Sat. back with more chapter-y goodness! Whoo! Number nine! That makes me really happy. So does ramen. But this is beside the point. I've heard the desperate cries of my readers and yes, you shall be told of Valentine's Day stuff…in time. Muwahahahaha! Yes, evil, I know. You will, dear readers, get to hear what happened to Kaitlin! One of the most anticipated partially known events! Yes, I don't know why I'm hyper. The website has been acting up the last few days, so this is why the chapter is so late. I own nothing!
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Kaitlin
Chapter nine: Logical or illogical?
It is ridiculous how many students are out here. The little downtown area is swarming with them. It's almost as though little kids don't exist. Perhaps Saturdays are the only really busy days here, but Sundays have that possibility, too. Today has been…trying. I walk down the crowded area, very tired and very annoyed. It seems that I was given the busiest section on the map. I wish I knew that beforehand, but no use trying to change it now.
On a positive side to this crowded fiasco, I have run into some promising places. I have one sure place, the Red Lady Bar. I hung around there for a good hour, fooling the tender that I was older than I really am. He seemed half drunk like his customers. Afterwards, I left and went casually around the back alleyway and found the side entrance. I poked around some in the extra rooms and came across an odd office.
Since I already broke into the back, why not an office? Good thing I did. There was a filing cabinet with some Hunters' information on some of the local Hunters here. Sadly, taking something out of that would cause suspicion and I didn't have Ana here to memorize the information or a camera. I also couldn't read anything because someone was coming down the hallway. That doesn't mean I left empty handed. I know that the office is there. My area is nearly done. I'm just double-checking other places. Suddenly, my cell goes off. That could be good or bad. I flip it opened and see its Angelica.
"Kaitlin," she says with a serious tone, "Get back to school right now and go to your room. I'll meet you there."
"Why?"
"Unpromising circumstances have risen against our favor. We'll have to talk to Kuran and Cross as soon as possible."
"Holy hell! That bad?"
"Oh yeah. I'm calling Rena."
"Right. 'Bye."
Shit. What in the hell happened for her to pull us out almost three hours early? I nearly run back to the campus, checking around me to make sure I'm not being followed. Once I get back onto the campus grounds, I run to the dorms. No one's out here. Taking the steps by two, my key slides in the door and I open it. Seems that I'm the first here. Pretty soon Rena and Angelica show up and the situation is explained. Rena called Sarah and Angelica called Ana during the explanation. Shit. This is worse than I thought. Hunters very close by plus they want to take the school down and they know we're in the area.
We come in agreement to tell Cross and Kuran. Rena goes off to compromise with the Headmaster. During this time, I give Angelica my map and Rena's. She handed it to me before she left. I point out my possible places and tell her of the Red Lady bar and all the files that are stored there. If we need to run, we may be able to ransack that place. Rena returns after a good while with a tired look and plops on her bed.
"So?" I ask.
"We're to go right after eating," she mutters from her pillow.
"Tried to get information out of you?" Angelica asks in a lighter tone.
"Tried and failed," she says, sitting up, "That man used puppy eyes on me! Puppy eyes! C'mon, really?!"
"Wow," I say with raised eyebrows, "I can see that happening."
"Let's go get something to eat then," Angelica says, getting up and stretching my arms.
I gather up the maps and slip them in my jean pockets. No doubt Cross will want to know the locations we've picked out. We head down to a tense dinner. The tension is more from worry. The conversation that we did have was cut short and we head up to the office. Once we get to the door, I beat the other two to knocking. I know neither of them wants to do it. Doesn't mean I wanna. Opening the door before an answer is given; I steel my face and enter. I place the maps on his desk. Angelica takes the chair next to Kuran and begins to explain the situation. I tune some of it out, throwing in some information. Soon, the situation is completely explained.
"Headmaster Cross," Rena says in a low voice, "I wouldn't suggest telling the prefects about this. Kuran, with due respect, I wouldn't suggest telling anyone in your coven, including your second in command. Not until we know something will happen. It's better that we don't show any reaction to what we've heard, lest we draw attention to ourselves."
"I agree with them, Headmaster," the pureblood says, "It would rile tension higher than the normal amount already here."
He agrees with us. Is this monumental? But I do have to remember that Kuran isn't stupid, but is in fact one dangerous tactician.
