Purified to serve.

The wicked fox who lived to serve god-- Affiliated with String of Fates Fated with Zakuro - Senior; Boys dorm, D-3

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Before Zakuro could even retort, she was pushed back onto the bed, ears perking up, and cheeks quickly flaming a dark red. It was mostly since he had gotten ontop of her. She remembered the first time, and those brought embarrassing memories. “W-What are y-” What the heck had she done? He looked furious, but she was pretty sure she hadn’t said anything to get him to look like that. “Tomoe I..” His words caused a scowl to appear on her lips, fingers reaching up to press into his back. “Hey, don’t you dare blame something on me like this out of nowhere!” She growled, while she squirmed a little underneath him.

“I don’t even know what you’re going on about! A little help would be nice.” Her slim fingers trailed up his back with a little hesitation, fingers patting at his silver hair. Was this how someone comforted another? She had no clue. It was worse that it was Tomoe. Licking her lips, she swallowed back whatever she was going to say, more flustered by the minute. Those stupid butterflies were back. Hopefully he didn’t hear her heart racing.

Her fingers finally stopped the petting and she poked Tomoe on the side of his head. “Can you stop acting like this..? It’s kind of weird.” She murmured. Hands went to instinctively press onto his back, fingers curling inward.

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"No," He replies sharply, and then he falls silent again. He'd rather just stay here with his face buried in her hair, not talk about feelings. That was so gross. Tomoe grumbles under his breath, pulling himself away from Zakuro.

He gives her an annoyed glare before turning his head away. "I feel like such a kit and it's all your fault." What would everybody say if they saw how weird he was acting now? It was unprofessional of him as a familiar to fall in love with the first place, and to top it all off he was acting so embarrassingly...his lower lip juts out in an unattractive pout.

Point blank, Tomoe did not know how to phrase what he was thinking. The words jumbled and shook in his head, confusing him more than he already was at the moment. It sucked. "Zakuro- pomegranate-" He quickly corrects himself with a scowl. "I..." Ugh.

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ooc; Holy shit we have a splash woman

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I can't be in l-

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Zakuro, on the other hand, decided that taking a bath would help to ease her troubled mind. It was a rather quick shower, and she had dried herself off, putting on some matching underwear and bra, before slipping on a simple light brown shirt.

Walking over to her dresser, she grabbed the brush which she began to run through her hair, letting out a small grunt when it got tangled in a few knots. “Maybe I should cut my hair..” She mused, fingers fiddling with the ends of some damp locks.

Setting her brush down, she walked over to her bed and picked up her shorts, which she quickly shimmied them on. She was about to put her towel away when a knock on her door caused her ears to perk up. Who the heck is coming to visit me at this time..?After she opened up the door, she peeked out, a look of surprise coming over her face. “Tomoe?” It soon turned into a scowl, as she opened the door up a bit more.

“What are you doing here?” She hissed out through her lips. Was he seriously crazy in coming back to the girls dorm again? What if he got caught? She was not going to get in trouble because of him. Reaching over, she grabbed him by the arm and tugged him inside, closing the door shut behind him. “Where the hell have you been? I haven’t seen you around campus in a while.” Had she been worried? Just a little, but she wouldn’t tell him that. Sure they hung out before he vanished, but Zakuro had wondered what happened that made him do that. “Idiot..” She muttered, before sitting on the edge of her bed, fingers rubbing at her forehead.

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He says nothing at first, instead opting to let Zakuro pull him into the room. Tomoe had to bask in the heat for a few seconds at the very least; it was very nice, and he felt his ears wiggling thankfully for the change in temperature. After he was done adjusting to the heat he sighed, his expression twisting into something unreadable. He was starting to regret coming here already for various reasons, none of which he really wanted to admit aloud.

"Be quiet," He hissed right back, kicking his zori off. Although he regretted coming here, there was no turning back now. He marches towards the bed and grabs Zakuro by the arms, pushing her back onto the mattress so that he could clamber on top of her. "I can't believe you." She was so intent on making him leave and the next thing you know she wants to know where he had went. He stares down at her and curls his lip, showing off sharp fangs. Yeah, Tomoe never was good at dealing with crushes.

