A Past Worth Forgetting (*Book One*)

Chapter Six: Remembering Yesterday

Kid had to help me eat my dinner, which was pretty embarrassing. I talked with Liz some more, and she was actually pretty cool. After we all sat around and socialized, Kid once more lifted me up, and began carrying me down the hall.

"Kid, where exactly are we going?" I asked sleepily, my body forcing a yawn.'

"To my room. I don't want the hassle of fixing a guest room if you won't even be staying any longer than you have to." His voice seemed almost upset at that last sentence.

     He laid me down on the right side of the bed, folding the sheets on me ever so carefully. I laughed to myself. Him going through all this trouble, when in reality, I didn't even need to be in these bandages past dinner time. I'm a witch, after all. And a daughter of the Grand Witch, my healing was progressively faster than that of a reaper such as Kid.

"Well then, now that you're all comfy, I must go change into my proper sleeping attire." Kid announced, opening the doors to his walk in wardrobe.

"Y-you mean, you have another set of pajamas to wear?" I scoffed, flicking my right hand in annoyance.

"Now now," Kid turned his head towards me, "you can't be that eager to get into bed with me, Akemi." He laughed, closing and locking the doors to his wardrobe.

     I went back to the thoughts of what Kid had told me earlier. "Stein found something off about your wavelength, though, which is concerning." Stein was an even more skilled user of his Soul Perception. Could he really see through me, but not have the heart to tell Kid? Who knows. I kept going through all the possibilities of how, when, and where to tell Kid of my past. It haunts me constantly, and I know I can't think of hurting him or Asmund. Or anyone, for that matter...

     My thoughts are interrupted and I'm sent back to reality by the wardrobe door opening, and Kid emerging. I tried to stop my eyes from widening as much as they did, but not to help anything they also clicked to a bright pink. Shaking his head lightly, Kid looked up to find me in a blatant stare.

"Yes, Akemi! Admire the symmetrical perfection of my bare body!" He cried out, throwing both his arms in the air to stretch.

"Don't flatter yourself, sweetheart." I forced that sentence out, bringing a hand to cover my eyes. I felt my eyes click back, and I removed my hand.

     Kid wasn't nude, if that's what you were thinking. He only had on boxer shorts, though. He climbed into the bed, making sure the sheets were still placed nicely. He rolled over to the middle of the bed and stared at me. Kid explained how he always slept in the middle, in order to feel aligned in the bed.

"Then what're you gonna do about the huge empty space on the other side of you?" I questioned, almost sarcastically. Almost without skipping a beat, Kid reached under the bed and threw a body pillow on that space.

"There. Now it's equal." He smiled, rolling over and quickly falling asleep.

~Time Skip provided by half naked Death The Kid~

     I was running. I don't know what for, but I was running. My legs were burning, but I kept on running. My surroundings weren't familiar, but I recognized maniacal laughter that seemed to hit me at every corner I turned. "Akemi! Akemi! Why?! Why did you lie to me?! I trusted you! I LOVED YOU!" I heard a voice scream, it was Kid. What was he possibly doing here? No matter, I kept on running. I found myself at a dead end, surrounded by water. The water wasn't blue, though. What was it? I took a closer look, it wasn't water at all. The thick liquid morphed into Crona, staring mindlessly at me. "Medusa wants you back, sister. We miss you. We could be a family again." I reached out to him, but the image changed. It was Kid, who had tears pouring from his once beautiful eyes. "Useless, useless! You're a useless witch! That's all you are, Akemi! That's all you'll ever be!" Kid ranted at me, before the black liquid reached out and swallowed by body.