Youth Without Youth {Mituna x Reader} 01

Hangman we played hide and seek on the fire escape
Through the smoke we saw the flame it was a long wait til the firetruck came


Your eyes watched the fire rise from the now burning to a crisp house, the heat radiating from the old structure giving you a warm feeling. The smile on your face grew even more when you heard the sound of the cops coming their way and the fire trucks along their way also.

You frowned though, when from your spot you saw the other neighbors come out of their houses, many of them newlyweds. Some shed with fear and all you could was scuff. Why are people so meddlesome? No, why must the human being be so curious?

The cold night was soon turning into a hot one; you were quite gladly for it. With a sigh you leaned on the trunk of the tree you were in. Sitting in a thick branch a couple of houses away, there was no need for anyone to know you were the one burning all those old houses down.

A snap coming from down below made your eyes widened and your mouth shut. Not daring to look down or make a sound. God only knows what would happen if your parents found out because you had been so freaking careless to get caught or leave any evidence behind.

“____________, cuando planeas bajar?  [_______ when are you planning to come down?]” The female voice spoke and you couldn't help but let out a relived sigh seeing it was only your best friend. A smirk tugged at your lips and soon you found yourself clapping. You secured your legs around the branch and moved, finally, you fell back and dangled from the branch upside down. Your (e/c) met green ones. You gave your friend your trademark smirk before replying.

“Bravo girly. You managed to find me this time” Your eyes shifted to get a clear view from behind her, your smile disappeared though when you saw that they had put out the fire, you face turned into that of deception and you let out a small ‘oh’

The girl in front of you though, inspected you from head well… to where she could see your legs. You were covered in many different spots of liquids and other things, not to mention ash. She raised an eyebrow quizzically before replaying.

“Te he dicho que no me digas girly, por que no me gusta. Ahora, te iba a preguntar si eras responsable del incendio pero al parecer si lo eres. Y no me sorprende  que lo eres. Que planeas hacer ahora para molestar a este pequeño pueblo? [I’ve told you not to call me girly, I don’t like it. Now, I was going to ask you if you were the one responsible for that burning house, but it seems to me that you are, I’m not surprised really. Now, what are you planning to do next time so you can bother this small town?]” While the Spanish girl kept on talking, you took this opportunity to climb down from the tree. It took you some time but when you did, you landed with an ‘oof’.

You yawned.

“I don’t feel like listening to you talk shit in Spanish Clarisse.” You waved your hand in a manner that made the girl’s eyes twitch in annoyance. You began to walk, hands behind your head while you made sure to walk in the opposite direction from the fire. You knew the cops were going to be asking people stuff, and you had a pretty bad reputation around town nowadays, not like it mattered to you anyways.

Soon enough after you, Clarisse was walking besides you. “So, what are you going to do now?” She asked, this time speaking English. Sometimes you wondered why she didn't have an accent like most Latin people did when speaking English; it was a mystery to you and the whole world.

You raised an eyebrow at your companion and her weird, or rather unusual question; you stopped walking and turned to face her.

“Go home I guess. I bet my parents are awake waiting for me, that is if they heard about the fire already” You shrugged. Thought going out a night was like a daily routine and your parents never found out or knew, and if they did they never questioned you about. Sometimes you worried that they might find you sneaking into your room, and today you had to be extra careful.

You smelled like gasoline and you smoke, not to mention some parts of your clothing had caught on fire on the process of burning down the old house. It wasn't something bad though, considering they were going to get rid of it by next week, you could say you were doing the people a favor.

You feared sometimes that these things you did would get out of hand, and to be honest, you were a good person who tended to do and or practice bad habits and activities, or at least ones that are frowned upon of. You had started to wreck ‘havoc’, as many of the town’s people said it was, just because for the hell of it, though you usually did it for good reasons.

You still made sure to be careful, if someone other than Clarisse knew of your activities, you’d be done for.

You heard the Hispanic girl sigh. “Fine, see you tomorrow I guess. Recuerda que mañana Karkat nos invito a patinar con los skates [Remember that Karkat invited us to skateboard tomorrow]”

You bid farewell to your friend and made your way to your house, planning how you were going to sneak in without your parents finding out.


-

“Stupid mornings and stupid world” You groaned as you rubbed your eyes and made an attempt to walk down the stairs that led to the living room near and the kitchen.
You could smell if the faintest trace of coffee so that told you your parents were awake. You sighed.

Not only had you clumsily arrived home last night, but the light in your parent’s room was turned on, notifying you that there had been awake and probably waiting for you that night.
Oddly enough though, they hadn’t come out to question your absence for three whole hours, arriving to your house by climbing up the tree that was near your bedroom window and getting inside through the window. You were pretty sure they would question you now that it was morning.

So with much effort from your part, because your body refused to take another step, you peeked your head around the corner to find Clarisse and your mother speaking at the dinning table. You furrowed your eyebrows.

What was she doing here?

“…And as you might know, _______ was not in her room last night because I called her asking her for help seeing how I’m no good at all with electronics.” Clarisse’s eyes glanced towards you before they quickly went back to your mother’s form. Who had yet to acknowledge your presence.

