"Kuro-pon! Kuro-chu! Pick a color!" Fai cheered excitedly as he held up some paper contraption that was wrapped around his fingers.
"What's this nonsense you're spouting?" Kurogane muttered.
"It's not nonsense; it's a fortune teller. I can tell you who you're going to marry," Fai smiled felinely.
"It's nonsense," Kurogane reaffirmed coldly. "Any looser who uses fortune tellers is a pathetic fool."
"Nuh-uh, Kuro-chan. My sister and I used to play this game all the time and she always got Icchan and do you know what? She and Icchan ran off together a little before I left," Fai informed him.
"So?"
"So I just got a letter from my sister last week. She and Icchan are getting married."
"Coincidence," Kurogane shrugged.
"You won't know until you try, Kuro-pi! Come on, just pick one of the four colors you see on the outside here," Fai insisted.
"Fine," Kurogane growled. "Red."
"R-E-D," Fai said as he flipped the paper open and shut in different directions.
"Hey, you cheater, that was only three," Kurogane glared.
"But red is only three letters in my alphabet. How many is it in yours?" Fai blinked.
"Four."
"We'll do it twice then. Once my way and once your way," Fai giggled. "Okay, pick a number: four, nine, two, five."
"Five."
"Five it is! One two three four five! Pick another number: eight, seven, one, three."
"Three."
"One two three. One last number: four, nine, two, five."
"Five again."
"Okay... and the one you will marry is..." Fai flipped open the flap and paused. "My, this is embarassing."
"You made me go through all this shit to get an answer so you better tell me what it is," Kurogane growled.
"Well okay," Fai shrugged. "It's me."
"What?" Kurogane's eyes went wide. "There's no way in hell that I'm ending up with you!"
"Want to do it again then?" Fai got ready to do it again. "Pick a color."
"Blue - and it has three letters where I come from," Kurogane scowled at him.
"Um, okay, B-L-U?" Fai flipped it open this way and that. "Four, nine, two, five."
"Two."
"Four, nine, two, five."
"Five."
"Eight, seven, one, three."
"One."
"Fai," Fai stared at it.
"You put your name under all the flaps, didn't you!?" Kurogane pointed an accusing finger in his face.
"No, actually, I'm only under one," Fai responded.
"Then how are you under both one and five!?"
"It shifts at random to make sure the results can't be tampered with," Fai explained. "And to be completely honest, the only names on here more than once are Tomoyo-hime and Soma-san."
"One more time," Kurogane glared. "And this time no funny stuff."
"I didn't do anything though," Fai insisted.
"Green - six letters."
"Eight, seven, one, three"
"One."
"Four, nine, two, five."
"Four."
"Four, nine, two, five."
"Nine."
"Fai."
"Again."
Fifty tries later, Fai was still getting the same reading, "Fai."
"Again."
"Kuro-ron, for someone who doesn't believe in these things, you seem awfully interested in getting a different answer."
"Shut up."
"You really do believe, don't you?" Fai grinned.
"Shut up! Okay, next we try a fortune telling game I know!"
"Okay."
