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This account is old as fuck oh my god.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

For anyone who's keeping up, chapter 5 has been posted! Get to know Crooks a little more & see what the others are up to back in Vanilla's verse!

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HeY GUys!

I decided to make a Reader-Insert Fic. It's Undertale

Basically you have a bunch of Tall and Lanky skeletons fall out of your

closet.

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r/vexillology

The Flag of Japan but it's actually this hand towel with a perfectly-placed water stain

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oh shit i just peed on my towel accidentally better turn this into clout

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it was a WATER STAIN i had an ICE PACK and it LEAKED onto the towel I DIDN'T FUCKCING PEE ON IT

[iamoutofideas]

you peed on it

[iamoutofideas]

you peed on it didn’t you lil piss boy

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I DIDN'T PISS I DIDN'T!!!! I'M NOT A LITTLE PEEPEE BOY!!!! I'M NOT!!!!

[cr8ter]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

HeY GUys!

I decided to make a Reader-Insert Fic. It's Undertale

Basically you have a bunch of Tall and Lanky skeletons fall out of your

closet.

[cr8ter]

✠ ₭łł฿Ø Ӿ ⱤɆ₳ĐɆⱤ ✠ 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭

♜ Ⓒⓗ.② ♜

𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

" 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭?" 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. " 𝐎𝐡- 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭!" 𝐇𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧, 𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐙𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐦 | 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐙𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞'.

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. "𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐫. 𝐙𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞?" 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐙𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞 𝐙𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, "𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, "𝐘𝐞𝐬! 𝐌𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞." 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, " 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫.." "𝐎𝐡, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝟏-𝐁𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭." 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬. "𝐎𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐲/𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬." 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 '𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭?' 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬.

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𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥,𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐀 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

"𝐘/𝐧! 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬- ''''𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐢, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥! 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

"𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮." 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐀 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐤𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧, 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐢𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐭. "𝐀𝐨𝐢, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐘/𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐌𝐫. 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫." 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐲/𝐧, "𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲/𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲/𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐘/𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭. 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨, 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. "𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲/𝐧'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧.𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭." 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲/𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲/𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫, "𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲? 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲?" '𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 '𝐢𝐭' 𝐈 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 '𝐡𝐞' 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫!' 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲/𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲/𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐳𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 (𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 (𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭, 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

"𝐒𝐨, 𝐲/𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫? 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, "𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 (𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 (𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝)." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐨𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢- '𝐎𝐡, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.

𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧?' 𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐨.

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞.

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❇ Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu x reader | Non-Despair AU!❇ (Not Requested)

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu.

Known to most as the ultimate yakuza, he is short-tempered and a good amount of people like to call him ‘baby gangsta’ due to his face and size.

He usually sticks with his partner, Peko Pekoyama, the ultimate swordsman and likes to stay away from other people, stating he doesn't want anything to do with anyone in the school. At least, that’s what he thought at first.

Y/n L/n, the Ultimate Soldier, had caught Fuyuhiko’s attention.

It started as just acceptance or someone he allowed around him due to their ultimate. But then it grew into thinking of them as an acquaintance to a crush, which made the boy frustrated.

Why did he feel such an attachment towards them? Why was he always feeling this around them?

He was in the cafe contemplating his thoughts, Peko sitting next to him watching him with slight concern. “Young Master,” she called out to snap him from his thoughts and look up.

“ You have to at least confess someday, young master, that’s the best thing to do to not worry about these feelings you have for them.” She tells him, making him scowl.

“I’d rather not, and haven’t I told you to stop calling me ‘young master’? It’s hard enough that I’m the ultimate yakuza, I don’t need ‘love’ to get in the way of my job.” He snarled.

Peko nodded her head, though she still did not agree with his words. He forcefully grabbed his fork and angrily ate his food while Peko was thinking about what she could do to help him.

When lunch ended they both departed to their classrooms, fuyuhiko still contemplating his thoughts.

Fortunately for fuyuhiko, it seemed like you had the same class as him, waving to him as you entered.

He blushed and turned away, scowling as you went to sit next to him. “Hey Fuyu, how’s it going?” you ask him.

He just grunted in response and kept looking the other way, not daring to let you see the way his face was lighting up as you chuckled from the rude gesture. Seeing him so pent up just because you asked him a mere question made you smile, but it was obvious that something was going on with him, you wanted to figure out what it was, bad or not.

