Fire Tattoo

I'm the errand boy, great... They are like, can you please bring this file to Mr. this and bring this file to Mrs. that... and we don't have to forget the occasional can you please bring me a cup of coffee. I'm your protector not your slave! I sulk when I prepare the coffee of Takeshi with the other teacher. He smirks when he asked me to bring them some coffee. He clearly is enjoying this, the bastard.

The other one staff, a middle age lady enters the coffee room she's holding many files, poor us. She opens the fridge to drink some water. And she noticed me watching her.

"Hi, I'm Janice, you're the new guy right?" Janice smiled at me.

"Yes, I'm Kelvin nice to meet you" I smiled to her in returned.

"It is nice to meet you too." I said, we talk for a minute, I ask anything to her searching for a clue. She looked to her watch realizing the time.

"I better get going, the new teacher, Mr. Yamamoto is scary as hell. He is cute, but scary." Janice arranges the files she's holding and exits the coffee room. We need to do an uprising this slavery needs to stop.

Dr. Caday enters the room looking for Janice. Apparently Dr. Caday is a Diwata in disguise, he is an Etere, he dyed his hair to black so he can blend in, and all Diwatas that interact with humans have to dye their hair. They all dyed their hair to black, except Light dyed it with blond, Matt and me leave our hair as it is. I don't want to dye my hair, it will be destroyed. I'd rather be mistaken to be a bad boy than a dry hair.

"Where is Janice, we need her to bring food for Eric." Dr. Caday asked me.

Hearing his name makes me wonder again. Eric and Carlo are interesting that I have the urge to see them.

"She just left the room; I can get her if you want." I volunteered, but I don't have the plan to call her. Instead I will disguise as a girl. This is a bad idea considering this is my first day and I'm doing something that can get me screwed. But I really want to see him personally.

"Go and get her, I think Eric is starving right now. It is past his lunch time." I collected all the coffees and set on the tray while formulating my plan in my mind. I carefully balance it in my hand and started to go outside the room when Dr. Caday called me again.

"Kelvin wait, I just wanted to thank you for doing this thing to us, protecting the human and searching for the killer. I'm grateful to the five of you." This makes me 10 feet tall, promising to myself that I will find the killer and serve my duty as Four Child. I left the room with new determination. But I will still going to see Eric, I'm curious don't blame me.

I'm wearing a skirt..... And a wig, don't ask me how I got them. I walk towards Eric's room with his food; I am really excited to see him.

I knock to his door

"Who is it" a timid voice said behind the door.

"I'm Vina the new staff, I'm here with your food." I winced to my poor imitation of girl's voice.

"Come in" His voice change to a cheerful voice.

I slowly open the door to see a beautiful man inside. My heart skips a beat to his angelic smile. His picture on the file did not give justice to the man before me, he is simply breathtaking.

I set the tray to his study table. I noticed that there are many books in here, a bookworm I see. There are two bookshelves and a cabinet to the left side of the room, a bed in middle and a study table to the right side. His room is moderately spacious; he never leaves his room so literally this is his home. I look to him again he is in his bed, reading a huge book. He's looking to me with critical eyes, mostly to my forehead.

"What an unusual fire tattoo on your forehead, it is me or your tattoo really is moving." He said shyly to me.

Please don't panic, just breathe... breathe... crap! I'm freaking out! This is not what I'm expecting to happen. I learned to accept that my Iroga will be a male, but this? What will I do to a guy who is afraid of guys?!

"Um... Vina? Are you alright? It is like you're having a heart attack; do you want me to call the doctor?" Eric asked me.

"No, don't! I'm alright, just a little tired." Fudge! I forgot that I disguised as a girl. How do I tell him this? Light is going to kill me.

I put his lunch to his small table and sit beside him. My mouth is dry all of a sudden and I don't know how to start a conversation with him. He really is beautiful with long lashes and full lips; you will think he is a girl. His slim figure and small stature doesn't help either. His skin is smooth and fair, heck his face is so smooth, I think he never experience shaving. I'm looking at him for so long that he started to get embarrass.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something in my face?"

"My name is Kel--- I mean Vina by the way." I offer my hand, fudge I really want to kiss him.

"I know, you said that already. I'm Eric, are you new here? I never saw you before." Dang that voice nearly kills me, marry me already. When he takes my hand I notice that his grip is firm and strong. I don't want to let it go but it makes him uncomfortable so I reluctantly do it.

"Yeah, I only started a few days ago." His lips are so inviting, I want to kiss it. My fire wants to know if this guy is really our Iroga. It startles me; I felt that my fire has its own emotions and personalities. It is urging me to kiss Eric. This is new to me; I need to ask Light about this.

