A/N: Hey y'all, I know the last chapter wasn't the longest, but here's another one!
Chapter 4
Akira's POV
Lesson: If you really care about something, never put it in your pockets. It's bound to get lost.
Last chapter recap: I don't want to risk getting my glasses wet, so I run a little to catch up. Damn bastard.
Giving up, I walk alongside him, still wheeling my bike. Sigh.
We don't really look at eachother a lot; we walk in silence.
I'm not sure of quite what the way to the Shinsengumi headquarters is, and I don't ask. My ego is still recovering from the fact that he was so easily able to steal my umbrella.
The pouring rain lightens just a bit.
The asshole stopped right in his tracks, no warning. I bump into him by accident. I don't apologize.
"Here we are," he says.
"Just give me my umbrella back," I say through gritted teeth.
"Redwood, if you want your umbrella back, you're gonna have to come in. I'm not running from here to the entrance without an umbrella."
Again with the red highlights!
"DAMN YOU, YOU BASTARD! GIVE IT BACK TO ME!" Completely losing my cool, I drop my bike and knock him over. I go all Kung Fu Panda on him, punching and kicking him all over. He puts up a real fight, but eventually, completely soaked, I emerge victorious, umbrella in hand. I pick my bike back up.
And the bastard just stands up casually, dusts himself off, and goes inside.
I unclench my fist; I hadn't realized I had it clenched in the first place.
And in my fist I find a red eye mask.
Must be the bastard's.
Heh, I laugh to myself, if he gives two shits about this, this'll be funny.
I tuck the eyemask into my pocket.
I go back to my apartment. It has stopped raining, so there's really no need for my umbrella on the walk home.
Chapter 4 continued
Sougo's POV
Lesson: Do your best, but don't push yourself too hard
The next morning...
"Oi, Yamazaki, have you seen my eyemask?" I ask.
Yamazaki, eating his breakfast, insolently replies, "No, captain, I haven't seen it anywhere. Sorry,"
This stupid dumbass insolent motherfu-
Author-sama: Oi, Sougo! This story is rated T! Don't be the reason I have to change the rating!
Sougo: Why the hell not?
Author-sama: Because, Sougo, dear, currently I'm the author of this story. I could get Kamui to violently kill you off. Or worse, I could make this a mushy love story.
Sougo: Who is Kamui? Also, YOU WOULDN'T DARE!
Author-sama: Oh, but I would.
Sougo: Ugh, fine. Wait a minute - I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE EVIL SADIST HERE!
Author-sama: Oh, but Sougo, you know so little about the evils of the world.
Sougo: Huh? What do you mean?
Author-sama: Anyway, let's continue the story, yeah?
Sougo: *Groans* Guess I'll be forced to use a substitute.
This stupid dumbass insolent motherfudgemaker. Who does he think he is?
Sougo: Are you happy now, Author?
Author-sama: Yes. And don't forget the -sama. I'm superior here.
Sougo: Whatever.
From now on, I'm just gonna ignore Author-sama because I really just want to finish my part of the chapter and go sleep.
I'm about to hit Yamazaki when I spot the mayo-freak. He's currently squirting an inhuman amount of mayonnaise onto his breakfast. I cringe, then whip out my bazooka.
"OI, SOUGO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
"Oh, good morning, Hijikata-san, I didn't see you there. I was aiming at a mosquito behind you."
"Whatever."
I then leave the canteen because I want Hijikata's death to surprise him. Now I'll have to wait until afternoon until my next attempt.
I lie down on the floor, ready for a nice mid-morning nap. I reach into my pocket and once again realize that my eye mask is missing. Heh, no problem, right? I can sleep without it. Yeah. No problem. No problem at all. SOUGO, YOU CAN SLEEP WITHOUT YOUR EYEMASK. YOU CAN DO THIS.
After my little pep talk to myself, I try to close my eyes and fall asleep. I wait five minutes, the usual amount of time it takes for me to sleep, but it never comes. I lie there for ten minutes; fifteen; twenty.
I can't take it anymore!
I shoot straight up.
"I HAVE TO FIND MY EYEMASK!"