Ark 16 Episode 38: Unlikely Friendship

Participants
Alex Sky

Shin Tsumi

The new guy.
-The sun was coming through the broken window of an old rundown house that had been left for time to

claim. Dust floated around through the ray of light giving it a golden sparkling appearance, the ray of light touched the ground from one side of the room and stretched the length of the wall on the other side. Right on the middle of the ray was Shin sitting down but he was sleeping though not soundly every few minutes he’d get a flash of Natashi’s crushed bloody skull and shudder in his sleep, along with the images he heard a voice whispering in the way a desperate dying man would telling Shin he had done it.

Over and over the flashes came until Shin shuddered and opened his eyes the light from the sun hitting them cause his pupils to dilate. He looked slowly around the room as if he was afraid that hed look over to see another sight of Natashi’s dead corps. He realized it was dead silent and he was in the old run down house he had gone to as a way of shelter. He had snuck some of his clothes into the building from his old home which was folded next to him. He slowly stood up causing the dust on the floor to rise and swirl around the room. He groaned and whipped his forehead of a small amount of sweat that had formed during his nightmare. He leaned down and started searching through his clothes for something to wear. He came across a white dress shirt and under it where a tie and black slacks it took him a moment but he remembered he had brought them along because he was planning on going to school at some point and time like Natashi had planned. He sighed as he put on the slacks and white shirt and dusted himself off to rid himself of any dust. He then put the back tie on and slipped on some socks and black and white running shoes. He grabbed both ends of the tie and looked at them in confusion and hopping he had remembered how to tie it unfortunately he did not but he just tried everything he could until he finally got it. He then looked over himself to make sure he had gotten ever thing like he remembered and then hoped out the window. He started walking until he came across the street that would lead him to the school which had remembered as Natashi had once showed him. This in turn brought memories back up that were still fresh to the mind he gritted his teeth and kept walking increasing his pace. It took him only a little while to arrive at the school and to his understand he was to just walk in and he did though when he went inside it was not what he had expected. There were more people in one spot then he had figured there would be people walked through the hall and went to their lockers in general just went about their business. Shin figured that his first priority was to make a mental map of the school and he started walking strait down the hall to do so, when as soon as he turned the corner to go up the stairs a group of three guys came down and he bumped into one of them. Almost as quick as it had happened he felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked back to see the guy he had bumped in to. He actually decided to take him into account now the guy was slightly taller than himself and wider as with blond hair and greed eyes, along with a few freckles here and there, as well he looked larger then Shin for sure and the other two guys where just under his height though with the same muscular build. One with brown hair and a slender face the other with dirty blond hair and a fatter face.-“Watch where I’m goin punk.”-He guy spat trying to push Shin with his hand though he under estimated his weight largely. He tried once more though still not even a budge on Shin’s part. Shin grabbed the dudes arm with a vise like grip causing the guy to wince slightly removing the hand from his shoulder Shin made a fist and began to clinch the muscles in his arm as he began to reel a punch back. By this time people had caught on to what was going on at least a small amount and began turning their heads to see what would happen next while the other two guys got ready to hop in the soon to start fight.-



-Alex was up bright and early for the day, finishing dressing as she pulled her skirt up and sweater on and then her vans. She let her long pink hair down in loose curls as she darted out of the house and into the car after saying goodbye to her Aunt Marie. "No trouble unless you need too." Alex nodded and was driven to school. In less than fifteen minutes, she was at the entrance and she walked inside with a small smile on her face, though feeling slightly uncomfortable with the stares from the boys and glares from the girls. She moved down the first hall and turned the corner when she spotted three seniors picking on a boy near her age or at least a year older. That's not nice.. As Shin started to reel his arm back, Alex jumped in front of him in the blink of an eye and ended up getting slapped across the face. It didn't hurt at all and she was used to much worse with the training she was put through. The seniors looked at Alex dumbfounded and the blonde male trembled. "Oh god. Alex please I'm so sorry." He reached out to her and attempted to comfort her but she pushed him away and sniffled a little, rubbing the area where She was struck. Everyone gasped at the bright red mark on her cheek and they glared at the blonde. "You guys saw her! She came out of no where." Alex smiled gently and brushed it off. "It's okay Senpai... But you shouldn't pick on those younger than you. It's not nice.. Okay?" Alex acted like an angel and her voice seemed a little.. Haunting. Like everyone was being pulled into a trance in listening range. The seniors nodded and walked off and Alex turned to Shin and showed a little concern on her face and she reached out for his hand to unclench his fingers. "...you were on the verge of breaking every bone in his body.. You're not normal, I can tell." She spoke in a hushed voice and giggled. "You've lost someone you've cared for too haven't you...?" Alex looked up at him with her pale emotionless grey eyes and tilted her head slightly.-