He lets go of Zakuro's arms and places his hands on either side of her head, leaning forward until he could feel her breath tickling his chin. Parting his lips, Tomoe takes a deep breath and flicks the tip of his tail. She'd just gotten out of the shower...his  expression wavers a bit. "Ugh," he groans, burying his face in her still-wet hair. He couldn't do this. He couldn't stay mad at her for long--and for no reason. This was so puerile and useless.

"I can't do this. This is all your fault, you know."

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“Impossible.” Was the first thing that she muttered, that came out of her lips. Ears were perked up high on her head, giving the occasional twitches here and there and sometimes lowering. “It’s impossible. There’s no way that..” Trailing off, her arms crossed over her chest, an ugly scowl forming on her lips. What was Zakuro going on about now? Well it was Tomoe. That stupid idiot always seemed to do something that got on her nerves.

Most of her thoughts were on that kiss that he had given to her. It had been out of nowhere, and while at that time, she had been a little peeved that her first kiss had been taken, she also had enjoyed it. Of course, she didn’t tell Tomoe this and the morning after Zakuro discovered that he stayed in her room, she kicked him out, ignoring him for about half a day. A week passed by, and then another, and the two went on with normal life as usual again. Zakuro hadn’t stayed mad at him for long. There was something odd that she noticed whenever she was around him, though. Her heart would race, and she would get more flustered than usual. There was also an odd feeling in the pits of her stomach. She had written to her friends back at home, hoping to get answers and they gave it to her; Love.

She was in love with Tomoe. It was impossible, there was no way that could happen, yet- She knew she was only lying to herself. Out of all the people who would gather my interest..it had to be him. Why?

Her fingers idly fiddled with the crumpled up piece of letter that she had received from Susukihotaru and the others. On it, each of them had written how happy they were for her, and congratulated the foxed eared girl. They also wrote lots of silly stuff at the bottom about writing back to them about how her dates went, to take lots of pictures, and to be safe whenever she decided to give herself to her love interest. God, they were so embarrassing. Sighing out softly, she folded the letter, tucking it away in a small drawer with the rest of the ones she had.

“I can’t believe this..” What was she supposed to do now? It was weird being around Tomoe already, and knowing her feelings for him, she didn’t want to do anything stupid.

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Tomoe had been...'out of commission' these past few days, let's say. It's because mun is an idiot who can't keep her muses in line He took some time out of his schedule (and by some, I mean a few days) to leave campus and just wander around, but as soon as he got back he began to wonder if that was such a good idea. Did schools even allow that sort of thing? Nanami once shrieked about failing a grade from missing days of school...but did it matter if Tomoe failed a grade? He hadn't even needed to attend school in the first place.

Absences and school aside though, his days of leave were filled with nothing but leisure and...thinking. A lot of it, too. It wasn't anything deep though, nothing worthy of the infamous 'look out into nothing and have a meaningful expression' stare. Actually it was something much more childish--specifically, it was about girls. Yeah, just girls. Every once and a while Tomoe would grumble under his breath and wonder why they were such fickle things with high standards and bad attitudes, and then he'd scowl a childish scowl and cross his arms over his chest.

He just didn't get it. He didn't get her.

This was no recent thing, either. Ever since turning his servitude over to the new land god, Tomoe's had issues with most girls he met afterward. But Zakuro was a whole new case: he had issues with her and he fancied her, for god's sake. That wasn't a good mix and he knew it, and although he had more than enough experience with shaking off his feelings for certain girls he could not do it in this case; it was impossible.

At this point Tomoe thought he was going crazy and decided to return back to the campus, afraid that staying away from the school for too long would drive him to some odd phase of insanity. It was getting sort of chilly too; it was nearing August and it was beginning to rain more than usual, leaving a damp chill hanging in the air. His ears flattened against his head and his tail curled in on itself, trying to preserve the last few dregs of heat left before it became a quivering mess. He really ought to get somewhere warm, perhaps his dorm, but...

The kitsune swerved sharply on his heel and began to walk in the direction of the girl's dorms, intent on paying a visit to the little pomegranate first. He'd end this dumb thing one way or another, and then get his mind off of it for the rest of his time at the school.

