Alien Watch in a Monster School

The Slimiest Stalker

"I can't believe it was your birthday yesterday and you didn't tell me!" Kurumu whined, latching on to Christian and not letting go, much to the annoyance of the other girls in the room.

It was the day after Christian had returned to being flesh and blood and the Newspaper Club were in the middle of its Saturday meeting. This meant they would be working all day in order to complete the newspaper they planned to hand out on Monday. Christian had just told his friends he had turned sixteen the previous day; upsetting his friends as they had been unable to celebrate it.

"It's not a big deal," Christian deadpanned. "I don't really celebrate it anyway."

"How can you not celebrate your birthday, Bro!" Zack exclaimed, throwing open his arms for emphasis. "Birthdays are great! You get a cake, presents, a party, it's so exciting!"

"Yes, well my birthday has never really been a great time for me," Christian told his friend. "It's not something I like to talk about."

"Why?" Yukari asked curiously. The young witch was sitting away from the other members of the club working on a special laptop that she had made herself.

Before Christian could answer, Moka interrupted. "Yukari, I'm sure Christian doesn't want to talk about it so perhaps we should just leave the matter be." Moka, of course, was the only one who knew why Christian didn't celebrate his birthday and why it was a sensitive subject. Because of the moment the two had shared the previous day, Moka felt closer to the teen. She felt like she understood him better now. Despite being unable to admit it, she felt different about Christian for some reason. She couldn't place her feelings however she had a pretty good idea of what they were.

"Moka's right." The five other Newspaper Club members looked to the front of the room at their 'oh so valiant leader', who was currently sitting at the desk, sipping coffee. "You guys need to focus on the paper. Our front-page story happened on Thursday, the day before yesterday!" the werewolf boy lectured. "If we don't have it in print by the beginning of the week, we can hardly call it 'news'! Therefore save your bitching for when we put the paper to bed." The teen finished by taking another sip from his coffee.

"If you're that interested in getting this finished then don't just sit there sipping your coffee!" Moka shouted at the werewolf boy who was trying his hardest to look charming.

"Yeah, you may as well try and be useful!" Zack shouted, glaring angrily at the club president. "It's pretty much the only thing you're good for."

"So true," Yukari commented, not looking up from her computer screen. "I feel like a fan-fiction writer desperately trying to please their readers."

"Perhaps we should stop linking this to fanfiction and start focusing on the paper," Christian suggested, sweat dropping at how far the conversation had gotten off-topic.

"Well I don't care what I'm doing; as long as I'm with you, Christian," Kurumu declared, latching on to Christian once again.

"KURUMU!" Moka exclaimed, looking extremely jealous.

On the sidelines, Zack leaned over to Yukari and whispered, "Time for a catfight." Causing the young girl to giggle as they watched intently at what was about to unfold.

"I know you managed to get one over on me yesterday since you knew it was Christian's birthday, but I'm not dumb!" Kurumu declared, sticking her tongue out at the pinkette as she moved closer into the boy. "I'll never let you have him!"

Moka expression turned into one of shock as she listened to Kurumu's words. For some reason, they filled her with unease. Moka had been feeling like this for a while and she found herself unable to place when these feelings began to emerge