Twenty chapters in! This fanfiction is really flying by, particularly consider how short each chapter is and how frequently I'm able to update. I wonder how many chapters I can spit out before I run out of adages.
Chapter 20: Uneasy Lies the Head
"Rhyme, you gotta help me!"
"Oh, Beat, you need more help than I could ever give you…"
"Very funny. Look, Eri's startin' to go nuts on me!"
"Why's that?"
"She sees all this stupid shit goin' on between Shiki and Phones and says we need to be like that! She wants every day to be some kinda kiss fest!"
"That must be so hard for you…"
"Stop bein' a smartass for a minute, yo. I don't know what's gotten over her. I'm not a very romantic guy at heart, but she wants freaking Romano."
"Romeo, Beat. It's Romeo."
"Whatever. D'you know why she's being such a pain?"
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. And before you get any more dumbass ideas, I mean that she expects a lot from you since you are her king."
"Aww, for real? That's a bitch."
4 Hours Later…
"Hey, Shiki! What's got you calling me so late?"
"Rhyme…what did you say to Beat?"
"Huh?! I didn't say anything he could have possibly misinterpreted…is that crying in the background?"
"Yes. I'm with Eri right now and she says she just got dumped by Beat."
"What the hell?! It's only been a few weeks!"
"Well, I can't help but think it wasn't his idea. Something along the lines of, "I ain't rich, yo! I don't even have a freakin' butler!" Then he told her she was more likely to find royalty if she looked beyond Japan and he left."
"…God dammit, Beat. Even a clarified adage apparently isn't enough."