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hinamoriがあなたの投稿に返信しました: ((While I’m here lurking about it’d be gr8 if you...

[ aaaah i remember loving snake * A * ]

((>Remember loving

LIKE IT'S POSSIBLE TO STOP LOVING HIM AHAHAHA YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE SNAKE

In all honesty tho Snake is the hugest cutie ever and he's my fav Kuro character <33333 He's just perfect okay))

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((While I'm here lurking about it'd be gr8 if you could all follow Snake for me since following the masterlist is going to take me a good while ahaha

Don't be afraid to talk to him either!! ; 3 ; I promise his snakes won't envenom you ♥))

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❁ Fox gathering || Closed; Zakuro

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At his words, her lips opened up a few times, as if she was trying to find a way to retort to that, but honestly, she was stumped. She couldn’t deny that she had kissed back. Nor deny that she liked it.

Although, she wouldn’t tell him of that little tidbit. “..Whatever.” She grumbled, while looking away. Her fingers tugged her mother’s necklace out from under her clothing, fingers playing with the small jewel, face in though.

“So stupid..” She murmured to herself. She lifted the delicate looking piece of jewelry up to her lips, sighing out against it as her eyes closed shut. okasan.. She wondered what her mother would do in this type of situation, or how she would try and help her. Just thinking about it pained her. Clutching onto the necklace firmly, she opened her eyes, before she quickly tucked it back under her clothing. Rising up from the bed, she padded over to the closet and opened it up, searching for some clothes to wear to sleep.

It was quite early, but the whole day had been rather exhausting. The only thing she wanted to do now, was sleep. She glanced over and glared at Tomoe, before slamming the door behind her as she entered the bathroom. A few minutes later, she returned back out, wearing some simple dark looking pajama clothes. “You can leave now. I really don’t feel like getting in trouble with the teachers here for having a guy in my room.” Pulling the covers up, she slid under them, tucking the warm material up to her chin. With a clap of her hands, the lights in the room quickly shut off, encasing them in darkness, although the window nearby showered parts of the room with sparks of light. “I’m going to sleep..” She murmured.

Hopefully by the time she woke up tomorrow, he would be gone. She could deal with him then, but right now, she needed some time alone.

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Tomoe watches Zakuro flit about without much comment, staring at her with a wrinkle of his nose. She was acting awfully weird now; he didn't want to think of that being due to the kiss that they shared. 'Girls,' he thought with a roll of his eyes.

"You do that," He said, getting up from the bed. He wasn't actually going to leave; instead he quietly walks to the door and shuffles his feet, pretending to put his zori on. He then opens the door and closes it, turning soundlessly back towards Zakuro. Luckily he had already perfected the art of walking quietly, as to not disturb Nanami when she was sleeping in the shrine.

When he's sure Zakuro is fully asleep he creeps back over to her bed and sits on the edge, staring at the sleeping girl. "..." It wouldn't hurt to sleep here for the night, would it? The boy's dorm was pretty far from here anyway; he'd be saving time and energy by staying. With his mind made Tomoe shrugs out of his haori and clambers onto the free side of the bed, not bothering to get under the duvets himself. We don't want any inappropriate touching now, do we? Mun winks. Tomoe turns to face Zakuro and curls his tail around his waist, propping his head up on his hand.

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❁ Fox gathering || Closed; Zakuro

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Her ears had perked up high at his words, face scrunching up into slight anger. “Haaaaa?” What kind of answer was that!? He had kissed her for no other reason than because he could? Hes such a jerk, I can’t believe..I thought that- She paused for a second, while she bit down on her lip to keep herself from saying anything unnecessary. What the hell had she been thinking? Was she hopeful that he had meant it? It didn’t make sense. These stupid emotions, and this guy confused her.

