Author's Note: it's... my first day of school~ yay -confetti- to every procrastinator out there such as myself: get shit done quickly and efficiently. put shit on priority. it makes shit easier and gets you higher grades shit. inspiring isn't it? -deafening silence-
;_; me still hope you like this. excluding this, we only have 3 chapters left... or do we?
read on~
EINE KLEINE
Twelve Kisses
a KagePro fanfiction
IX. April
To them, it was nothing – a joke, a prank. Just so they got the first strike. Just so they could claim they managed to draw first blood at the Liar on Liar's Day, and brag about it until all of later…
But to Kano, it went miles beyond that.
To him, they were dead meat.
Neither of the recent members had the knowledge of not ever waking him up for no apparent reason, nor did they know that he hated getting doused by cold water. Or any kind of water. Or getting doused in general. So far he had put up with it, since it was usual their wake up call when the gang was going somewhere. But when the Kisargi siblings, the shota, the virus, including the rejected vocaloid and Seto's ball of yarn had decided to ruin his life by carefully planning his demise in combo prank fashion, they had just sign their death contracts.
He was minding his own business sleeping on his stomach, and the door he had been so sure he locked last night had unknowingly creaked open. He woke up only when he suddenly heard the emergency alarm go blare loudly, making him sit up. Then his head hit some kind of contraption, causing some pastry, most likely pie, to land square on his head. He swatted the metal container by instinct but glitters hit back out of nowhere and he was choking and coughing by the time he stood up. He slipped on oil or liquid soap or something, making him accidentally bang his head at the edge of his bed. Groaning in pain, he opened his eyes just in time to avoid two flimsy plastic balloon that exploded against his wall, the other on his bed with a peculiar bulls eye.
And so, as he watched his newly bought, newly released Witch Detective book IV that he waited for almost two and a half years just drown in soy sauce, he turned to look wide eyed at the laughing band of will be screwed assholes.
This is an open declaration of war.
"Kido? Shouldn't you be out there with everyone?" Kano raised a brow, catching a glimpse of violet against the kitchen counter. He could hear plate and glasses clattering, and decided to help out. Help out. Honestly. Remembering what took place against that area made him grin. He didn't think she remembered though, because she glared at him the moment he stood next to her. "Ooh, brownies. Can I have some?"
She slapped his hand off the plate. "No. Later."
"But-"
"Later."
"Fine." He whined. "Anything I can do then?"
"The tray." She motioned for the one containing the glasses with orange juice, "Let's go." she said, turning to the direction of living room.
"Okay~"
Kido was rather proud of everyone for managing to get through the day without committing another prank, but she supposed getting tired to the bones had contributed a lot to it. She did warn them all at yesterday's dinner of excruciating pain to whoever was foolish enough to proceed with a master plan that would involve ruining the base but no. They didn't listen. Their fault. What surprised her was that it wasn't Kano who led the Stupidity Brigade this year but Shintaro and Ene, the former waiting for a legal date to enact his revenge. He's with several bumps on the head now, along with the other participants. And brownies. They still did deserve a delicious treat after working hard cleaning the room that they ruined.
"Eh! You don't mean...?" Seto kept his eyes at the guilty group of people huddled on the couch and the carpet below, and from the love seat with Kido and Kano, he let out a hearty laugh. "You guys did that? Oh wow."
"Don't encourage them." Kido muttered.
"Sorry, sorry. But wasn't Kano busy with Witch Detective since yesterday?"
Hearing his name, he raised the said book inches off the side table. It was finally dry. And ruined. Chapter 29 to 32 was no longer readable. "Dead." the grin was the only gesture he was capable as of about the topic.
"W-we're going to replace it!" Momo exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Marry puffed her cheeks. "In fact, we're going tomorrow!"
"You won't find another copy for another three months. This is pre-ordered."
"Eh!?"
The two turned to Shintaro's phone, finding Ene searching the internet already. After several minutes of excruciating silence, Six let out a shaky laugh.
"It's true. The book was just released this week too so the normal waiting time for bookshop retails start at the second week of June."
