The day was June 6, at 3:07pm.
I was sitting outside my school building, waiting for the students to be let out of school. The sky was filled with gray clouds and there were all signs that it was going to rain. The air was muggy and hot and made me feel all sticky. It was one of those days that you wish you were in the house watching T.V or something, not doing anything.
The only reason I was out in front of the school (even though I was suppose to be in class) was because I skipped my last period class because I hated it so much. Calculus had to be the most annoying subject in the history of math. Math itself was annoying but I had to do it in order for me to graduate.
This was my 3rd year in high school and I can honestly say that it was the most boring years of my life. Not because I didn't have many friends but because this school didn't do much.
But this was my last year here so I kind of could care less about what happen to this school after I'm long gone.
I sat there outside the school building, wearing my gray hoodie that could covered up my school logo, so I wouldn't get stop by the school staff if they see me. I wore my hood on my head covering my black shaggy hair that I didn't take care of much. The humidity was so bad there that the glasses that was on my face annoyingly kept getting fogged because of the steam in the air. I had to keep wiping them every now and again.
The only reason why I didn't make my way home yet was because I was waiting for my friend to come out so we could walk home together
Honaka was still inside, probably looking for. I did skip class for the zillionth time. But by this time she should already know where I am.
Honaka was the only reason why I came to this shit hole of school in the first place. I hated this school with a passion. Not because of the students, the students didn't cause me any trouble, but because I simply hated being in those boring classing learning shit I probably would never use after I graduate.
Yeah, you can say I was a bit lazy, but not necessarily. I was much more of a handy man than anything.
When the bell rang for students to be let out, they all rushed out the front entrance all at once. You could see the many students chatting and making their way down the road that lead into town and the train station.
Everyone was their school uniforms; it was a simple black and gray plaid bottoms and white button up shirts. The uniform was plain and totally boring. It didn't pop like the city kids uniform.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I lived in the northern part of Japan where it was mostly country and grass land. We were known for growing the best crops but that was about it this town ever was acknowledged for. Most of the kids that was around my age tried their best to keep up with the city style by dying their hair different colors, wearing those extremely flashy clothes with a lot of colors, and tanning. Ugh. Honestly, who ever came up with the tanning idea seriously was on drugs or something. To be honest, I hated all those things as well. I think that if a girl has to wear all that get up just so people can give her attention was 1. She had serious daddy issues or 2. She was just some attention whore.
And thrust me, we had plenty of those here.
After most of the students had left off the school property, there were still no signs of Honaka. Like me, she was never big on staying after school after hours. I figured that she was still looking for me. I got up form the spot I was sitting at for the pass hours or so and before I could even turn around, something hard and thick hit the back of my head and almost knock me dizzy.
"Hey what's the big idea!?" I blurted out in anger and pain. But I soon bit my lip when I turned to see the angry looking chestnut brown hair girl looking at me with her emerald green eyes. She looked angry and ready to kill me.
"Ryouji, what did I tell you about skipping class!" her words was sharp and ready to cut.
"Ah, you have the wrong idea…" I started babbling. "I had something to do and…" I stopped because it would just make Honaka looked more dangerous than what she already was. She was no idiot, she knew me better than anyone.
"If it wasn't for me you would be failing," She informed me for the zillionth time. She handed me the same book she hit me with and said, "Here, you forgot this." She gave that cute and innocent smile which I loved so much. I took the book from her hand and realized that it was the calculus text book. Ugh, calculus. She does this to me on purpose. She knows how much I hate yet pushes me the most hard at it. But I can't say I not grateful, she is the reason I was graduating after all.
"Thanks a lot." I said sarcastically.
"Oh don't act like that!" she slapped me on the shoulder and laughed playfully. "You'll thank me when it's over. One more year and then I'll leave you alone. That is if you're not too lazy to get a job. If so, this process will start all over again.