-Shin didn’t have tie enough to through the punch before the blond male reared up a slap under normal circumstances Shin would have just be slapped and continued on with the punch but suddenly out of seemingly nowhere a girl much smaller than any one of the tree males and Shin himself took the slap to the face. Shin just barely had time to have it register that this was not the person to hit so he lowered his arm though he kept his fist clenched still not exactly comfortable with the situation. The dude hurriedly tried to explain how it was an accident to the female though in such a desperate way it caused Shin to get confused a little bit his mouth would have dropped open in slight amazement had he not been to confused to even do that. She then turned to him and the look of slight concern released some of the tension in his body and mind. When she reached for his hand and unclenched his fist with her smaller hands, he felt a tingle make its way down his spine making every hair stand upon end. He didn’t feel quite right he had not had much interaction with any females in fact he would wager none when she spoke she did so in a quite hushed tone which was soothing in away and the soft giggle she let out was even more so though it made him sort of uneasy again at how accurate her guess about him was. She tilted her head looking up to him as if waiting for a response.-“Umm…yeah…, something like that.”-He said in a somewhat choked voice his eyes widened and he put a hand on his chest. He was surprised not to hear his usual rather deep voice escape his mouth instead of his seemingly pathetic one that had escaped just then. He cleared his throat and turned to head up the stairs as he had first planned to do.-

No "Thank you?"
-her eyes widened a little and her eyes followed him. "Not even a 'thank you'..." She smiled and tilted her head and a group if boys surrounded. "Alex-chan are you alright?" "Do you need any help?" Bombarding her with questions she just waved them off and followed the male with hair so unusual. Her pink hair bounced as she trotted after him  and she stood in the middle of the stairs staring at his back as he made his way up and called out to him. "Hey.. I didn't get your name.." She hurried after him and then once in arms length away she grabbed at the back of his shirt and sighed a little. "Hey.. You seem lost.."



-Shin kept walking and rubbing his hand looking down at it as if it were no longer his own though he heard he small female call over to ask for a thank you though Shin heard it when he looked back she had her hands full as it were with the other males and he kept walking along though when she called his name he thought it was the least he could do more so he felt slightly compelled to. He stopped on the stair the he had stepped upon and was getting ready to tell her when he heard the footsteps behind him and then a tugging at his shirt. He slowly looked back at her and let out a breath as she asked the question of him being lost.-“Uh please don’t grab me like that again…”- He said he allowed for a momentary  pause as he organized his thoughts and said.-“My name is…Shin and yeah I’m uh lost.”-He said avoiding looking directly at her face though he turned again and began to go up the rest of the stairs.-



-Alex pulled her hand away quickly and turned her head before bowing slightly. "I apologize. Ah.. Shin Senpai." And she finally caught her breath. "My name is Sky. Alex Sky. And I'd be happy to show you around if you wa..nt.." She watched him avoid her gaze and then walk off without another word. She touched her face and blushed a little mumbling to herself.. "Is there something on my face other than that hand mark..? Or am I just ugly now and everyone is just being nice.." She watched him walk off and then turned around to head back down stairs.-



