Nitsu No Sekai

Chapter 4: The Making Of A Sekizo.

Yuuki was sitting on a bench with the maximum amount of boredom on her face as she watched Marilyn's little sisters practice ballet in a small room. The twins danced with the other children, elegantly spinning on their toes and jumping in the air with the utmost height. She looked to her side, checking on Marilyn. The little boy sat there and played with his little stuffed animal she had given to him earlier. Yuuki let out a faint smile as she watched her tiny Marilyn snuggle next to it. The Sekizo in disguise looked up at the elegant girls in white tutus and leotards as they pranced around the room, following their teacher's orders. Yuuki frowned again, hating but loving her life at the same time. She couldn't quite put it into words, but it felt like she had everything that she needed for happiness, but at the same time had an excess amount of work and tiresome irritations such as these dance practices. For some reason, when the girls spun, it reminded her of the Quickfang's excruciating twirl attack. Another flashback kicked in. Yuuki was hooked up to a giant machine, wires and pipes pierced her body as she breathed heavily. Her eyes were like rubies that shined in the sunlight. Her skin was as white as bones. A four year old boy looked up at her, confused and worried. "Are you okay?" He asked in his innocent tone. The Sadistic Princess growled like an animal as she tried to break through the pipes. "Do you need help?" He asked her again. Yuuki snapped out of her trance as she continued to watch the ballet. It wasn't even a second before they spun again, reminding the Sekizo of the past once more. "You look like you have an owies all on you?" He spotted, even more concerned. Yuuki screeched a terrifying sound at him. She twisted and turned, trying to break the metal pipes connecting her to the huge room. The ballerinas finally ended their routine, bringing back Yuuki to the present. Marilyn's pink haired sister skipped over to her, looking joyful and excited. "Did you like my performance?" She asked with glee. Yuuki nodded her head then petted Marilyn's little sister, still holding her bored "I don't care" look. Marilyn's blue haired sister ran up to Yuuki, trying to get the same gesture of affection as her sister. The white haired Sekizo petted both of their heads, making them happy that they had someone to love them. Their smiles brought back memories of her first encounter with them. Their sweet twin smiles as they ran up to Yuuki with gleaming, hopeful eyes. They had been sleeping in a cave ever since their parents abandoned them. The Sadistic Princess's eye twitched as the girls played with her hair. She didn't know what to think about this. "Wow, you're so pretty." The pink haired girl adored the Sekizo. "Your skin and hair reminds me of snow!" The other twin exclaimed with happiness. Yuuki let out a little laugh as they complimented her. "Ooh, look at her eyes, Lemi! They so shiny!" The blue haired girl admired, looking at Yuuki's ruby red eyes. "Hey! Yuuki! Let's get ice cream!" Lemi exclaimed, bringing her back to reality once more. "Oh, umm... Sure." Yuuki responded as she stood up. Marilyn followed as the twins held onto Yuuki's hands. "Thank you again for the bear!" Marilyn told Yuuki. "Oh... Yeah." She responded with a little nod. They walked out of the dance studio and onto the warm pavement. The twins skipped to the frozen delicacies stand, still holding onto Yuuki's hand. The white haired Sekizo had a zoned out look on her face as the girls dragged her along to the stand. "What would you two like?" She knelt down and asked the twins. "One peanut brittle covered peanut butter ice cream cone please!" They responded in unison, looking at her with joy and happiness. Yuuki turned to Marilyn and asked him what he wanted. "One vanilla bean cone please." He told her, still playing with his new stuffed bear. Yuuki stood up and ordered the cones, then walked over to the sitting area and sat down at a small, hexagon shaped table with the girls and Marilyn. "Mare, why did you get what I got?" Lemi asked her sister. "Because! I like the things you like!" She happily responded. "Oh, I see!" Lemi exclaimed, equally as happy. Yuuki slumped on her hand, still looking bored and disinterested. "Hey, Marilyn! Can I play with your stuffed animal?" Mare asked her brother. "No way! This was from Yuuki, and I'm never ever never ever never ever letting go of it." Marilyn said, burying his face into the bear's fur. "Give it!" Mare commanded, trying to pull the bear away from Marilyn. "No! It's mine! Let go!" Marilyn whined, losing the doll to his sister. "Yuuki! Tell Mare to give me back Eren!" He begged the bored Sekizo. The white haired Sekizo stared at Marilyn for a long second before she simply walked away from the table and into a nearby store. "Yuuki! Yuuki! Yuuki!" Marilyn cried as his sisters played with his stuffed animal. Yuuki walked out of the store with two