Into an Otome Game

4. Artifact [1]

If there were one thing Shiki couldn't understand, it would be how no one else noticed the petty imitation of Luna as Rinalyn. He couldn't help but wonder how the others was fooled by her stiff acting.

Luna was trying her best, yet she was. . bad at it. She and Rinalyn have quite a contrasting style. Shiki may not be able to speak with Rinalyn, but he's observant. Like how he knew Remus had been stealing glances over his sister, Rei.

Luna tends to wear long stylish dresses, you'll never see her wear shorts or short skirts. It was one of Luna's distinct features that Shiki noticed. Another is that she's a button-up shirt and t-shirt kind of girl- her pants were mostly a trouser or cargo. She has this unique way of dressing up.

Meanwhile, Rinalyn tend to be an all pants and rarely skirt type of girl. She was tall, Rei told her brother that, Rinalyn tend to be insecure of her height, she thought that skirts and short skirt dresses doesn't fit her. When in casual clothes, Rinalyn is often seen being in a jumper pants or jeans.

Oh, and their hairstyles. Shiki always see Luna with only two hair styles, it's either on pony tail or just freely down. That's just it, while Rinalyn styles it differently each day. A bun, a fishtail, a low braid, a half pony tail and more.

"So, you said you're gonna get your eye?"

Shiki's train of thoughts was interrupted when Luna appeared by his side. Today, Luna was wearing a one piece pastel brown button down dress. There was an attached ribbon string for it to be it's belt. Luna' hair was also in a low loose braided twin tails.

Luna noticed how Shiki was scanning her from head to toe, making her feel quite uneasy. She turn her body to the side and asked, "Dude, what the hell are you doing?"

Shiki stared up at her golden eyes. "You look different." He replied.

Luna was baffled, different? Well, she was in fact. She is in disguise.

"You. . . are you alright in the head? I'm in disguise, of course, I look different."

". . .That's not what I meant, but whatever." He answered bluntly as he turn back and started walking.

'What is he on about? I don't get him, I really don't and probably never will!' Luna thought as she walk along with Shiki towards the School.

It was currently five in the morning, it was a good thing- there wasn't anyone, no student nor teacher was roaming around. It didn't matter really, but what kind of rumors would spread if other saw them going into the clinic together when there's no one else around there? Such horrendous thoughts!

'They wouldn't probably think of one of us luring the other to get them killed, right?' Luna thought, as gruesome scenes appear in her head. She immediately shook off the thoughts as they had arrived to the clinic and went to the laboratory.

***

Cough. Cough. Cough.

Rinalyn awoken by a cold water being splash into her. Her eyes getting the hard time to see, everything around her was blurry, and was only dimly lighten.

Ah, that's right, she fainted again after trying to find something sharp around her to cut off the ties, yet she didn't find anything. She was too exhausted.

"She's awake." Said a rather familiar voice, but Rinalyn couldn't remember whom. What she knows was it's from a woman. "What are you even going to do to her?"

"I didn't pay you to ask me questions, did I?" A hoarse voice- another familiar voice was heard and she knew exactly who.

But why? She was suspicious of him, but she shrugged it off, after all, he was a respected man. How could he do this?

"Come on, we're partners now, a little leaking of motive wouldn't hurt. Then I'll go first," the woman chuckled. "I want her dead, your turn."

"I'll kill you before you could even lay a hand on her. You already know my motive, don't act dumb." The man chided.

The woman let out a scoff. "Ah right, it's the cliché 'she is mine, and only mine' or perhaps 'if I can't have her, no one can!' is that it? What's with this obsession for love? God-damn."

"Well, you did kept an eye on her, like a hawk, it's creepy. Luna' sharp, she kept feeling your gaze yet was naive enough to be fooled by me." She added, sneering.

Rinalyn didn't understand any of it. Ah, since she was disguising as Luna, she indeed became the hostage. What's more was that, Dion have a very unhealthy obsession with Luna.

What's more shocking to her was that, Hikari. . .she was working with him in the shadows. She was right all along.