All's fair in love and war.
Gonna rate this T for a teensy bit of swearing. Also, Valduggery. But like, only 1 sentence.
"I'm not going to apologize."
A moment passed.
"When you think about it," Skulduggery continued, "the fault is yours entirely. My actions were well within the rules stipulated prior to the game. I'm not to blame for your inattention."
Valkyrie set a pair of burning eyes his way, apparently deigning to look at him again.
"You shot me," she ground out.
"It was a toy gun, Valkyrie."
"You shot me!"
"With photons. Perfectly harmless. And if I might remind you, getting shot was your own fault. If anything I should be the one upset with you."
"Why the hell would you be upset?!"
Skulduggery sniffed. He had no nose, and no lungs but it sounded like sniffing.
"You hit me, repeatedly. And you yelled." He looked at her. "I don't hit or yell at you after losing a game. Not that something so preposterous would ever happen but still. I, unlike some, would accept my defeat graciously."
"No you wouldn't."
"Agree to disagree."
Her hands clenched into fists. She held them to her face and let out an odd, frustrated noise.
"Skulduggery."
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
"Very well."
Valkyrie let out a breath.
"Thank you."
The silence lasted all of 10 seconds.
"What we should take away from this," he began and Valkyrie groaned, "is that I am the superior laser tag player."
"What you are is a cheater."
He jolted upright and turned to her, looking as indignant as a skeleton could. "I am not!"
"Skulduggery. You kissed me and then shot me in the chest. How the fuck is that not cheating?!"