I Hate You
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Chapter 2
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Ryuuji chuckled slightly. "I might be around them most of the time, but they aren't friends, really. And Seto..." Ryuuji shook his head. "'Friends' isn't in his vocabulary."
Noa giggled at that, smiling slightly. "Are you alone, then?"
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Ryuuji paused, giving the shorter boy an odd look. "You'd like that, wouldn't you? For me to be alone..." he trailed off. "I don't trust you."
Noa sighed, looking down to the floor. "That's not it..." he muttered. Ryuuji raised an eyebrow.
"What is it, then?"
Noa looked over to the side, avoiding eye contact with the black-haired boy. "I just thought...we might have something in common." He said with a smile smile, which was directed back up to the other boy. Ryuuji crossed his arms over his chest.
"Oh?" There was a pause. "Why are you here, anyways? And what do you want?"
"I -need- a body..." he stated. "To get out of here."
"Like the Big 5, you mean?" Ryuuji asked. "Are you trapped here too?"
Noa nodded slowly. "...yes." Ryuuji looked concerened for a moment.
"But...you look like you're just a child.." he started. "Who would do something like that...to you?"
Noa attempted to glare at him for the child remark. His gaze softened a bit, and he turned to look away again, voice cracking. "My father..."
"I'm sorry...Noa-san.." Ryuuji muttered in reply. Noa gave him an odd look at the formality, but decided to ignore it.
"I'm not a child." he stated blankly. "So don't call me that." Ryuuji looked at the shorter boy strangely, before kneeling down to his level, so he was staring up at Noa from below.
"Oh?" he questioned. Noa looked frustrated.
"I should be 17, you know." he said. Ryuuji sat down cross-legged on the floor, nodding.
"Why aren't you?" he asked. He thought for a moment. "Besides the fact that you're trapped here.."
"You're sitting on my floor again."
"Answer me."
Noa looked up to Ryuuji, down to 'his' floor, and back to Ryuuji. After a couple minutes of thought, he sat down in front of the taller boy. "Because I'm dead." Ryuuji's eyes widened. Noa paused for another moment. "You didn't know that?"
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Chapter 2
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Ryuuji chuckled slightly. "I might be around them most of the time, but they aren't friends, really. And Seto..." Ryuuji shook his head. "'Friends' isn't in his vocabulary."
Noa giggled at that, smiling slightly. "Are you alone, then?"
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Ryuuji paused, giving the shorter boy an odd look. "You'd like that, wouldn't you? For me to be alone..." he trailed off. "I don't trust you."
Noa sighed, looking down to the floor. "That's not it..." he muttered. Ryuuji raised an eyebrow.
"What is it, then?"
Noa looked over to the side, avoiding eye contact with the black-haired boy. "I just thought...we might have something in common." He said with a smile smile, which was directed back up to the other boy. Ryuuji crossed his arms over his chest.
"Oh?" There was a pause. "Why are you here, anyways? And what do you want?"
"I -need- a body..." he stated. "To get out of here."
"Like the Big 5, you mean?" Ryuuji asked. "Are you trapped here too?"
Noa nodded slowly. "...yes." Ryuuji looked concerened for a moment.
"But...you look like you're just a child.." he started. "Who would do something like that...to you?"
Noa attempted to glare at him for the child remark. His gaze softened a bit, and he turned to look away again, voice cracking. "My father..."
"I'm sorry...Noa-san.." Ryuuji muttered in reply. Noa gave him an odd look at the formality, but decided to ignore it.
"I'm not a child." he stated blankly. "So don't call me that." Ryuuji looked at the shorter boy strangely, before kneeling down to his level, so he was staring up at Noa from below.
"Oh?" he questioned. Noa looked frustrated.
"I should be 17, you know." he said. Ryuuji sat down cross-legged on the floor, nodding.
"Why aren't you?" he asked. He thought for a moment. "Besides the fact that you're trapped here.."
"You're sitting on my floor again."
"Answer me."
Noa looked up to Ryuuji, down to 'his' floor, and back to Ryuuji. After a couple minutes of thought, he sat down in front of the taller boy. "Because I'm dead." Ryuuji's eyes widened. Noa paused for another moment. "You didn't know that?"