A.N.: Okay, after studying for my very hard history test that I am totally not prepared for and after attempting and failing to get over my nagging cold, I have decided to work some more on this story. I'm really startin' to get into it, but let's just hope that this isn't just a phase...
It was enjoyable to watch Tsuzuki suffer like this. Not really, but he did deserve it for all these months of never doing his paperwork. And having a hand cramp wasn't that bad. Honestly, Tsuzuki just overreacted sometimes, and it did tend to annoy Hisoka on occasion.
But nonetheless, it was nice to finally be able to just sit back and watch his partner suffer so. He didn't have to do anything. It was just him, Tsuzuki, and a couple of hours of relaxation. Of course, it was hard trying NOT to read other peoples' minds, but he would be able to adjust himself in due time. And he wasn't really looking foward to having to spend the night with Tsuzuki, but it's not like it would kill him. Well, it might kill Tsuzuki...
But that was just it-by being Tsuzuki, Hisoka wouldn't be allowed to be violent and annoyed all the time. In fact, he would have to be passive and harmless, and those words made him want to gag. How could someone be so happy and annoying all the time and yet be so smart? It was unfathomable, illogical...
No big words, either. It seemed that Tsuzuki was just trying to kill him with this bet. But he was the one who thought it up, but Tsuzuki was the one who had been annoying him...
It was Tsuzuki's fault, so there.
It really was easy not doing paperwork. Sure, he had nothing else to do, but relaxing was fun. Hisoka could just unwind and think about what it would be to not have to do this for one whole month, while Tsuzuki would be suffering from permanent hand cramp. Oh, it would be music to his ears.
Okay, so maybe silently hoping for the pain of others wasn't really Tsuzuki-like, but no one could read HIS mind. HE was the Empath, and HE was the one who could make sure that Tsuzuki would keep on track. Mean? Yes. Fair? No. Enjoyable? Oh yeah...
No paperwork. Yep, that was awesome. Who would want to do paperwork on a day like this? Who wouldn't want to go outside while it was pouring cats and dogs and even a couple of bunnies here and there? It was just so lovely outside, that you would never, ever want to do anything but not do some mind-blowing paperwork.
Paperwork was for the dogs. Hm...Tsuzuki's a dog, makes sense. There's no one alive or dead who would like to do some boring paperwork, right?
Wrong. So horribly, horribly wrong. Hisoka's hand ached with the pain of not doing his paperwork. He wanted something to do, something to occupy his mind for a few hours. The agonizing minutes seemed to tick by so slowly without doing any paperwork. The unwelcome feeling of anxiety crept upon him like...like Tsuzuki usually did. Unwanted.
Doing paperwork was like torture. Not doing it for a month was almost unthinkable. If he could barely go a few hours without keeping his sanity, it wouldn't be long now before he would cave in and give up to Tsuzuki.
But that would mean having to buy doughnuts for a month. And those stupid churro-thingies... But doing a whole lot of paperwork for a month was a pleasureable thought, sort of. But having Tsuzuki rub in the fact that he could be an even better Hisoka that Hisoka can was even worse than not doing his paperwork.
There were always crossword puzzles. Those were time-consuming. Yes, he would just have to do a couple of crossword puzzles and everything would go away. Tsuzuki wouldn't be able to bother him and everything would be at peace with the world.
But for now, without a puzzle, Hisoka felt like crawling under a rock and dying. Just dying. He had to get out of here and find something productive to do for even just a short while. And, although it was against his better nature and he knew so much more than to do this, he stood up from his desk and turned to his partner, who had obviously recovered from his handcramp. He was signing meticulously on the papers and he gave off the feel and thoughts of someone who was bored out of their mind. Oh, if only he knew how Hisoka felt at the moment, being deprived of his wonderful paperwork. Torture, so much worse than doing it. After noticing that his partner got up, Tsuzuki lifted his head and gave him a look of pure despair.
"Is it time to go home yet?" he asked in a pleading tone. So unlike Hisoka.
"No, giving up already?" Hisoka asked him with an air of confidence. Tsuzuki did his best to assume a convincing glare and met Hisoka in the eyes.
"Then why aren't you doing your work?"
He so wasn't even remotely close to being Hisoka. He didn't even have name-calling down yet. And to be a proper Hisoka, you had to be ready to call someone an idiot. Otherwise, you were some cheap imitation.
Then Hisoka realized that he would actually have to talk like Tsuzuki. He would actually have to take on some whiny tone and...beg... He would have to whine and complain and do all other manners of being a nuissance, while Tsuzuki could just sit back there and call people names. They both knew who got the better half of the deal.
This was so embarrasing. Would he have to actually attempt and find out where Tsuzuki pulled his ears and tail from. If there was anything Hisoka was sure of, it was that he refused, plain out refused, to have to act like a dog whilst begging. It was just so unbecoming on someone and made them look so stupid. But if this was the price to winning a bet, so be it.
"I'm bored and I want to go out to eat..." Hisoka whined, which turned out to be surprisingly convincing, as even Tsuzuki's eyes widened at this.
There was a moment of silence and the entire office was tence with anticipation.
"No."
Someone gasped, someone fainted, and even Hisoka was surprised. Tsuzuki looked defiant in this decision, though Hisoka could feel the despair washing over Tsuzuki like rain.
"Come on..."
"I said 'no.' Now get back to work."
Oh, he was good, but not good enough to match Hisoka. However, this would be a very hard and difficult match. Tsuzuki was an admirable and respectably actor, fine, but that was it. Hisoka, on the other hand, had something so much better than talent.
Hisoka had skills.
A.N.: What do you think? I actually like the Tsuzuki-centric ones more, just because I don't have to sound so uptight in my writing. But it's always fun to pick on Hisoka, right? Anyway, please hope that I pass that dang history test and that I get over my cold soon. It's aggravating to have to blow your nose in class, you know. thnx!
