More than meets the eye (open)

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It was a beautiful Monday morning, the sun was shining and Mathew like many other students on campus were enjoying the time they had before class. Some students chose to do this by talking to their friends under a tree or on a bench. Others were cramming for a test or finishing up homework. Others still were playing card games or something of that nature.

Mathew was walking alone, his bag slung over his right shoulder. On the outside he looked like what one would expect. Calm, composed, cute, he really had no problem with people, generally he was popular. But, right now he wasn't with any of his friends, he had some stuff to deal with and because of that he chose to walk around campus a bit and deal with it. See, even though it would appear he was alone he wasn't, he never was anymore. Always with him was Endrin, following him, watching him.

Over the last few weeks he had grown accustomed to the "man" following him, even if he wasn't thrilled. It seemed to be more then just stress causing this. That thought brought a pit to his stomach. He didn't like thinking about it, truth of the matter was every couple of weeks he went outside the city and slowly tortured a cat to death. He had these... urges sometimes and it was hard to fight off and that was the only way to keep them under control. Endrin's voice was always there when those urges were strong, but last time something went wrong. It was two weeks ago that he last went out and it was then that someone walked in on him when he was about to do his work, he lashed out in fear and killed her and dumped the body in the ocean so it wouldn't be found, so he wouldn't be found.

The face popped in to his head causing him to close his eyes as he tried to banish her face, a face that would haunt him for life. It was after he killed her that Endrin seemed to really appear. That he was visible to Mathew, and he didn't like that one bit. He would glance to the left side where Endrin was walking beside him casting Mathew a cocky grin and raising up an eyebrow as if asking what he was thinking about, though of course he already knew that. He always knew what Mathew was thinking, sometimes before he knew himself.

[Kagumi Michiyo]

Kagumi figured this was the best time to go out, the sun was shining, everyone was in their own little world today, it was quiet and soothing, something that had not happened in a long time. usually she was hard at work, but today she was out on the to-oh campus catching some sun to her already tanned skin.

she looked a lot more free in the light blue 4 sizes too large shirt with sharks flying from the center. she wore a short black flowy skirt that just barely appeared an inch below her shirt and blue sandals. she wore a sea green baseball cap over her amber eyes and her hair still flowed out behind her from under the hat remaining untamed by whatever she threw at it. on her arms were gold bangles that flew up and covered her wrists and her nails were painted a deep royal purple

With everything that happened with Mikami, she felt a lot better than her usual quiet self. she was actually smiling a bit and enjoying the wonderful outdoors. She continued to walk looking at the flowers until something caught her eye. it was the boy she met at the arcade, it had been a while, ad he looked a bit disoriented, but she was more than happy to see someone at the moment, she approached him, walking backwards so that as they walked they could face one another " hello again Matthew."

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Banishing the image from his head Mathew would open his eyes once again looking around the campus bored, he was doing his best to ignore Endrin for the moment. Though he was happy that he at least didn't have to verbally say anything to communicate with him. That would be awkward, just like he was glad no one else could see or hear him. Perks of having an imaginary"friend" follow you around he supposed.

You know it's been a while since you last went out for a bit of private time. Maybe you should do that tonight. You know you want too.

Endrin would say to him with a grin, he knew that Mathew was feeling the urge again, he could tell. He always knew what Mathew was thinking or feeling, and that was probably the worst part of this little relationship. Mathew had no privacy from the man, especially not in his head.

I already told yo- me that you are not interested. I know I heard you the first time you said it, but we both know thats a lie.

Endrin would interrupt Mathew's own thoughts with his own. They had gone through this several times a day, everyday for the last week. So far Mathew has held his ground. He didn't want to continue what he was doing anymore. He hated himself for what he has already done.

Thankfully his thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of the girl from the Arcade, the one that wanted to be a cop, if he recalled correctly. Having noticed her in front of him now, walking backwards to face him Mathew would raise a single hand in greeting to the girl and he would smile brightly at seeing her.

"Hey Kage. I didn't know you went to TO-OH as well."

He would say brightly as he flicked his bangs out of his face with a fluid motion. Meanwhile next to him Endrin began to laugh at seeing Mathew's interaction. He knew what Mathew was feeling and he wasn't feeling anything to warrant being this happy.

You're good, I will give you that. How about we get rid of her so we can continue our little chat in peace?

Endrin would say with another laugh. As far as anyone else was concerned this conversation wasn't happening as Mathew would just carry on in his upbeat tone of voice as he proceeded to talk to Kage.

"So what have you been up too lately?"

No, we are not going to do anything to her.

[Kagumi Michiyo]

her amber eyes were shielded for a moment by the baseball cap and she only flashed him a giggle, nothing like the way she acted when the two first met. they just spent the entire time shooting stuff, no heart to heart or anything, but he was a good player she had to give him that. she hadnt had much fun playing with anyone in a long time.

the girl looked back up to him, her eyes giving a slightly dangerous flash slightly covered by the joy in her voice. she saw him raise a hand in greeting and she seemed to feel the happiness in his voice too, but part of her wondered, it almost sounded like relief rather than joy. She blinked, she didnt want to pry any. She didnt know how friendly he was with her or frankly if it was any of her business. behind the smile she filed that suspicion away and decided she would save it for a later date. only if it bugged her, which now it didnt

" Nah i dont," she admitted, " I go to a private school," the last thing to admit was she was part of whamy's house, " but now that testing is over we got let out, so i got to leave and take a walk." as she walked backwards she dodged easily, lumping over cracks and rocks with graceful ease. he was determined to converse with her, so she accepted it openly, wondering frankly why he was so withdrawn. " I'm doing better than i thought i would," she complimented this with a soft smile, she wasnt going to explain the knifefight, or that she made a new friend amongst all of the turmoil," how about you?"