The two stared at each other for what had felt like an eternity. It was Haruko who broke the silence
"Where have you been...?"
He huffed "Here. There." ending it with a shrug
Haruko frowned at his answer
"I can't tell Ya now. Let's get home before anything else happens."
Haruko stiffened, she finally snapped her head back, glaring towards the ground "...I was fired today."
Kidd flinched back "Fired?! Hell it was only a few days here, how the hell did you-"
"It was because of you!" She cut in, yelling loudly "You just up and leave like that all the time and it drives me up the wall! I get that you can't have friends but then some bimbo waltzes in and then POOF! You're gone!" Haruko was shaking at this point, tears spilling until specs hit the ground "How the hell do you expect me to react! You think I like worrying about you?! I hate it! Especially if I don't even know if you even care! But here I am!" She then began to pace around, covering her eyes with her hand "Its just not fair..." She then marched over to him "You're a douchebag! Y-You're self-centered! You have the dumbest way of thinking!" She then wrapped her arms around him, hiding her face against him and squeezing him tightly "And if you ever leave me like that again, I'll break apart even more.." She clenched his jacket tighter "So if you really don't care about me, push me away before I like you even more!"
Kidd stared down at her in shock, he had no clue how to react. He then lifted off his hat and placed it on top of her head. This made her loose her grip out of confusion and gave him the moment to kneel down in front of her. He carefully grabbed her by her chin and starred into her crystal blue eyes.
"...My buds and I got into some trouble with some bad Digimon.. It'll be a while until we can get out of it..."
Haruko looked down, tears sliding down her cheek.
"So when I heard they were snatching up everyone who we even chatted with, I came runnin' back here as fast as I could..."
Haruko eyes widened and she looked up at him.
He then knocked his hat lower on her, covering her face "So hide behind that until Ya stop yer blubberin.. Ya ain't fit to cry like that." he smirked
"I-I told you...i was fired... You don't have a reason to be around me...I'm not your client..."
"Yeah well.." he huffed "Jus' gonna have to find somethin until this bullshit I'm in blows over."
The tears on Haruko's face slowed down as she looked up at him "Then what?"
He ruffled her hair "Stick around to see.." He then grinned childishly.
She stared at it momentarily before sniffing and wiping away her tears "...you're so mean..." She joked slightly
"Well I am a self-centered douchebag that has a stupid way of thinking." he shrugged with a grin.
What started as a grin became a bright smile beaming up at him with the last of the tears sliding down her cheek.
He sighed in relief as he stood up "Now can we get home?"
She nodded, a small smile on her lips.
He huffed again and started walking towards the direction to where he lived "You comin'?"
Haruko blinked and quickly ran up to catch up to him, this time just a step or so behind him.
As they walked it was mostly silent, except for the occasional car that passed them.
"So why'd you get fired?" He spoke trying to spark a conversation that did not involve yelling.
"I..um..." Her sweat dropped remembering what she had yelled at Kyo "It was...a mutual agreement that I shouldn't be there..."
Kidd cocked his brow "Mutual agreement?"
"...That involved me yelling inappropriate things at Kyo." she scratched the back of her head.
He chuckled "That's more like ya."
She sighed "Guess I'll go back to singing on streets."
"Hey you ain't gotta worry 'bout cash. I make more for my own good. I can handle a permanent house-guest." he said looking up to the sky, trying to maintain his composure.
Haruko blinked "R-Really?!" She then shook her head "Kidd, you know I won't let you do that.."
"Yeah well you ain't goin' anywhere that I can't keep an eye on you.." He closed his eyes in a huff.
The young girl blinked back in confusion and looked up at him, having to hold back his hat from falling in front of her face. His silver locks glowed in the moonlight as he rubbed the side of his head.
"Just let me do it, alright?"
Her unsure frown turned into a soft smile as she starred up at him. It was then she noted that they were in front of their home.
Kid lead the way through the hallway and toward the door, "Ah, I see you got the knob fixed."
"Mm-hmm. Here." She leaned over and unlocked the door "its a new lock, so new key." She then opened the door.
The familiar smell mixed with an unknown scent hit Kidd's nose, he smelt the distinct sent of cleaning products. It was almost over powering, but it was enough of a both to give him an instant headache "Eh, did some cleanin'?"
Haruko nodded "I got bored..."
The two stepped into the room and Kidd quickly plopped down on the couch, surprise the the usual dust cloud didn't puff up. Once Haruko turned on the light he saw the usual stains that coated the place were either gone or faded away. He whistled from a high pitch to a low pitch "Nice job."
She gave a small nod "Thank you.."
He groaned "I never thought I'd miss this couch so much."
Haruko tilted her head "Its only been three days?"
"Not for me.. In the Digital World, time moves a lot faster. A day here is about a month there."
The young woman blinked, slight shock in her eyes. She then looked down "So...i guess that means you'll be leaving here soon then." A lump swelled in her throat.
He looked over at her and sighed "...maybe."
She frowned sadly.
"Ya see..." Kidd leaned over, placing his elbows on his legs "I'm in this group.. we're a bunch of bandits...outlaws you can say."
Haruko flinched back.
"The three of us each got a dark past that we don't enjoy talkin' 'bout-well except Guns. He's all for a kill spree, but he don't really like the after-effect of dealing with the Royal Knights. Anyway...the three of us met up and started robbin' folks. Everything from taking over a Trainmon to threatening entire village."
Fear grew in Haruko, she had no clue that his past was anything like that.
