Frisson (Diabolik lovers)

XX. Don't trust him

What a night... It just started and I already wanted to go back to bed. Just thinking about what happened made my head hurt like hell. First - weird dinner, then Kanato, suspiciously nice Laito and then the rest of it.

After I felt warm enough, I crawled into my bed to get some sleep. It wasn't long until I felt my body going numb once again that night, but it was a sweet and peaceful numbness I wanted to give in.

Yet, I couldn't.

I felt that if I closed my eyes and opened them - I would find myself under the ice surrounded by dark water. I felt that being saved was just an illusion created by my consciousness to make my death peaceful. I knew this was ridiculous to think that way, but I couldn't get rid of these thoughts.

It felt like I didn't sleep at all. I was counting hours and minutes for my alarm clock to go off.
"It's hopeless!" I sat up. A nice hot shower should fix everything. I locked my bathroom door, knowing that it was basically useless, put on my swimming suit and turned on the water.

Warmth spread through my entire body. I closed my eyes and stood there for a while doing nothing. But then a question popped out. Why was Reiji the one to dive into that freezing cold water and how was he so fast? Laito had taken his coat, so Reiji couldn't have been there, could he? Was he... looking after me..? I shook my head. Impossible. He probably noticed the absence of his coat and came there to scold us.

But one question remained - why did he save me? Reiji hated coldness. Maybe he was planning something bad? Maybe he was trying to gain my trust just to do something horrendous? What, if he-?

"Shizuka-san, is everything alright? I knocked a few times but you didn't answer my calls." I jumped in surprise. Reiji was here?! I thank whoever created shower curtains that were not see-through.

"I'm fine! Why are you here?"
"I came to wake you up for school. I also brought you some tea, so make sure to drink it if you don't want to get sick. I left it on your nightstand." I heard him closing the door behind him. Thank goodness he wasn't any type if pervert... Or thank goodness I still didn't have a chance to figure out his type of pervertness.

I wrapped a big fluffy towel around myself and walked out of the bathroom. My room was already filled with the aroma of Reiji's tea. I actually couldn't wait to drink it, but I had to put on my school uniform while I was still alone.

Almost done, I just needed to put on my skirt and shirt on.
"Hm, looking nice." I heard a sound of a camera that phones make.
"SHUU, WHAT THE FUCK!" His voice came from a direction of my bed. DAMN THOSE PERVERTS! I grabbed my clothes and ran into the bathroom. My heart was thumping like an angry old lady would knock on your door in a middle of the night for playing loud music. They haven't heard anything about privacy!

I rammed my bathroom door wide open so hard it almost cracked.
"Get out!"
"Getting angry, huh? I like this," Shuu only chuckled.
"I already had too much shit going on! I really don't need you snapping pictures of my naked ass!"

"I came here to talk, but I happened to stumble upon a beautiful sight. Don't you take pictures of nice sunsets?"
"I am NOT A SUNSET!" Almost naked Reiji was enough for me, thank you and never again!

"You are right, your skin looks much better than the sun. I want to take a better look. Come here." I did remember my first night there and I swore I would never get lured into bed by Shuu or Laito.

"Shuu, please leave. I don't have time for games." He raised his eyebrow mockingly.
"No time? Is it because you're busy drinking Reiji's tea and being his guinea pig? You're wrapped around his pinky like a freshly boiled noodle."