At this, Four raised her open palms to hide her face. "Sorry Kano! I really should have known better!"
"Yes, you should have." he muttered, waving his hand dismissively and shaking his head. "And here I wasn't really intending to join this year's April Fool's."
"Hahaha. Good one Kano. But we all know that's not true."
He gave an offended look. "Ah Seto, that's so mean!"
"I was just telling the tru-"
"And that's exactly the reason why we did what we did!" Shintaro piped in. "Who knows what he would've done if left alone!"
Hibiya gave a deadpanned look. "He's too paranoid."
Momo mirrored Eight's face. "He's too hopeless."
"Kano would've placed a fart bag or make someone suffer of glitters the whole day. His pranks aren't really that threatening. Just troublesome." Kido said simply.
"Also the egg on milk. I don't know why I keep falling for it though."
Kano had his mouth agape for a second, and then he gave a miffed look. "Are you two calling my pranks lame?"
"No.", "Yes."
"Kido." Seto warned.
"What? It's true." She raised her shoulders, before giving a confused look and patting her jeans pocket. "Has anyone seen my phone?"
"No.", "Nah.", "I didn't."
"Really?"
"Why are you all looking at me!" Kano exclaimed. "Why me? Can't it be Kisaragi-chan or the kid-"
"Hey!"
"Because, you're always the most suspicious here." now a bit more subdued, Shintaro sipped on a bottle of coke. Every member of the gang nodded to this.
"Where did you even get that?" Konoha tilted his head.
"Pocket."
"What?"
Ene gave an impish look. "You don't want to know."
"Come to think of it, I don't have mine too." Seto patted his pockets.
Marry gasped. "When did-"
"Ah. Wait. I forgot I charged it."
Kido hit his shoulder. "Don't make people nervous."
He let out a chagrin laugh. "Sorry."
"Anyhow, I must have also left mine in my room. I'll just go check later."
"Yes and I feel so wounded."
"Oh come off it." One snorted. "You give people every reason to be suspicious of you."
"That doesn't mean it's always me though!"
"But usually."
Seto nodded. "Kido has a point."
Kano placed his clenched fist over his chest and sobbed to his arm. "I feel destroyed. Crushed by the very people I love."
Shintaro let out an exasperated sigh as he stood up. "I'm going now. Momo are you coming with me?"
"Nah." his sister waved her hand. "Later. I'll stay here for a while."
"Goshujin, can't we stay any longer?"
"I...have a very important meeting."
The gang perked up at this.
"Shintaro's meeting someone?", "I know. Who knew right?", "That's surprising."
Momo let out a mocking sigh. "On an online game. Something aching to raid party starting at six...?"
Seven's head turned to Five. "I told you not to read my messages!"
"I didn't read them!"
Flushing into a bride shade of red, Shintaro glared at her. "Then how did you-"
"Ene actually di-"
"I changed my mind! Let's go, let's go Goshujin! You'll be late for your very important meeting! Bye everyone! Let's go!"
Turning to the virus, "It's you, isn't it?"
"Um... Goshujin. It's already five fourty-eight."
"Oh, shit. I really need to go." Shuffled footsteps and he disappeared to the exit.
"Did he really need not to close the door?"
"That...raid party thing must've been really important. I wonder if it's similar to those night clubs?" Marry tilted her head, to which Marry lowered her head against Four's shoulder.
"It's better you don't know."
But Kano had to fix his imaginary glasses. "A raid party is usually a larger group of people on an online game attempting to defeat a single boss. It's not that much of an exp giver, but more on dropping rare and unique items. Players commonly have the raid party set as dream set, well, since it's the most op. Apart from cash items, of course, but I don't think Shintaro-kun's the type of person to waste money buying cash. I see him leaned towards on...the farmer/grinder type." and when he finished, he found everyone giving him weird looks. "What?"
"You must be happy now, huh Uncle? That research you were doing earlier on your computer actually paid off."
He grinned. "I told you that information's going to be of use one day. Or in this case, today."