She barely even met Tomoe not a few hours ago, at the least, and here she was, fawning over him, when she should of been furious that he stole her first kiss. She was actually hoping to save that for someone special - And she felt really stupid to have actually enjoyed it. “You better pay me back.” Zakuro growled out. “T-That was my first..” Fumbling with her words, her ears lowered. Grumbling, she pushed at his chest. “Get off.” She didn’t want him so close again. If he kissed her again, Zakuro would of not been able to stop him. In fact, she would of lost herself in it, and if that happened, who knows how further it would go. Rising into a sitting position, she ran her fingers through her disheveled hair, fingers pressing over her lips in a bashful manner. “You can leave now.” She started harshly. “You obviously just kissed me for your own amusement. Find some other girl to do that with.”

I should be mad at him, but..She really hated being a teenager sometimes. She knew humans often went through hormonal problems, was that happening to her now?

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"Your first kiss? How sweet, although I'm pretty sure you can't pay somebody back for a stolen kiss."

He was definitely reveling in his victory. Tomoe grins to himself, tail wagging even more. 

Oh, somebody was mad. Tomoe stops grinning and looks at Zakuro with a tilt of his head. She wanted him to leave? "If I kissed you for my own amusement, then what were you doing? I suppose you just returned the kiss because you thought it'd be humorous, then?" Yeah, he's not buying that.

Tomoe bares his teeth for a moment, an old and inconvenient habit he thought he had gotten rid of ages ago. "I don't know what's going on in your head right now, but you'd better hurry up and sort it all out. The last thing I need is you turning into some emotional rollercoaster." Fun fact though, Tomoe had only recently found out what a rollercoaster was--and he liked them!! He doesn't know if that was the right metaphor to use in this situation, now that he thinks about it.

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❁ Fox gathering || Closed; Zakuro

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The small tug caused Zakuro to grunt softly, lips parting to respond snappily, but she froze when their noses brushed against each other. H-Hes way close..really, really clo-! In between trying to ignore the nice feeling of those fingers scratching at her hair, and his face leaning in, she was too stunned to push Tomoe off when his lips pressed against her, a bit forcefully, she might add.

Way to go Tomoe, you officially took her first kiss. Cheeks brightening a dark red, she let out a muffled whine into his mouth, struggling to break apart - Eventually, Zakuro gave in and shyly returned it, arms snaking their way around his shoulders to fiddle with the hair on the nape of his neck.

It was her first time kissing. And she wasn’t sure of how to feel about it. It felt really, strange. Was that normal? Her lips were tingling, and her ears had flattened against the back of her head during the process. Squirming underneath him, her legs brushed against either side of his legs, fingers trailing downward to dig her fingers into his back. She hadn’t realized how she would occasionally murmur his name in between their kissing, or the way her body would tremble. Finally, Zakuro pulled away from their lip-lock to breath, eyes glossy, and lips bruised from their heated activities. “I-..You..Why did you do that for!?” She croaked out softly.

Goddammit it Tomoe. Excuse u, ur the loser.

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Nope, Tomoe definitely wouldn't budge from this. Zakuro's attempts to get him away were pretty much pointless, and the kitsune was glad when she finally decided to put all of that effort into kissing him back. Indeed, he was under the impression that he took her first kiss--he reveled in the possibility of it being true.

Her lips were, unsurprisingly, pleasantly soft; Tomoe had to stop himself from biting down on them, but he couldn't help it when his fangs grazed them a bit. His tail wags at the sound of his name, taking that as a sign of the half-spirit's submission. When their lips part Tomoe draws back and rests on his heels, grinning down at Zakuro.

"Because I wanted to? Honestly, why else would I kiss you." Tomoe licks his lips. She looked pretty cute with her face all flushed like that, and the small contusion on her lips added onto the whole thing. Hell, if Tomoe knew she'd get this red, he'd have been kissing her much earlier. She was...adorable. 

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❁ Fox gathering || Closed; Zakuro

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Zakuro let out a startled sound when the fox male climbed on top of her, cheeks turning a furious shade of red from anger, embarrassment, and a few other emotions. “W-What the hell are yo-” She was stopped in her tracks by the smoke blown in her face, which she coughed and fanned away.

Squirming underneath him, she tried to put on one of her most annoyed expressions, but it didn’t look right with her face turning into a tomato every minute. She knew letting Tomoe enter in her room had been a stupid mistake, but she couldn’t take it back now. “Yea, so..? I always let my hair..out..” She trailed off, ears fluttering at the feeling of his fingers messing with her silky locks.

