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"Damn it! This guy...." Kazuichi mumbled to himself, oh he was so pissed. Pissed at Gundham to be exact for talking to Sonia so often! Today he saw Gundham and Miss Sonia and guess what, his stupid little rodents were crawling on her! That's so gross, Miss Sonia wouldn't like that, that would be very uncomfortable! What does Gundham have that Kazuichi hasn't got, what aspects shine that make Miss Sonia's eyes sparkle?! "That's it! I'm confronting him!" He growled, he couldn't take this anymore. He didn't wanna admit it but boy was he jealous, he stormed out of his cottage an imaginary thunderstorm hovered on his head. As he was lost in his troubled thoughts, a voice called out to him. "Kazuichi? What's gotcha in a huff?" It was Akane, a very puzzled Akane to say the least. "Oh please! This guy is gettin' on my nerves! Trying to steal Miss Sonia from me!" He clenched his fists "Gundham? That guy is a major weirdo but he's okay!" Akane grinned carefreely "Whatcha gonna do though? Pack a punch? I could help y'know!" She smacked fists together like a battle stance "Eheh... Nono... I think that'd be too immature. Besides, words speak more than actions!" He sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. "Mm... Alright, good luck trying to get Sonia... I guess?" Akane cocked an uncertain grin "Yeahyeah..." He groaned and walked away.
It wasn't too long when he found Gundham by himself, by the beach? Odd. Angrily, Kazuichi marched towards him. Grains of sand flying as his steps were harsh. "Hey!" He called out grumpily. Gundham quickly looked around to see who it was, only to see an angry Kazuichi Soda. "What brings you here, Kazuichi?" "Don't ACT cocky with me dipshit! You've been hangin' around Miss Sonia! Why would a freak like you get to hangout with her!" A surprised look on his face appeared "...Is that what you were willing to talk to me about?" Gundham's gaze stiffened "Of course! Why didja think I told you!?" Kazuichi gritted his sharp teeth "I see... Hmph.. The dark lady has—" "OHNONONO! Don't call her that! Miss Sonia would think that's disrespectful of you!" Kazuichi snapped back, was he giving a lecture? "Ahem. As I was saying... Sonia has particularly attached to me. She seems intrigued by my four dark devas of destruction and interests in the occult..." Why the hell is this guy saying this so nonchalantly, this is a serious matter over here! "There's no way she likes your wacky stuff! Heck, there's no way she'd even like YOU!" Gundham was taken aback by those words somehow, this caught Kazuichi by surprise. Gundham stabilised his ground, lowly chuckling to himself ominously "Kehehe... Cat got your tongue, Kazuichi Soda? Are you jealous of me...?" He folded his arms. That's it. This was his breaking point, he pulled him by the scarf and lifted his chin with his fist. "I am not playing this stupid game with you!" Akane was right, maybe he could pack a punch on him. Gundham's gaze hardened, his scarf was now straining him. He shoved Kazuichi in which he tumbled onto the floor, dammit Gundham was gonna regret this... "Why you little—" He stood up and was about to charge straight at him until it came to a halt. "CEASE! I was being genuine. This... This was all a misunderstanding..." A misunderstanding my ass! What the hell's he even talking about?! Gundham sighed, he looked downwards facing the sandy floor then looked back at Kazuichi who had a perplexed face written on him. "Allow me to explain... I could not help but overhear your liking to Sonia, after all I have ten ears.. You seemed so devastated when she started to latch onto me." "Hell yeah I was! She should—" "Silence! Let me speak. A conversation should not be interrupted with words filled with colloquialism and vulgar language." Soda groaned, fine maybe he should hear the guy out for crying out loud. "I was just trying to assist you. Grab all the information and perhaps make her entranced by you." He paused for a moment "...That's what fellow mortals do, right..?" Sincerity was scribbled allover his face, a stern yet softened gaze was set. "There's no way. There's no way I would consider you a friend or... Somethin' in the lines of that! You're lying! Arentcha?!" Kazuichi started pointing fingers at him, god he wanted to punch him so desparately. "I... I. Apologise for this. I only wanted to help you out... Keh... This unfortunately made a turn of events.. This matter was all my fault, I should not have rained on your parade by all means necessary..." His face started to stiffen and twitch, was he holding back tears? "It is a shame. Truly it is." He looked at the glistening moon that sat on the ocean floor as some sort of distraction. "Kazuichi Soda. If this is what you insist on taking. Perhaps I should tell my own truth... All my words that escaped from my tongue were not false. No matter what your vicious words from your forked tongue will degrade me... They will slaughter me until the very end." Oh. Soda screwed up. Dammit. "Let me tell you... Take me as a cowardice all you want. But I am simply ashamed of myself for hurting you. Not giving you a chance at all..." Gundham started walking away, Kazuichi was at a loss of words "H-Hey, where are you going?!" Gundham didn't bother to look back, but it was obvious that he heard him judging by the fact that he stopped walking away. "In your very own eyes, I am merely just a degenerate to you. There is no point going back and forth with this 'conversation' any longer.... And to think... To think I fell in love with you, Kazuichi Soda... Makes my icy heart sting from agony. I apologise for causing such trouble for you. Goodnight now." And with that, Gundham left Kazuichi on this navy night of a beach, this left him speechless and dammit he screwed up. This was gonna take awhile to process.