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Counts for 25moment's prompt 'jealousy'.


ALPHABETA - PART 4

J is for Jealousy;

Shinobu was speaking on the phone again. With that guy from work. It wasn't simply that that irritated Miyagi. Shinobu just never acted that animatedly when they talked…their discussions usually ended with a disagreement.

"Aren't you done? I need the phone!" Miyagi shouted irritatedly at Shinobu, who was sitting on the couch in the living room with Miyagi and laughing on the phone with that guy. Aya was sleeping peacefully between them.

Miyagi felt his blood boil and his patience snap. He snatched the phone out of Shinobu's hand and hung up.

"Why did you do that?!" Shinobu yelled and tried to grab the phone back from Miyagi's hands, but Miyagi would have none of it.

"I need the phone, you brat!" Actually, he didn't need the phone. But he wouldn't sit by and watch Shinobu talk and laugh with that guy.

He quickly tried to think of someone to telephone, to show Shinobu that he really did need the phone. He couldn't come up with anyone.

"You should have waited till I was finished, or you could've asked more nicely!"

"It's my phone, and I can use it whenever I please!" Miyagi knew he was becoming unreasonable, but Shinobu had been talking with that guy for almost an hour, acting like Miyagi wasn't sitting right there and - no, no he wasn't getting jealous or anything ridiculous like that, this was-

"You're unbelievable! What do you…?!" Shinobu stood, fuming. Miyagi was just about to apologise when Shinobu suddenly declared, "I'm going to bed!" He gathered the sleeping Aya, who had miraculously managed to sleep through their shouting, and left the living room.

Miyagi sighed and buried his head in his hands. He really needed to stop worrying. They had a child together for God's sake!

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K is for Knowledge;

"Why did you bring that guy here?"

"We needed to study and I wanted you to meet him, that's all."

"Why would I want to meet him?"

"Because he's my best friend?"

"How long have you known this guy?"

"About a month. Why?"

"How can he be your best friend, if you've only known him for a month? That's a really short time."

"You just know these things."

"You do." Like you knew I was your destiny?

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing."

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L is for Love;

"You misunderstood the whole situation. You're acting like a child," Shinobu admonished. He was tired of Miyagi's behaviour and wanted to make some things clear to him.

"That is not true."

"It is." Shinobu paused. "It's not what you think. He's just a colleague."

"Who are you talking about?" Miyagi knew who, but wasn't going to admit it that easily.

"Fuji Takumi. My best friend."

Miyagi didn't answer. Shinobu sighed.

"There's only you, you know."

Miyagi knew, of course, but that didn't mean he didn't want to hear it all the time.

TBC!

An anonymous reviewer asked me why the baby is named 'Aya'. It's because the character 'Aya' is based on my cousin, who is named Aya, the sweetest girl in the world. She is just like a baby version of Shinobu XD.

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