Did she mention that she really hated Tomoe for messing with her emotions? Already she could feel her stomach twisting and turning and her heart racing. “Stop touching me.” Her hand weakly pushed his aside, eyes momentarily locking with the males golden ones. Why did he always have to do stupid stuff like this for? They were right back in the same position as outside. It was suffocating and really close. “I-..don’t.. look weird like this, do I..?” It was quite stunning that she was even asking about a question regarding her appearance.

The half spirit never cared about that sort of stuff, so why was she fretting over it now? Of course, Zakuro herself didn’t realize how gorgeous she was. Her hair fluttered all around her, and it looked like the finest of silk. Her eyes were big and vibrant, her skin never seeming to have any imperfections - It would of made any man stop and stare at her. Hesitating, her fingers reached up to mess with his own hair, fingers twisting some silver locks idly. “Your hair reminds me of an old man’s.” She finally spoke, voice chiming with a teasing tone. She hoped this would ease the silence and her growing unease of being so close to a man in so long.

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"You should do it more often." He twirls her hair around his fingers with a hum. Most girls fretted about having their hair up in elaborate styles with lots of hair combs, pins, and other accessories, but Tomoe preferred one with their hair out any day of the week.

"No." Blunt, much?? His hand doesn't budge from her hair, and to show that he didn't plan on moving he flicked her ear. "Of course not. I like it." While ribbons were a nice touch, being able to run your fingers through a girl's hair and then pull at it was even better.  He was tempted to do just that, but Zakuro's decision to mess with his hair stopped him-

"..." Never mind. He runs a hand through Zakuro's hair and balls it into a fist, yanking the silky black locks playfully. "An old man's, huh...?" Tomoe's eye twitches and he moves closer to Zakuro until their noses are touching. "Veeeery funny." You failed at making it less awkward Zakuro, congratulations!! You tried. Tomoe wordlessly begins to scratch at Zakuro's scalp, his eyes too transfixed with hers; his free hand moves up to her face and he pinches her cheek.

"Hell, I even forgot to laugh." What a comedian you are. With a grin Tomoe moves his face even closer to Zakuro's, pressing his lips against hers. Here's a kiss 4 ur troubles u loser.

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“Nothing~ I’m just new~” he replied, losing the frown and smirking lightly. “I’ve seen you around with a girl~ A girl with ears like you. Nanami-chan’d probably cry if she found out~…” he chuckled, licking his lips. “So, what’s her name?”

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"Sure." He eyes Mizuki suspiciously but doesn't press the topic.

"Leave Nanami out of this. She isn't here right now, so this isn't her business." As far as Tomoe was concerned, any girl he found an interest in did not concern his master at all--since arriving at Tancho, he pretty much tried to forget most things regarding the shrine so he wouldn't fret over forgotten chores.

"That's none of your business." He rolls his eyes. "Go and find a girl for yourself; there's plenty of fish in this sea." his huge, metaphorical sea. There were quite a lot of students here, though.

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Okay. Well- “Are you sure some human girl just didn’t save your life again?” Hmm, maybe Mizuki was sick. Tomoe puts the back of his hand to Mizuki’s head and frowns. Okay, he wasn’t sick…maybe Tancho was just getting to him.

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“No, she’s not human. She’s said she’s a chiropeteran…” Whatever that was. He had no clue.

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"Chiropteran? Don't tell me you're getting the hots for some bat girl." Imagining how she looked now, Tomoe snickered. She probably had big ears, a weird nose, and lanky wings. (NO OFFENSE DIVA XOXO)

"As a familiar of Mikage shrine, you should have better tastes." Anything relating to bats couldn't possibly be attractive, could they? Tomoe doubted it.

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❁ Fox gathering || Closed; Zakuro

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Tomoe’s voice, was the first thing to pull her out of her daze, and she twirled around, lips parting to screech at what he was doing in her room, but she faltered. Oh..I did tell him to come here, didn’t I? That had been silly of her. Cheeks flushed red and her ears gave a faint twitch of embarrassment. Her gaze stared at the Kiseru, which she gave a rather distasteful look to. “That thing better not make my room smelly.” Walking over, she pushed the other forcefully to the window nearby, which she opened up for him.

