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I quickly lunged for the blanked I was using earlier to wrap around myself. "That's all..." I murmured. "And I'm nervous because this is the closest I've become to being naked in the same room as a male." I replied, staring at him. I nearly jumped up to hug Jasper for allowing me to keep my beloved gun.
Jasper nodded. "Thank you for your cooperation, Teela. I wish only the best for you from here on out. Try to make this game a bit interesting, why don't you?" Jasper got up to leave, the grenades neatly tucked away into his jacket. He had to hide them soon.
"Wait... That's it? How do you know I don't have weapons still hidden? I thought you said you didn't trust me..." I ran up to Jasper, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Z stared as the arguing appeared to continue, even with others spectating. She narrowed her eyes, glaring around the room before she loudly cleared her throat, approaching Suzuya with a scowl on her face. Her heels clicked on the floor, and she smirked, knowing this would draw attention to herself. She giggled softly.
"Suzuya."
[It's the power of a hex!]
I felt my cheeks turn even redder. "
- - - Post Merge - - -
[It's the power of a hex!]
I felt my cheeks turn even redder. "Ah... Could you please stay with me?" I questioned, staring atnthe ground.
[Just use this one]
Jasper scrunched his face in confusion. "Why would you want me to do that?" Jasper was confused. At first, this woman didn't want him to come in and now, she wanted him to stay with her. Was she mad? However, Jasper was curious to see what she wanted.
"Ah.. Suzuya, it's okay. Don't worry," Komaeda smiled, pecking the top of his head, not thinking much of the gesture and turning back to Sendo. "What do you think? I could serve as a stepping stone for your path to hope," he said excitedly and eagerly with a crazed expression on his face, as if the boy who just kissed Suzuya's forehead disappeared and was replaced with an optimistic maniac.
The albino grew flustered at the sudden kiss, not sure why the simple gesture caused his cheeks to burn like that.
"Is it really okay.. desu?" he mumbled with quite the puzzled tone, gently reaching up and touching the spot Komaeda had pecked upon.
Suzuya felt a little uncomfortable being unsure on how to react in this situation, he was willing to protect Komaeda if Sendo tried anything, and yet on the other hand the albino wasn't sure why Komaeda was acting like this.
However, upon hearing someone call his name, the Albino found himself glancing at a girl holding a oversized teddy bear that looked like it could be fun to cuddle against, and possibly even more fun to rip apart.
"Ah! that's me.. I'm Suzuya juuzou." The stitched boy simply answered with a bit of hesitation, Suzuya wasn't really that good at talking to females, and much less considering what just happened to the poor thing.
"Y-you make me feel safe..." I murmured, though I had no idea what I was saying. "So c-could you p-please just consider staying? Or at least h-helping me?" I asked. By now my cheeks felt they were on fire.
Sendo tightened his fist as Komaeda made his disgusting proposition. "Don't you get it...?" he asked in a low voice. "If someone is my victim, I have to be the one to end their life!" with that, he swung his fist at the side of Komaeda's face and punched him with great force. "I have plenty of hope, I don't need any extra from someone so inconsiderate...!" Sendo knew the punch would not please the albino boy, but he could care less, with what Suzuya had done to Koizumi earlier. This hardly made them even, anyway. "I think we should go." he said to Mahiru, still glaring at Komaeda. He wasn't about to let down his guard though--after all, no one liked being punched in the face, and the man he'd just hit was probably no exception.
Suzuya didn't have time to think or even register what was going on, the Albino stared in shock as his partner was struck in the face by Sendo.
It was almost as if an alarm had gone off in Suzuya's head, as well as all of the red flags telling him that this action was not acceptable and by all means was not alright in his book.
Even if Komaeda was acting a little odd, the hope crazed boy didn't deserve to get slugged in the face, and due to this Suzuya was in a state of shock, but that didn't stop the albino from acting on impulse.
It was within mere seconds that the stitched boy immediately lunged forward and latched his teeth onto Sendo's right arm in a frenzy of anger, closing his eyes tight and biting down as hard as he could like some rabid animal with only the intention of causing harm and drawing blood.
Suzuya wasted no time and began grinding his teeth again Sendo's skin until he was sure it would tear off some, the taste of iron filled his taste buds yet the Albino wouldn't let go, from the sheer force of how hard Suzuya was biting down and how determined the Albino was to cause Sendo pain, it would surely take some effort to pull him off.
Z smirked, nodding to herself as this played out in front of her. Yes, Suzuya was the one, he was the one! She had to bite her lower lip to stop herself from bursting into a fit of childish laughter, turning her icy gaze towards Komaeda. She was sure that male would appreciate if the albino had immunity, that would mean their romance could blossom for the time being until Suzuya's freedom time was up. Nobody would tell them they couldn't flirt or be in love during that time, and Z felt it was hard enough trying to hide that feeling... Or maybe not. Z didn't know. She never had been in love and wasn't interested.
Getting attached was bad for someone like her, who's only purpose was to kill or be killed.
