PoT: Standalone: Challenge - Chapter Four

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Fic post from my archive.

Challenge: Chapter Four

Niou and Yagyuu settle into their partnership. Drama, I-3

"You do realize," Masaharu murmured, "that you can be polite while still smashing them into jelly."

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"What?" Masaharu tipped back his head to grin at Yagyuu. "I want to see my partner shine. Where's the crime in that?"

"Most codes of law would likely consider it to lie in your definition of 'shine'," Yagyuu noted, but his tone was light.

[grin] Poor, poor Masaharu. He just doesn't get to have *any* fun, does he?

And Marui is a very perceptive young man: Marui eyed them both for a long moment before declaring, "I want to be very clear that whatever is about to happen is not my fault in any way."



Also:
He toyed, for a while, with the idea that the kid genuinely was possessed.

That has to be the best explanation of Kirihara I've seen yet. Unless maybe he's a berserker... But he doesn't foam enough at the mouth to qualify for that, I suppose.

Half the time, being around Kirihara was like sitting next to a ticking bomb, and the other half it was like having a bratty but cute little brother. Possession really seemed as reasonable an explanation as any other.

Hear, hear.

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Oh, yeah. Akaya-chan is not what we would call well balanced. Hm. Maybe he sweats enough to make up for the not foaming at the mouth?