"You do realize what you have just compromised by telling me this, don't you?" Headmaster asks, looking at each of us.
"Yes," I say for everyone, "We are ready to accept any consequences of any measure. You have full right to and we understand."
Of course he'd be angry at us. We did violate the pact that we created here in a way.
"The only consequence," he starts, leaning back in his chair, "Is informing me when and where you'll be going in the next two weeks. Full details."
"You're not kicking us out?" I ask, nearly flabbergasted.
"Of course not," Cross answers with a smile, "Without any of you doing this, we wouldn't have known this new and bothersome information. I should have realized that something like this was to happen somehow. I forgot that you five aren't regular teenagers that have to worry about school. Survival and hiding soundly is the top priority for all of you and you all have a large amount of experience of doing so."
"Thank you, Headmaster," Angelica says with a small smile, "for being so understanding. It's your choice when to tell the prefects of this change of events."
"You are dismissed, ladies," he says with a goofy grin, "Come talk to me after school Monday about what was found over the weekend. I also want Kaname to be here for that, so you're club meeting may be cancelled."
Oh, Monday will be interesting. We leave the office after I gather the maps. The girls and I decide to talk a little later about the new mission details after we've had a shower and have calmed down a bit. This means we get about an hour to ourselves. Rena and I head back, talking about some of the bookstores and clothes shops we each saw. Hey, we may be on a mission but we still like to shop. We are teenage girls after all.
"I'm gonna take a shower first, okay?" Rena asks as we enter our room, "I had too many back alleys with too much trash everywhere. I feel nasty from all of it."
"Sure," I say and toss myself on my bed, "Don't take too long, though. We've only got an hour."
"'Kay," she says, gathering up some clothes and going into the bathroom.
My mind wanders off to different things, but what happen Valentine's Day was…excruciating. Now that I've stopped doing something to keep my mind busy, I start to think about it. I still haven't figured it all out. I mean, why?! Why did he do something like that?! Why did he seem so sincere?! Why in the hell is my face still turning red from embarrassment right now?! I shove my hands to my heated face and groan. Shit! That night is still plastered in my head like a bad movie you want to block out and ask why you even paid to see it. I still can't believe that he…no, I can believe he was that sneaky. It's the fact that he was serious that I can't believe.
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"Kaitlin," Rena says in a low voice, "He just tricked you into being his girlfriend."
"What?" I ask, trying to understand what she said.
"Aido gave you a V-day gift with red and white décor," she explains cautiously, "He tricked you, sweetheart."
"He…!" I say with a surprised look, "He did what?!"
I jump up and run out the door, planning on kicking that snowflake's ass. Where the hell is he?! My mind barely registers the cool air on my slightly sweaty face. Where would he go? I know Ana won't help me. She's only following me to make sure I won't kill the boy. Yeah, I can hear her running after me. She's the only one that can keep up with me when it comes to sprinting. My run begins to slow as I let my eyes take in the forest around me. Where are you, goddamnit?
Suddenly, I see a flash of blonde and I know it's not Ana. My feet veer off to the left and I nearly run into the stupid snowball. He looks at me and slowly grins, understanding that I opened his gift.
"What in the hell where you thinking giving me that thing?!" I screech at him.
"You didn't like it?" he asks with a slightly softer look. He almost looked hurt.
"Err—well, I—that's beside the point!" I snap, futilely try to reason. Hell yeah it was gorgeous, but he doesn't need to know that.
"Then, Kaitlin-chan, what is the point?"
"The point is that you're not supposed to give me stuff unless it's a kick to the gut!"
"Rose-san," he says, looking over me, "Would you mind leaving us, please? I would greatly appreciate it."
When did Ana get here? Oh wait, she was following me. Right, I knew that. He must be serious if he's addressing her respectfully.
"Depends," she lazily says, "Can I trust either of you to not start a fight or for you to drink her blood?"
"Tch! Like he'd get the chance!" I snap over my shoulder.
"You have my word, Rose-san," he says with a slight bow.
I turn to look at her. She glances back and forth a bit between us. She glares mainly at him. With a shrug, she turns and walks away saying not to be too late.
"You're abandoning me?!" I yell at her with wide eyes.