She squeezed the teddy bear, waiting to see what would play out before she told Suzuya the news.
"Ah! What the-" As Suzuya latched himself to Sendo's arm, the pain immediately registered and he shook his arm in attempt to get him off. "What's wrong with you?!" he grunted, grabbing Suzuya's head with his left hand and pushing his thumb into the boy's eye. Surely he would let go if it meant maintaining his vision in both eyes. Sendo didn't like resorting to such measures, but this kid was different--not only did Sendo have a deep hatred for Suzuya, but the albino was certainly not going to let go if he didn't do something drastic.
Everything all happened so fast - finally registering the fact that Sendo's just punched him square in the face, Suzuya latching on to his arm and him reacting by jabbing him in the eye - occured before he even had time to react. His first reaction was terror because it seems he's chipped a tooth but it was quickly replaced by him pulling Sendo's thumb out of Suzuya's eye and Suzuya off of Sendo's arm in an effort to stop the fighting. "...I see. It appears we were here at the wrong time," he smiled, bowing slightly despite the pain in his mouth."Thank you for your time."
He got up, wincing slightly and got a slice of cake. "Suzuya, are you okay? Do you need bandages or anything?" Komaeda was about to go out with Suzuya to somehow tend to his wounds, but saw a girl with a giant teddy bear in the way. "Do you mind?" the tall boy asked in a dark tone.
Koizumi Mahiru
The events that just panned out before her eyes were terrifying. There was blood, and they were arguing over who should kill her.. and now Sendo was asking her to accompany him on his way out. She had no idea if she should feel concern since he is about to bleed out from the wound in his arm, and since he protected her from Komaeda's prying at the bandages covering her ear, or fear since he just stabbed Suzuya in the eye, even if he did suck out her eardrum, and Sendo said specifically he'll kill her.
"Why.. why...? I.. you.. want to kill me.. and.. and..." Koizumi asked, in utter shock and fear. "Who.. who are you? Why do you want to protect me and kill me?" she questioned, expecting an answer before he recieved any medical care from her.
"Not exactly how I'd put it." Sendo said in a low voice as Komaeda ushered Suzuya away from the kitchen. He held his bleeding arm; which was throbbing with the after-pain of the albino's monster bite. "Tch, he ruined my coat." he commented with a scowl as he examined the tear in the fine fabric of his tailor made coat.
He looked over when Koizumi began to speak. Sendo sighed, now watching the blood seep into his glove as he held the bite wound. "You still don't understand..." he said, a little disappointed. A red puddle was forming on the floor as he spoke, "but... I can't explain to you right now." he looked downward, his vision going fuzzy from the loss of blood. "Just know you are safe... I will keep you... safe." Sendo's hat fell off as he stumbled forward, unconscious, and hit the floor.
Koizumi's surprise was apparent on her face when the man fell to the floor with a loud thud. She sighed, mumbling, "You shouldn'tve started it if you didn't want to get injured," before sprinting over to the same room she was in before, where he'd bandaged her ear and looked a bit frantic when she didn't recognize any remedies she could use to help Sendo. She just grabbed everything she felt might help in this situation and ran back into the kitchen, kneeling down to look at Sendo. Mahiru still had no idea what his motives were - he was a killer and a strange man - she couldn't read him at all. She began to wrap a bandage around the wound after cleansing the wound first.
In her mind, she knew she should just let him die, but she felt like she can't let anyone - not even whoever this was - die while she was in their presence. He wanted to kill her, but maybe if she helped him out he might reconsider and she might rethink her feelings about him too.
When she was done, she knew she can't pick him up so she dragged him across the floor and laid him against the wall, hoping he might be comfortable but this left a trail of his blood on the floor.
Yuki made her way over to the place she'd heard a lot of noise earlier--which turned out to be the kitchen. Though as she caught sight of blood, she was hesitant to enter. Her curiosity got the best of her however, and she peeked inside. "Oh!" she said when she saw Koizumi and Sendo. "Are... are you a killer?" she asked Mahiru, not sure what she'd be getting herself into. She walked into the room a little ways to pick up Sendo's hat and handed it to the girl, hoping her answer would be no.
"A-ack! Of course not! It's just.. there was a fight earier and he was bleeding out. I'm just hoping he would be okay right now because I bandaged him up. Um.. I haven't seen you around here before. It's okay, don't be afraid." Koizumi smiled kindly at the girl, hoping to calm her nerves.
"I'm Yuki, Yuki Shiro." Yuki introduced herself, feeling a lot better after Koizumi smiled at her. "This whole thing is really scary." she said, "I don't know what to do exactly--I mean, I can't kill somebody for any reason, let alone to get out of a house full of murderers..." she chuckled a little, then sighed at the thought of her situation.
Yuki had no family left after a tragic car crash two years ago and she lived by herself in an apartment until now, so no one would be left to miss her if she died here... but she still had so much she wanted to do in this world. Shaking depressing thoughts out of her head, she looked at the man propped up against the wall--who was he? Maybe a killer? He looked a little frightening to Yuki.