-Shin was still wandering around for some time after is encounter with the three males and the pink haired girl still not having any clue where he was going he decided to just sit down on the steps. He then mumbled to himself.-“All the rooms look the same.”-He put his hand in his hair and ran it through the fine blades as he looked up to the ceiling and groaned at this point the halls were pretty empty maybe one or two students going to the bath room here and there or running errands for teachers though for the most part he was alone to sort out his thoughts. He first started trying to figure out was up with that pink haired girl. He couldn’t think of anything except he had the issues like an adrenaline rush when he was chasseing prey. He sat there slightly more confused, he never ate a person before was it at all possible she was prey of some sort? He thought, he also was little confused about why all the people had crowded around her earlier. At some point he gave up trying to figure it out and just sat there enjoying the bit of silence there was in the hall.-

Lost and direction.
-Alex came out of her music class due to the composer needing something from another teacher and she moved down from hall to hall singing with a "golden voice" as everyone calls it now. "Don't know ya name but excuse me, Mista. I saw you from across the ro-o-o-om.~" putting a little twist on the lyrics she giggled and continued singing when she saw Shin in the hall alone and she just.. Stood there..-



<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin was looking at a spider on the ceiling wondering exactly how they could stick to thing like that. He shrugged and started fiddling with his tie and the he cocked his head. He could hear someone talking or what was basically talking though in different pitches and long drawn out words. He remembered it was called singing and he simply listened to it and then it suddenly stopped causing Shin to look over to what was the source of the sound to see the pink haired girl. He paused and stared back at her not saying a word. He opened and closed his mouth and swallowed a knot that had formed in his throat.-“Er…Hey.”-He looked around and then back at her blinking once or twice as he waited for her to say something.”

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Alex finally snapped out of it and blushed. "H-hi.." Walking over to him and knelt down a little so that her face was level with his and she bit down on her lip. "I'm sorry if I disturbed you.. You're still lost aren't you?" She smiled gently and held her hand out. Mid he wanted to take it then he could and she could take him around. If not.. Then she'd just go back to class .-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin watched her as she came over and told him she was sorry if she had disturbed him but he was not paying too much attention more so his he had been drawn to the biting of her lip.-“Oh, eh, It’s not a problem you were not disturbing me..”-He looked at her hand as she extended it and asked if he was still lost. He took her hand and stood he didn’t try and have her actually help him up he was more than sure he was too heavy for her.-“yeah I’m still a lil lost.”-He said not willing to admit that he had not accomplished anything since they last meet. Then hurridly let go of her hand realizing he had still be holding it. He put it in his pocket and said-"I could use some help."-He said letting out a sigh.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">Well you can come to music class with me for now. I'm sure Sensei will allow you for today. -she smiled and giggled before taking him by the sleeve of his shirt and pulled him along gently with her. Moving down from hall to hall, they'd finally reached the Music room and Alex pushed to doors open and the teacher greeted her. "Welcome back Alex. Did you get what I needed?" Alex nodded and pulled Shin into the room, still holding onto his sleeve and held out the sheet music to him. "Here Sensei." Alex smiled brightly and sighs of love struck boys sounded. "She has such a pretty smile.." "You said it." "The beautiful Alex Sky has a performance for us today since she was nominated for openings every class and then one by one you all will follow her. And Alex?" Alex looked at Sensei. "Yes?" He pointed at Shin. "Who's this?" Alex bowed slightly. "Please let him join us for today. He's new I think and I promised to show him around. Would you allow him to stay?" Everyone's eyes turned to shin and then the area where Alex was holding his sleeve and the boys moved restlessly. "Who does this guy think he is.. Touching Alex.." Sensei laughed and nodded. "Of course Alex. Welcome, Shin. Please have a seat and watch Kasaihana's youngest female star perform."