"I'll be in the area, Kait," she says without turning around, "Close enough to sense both of you and hear a scream for help."
"That's still leaving me!" She keeps walking. Bitch left me!
"Tell me, Kaitlin-chan, why you can't accept gifts?" he asks behind me.
"Because I'm not allowed to associate with anyone in any manner unless it deals with an assigned task," my mouth automatically says, I as turn to face him.
"Does Rose-san keep you from accepting anything or from making friends?" he asks sincerely.
Suddenly, what Ana said before the club started up rings in my head.
"It is high school, guys," Ana growls at us, "Last time I checked, dating in school is a normal thing high schoolers do, despite what goes to this school. Besides, better to go out with something that knows what you are."
"N-no, but still." Weak excuses! Damnit, I need to think of better ones!
"So, what is the problem?" he asks with a soft smile. Don't do that! I can barely come up with good excuses and you're smiling at me like that?!
"What do you know about me to give that kind of gift?" I ask with ferocity, "and to trick me?!"
"I know that I like you," he says, shrugging and coming closer, "And I know that you have a very different personality than most. The fact that you don't idolize over me is…intriguing."
"Arrogant asshole, aren't we," I snip.
"Only when I know I can be one," he says with small grin, "Right now is not a good time to be arrogant."
"Like you know how to stop," I say, crossing my arms and turning from him.
"As you don't know how to stop being so defensive?" he retorts with some humor in his voice.
"The defensiveness is bred in," I mutter, "It can't be controlled."
"That's a shame," he whispers in my ear.
I jump and look at him with startled eyes. When the hell did he get so close?! He chuckles at my wide eyed look and I glare. His smile only widens as I fight a blush of embarrassment down. Come on, girl! You're fucking trained to handle anything! Get it together and start acting like the badass you were bred to be! One problem: I never learned how to deal with guys in this way.
"Mind backin' off?" I ask flatly.
"Not really," he says, coming a little closer. Some of his cool temperature radiates to my warmer one. "Since I did accentually trick you into opening that gift, I suppose I will ask properly."
His cool hands turn me around and I almost have a heart attack. He looks serious…I don't think I have ever seen him serious before. Strange. Wait…ask me what?!
"If you ask what I think you're about to ask, I'll kill you," I say in a dangerous voice.
"I suppose I should prepare for my funeral," he responds with a grin, "Will you go out with me?"
"Oh my God, you did not just ask me that!" I say perplexed, unable to hold it back.
He looks startled that I said that, but laughs a bit too. He's laughing at my outburst? Great.
"Then, I suppose you don't have an answer?" he asks, still laughing.
"There's no question to answer," I coldly say.
"Of course there is, Kaitlin," he says smoothly.
God, I hate it when he does that. It's not my fault. Lately my teenage hormones have gone rampart and have been whispering corrupting this to me. Such as how his hair is so perfect and his skin and eyes glow and how he says my name differently and…yeah, gonna stop now. He leans down to my face, making me feel shorter than I already am. I don't recoil or flinch out of trained habits and just glare at his glacier blue eyes.
"You must have some sort of an answer," he prods, nearly whispering. His cool breath glazes over my face and I blush some.
"Not for you."
"Yes, one for me. Will you be my little fiery valentine?"
"I'll think about it."
Wait, what?! Did I just say that?! Holy mother of God! He smiles at me while my eyes widen and I slap a hand over my lips. My own mouth has betrayed me, along with my hormones. Now I know I'm doomed. He leans closer, and I feel him plant his cool lips on my forehead. Shock courses through my veins and I find that I can't move. Punch him! Hit him! For the love of sanity, shank him even! But, no. Instead, you stupid body, you freeze up, blush, and start to let the heart think romantic bullshit.
"Good evening, Kaitlin-chan," he says, pulling away, "I can't wait for your decision."
Just like that, he's gone. Just like that, I said a maybe. Just like that, he kissed me on my forehead. And now, my knees drop to the ground out of weak shock. Doesn't he understand what I entail? I'm wanted all over the world by hunters of inhuman beings and he asks me this? That must be it. He doesn't understand just how serious our situation really is. No doubt he's heard and maybe even seen what the Hunters do, but now he wants direct involvement?! We move out of whims and for safety. Having a close connection with someone other than the girls is incredibly dangerous and stupid!