Momo gave a slow clap. "Congrats."
"Thank you, thank you. And this is when," he stood up. "I'm going to throw out the trash you guys told me to."
"You're actually going to do it?"
"Why is it that whenever I do something decent you guys act like it's the first time I do it?"
"Because it's rare! Like once in a blue moon rare."
With a mocking noise, he left the living room for the kitchen then outside.
"Soooo." Seto clasped his hands together. "Anyone still up for pranking Kano?"
"Seto!", "Seto-san!"
Kido lowered her head, whispering. "I agree. Any plan?"
"Not you too!"
Hibiya's smile was devilish, copying the secretive stance the older members had done. "Actually... I have some up my sleeves. I've been waiting for someone to ask me all day."
"Let's hear it then."
The not really long and intricate planning of Mekakushi Dan members Kido, Seto, Konoha and Hibiya was put to a halt the moment the door creaked open and revealed the very person they thought was busy for the night.
"Onii-chan?" Momo raised a brow at his panting older brother. "What happened? I thought you were supposed to be busy with your raid party or something?"
Shintaro slammed the door shut and leaned on it. "I got chased by stray dogs is what happened."
Five couldn't help but snicker at her sulking brother. "Don't you think they'll understand if you miss a session tonight?"
"It was me who planned the whole thing!" he suddenly bent over and clutched on his head. "Me! You guys just don't understand how difficult it is to form a perfect raid party! Every single player that I got had was meticulously picked with perfect items. With a team like that, I estimated we'd manage to finish the run in less than 8 minutes, which is a record itself!"
A moment of silence was offered to the fallen player.
"W-well... what online game are you playing anyway?" Seto scratched the back of his head, trying to remedy the situation. "You could check Kano's pc if he has it."
Shintaro's head snapped from his folded arms. The gang could almost see his eyes sparkle. "Really? I could do that? You think he plays Innocent Sin Online too?"
Taken a back, Seto let out a shaky laugh. "Yeah, of course you can. I don't think he'd mind."
"Really? Even after everything I've done to him?"
"Onii-chan just go and check it, seriously. You're wasting your time here."
"You guys are the best, ever~!" he cried, running to the hallway.
Hibiya shook his head slowly. "He's really hopeless."
But almost only six minutes back into the planning, the lights suddenly went out.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Number One was on her toes instantly, with Seto following suit. Momo and Marry huddled closer together on the couch, letting out surprised gasps. Hibiya tried to cover his surprise by snickering at the two girls' antics, but when Konoha reached out to him from the edge of the couch he flinched too. This was the only disadvantage of the base's position. Sure, it was hidden away from the main road, but when the lights go out, they could literally see nothing.
"It's too dark!"
Seto reached out to Four. "You don't need to panic Marry."
"I-I'll try to...but it's really dark."
Kido nodded comfortingly too but she doubted anyone saw her. "I'll get some candles and flashlight. Can I borrow anyone's phone?"
"I...uh, have mine in 3%." Momo informed.
"Great job having a phone with no charge, Auntie."
"Well then let's see yours then."
Hibiya did as told, his cellphone lighting up the living room. "76%." he passed the phone to Marry then to Seto then to Kido, who quickly went to the kitchen.
"Want me to come?" Seto called out.
"Nah. Stay there with them." once she reached the drawers, she remembered one thing. "Or better yet, check on Kano. Isn't he supposed to be back by now?"
"Guys! When did I go blind~?" As if on timing, Kano's loud voice echoed through the apartment.
"Well it took you long enough! Help me find some candles."
"Danchou~? Where are you?"
"Kitchen!"
"Onii-chan are you okay?! Can you hear us?! Come here because there's no way I'm walking through the darkness just to find you!"
No response.
Momo gave an irked look. "He must've fainted."
"Seto?"
"Hm?"
"Did Kano close the door?"
"Did he? I didn't notice actually."
"C-could you...um..."
"Right. Of course. Wait." though near a drained battery, Momo passes her phone anyway from Marry to Seto.
"No, he managed to close it."