bags in her hands. The Sekizo sat down and pulled out a pink stuffed bear and a blue stuffed bear out of the bag. Lemi and Mare's faces lit up as they saw the two stuffed animals. They gave Marilyn back his bear and ran over to Yuuki's side. "Are those for us?" They excitedly asked. "Don't spill your ice cream on them." Yuuki advised, handing over the fluffy bears to them. Lemi received the blue bear while Mare got the pink one. They both hugged Yuuki with happiness as they thanked her. The ice cream arrived as the two girls sat back down. The kids ate their frozen treats while Yuuki watched them. "Do you want a bite?" Marilyn offered her, holding out his vanilla cone. She looked at it for a long second, then took a little lick. She blinked a couple times as the flavor manifested itself. "May... I have some more?" She asked the six year old. He held out his cone as Yuuki took another lick. She let the frozen milk melt in her mouth, preserving the flavor of the dairy treat. Yuuki walked over to the ice cream stand and ordered herself a vanilla bean ice cream cone. She sat back down with the surprised kids. "What's the matter?" She asked, looking at their faces. They all smiled as they told her why they were surprised. "You never eat!" Lemi pointed out. "When we saw you get an ice cream, it made us really happy." Mare added, squeezing her teddy bear. "And it's all thanks to me! Right, Yuuki?" Marilyn asked her. "Oh... Yeah, thank you." Yuuki said, digging into her vanilla ice cream cone. She ate in tiny portions, taking small licks while letting the ice cream melt in her mouth. She bunched herself up like someone in a crowded place. "Wow... Even the way she eats is cute!" Lemi exclaimed, pointing at the white haired girl. Yuuki looked up at them with her dull eyes. She started to daze off again, remembering her family. "Aw, you eat in the cutest way." Yuuki's mother would always say, stroking her hair and comforting her. She strayed off into another memory... "Yuuki... Mommy loves you... That's why she's gonna stay here while you run..." Yuuki's mother told her. Her father was nothing more than a skeleton now. "Yuuki..." Her mother said as the brown haired Yuuki stared at the blur that struck her mother. "Yuuki... Yuuki..." "Yuuki!" Marilyn shouted at the entranced girl, tugging her hand. She slowly looked down at the boy pulling her hand. "Are you okay? You smooshed your ice cream." Marilyn pointed out. "Oh... Yeah, I'm fine." Yuuki responded as she looked down at the melting mess in her hands. "Do you want mine?" The black haired boy offered, holding his ice cream up to the Sekizo. "Ooh! Try some of mine too!" Lemi offered as she also held her frozen treat up to Yuuki. "N-No thank you..." The white haired Sekizo responded, declining their offer. "Please! Pretty please!" Lemi begged as she touched the peanut brittle ice cream to the Sekizo's cheek. "Fine... If you want me to." Yuuki agreed, taking a tiny lick of the pink haired girl's ice cream. She let the peanut taste linger in her mouth, examining the unusual taste. The white haired Sekizo frowned as the after taste kicked in. She quickly ran to a garbage can and vomited the ice cream she had earlier. "D-Disgusting!" Yuuki accidently said out loud, trying to get the peanut butter taste out of her mouth. "You didn't like it?" Lemi whimpered, ready to burst out in tears. Yuuki didn't respond. She just blinked at the pink haired girl, trying to think up of an excuse. "I was... Full." The white haired Sekizo told her daughter like figure, obviously lying. To Yuuki, lying was never ever her strong suite. She told the plain truth to whoever she saw. "Aww, poor Yuuki, she doesn't feel good." Mare said, looking at the white haired Sekizo with concern. Yuuki walked back over to the table, people staring at her because of the left over vomit on her face. "Are you okay, Yuuki?" Marilyn asked as he offered his stuffed animal for comfort. "I'm fine." The Sekizo reassured the little boy. "Okay, do you want to snuggle with Eren?" The black haired boy asked, pushing the teddy bear closer to Yuuki. "I'm fine." Yuuki said again as she pushed the stuffed animal back. "Oh, okay." Marilyn said as he snuggled with the bear instead. "Done!" The twins exclaimed as they finished their ice creams. Yuuki let out a tiny chuckle as the two girls looked at her with their bright smiles. "Such fun." The white haired Sekizo thought, patting both of the girls' head. "Ready to go home?" She asked the three. "Yep!" Marilyn replied as he got off his chair. Lemi and Mare grabbed onto Yuuki's hands, ready to start their walk home. "Thanks again for the stuffed animals!" Lemi said, sweetly smiling at Yuuki. "Yeah, thank you!" Marilyn also thanked as he hugged the white haired Sekizo's leg. "When we get back, I'll make my super duper awesome soup for you!" Mare giggled. "Oh yeah, you don't feel good." The blue haired girl remembered, looking at the ground with disappointment. "Let's get going." Yuuki