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin nodded in agreement to her idea and let her tug him around the halls keeping as she made her way to her music class he looked along the halls as he walked along with her. Once reaching the music room they stopped and he paid close attention to the exchange between her and the teacher he realized she was still holding on to his sleeve but he didn’t really mind much. He looked at her smile to the other people in the class and he followed the direction of the smile into the mass of students. The teacher soon asked who is this and at the mentioning of his name he looked over to the teacher and he listened but looked back at the class as he began to hear people getting upset that she was grabbing onto his sleeve he looked to his sleeve and back to them and decided to grin with a smug look upon his face and then he made a face as if to say.-“I dare one of you to do something about it.”-When the teacher asked Shin to take a seat he looked for one and decided to sit near the back and once he began walking he glared around the room taking the sights of all the instruments in and then he slowly took his seat and waited for whatever he was supposed to be watching.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Alex took her seat in the center of the class and held a classic guitar in her hands before strumming a few strings. "Today's theme is love songs." Said Sensei. And all students in class clapped and whooped for Alex and then it quieted when she began playing the tune to Thinking 'Bout You from Frank Ocean and when she started singing it was like heaven to most people. "A tornado flew around my room before you came.. Excuse the mess it made it usually doesn't rain in.." Her pitch and trills were high and on point as were the notes she played on the guitar. "Southern California; much like Arizona. My eyes don't shed a tear, but boy they bawl when I'm thinking 'bout you. Oh no no no." She giggled and it just fit into the song even better. "I've been thinking 'bout you. You know know know. I've been thinking bout you, do you think about me still? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?" One of the boys in the back opposite from Shin yelled out. "Damn right I do." And people laughed. Alex ignored him and continued her voice going even higher before she slowly fell into an alto. "And do you not think so far.. Aheaaaad? Cause I've been thinkin'  'bout forever.. And do you not think soooo faaar ahe-e-ad yeah-a-ah..." –

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin had been looking out the window as she began to sing and  just as she did a pigon flew across the window and seemed to have slowed down to him and he took his eyes off of it and slowly turned his head to her. Shin never felt for music it never moved him or made him want to dance but when he looked to her and without the sound the vibrations the specific rhythm and her tone and posture as she sung hit. Hi he was moved he could say and suddenly his attention every sense was on her and her singing. Then out of nowhere some guy shouted-“Damn right I do.”-When Shin tried to regain the focus and clarity though it would not come back in truth he wanted to go strangle the guy but he did not want to interrupt her so he went back to looking back to the window.-

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Shakeing things up.
<p class="MsoNormal">-she finished the song and got a standing ovation from everybody and she bowed in respect before moving to the back where Shin sat and pulled a chair up beside him, crossing her legs and smiling lightly, gazing into his eyes. "So did you like it?" A few guys walked over to them both and then one with blueish hair slammed his hand against the desk and it made Alex yelp like a pup. For now she had to feign weakness and fear. Her hand traveled to Shin's sleeve again and she held onto him tightly. "So.. New guy, you think you can just come in here and steal Takane No Hana's heart?" The nerd of the group spoke up. "Takane  No Hana means 'flower out of reach.'" Alex stayed silent for now and her grip on Shin's sleeve grew tighter. "And there's no way that she'd get with a freak like you. The fuck is with your hair eh?" He jabbed a finger into Shin's chest and Alex grew a little tired of his bullying. "Knock it off, Sohma.."-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin still sitting watched as she pulled a chair and sat next to him and asked how was it?-“I will be...honest it was good.”-He said turning to her looking over her face and then stopping at her eyes when suddenly a loud noise came from in front of them both. Shin was not startle though he quickly turned his head to see the guy. He simply glared at the guy though a tug pulled upon his shirt sleeve he looked over to see Alex but he would have calmed down had it not been for the guy poking Shin’s chest. The remarks the guy had made did not bother him but the jab to the chest did. Shin shook his head and grabbed her hand gently and removed it from his shirt sleeve. He put his hand upon the desk slowly and slowly and precisely stood up. He glared at the guy and then his muscles rippled as he lifted his arm to grab the guys hand with his left hand and pulled his arm towards his body using his right hand to grab the guys face lifted him up off the ground. Then shook him threw him to the ground. He then bent over to grab him by his shirt collar and shake him around a bit when he was done he would pick him up again by the collar and drop him but push out a little to send him back into a group of desk.-“You and your friends will get much worse next time”-He would then look to the others in the group and loosen his tie as if to expect another to come out and try something. If none tried anything he would let out a sigh as he hit a desk near him to let the anger that he normally would have let out upon the guy who had jabbed him in the chest as a result the dust would snap in the middle and the legs would buckle under the weight of the hit.-''' '''