“Do it there.” She never really liked the idea of people smoking - It was just disgusting, and a rather nasty habit. Although, she had no idea how old Tomoe was, and he could of been doing it for years. At his words, Zakuro gave a brief shrug, sitting down onto the edge of her bed. “I don’t know. I’m more comfortable like this without anybody living with me.” Reaching up, she began to untie the ribbons holding her pigtails in place, giving a brief shake of her head as silky raven hair tumbled around her face, shoulders and back. Her gaze momentarily turned over to Tomoe, as she took in his appearance in silence. What was about him that interested her? So many thoughts and questions were twirling in her mind, and they were all irritating.

There was just so many things about him that she oddly liked (even though he could be an ass sometimes), it was annoying. I can’t believe I’m attracted to an idiot like him..Sighing, she tilted her head down to stare at her lap, fingers twirling some hair idly. To have her hair be let down in the presence of another - was quite startling to Zakuro. Had she let herself get that open with a stranger? I might as well so..I even..let him into my room. She should of been thinking properly about this, but around him it was hard to. Groaning, she let herself fall back onto her bed, gaze staring up at the ceiling. She didn’t like what he was doing to her emotions.

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"It won't-" Tomoe stops as he's pushed to the window, scowling. He smoked an awful lot in enclosed spaces and nobody usually complained about the smell, even Nanami, who he swears was hellbent on complaining about most things he did.

Tomoe leans on the windowsill and presses the pipe to his lips again, staring at the few students moving about outside. "Who wouldn't be comfortable all on their own?" Tomoe would love to have a room to himself instead of sharing one with a bunch of human kids. It made him feel like some weird old man, bunking with them.

Roommate troubles aside though, Tomoe thought Tancho was pretty alright. Given the recent events, the school proved how interesting it was all by itself. He sucks in a large breath of smoke and turns his head at the groan Zakuro gives. Setting his kiseru down on the windowsill, Tomoe makes his way over to the bed. Without a word he climbs onto the bed and props himself on top of the half-spirit, narrowing his eyes.

He grins for a bit and then finally opens his mouth to blow the held smoke from his pipe at Zakuro. The smoke trails out of his mouth quickly, then rises in foggy wisps in the room. "You let your hair out," he purred, fingers playing with a few strands of her hair. Of course, this had less to do with her hair and more to do with freaking her out while she was in bed.

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His jaw immediately clenched at the other ayakashi's voice. He did NOT want to see him yet, and he knew he'd be in trouble. Standing up and brushing himself off, slitted eyes met, sparks nearly flying. "Don't worry, Tomoe-chan, she's fine. I conjured a doppelganger to help her..." he replied, a bit too brightly for the grave expression on his face.

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"Doppelganger my ass. You're already an idiot as it is- I don't think a clone of you is going to be of help to her." But that was a pretty good idea; Tomoe should have made a doppelganger of himself before he left for the school too. He curses himself for not thinking of something so simple.

Tomoe huffs and continues to glare Mizuki down, noting his expression. "And what the hell is up with you?" You look like your puppy died, Mizuki. Get your act together!

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lonelywhitesnakeがあなたの投稿に返信しました: “Tomoe… I need to talk to you…”

“I think… I think I’m falling in love…”

Okay. Well- "Are you sure some human girl just didn't save your life again?" Hmm, maybe Mizuki was sick. Tomoe puts the back of his hand to Mizuki's head and frowns. Okay, he wasn't sick...maybe Tancho was just getting to him.

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countess-phantomhiveがあなたの投稿に返信しました: //LFdkjsakfFDSALJK HOW DID YOU FIND ME??? *remembers I followed you first* … ^^” LOL oh. Mizuki is going to spill his heart out to Tomoe. Just so you know xD

//LOL YAY~! :D I love snake~ Then that gives me a chance to reserve Joker then 8DDD

((SCREECH JOKER AHHH <3333333 That would be really gr8 ;;;u;;;))

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"Tomoe... I need to talk to you..."

Jeez, somebody sounded awfully serious for some reason.

"Spit it out, snake."