"Thank goodness."
But of course something won't go right.
"Where the hell…" Kido glared at the sinless drawer that was supposed to contain all the items she needed, but it wasn't there at all.
Kano flashed his phone over her shoulder. "What's up?"
"I can't find the candles. Nor the flashlight."
"Oh those! I think they're in my room actuall- ow!" he yelped away from the violent woman, rubbing his side. "You don't even know if it's my fault!"
She glared at him. "It better not be." then crossed the expanse of the kitchen in few short strides. Kido wasn't surprised when Kano followed her, lighting the area they were supposed to cross to until they reached the last room at the end of the hallway.
"Did you find some?" Seto's voice echoed in the dark.
"The idiot said it's in his room."
"Danchou-san! Could you check on Onii-chan too?"
"Sure I'll do that."
"Ah~ Wait for me Kido!"
One snarled at the sight of a kitchen chair the moment they reached the supposed room. "Who brought this here?"
"Totally not me."
With another fleeting look, Kido turned the knob and entered the room, the owner stepping and closing the door behind him.
This place was a little better. A scant amount of street light filtered into the room, shadowing Kano the moment he stood in parallel against the window. He lost the light of his phone, but she could still very much see the flash of red in his eyes and he smiles eerily at her. She stared at him unmoving, making her realize that the places beyond their base were brightly lit, making her realize just enough that Shintaro was nowhere to be seen in the room.
It didn't quite sink in as quickly, because despite always being suspicious of him, despite always blaming him first, those accusations were only for mocking. It was his way of lighting up the situation, and her way responding to that cheeky grin… but there was no way Shintaro could've climbed out of the window. There was no way he could've disappeared so easily without anyone noticing, so unless he had really fainted and Kano had hidden his body somewhere, Kido was going to have to assume he was never returned in the base the first place. Which leaves...
Her eyes furrowed, taking a step back. She turned to reach for the door knob but Kano yanks her by the arm. Kido stumbled against her own feet, before knocking against his body.
"Wha-"
She sees only a flash of a wild grin before she is thrown against the wall between the window and the bookshelf, letting out an injured noise. Kano grabs her by the shoulder, sliding his fingers down her arm, to her wrist, and occupying the spaces between her fingers. All the while Kido could only stare at him in shock, even as he lifted her right hand's index finger and placed it against his lips.
"Shh." He says, a wicked look on his face. "Don't make too much noise, Tsubomi. Remember, everyone's just at the living room. They could hear us if you do." Their entwined hands were raised in the same level of Kido's head, he presses his body against hers. She was sure confusion was the only reaction on her face, even using her own fingers to bring down the zip of her red jacket to the top of her violet hood, and his mouth was against her neck.
Despite not seeing too much to begin with, Kido's sight blurred as much as her mind, until she could no longer think of anything else but the feel of having Kano hold her like this, the pressure from his mouth, the nibble from his teeth and the lash of his tongue. She could only let out a shaky breath, desperately trying to remember why they should stop.
She struggles against him and he grants freedom to her right hand, his left coming to clench on her waist… but she feels him swipe his tongue against a sensitive point and she is grasping against his shoulder.
She pressed her lips together when he bites down so very gently and sucks hard, she makes a sound she never heard from herself before. Kano chuckles darkly at her reaction, breathing hotly against her skin, and then he was gone, releasing her from his hold. He steps back to the other side of the room before facing her, and she looks back at him with half-lidded eyes.
"I would say it's a shame that I had to include you in my list of people to prank, but I really enjoyed myself Kido." He said with a smirk, both of his hands working to cover his head with his hood. "Next time, let's have an even greater fun."
One moment she is looking at his retrieving form, and the next moment, she is looking at herself leaving the room and closing the door with a soft click.
Kido could only raise both of her palms to her face.
"What the fuck just happened...?"
"Seto I think we ran out of candles." Kido entered the living room again, crossing her arms. "I was sure we still had some but I can't seem to find any."
"Oh." Marry straightened up. "I could check the rooms if you guys want me to... but can someone come with me?"
