Chapter 4 - Coexist.
Migi shoved Shinichi behind his back, getting into his defensive position as he braced himself for an attack by the parasite soon. Migi thought that he should be encountering a parasite, but for a moment he doubted himself. The human that stood about 5 meters away from the duo seemed too human-like to be a parasite.
"Wow, I'm so surprised! I never thought that I would meet another one of my kind, how rare could this be?" The parasite exclaimed, wearing a grin while approaching the duo with no intention to cause harm.
Migi stiffened his body a little, getting tensed as the parasite came closer to them.
"Migi, this guy don't seem like a parasite to me-"
"Don't let your guard down. He may be similar to Gotou and Miki and has learnt about expressions to interact with humans." Migi had certainly never felt so nervous facing one of his kind, especially since Migi could not be in his offensive stance after obtaining a human physic.
"Calm down, I'm not here to cause an uproar. You seemed like a new face among the crowd, and I thought I would wanna check out how a junior is doing!" The friendly parasite chuckled, obviously intrigued by Migi's reactions, while Migi on the other hand had trouble understanding how human-like this parasite could be.
"What's your motive for being here?" Migi snapped back coldly at the parasite, he still could not trust the other being, not until he knows about the intentions of the other party.
"Motive? I have none of that sort of things in my mind. I just dropped by to see how my own kind is dealing with life." The parasite shrugged, answering bluntly to the questions raised by Migi. It was then Shinichi decided to step away from Migi's protection, using the chance to voice out his own unclear doubts, hoping to get some answer in return from this harmless parasite.
"For the past one year there has been no parasite activity at all judging from the amount of murder cases that had a sudden decrease. It's almost as though all the parasites have disappeared from the world, but right now you're showing up infront of us, what is this supposed to mean? Are there more of you guys out there?" The questions raised by Shinichi caught Migi's attention with little effort, did the parasites really disappeared from the world? Or was it just another organisation held by a group of parasites? There are so many questions and so little answers to everything, that makes him question about his human physic and his existence all over again, letting the endless debate take over his thoughts.
"I'm pretty sure your friend there has a similar thought about this in one way or another. All of us parasites have been questioning about our very own existence when we first arrived to this world, and it all begun like that. We have decided that we should blend ourselves in the human society, adapting to the way humans live to find our answers eventually. For parasites that has taken over human brains, we eventually developed emotions overtime. We stopped killing, we grew compassionate against living things, and we finally got rid of trying to find the answers and lived on as a human." The parasite held a sincere smile all the while it explained the situation to both Migi and Shinichi, the duo was completely thrown off by the unrealistic situation, but that did not stop them from listening to the whole story and trying to understand it, regardless of how ridiculously absurd it sounded.
" It seemed kind of impossible, from how a coldblooded killing machine could actually develop emotions, I was surprised as well-"
"Stop spouting nonsense!" Migi growled, causing the parasite to flinch as a reaction, but it quickly regained its composure, smiling at the dumbfounded Shinichi and furious Migi.
"It can't be helped if you couldn't accept the truth. It's too sudden for the both of you afterall." With that being said, the parasite shifted its attention to Migi, retaining its calm and bubbly persona. "I'm sure you would be experiencing the same things as I did really soon. It's just the matter of time." The parasite's lips curved into a gentle smile, fearlessly facing Migi until a voice from a distance called out to the parasite's name. "Fumiyo-san, where are you?"
"My friends are looking for me, I'll be taking my leave then. It's nice meeting you here, have a nice day!" With that being said, the parasite dashed off to where it came from, out of the deserted corner where Shinichi and Migi stood, spacing out from the shocking encounter with another parasite.
Just a matter of time, huh? Migi thought to himself quietly, leaning his weight against the wall as he brought his right hand up to his forehead, brushing strands of silver hair in-between his slender fingers, pressing his palm onto his head that ached from the overflowing amount of information he desperately tried to absorb into his mind.
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It's been 2 hours since the encounter with the parasite. Shinichi had decided to shrug it off for the moment by bringing Migi to the nearest shopping centre, but Migi being new to his body did not have the stamina to keep walking around continuously, otherwise his legs would just ache. The duo was just casually walking past a movie rental shop when a movie preview on the TV screen caught Migi's eyes. It was showing an intimate scene between a man and a woman, with the man saying something along the lines of ' I love you' and proceeding to press his lips against the woman's for a kiss. Migi thought it was strange, for humans to share such close contact as a form of affection, but if it would give him a clue as to how he should 'feel' emotions, why not? Migi was desperate for an answer.
The silver haired male observed the kissing scene playing on the TV screen a little more, studying the movement of the lips and the intimacy between the man and the woman, with Shinichi paying absolutely no attention to the TV, facing his back to the screen and Migi, until Migi decided to creep himself behind Shinichi's unguarded back, wrapping both of his arms around the smaller male from the back. The sudden embrace and warmth that spread around Shinichi's back left him stunned and rooted to the ground. Hazel eyes widened in astound as his breath became shallow, feeling a gust of wind breathing down onto his neck, sending tingling feeling all over the surface of his sensitive skin.
"M-Migi? What are you doing..!?" Shinichi felt his breath hitch as the pale slender fingers traced themselves onto his neck, tickling the crook of his neck all the way to his cheek, and his vision was limited by the hand that rested itself onto Shinichi's eyes.
"Migi! We're in the middle of the mall- Mmph!" His sentence was cut off by a strange, soft yet warm flesh that pressed against his lips. Shinichi's lips moved against his will, molding themselves against the flesh that pressed itself further into his lips that parted slightly instinctively. It took him awhile to comprehend the situation, but he was given no time to think when he felt something intrude his cavern, prodding itself against his own tongue. It felt rather pleasant, he thought, but not until he finally had a grasp of the situation he is in. This similar feeling he experienced in the past, it's kissing! But it's a little more than kissing. It's more intimate, it has more lip movement than a normal kiss should. It took all of Shinichi's strength to push Migi away, but that only made Migi hold him closer, and it was then Shinichi decided that any objection to Migi's decision is futile.
It took Migi a full minute to finally free Shinichi from the forced kiss, and that minute felt like the longest minute Shinichi has ever been in.
"We're going to the library. Lead the way, Shinichi." The silver haired male demanded, as if what he had just done to Shinichi was merely as natural as breathing, shrugging it off as simple as dropping a litter into the bin, leaving the poor flustered Shinichi to daze. Shinichi watched over Migi's tall built from the back, the silver swaying gently in the cool breeze that gave him a shudder shaking him out of his stun.
"Wha-.. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?"