Wed. con't.
"Takeshi! Come down here for a second. I need you down here," Arhiyan's voice yells up the stairs. Takeshi slowly wakes up and looks around for Ren.
"Where's Ren?" He walks downstairs.
"What're you talking about?" Arhiyan looks over at him as he walks into the living room where she sat on one of the couches.
"Ren. She was just here…." Takeshi's eyes meet Ember's and he quickly shuts up. "Ma'am? May I ask what you are doing here?" He quickly stands up straight.
"You need to come with me," Ember stands up and walks to the door.
"Maiman will stay here. You will come with," she walks out of his house. Takeshi looks over at Arhiyan before he runs off after Ember.
"May I ask what's going on?" Takeshi jogs up to her as she turns down an empty alley.
"You ask too many questions. Assassin form activate," with Ember's last three words, Takeshi freezes in his place. Large hand claws appear on his hands after he pulls off his shirt and puts on a hoodie. He throws the hood over his head and rolls his neck as black markings appear all over his body as his bandage wrappings fall off. He cracks his neck then gets quiet.
"Follow me," Ember watches the whole transformation before turning and continuing to walk. They walk to the Church then walk inside. Takeshi doesn't say anything to May so she stays quiet. As soon as they reach a room after walking through lots of hallways, Ember closes the door behind her and Takeshi.
"I want you to meet my adopted daughter. She will be your partner for your next mission. Now, human form," Ember locks eyes with Takeshi and he turns back to his normal self. He rubs his head and Ember looks away from him.
"I'll leave you two to talk," Ember leaves the room.
"So, you're the Takeshi I hear everyone talking about," a girl's voice says behind him. He turns towards the voice and sees a girl with long silver hair and light green eyes sitting on a desk by a window.
"I honestly didn't think you'd be this cute," the girl walks over to him as she fixes her skin tight jump suit.
"I'm Eclipse, your new girlfriend," she smirks and pulls him close to her.
"What?" He looks at her with confusion.
"That's my role. I'm your girlfriend. And we get to go to school together," she smiles, making Takeshi's heart flutter.
"What the hell is going on?" He takes a step away from her.
"I already told you. I'm your girlfriend. I'm going to go to school with you. It's the role I play," she lets out a sigh.
"Why?" He takes another step back.
"Because, Ember said so," she takes a step towards him.
"We might as well figure out how to play the roles," she lets out a sigh and runs her hand through her hair.
"The longer it takes for us to get into these roles, the longer we're going to be in this room," she takes a step towards him as his back hits the wall.
"Fine. I still don't understand this though," his eyes lock with hers.
"Ember said to so that's what we do. We follow her rules. We have to follow her rules otherwise…" she gets quiet.
"Let's just get along, ok? Maybe something real will show up between us. You never know," she lightly smiles. Takeshi lets out a small sigh as his eyes land on her lips that were only inches away from his. "Takeshi. I love that name," she leans close and her lips land on his. He pulls her close and kisses back, all of his anger, frustrations, and confusions slowly disappearing.
A knock on the door breaks their kisses.
"Come on in we're all cleaned up, on the details I mean," Eclipse laughs and steps back from Takeshi as the door opens.
"Um. Ms. Ember asked that you two leave when you guys had made each other's acquaintances," May barely steps into the room as her voice stands almost at a whisper.
"Thanks… May," Takeshi tries to hide the awkwardness in his voice.
"Yeah," she turns and walks away.
"Well she's practically in love with you," Eclipse laughs.
"Thanks," Takeshi sighs then walks out of the room.
"Any time hottie," Eclipse laughs then follows him out of the building.