"But then we got the shit kicked out of us by those damned Knights... They let us go but they said if we do anythin' else, they'll code us." he huffed in irritation "That's when the group turned into a group of Bounty Hunters cause dealin' with those assholes is just a pain in the ass.. We did a lot of good things after that, helpin' out the little guy that weren't strong enough to do stuff-as long as they paid the right price that is. That's when we got the name 'The Three Musketeers'..."
Haruko blinked, their musketeers must be different than the ones in fables.
"But then...Starr told us about a Heist...that led to all this bullshit." he huffed once more "Her damn brother talked big 'bout us to Lucemon-someone Ya really don't wanna piss off. They hired us to steal something from these Olympians, some kinda weapon that one of 'me were working craftin'. It was a quick in and out. We had Guns attack as a distraction while Starr and I went to snatch it... We all nearly died but we made it out alive. We handed the weapon off, got paid some hot cash, and never thought about it again..."
"...Until those Olympians wanted their weapon back.."
"Bingo." he reclined back in on the couch and huffed "A big pain in the ass.. Them damn gods have armies and they ain't nothin' to joke about either..."
"And they want you to get their weapon back...?"
His silence was all she needed to answer the question.
Taking the hat off, she sat beside him and placed the hat back on his head, causing him to look at her.
"Don't do anything stupid..."
He scoffed jokingly "Says the girl that told off her boss." he said while ruffling her hair.
"Hey!" She moved his hand away and yelled back "He was being a jerk! And it's your fault! You up and going without so much of a good-bye threw me off!" She pouted
"Ah excuses, excuses." he grinned.
Haruko frowned but then began to laugh lightly, soon to become a full laughing bit.
Kidd blinked and chuckled lightly. Both of them had missed their pointless bickering at one another.
She smiles brightly up at him, not a single tear on her face.
He sighed in relief and plopped his feet up on the coffee table and flipped on the TV. "Yet another thing I missed."
Haruko rolled her eyes and then blinked with a thought in mind "Oh I bet you're hungry!"
Kidd cocked a brow down at her and thought for a moment "Ah well now you say it..." he trailed off.
Haruko smiled brightly "Here I'll go make something real quick." with that she set off to the kitchen.
"Hm.." He smiled as he watched her leave and thought for a moment. He was remembered a few moments from his old western movies where the cowboy would come home after along day and the wife of the house cook him a meal. He chuckled at the thought, actually comforting him somewhat by it-but he wouldn't dare say it aloud for the fact he knew full well Haruko would attack him, assuming he would mean it in a sexist way.
"Are noodles okay?" She yelled from the kitchen.
He snapped out of his thoughts quickly "er, yeah!"
Before long the smell of chicken seasonings filled the room, over powering the smell of cleaning supplies. This made Kidd's headache ease away slowly and without even realizing it, a bowl was placed on the coffee table, beside his giant boot.
"Sorry I'm not that much of a cook.. personally I'm more of a baker." She said followed by a weak laugh.
"What's the difference?"
"Baking usually are sweets while cooking is a little more complicated.." her sweat dropped as she sat next to him on the couch, her bowl of noodles in her lap.
Kidd shrugged and he reaches over to grab his bowl "Guess yer jus' gonna have to let me try one." Ending it with a loud slurp, devouring the noodles.
She smiled slightly, eating her bowl with a little more dignity "I guess so."
After eating the noodles Kidd stood up and stretched "I need t' check on something in my room."
"Like what?"
He looked down at her and rolled his eyes "Things." with that he left the room, leaving a pout on Haruko's face-being mad that was not the answer she wanted.
When Kidd walked towards the room-unlocking it with the key that only he had-he noted something on the door. The wood on it was scuffed up at the bottom, and a few red specs higher up. He blinked curiously and a sadden look hit his eyes. Guess the gal really was worried... Pushing the thought away he entered his room, closing what he thought all the way.
But he left just enough room for a particular girl to poke her eye through, wary of the movements her roommate were making. Indeed Haruko had took the advantage to snoop, her curiosity consuming her.
The room was medium size, and where Haruko stood, she could only see a king size bed with what looked like wanted pictures of...Kidd? She has never seen the symbol of currency before but a large number followed afterwards, almost in the millions. Curiosity led her to creep the door slightly more open, revealing a small wooden dresser that Kidd stood in front of. He seemed to be digging through the dresser.
"Ah come on; Where is it?" He spatted to himself.
Haruko blinked curiously, what on Earth could he be looking for?
"Ah!" Kidd then brought out a hefty looking gun, holding it single handedly "T'is shoul shut those damn gods up.." He looked through the scope, as if aiming at a target.
Haruko eyes widened as she slowly stepped back. Just looking at a gun was enough to terrify the young woman.
"You were saying?" A man spoke, looming over her, gun in hand.
She quickly shook her head, forcing the thought away as she quietly snuck back into the living room, an aching pit in her stomach and wave of terror washed over her. She shakily knelt down in front of the couch, ignoring the fact her hands were shaking and received a blanket out from under it and tightly wrapped it around her when she sat.
"Now stay still..." a wicked smirked man spoke, growing closer towards her, gun pressed to her temple.
She again snapped out of her thoughts, her entire body shaking as she curled up into a ball and closed her eyes tightly.
Kidd, still in his room, sensed a terror present. He looked up from his arsenal and looked towards his door "Oi Girly!" He shouted "Yer alright?!"
She flinched back at the sudden shouting "Eh, Yeah! I'm fine!" She laughed lightly.
Kidd cocked a brow, not fully convinced but went back to his collection of guns, each dresser drawer filled with guns.