“…….”
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“…… HELLO?? SOMEBODY FUCKING GET THAT BEFORE I TEAR IT TO PIECES!!”
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“…… FUCK!!!!”
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*CLICK* “WHAT DO YOU WANT???!”
“… I hope that’s not how you’ve been answering the phone while I’ve been away…”
“…………….”
“And what’s this I hear about stains on the carpet, huh??”
“……………………….”
“Well…?”
“I don’t know. I’m so pissed right now I can’t think of anything to say.”
“…. *Laugh* ….. Would you be so kind as to allow me an explanation before killing me?”
“Talk fast.” *knuckles cracking*
“Okay. First things first… I didn’t have my cell-phone with me for the past two weeks, so I didn’t get any of the messages that were left on there until just over thirty mintues ago. And I think you guys just about killed my phone card.”
“……..”
“Second, I didn’t leave because… well, okay, PARTLY because of that, but I wasn’t planning on staying away or anything. Well, only for that night at least. Right after you blew up at me—”
“I had a good reason!!—”
“—We’ll talk about that later. Anyways, I remembered I had agreed to a job a while ago and since I was out blowing off steam I would just go ahead and check it out. It turned out to be MUCH more complicated than I thought….”
“So far you’re not sounding convincing, and you haven’t lessened my urge to annihilate you.”
“You can kill me fifty different ways later, okay? So I ended up getting stuck in this cursed mountain village. And man-oh-man did some freaky stuff happen there. It’s a really long story, I’ll spare you the details. The main point was that upon entering the village they like, confiscated all my stuff. Something about ‘nothing from the outside world must enter.’ And apprently ‘nothing from the outside world must leave,’ either!! I got stuck for two freakin’ weeks before I finally managed to break the curse on the village.”
“………….”
“……………… You still there?”
“No Chiaki, I’ve flown to Mars. Please leave a message after the beep.”
“Ha ha…. And hey, you know what? The hot, young shaman of the village was totally crunching on me. He even asked me to stay with him in the village.”
“……………… If you’re trying to lighten the mood, it ISN’T working.”
“Buuut, I told him that my koibitto misses me greatly and would be wallowing in the deepest, darkest pits of despair for all eternity if I did not return.”
“.........................................”
“I can’t believe I gave up the nice, funny, sensitive, caring hunk for the violent, conceited, unattractive, totally brainless—”
“ENOUGH ALREADY!!! GOD, WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER???!!”
“Because you give a shit about what happens to me?”
“Good, now that we’re back on topic. You know what you did was the equivalent of jumping up and done, waving your arms and screaming ‘KILL ME! KILL ME! OVER HERE! KILL ME!’ right?!??”
“…. Yah….”
“And that you were totally making yourself a target, putting not only yourself in danger but everyone around you, RIGHT?!?”
“….. I suppose……..”
“And CHIRST, you KNOW how many demons are going to be after you now that they know you’re my weakspot?!??!”
“……… Probably…………”
“Then WHY?! Why did you have to do that?!?! It was completely unnecessary and just ….. UGH! STUPID!!”
“….. Hm-hmm. I guess. Are you done?”
“Fuck, have you been listening to a word I just said, or have you—”
“I’m listening, Zenki. I understand why you would be mad. Of course that means more danger to me, but considering what I do for a living, it’s not going to make a huge difference either way. Demons are not gonna want to kill me more than they already do. And Inugami was right. I did choose to bring this on myself, and—”
“…. Wait. Inugami phoned you?”
“…. Yah, I was wondering about that…..”
“………..”
“…….. Back to my point. I know you’re worried about my safetly. Maybe. Hopefully. But I’m not going to pretend there’s nothing between us—”
“You don’t need to announce it to the whole fucking world, either!!”
“Maybe. But you know what I think? This isn’t about me putting myself in danger at all.”
“What?”
“…….. The truth is…. You’re ashamed. You don’t want anyone to know.”
“WHAT?!”
“That’s what this is about, isn’t it? Like everything else. … It’s all about your pride.”
“…… Chiaki, I….”
“When nobody is around, when nobody sees it, it’s okay. But God forbid if anyone was to find out! Gosh, what would they think of you?? They’d lose all respect for the great Kishin Zenki. A human girl? How positively revolting! Not to mention a sign of true weakness! Why Zenki, you’d be the laughing stock of the entire demon race for centuries to come.”
“………..…..”
“I know. I know perfectly well that I’m not at the top of your list of important things, which goes something like — number one most important thing: your pride. Second most important thing: your pride. Third most important thing: your pride. I’m probably somewhere down at number eight. I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m not asking for anything, either. I’m happy just to even BE somewhere on the list. But damnit, Zenki…. I’m not going to put extra effort into concealing anything. I won’t be your dirty little secret.”
“…………………”
“…………………”
“… You’re not number eight on my list.”
“…. Oh?”
“…….. Yes. More like, number three….”
“Oh boy. I’m practically leaping for joy.”
“Sheesh. After that whole speech I’m surprised you haven’t asked me to marry you, you silly bitch.”
“Okay, now you’re just getting ahead of yourself….”
“……… I was kidding.”
“Hm. Since you actually made a sad attempt at a joke, does this mean you’re not gonna murder me?”
“I didn’t say that. I’m still angry. And besides, you owe me 19 days of sex.”
“You’ve been keeping count?! You sex fiend!!! I hope you don’t plan on getting it all back in one night ’cause I just finished an eight hour bus ride, and I can’t feel my legs.”
“Where are you? I want to see you.”
“Look out the window, sex fiend.”
“………………….……… That’s a rather revealing set of clothes you’ve got on.”
“You like? I picked it up just for you.”
“…. And you call me a sex fiend?!”
“Heh. …. Oh, and Zenki?”
“What?”
“I forgive you.”
“I NEVER SAID I WAS SORRY!!!”
“*LAUGHS!!*”
“GRRRAAA!!!”
“………”
“………”
“…..…..… Tadaima.”
“……………….. Okaeri.”
*CLICK*
Owari ~*