Blind Love: Chapter Six - Razor
At home by themselves again, Dante and Red were playing their Xbox to pass the time. The fox had a half-eaten candy bar poking out of his maw while Dante started to roll around as he started to get bored, "Agh, I'm getting tired of this game. Want to call the others and head out somewhere?" Dante asked as he turned his head to face his brother, who just shrugged as he looked at the time. Dante huffed as he started to flail round "I don't even know where Hahn and Choc live" Red tilted his head and got up, stretching before heading to the kitchen. "It's been nearly a month since you became buddies with them, why don't, you know?" Red questioned, raising his voice as he got further away, Dante just looked up at the ceiling fan and closed his eyes. "Hahn doesn't want anyone near his place, and Choc lives too far apparently" the lion replied; kicking his hind paws round like a cub. Red came back in with a can of Mount Dew, sipping it as he tried to think of something to do. "Well, Muck and the others are only a few blocks away, I think" Red hinted as he turned off the console, Dante just blinked and blushed as he thought of Muck "W-well, if you want, I don't mind"
Nearly an hour passed as Dante and Red waited by a small park nearby, the lion let out a huge yawn as he noticed Muck, Jonny and Pont walking up the path, Red dived on the squirrel and hugged him tight as he got near. "So glad you guys came out, been bored cramped up at home all the time" Dante said with a little grin, Pont just nodded and looked round aimlessly. "So, what are we actually doing?" Jonny asked raising a brow at the lion, "Just waiting for Hahn, then we can think of something to do" Dante replied as he tugged his brother off of Muck, who just chuckled and brushed himself off. "Thank you for inviting us out, I'm happy to have made more friends" Muck said with a warm smile which just made Dante blush slightly. "No problem, I'm happy to have made good friends over here so easily. Oh, here comes Hahn!" He pointed out as the mouse got near them, looking suspicious with his hood up and paws in his pockets "H-hey..." he mumbled as he got to the group. Dante leaned forward and looked under the low drawn hood; Hahn quickly turned away and looked down at the ground, keeping quiet.
Dante grabbed Hahn's wrist and pulled him back round "Hahn what's wrong?" Dante asked, as Hahn kept trying to tug away. "Nothing, just let go!" he snapped, Dante quickly reached up and pulled his hood back from his head, and his jaw dropped as he saw the mouse's face covered with cuts and bruises. "I said let go!" Hahn yelled at him, pulling away as hard as he could, Dante's paw caught his sleeve which pulled up, and the lion's eyes widened as he saw more cuts, most likely self-inflicted. "Hahn, what happened? Who did this to you?" Dante asked with concern, Pont and Jonny slowly peered round Dante as Muck stood aside waving his stick around aimlessly. "What's going on?" Muck demanded, Red grabbed his paw and tugged it a little, "Let's go play while they talk" the fox suggested and then he pulled him away without letting him reply. Hahn rubbed his face as a couple of tears trickled down his cheek, "C-can we just do something please? This happened cause I wanted to come out" he mumbled. Dante let out a soft sigh and clenched his paw just before Jonny patted his back "Right Dante, what did you have planned for all of us?" the lion looked back at the lizard who just gave him a sly wink.
Later the group started to walk the streets as it was just becoming dusk, Dante looked up at the crimson sky with a slight smile, tilting his head back down to stare in front, seeing Hahn smile again as Red was chatting away with him. He took a look back, seeing Muck with a smile on his face as he was holding Jonny's claw, thinking it was quite cute, but that thought was interrupted as he noticed Jonny giving him a cold glare. The lion looked back up at the sky for a while before nudging Pont who was beside him "So, you know Muck and Jonny, are they like..." Pont looked down at Dante who made a ring with his paw and grinded his finger in and out of it. A slight blush crept onto Pont's face and he chuckled, shaking his head. "No Dante, it's not like that" he said, Dante nodded and smiled slightly "Ah, oks..." he replied quietly, but Pont smirked as he leaned close to him. "Jealous?" Pont joked; Dante's cheeks went a deep shade of red as he waved his paws around; stuttering before giving up and turning his head away from him, pouting.
It neared midnight, most of them were at the stage where the yawns kept flowing out of their maws, and all of them were sitting in the park next to the lake looking at the starlit sky and the reflection in the large body of water. "Well then, everyone glad I asked you all to come out tonight?" Dante asked looking round, all of them either nodded or let out a quick 'mhm'. Jonny stood up and stretched, cracking his neck shortly after doing so, "I'm going to take Muck back home now, his mother and father will start to worry" the lizard said hooking his claw under Muck's arm to help him up. Muck let out a small meep as he was suddenly pulled up, nodding before giving the rest of the gang a small wave. "Bye guys, talk to you at school tomorrow" he smiled as he turned around, walking off with Jonny until the shadows ate their silhouettes.
Dante and the others carried on chatting, making most of the time they had, until they picked up some footsteps. They all looked to see a dark figure walk slowly towards them, it was too dark to make out who it was, but Pont noticed it was holding something in the one hand. He stood up, ready to protect the others, looking down he saw Dante standing beside him, ready to fight too, and it put a smirk on the tiger's maw. As the figure got nearer they tensed, ready for trouble. The figure stopped and stared at them, "Pont? Dante?" a voice called and as he carried on forward, a familiar face appeared under one of the lights they were under. "M-Mr Casp?" Pont and Dante blinked, looking down to see he had a bouquet of flowers "Sorry if I startled you guys I'm just... I'm just passing by" Casp quickly changed what he was going to say, but even though the teens were young, they weren't stupid; it was obvious he was meeting a girl for a date.
"So, who's the lucky girl sir?" Hahn teased, peering round Pont and Dante, making the equine blush slightly. "That's none of your concern; a teacher's life is kept private from all students" answered Casp very quickly, his ears perked as he saw someone else coming along the path. "Casp? Boys? Why is everyone here?" the little pink feline said, Noel looked around and wondered why everyone was collected in the same spot, the students kept looking back and forth between them, with an awkward silence. As Noel looked up at Casp, he could see his facial expressions, looking as if he wanted him to lie so they could make their escape. "Oh... I, ERM... I GOT LOST, FROM THE SCHOOL, WALKING, TO MY HOU- Wow doesn't the sky and lake look great together with the stars Caspy? Very romantic!" Noel became flustered as he tried his very best to act. The gang just remained silent, for Casp had already put his palm on his face at this point, easily blowing their very poor cover. "I'll take you back home, see you at school boys" the Equine blurted out, giving them a stern look before he quickly took Noel's paw, dragging him away as fast as he could. Dante and the others just blinked as they watched them, not saying a word until Red looked round at them, "What the hell just happened?"
Written by Dante Sheath
Beta by KayKat
All Characters are owned by Dante Sheath
Red is owned by Red G. Fox