“You okay there? You’ve been acting like this the entire day, did something happen with a rival yakuza gang or is something big gonna happen that might change your life~” You exaggerate with jazz hands, making him blush harder at your antics, considering he thought you looked stupidly cute.

“It’s nothing someone like you should be worrying about, don’t you have something special coming up?” He said mockingly, making you smile once again.

“No actually, but seriously is something on your mind? You can tell me, I promise that whatever it is I won’t spread rumors about it like Kokichi did when he was told that Hajime and Chiaki might be dating.” You promise.

He can’t help but slightly smirk at what you said but decided to refrain from telling you exactly what was on his mind, especially in front of the entire class.

The school bells rang out across the hallways, signaling that it was the end of the day, which was a relief to fuyuhiko considering he could go back without having much to worry about- Other than you.

Before he and Peko could walk home though, you popped out of nowhere and called out his name, making him turn around in confusion.

“What? I’m trying to get back to base, I can’t talk right now y’know.” He stated, but Peko decided to make this an opportunity to finally get the boy to go up and confess to them.

“ Actually, I think young master wanted to talk to you about something,” Peko said, making Fuyuhiko side glare at her.

“Really? Ok, what is it then?” they said, immediately turning to face him, waiting for Fuyuhiko to give them a response, not noticing that Peko had left them to give them some alone time.

“So…?” You said, still awaiting his answer.

“I-I, uh y’know what fuck it!” He exclaimed frustrated before smashing his lips onto yours. You blinked several times before realizing what was happening.

Fortunately for Fuyuhiko, You kissed back instead of pulling away, making him smile into the kiss.

You both pulled away and you smiled at him. “So, that’s what you wanted to tell me~,” You say, making him flush and look away.

“Y-yeah, I didn’t know what to fuckin say so I just did it,” He said

All you did was hold his hand and start walking to his base, him smiling triumphantly at everyone he passed. He was glad that that had happened, now that you were his, he also needed to thank Peko as well.

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WaiT, wHerE Did PekO gO?

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✠ ₭łł฿Ø Ӿ ⱤɆ₳ĐɆⱤ ✠ 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭

♜ Ⓒⓗ.① ♜Meeting

𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

"𝐇𝐮𝐡?" 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭.

'𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭' 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐀𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, "𝐇-𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨! 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝟏-𝐁𝟎 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐝!" 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐊𝟏-𝐛𝟎, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.

'𝐎𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐰𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱.' 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. "𝐔𝐡... 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐊𝟏-𝐛𝟎, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐲/𝐧." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. "𝐖𝐨𝐰 𝐲/𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧!" 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. "𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞?" 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐩, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐟/𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐀𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 "𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐲/𝐧? 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨, 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!" 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. '𝐖𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞' 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭.

"𝐎𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮...𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?" 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧. "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞. "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲. "𝐎-𝐨𝐡...𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐢 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦?" "𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐌𝐬. 𝐲/𝐧!" 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝. '𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭- 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤?' 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 ಠ_ಠ 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐫. 𝐲/𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐨... 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬- "𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬.

𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, '𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠?' 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚.

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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝.𝐀 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, "𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐲/𝐧! 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦.

"𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. "𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞-𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛. " 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬. "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟?" "𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬." 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠-" 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭.

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞 (Ze-d-ike)  𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦.

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𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕠! ℍ𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕠𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 ;𝕧;

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✺Imagine | cuddles | Chihiro✺

Chihiro was feeling a bit needy for attention, but the poor boy was afraid to ask if you could give it to him. It had only been a few months since you started dating and he was still trying to man up and be less shy but it was obvious that it would take a while for that to happen.

You were not as affectionate when it came to him, you made sure to respect his boundaries and not upset him or do something he wouldn't like. You would give him the occasional peck on the cheek or hold his hand but other than that you let him take his time and open up.

He did want to do the same thing, maybe a bit more but he couldn't even muster up the courage to do so. All he could do was watch as you gave out all the affection to him.

