Breathing heavily, Soseki stared at Arashi looking down at the grown he was laying on his brown shaggy hair covering his eyes. Soseki, not breaking his gaze, sighed out "Arashi are you ok.." Before he could say another word Arashi did a kick up off the floor scaring Soseki a little.
'I can't believe it...this kid..is a monster' Soseki thought. Arashi puts his fist up attempting to imitate Soseki's stance. Arashi jumps up and down, tucks his chin and a grin appears on his face. 'Damn it, I'm running out of stamina.. think, Think, THINK!!'
Without a second to spare Arashi dashes forward and interlocks his arm with Soseki's, quickly turning around with his back on Soseki's back he lifts his left leg and violently throws his torso forwards.
Using the momentum, he pulls hard on Soseki's arm lifting him over his shoulder and straight to the ground. Before Arashi could capitalize on the fling Soseki softly gasped out "I..I forfeit"
Arashi's foot mere inches away from Soseki's face, he yelled out "FINALLY!! Thought you wouldn't, that look in your eyes. Looked like you still had some tricks left in you"
Soseki stares at him blankly and thought 'Fight in me? I can barely breathe' "You're..Strong." Soseki managed to gasp out. "I could barely keep up with you," He added.
"You're not too bad yourself, I really enjoy that fight. Say, you mind telling me where you learned those skills." Arashi questioned. 'Sigh, how am I going to weasel my way out of this?' Soseki thought dejectedly.'
"I copied it" Soseki admitted "I was watching a ninja practice some katas in a training ground" I lied smoothly.
"Is that so?" Arashi mused, "How long have you been practicing, you seem very familiar with it." He asked. "Well, I usually practice in private. But I have been at it for about two years."
"Wow, you did all of this off katas you saw once? You're…Incredible." Arashi remarked "Well I don't know about all that, I'm just good after memorizing things" he said scratching his cheek.
"Arashi your nose." I pointed out. "Oh, I the bleeding restarted, how unfortunate. How about we head back to the orphanage and get patched up." Arashi suggested.
"Yah it is getting late, wouldn't want Oyari-San to be mad at us," I added. Arashi grabbed his bag, and we started to walk back to the orphanage.
They reach the orphanage before sundown. As they enter the building a caretaker informs them that dinner is ready, and they should head to the cafeteria.
Making their way to the cafeteria, dinner was already on the table waiting for them.
"So Soseki, you have been a little off today, is anything the matter." Arashi said abruptly.
'How do I even answer that, I thought I acted normal like any kid' Soseki thought. "How so?" I asked. "Well, you don't usually like playing with us, I just wanted to know what was different today." Arashi added
"I just felt like it, you know," Soseki said, trying to lie his way out. "Is that so.." Arashi stared deep into Soseki's eyes. "This morning, you said your leg was hurt, but you seemed to be just fine when we were sparing"
'Crap, he got me! There is no way i can get out of this one' Soseki quickly scrambled in his brain to say but Arashi kept speaking "You looked so attentive today, a little too attentive. You're looking around as if you have never seen it before"
'He's too good, this is supposed to be a child not an FBI agent' Soseki thought in alarm. Soseki weakly sputtered out "Its uh compl-" Again Arashi cut him off "Was it the letter?"
An awkward silence washed over the two orphans. 'Is this a bluff? Is there a note or is he trying to draw info out of me. If I stay silent, he can take that as my confusion or me affirming I got a letter.' A minute went by till Arashi spoke "It is, isn't it, what it is. Are you getting adopted Soseki"
'What Adopted? That must be the note he was talking about, I'm guessing the note was information on my soon to be parents. But why is he bringing that up so suddenly?' Soseki thought.
"So I was right, that look in your eyes when you woke up was so much darker than what you usually have. You also were just there like you did not even want to wake up. You did not even want to walk, and you look at all the rooms like it was your first time, reminiscing I suppose"
"Getting adopted is a good thing Soseki, no need to be down in the dumps about it. I know you never got along with any of us. But if you don't want to leave you can always decline. You could just wait a little longer till you get another opportunity for better parents even if it takes a while."
"Soseki you just turned 7, so you really don't have to be sad about things like these, depression is not worth it. If you have been depressed all this time you could have talked to me or one of the matrons."
Soseki thought blankly '...depressed? I had nothing to fear, he is way off from the truth. Under normal circumstances his evaluation would have been correct. However, my circumstances aren't normal.'
Arashi keeped saying "It's fine, get some rest. We can do a lot of fun things tomorrow to get your mind off of it." Soseki absently waved at the brunet "Goodnight, see you tomorrow." Turning a corner and walking back to his room.
As he turned the corner Arashi's smile faded. 'Something is definitely wrong, but I don't know what. I'll try to figure it out tomorrow.'
Soseki went into his room and closed the door, looking around he could see other children occupying the beds. 'It should almost be 8:00, I need to hit the hay.' Quietly climbing onto his bunk trying not to wake anyone up.
Resting his head on his pillow slipping his finger under it for warmth, his shutting eyes snap awake as he feels a piece of paper. 'This might be the paper he talked about'
'But this bed is very comfortable, it would not hurt to get a little shuteye first' Before he knew it Soseki was out like a light, drifting away into a comforting slumber.
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A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapter, I have finals, so I don't get to write as often as I want. That being said, what did you guys think? Do you guys like Ashira? Why is he so calculative you may wonder? I would like to hear all your thought, theories and ideas. If I like them enough I might even add it into my FanFic ;).