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<p class="MsoNormal">-normally Sensei would've cracked a kids skull open for doing that, but Sensei knew that Alex was holding back and Shin was just using self defense. Sohma angrily scrambled away and so did his friends, eyes full of fright. "This dudes a fucking monster! Sensei aren't you gonna do something?!" Sensei didn't even look up from his sheets. "Self defense Sohma. You did put your hands on him first." Sohma glared at Shin and spat at his feet. "Bastard.." Alex merely watched, her face unfazed and she looked over at Shin  before standing up and wrapping her arms around him after he hit the desk and split it into two. "Just ignore him.. This is why I hate most guys.." She looked up at him and her pale grey eyes kinda turned a little dark and flashed into a light blue then return to its grey hue. She smiled warmly at him and turned her head to look at Sohma. "Sohma.. I suggest you back off of him! He didn't steal my heart and he didn't do anything else. He's new so I'm helping him so back off!" It was rare of Alex to show her angry side since she made friends with everyone but sometimes people just pushed her to the limits.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-shin was still a little tense so he wasn’t paying attention to much and he was ready for go for the guy when he spat at his feet but he thought about it Natashi had always told him killing was a last resort  Shin was still considering breaking an arm or two of the guy. When Alex came over and hugged him the embrace calmed him a little but one she made contact another rushed went down his spine and he looked down to see her eyes change color momentarily as she spoke and told him just to ignore them he nodded in agreement though he knew really in the back of his mind he wouldn’t. Her smile was enough to make him forget doing anything violent at the moment. Though he began to feel and uneasy and unwrapped her arms from around himself and looked around the room as she yelled at the guy he had just roughed up.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">- All eyes were on them both and then Sensei's voice boomed. "Alright! Back to work. Sohma you're up." Alex sat back down and pulled Shin back into his seat to before pulling her hands into her lap and she closed her eyes as Sohma started to sing a-Capella to Bruno Mars' grenade. "And I'd catch a grenade for you.. Throw my head on a plate for you.. I'd jump in front of a train for you. You know I'd do anything for you.. Ooh-o-o-o-o-oh." Alex grimaced at the last note. "His voice is smooth but his pitch is off by a poop load." Alex wasn't really allowed to use profanity in school or at home so she got used to the idea and she laid her head back a little and swallowed. Her lashes were long and thick. And she closed her eyes, continued to judge Sohma. "He's not doing his best.."

<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin sat down and went back to looking at the window he tried to listen to the guy sing but most music didn’t have much on him and it didn’t help that the guy was messing up so he decided not to give the guy a second thought. Shin ended up watching rain because that’s what it ended up doing outside and so he more or less sat there just looking bored.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Alex fell asleep during the love songs since they just got slower and slower and she mumbled softly and her arm brushed against Shin as she moved and curled up on the chair and into a ball with her knees pulled up to her chest and her face seemed so innocent and her lips were in a soft smile and a soft sigh escaped her lips. The rain made the sleep even better. The soft patter against the windows were like a lullaby.-

Mistakes.
<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin had still be watching the rain when he felt something brush up against his arm and he looked over to see her resting peacefully. He Was not sure if she could get in trouble for sleeping in class but he decided against waking her up. The while Shin was standing up as he got ready to try and find the bath room he drew attention into that general direction and the teacher yelled out.-“Miss Alex Im going to need you to stay awake! And Shin was it… why are you up?-“I gotta pee.”-He said as he kept walking toward the door.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Alex opened one eye and raised her hand. "I'm not sleeping Sensei. I'm just listening to the music." Sensei nodded and Alex wasn't really lying either. She did fall asleep though he music rang through her ears and she tapped her foot in rhythm. She glanced over at Shin and blinked. Hopefully he won't need help getting there.