said, starting their walk. "Say say, Yuuki! Wanna play dolls when we get home!" Lemi asked as she tugged the Sekizo's hand. "No, but I will." Yuuki responded with bored eyes. "Yay!" The pink haired girl exclaimed with joy. "Aw, but I wanted to play with Yuuki!" Mare whined, frowning at her sister. "You can play dolls with us." Lemi offered. "No! I wanna brush Yuuki's hair!" Mare continued to whine. "Brush my hair while I'm playing dolls." Yuuki suggested, still holding her uninterested expression. "Oh... Okay!" The twins said in unison. Yuuki and the three kids entered a dreary forest, getting closer and closer to their destination. "What's for dinner, Yuuki?" Marilyn asked, playing with his stuffed animal. "Damn it... I forgot." Yuuki replied, forgetting to get something to eat. "Aw, again?" Lemi huffed. "I'm sorry." Yuuki apologized with her bored eyes. "Don't worry, I'll make my super duper awesome soup!" Mare exclaimed with excitement. "Mare, your soup isn't real." Yuuki informed the little girl, remembering how much times she had to pretend to eat imaginary soup out of a bowl. "I know, but it's still fun!" Mare giggled as they entered an old cabin. "It's okay, Yuuki. We're fine." Lemi reassured the white haired Sekizo. "No, it's not. I forgot all our damn food." Yuuki plainly swore. "Don't worry, we're used to going days without food, remember?" Marilyn told the white haired Sekizo. Yuuki looked around at the abandoned cabin, wondering when she could afford a liveable housing space. "I need to get a different job." Yuuki thought to herself, hating being a waitress at a Necromantic restaurant. "Tch! How did I go from the Sadistic Princess to a damn waitress!?" Yuuki asked herself as she got a cardboard box down from a creaky shelf. "What doll do you want to be?" Lemi asked, pulling out four dolls out of the box and onto the floor. "Yuuki! Where's the brush!?" Mare asked from across the cabin. "Under our bed!" Marilyn answered for the white haired Sekizo. "Oh, okay!" Mare said, finding the hair utensil. "Pick one, Yuuki." Lemi ordered as she pointed to the dolls. "Yeah." Yuuki responded, picking the same old brown haired doll that reminded her of her mother. Yuuki stared at the doll, looking straight into it's green eyes. "Mommy! Just a couple more minutes?" Young Yuuki asked her busy mom. "Sorry honey, mommy can't play anymore. Go ask daddy." Yuuki's mother suggested, writing with her quilt. "Daddy said no too." Yuuki said with a frown. "Well, why don't you ask one of the servants?" Yuuki's green eyed mother said, not even looking at her daughter. "I want you to though!" Yuuki whined, jumping up and down with anger. "Honey, I'm dealing with a very important-" "Play with me!" Yuuki cried as she ripped the papers away from her mother's desk. "Petra Strelazía Königin! Those are very important documents!" Yuuki's mother yelled, slamming her palms on the wooden desk with frustration. "Play with me!" Yuuki continued to beg as her mother tried to get her papers back. "This isn't a game, Petra!" Yuuki's mother yelled, chasing her daughter around the room. Yuuki was running around, holding the papers in her hand as she ran from her mother. The brown haired girl slipped, accidently ripping the papers in half. "PETRA!!!" Yuuki's mother screamed. "Get the Hell out!" She yelled at her daughter. "But-" "No buts! You just ruined a confederal agreements contract!" Yuuki's mother shouted as she grabbed her daughter by the arm. "Get out, Petra! Get out!" She yelled, throwing her daughter out the door and locking it. "Yuuki! Yuuki! Yuuki!" Lemi shouted as she repeatedly poked the Sekizo's head, snapping her out of the lucid memory. Yuuki looked down at her hands. Her nails were dug into the wooden floor while her veins popped out. "Y-Yuuki?" Marilyn whimpered, looking at the frightening Sekizo. Yuuki looked back up, scowling at the children. Then quickly realized what she was doing. Yuuki cleared her throat and picked up her posture, trying to act normal again. "I-I'm scared, Marilyn." Lemi whimpered as both of the twins hid behind their older brother. "Tch! I did it again!" Yuuki thought with anger towards herself. "I'm sorry... I... I lost myself." The white haired Sekizo apologized with a bow. "Mare, please keep brushing my hair, it has knots and snarls." Yuuki ordered the scared twin, holding out the gold engraved brush for the little girl. "Dollies?" She asked Lemi, holding out the doll too. Both the twins slowly and carefully approached Yuuki, still a little scared. "Did you have bad awake-y dream again?" Marilyn asked with an adorable concerned frown. "Uh-huh, I'm sorry." Yuuki apologized as she played dolls with Lemi while silently bearing the pain of having a little girl rip a brush through her hair. After a couple minutes of brushing, that sharp and irritating pain of having hair ripped out will turn into a soft and slow stroke. "Yuuki? Where's the house?" Lemi asked the white haired Sekizo, looking around for their "house"