Momo agreed to this. "I can. Seto-san can I have my phone back?"
"Sure."
As Kido watched the two girls walk to the hallway, she glanced back to Seto. "I think you should still buy some. Just in case they don't find any."
"Right, well, sounds like a plan."
"Konoha, could you come with Seto?"
Nine nodded.
"What about me, what am I supposed to do?"
Kido watch as Hibiya pass the remaining phone to Seto's possession, and Two patted his hair. "You protect could protect everyone while we're out. Think you can do that?"
"Of course I can."
"Kano?"
"Yeah?"
Seto tilted his head. "I mean where is he?"
"Oh." Kido shrugged. Of course, how could that trait be forgotten? "In his room. I locked him in with a chair."
Two laughed outright. "What did he do this time?"
"He's just being an idiot as usual."
"Uncle didn't try to kiss you again, did he?"
And for a moment, red flashed in Kido's eyes. "W-why would you even say that-"
"Because he always looks at you like that."
Oh wow, Hibiya. You're going to suffer.
Seto shook his head, mockingly. "I knew the two of you are doing something dirty. Behind everyone's back too!"
"There's nothing like that!" Kido huffed, "Go buy some candles instead!"
"Hohoho, would you look at yourself Kido! No one even needs a light source to know you're having one of those blood illness attack aga-"
"Just go buy the candles!"
"Fine, fine. But we're going to talk about this again later, okay!"
"No!"
Seto waits for Konoha to catch up, and then they're out into the night… leaving the screwed Shota alone with the monster.
"D-danchou? Are you still there?"
It was completely dark, and Kido liked it best. After all, isn't that when the monster come out anyway?
Her eyes lit aflame, and Kano is back to his own body. "What scares you the most, Hibiya-kun?"
"U-uncle? When did you-"
He playfully clicked his tongue. "It's rude not to answer when an elder asks you a question."
"You didn't answer mine too!"
"Mm... Is that so?"
"Yea-"
And the next thing heard is Hibiya's loud scream.
"What happened, Hibiya-kun?"
"S-something touched my leg!" a pause. "That's not a good joke Kano!"
"What are you saying? I haven't moved a single inch."
"You're a liar!"
Kano merely laughed at the accusation.
"What did it feel like?"
"It's a hand! I swear it's a hand!"
"What else are you afraid of?"
"Nothing! Stop it!"
Hibiya cried out at the noise of something crashing down, and he could hear the kitchen utensils clatter. "What was that?"
"What was what?"
"That! Aren't you going to check it out?"
"...no. Why do I need to?"
Hibiya stood unmoving, and he desperately tried not to tremble in fear.
"It's going to come after you anyway."
Eight could hear a noise... something aching to soft footsteps, and then he heard it. A meow. He leaps far behind, hitting his back against the table next to the tv, before he runs to the hallway. This isn't how the night should play out. The plan was to scare Kano. The plan was to freak him out. Not...how did that cat even get here... How... How... How did anyone find out... Hiyori, Hiyori. He could feel the tears beading the corner of his eyes.
"Try the second room to the end. It's supposed to be safe."
Trusting the monster was a mistake.
After closing the door, and locking it, he thought he was safe. But when he sees the figure sitting directly in front of him, he lets out another blood curdling scream.
Several knocks on the door, and Momo opened it.
"Ah! Seto-san! I'm sorry. We still couldn't find the candles! Is Hibiya okay? Why is he screaming so much?"
Seto rubbed the back of his head, a smile on his face. "Kano happened. Doesn't pass out on the opportunity to frighten people apparently." He walks further into the room and patted Marry on the head before occupying the space next to her chair.
"Is Danchou-san with her?"
"Yep! Although, you could check on them if you want."
"Thanks. I think I'll do that for a second. Be right back, Marry."
"Okay!"
Momo passes the cellphone to Seto, and she closed the door on her wake.
Seto kept his eyes trained on Marry's cheerful stature, despite the darkness that consumed the place. Like all other bedrooms, this one also has light from the outside flitting in, and he still had to wonder how anyone can't notice.
