My Pet Demon

Chapter 12

Rin turned on his phone to check the time. 2.30pm. We've been in the arcade for an hour already. Time to go home. He turned off his phone. "Rei, let's go..." He turned to see Rei running off into the crowd.

"...home?"

"Hey! Wait! Where are you going?!" Rin yelled, panicked as he dashed after her, but only to be swept by the crowd. Rin cursed and squeezed his way through. But Rei was already gone.

Rei raced after the hooded figure, who turned into an alley. She followed still, turning into the alley, then stopped. The hooded figure had stopped running and was facing her. "Lucifer, what are you doing here?" She growled. A smirk appeared on the person's face.

"I'm not Lucifer."

The voice said from behind her. Before she could react, she felt a stab of a needle in the neck, and liquid being inserted. Rei gasped and covered her neck once it was taken out. She swirled around, but the culprit was already gone.

"Rei!"

Rin ran up to her. "Are you all right? What happened?" He fretted over her, checking to see if there were any injuries. Rei remained silent, only one question flooded her mind: Who was that?

Back at the dorm, everything went on like normal. Rei was reading the new manga Rin bought when her hand unconsiously travelled the her neck where she was injected. The same, creepy voice filled her ears. "I'm not Lucifer." She furrowed her eyebrows.

She was sure it wasn't Lucifer, as the voice was high pitched and sounded like a woman's. Maybe one of Lucifer's underlings? Then her thoughts swirled back to the feeling of cold metal pricked her skin. So far, whatever she or he had injected hadn't taken effect and no symptons showed up. I'll ask Yukio to help me take a blood test tomorrow, she thought nodding to herself and redirecting her attention to the manga.

The room door creaked open and Rin walked in. "Rei, dinner's ready." Rei closed her manga and placed it on the table, then followed Rin to the dining room. Rin had cooked curry rice for that night, an amazing aroma greeted Rei's nose. Almost immediately, she forgot about the incident that happened this afternoon. But Rin did not, apparently, as he spoke: "Now tell me what happened this afternoon."

Rei paused in her actions for a while, then said: "It was nothing." And continued with her dinner. Rin was not satisfied with her answer. "Tell me," he pressed. "I said, it's nothing," she emphasized.

A loud slam on the table jolted her a little, otherwise she had no reaction. "Something obviously happened in that alley," Rin scowled down at her. "And you're gonna tell me what happened." Rei remained quiet.

"Answer me!"

"I said, it's NOTHING!" Rei pummelled her fist. "Stop acting like you care for me!" "Hah? Now you're being stubborn!" "And you're being persistent!" They glared at each other. Kuro cowered under the table, whimpering under the heated glares.

"First off, it's my job as your guardian to take care of you. Second, of course it's my business!"

"First off, no one said anything about you being my guardian! Second, like I said, you are too persistent. Nothing means nothing! Or is that brain of yours so dumb until you can't understand a simple 'nothing'?"

Guys, don't fight... Kuro whimpered, trying to stop them. They ignored him.

"How ungrateful! I'm taking care of you and you call me dumb! Is that your way of appreciation?"

"Who asked you to take care of me? I can take care of myself just find!"

"If it wasn't for me, you may be killed by the Vatican right now!"