12. Argument (Part 1)
The quietness of the apartment was interrupted by the abrupt, noisy entrance of the leader of the three-person Mekakushi Dan. The door swung open, and the two boys relaxing inside the room immediately felt the cold glare accompanying Kido as she stormed in.
"Ah, if it isn't our lovely Tsunami!" Kano chuckled at his own pun on Kido's first name as he avoided her piercing gaze.
"Kido, how did it go? You were gone when we woke up, so we assumed you went grocery shopping," Seto explained. Although, by the expression on her face, he could guess something went wrong.
"Oh, I went grocery shopping all right!" Kido began, swinging her arm forward and tossing a plastic bag filled with assorted foods onto the couch cushion next to Kano, "Because a certain idiot was supposed to go yesterday, but didn't, and I had to go out early this morning to get some because we were out of food for breakfast!" Her words were slightly slurred as she stomped towards Kano in a rage.
Kano shirked back a bit, smirking nervously at her and shrugging. "Woah, there! Why so mad? I slack off all the time, and all I get is a smack or two! Why the earful?" He was right. Usually, whenever he neglected his chores, his punishment would be a foot to the ribs, and then maybe a cruel word or two before he and Kido returned to their previous activities. However, she seemed especially pissed off about this time, and he was actually sort of scared.
"Why the earful?" Kido growled in repetition, taking another menacing step towards him. Slipping her hand into her hoodie pocket, she wrapped her fingers around something and whipped it back out, throwing it forcefully at Kano's chest as he yelps in surprise. "That's why! This is your fault!"
Kano looked down and picked up the object on his lap, inspecting it. It appeared to be Kido's old iPod, but it was so disfigured that Kano couldn't be entirely sure. Kido hadn't been one to take very good care of the electronic as it was, but now it was utterly destroyed. It's previously rectangular shape was battered, and the screen was cracked so much that hardly any of the black behind it could be seen. The Menu button was chipped and partially detached. Kano's eyebrows raised as he scoffed at the iPod (if it could still be considered one).
"What did you do? Toss it through a wood chipper?" he joked.
"What did I do?! If you had just gone out and gotten the groceries, like you were supposed to, I wouldn't have ended up tripping and dropping it in the street!" Kido huffed back. Kano looked up at hearing her voice waver. Her chest was heaving, and, though it was hard to see, there were tears in her eyes, which had gone red. Kano's eyes widened slightly, and he leaned forward.
"Ah, so that's what happened? Kido, it's just an iPod. I'm sure we have enough by now to get you another one!" He reasoned, trying to calm her down.
"He's right, Kido. You needed another one anyway, didn't you? I just got my monthly payment, so we can go out later to buy a new one!" Seto added soothingly, smiling in an attempt to calm her down.
However, Kido remained seething with rage. She tilted her head down, hiding her face as she clenched her fists. "I don't want a new one… I…" She muttered another few words before swerving suddenly. Her arms and legs were stiff as she trudged out of the living room and into her room, shutting the door behind her.
A/N:
I know this is a bit like the chapter NekuSakuraba101 wrote, but I've had this idea in my head for forever, so I had to write it.
The next chapter will be a continuation of this one.