But, he decided that today was the day he would be the one giving the affection. He didn't want to be the one receiving affection from you all the time, it just made him frustrated with how shy he was, which was something he did not want to tell you since that would mean you would probably think you were doing something wrong, that would make him feel guilty, even though you said that he could tell you if anything was wrong

He closed his laptop and got up from his seat, walking out of his dorm to go and find you. For once in his life he felt a burst of confidence, he was determined to be able to give you affection, and he would do it whether you liked it or no- ok maybe if you didn't want to he would stop, but other than that he knew he would do it.

Once he got to your dorm he straightened up and knocked on your door, waiting for a response. When there was no answer he was about to leave before he heard the door open up, and let out a small yelp in the process.

You were standing there, wearing your pajamas and looking a bit tired, he couldn't help but smile slightly at your state, this was a good opportunity considering you looked tired.

"Oh... Chi, what are you doing here? You wanna spend some time together." You questioned happily, to which he nodded and went into your dorm. As you both sat down on the couch, you leaned down to peck his cheek, but he quickly stopped you by doing it first, making you giggle.

As time went by, Chihiro had managed to snag a few more kisses without you initiating them, which made you happy that he seemed to have more confidence by doing this.

you were both binge watching your favorite tv show when he started shifting towards you. He wanted to advance to cuddling which was something the two of you had actually not done before, even though he had wished you made some sort of move to cuddle, but since you wanted to respect his boundaries and he never told you he wanted to cuddle, you never bothered doing it sadly.

He kept advancing towards you without you noticing since you were captivated by what was happening in the show currently. He faltered for a second, thinking you would get annoyed for distracting you from the show but thought against it, he

knew you weren't like that and that you were usually always patient with him.

Once he got close enough he wrapped his shaky arms around your waist, making you blink for a second before looking at him and smiling. "Do you need anything Chi?" You questioned as he blushed and nodded his head, pulling you towards him.

He laid his head on your shoulder, motioning you to lay down with him. At this point his face was cherry red, good thing you weren't facing him. You snuggled into his chest and smiled contently, He hugged you tighter in response.

You both continued watching a few more episodes of the show in that position before turning the TV off. You looked over your shoulder to see his eyes closed and seemingly asleep.

You decided to close your eyes as well, him still holding you close, and fell asleep.

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✺Imagine | The ball | Nagito✺

It was a big day for Nagito. s/o had said a few days ago that they would be going to a ball and today was the day that it would happen. Which is why he was getting ready for the occasion.

He never really thought someone like him would take part in these events but due to the fact that he had won the lottery he did in fact have a few nice looking suits to wear.

Once he was done dressing up he heard s/o call for him from downstairs and proceeded to walk downstairs into the room where you were waiting for him. He slightly flushed at your appearance, and kissed your cheek, making you giggle and go towards the limo Nagito had paid to bring you to the occasion.

You got in and the vehicle drove away to your destination

When you got there, you saw from the corner of your eye that Nagito was nervously fidgeting with his neck tie as he looked toward the huge mansion where the ball was being held, a bit of sweat. You smiled and squeezed his hand softly, he looked at you and smiled back at you and then you both proceeded to walk inside the mansion.

The owner of the mansion was named Sir.billiam and had a butler that showed them the ball room. He didn't seem to speak and Billiam did not seem to enjoy his presence by the way he always glared at him.

The ballroom was filled with many people in dresses and suits, there were a few young people there and they noticed that people like Sonia and Byakuya. Gundham was there as well, s/o guessed he was Sonia's +1 considering they had just started dating a few months ago (poor Souda ;v;).

Sonia notices you two and starts walking towards you, Gundham next to her. "S/o, Komaeda! What a pleasure to meet you two again!" Sonia says happily, " Yes, it is good to see you again." Gundham says gruffly, he doesn't seem to really fit in with the people at the ball since he's wearing his usual attire.

Nagito smiled and greeted them as well, they all talked for a while before we heard music start playing. " Do ya wanna dance Mr. luck?" s/o said to Nagito, making him blush and hesitate but walk towards her anyways. " It would be a pleasure, my hope."

The dance was nice and romantic, people held their partner in their arms while dancing, others watched while enjoying the nice atmosphere, some people would walk around and eat some more and talk to others.

Nagito was in a trance at how beautiful you were, how in sync the both of you were as you danced around the room.

He leaned down and kissed you softly, you happily kissing back for a while before parting.

