Theme: #166 - "Cursed"
Warnings: None really.
The gods up there must really hate him.
He's cursed. He just knows it.
"Hello! I'm here!"
Her high-pitched tone screeches through the walls and he grabs a clump of hair and tugs at it agitatedly. He can feel Haruka's anxious gaze on him but he ignores it.
"Hellloooo?! Is there anybody heeeeeeeere?!"
"In here!" Youko's voice trails out from the kitchen and he can hear the pitter-patter of tiny feet as they race through the halls towards the Kitsune.
"Hi Youko!"
"Hi Suzu!"
"Is Haruka home?"
Oh, here for Haruka again is she? It's always Haruka this, and Haruka that. Oh no, never come see Kantarou. Poor little Kantarou.
"Yup, he's in the usual spot."
The foot steps sound louder than ever and the door swings open and her eyes widen like saucers. "Haruka! You're here!"
Kantarou peers over under his bangs and sees the look on the goblin's face and resists the temptation to laugh at his misfortune. "Erm--yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"
She blushes and plays with the hem of her clothes. "Well, I--see--" Her innocent expression darkens. "I thought that make Kantarou sent you out to do some stupid errand or something that he was capable of doing but was too lazy to." She smiles sweetly and the innocence is floating again.
Kantarou feels as if a lead weight was dropped onto his head.
Haruka smiles weakly. "He wouldn't do that."
"Oh wouldn't he? He does it to Youko all the time."
The goblin tries to defend Kantarou but is interrupted with another loud shrill from outside.
"Mr. Ichinomiya! I need your writing for the latest article right now! And you better not tell me you don't have it done because I'm not asking for a stretch on your deadline!" Another head pops in and he backs into the wall with fear.
"Haruka, demon!" He points at his editor and she laughs at him wickedly.
"Oh no! Not a demon! Just your boss. Papers please?"
Yup. He's cursed.