Hello, are you there? It's me, VSILV. I have been doing what well all do in life, maintaing a work/life balance while still having those moments where we can geek out and escape reality for a little while. I am really proud to present to you my most recent project (and by 'project' I mean a goofy little fic that came to me a year ago while drinking two cups of coffee and a handful of Twizzlers). I am so hyped to finally get this idea form my head and to this post, and I hope you are too. This is just a little teaser, something to hopefully get you all interested and excited for this story. I am going to release the long, first chapter on December 25th. So get excited, stay tuned, wrap your presents, and I'll be back soon.

XOXO as always,

VSILV.

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Mae Matsuda had the advantage. She had the upper hand. She had the edge. Her enemy was in her sights; Alone, without guard, and conveniently walking down a mysteriously dark alley away from the watchful eye of the public. She had him cornered. Finally, she could put an end to the sweet, the precious, the dutiful little people pleaser,

Suichi Fucking Minamino.

Between the twinkle of winter snow that fell between them, a sinister smile graced Mae's face. Now was her chance to rid the world of this demon in the guise of a do-gooder. And while Mae was not a violent woman by nature, the past 48 hours of him invading her life had left her with many malicious thoughts that she would love to enact on the straight A student. But, it was not the time for daydreams; she had the opportunity, and she was read to strike.

"Hey Asshole! I'm coming for-" Before she could bellow her heroic monologue that she had internally rehearsed all evening, Suichi, who was still several feet away from her began to wobble in his step. Eventually his legs gave out as his body leaned towards the adjacent wall, slumping forward and eventually down towards the ground.

Well, that didn't go as planned. But, then again, when had Mae's life gone according to plan in the past two days. Let alone the past twenty years.

All notion of revenge seemed to drop from Mae's mind and she immediately rushed towards him. Mixed within the snow were Suichi's footsteps as well as drops of blood. And now the young woman was beginning to wonder if her insult caused the boy to spontaneously combust or something.

Crouching down next to him she hoisted him by his shoulders to rest his back against the wall. She could assess from the blood that stained his brown jacket that he had suffered some type of wound on said shoulder, and that it had not been tended to or treated as immediately as it should have.

"Uhh," Mae began but her voice softened as she couldn't find the words to formulate a sentence. Suichi eventually looked up at her, only to meet her confused eyes with horror of his own. He let out a pained groan and attempted to lift himself up, however Mae gently pressed on his shoulder, which effectively kept him pinned down.

"You shouldn't move." Mae warned while looking at his shoulder. "Unless you want to fall over yourself again."

"Mae…I can- I can explain-"

Mae felt that building hatred for Suichi begin to chip at the emotional barrier she set up upon seeing the boy fall "Oh I'm sure you could. But then again I have an idea that somehow it won't contain the truth from you and somehow my life will become further ruined by your…secret life as a street fighter, or whatever you did to get you into this mess."

She was surprised to see him crack a smile, "Something like that. But I assure you, I am fine. Just leave me-"

"Behind a dumpster, covered in blood?" Mae snorted. Removing her scarf she began to wrap it around the redhead's arm and shoulder, giving the fabric an excessive and sharp tug which extracted another yelp of pain from Suichi; it felt good to hear it. "Yeah, as much as i want to kill you right now, I'm not going down for your murder. So you gotta cell phone on your or something?" As she began to dig into his pocket's his hand reached out and grabbed at her wrist. Mae was surprised that in his clearly helpless state he had enough energy to latch on to her and paralyze her movements.

Between labored breathes he calmly stated, "I don't think that's necessary. I'm on the way to receive aid before I…merely took a moment to rest."

Mae rolled her eyes so heavily that it almost caused her to tumble forward. The lies, the sugar coated with innocence, sweet little lies this man told. if she hadn't been at the tail end of said lies hours earlier she would have almost find his skill admirable.

Now Mae was stuck in her own internal crisis. As much as she detested Suichi Minamino, could she really leave him here to presumably die and freeze to death in dark alley and skip away cheerily knowing he would never bother her again? Or, could she, as she always did in life, swallow her burning resentment and dawn her veil of altruism and come to his aid. Both thoughts tugged in her mind.

"How far is this 'aid'?"

Suichi, now resting his shaking hand on his wounded shoulder, glanced up at her, "Not far; And I've said before I don't-"

"Let's just get one thing clear, Mr. Minamino." Mae began while flexing her index finger and shoving it into his chest. "I don't like you. I really, really don't like you."

"So you've stated before." He commented, "I believe you said-"

"You're a life ruiner." She interjected, "You ruin peoples lives."

"How articulate."

"Thank you. Now as much as it gives me the eternal joy and satisfaction to see you in ample amounts of pain, I'm also not a complete asshole, unlike you! So I'm going to," She wrapped her arm around his back and slowly began to pull her body and his to a standing position, "get you to your 'aid' or whatever, and then I'm leaving you there, and you will no longer be my problem or burden. And you, of course, aren't going to tell anyone this happened, and I'm not going to tell anyone this happened. Got it?"

She could see from the corner of her eye his face twitched into a pained, but charming smile, "Your tone sounds eerily familiar to a friend of mine."

"I don't care." She huffed while the pair slowly made their way down the side streets. "Don't compare me to your friends, or anyone associated with you. I'm sure they're all terrible people. And stop talking, that energy could be used towards walking."

"Understood Mae."

"It's Matusda to you… and Happy Christmas, by the way." There, at least she could be a friendly asshole to him.

"Happy Christmas."

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Okay BBs I hope you enjoyed this little teaser. Again, I'll see you all (hopefully you all) on the 25th for a exciting first chapter. All of your questions will be answered, and hopefully you'll be excited to read more. Goodbye for now. Review if you wish, and I'll see you soon

XOXO VSILV