The ball ended and you all said goodbye to each other, thanking the host for inviting you to the event. As you both got in the limo and were driven home Nagito felt something soft hit his shoulder.

He looked over to see s/o's head laying there, her eyes closed and a content smile on her face. He smiled and closed his eyes, fading off.

"Nagito, wake up." said a male voice as Nagito's eyes opened. Hajime was standing in front of him, s/o was there as well. "You good Nagito?" s/o said while tilting her head in confusion. " Oh, ya I'm fine." Nagito reassured. "Ok! Now c'mon, the others have gone to check out the new island that opened up ever since the last trail." s/o said, turning around and walking out of the room.

" Dude, ya got to confess to her someday y'know, what if you don't get the chance to?" Hajime said to him with his arms crossed. "I will eventually, i just have to wait for the right moment. Also, I would like to talk about a dream I had. I was with s/o...…"

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✺Imagine | Inspiration | Toko x reader✺

It was 2:00 am and Toko was in her room sitting at her desk. In front of her was a computer doc that was completely empty. The girl had been trying to find a good story to write since it had been a while since her last novel came out.

She groaned as she stared at the piece of technology, she  just couldn't think of anything good to write. s/o had gone out to a party with her friends, leaving Toko at home. s/o knew that Toko didn't enjoy parties, considering she isn't the type of person that would go to them, so she used this time to let Toko have some alone time at the house. But it had been a good 3 hours and all that time was wasted on Toko trying her hardest to figure out what to write. She gnawed on her pencil in anger as she tried to think of a good story that would be captivating to her audience.

Back at where s/o was, the party had come to an end and they were saying goodbye to their friends. They got in their car and drove home, happy that they would get to see Toko again.

When they got home and went inside the house they heard the sound of footsteps coming towards them. They were greeted with Toko engulfing them in a hug. " I-I'm only doing this once o-okay? It got b-boring without y-you around." She muttered, making you smile. "well, I'm here now and- whoa, why do you look so worn out?" You said in surprise. Toko looked exhausted, she usually stays up late and looks the same in the morning, so why did she look like she hasn't slept for days? " I can't figure out what to write. I was trying to make a good storyline but it's all in shambles." " Have you been trying to do that this entire time!?" .... "M-maybe." she stammers. You sigh and give her a slight peck on the cheek making her blush. " Awh, I would help you but I'm beat, why don't we try to think of a story you could write tomorrow?" you tell her. She nods in response and you both head to your rooms to sleep.

When you wake up you can smell the delicious aroma of Eggs and bacon. You walk to the kitchen to see Toko with breakfast laid on the counter, she notices you and slightly smiles. "Wow Toko! That smells really good! I can't wait to eat it!" you compliment her as she hands you her breakfast and guides you to her writing room.

" I-I'm glad you like it. Now, let's go to my desk since you agreed to help." she says as she sits down on her desk, you following shortly after. "So what exactly are you having trouble with?" " Finding a good s-storyline for my characters. My story seems so dull and weird, nobody would want to read a book about it" she says gloomily. " Hey, don't be like that! Why don't you show me what your storyline was? I bet it's way better than you think it really is." you say to her, making her lips slightly twitch upwards. She then pulls out a doc on her computer.

As s/o suspected, the doc was full of words,58 pages long. You looked at the Doc and read a few pages, Toko looking at you and biting her nails , thinking you were going to agree and say how unoriginal the writing was. But instead she got " Wow! This is amazing, why do you think people wouldn't like this?" You ask her. Her eyes widen and her face erupts into color since she was not expecting that reaction from you just looking at her work "A-are you sure-" "yes I'm sure, in all honesty i think you should stick with this storyline. It's got alot of drama and a good tint of romance added to it." you tell her.

All she does is slightly smile at you as you continue rambling about how good the draft was.

A few months later her newest novel released. It became a bestseller and won an award. When you get the book you almost immediately finish it within a few hours. When she shows you how popular the book is all you do is smirk and say "I told you so."

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✺Imagine | Lost and Found | Shuichi x Hajime✺

Prompt: Saihara loses something and hajime gives it back to him.

