I Don't Trust You... (JR) BOOK 1

Chapter 11

Zoe's POV:

    After what seemed like forever, Nowaki said that it was time to go home. I guess he got tired of trying to get information about how we met. And somehow, Jade convinced him to let her and Faith stay with us for awhile. Hiroki protested a bit, but he had no choice but to agree when he found out they were living on the street.

By the time we all got home, except Nowaki because he had to go to work, it was 3:00. Hiroki said that he would call us when dinner was ready, so Jade, Faith and I went to my room. When I opened the door, they gawked at how big it was.

   "Wow, Zoe! You have your own room!" Faith said, twirling around in the middle of the room.

  Jade ran past her and flopped down in the middle of my bed. "It's so soft~" she said, curling into a ball and clutching the pillow. I give a barely noticeable smile and walk fully into the room, closing the door. Faith looks at me.

   "How did you score this?" She asks. Jade sits up and nods her head.

   I shrug. "Just lucky, I guess."

    Jade stands up and puts her hands on her hips. "Yeah right. How did you really come to live here?"

   I shrug again. "To be honest, I've been asking myself that same question since I got here." I walk past them and go to my bed, sitting down at the edge. They both follow and sit down on either side of me, Jade to my left, Faith to my right.

Faith tilts her head and looks at me. "How did you meet them?" She asks.

"Nowaki tripped over me one night when it was snowing. He gave me gave me his gloves. I met Hiroki when I was just wondering in the park, bored." I say.

Faith raises an eyebrow. "That's it?"

"Pretty much."

Jade touches my shoulder. "Then, what? They just asked you to stay with them?"

    "Sorta. I mean, after our encounter, I didn't see them for a few months. And at that time, I was in a orphanage." I scratch my head. "And from there, that's how I came to live here."

    "Lucky...... hey, Zoe?" Jade says.

"Hmm?" I look at her. She looks me in the eyes.

"What happened to you when we escaped?"

I frown. "What do you mean?"

"When we all started running. What happened to you?" She asks again.

"We both thought you and Kazu were behind us. But, when we looked back, all we saw were Akuma and his workers." Faith says.

"We thought you and Kazu had gotten recaptured." Jade continues.

I look at them, then turn my gaze to my lap. "I don't know. I think we somehow got separated, but when I went back, I didn't see any of you..."

"What about Kazu?" Faith asks.

I clench my hands, my gaze still in my lap. "What about him?" I ask through clenched teeth.