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin opened the door and closed it glaring down each of the end of the hall way as if there was someone he did not like at the end. He took slow steps as he looked carefully down both sides of the hall he by now realized if he looked he could see small deference’s in things like signs that said room numbers teacher’s names and class type etc. He ended up at the end of the hall seeing the bath rooms he could tell by the people signs though in his small amount of haste he didn’t realize the one with the skirt was for the girls and he ended up walking into as a four girls where washing their hands and another was right in front of the door. The looked at him like a deer in head lights and Shin returned the look as then waved with a straight face and backed out timidly and went to the boy’s back room relieved himself. He washed his hands and came out of the bath room as he did the other four girls gave him strange looks and began talking amongst the selves. He walked back into the music class and slowly closed the door behind him a look of bewilderment still upon his face. He walked back over to his seat and blinked a few times and looked straight ahead not moving all to much.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-her eyes flashed open as another student walked up to the center and started their song when Shin came back to his seat and she looked at his face and she knew what that meant. She stifled a giggled and ended up bursting into a fit of them, doubling over and holding her stomach. "Shiiiin.. Y-y-you walked.." She sat up and tried to catch her breath before kneeling beside him and leaning in a little so that her lips were close to his ear. "You walked into.. Hahaha .. The girls' restroom didn't you..?"

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin wasn’t paying attention to the class in general but some sort of noise right next to him was enough to make him look over to Alex who had suddenly started up a laughing fit. Still looking shocked he watched her double over as she tried to get something she wanted to say. She looked like she was having some trouble with it which caused him to raise his eye brow. When she leaned over to the side of his head he turned slightly to see what she was doing and he listened as she asked apparently guessing what had happened he swallowed and shyly nodded in agreement whipping the palms of his hand on his pants in order to rid them of the sweat that was forming upon them he let out a sigh in disbelief of it himself.-

<p class="MsoNormal">-She covered her mouth and held into the rest of the giggles and sighed after a few minutes if calming down. "I'm sorry.. That was rude if me. It's just.." She got back up in her chair and scooted closer. "In the movies it's a cliche for a new kid to walk into the girls' restroom instead of the guys' and vice versa sometimes." She grasped his hand in hers and held it to her chest. "Forgive me please, Shin Senpai?" She batted her eyes a little and that smile came onto her face again as she tilted her head.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin watched as she began to slowly stop laughing he cocked his head over he didn’t see too much funny about the accident in fact he would say it was a little unsettling the event that he had recently been put through. When she began apologizing and explaining why it was funny he began to say.-“Its umm…fi…”-He was cut off by her grabbing his hand and he followed both his hand and her hands up to her chest as she asked for forgive ness though he had not heard his eyes where looking past his hand and to her breast his pulse quickened and he pals began to sweat and suddenly something clicked his pupils dilated and he turned his hand over and reached for one of her breast. Then something else clicked and a memory of Natashi popped into his head saying-“Never touch a woman’s breast in fact no part of a woman with out permission.” –He remembered the sternness of Natashi’s words though it was too late he had already reached out.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-she smiled softly though it quickly faded when she was a different look in his eyes and she swallowed hard when she felt his hand move out of her hold then then she looked down and her cheeks turned into a bright red and she slapped his hands away and covered her chest with her hands and gripped them a bit tightly. She looked up at him and bit down on her lip before stand up and starting to move away when she mumbled something. " jeez.. And I thought that you were different from the rest of the guys.." Her heart seemed to have pounded the entire time and she sighed.-