I slowly get up and brush my knees off. I'm going to have to say no. I don't know why I said maybe in the first place. When he got that close and that…sweet and sincere, I just couldn't hold my shield against him for very long. I can't understand why and I may not any time soon. I have to say no. Not just for what dignity I have left, but for his safety as well as the girls. He can be used. I don't want anyone used against me. Ever.
"How'd it go?" Ana asks from behind.
"It went," I deadly say.
Turning to walk back to the dorms, I glance at her curious face. She quickly reins in the expression and mirrors mine: dead. As we walk back, she doesn't say anything. Thanks, Ana for not saying anything. I don't really need words right now. Why have my emotions died out right now? This is mission mode. Am I really upset that I have to tell him no? I shouldn't be and I sure as hell couldn't be. It has to be done.
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That sure is hell one V-day I won't forget anytime soon. Eventually, I notice that my fingertips are on the spot where he kissed me. My hand yanks away from that infected spot. The girls will be told eventually, once I've told Aido no. Rena comes out of the shower and I head in. Tomorrow is another day I suppose. Let's see if we can find anything else.
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The streets aren't so busy today. I have the north side, which has been left completely unchecked by all of us. It makes sense to send me here since we don't have Ana with us at the moment. I could be used as radar at one point or another. By watching people for a certain amount of time, I can tell if they have any certain abilities. If something is glared in my preverbal vision, I can follow them to see if they are something to worry about.
I have been out here for a good five hours and have easily covered this place. There are only two possible places in this small area and they're not very promising. This is good. It means that the Hunters have been pinpointed in this town. I found another bookstore I should tell Sarah about. There might be a few books she might want from there. I found a few. The heavy plastic bag swings on my wrist as I walk down to a little nameless café. Our pull-out time is in about thirty minutes. Thank God this section is small.
There is one more alleyway I have to check. It's very narrow and next to an abandoned shop and the nameless café. I slip away from the crowd unnoticed and start down the narrow passage way. Hmm, this looks like a cliché place to get mugged or something. Dark, dank, no people, lots of trash and a few dumpsters. Yeah, almost any place you go all alleyways look the same. The only real difference is the type of trash hanging around.
Heading down the nasty place, I easily move over trash bits while keeping my eyes opened for anything odd looking. This thing might be a dead-end. If that's true, it makes searching a little easier. Besides, there are more chances of hidden doors in the back. Stooping to check for any latches under a dumpster, I hear a bit hissing from some place. Looks like I got a vamp on my tail. I continue with my search, noting where the vampire is hiding. Back right corner of the second dumpster. Well, this could be a slight issue.
Soon, I come to a brick wall. So it is a dead-end. Taking out my map, I make this as a dead-end and start checking the wall out for hidden switches or latches. The hissing is getting louder and I ignore it. The vampire is directly behind me. Well, I've got one good shot at this, so let's make it count.
I reach in my zippered black hoodie and pull out Apollo locking and cocking it at the vamp's head. The woman falters, her pale blue ragged dress sticking to her with dirt. Her hands are half extended to me, but uncertainty and fear are etched over her starved face. It's obvious she is a Level E. She's not afraid of Apollo. E's usually aren't afraid of weapons. She's afraid of my eyes. Bright red and dark orange have taken over the irises and a dark, somewhat black gold has taken over the whites. Do this smart thing, E, and just go. My silencer is kinda on my other one. Why didn't I grab that one? Oh, I'm naturally left handed, that's why.
The E staggers back some, fear taking over her hollowed features. Her red eyes lose some of the glow, apprehension setting in. Soon, the starved woman jumps on the roofs and runs. I sigh in relief and change Artemis to my right holster while putting Apollo in the other. I'm used to firing Apollo of first, but my silencer got damaged beyond repair. Artemis should have been pulled out first. Oh well, she left and I'm still intact with all of my ammunition.
Exiting out of the nasty alleyway, I mark that one clean of Hunters and wander around for a little. That was my last place to check. With that done, I check a few other places I am suspicious of and I don't run into anyone or anything.
Sitting down at a table outside a coffee shop, I order a small cup of coffee with lots of sugar and a pastry. No harm in indulging a little. Besides, I can people watch from here and that is technically working. People pass by me, ignoring me easily. My senses haven't picked anything up at all. It's strange being able to relax a bit here. Nice, but strange. No doubt something will happen when my guard does drop. Lord knows that's the kind of luck I have. Ice abilities at eleven o'clock.
