Married Life
Chapter 25: Superstition
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Her scream was truly impressive, nearly causing him his hearing in his left ear.
"W-What happened?" He looked down at her, alarm and concern written all over his face.
Her horrified face was something to behold, and if not for the fact that he was worried, Ren would have laughed at her expression. Kyouko gulped, and pointed a shaking finger ahead of them. He followed her gaze, wondering what horror there could be that scared his voodoo-loving wife that much.
Ren blinked, staring at the tiny black kitten sitting ahead of them, its curious blue eyes observed Kyouko with interest.
"It's a… cat?" He was confused. "Don't you like cats? We have a cat."
She swallowed hard again, and inched backwards, hiding behind him. "Normally yes, but that's a black cat." She whispered furiously, as if afraid the kitten might attack if it had heard her. "It's a sign. We should just go home."
The kitten lost all interest in the strange couple, and started licking itself.
Ren was still visibly confused. "Since when were you so superstitious? And not to mention this is coming from you, one with the voodoo dolls."
"Those are not voodoo dolls. Those are just miniature dolls." She seemed slightly affronted. "Why would I want to make voodoo dolls of my husband?" She turned her attention back to the kitten, slightly uneasy.
"Besides," She was whispering again, as if afraid of being overheard. "The master said this morning to avoid unlucky omens. She said it would bring trouble to me. And a black cat is the very icon of bad luck!"
He frowned. "Master? What mas-" Ren stopped, and let out an exasperated sigh, lifting his hand to his forehead. "Where did Maria-chan take you this time? To the Great Mysteries Tea Leaves? Wonders of the Crystal ball? Madam Olga's? Palm-reading Pte Ltd?" He stared down at her.
She surveyed him suspiciously. "Madam Olga's… How did you know?"
Ren shook his head, a small smile on his face. "Maria-chan grew up with these things." He sighed. "I thought she would've out-grown it by now." He frowned. "Isn't what she said redundant by the way? Avoid unlucky omens to avoid getting bad luck." He gave her a baleful stare.
"Hey! No doubting of- ahhh!" Kyouko cut short her protest when the kitten got up and sauntered away from them. Ren pointed towards it.
"Look. It's not totally black. It has a white hind paw." He continued walking, dragging a reluctant Kyouko along. The passers-by on the street were starting to give them weird looks. "Come on. Can we get going now?"
Ren was practically dragging Kyouko, who was hanging on to his arm, as they made their way down the street. People were really staring by then.
"Can't we just go home?" She whined slightly, still disturbed by the tiny ball of black fur.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because what?"
"Because. In case you have forgotten, we're only out today because you've made an appointment with Kotonami-san and we're already late."
Having known the other ex-member of LoveMe for some time, Ren did not really want to incur her wrath. Kyouko stopped, causing Ren to stop as well. He looked down, wondering what was wrong.
Her scream was definitely one for the record. He was pretty sure his hearing in his left ear was permanently affected.
"See? The master was right!" She was rather triumphant. "The cat did bring trouble."
"It wasn't even totally black."
"But Moko-san is angry with us! That's trouble."
"That's because you were dawdling in front of a black cat who was not even totally black, afraid that it would bring trouble."
"And it did bring trouble!"
"But-" His words were cut short by another scream. He closed his eyes, and waited for the ringing in his right ear to stop.
"A ladder!"
He looked at the ladder across the street they were on and sighed. It was going to be a long day.
A/n: Man, it has been such a long time. Exams, attachments and Fairy Tail. Anyone still reading this? Reviews are much appreciated ^^