Chapter 2:
Love at First... Underwear?
“Lilly? Hello? Anyone in there?” a familiar voice flooded through my head. I felt, with my hands, around the area where I was at that moment. I was on a bed, a comfy bed in particular and someone was trying to wake me up I assumed.
I opened my eyes slowly and I saw a girl, around my age with long black hair, small cute glasses, bright green eyes and a small gap in between her two front teeth. It was my best friend Chelsea!
“Morning!” She greeted me. I gave her a half smile. I slowly sat up in my bed and paced my hands on my face. I picked at the insides of my eyes to collect all of the sleep that was jammed in there.
“Hi...” I replied slowly.
“That dream again, huh?” Chelsea asked. She walked over to our shared cupboard. We keep our school uniforms and other clothes in there. I had my own dorm with my best friend at an Academy in Australia. My name is Lilly and I’m 14, so is Chelsea. I have long golden hair which I normally put into pig tails, and blue eyes. You think you know everything about my Academy so far? Well, the whole Academy was built to help Vampires and humans get along with each other. Only about ten humans go here though... I am one of them and so is Chelsea. The boy who saved me that night goes here too. His name is Shiro and I kind of have a little crush on him. Ever since that day, I’ve been having the same dreams of my memories. Sure they’re just dreams but they’re memories which I hate to go through again and again. Since I became an orphan, Shiro has promised me he will take care of me. He took me here to protect me and I now live here. But I’ve got a little fear too...
“C’mon! We’ve gotta hurry!” Chelsea said throwing my school uniform on top of my face. Ooff, I thought as I held in it my hands.
“What’s on today that you’re so excited about?” I asked her. She turned to look at me with a shocked expression. Oh lord, I thought, what have I forgotten this time?
“What do you mean? It’s festival day! Don’t you remember?” She yelled stripping off fast. She quickly slipped on her school top and vest. “How short should I make my skirt do you reckon?” She asked me.
“I don’t know... you tell me.” I replied slowly getting out of bed. We had three beds in our dorm and there was only the two of us. We had a small kitchen and bathroom too. It was like a nice little small house! I loved it! It was like home to me. 2 years ago when that incident happened, I really felt home sick when I first moved here. But then when I met Chelsea, things started to change. She was like the sister I never had! I was always an only child in my family. My father went to war but died when I was just 7 and my mother was killed by that Vampire on that horrid night when I was 12. That night still haunts me today.
“C’mon! You wanna get to the front of the stalls don’t you? Then hurry up!” She called out to me as she ran into the bathroom. I heard her begin to brush her teeth.
“I’m going, it’s just... whenever I dream that night again, and it’s always so vivid. I like forget it’s going to happen and it just does the same thing over and over again. I hate it...” I mumbled. I sat on my bed, my sheets spread out along the bed, all messy and needing of a wash soon. I must add that onto my ‘To-Do’ list.
“I’m pretty sure Shiro will be there!” She spat out tooth paste as she peered through the door from the bathroom and looked at me.
“You’re cleaning that spit up first.” I demanded with a yawn. I stood up and grabbed my hair brush. I slid my brush through my long, thick, knotty hair and thought; my biggest fear was to get bitten by a Vampire... I’m surrounded by them every day! There’s no escaping them, but Shiro said he will protect me! With his beautiful purple hair and eyes, his serious looking face and little smile... hmmm... I-I-I lov...
“Helloooo? Lilly? You’ve been brushing your hair for 10 whole minutes! Can you hurry up already?” Chelsea said knocking her fist on my head.
“Huh? Oh! I lost track of time! Sorrrryyyy!” I laughed and ran into the bathroom myself.
“Stop thinking about Shiro, or I’ll have to dress you myself!” She cried out to me. Why would she scream that out so loudly? If anyone found out I liked a Vampire, it would be all over the school’s newspaper! The headline would be called: ‘Girl loves Vampire who saved her many years ago!’ Oh my God! I couldn’t deal with that... and besides, all of the human girls won’t be caught liking one of the Vampires anyway... they would prefer humans. I would be the only girl in the world who falls in love with a beast in human form.
