Blowing Smoke

"Huh, thought you said you hated the smell." Dell uttered flatly as he lit half a dozen cigarettes he had clutched between his fingers. Probably out to set some stupid personal record or something like that, Neru thought.

"Not exactly as much as I hate that skank's singing." Neru grunted, sprawling on the couch opposite to where the smoker sat. "Seriously, out of all the renovations the cafe needed, that Ruko just had to forget to soundproof the fucking karaoke room."

"If you came here just to squawk," Dell puffed obnoxiously in Neru's direction, "then kindly go find somebody else to bitch to."

"Bah, everybody who isn't a Miku groupie either left or...ugh, 'got busy' if you get my drift." Neru rolled her eyes, memories of a certain coffee aficionado's shameless displays of affection with her partner far too fresh in her mind for her tastes.

"Then leave."

"And let you have the distinction of being the only sane person not driven out by that banshee?" Neru grinned cockily, closing the distance between the two. "Dream on."

"So, you gonna stay here and do nothing?" Dell chuckled raspingly. "I thought you were less pathetic than that."

"Hah, like you were going to do much," Neru sneered. "Last time I checked, you were just going to sit there and smoke until Miku gets shitfaced enough to become comatose or something. What an ingenious plan."

"You're just dying to piss me off with that bitching, aren't you?" Dell said, taking another drag on his cigarettes. "If you have this much energy, go make some noise for Miku instead. At least you'll get something out of that."

"...Good idea actually." Neru smirked coquettishly as she climbed onto Dell, snaking an arm around his neck. "And you're going to help me make some of that noise."

A/N: Hey everyone! I've been in a writing limbo for a while, so sorry about that guys. OTL I find myself lacking time for any prolonged writing as I advance through post-secondary so it took me a while to find a good compromise to writing. Anyways, this specific sketch came from a prompt made by a special someone. It involved Neru and Dell grudging sitting through one of Miku's karaoke sessions and them eventually deciding to troll her, in the original plan anyways. I hope you guys enjoyed this even though it was kind of short and if you feel like leaving a review, that would be cool.