"Seto, I'm sorry if it's taking too long!"
He reaches out to touch Marry's fore arm. "It's okay."
But still a target is a target.
So right before Momo's cellphone died, he flashed the face of Marry's beloved covered in blood. Four lets out a terrified scream as she jerked away.
"M-Marry... Why did you left us alone...?" his voice merely a croak yet deep and haunting. "Why? We were suffering for minutes in the dark. A monster ate us... Your help of light...came...too late." Later, he would be busy laughing at her because of the stupid senseless things she believed in. She looked so convinced. Both of her clenched fists were near her chest, as if trying to protect her. For a moment she sat stupified, but then she pushed her palms against her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." she sobbed out.
"But you can still help~"
"How!?"
A pause, and a concealed Cheshire grin. "Stay here and keep quiet. Not a single word. Can you do that for me?"
Despite the peculiarity of the request that didn't even crossed her mind until later, she shouted a loud hurting, "Y-yes!"
"Thank you." Seto said, standing and turning, taking Momo's cellphone and a few crafts from Marry's basket on his way out.
Kano closed the door to Marry's room quietly, tossing and catching several balls of yarn. He hummed upon his breath as he heard Momo's already frightened voice calling out "Who's there?", but he kept patience. The girl with a queer taste. How does he scare someone who isn't particularly afraid of the dark? He couldn't flash scary face too, because from what he had gathered, she was quite tough.
That is exactly what the strings are for, and the darkness that scared the Shota would aid him in shaking up the Idol as well.
"D-danchou-san? Is that you? Is Hibiya with you? Is he okay?"
"Auntie, help me." he didn't need to change his appearance, just the voice.
"Hibiya! Where are you?"
"T-the couch. Hurry."
"I'm already here! Where are you?!"
Oh. Mm... Okay. He could work with that.
He pocketed the yarn balls then wrapped a scarf he also took from Marry's basket twice around both of his hands, leaving the middle loose.
"Auntie, I can't see. Keep talking. I'll follow your voice."
Momo uttered nonsensical noises upon command, and step by step Kano draw toward her.
"Momo?" he called out in the same young voice. He stood directly behind her now, and he felt the swish of her hair as she faced him.
"Hibi- What are you- What are you say-" Kano wraps the scarf around her once, twice, before pushing her down the couch. He takes the throw pillows and pushes it down with her, before grabbing all the yarn balls and wrapping it rapidly around the victim. Hey, maybe Momo could make a song called the Fallen after this? Who knows, maybe he'll have it dedicated to him too~
All the while, she struggled. But panic coupled with uncertainty makes someone blind. In the end, she lay face down on the couch, sobbing Eight's name quietly. No need to cover her mouth then. Kano pats her left cheek once, then he moves away and to the kitchen.
Kido's phone and Seto's phone and Marry's phone. He places his phone on the fourth space before re-opening Momo's.
In his younger sister's voice, "Onii-chan, help me!" he says to Shintaro the moment he answered the phone call. He didn't expect the cellphone to hold a minute long call, but it didn't matter because he didn't need a minute. Getting caught mid-sentence at twelve seconds was perfectly okay too.
Now, to wait for Shintaro to get back, or Ene to try and infiltrate any of the phones.
"Oh, no, no, no!"
"Run faster Goshujin!"
"If I could, I would!" He cried out, hopping off the last four steps of the overpass stairs.
"Go faster, you numbskull! Something must've happened to them and we won't even know!"
"Why don't you go ahead and check for yourself!"
Ene hisses out strings of curses toward his person but disappears from the screen anyway ending it all with a, "You are so useless!"