It was 12:00am and Saihara had stayed in the classroom instead of going to lunch. He had lost his hat somehow and was currently trying to find it since the last place he saw it was on his desk. The boy huffed out in annoyance when it didn't seem to be anywhere in the classroom. He walked out of the classroom with his shoulders slumped as he headed towards the cafeteria.

In the cafeteria he walked over and sat down next to Kaede, Kaito, and, to his disdain, Kokichi. "Nishishishi! Look who it is, Mr. detective! Seems like you've lost something of yours huh?" Kokichi says while smirking, gesturing to Shuichi's head. "Did you take my hat Kokichi?" Shuichi says angrily. If anything it wasn't that much of a big deal but since this was Kokichi, he had every right to be mad.

"Nope, I'm not even in the same class as you, and even if I did I wouldn't tell you~" The purple haired boy snickered, making Shuichi glare at him. 'Could he be lying? Either that or he's telling the truth which I hardly believe.' Shuichi thought as he held his glare to the boy. "Just ignore him Shuichi. All he wants is a reaction out of you." Kaede says while munching on a chocolate bar.

Shuichi sighs and sits down next to Kaito who surprisingly hasn't been paying attention or making any comments for Kokichi to shut up. Kaito looked at him, "yes I know, how surprising is it that i haven't made a single comment on the little sh*t. I'm only doing it cause Kaede said i have to stop gettin angry at the guy." Kaito grumbled. Shuichi nodded and decided to ask "Have you seen my hat? I left it on my desk and can't seem to find it." After a long pause, Kaito responded "nope" , making Shuichi's shoulders droop.

"But, I think I saw Hajime exit the classroom earlier. He did seem like he didn't wanna be noticed while he was leaving but I could see him walking away." Kaito added.

Shuichi's face slightly reddened, he couldn't help but admit that he had developed a small crush for the reserve course student. Hajime was nice and respectful to him despite him being a bit timid and quiet, they also both were good at working together when it came to a challenge they had to face.

He was kinda happy that his hat was gone now, because he could go talk to Hajime about it and It had been a while since they last spoke to each other.

"I-i'll go try to find him and tell him if he's seen it before." Shuichi says, getting up and walking out of the cafeteria.

(he didn't seem to notice the three smirking at him as he left)

As he searched the hallway he found Chiaki who was fortunately talking to hajime. Shuichi's face reddened a bit more as he approached the two. Chiaki noticed him and nudged Hajime, who slightly smiled once he saw shuichi walking up to them.

"Hello shuichi." "Hi hajime, I was wondering, have you seen my hat? It wasn't in the classroom and I thought you might have seen someone take it since kaito saw you going out of the room."

Hajime's smile slightly morphed into a slight frown as he looked up shuichi. " um, no, I haven't seen it. also, I need to tell you something, in private." Hajime whispered to him, making Shuichi's face flush.

What was he gonna tell him? It was obviously about his hat, but maybe it would be something else? Shuichi nodded as they headed inside an empty classroom.

"I need you to close your eyes for a sec, I'll tell you when to open them." hajime instructed. Shuichi did as he was told with a pink face and after a few seconds he told him to open them.

When he opened his eyes he saw...

Hajime wearing his hat.

If this was anyone else, Shuichi's face would not have exploded in color. Hajime slightly smiled at him as he took the hat off him and placed it on Shuichi's head.

"I took your hat. It was a dare from Kokichi." Hajime told him as he just stood there and nodded.

After a few seconds of silence Hajime spoke up " Well maybe we could go hang out at the park sometime, considering we haven't spoken in a while." "s-sure." Shuichi stuttered out as Hajime smiled at him and walked out of the room.

Leaving Shuichi frozen and a blushing mess.

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Extra scene:

"GODAMMIT KOKICHI YOU SAID THIS WOULD WORK!" Kaito yelled in anger. He had hoped that one of them would confess their feelings, considering they were alone . Chaiki nodded in agreement as Kokichi just snickered. "Nishshi~ don't worry space boy, I bet they'll confess at their little date." Kokichi reassured.

"I hope they do." Kaede said.

Note: I only did this cause this was before I made the rule of no more imagines with character x character

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❇ Head-cannon | Gundham and Gonta x reader❇(Not requested) Gundham and gonta sees s/o's pet

Gundham

✿ He gets pretty happy when you tell him you have pets, he just immediately wants to see what pets you own and how you take care of them. It's honestly really nice to know that he cares for animals, that's what you'd expect of the ultimate breeder, taking care of animals and everything.