Apologizes.
<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin just sat there stunned his hand in the same position where it had been slapped to. He blinked a few times and looked around the room then back to Alex who did not seem all too happy about his action. He looked down to his hand and then his face got calm and he stood up out of the chair and in loud enough voice for her to hear he said.-“Thank you…for earlier.”-He then looked to his hand and put it to his mouth as parted his mouth and pulled back his lips revealing his many sharp teeth and bit down hard enough to draw blood from his hand. He wrinkled his nose at the smell of his own blood and bit down a little harder and the dark crimson liquid rolled down his arm and chin dripping to the floor. His arm shook a little and he opened his mouth and pulled his hand away letting out a shaky breath as his way of apologizing for his actions.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Alex stopped at his words and then turned back to face him when she saw him pulls his hand up to his mouth and pierce the skin with his teeth that were so.. Sharp. And then the smell of his blood hit her and.. It kinda made her mouth water but no one could see this side of her in public. She drew down the urge to taste it and no she was not a vampire. Instead she rushed over and tore off the sleeve of her sweater and pressed it against his wound, swallowing hard and looking up at him with her cheeks still a dark red color. "Sensei may I be excused?" He nodded and Alex pulled Shin outside after running towards the first aid kit and taking it with her. A few of the kids stared at them both and murmured. "God what a fucking freak." "That Psycho could hurt Alex.." "He doesn't belong here..." Alex held her breath and pulled Shin down so that he sat on the hallway floor and she knelt in front of him, taking off her sweater and then tended to his wound. A bit a sweat dribbled down the side of her face and neck and she pulled a few buttons off from her shirt, showing a bit of cleavage. "It's too damn warm out here..." The sound of her pulse was deafening to her as she pulled the cloth from her sweater away and drew out a rubbing alcohol bottle and swab before applying it to the wound. "You're crazy.. But I am too, so it's alright." She wiped the blood off of his arm and then moved up to his chin but she paused and brushed the hair out of her face and back.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin was looking dead at her with the most serious look he could gather though he was still looking her dead in the eye enough to see that she was not acting as she had all day. When she suddenly rushed over to him and tore a bit of her clothing and pressed it against the bite wound he had made he gritted his teeth though rather then that no expression crossed his face. He had his eyes still looked onto her face as she asked the teacher to exit the room and pulled him along. She went over and grabbed a white box of something and took him out into the hall. When she tried to make him sit Shin decided to do so sitting cross legged as she knelt down in front of him and took of her sweater and then began fussing over his hand again. He looked up from his hand and back up to her he realized her face was red and she was sweating a little bit he looked down to see her undo a few buttons on her shirt and he took a gulp and looked up and past her to the lockers. He could hear her blood rushing from where he was he was used to listening to small noises so the rush of her blood from the distance they were at was loud enough for him to hear. He felt a small sting and looked down to see a bottle of some liquid that stung his nose and her applying it to the wound. When she whipped the blood off of his arm and chin and she was done speaking he looked over to her as she moved some of her hair out of her face he asked.-“You ok?”-He said tilting his head as he looked at her.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-she looked down, avoiding his gaze as she wrapped his wound in bandages and pulls her hands back into her lap. The taste for blood died down quietly and her face returned back into its normal state. "Yeah.. I'm fine but why did you do that as your apology?" She balled her sweater up and then bit her lip again though by accident, a bit harder than she should and she drew a bit of blood as it dribbled from her lips and down her chin. "Ahn.." She wince in pain and then dug in the kit for a cloth to stop the bleeding.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">-He still was looking at her and soon she stopped sweating and her face returned to normal he decided not to acknowledge it and when she said she was alright and asked him why he bit his hand he simply said.-“I was told actions speak louder than words.”- When she bit her lip and she drew blood slowly raised his arm and used the cloth on his wounded hand to attempt and wipe the blood off of her lip and then down her chin to get the rest of the blood and looked up to the ceiling and sighed.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">- she blushed more now and stood up quickly and dusted herself off before pulling him up to his feet after gathering the supplies she used and made her way off back to the music room when the bell sounded. A few of the students saw a glance of Shin and Alex standing together before the swarm of kids blocked their field of vision and they all looked at each other. "Do you think..? Alex and this new boy could be dating?" They all laughed. "Nah, man. No way Alex would go for a piss off like that." "I don't know, he looks cute." "Maybe they're friends?" "That's one helluva unlikely friendship..." They all nodded before walking to their next class and Alex pushed through the students and made her way back into the music room where Sensei stood in the middle. "That boy looks like trouble Alex.." Alex sighed and clenched at her sweater.. "Yeah.. I know..."

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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shin stood up with Alex’s tugging and used his left hand the one that was not harmed his left hand to run his figures through his hair and watched as she picked up the thing and went back to music class and he walked in the same direction following behind her and taking a pause to watch as she went into the room and then he kept walking since the bell was ringing and people were walking out he was sure it was time for him to also head home and he walked around for a small amount of time and finding the door and walking out side and on his way home and when he crossed the street he looked to the school and looked at it. School was strange but it wasn’t too bad he thought as he turned around and continued on his way.-