"Well kill me now." I said quietly as I put the text book into my book bag that was around my shoulders. Without a warning, I started down the road, leaven Honaka where I left.
"Hey wait up!" she yelled as she hurried up to catch up with me. "Don't leave me like that." She pouted cutely and I grinned at her in returned.
The road that we were walking on lead into town and the local train station that wasn't that far from the school. The sky was still gray and it seem like the clouds had gotten even thicker. Any minute it would start raining and I did not have an umbrella. That day I had to go to work but I still walked Honaka home. Well not really walk her home, but to the train station. Honaka lived in the next town over which wasn't that far from my town. I honestly didn't know why she went to this shit hole they call a school. She was so smart and beautiful, as well as popular. (Yeah, isn't it strange that were such good friends?) She could have been one of those girls who went to Tokyo to attention one of those red ribbon schools, living on her own in one of those student apartments. But she didn't. She stayed here in this nothing to do town with these nothing to gain from people, and that included me.
Yeah, it's sad to say but she was to good for me, to good for anyone in this town. Geez, it was hard to be in love with someone who seemed so perfect.
Like I predicted, it started to rain. But it was only drizzling though. I still had my hoodie on my head but I wondered if Honaka was alright. But unlike me, she was prepared. She pulled out a pink umbrella from out of her book bag and said, "Here Ryo-kun, get under with me."
"Yeah, as if." I said. I would be damn walking under that girly pink umbrella. She rolled her eyes and open the umbrella and there were all these white fluffy bunnies that look like was drawn by a fourth grader. I was defiantly not going to get under that.
"Come on Ryo-kun, it's just an umbrella. No one would care." She said with her sweet sounding voice that she always pulled me in with, But not this time.
"No way, there's no way I'm walking under that pink umbrella. Besides, I'm a guy, what I look like letting a girl carry the umbrella for me."
"He-he, okay then," she handed me the umbrella and put that same smile on her face. "Then you carry it then." I swear she always get her way with me.
I grabbed the umbrella out her hand and sighed, "Happy?" I said sarcastically and she smiled that little evil smile she would give me when she gets her way. She rapped her are around mine and we continue to walk down the road.
I truly didn't get it. What did she see in me? I was lame in every way. She would hang out with me almost all the time with now real reason even though she could be hanging out with more interesting people. Of cause I didn't mine her company; it's just that I thought she had better things to do.
She still had her arm around mine while I held the sickly pink umbrella in my other hand. She was so short walking beside me that it made me laugh inside. She was only like 5'4 and that was extremely short compared to my 6'0 height. At that moment, we looked like a real couple. It made my cheeks flushed.
"Hey Ryo-kun, what are you going to do for the summer break?" she spoke suddenly. That was right; summer vacation was just around a corner.
"Nothing," I said. I wasn't that much of a summer person and I never have any real plans.
"Well that's boring." She said, "My dad plan a summer trip to visit my family beach house."
"Summer house?" I almost forgot that Honaka came from a wealthily background. That was one of the many reason why Honaka was so popular. "Well that sounds fun."
"Yeah…" The smile that was on her face quickly faded away. "Fun." She said in a very sarcastic tone.
"Why you say it like that?" I asked, "I would have though you would be excited."
She kept silent for a brief moment and at that point I knew something was wrong. "My family trips aren't really what you call fun" she said with air quotes around Fun.
"How come?" I asked, but she didn't say anything more. I knew she didn't want to talk about it.
Believe it or not, Honaka didn't really open up to me. I knew her since the first day of middle school and we been friends since but a part of me feels like I don't truly know her, like she's been hiding something. But I never truly asked her about it. I already knew that Honaka was that type of person who didn't like to talk about feelings and junk. She was much like me in a way.
The whole rest of the walk to the train station was quiet. It was weird, I wasn't use to walking home with her and it would be quiet. Honaka was a lively girl who you never find without a smile on her face. Whatever that was on her mind had to be really been bugging her. I wasn't sure if I should ask her or not about what was wrong. It was extremely hard reading her some time.
