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Baku runs up and around the large pool of water and runs inside his large black doors and closes them his eyes blank.

Baku looks to his mansion his eyes lightly open.
"I'll be here by myself, People will want nothing to do with me.."

Baku walks on inside his mansion closing the door behind him slowly his head down low.

Baku steps out of the big strong black doors and leaves after closing the doors and locking them.

Baku places his large headphones over his tanned ears and leaves munching on another pocky stick.

Baku runs up with his headphones in his hand and runs inside the door closing it behind him by slamming it.

Baku stops and looks at his mansion dully and just stands there letting his white hair fall over his face.

Baku sits on the ground staring at his house and looks down to the water seeing his evil counter part.
"...!?!"

Baku quickly stands up and away from his reflection and clutches his chest softly his face pale.

Baku looks down and he stands up and leaves.

Baku walks up and kicks his door open and slams it behind him already feeling annoyed.

Baku walks up and enters the door and closes the door softly.

Baku walks up after storming away from the pathetic boy and looks at his reflection.

Baku sees his dark counter part and he sighs bending down to his reflection and goes silent his mind right now a fog.

Baku watches his reflection and walks off back inside his house his gaze lifeless.

Deciding Baku must have left school, Emi tries looking for him in the Upper Town. Even though she had never seen it before, the castle-like mansion catches her eye first.

She walks up to the front cautiously, knocking on the door softly.
"Baku..? Are you there?" she calls lightly.

Baku opens the door quietly and he blinks once and he frowns looking away and replies in his british accent.
"Oh, Emi..."

Emi looks down, saddened by the look he had given her.
"I apologize... I am disturbing you..."

Baku shakes his head and glances to her.
"Oh, your not...did you bring the jerk face along?"

Baku looks down his hurt filled eyes showing light anger.

Emi glances up, her eyes soft.
"Of course not," she says quietly. "I have asked him not to fight with you, or insult you in any way. I consider you my friend, Baku, regardless of what you might think. But I do not understand... "

She pauses, choosing her words carefully.
"Yakitake said he had never spoken to you before... what is it that annoyed you so about his presence, if I may ask?"

Baku glares still looking downwards.
"I just hate boys who act nice just to get attention, not to mention it looked like he was bugging you"

Baku glances up to her his eyes painfully weak.
"But it is okay...I should learn my place...after all I'm just waste, I have no saying in a conversation anyway"

Emi gasps softly, her hand reaching instinctively towards his face. It stops, mid way, as Emi murmurs shakily:

"Please do not say that. I am grateful you would come to my aid. You are not a waste, and you have your own free will and way of thinking. S'il vous plaît ne dis pas que, mon ami."

Baku looks down and his head lightly shakes saddened.
"Emi, I'm not normal...your not cursed like I am. He's right I'm a old fool"

Baku closes his eyes his head slumps down sadly.
"I'm happy you are saying this to make me feel better, but it will cease and you'll look at me with hate. Good day."

Baku begins to close the door.

"No!" Emi yelps, her hand caught by the door as she tries to keep him from closing it. "No.. Baku, listen to me. I do not care if you are cursed. How can you even say that, how can you admit to yourself you are an old fool, when knowing it is not so?"

She shivered, wanting to feel his pain, to comfort him, to take it all away. And yet all she could do was to just stand there, to look at him as her eyes filled with sorrow, knowing she cannot help him, knowing he would not let her.

Baku's eyes grow wide at the sudden stop of the door closing and he just stares at her his marking under his left eye bleeding normal blood.

Baku blinks back scared his eyes go blank and he shakes his head holding it with both hands while he whispers.
"No, stop being nice to me! Stop it!"

Baku's body shivers like he had got struck by a whip.
"Emi...why are you and Anju so nice to me! I don't want to open up...you'll both leave me! I know it!?!"

Baku leans against the wall near the door still holding his head, blood dripping from his scar.

"Arrêter de dire que," Emi whispers again. "Stop saying that. I will not leave you," she crouches down in front of him.

"I will not. How could I, after washing your blood off my hands? How could I..?" she closes her eyes thightly, holding back a few tears that so defiantly decided to make their appearance.

"And I know Anju, I know her," Emi chokes out. "She will not leave you, either, I know it!"

Baku's eyes show fear seeing his parents die in the plane crash while looking to Emi his body shivers more and he shakes his head running inside his house scared.

Emi stays frozen in spot, looking after Baku as he runs from her again.

"But it would seem.. I am just an annoyance.. like this.."