Angel POV

After School

It's after school, and I am sitting on the table in the park where Mikoto and I first met, I was just thinking about what Kuroh had said when he told me, 'Stay away from him! Your life will depend on it! What did he mean by that? Was I really in trouble, or was he, jealous? I don't know, but Mikoto was my new friend, I trusted him. I picked up my head, and I noticed that Mikoto hadn't arrived yet, so I started to walk home, knowing that he wouldn't be here. As I was walking and listening to music, I was grabbed from the waist, and a hand was placed over my mouth. I begun to struggle, but he, or she, didn't let go so I bit his hand, and he let out an almost controlled scream. And little did I know, I wouldn't be seeing anyone for a while.

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so unfocused about what we were really talking about. I was tossed into a room, and I saw a woman a few feet in front of me. The room was unfamiliar, filled with unfamiliar smells. The room didn't even smell like anything, the only thing that went into my nose, was air.

"W-where am I? Who are you?"

"Her name is Anna."

"Hi Angel." She said.

"And you are just in our secret hideout, that's all." I looked around, and I saw Mikoto. And his two friends, Izumo, and Misaki.

"Why am I here?" I was scared, because I didn't know what was going on, a lump in my throat threatened to come up and turn into tears, and I swallowed it for fear they would see.

"You're here because we want you to be safe, and we need to take you somewhere to keep you safe... beautiful." Izumo said, and I looked at him like he was crazy, and I took a step away from him.

"Thanks. I appreciate it, but I can take care of myself."

"No, with this, you can' t be yourself. Please Angel, come with us." I looked at him, and I knew that he would keep trying, and he also had a look like he was going to cry so, I gave up.

"Okay, fine. Where are we going."

"To my bar." Izumo answered quickly.

"Okay, how will I be safe in a bar?"I asked, very curious about how I would be safe in a bar, considering I was hit on at a bar when I was 15. Then again they don't know that I've been at a bar before so yeah.

Then Mikoto said, "Trust us Angel, we care about you, and we won't let anything happen to you."

"Okay, I trust you."

We filed out of the room quickly, and after we were settled in the car, we took off. I sat next to Mikoto in the back, and Izumo and Anna in the front, and then Misaki was next to Mikoto who was in the middle. I was tired from the long day, and my eyelids began to flutter closed as I slowly, fell asleep in Mikoto's arms.

Mikoto POV

In two hours, we finally got into the bar but she fell asleep in my arms and she looked more beautiful in her sleep. I pick her up, and carry Angel inside of the bar, and she begins to open her eyes again.

"Are we there yet?" She said with a pretty smile.

"Yes, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, but first you need to put me down."

"Oh, yea, sorry." He placed me back on my feet, and I rubbed my eyes from the sleep that threatened to bring me back to the peacefulness.

"Okay, ask away." Mikoto took a deep breath and closed his eyes, and then opened them to ask me his question.

"I love you, Angel. Do you love me?" Was he really asking me this, I already had a boyfriend, and, I just couldn't fall in love with his, loving, blood red eyes, and his bad boy look, at least, I thought he looked like a bad boy.

"Well, you're a nice boy and all, but, I can't. I mean, you're cute and all, but-"

"Cute? You think I'm cute?"

"No, I just, it's just your eyes-"

"Oh, so you like my eyes now? Okay. I get it." He says now messing around with me, wait, did I call him cute, oh boy, this is going to be a long night.

Then Angel did what we all least expected her to do... she asked for a beer. And we all gave her a, 'did you really just ask that' kind of look. But she just shrugged, and she insisted for a beer, and I gave her a beer, and everyone else too.

"Since when do you drink?" I asked her.

"Since, since I turned 15, afterwards, my dad went to work, and ever since then, I haven't been able to talk to him. So, I went to bars, and I would drink the pain away continuously, every night." She said through harsh tears.

"Wait, why can't you talk to your dad?" I asked.

"Well, Seri Awashima keeps saying to me that he is way too busy to talk to me, so, some time went by, and I just stopped going to visit." and she was still crying when she answered me.

We exchanged sad glances to one another, and it was silent for five minutes, it was kind of scary actually.

"We're sorry Angel."

"It's ok....... I just, I need to go to the bathroom." She half ran to the bathroom, leaving us all with shocked faces.

"Okay."