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Things have finally began to calm down in the wake of our little publicity stunt. I am uncomfortable being in the spotlight. It goes against my very nature. Fortunately, the media hadn’t focused on us for very long. I’m sure Yurojin did their usual damage control and left us to be forgotten for now.

I hadn’t planned on coming out like I did with my own story, but I felt our impact wouldn’t be great enough without that extra push. I didn’t give them much, just a few bits to garner sympathy. I could have shocked and horrified them with an account of what had happened to Aka and a few of the others who had broken down under the stress of our conditioning, but Shiro and I wanted them to call their dogs off not enrage them more.

It seems they took the hint and layed off of us for a while. I’ll still be watching my back, but it’s a relief to have some of the pressure alleviated. We’ll still have to deal with Kuro and the doctor but now we can do it more freely. I have thought of returning to school where Kuro couldn’t make any open moves on me. I wouldn’t mind seeing Yuri and the others again too. I’m afraid of putting them in danger though, or worse putting Shiro and myself in danger by giving them the opportunity to betray us. Sure we can use all the allies we can get, but is it worth the risks?

I’ve been spending a lot more time with Shiro recently and to my amazement he is becoming more open with me. He even took me to see a kabuki play. I had no idea he liked such things, it’s nice getting to know him like this. He also seems very interested in what it was like for me living on the “outside” these past few years. After I recounted my time at school and hanging out with my friends, Shiro took my hand and told me how he envied me for being able to experience such things even if I was living a false life. He confessed that he was never able to “let go” long enough to enjoy the things I did. Little by little I want to show him what it is like for himself. Since we were being frank with each other, I expressed my thoughts about returning to school and my fears. It would be easier to decide what was best between the two of us.

Regretfully, less than an hour after we had parted Kuro reminded us that we couldn’t let down our guard yet. When my cell rang with an unfamiliar number I knew there was trouble, it was Shiro. Kuro had left him a threatening message hinting at what his next move would be. The black prince liked to play games but he was a sore loser. Luckily for us, we were already thinking ahead. We arranged to meet again soon and I disposed of the phone. Even that jerk couldn’t ruin my evening. I took a nice hot bath and drifted off to sleep thinking about the good time I had with Shiro.