✿ When the both of you get to your house and open the door he immediately looks around for any sign of your pets, though all you have to do is call them over and they start running towards you or just start alerting you to where they are. Gundham starts walking over to them and looks at them softly before petting them and giving them treats

✿when you and him sit down on the couch your pets go up with you, and just lay next to the both of you, Gundham thinks that he did a good job teaching you how to take care of animals, considering they look clean and healthy as well as do many tricks and follow orders that are given.

✿Though, there might be a pet that's jealous of him, considering sometimes they will get between you and Gundham whenever you try to cuddle or do something affectionate with him. He might get a tad bit frustrated at their antics but just deals with it, but if it keeps on going then he'll start to try and go somewhere more private or ask you to keep the pet away when this happens.

✿ When he leaves he makes sure to say bye to the pets before exiting the house and starts complimenting you on how well you raised them, not without covering his scarf to hide his face while he did it though.

Gonta

✿ He's ecstatic when you say you have pets, if they're dogs or bugs then he'll just start vibrating with joy. He is really excited and asks you questions about what they are, how well they are doing etc.. It's adorable when he's like this. In all honesty you've probably never seen someone act like this when being told that their s/o has pets, but this is Gonta so it's nothing new.

✿ When you get there and open the door he rushes in to find the pets, looking everywhere but the place that they actually are. All you do is call them and they call out to you. When Gonta hears it he rushes to the direction of the sound.

✿When he sees your pets he goes straight to pet them, but he's a bit wary of cat's though, that does not mean he won't attempt to try and make friends with it despite it scaring him a bit, he's completely fine with any other animal though, he thinks of dogs as a part of his family, considering wolves are their ancestors.

✿ If a pets jealous then he'll probably be completely oblivious to their actions and whenever they separate the two of you he'll just pet them thinking that they just want to be a part of the affection. If the pet growls or gets mad at him he would think he did something wrong and apologize, then try going back to talking to you.

✿ When he leaves he makes sure to say goodbye to the pet and that he'll be excited to see them again.

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❇Head-Canon | Kiibo and Kokichi x s/o❇ (Not Requested) Kiibo and Kokichi giving and receiving affection (Separately)

Kiibo

✿Kiibo is new to affection so when it comes to him don't expect that much from him.

✿He will sometimes experiment on what affection you like and dislike so he knows what crosses the line and what doesn't.

✿He will get pretty flustered when he tries to do anything affectionate, in fact, when you had your first kiss he quite literally overheated and shut down. When he woke up again you just gave him a kiss right then and there.

✿When he knows what to do when giving you affection he'll give it to you 24/7, and if you're away from each other he'll call you to check on you and so he can talk with you, It's honestly really sweet.

✿I Head-canon him being able to take his metal plates off so when you guys cuddle it's much more comfortable than with them on. He will gladly be the big spoon so he can hold you close and rest his chin on your forehead.

✿When he receives affection it's a whole other story.

✿When you hug him he will hug back, but not without his fans going to stop him from overheating and when you kiss him the first few times he will definitely overheat.

✿He will get a bit embarrassed with PDA but not annoyed, he just finds it embarrassing when people see or could potentially see you showing affection.

✿Though, you do know when to stop when people start giving off judgmental glares since well, why would you be dating a robot out of all the things.

✿You just glare back at them so they go away and if hold Kiibo's hand and tell him to ignore people like that.

Kokichi

✿He L O V E S gives you affection and will give it to you anytime whether you like it or not. Out in the carnival? Affection. In a movie theater? Affection. In ANY public place? Affection. You can't escape him.

✿If you're having a rough day he will gladly give you cuddles so he can be close to you. If you're lucky he might put away his façade for a while and just enjoy the moment.

✿He looks like he does it for jokes and laughs, but he does it so you know that you're loved. He makes sure to tell you that and that what he said is not a lie.

✿He also has showed you off to D. I. C. E. and they really liked you and your personality.

✿(they were also impressed that you were able to deal with Kokichi's BS. since they were usually the only people that could.)

