Chapter 3: Disguise

It's already been 5 days passed and the investigation is still ongoing. The polices still held the investigation because one of the higher league took an action.

It's the Atami League, rank 8.

"Tch. If only you used your father's id, we could have been the one to solve the case." Kit puffed.

"Don't be so imprudent. If you only hadn't been ditched your class that time, we won't be punished like this." Shin said while facing his sketch pad.

"Says the one who came with me, huh!" Kit put the earphones on her ear.

"And one thing, I can't just show out my father's id to anyone." Shin said and he smiled when he finally done drawing her. "And you.. don't wear earphones if you haven't played any songs."

Kit rolled her eyes. "Piss off!"

Shin rubbed his eyes. "By the way, what do you think about my drawing?" he raised his sketch pad.

Kit was amused at his drawing skills. But she made a dislike face. "Man! What's with that drawing? Aster didn't look like that!"

Shin's upper lip raised. Well, he didn't expect any compliments from her though. He stared at his drawing of Aster's face. He just got bored and planned to draw her.

Aster always wear hairpins to clip for her short hair. She have a chubby cheeks and a tiny nose but she looks pretty.

"Anyways Shade.." Kit looked away. "You always rub your eyes. I advice you to wear glasses."

Shin was surprised but he instead raise his head up high to see the sky.

"Honestly, my vision isn't clear at all. I inherited it from my Mom." Shin's memories flashed back to where his mother and him have a fun moments together. "When Mom died, she gave me her glasses."

Kit felt sympathy towards him but she didn't showed it. She remove the earphone in her ears.

"Then where is your glasses? You should wear it."

Shin shook his head. "My Dad passed away when I was still in a grade school. I became alone after that so I decided not to wear that glasses."

Kit rested her head in her knees. So his past is not joyful at all. "We're same."

Shin looked at Kit. "We're same?"

Kit nodded and smiled. "We have the same pain, but different."

Shin rolled his eyes. Same but different? What's that?

"First, you are an ordinary child but I'm an orphan. You live in a house where you have a room, while I live in a church where other orphans and I shared a single room together." Kit explained. "And last.. you got to meet your Mom and Dad before they vanished. But I, Kit, didn't even saw my parent's shadows since I opened my eyes in this world."

Kit faced Shin who was surprised on what she said.

"So, you should be grateful that you met them at once. You should be grateful that you experienced having a complete family. You should be grateful that you spent time with them." Kit pinched Shin's nose.

Shin felt embarrassed but after Kit pinched his nose, he screamed.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" he covered his bleeding nose. "Damn! Damn! It hurts!"

Kit crossed her arms. "C'mon, Shade. Be a man! How can you cry like a lil' girl?"

Shin glared at Kit. "It hasn't been a week yet you touched my nostril again!"

"Whatever grumpy nerdy boy."

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"IT'S BLEEDING AGAIN?!" the nurse crossed her arms. "IT HASN'T BEEN FULLY HEALED MR. WAYNE! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING THAT MADE IT BLEED LIKE THIS?!"

"It's not my fault." Shin raised his hand to prove that he's innocent. "It was Sun who did this."

Shin snarled. Why does that golden-haired girl always the one who made his nose like this?

"Oh well, I don't care!" the nurse gave him a piece of paper. "This is the medication you need for now. It'll take a week again to heal your nose!"

The nurse walked out while slamming the door. Shin deeply sighed. She's more like a mother than a nurse, tsk.

"Shade.." someone suddenly opened the door. "I heard the Atami League talking about the missing girls in the capital."

Shin saw Kit with her.. "What's with your outfit?! Are you going to climb a mountain?"

Plus she's wearing a black wig. What comes to her mind that made her wear that?

"Eh? Isn't it nice? I'm going to be a spy and go out in the—"

Shin cutted her off. "You'll going to violate our punishment again? We've been punished not to go out today in the capital since we both ditched our class!"

Kit rolled her eyes. "Who cares for the punishment? I'm going. If you don't want to come, fine. I'll come myself."

Shin huffed. That girl is really a hard-headed one. Should he come or not?

"Tsk. He's really a grumpy. I thought we're a league?" Kit bluffed. She suddenly saw the Atami League in front of the gates. She run towards them and waved.

"What takes you so long, Violet?!" the leader of the Atami League, Atami Roswell asked.

"I pooped." Kit said and she smirked. As expected, they thought she's Violet, one of their member. She disguised herself to look like Violet and made Violet sleep in her dorm by injecting her a sleeping pill.

"Let's go."

They took a ride in a black van. There are 5 members of Atami League.

Atami Roswell — Their geek leader. (Codename: Tami)

Violet Ohaco - Known as the sly girl in the group. (Codename: Purple)

Rein Almores - The most observant member (Codename: Keen)

Kio Lama - He's known as the hot-blooded member. (Codename: Red)

Stanza Heart - The chic and a playgirl (Codename: Aroma)

Kit stared at the outside of the van. She should be cautious of Rein. He's not dangerous, but his observant attitude is quite annoying.

"Why are you so silent today, Purple?" Kio asked.

Kit pointed her tongue. "It's dry."

The chic girl, Stanza laughed at her response. "I didn't thought your loquacious tongue could ever be dry."

"Well, that's a karma for talking too much." — Kio.

Kit dilated her nostrils. This league is quite a bully. How can they talk shitty about Violet? If she's her, she will surely kick their ass out of this van.

"Tch." Kit's eyes met the mirror reflection of the man in the back. She was quite surprised when he looked at her.

Rein Almores. So he started to doubt her huh.

The Atami League reached the capital. Their eyes wandered around the place, and it's quite crowded today.

Well, it's Sunday so people usually comes out this day.

"We will move just as plan. Go." Atami ordered. In just a span of a second, the Atami League vanished.

"Heh?" Kit crossed her arms. She's not Violet and she didn't know their plan. So what will she do from now on? They both fled on their own way.

"Should I go to my own way too?" she smirked and was about to walk when someone grab her wrist.

"Who are—" she was cutted off when she realize who it was.

The guy suddenly grabbed her to a silent place. To the place where no person can be seen!

"Wait wait!" she grabbed her wrist back. "Where do you think you're taking me?"

Rein raised his brow. "We're tasked by Tami to barge inside the underground auction."

Kit felt relieved. She thought Rein already discover her identity.

"And.." Rein approached her and wrapped her arms around her. "What's with you today? You act like you're having an amnesia. I hate it, girlfie."

Kit almost gets nauseated from a shock.

'WHAT THE?! Don't tell me..?' — she almost cursed in her mind.

Kit inhaled. Okay.. she disguised herself as Violet but what the hell? She digged all the Atami League's information but she didn't know anything about Violet and Rein being in a secret relationship!

So that's why he looked at her earlier? She thought Rein just became observant of who she is!

Kit became uneasy. What should she do? Should he hug Rein back to continue acting as Violet? Or should she pushed him for she's not her girlfriend?

Damn. But that would destroy all her efforts on disguising as Violet!

"I miss you." Rein looked at her and slowly forward his face.

Wait! How can this observant man didn't realize who she is? That she's not Violet? Maybe the informations she gathered were fake at all!

1 inch apart until their lips will finally met. Kit's mind was blank. She didn't have any option to choose.

But then, someone suddenly came and pushed Rein away from her.

"What the hell? I thought you're going to investigate something, but having a love affair with one of the Atami League's member?!!" a pair of brown eyes met Kit.

"EXPLAIN!"

Kit felt nervous for the first time in her life.

Anyways..

What the hell is Shade doing here?!! She should be at the Elton High's infirmary room!