When he just continues to read I just stares at him, I almost forgot that he needed to eat. "Your food will get cold." I said to him. When Eric stands up to sit on the table to eat, his feet get stuck inside the blanket making him fall into the floor. But before his head struck the floor he shielded it with his elbow. Ouch!

"Fuck! Damn it hurts, mother fucker..!" He cried while holding his elbow, he said more curses making my head hurt. Aw man, my Iroga has a potty mouth.

I help him sit to his bed and massage his elbow. His curses never stop even it is just a whisper. Are you kidding me?! I hate when someone curse, but why Bathala decided my Iroga has to be one? I check his elbow if there is a bruise forming, thankfully I don't see one. I decide to get his lunch so he can eat it to his bed instead on the table. When he stops cursing I sit beside him again and give him his lunch.

"I'm sorry for my indecent words, I always control my tongue when there is a lady in my room but... um you see..." And he blushes, so cute.

"When you hurt your elbows and you curses like there's no tomorrow? Nah, it's alright, don't do it again though. I hate curses. So when there is a guy--"

"Please no, I hate them. When I see one guy I started to hyperventilate. They scare the shit out of me... sorry." He interrupted me; well dang here goes my sanity.

"Why did you hate men? What happen?"

"It is personal, I'm sorry." He looks at me awkwardly.

"It's alright, sorry for asking." He started to eat. I watch as he eats his lunch... wow, that sinful mouth, and how his throat moves as he swallows. My libido is suffering I really have to go; it strains me to keep on kissing him.

"I have to go, there are so many errands I need to do. Um... eat well." And I scram like a coward. If he really is my Iroga it will complicate our mission. I need to protect him if Shadow found him, he will use him as bait for me, or worse Shadow will kill Eric. I need to find Light as soon as possible.

When Light assign us our first mission, I've never thought that I will found my Iroga. This both excites me and frightens me; there are so many possibilities why I found my Iroga here. This explains why shadow targeted male victims. Did Shadow knows that my Iroga is here? If it is true how did he know? Does he have a babaylan as we have? This disturbs me, Shadow is nearly indestructible but if his always one step ahead of us, I don't know how we will defeat him. And the one who is possessed right now, was he really possessed or a fallen Diwata disguised as a human? Why did Shadow possess someone if that person is always willing to do it? I really need to discuss this to Light.

I almost run to the hallway to find Light when I came across to Janice with a tray of foods in her hands. She startles to see me, and I don't know why until I remember that I'm wearing a woman's clothing. Oh my Bathala! When she recognizes me she started to laugh. Kill me right now please...

"Are you a cross-dresser, I never knew that, oh my! You look hot as a girl!" and she started to giggle again.

"I'm not a cross-dresser! I just need to do this..." When Janice saw what hallway I'm running away from, and as she look into her food; a dawning realization occur to her face. Oh no, don't tell me, she knows that I went to Eric's room.

"You went to Eric's room!" she shrieked, well, dang it!

"Hush! Be quiet, someone will hear us—"

"Are you out of your mind?! If Eric found you're a guy he's going to freak out! You're getting your ass fired because of this!" Oh no... please don't tell them, aw man...

"Please don't tell anybody, I swear I will never get caught by Eric, is just that..." How will I tell her that he is my Iroga?

"So... Why did you want to meet Eric?" Janice asks me.

"I like him, ok? I really want him to be cured, but I want to know him more, I swear I will never hurt him. Please just trust me." I imitate a sad puppy eyes that Rolando used to Light when he is on trouble. Yes, look at it... I start let my lips tremble. Oh yeah, feel the power of Rolando's puppy eyes feel it.

"Oh fuck this! I will let you do it on one condition." Yes! It works, I don't believe it. I let my genuine smile to be seen by her.

"Every time you want to see Eric, I want you to tell me. I don't want you to go there without my knowledge, so I can cover your skinny ass when someone asks for you, understand?" Janice told me, this I can do. I have one problem solve; now how will I say it to Light without me getting killed? What I did was stupid I know but I'm curious who Eric is, I didn't know he is my Iroga.

"I can do that, thank you, you will never regret this." I can kiss her for this. When I'm going to tell her this my phone rings.

"Answer it, I just gave this to Er--"

I interrupt her with a shook of my head, and she understand saying she will eat it in the coffee room. I thank her again for being an understandable woman before she left me with my ringing phone. Seriously everybody needs to be like her.

"Meet me to Rolando's room for ten minutes, I expect all of you." Light hung up the phone, that mind reading, mind moving bastard. He just hung up the phone; did he just expect us to follow him? I will prove to him that I am not afraid of him; I will be late for five hours if I have to.