One time, at the mall...

[leroxycloxy]

Beige walked the aisles of the somewhat quiet book store compared to everywhere else in the mall. She was wide awake (thank goodness for that), and had her fingers brushing against the covers of each book of different genres. Some were fiction, some were non fiction, some were drama, some were comedy...the list could go on and on but then this would be about books and that would be boring.

As if in a set pattern, Beige would stop to pick out a book that caught her eye, flip through the pages, then put the book back. She had been doing that for at least 10 minutes. Finally, the picky reader found a book that she thought about buying and didn't just mindlessly flip through.

Quietly, Beige walked over to the counter where the clerk who handled the register was, scanning the bookshelves in case there was any other book that she would like before paying. Her mind was in complete bliss right now...

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

Cobalt eyes drifted from the store fronts for a minute, scanning each individual number, and letter in each store name. How odd, Z had been only used once-- Or maybe twice. A very uncommon letter indeed. The boys attention left from silly little numbers and letters to the book store that had been a few inches in front of him, and his body moved forward to approach the store.

Moving a slightly gloved hand to where his purple scarf to pull it up over his mouth, as his eyes drifted from bookshelf to bookshelf, nothing seemed to interesting. This store was a sea of text, picture-less books, scattered magazines, and the few children's books. Moving over to the fiction section his hand stopped abruptly on a book titled Red dragon. He didn't know why his body had found it pleasing to stop there, but he had heard of this book.

Ah-ha, after a moment of thinking the words clicked in his head, this was a book written by Thomas Harris, the man had made an eerie subject such as cannibalism so intriguing. Two fingers tip towed up the books spine before he pulled it out, light blue orbs looking over to see an empty row, and another glance to see a girl standing over by the cashiers desk, curious arose in him, and he had wondered who she was.. Why she was here, and what was she buying. A slight smile tugged at the corners of his lips from beneath the purple fabric of his scarf. He would make his move sooner or later.

[leroxycloxy]

Satisfied, Beige paid the man before her and turned to stroll off, wishing him a good day which was tinted with that lovely English accent of hers. Beige brushed away a wayward lock of brown hair as she sauntered towards the exit and walking past...a boy wearing a jacket and scarf? That was odd for this time of year.

Beige's mud puddle eyes glanced at the stranger as she walked past him. Near the exit, Beige stopped and leaned on the door to start reading her book. This probably wasn't the most appropriate place to start reading a book, but she did it all the time. Besides, something interesting could probably happen today.

(I'm just kinda guessing it's warm weather. Quaa~~)

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

His eyes followed her until she reached the exit stopping to read her book. "What an odd person to just stop there." A quiet mumble from his covered lips. He brought the book up so he could see the cover, and for a moment the book looked like it had split down the middle. Almost dropping it he closed his eyes for a moment. A shaky hand traced the cover of the book to make sure it was all in tact, and Thank god it was.

Eyes slowly opened, moving back to see the girl reading the book. This would be his turn to become the friendly person he would end up hating so much so. Reluctantly his body moved forward to see the girl, curious eyes trying to sneak a peak at the girls book.

It was true, this was not the weather for jackets and scarfs, but the boy had been overly fond of the fabric, and the way the had looked to keep with the trend of 'summer cloths'. Small eager fingertips drummed along the side of the hard covered book. Zetsu, zetsu.. You poor pathetic person.. You know how to act shy.. So do so. The same hissing voice yelled at him in the back of his head.

"Hello.." A small offbeat tone hung to his voice, and his top row of teeth seized his lower lip..A true sign of nervous-ness.

[leroxycloxy]

Beige quietly flip the page of the book, not taking her eyes off of it for a minute. The book itself? Shady Lady. How this caught Beige's eye, she had no idea, but she was into novels that were probably somewhere under romance and suspense. As interested in the book as she was, Beige's expression remained as cool, calm, and almost indifferent. Another page flipped, and the sound of footsteps and a greeting caught Beige's attention.

Beige looked up, not annoyed at all by the fact she couldn't finish at least the first chapter. It was the same boy she had passed and his teeth almost caught Beige by surprise. Were they sharp...? She refused to show her slight shock and responded with a polite, "And hello to you, too. Can I help you?"

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

Another odd choice, the title it self gave it away as a quite boring book. His weight shifted from foot to foot, he seemed rather uncomfortable standing there. His eyes widened slightly when the girl had spoken to him, how weird... No one ever speaks to him. His teeth let go of his lip to let his tongue lick the dry skin of his lips.

I'd like to take your liver with a side order of peas. On the inside he was smiling, a very devious smile at that. But he wasn't sure if his alter-ego was being honest, or just quoting the book he had held in his hands.

Zetsu, you're a smart boy, think of something witty He slid over slightly to the left with his eyes still holding the contact with hers. "Uhm, I'm just doing a school report about 'Kira'" A small pause, he didn't know where he was going with this. Cobalt eyes glanced at the book she held. Ah,suspense. That might come in handy later. "And I was wondering what are your views on him/her? "

[leroxycloxy]

Beige blinked. A frown of disapproval was almost formed by Beige's lips but she caught herself and her calm expression only became mildly annoyed. She glanced away for a couple of seconds before finally sighing and answering the boy.

