay.. let's get you cleaned up and back to bed."

-=+=-

It was Monday and the day I went back to school. I sat in my seat shifting every now and then. What sat at the front of the classroom was a dead octopus, not only that but a knife had been shoved into it. Obviously someone had done this trying to upset Koro-Sensei but it mainly upset the class.

I looked around the room and found that everyone else were also very squirmish at the fact there was a dead creature placed at the front of the room, although I noticed one person who wasn't bothered by it at all. The boy known as karma.

I would have to assume it was him who did it because he was the only person who didn't seem to care. Actually it wasn't that he didn't care. He was filled with joy at this action.

Koro-Sensei stepped into the room and found the dead octopus.
"Whoops, my bad. I thought it was you so I stabbed it, guess I better clean it up." Karma called from his seat. Koro-Sensei picked up the octopus and wondered over to him sighing.

"Yes, you should." He said before placing the octopus down and shaping his tentacles into drills.
"Observe if you will, Karma my boy." He began. He started making Takayaki and fed it to Karma. The teacher was getting cocky, and Karma was getting a beat down.

Throughout the whole day Karma was trying his sneak attacks and the teacher would just embarrass him, ridiculous really. It was quite amusing through out our lessons although I didn't honestly pay too much attention to class, it was all easy stuff.

I'm not very sure on why I bother at this school, they put me in the lowest class because of my grades, yet now that I'm in class there's nothing for me to learn.. Although if I hadn't been put in this class I may not know about the potential destruction of the Earth. I sighed and continued to let my mind wonder.

"Namu, class is over." I hear the familiar voice of my teacher call. I lift my head off the desk I was sat at and looked back at the class to see the majority of the class was gone and those that were left were packing away their things.

"Oh, sorry.. I didn't notice." I mumbled and sat up grabbing my books.
"Namu, you don't seem to be paying attention in class. Is something wrong?" He asks putting a tentacle on my shoulder. I roll my shoulder letting his tentacle fall to his side.

"I'm fine." I say before grabbing a ton of sheets out of my satchel bag. "Here, I forgot to give this to you." I hand him all the homework he had given me filled in. "Easy." I say before walking toward the door.

"A little overdue but other then that you get perfect. Good work." Koro-Sensei practically teleports in front of me handing me the sheets of paper.

"What do you expect me to do with this now?" I asked confused on why he was handing it back to me.
"W-Well I added a few bonus questions.. Nevermind.." He sighed placing the sheets into the jacket of his strange outfit. "Anyway, I have something else I need to talk with you about.." He began.

"Yes?" I asked. He leaned down to my ear and stayed there for a few seconds before whispering something that made my heart drop.

"Are you a ghoul?"