Delicious
‘What do you want, jerk?’ I asked him impatiently, while slamming my locker door to show how angry I was. I couldn’t bang it too hard though, if not it would surely shatter into pieces by now.
‘What did I teach you, Amber?’ he said, snickering slightly, a little humor sparkled in his eyes.
It was like he was trying to test my patience or something. Thinking of it that way made me even more pissed, I felt like I could just bite someone now.
But thinking again, I don’t think I should use the word bite again. I was over sensitive to it.
‘Well, too bad. I forgot everything.’
‘Oh?’
A really mischievous grin popped out of his thin, velvety lips. Then the humor that just sparkled at the side of his eyes started to melt away, and the light grey inside started to turn darker and darker. He was concentrating on something.
And it hit me.
He was concentrating on getting into my mind, probing around and trying to find out what I was thinking that very moment.
I immediately shut up my eyes like it was programmed into me, and used my own powers to block him from inside.
Then I heard him chuckle.
It was a chuckle full of amusement, like when a small kid giggled when they are exited. He wasn’t an exception. What was so funny when I didn’t even laugh?
‘What’s so funny, Aiden?’ I said, half frowning, my mouth a little twisted out of impatience.
He was still chuckling. It didn’t look like it was going to end soon. He was having too much fun now, playing with me. But the thing was that I didn’t even know how or why.
‘Hmm… And you said you forgotten everything?’ he said, the humor growing in his already humorous eyes, a sparkle of light inside that ominous grey.
‘People forget, you know.’ I murmured. But then I was woken up by my own words and noticed.
I wasn’t even human.
As if he saw right through my thoughts, he said, ‘But you’re not human. Barely.’
I fought the urge in myself to just jump and attack him, flashing my fangs and then sinking it into his veins. But I just couldn’t. There were too many people here that would get hurt. Or even worse, they could see me, my fangs, my true nature. Inside of me started trembling slightly, imagining that happening.
If that really occurred, I would feel really bare, like I just exposed my very flesh to the whole school to see, and everyone would know I really looked like. It was just too scary to think of it that way.
‘But then wasn’t I the one to teach you these few simple rules about how to survive this discriminating human society with other vampires? Like what I did just now and you reacted immediately, like it was programmed into you since your early years. And it was.’
‘No it’s not learnt from you. I just didn’t want anyone to look into my mind, get it?’ I grumbled.
Aiden wasn’t lurking inside my mind anymore, but he was standing right in front of me, looking through my facial expressions like I was a slide of glass. He seemed to know everything. It was like I actually was a slide of glass, easy to see through but you couldn’t possibly put your hand through it. I was that slide of glass, so fragile, so noticeable.
He chuckled again.
This time it was louder, added with more humor and excitement in it, like he was playing a simple game of the vampires with me.
‘Well, well. I also thought you that…’
He didn’t finish his sentence.
There was a slight sound of the wind in the air, and my reflexive eyes caught his movement at once. His voice appeared in my mind for just a few seconds, but it was long enough for me to interpret it.
Follow me to the storeroom now, and could you make sure the janitor doesn’t come in?
I gritted my teeth.
There was a grin playing on his lips, while he was taking off with his speed. The students walking around barely noticed him, and I turned my head into the direction he just ran off into. A few students helping the teachers to carry their papers flew out from their hands, white sheets flowing all over the hall and lastly touching the smooth floor tile that was just renovated a few weeks ago.
My eyes caught sight of a male student with brunette-colored close cropped hair, and on top of his hands were a stack of black papers. The sudden gust of wind in the hallway made the stack of black papers fly everywhere, seeking for a safe ground to land in the sea of people. I stared at the black papers.
They looked just like black feathers, the ones demons own.
Aiden’s voice resounded in my head again, and I finally noticed that he was watching me all the time, observing my expressions and laughing at me, like I was made to be a joke.
You filthy demon, I planted firmly in his mind.
Oh, and you’re not, vampire?
You’re just filthier than any vampire. I hate you. You changed my totally normal life. I totally hate you.
The next thing he said in my mind surprised me. It wasn’t what I expected him to say.
You changed my life too; but in a different way. Too bad I don’t hate you.
My legs staggered back a little, unable to accept what he just said.
Slowly, slowly, I started to go back into my normal self. What was this guy talking about? What was his problem?
‘Amber! We’re going to be late for the next class if you don’t hurry!’ Jane’s voice called behind me, and I didn’t even flinch. My eyes were still concentrated on Aiden, observing his every movement. Not that he moved a lot to begin with. This was just revenge.
Suddenly there was a hand on my shoulder. A small, fragile hand holding my shoulders firmly. It was Jane.
‘Come on, let’s go before Mr. Daż hands us detention slips or something!’ Jane said while pulling me away.
His voice was still in my mind, not saying anything.
But then finally he smiled, a smile representing a goodbye.
Goodbye, Amber. And remember, I’m not a filthy demon. I’m a dangerous, burning demon.
Finally he said something that made sense.
I was pulled away by a supposedly human best friend to our next class, and Aiden disappeared into the shadows of the pillar, probably going to his next class too.
Aiden, I thought, meaning little fire. But a little fire can eventually burn into something bigger, right?
Then I turned my head into the direction of my next class and ran with Jane, leaving my mind conversation between me and Aiden behind.
But then, there was still a flicker of thought resounding all over and over again in me.
But I don’t hate you, he said.
Was there any kind of special meaning in that?
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P.S. this is just a teeny-weeny part of what i'm writing now.
thanks alot to Siew Hui and Hui Zuin for reading and stuff. :)
P.P.S. gonna release chapter one of Delicious here soon, and probably i'll show you the cover i've drawn.
P.P.P.S. ohhh crap =.= exams are coming! =O