"Hello, Kaitlin-chan."
Speaking of bad luck. I look up at a grinning Aido and glare.
"Isn't it a bit early for you to be out here, Ice Boy?" I snip at him as he takes a seat.
"Yes, but I heard from some of the little Day Class students that you were out here," he responds.
Well, he has just compromised the rest my mission. Not like there is much left, but his presence here could be bad. I ignore his stare as I sip my coffee. He must have come out here to manipulate another embarrassing answer out of me. My hand bats a lose curl back from my face. I quickly pay the tab and get up. He rises with me and follows me down the street. I can't do anything with him trailing me like a dog. Seems I need to get rid of this vamp too, but I don't think he'll be as easy to get rid of. I turn down an alley I know it's clean of Hunters and any other activity and quickly spin around to face Aido.
"What the hell do you want?"
"Your answer," he says with a grin, "It has been a few days."
"Well, I got one for you. My answer…is…" I being to say, backing up to a wall.
While I was talking, he walked close to me and I backed up. My shoulders hit the brick wall. What is he doing?! He leans down with that husky like look.
"Yes, Kaitlin? What were you going to say?"
My jaw tightens shut. I can't trust my mouth to give the answer I need to give. He knows that I can't say what I need to when he's this close. Why do I give in to him at all?! Alright, let's try something simple.
"Y-you do know that I-I'm constantly being hunted and t-that I will have to leave the s-school eventually," I stutter, "Y-you will most likely b-be used against me and killed."
"You can tell me truthfully that you don't want me around you?" he asks near a whisper.
I lace my lips shut. No, I can't truthfully say that. As annoying as he is, he's fun to be around. The bickering is entertaining. I briefly wonder what someone would think if they saw us.
"You don't really understand the consequences of being involved with someone and something like me, do you?" I ask in a solid low voice, "Our other names where Soul Stealers and Life Eaters in the mission field. Do you know how we acquired such bloody names?"
He leans back with a slightly stunned face. My glare is hard and cold towards the ignorant vampire.
"My answer will be no for logical reasons and safety purposes. Until you understand just what you are asking of not only me, but of yourself, your coven and my friends, do not follow me around and ask me pointless and stupid questions like that."
"And what is your illogical answer?"
"You have an answer, Aido," I say with a frosted tone, "I suggest you don't ask for any more."
"You said my name," he comments with a soft grin, "Now if I can only get you to say it without you sounding like you're going to kill me."
"There won't be another time," I say and try to walk around him.
His arms shoot up above my head and I hate my height at the moment. Sending a heated glare at him, I try to dip under his arms. He pushes his side to the opened space I tried to use. An annoyed sigh releases itself from my lungs.
"What is your illogical answer?" he asks in a serious tone.
I look at his icy blues eyes and feel my resistance crumble a little. My back hits the wall and I cross my arms. I can't open my mouth. I was lucky enough to get the rest of that out and I don't think I can get anything else like that out at all.
"Would you tell me?"
"How can you understand?" I ask in a watery voice that surprises me, "All my life any type of affection or attention was very rare. How can you ask me to bring someone from the outside boundaries of my mind and experiences into my world? You may be a vampire, but do you know what it's like to hunt harmless people or to be hunted? You can't possibly understand what we face everyday and the constant worry of getting caught. One learns not to be afraid of death but to be afraid of rehabilitation. If I were to tell you all the people I have killed, from infants to parents to old people, just because of an order,or what would happened if any of us were caught, what would you do?"
"Kaitlin, I…" he says with wide eyes, "I'm willing to jump those boundaries."
That wasn't meant to come out. Well, parts of it, anyway.
"Don't consent to something you don't understand. I'm not going to let an innocent person into my messed up life," I say, angrily leaning into his face, "That kind of torture shouldn't be forced upon any person. I can be cruel, but I'm not completely heartless."
Suddenly, the image of a little girl with red hair, red wings and green eyes prods my mind. She was the last person I killed under orders. A griffling only a few years old holding a little griffin doll. She looked at me so terrified around the corpses of her parents. I had mangled their bodies so badly that even I didn't know where their wings started.