✿When receiving affection he loves it.

✿He will most likely tease you every time you give him a kiss or do anything affectionate.

✿He will sometimes be like " As the ultimate supreme leader I demand you give me cuddles." "Kokichi we're at the dollar store, we can cuddle once we're home."

✿He likes being the little spoon and snuggling up to your chest, makes him feel safe y'know? He likes you holding him close.

✿He's a clingy piece of shit which always has you holding his hand and sometimes, if he's lucky, give him piggy back rides.

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❇Head-canon | Shuichi x s/o❇ (Not requested)Shuichi goes to an escape room with his s/o

✿ He's really excited when you tell him that you're both going to go to an escape room, and that its a pretty hard one. It's honestly kinda cute the way his eyes sparkle since he's always liked hard puzzles, and solving mysteries considering he is the ultimate detective.

✿ When you get there you go into a murder mystery styled escape room. You have to find the clues to who it could be and once you find the name of the killer you can get out.

✿ The room is a library. Several cameras are placed around the room and there's a chalk outline of the victim who seemed to be laying on the floor when they died.

✿ This guys the ultimate detective, he basically wants to solve the entire puzzle, but will try his hardest to let you figure out some parts as well, since he'll feel bad if he didn't let you do anything.

✿ He also teaches you and helps you how to solve the puzzle as well, might be because he wants to impress you, which he succeeds in doing.

✿ You both manage to complete the mystery. The victim was a guy named Rantaro Amami and the culprit was a girl named Tsumugi Shirogane.

✿ The entire experience was really fun for the both of you and you both will most likely so it again in the future.

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❇Head-canon | Nagito x hajime❇ (Not Requested) Nagito and hajime Skipping class Together

✿ The only reason they're able to leave the classroom is probably due to Nagito's luck making something incredibly stupid happen to him in the process.

✿ Once they leave the classroom they don't know what to do, they kind of just wander around and talk for a while.

✿ If anyone were to initiate any physical affection while in the hallways it'll be Hajime. I doubt Nagito would think he'd be 'worthy' to do anything.

✿ But if Hajime suggests anything like kissing or making out, unless there's nobody in the hallways due to classes, Nagito will say no. There's also a really small chance of doing it even when nobody's around, considering a teacher or student coming from or to the bathroom would notice.

✿ Nagito will accept pecs on the cheeks and hand holding. He doesn't care whether people see that type of affection or not.

✿ When they sneak back inside the classroom Nagito is going to get caught, either from the teacher or him walking in as if he hasn't skipped 30 minutes of class. Hajime will have to make up an excuse for him so he doesn't get in detention.

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❇Head-canon | Nagito❇ ( Not Requested) Nagito at the carnival with his s/o

♡He's pretty excited since 'someone like him shouldn't be doing these activities with someone as great you

♡You have to snap him out of it.

♡ When you get there you'll have to convince him to stay with since he says he might get in the way of the fun.(Nagito and his self deprecating ass)

♡ If you want some of the stuffed animals from the stands he'll use his luck to get you some. Which will end up with you covered in a sh*t ton of stuffed animals and nagito drenched with a bit of scrapes and fluff all over him.

♡You kind of want to go home since you feel a bit bad but he insists that you keep exploring the place.

♡When you go to the roller coasters he says he'll be fine and not get any stomach problems because of his luck, but after the ride he immediately throws up in a trashcan.

♡ Now that's when you go home, no 'buts' or 'I insists'. You're going back to take care of him.

♡When you get home he's a bit mopey since he thinks it was his fault you didn't get to go on some of the rides. But you can easily cheer him up by cuddling on the couch and watching a movie.

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✿All Head-cannon #1 | Dr2 Boys✿(Not a request) When they make their S/o or Crush Cry

ℍ𝕒𝕛𝕚𝕞𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕒 (𝕤/𝕠)

He'd most likely just be in one of his hissy fits about the fact that he's a reserve course student or just be having a bad day in general.

He probably would avoid you for a while, not answering your texts or calls, and that might cause you to worry if anything was wrong or something had happened to the boy.

It got to a point when you start thinking that he didn't love you or want to be around you anymore, which made you start panicking slightly.

