Chapter 1
Cirus had pulled her two long strands of hair, fluffing the top of her hair. He placed her taira on and placed a few bows in her hair. Rounding her eyes with dark black, she had to stop to spray freezing stuff in her hair. She glanced at herself in the mirror, fixing her sweatshirt. She sighed softly, then smiled at the mirror and grabbed her wallet and phone next to her.
"MOM! I'm leaving now! Okay?!" Slamming into the wall in the hallway, she groaned, nearly falling over. "Ow, son of a-" Turning a bit, she rubbed her nose before leaving the house. Her mom waved. She coughed lightly, grabbing at the necklace around her throat. "Gah, damnit..." Silently, she stalked down the driveway to her car, hopping in. It was winter. She played with the dials until her car let the warmth in and she backed out, turning up the volume on her stereo.She sang along softly, watching the road. It didn't take long before she pulled into the driveway of her new apartment. She stared up at the isolated thing. She didn't shut off the car, but grabbed the last box that was needed from the back of it and slowly walked up into her new life. It seemed very empty without the rush about of other kids and relatives, like when she lived with her family. She sighed softly and placed down the box, glancing around before slumping down on the small chair in the corner.
"...Bloody great..." She glanced around a few more times in silence. So this was it? Is this what it would be like here? All the time? ... She stood up and kicked one of the boxes gently. The room's were white, the bedroom tinted a light blue. It was all boring, very drab. Not her style. She walked over and stared out the window. All the other apartments seemed empty, gone for the holidays.
"Damn... That makes me even more alone." She sighed for what seemed like the 50th time today. All she could do was stare for the longest time. Remembering her car, and the time, she jumped and bolted down the stairs and out of her apartment to her car. She jumped in, and drove off.
"No way I'm staying isolated right now." Mumbling to herself, she scowled at the road who seemed endless as she made her way to the only place she could think of with people.
The mall.
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She barely had enough time to make it into the mall before she was mobbed by loads of people. She scoffed, placing her tiara back in place as she pushed through the greedy people. An elderly woman stopped to give Cirus a startled look. She fixed her spiked chocker, staring at the grandma in deadly silence. When the older person quickly turned around, Cirus broke out in giggles, having to cover her mouth. This would indeed be better than staying in her new and rather empty home. She smiled and messed her jacket up a bit, running her hands through the back of her short hair, her neck bare. She shivered slightly and walked into a store that must have been new to the mall. It was filled from ceiling to floor with weaponry and in the middle stood a glass case, the most perfect sword she had ever seen sitting in the center like a most prized possesion. She stared in awe, walking over to it. Running her fingers along the glass softly, her eyes sparkled with deep interest. No one was in the store.
How odd...
"Look!" She said to no one, then giggled, staring at the display of childs toys as well. She ran over and grabbed one, examining it. It was a meer plastic sword, decorated in the most fanciest emblems she could imagine. "Woooow Cirus, have you found yourself an interesting store..." She glanced behind her, placing the plastic toy back in it's basket. A man stood next to a display of archery. She jumped, staring at him for a second, then turning back to the plastic toys. Her heart was in her throat. No one was in here before. He looked ordinary, sure, even hot, but maybe dangerous. She settled down. There were several people outside this store, if they saw something fishy going on, surely they would help? She couldn't get his face out of her head and she fingered the plastic iddly.
He had dark black hair, parts of it sweeping over his forest green eyes. He was wearing a black silk button up shirt and black pinstripe pants with thin grey stripes. He wore normal black boots and she believed that he wore one silver ring on his right hand on his pointer finger. The only thing odd about him was he was staring straight at her. Yeah, plently of people stared at her, but he seemed to be grinning at the time. She shuddered and strolled back over to the glass case in the center. She circled it, her fingers hovering above the glass. The man had walked over in complete silence, standing on one side of the glass. He was peering in, smiling at her. The smile wasn't very comforting, but it wasn't very evil either. She silently walked back over to the plastic toys, brushing against him slightly.
"Sorry..." She muttered, picking up on of the toys. She dropped it on the ground with a curse, a little shaken up. His clothes were ice cold. What was he doing before, sitting on a piece of ice? Bending over to pick it up, she gasped, feeling him right next to her. She glanced over at him. "Urk! ... " He was smiling, it was starting to freak her out now. Real bad. He was close to her and she had to admit, as scary as it was, he was hot. He had one hand placed on the plastic toy, the other hand placed right next to hers. She had to steady herself, make sure her tiara didn't fall off.
"So, you're Cirus?" His voice floated through her head and flooded every thought, then pushed all the extra thoughts out. Like he was some sort of angel. But he wasn't. Or, at least he didn't LOOK like it... Cirus stared at him in awed silence.
"... How do you know me?" She whispered, not being able to talk in her full voice at the moment.
"I know everything about you." He replied quickly, not hesitating.
Oh ya, like that didn't sound creepy, Cirus thought to herself. She noticed he had one earing on. A simple silver bulb in his left ear. Cirus wore a green zipper on her right ear. She gulped and as much as she wanted to, she couldn't stand up. He just smiled at her, his eyes seeming to search through every part of her. It was disgusting. She finally jumped up, swipping the toy from under neath him. She walked up to the front desk. He slowly stood up and she fixed her taira. She wouldn't look back at him. He walked over to the front desk, where she was. She heard his foot steps. Cursing, she rang the bell at the front desk.
What, are they on a lunch break or something? She cursed to herself, scowling. The man was right behind her and he reached infront, running his hand along her jaw line silently. Her face flushed bright red and she gasped, feeling her stomach tighten. She couldn't move and her whole body stiffened. Damn.
"You're just like I remembered, except... your hair..." He ran his long fingers through her hair. It was stiff from the hair spray and she pulled away. She dropped the toy on the desk and quickly ran out of the store, pushing him away. He smiled, watching her leave and slowly, he sniffed his hand. "Yes... just like I remembered... "
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