I started brushing my teeth and looked at the clock next to the sink. It said 7:30 am. WHAT?! She got me up this early just to buy tasty food and Japanese plush toys? I’ll kill her! The festival was basically Japanese. It happened once every 6 months and it gets us learning about the Japanese tradition. Chelsea loves it and I find it interesting. She loves all of the anime toys off T.V. shows like Inuyasha, Mew Mew Power, Bleach, everything manga!
Once I had finished brushing my teeth, I walked out into the living room. I stripped off my pyjama shorts, to save time, and I waddled into my room again.
“Oh, Lilly! Look who’s here! Shiro stopped by to say hello and ask if we were going to the festival and... Why aren’t you wearing any pants?” She said pointing at my underwear. Shiro was standing right in front of me. He was a lot taller than that night he saved me. His head tilted to one side and he looked confused.
Oh my God! I took off my pants on the way so we’d leave a little earlier! Crap! Shiro was looking at me and I was wearing no pants! Only my underwear!
I blushed a whole lot and snatched my school skirt off my bed. I quickly slipped it on and around my waist.
“H-hi Shiro... N-nice day isn’t it?” I shuddered as I said that sentence. “Y-yes, we’ll be going to the festival t-today! D-don’t you worry!”
“Sorry for... coming here at such an early and unreasonable time. I apologise for it.” He said nodding. I was very flustered and I was breathing fast.
“N-no it’s fine! Really, haha!” I laughed and quickly bolted out of the room, my uniform top and vest in my arms.
That was sooo embarrassing! Oh my God! I placed my hand over my face; I hate it when things like this happen! Soon he’ll know for sure I like him! How can he like someone like me... it’s impossible...! I’m too, well bland and he’s... AMAZING! OH!
There was two knocks on the bathroom door. I was in the bathroom sitting on my small white toilet lid. “Yeah?” I asked wondering who it was. The door slowly opened and a familiar face peered through. Shiro.
“Oh... hi...” I said hugging my clothes. I didn’t turn to look at him after that. I knew I was completely red faced and I didn’t want to see his beautiful eyes... I would get lost in them for sure!
“Are you alright?” He asked walking in. He slowly shut the door behind him and my heart began to thump. We were alone together... in a bathroom... it wasn’t the most romantic place to be at a time like this but it’ll do if I’m away from Chelsea’s complaints.
“Yeah! I’m fine! Why do you ask?” I said happily rubbing the back of my head. He sat on the tiled floor next to me.
He looked deeply into my eyes. I tried to avoid them but I couldn’t, like I was drawn to them. I couldn’t help it!
“You just seemed a little... not your usual self. Is anything okay?” He asked. His eyes were on mine and I just wanted to tell him how much he meant to me.
I looked down at my clothes and laughed, “Other than you seeing me without pants on? No nothing out of the ordinary.” I admitted and laughed again.
“You’re embarrassed? Don’t be. I don’t mind really. My older sister, back home used to walk around the house without any clothes on. I’m sort of used to it.” He said shooting me a half smile.
The image of him kissing another guy was placed into my mind. Oh crap! I’ve never thought of that! Is he gay or not?
“Don’t mind me asking, Shiro,” I struggled to say, “are you... gay?”
His eyes widened. A small smile grew on his cheekbones. “Yes.” He said.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I thought! HE’S GAY! MY LIFE IS RUINED! I’M IN LOVE WITH A GAY GUY!
“Yes, I am very happy today. Are you? He asked. Oh he meant the ‘other’ gay. That was nearly awful.
“Well, I’m not a happy chappie but that’s not what I meant. Are you gay as in... You like boys rather than girls?” I finally said so he would understand a lot clearer. My stomach began to hurt as he looked down at the floor. He perched his legs up and held them.
“No, I dislike males. I like females. Why did you want to know?” He asked. He had a confused expression.
“No reason... I like guys... haha.” I giggled trying to sound happy. Thank God! He likes girls! I really hope I have a chance with him sometime...
“You should get ready for the festival, okay. I’ll be waiting outside.” He said smiling.