"I can hear your heart just fine."
He snaps me out of that wretched memory.
"Find me on a mission day and I guarantee that it will be silent. Move."
"Kaitlin, please," Aido says, lightly grasping my face, "Tell me your illogical answer. I know that is the one you want to say. You're right. I don't understand the consequences of involving myself with you, but I'm willing to take them with full stride. Have a little faith in me, firefly."
"Yes," I whisper and immediately give myself a mental slap.
"What?"
"My illogical answer…yeah."
"Then will you act on the logical answer or the other?" he asks with a small smirk.
"I don't know. I shouldn't…I shouldn't even be talking to you, but I…I can't…"
"Kaitlin, will you say yes?"
My brown eyes lock with his patient blue ones. All my thoughts are so tangled that I can't pull out the important ones. Everything is hazed over and all I can hear in my mind is the word yes. Yes for him. Yes for myself. Yes for my emotions. Yes for everything that I should protect.
"Yes," I whisper like a mantra.
His cool arms gather me in a hug. My ear is pressed to his silent chest and I wrap my arms around his frame. I relax some, but with guilt and a lingering ominous feeling is still hanging around. Every time something good happens to any of us, something comes and breaks that down, hard. It hasn't failed yet, but God I wish it did.
"Then it's settled," I hear him say above me, "Your problems are my problems."
"You'd run if I had to?" I ask flatly, pulling away from him.
"I may just do so," he answers with a grin.
"You're parents and coven leader would kill you."
He laughs and pulls me in a tighter hug, not quite dispelling my daunted feelings. Against my will, I lean my head under his chin. Now I'm happy for my height. Oh, I did not just think that. Wait, I have to tell the girls now…!
"Aw shit!" I nearly yell in his chest.
"What?" he asks, pulling away for a moment.
"I have to tell the girls," I whine, "D'you know what they'll do?! Oh man, this sucks!"
He chuckles and kisses me on my forehead. Sure, he uses that to calm me down. Damn him for making it work. A sigh escapes my lungs as I lean into him more. My phone goes off making me jump a bit before I tug it out. Sarah. Oh God, please let me control my voice.
"Don't say anything," I say with a dangerous look, "Hey Sarah, what's up?"
"Hey, where are you? You're fifteen minutes late. Are you okay?" she says in English.
"Yeah, sorry. Everything's okay. I just got a little sidetracked at a café I was hanging out at. I'll be there in a little. I'm headed there now," I respond in English.
"Oh. What happened? Did you see someone?"
"Err, you could say that. I'll be there in a bit."
"'Kay. Don't stay out much longer."
"Right. 'Bye."
"'Bye."
"I wonder if you realize that I can speak English fluently?" he asks above me, resting his head against mine.
"You might, but not everyone here can."
Suddenly, something jumps from the rooftop behind Aido. Grabbing his white shirt collar, I tug him back to the wall and tug out Artemis, aiming pointblank at the same female vampire. My energy automatically flares, eyes lighting up and making the woman falter again. Why has she come back?
"Leave, vampire," I say, my breath a mixture of fire and black, "I don't want to kill you and you don't want to die."
She glances between me and Aido. The woman bows some at Aido, mummer something along the lines of master, and runs off again. She must have thought I was a meal for him or something. I holster my gun and take a deep breath, releasing my energy. Oh no, energy. My scared gaze reaches a very shocked Aido. Great. The girls are gonna kill me, 'cause not only has Kiryuu seen this, but now Aido has too.
"Aido, listen to me," I say in a shaky voice, "Please don't tell anyone what you just saw. When I mean nobody, I mean Kuran and the girls too, got it? What you saw is what the Hunters are mainly after."
"You have my word, Kaitlin-chan," he says with a smile, "What else can you do?"
"Hey," I say, shaking a finger at him, "We just started this going out business. That doesn't mean you get to know everything right away. Besides, it's unsafe to talk about those things outside walls."
"I suppose you are a big bad huntress," he mutters near my ear.
How do I not notice his movements?
"Damn Skippy I am," I say, leaning to his face with a grin.
"What would you do," he asks with a cool breath, "if I kissed you?"
"Punch you," I mummer, coming closer to him.
"Let's test that, shall we?"