We were getting close to the train station. The train station was near the town park, me and Honaka cut through it all the time to get to the train faster. I guess since it was raining, there were no kids playing in the playground. Afterschool, the park was usually lively with plenty of kids.
And at that moment, that was when Honaka started acting really weird. I was walking and didn't even really realize she had let go of my arm until she called out my name. "Ryouji…" her voice sounded heavy. I turned around and she was wet by the rain that was coming down even harder than before. The expression on her face looked like she just seen a ghost or something.
"Honaka?" I rushed to her side and pulled the umbrella over her so she wouldn't get wet anymore than what she already was. "What's wrong?" She looked straight, to the corner we were about to turn. There was nothing there but it looked like she was staring at something. "What is it that you're staring at?" I asked.
"Ryouji… we have to get out of here." She said her voice was shaky. I was confused.
"Tell me what's w—" I'd stopped at the sound of foot steps that was coming from behind me. I turned around to see who it was and my eyes widen in shock when I laded eyes on a girl who looked some what familiar to me. She was wearing my school uniform but it looked tore and dirty like someone been rolling her around in dirt all day. Honaka was still standing next to me, frozen. I was confused. Was this the reason she wanted to get away? The girl obviously looked like she needed help, why did she want to run?
"Honaka, she needs our help!" I said, trying to rush to the girl aids, Honaka pulled my arm with strength I never thought she had.
"Don't go near her… It not safe!" looked at Honaka like she was crazy, how could she say that? That girl needed help. It was obvious! I couldn't live with myself if I just turn my back.
"We can't do that we have to help her." I pulled away from her and ran to the girl aid. But before I could reach her, the girl fell to the ground coughing. I'd panic and lifted her head up from off the ground, laying her head in my arms. Her hair was light brown and her skin was pale. She smelled like a rotting body and her clothes looked like she was already dead. I pushed the hair from her face to take a good look at her and to my surprise, I did know her.
Her name was Mya Inoue, a second year student that went missing about 3 months ago. Her face had been all over the news and newspapers; everyone thought she was dead by the sudden disappearances. She was alive… or was she. It was hard to tell. She had completely stopped moving.
Honaka stayed in the same spot that I left her but her face looked as confused as I felt.
"What happen to this girl?" I said out loud. Honaka snapped out of her ongoing gaze and rushed to my side.
"Ryouji, you should be careful…" I didn't know what I should be careful of, this girl was hurt.
But that was when it started. I should have listened to Honaka.
I stared at the girl face and her eyes began to open. I felt happy inside that she wasn't dead. As her eyes slowly open, I felt this weird chill feeling go down my spine. I didn't know why but something told me to run.
When her eyes open completely, fear filled my body as I looked at the blood redness of her eyes. They were red, red like blood. How could that be possible?
Her body started shaking and Honaka strong grip pulled me away. The girl head hit the ground but that didn't even cause her to stop shaking. At this point I was freaked out.
"What the hell is happening to her?" I panic. Honaka started backing up, pulling me with her.
"We have to go, there's no time!" she said. But it felt like I couldn't even hear her, I stayed focused on the girl that was on the ground shaking.
Suddenly, the girl stops shaking and laded there on the ground for just a brief moment. I couldn't look away; there was no way I could. The girl lifted herself up, sitting up right. She looked my way and I felt my heart drop.
She managed to get up on her feet and look at me with those bloody eyes. Now I was the one frozen.
What is she…? She can't be human…what is she going to do? Those were the thoughts that filled my mind. But that wasn't all that. Her voice… she spoke in the creepiest way.
"Blood… I need Blood!"
Author Note/ Hello everyone! It has been a while. This is a remake of my old story BloodLust. BloodLust had to many errors so i deleted it all together. but i hope this version make it worth wild. Thank You for Reading!
Until next time my lovelies ~ Miko-Tan~