"Well, my views on Kira...I view them as doing the world a favor but punishing it at the same time. It's nice to know that Kira is killing criminals, but isn't it wrong to take the lives of others?" Beige stopped right there, then glanced away. Hey, he asked for her opinion. He got it.

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

He frowned at her opinion, kind of wishing she had more of a negative opinion rather than the optimistic one she held. He was watching every movement that she had made, eyes glued to her. "Is that all?" His paused another lick of his lips. "Ma'am.."

His fingers started to drum along the spine of the book, and his eyes lost interest in looking at her. A small grumble in his stomach sounded, it was his alarm telling him it was time to eat. He wondered if she had been getting slightly suspicious of him, he had no paper or even a pencil to write down her views. Also, his tone of voice sounded like he was keeping something from her, or the slight eerie feeling that he had about him.

Cobalt orbs looked back up to her. Lead her away... Lead her from people "Good Idea..." He mumbled to himself, his voice hardly audioable.

[leroxycloxy]

Beige didn't allow herself to space out; not for a moment. "If you want me to be more specific in my opinion, I will be. Though, my ranting probably won't do much for your report," Beige added. Something wasn't right about this boy.

But she couldn't put her finger on it.

There was something about this boy that wasn't in place, other than the fact he had no paper and pencil to take notes. His tone sounded kind of like he was trying to hide something, to say the least. This was one creepy child alright, Beige knew it. She could feel it. She would have to be very careful.

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

"Re..Por.." He stopped himself before he could finish the word. Stupid, stupid! How could he not remember what had only happened a few moments ago, he felt like hitting himself in the face for the stupid mistake, and could only wish she hadn't heard him. Something in his head had wished for a small distraction, something to get his mind off of what she was saying, or something to get her mind off of him. She wasn't as stupid as he had expect.

First he heard a soft vibration in the fabric of his jeans, then a low ring tone had gone off.. Maybe this was his distraction. Shoving his hand into his pants he pulled out a small black cellphone, with the name father in dark green letters on the screen of the phone. He took a few steps away from her, putting the phone to his ear.

"Hello?" He didn't say the traditional Japanese way of speaking on a phone, but his voice sounded different.. Even slightly softer if you could say. "I'm at the library... I can't talk on the phone." He changed his tone to a slight whisper, with acting skills that would do the final touch. A small click and the conversation would be over, with full attention back on the female before him.. Just hopping she wouldn't be able to catch on to him.

"I don't mind if you rant..." He put the phone back into his pants, with his left hand still holding onto the book he didn't bother to touch yet.

[leroxycloxy]

Beige had caught the boy before her almost sounding confused at the mention of his 'report'. If he had forgotten about that he had to report, then that could only mean two things: He was very scattered brain or he never had a report to do. Beige narrowed her eyes.

She was going to continue, but her vision was blurry again...not again...and Beige didn't have anything to wake her up...perfect. Shaking, Beige collapsed onto the floor into sleep. She wanted to wake up. She needed to wake up. This was a fatal mistake. But her body wouldn't let her.

Damn it.

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

His question didn't reach her because she had fallen asleep on the floor. Curiosity was at its best, what was wrong with the girl before him? The boy crouched down to examen her, and where she had fallen, light eyes moving over to the dropped book, and the page it had landed on. Page twenty six, how odd that page would come up when the mental talk about the letter Z was only moments ago.

His right arm extended setting down the book, and grabbing her arm. The skin on his hands seemed unnaturally soft compared to other boys, meaning be probably didn't play any kind of sports. A slight tug on her arm, trying to pull her inward to he could carry her out.

This was easier than expected...

[leroxycloxy]

Beige's eyes blinked feeling her arm being pulled. Thank whoever woke her up. And when she looked up to see who it was that woke her up, things seemed kind of ironic. Just what the hell was this kid up to, honestly?

"What do you think you're doing?" Beige asked, her eyes narrowed once more. She sat up straight and was looking the boy straight into his eyes.

[Zetsu |With Teeth|]

Slightly startled, Zetsu let go of her arm falling backwards. Light sleeper... His mouth gaped open as he stared at her back, with his teeth visible and a shortness of breath. Light eyes looking away from her narrowed ones and back to the book. You could say he was almost caught red-handed, or something that would go along with this case.

Lie Zetsu... Lie..

"You fell... I was helping.." He stood up, grabbing the red covered book before taking a step back for anything she could have had planned. It was true he was helping in a sense.. Helping himself, but he would never be caught by someone...Not by Someone like her at least.

[leroxycloxy]

Whoa...this kid did have sharp teeth. Odd. But that wasn't the point. He wasn't helping her, is what it seemed in Beige's mind. But she didn't say so. She just glared at him, then picked up her book, steadying herself up, staggering a bit.

"Well, it's nice to know that you were 'helping'," Beige mumbled, "but you more or less seemed you wanted to gain some benefit from that moment of about a minute or two." This was only a very loose, educated guess. Beige knew little about this guy and he knew a little about her.