“And I’m truly, truly sorry that I had not called you Mrs.________- It won’t happen again” The girl smiled sweetly causing you to roll your eyes.
Clarisse is a pretty good liar, and you thanked the gods that you and her were friends. She often got you out of trouble.

Clearing your throat, you took a step forward, catching your mother’s attention, while Clarisse faked a surprised look before softening into a sweetly smile.

“Good morning to the both of you” You said and walked towards the kitchen, nodding when your mother returned the greeting.

“I supposed we’re going to go to the park today right?”

“Yup”


-


“Hey yo Karkles! Wait up!” You said as you ran up towards the male who was skating on his board, he only grinned at you before stopping and grabbing the skateboard with his left hand. You grinned.

“Took you long enough asshat” He replied and his red eyes traveled towards Clarisse who had recently caught up with the two of you. The Vantas frowned.

“I thought we were going to skateboard”

“We are” You beamed happily and Clarisse only shook her head with a sigh.

“Then were the fuck are your skateboards?” Karkat raised an eyebrow; oh he knew this would have happened.

“Oops, sorry, we forgot them” you said and Karkat frowned. His red eyes pierced into your (e/c) ones.

“Oh no, there is no fucking way in hell I’m letting you guys skateboard with my baby” Karkat flipped the two of you off which resulted in Clarisse sighing.

“Well aren’t you a bad boyfriend. And here I thought we could spend some time together. Sorry Karkles, if that’s how you’re going to be…” Clarisse faked a hurt look before grabbing your hand and turning around to walk away.

You could clearly see the smirk she had and it was only a matter of seconds before Karkat’s apologetic voice rang into the silence.

“Clarisse, I’m sorry”

“Nope.”

“Aaw c’mon! What the fuck do you want me to do?”

“You could always kiss our feet like the low scumbag you are” You chimed in and Clarisse stiffened a laugh. Karkat growled.

“Fuck you”

“Or you can catch us!” Clarisse and you said at the same exact time before the two of you broke into a run, going both ways. You only looked back to see Karkat’s mouth wide open before he threw his skateboard somewhere and began to chase after Clarisse, who was now running behind you laughing.

“Oh my gosh, we are so dead!”

“It’s worth it” You replied and kept on running. Breathing cut short and your laughing along the sound of your footsteps and Clarisse’s own. You found that you were headed towards the woods of the park. You bit your lip before deciding to go hide there.

“Hey Clare!” you called out to your friend without looking back. When she responded you told her your plan of hiding in the woods and she agreed.

It wasn’t long before you had entered the woods, as you kept on running, you could feel the oxygen your body was craving and the fact that your legs felt like giving in, you evaded tree after tree and when you couldn’t see Clarisse behind you anymore, it told you to stop running and hide behind a tree. And that’s what you did.

Trying to catch as much as air as possible without making too much noise, you bit your lip when you heard Karkat’s running halt to a stop and his loud breathing. You wanted to laugh; really, you couldn’t believe you had just made the angry guy chase after the two of you.

“I swear to God that if I find one of you two you are going to be dead meat” Karkat’s threats fell on deaf ears as he began to look around for his girlfriend and her best friend. All the while you were trying to remain quiet so that he wouldn’t find you.

Oh but his footsteps were so close, it made your heart skip a beat every time a step was hear. You closed your eyes and started to silently make your way towards another tree. You knew Karkat would find you there.

“Aha! There you are!” Karkat’s voice broke the silence the woods once held and you opened your eyes. Widening slightly when you saw Karkat running towards you. You took a step back before grinning.

“Bravo Mr.Vantas! You found me!”

The grin on Karkat’s face only widened when he saw you weren’t going to make a run for it like many times. Or that’s what he thought.

And so did you.

When you took another step back, your eyes widened greatly when you couldn’t feel the ground beneath you. You tried to regain your footing but found it too late.

As in slow motion, you felt yourself fall into the hole you had missed earlier, your hand reaching out to grab Karkat’s as he tried to catch you from falling. But it was too late.

Before you knew it you were falling and tears were streaming down your face, the hole seeming to become smaller as your name was screamed by Karkat.

Your mouth was opened to let out a silent scream that never came, and when your body made contact with hard cold ground did your eyes closed in pain and you let out an ear piercing scream.

Your body ache and the now growing pain on the back of your head and the pool of blood that was forming only made your worry grow. You couldn’t move at all, finding it too painful at all.

You didn’t know how long you had remained on the ground, your ears picking up the distant voices of your friend’s that were becoming less and less understandable as your vision began to fade.

You smiled sadly. “I had a good life…”

You let your eyes close as the puddle of blood around your body seemed to be the only warmth right now. You knew that the fall was long and you were even surprised to be alive, having taking such a huge hit to the back of your head. You knew no bones were broken sure they will be sore if you ever made out alive. But surely the wound on your head would be your kill.

Before passing out though did you heard Footsteps and a shadow loomed over your form and a voice spoke.

“K-Kurloz! Help!”