7: Cold
"What did I do wrong?" The shaking figure on the ground demands with an equally shaking voice.
"I wanted to talk to them without your presence, that's all." Chrollo shrugs.
"You... have been all strange since that man suddenly died... are you mad at me since I didn't kill him? I'm really sorry-" A muffled voice answers.
"I forgive you. Don't worry about it anymore." Chrollo smiles.
Big hopeful eyes stare at him.
"Stand up. I'm sure you're hungry. Let's get you something to eat."
"Yay!" Atsushi jumps to his feet.
They go outside into the hall where various crates are strewn around.
"Do you like pizza, Atsushi?" Chrollo asks with a soft smile.
"What's pizza?"
"Never mind." Chrollo sighs. "You'll probably like it anyways."
"Okay?"
Atsushi sits down one of the crates-- after much difficulty thanks to his height-- and bites through the cheese slice he's given. A blush spreads across his face.
"It's great!" He exclaims, a hand to his mouth to keep the food in.
Chrollo leaves the pizza box in his lap and goes to engross himself in a book, farther away from the rest.
Atsushi quickly finishes his slice. Just as he moves onto to take the next one, the oblivious looking lady approaches him.
"Good afternoon!" She sits down on the crate next to him.
"Good afternoon!" The boy flashes her a great beam, delighted at finally having someone to talk to.
"May I take one?" She politely asks, pointing to the pizza on his lap. "There are no other cheese pizzas left."
"I don't mind, of course but it's not mine. Ask Chrollo!" Atsushi points towards said man.
Without looking up from his book, Chrollo nods. Shizuku smiles and take a slice.
"What's your... name?" Levi mumbles.
"Shizuku."
"Shi-zu-ku... sounds nice!"
The whole room is unnaturally silent. Unbeknownst to the boy, his every movement is being calculated and analysed.
After finishing her slice, Shizuku abruptly stands up to leave.
"Bye bye?" Atsushi looks up at her hopefully.
She only nods as she returns to her previous seat.
Why is everyone so cold here? Atsushi wonders as he closes the box.
"Are you done eating?" Chrollo asks, standing before him in the blink of an eye.
Atsushi gapes at him. "You're fast!"
"Thank you."
"Oh and yeah, I'm done! It was great by the way. Than--"
Chrollo cuts off his rambling with a tug on his wrist. "Let's go for a walk."
"Oh... okay..."
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