Nightmare

Chapter 4: News Coverage

Yuki's POV
When I woke up the next morning, Kira wasn't in bed with me.

Confused, I sat up in bed, placed my feet on the floor, and walked into the small kitchen.

She wasn't there.

"What the....where's Kira?" I muttered.

I opened the door of the RV and looked to my left, only to see Kira standing up and staring at her hands, completely overtaken by fear.

I walked over to her.

"Kira, what happened? What's wrong?" I asked.

Kira just gave me a blank stare and looked down at her hands. That was when I noticed that she was staring at blood.

"Whoa....what happened to your hands? Why's the bottom of your shirt and feet all bloody?" I asked.

"I don't know, Yuki." Kira said.

"Come on. Let's get you cleaned up." I said, taking hold of Kira's left wrist, then turning around and walking her into the RV.

Once inside, Kira grabbed a change of clothes. She walked into the tiny bathroom with them and once she had finished changing, I heard the sound of running water and soap rubbing against hands.

Afterwards, she walked out of the bathroom and gave me her mildly bloody shirt.

She handed me the shirt and I put it in the washing machine. Then I started it up.

"By the way....where were your pants?"

Kira just shrugged.

"I dunno, man. I woke up and they weren't there." She said.

"And your underwear?" I asked.

Kira narrowed her eyes.

"Of course I was wearing underwear." She said.

"Hey, just checking." I responded.

I watched as Kira walked into the bedroom. I looked at the washing machine.

"About five minutes left 'til it's done. If the blood's still there then I'll give it a few more minutes." I muttered, and walked away from the washing machine.

I walked into the bedroom and heard noises coming from the room next to it. I walked in and saw Kira watching TV, except she was laying down on the couch and staring up at the ceiling.

"I don't see the ceiling talking to you." I said as I leaned over her.

"Of course it's not talking. It's inanimate. I'm just trying to remember what happened last night." She responded.

She sat up and I took the empty seat next to her, which was the right side.

"By the way, Yuki, remember when you used to call me princess?"

"Yeah." I said, grabbing the remote and looking it over for a quick second.

"I've noticed you don't call me by that nickname that much anymore."

"Do you like it?" I asked, looking at her in confusion. She never cared for that nickname from what I can remember.

"Eh. Just thought I should bring it up."

I turned my head back to the TV and flipped to the news.

"Oh, come on, Yuki. I don't like the news." Kira complained.

"I know, but I'm doing this to see if anything's on that's interesting. Don't you think it's strange that you somehow wound up outside the RV this morning?" I asked.