When you tried to talk to him about it he might accidentally yell or get frustrated at you, but when you start to cry about it he immediately realizes how much of an ass he's been throughout the time he's been ignoring you, and apologizes.

ℕ𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕥𝕠 𝕂𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕖𝕕𝕒 (𝕤/𝕠)

When he makes you cry it's completely unintentional.

It starts when he gets yelled at by some bullies about how much of a creep he is, which you then see and immediately defend him. Once the fighting stops he goes to you and asks why you're dating him and why you help him since he (Apparently) doesn't deserve it, which makes you start to tell him it's because you love and cherish him.

He then starts to get mad and starts to go on one of his rants, talking bad about himself while you try to calm him down.

You then yell at him to stop which gets his attention and when he looks at you he sees you staring at him, crying and angry. you tell him he's wrong and shouldn't talk about himself like that.

He calms down, feeling bad for making you worry over him. He then Apologizes and comforts you.

𝔾𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕒 (𝕤/𝕠)

Gundham was usually by your side a lot, so when he started being with Sonia more than you, it made you wonder if he wanted to be in a relationship with Sonia more than with you.

Your worries grew when he started postponing your dates to go hang out with sonia. It wasn't like him to be like this, he always made sure you two went on dates, and he never usually postponed or stopped them, especially if it was just because he wanted to hang out with a friend.

When you confronted him about it he brushed it off saying that 'He just wanted to spend time with Sonia since she was leaving soon' Which completely came out the wrong way because instead he said 'He just wanted to spend more time with Sonia instead'.

When you start to cry he immediately apologized that that was not what he had intended it to come out like and explained why he was hanging out with Sonia, which made you feel better and forgive him.

𝕂𝕒𝕫𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕚 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕕𝕒 (ℂ𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙)

This probably also has to do with his huge crush on Sonia.

He was your best friend but he always followed Sonia around and left you behind, It didn't help the fact that you had a crush on him at the time. He would always rant about how pretty or elegant she was, and you guys were never able to have one normal conversation without him bringing Sonia up.

You hid your feelings for him, and made sure he wouldn't notice the jealousy you were feeling, as well as frustration, considering she always ignored him when he tried to talk to her and was with gundham all the time. It made you angry that he was treated this way so you wanted to talk to him about it.

When you tell him about it he denies it and says that she just needs time to open up to him, which you retort angrily that one day she'll break his heart and tell him she doesn't like him, making him mad and snap at you.

It soon escalates into an argument with insults being thrown at each other.

You reach your breaking point and start crying, telling him that the reason you wanted to talk to him about this was because you loved and cared for him, which makes him bad but also has his face flush as he realizes you just confessed to him.

He apologizes and says that he liked you too, but hid it by still trying to go for Sonia.

ℕ𝕖𝕜𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕦 ℕ𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕚 (𝕤/𝕠)

You had decided that you could have your boyfriend train you for a while, wanting to grow stronger and faster.

He happily obliged and the both of you went out on the track to go train.

When you got there and got ready he immediately told you to do some laps around the track and do push ups, which you were able to do well but lost a great amount of stamina after it.

He kept giving you exercises to work on, and accidentally forgot completely about giving you a water break.

That resulted in you all of a sudden collapsing, a few tears running down our cheeks. He realized what he did wrong and quickly grabbed the water bottle and had you drink it, deciding you had enough training and promising to remember next time as well.

𝔽𝕦𝕪𝕦𝕙𝕚𝕜𝕠 𝕂𝕦𝕫𝕦𝕣𝕪𝕦𝕦 (ℂ𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙)

When he has a crush he just makes plain mean comments to them half of the time.

You tolerate it, but sometimes he might take it a bit too far, going to physical actions instead of just insults.

One day you had decided that you were going to spend some time with him today so you decided to go over to him.

When you found him and he saw you, his face flushed and he got defensive. He was glaring at you when you came to him and he told you to go away, but you said no, which angered and flustered him.

He then pushed you harshly away from him, resulting in you falling and hitting your head pretty hard, which made you start crying from the pain. He panicked and took you to the nurses office.

When you awoke he apologized and confessed saying he was sorry and went too far, which you said it was fine and pecked him on the cheek, accepting his confession and walking away, leaving him dumbfounded and bright red.