Shintaro heaves a sigh instead, his eyes focused on the brightly lit almost empty street. First the virus that suddenly ate away on Innocent Sim's dll and .kom files; where did that even come from? And wasn't Ene supposed to keep his computer as safe as possible from all other threats? Then, Tono the rabbit's food was apparently swimming in coke. Not his coke, he was sure of that, but coke nonetheless. When did that even happen?! He shouldn't have gone out today. He should've just stayed at home and waited until six. He groaned out. Then Momo out of the blue suddenly calling and asking for help. He didn't want to come but...it seemed urgent. When Ene checked their locations, they were, thank goodness, still inside the base but was huddled together. He wasn't aware that his sister was the type to get scared easy so what must've happened, he wonder?
Sprinting through two more blocks, the noises created by his rapid breathing and loud footsteps were his only solace. Shintaro desperately wanted to stop and collapse on the spot but he doesn't. He continues on, well, until he collides with a person he was so sure should be resting now.
"Shintaro?" Seto asked, an eye brow raised. A hand shoots out to balance Seven on his feet. "I thought you were at the base?"
"What?" he quickly replied, breathless and in the state of confusion. "Why would I be in the base? I left for the raid party remember?"
"Really? But you came back and said that stray dogs had chased you, right?"
Shintaro's stomach churn in dread. "No! I went home directly after leaving. I swear."
They were quiet and it is Konoha that spoke the thought they all had in mind.
"...Kano, then?"
Kano didn't even hold back the laugh that rippled from his throat. He knew there was a possibility that Shintaro will make Ene go first, assuming that everyone possessed their phones and were made to sit next to each other. He already closed Marry and Kido's respective phones, Kisaragi was on dead battery and Seto's was closed due to charging. The fuses of the Dan's electricity were all still closed, thus leaving Ene's means of reaching contact was through his phone...and it was already swimming with Haruka Kokonose virus. He wasn't sure Ene's connection to the guy, but he knew it must've been really personal. It resulted to the priceless reaction from her he was grinning gleefully at. Still though, he was going to have to sacrifice a couple of MBs for this prank - a rather heavy price to pay for something not even remotely satisfying in his opinion.
He was going to add phase two of his cyber plan too, if the lights hadn't suddenly went on and the front door suddenly banging loudly.
"W-what the- Momo! Momo!"
Eh, he's already here. How did he find out about the switches though?
Shintaro's share of pranks weren't just enough. Sneaking into his house and ruining stuffs there just didn't tally with his Witch Detective, and Kano, despite the main switches being turned on, still had a lot more to throw at him. Well, until Seto and Konoha had came rushing in too. He made a face, staying in the kitchen just waiting to be discovered. Or not. He, as quietly as possible, made his way to the kitchen window. It was a rather harder drop compared to the one out his window, but this will have to do. Especially considering the circumstances. Kisaragi was freed in a minute - something he isn't really surprised too, because the knot on her wasn't too intricate. Slowly, widely, and when he was about to slip his lower body off,
"Kano?"
His head snapped to the direction of the voice.
Seto.
"Hehehe."
But his expression wasn't as welcoming. He looked like someone who is just about to explode, the somewhat crooked smile that he sported didn't even manage to lessen the devilish aura emitting from him. Kano gulped and straightens himself back on the kitchen floor. If it was Kido, he would probably consider just jumping off the window and running to who knows where. But when Seto gets angry like this, it's always a lot more scary.
"Ah, Seto~!"
And then one by one all of the people he pranked had pilled up the kitchen room, including the Danchou.
What? What did he say about getting more scared of an angry Seto? No. Nonono. As Kano stared stupified at the incoming knuckles, he kinda wished he already left.
Two hours later and deep into the night, every member of the gang excluding Marry was still honing on about how evil of a person Kano is to be able to do that to them. One by one, they tell their horrifying experiences under the hands of the person they now weren't going to trust at all, even at the simple task of holding their glass of water. It should've ended there too, the pain, the suffering of everyone.
Until Kisaragi asked what he did to Kido, and despite being banned of eye contact, he was curious of what the latter was going to say too.
Four seconds. Eight seconds.
"Um... Danchou-san?"
Kido turned invisible.
"Danchou-san!"
And Kano burst out laughing.
CHAPTER END
Next Chapter:
Questions. Realizations. Confessions.
"Would you go out with me then? If you're already soaked with water?"
