Chapter 5





The past

"Do you suppose that I am a loner or a social?" He asked her when he was in one of those knowledgeable-philosophical moods. "Tell me honestly."

He still remained unpainted from the dinner table and brushed her hair dreamily. He had taken her suggestion seriously and gone out with his opera stuff forsaken. He was quite embarrassed! But it was a change. [Alone] she breathed, chewing on the bone. Tomo wrestled it from her mouth and scratched her head.

"But I do long for company. Why is that? guess only Seiryuu knows, cos he made me for this. Do you actually think so?" Despite a contemplative scrunching up of his perfect features, he still looked so cute. Weike was dying of bliss. Irony, he lacked reciprocation and here she was dizzy over his presence but he was unknowing. Ha!

As usual Tomo ignored her thoughts and concentrated on his own, still pondering. [Because you laugh funny, dress funny and all that quirk. And you're my master, my only love. I know you better than great Gods!]

He was offended, moving away from her and sweeping around his room gracefully pompously. "That's my laugh! How can you say that? But anyway, to heck with what you think, I can't be bothered.[cackle] they were so shocked today that everybody was silent for once. They didn't recognize me."

Great! Weike chewed on her bone even harder and rolled over, started to scratch herself on the stomach.

"Oi, that's my bed! Stop, you ass, I'll knock your head off!" her hair was all over the mattress and she was being hit by pillows. Tomo collapsed on the bed again and laughed naturally. She grinned from ear to ear, literally. Only she could make him laugh like that.

"You don't ever listen to me, oaf. You always act so smart. Yet. I'm thinking that we are fated to see each other like this. and it's funny but I am beginning to enjoy your company. It's Yuan*, but I guess you don't understand this concept. not for a simpleton, ow!"

She nipped him on the hand and then dived under the bed before he could touch her. Barked a little and Suboshi cried from the next room "SHUT UP!" Tomo made a face.

They curled up together side by side, Tomosama asked her if she would leave him. "Don't do that okay?"

[I won't ever.] she did understand, they were both creatures of the night.



note: yuan means fate in Chinese. Tomo feels that FATe brought them close. The Chinese believed in this a lot.