Michel & Josette

Chapter 6: The Senseless Espionage

It has been three days and Michel is now out, heading back towards his apartment with a bag of cat food in his hand. He had bought Bartholomew fifteen canned cat foods, all of them different. He knew Bartholomew hated dry cat food so he always bought her the canned cat food.

Michel would've gone home, but he caught sight of Josette!

She was out and about, minding her own business, but it looked like she had a destination in mind.

Michel was about to follow her silently, wondering where she was going and wondering what she did daily. Unfortunately, a voice from behind him made him stop in his tracks.

"Hey, you!"

Michel whirled around and was immediately shocked to see the Faux Phantom standing there, looking at him contemptuously.

"Hey, you're that fake Phantom R!" Michel exclaimed, his tone very bitter. "I remember you and I remember what you did to me! Now I want you to leave me alone! I'm busy following someone right now!"

"You're busy following that girl you were with three days ago," The Faux Phantom said, following Michel as he walked.

"Uh…yeah. Whatever," Michel snapped, watching Josette from ahead of him and continuously following her.

The Faux Phantom despised Michel, but really wanted to know why he was following Josette.

"Why are you stalking her?"

"What?! I'm not stalking her!"

"Um…yes you are."

"No, I'm not!"

"Following someone and not wanting to be seen is called stalking. That is exactly what you're doing right now, you clown."

Michel's eyes narrowed and he growled, stopping his walking for a moment to give the Faux Phantom a dirty look.

"Just go away! I really dislike you for kicking me in the shin that day! That hurt like heck!" Michel told him, wincing at the memory. "I really don't like you because of that!"

"You were insulting me."

"I was trying to help you!" Michel shouted, causing several people to turn in their direction.

The Faux Phantom rolled his eyes, slipping his hands into his pockets. "Oh please, don't try denying your actions. You were insulting me and trying to make that gal you were with laugh."

"What?!" Michel was clearly appalled.

"Don't look so shocked!" the Faux Phantom commented, giving him a really smug look.

Michel gave him a very long look before turning and walking off. "Stay away from me, you faux Phantom R; I'm busy with my espionage!" he informed him seriously.

The Faux Phantom shrugged, admitting that he wasn't the real Phantom R. He continued to follow Michel, wanting to irritate him further. "Just call me Faux, alright?" he said.

Michel grinned and started chuckling as he continued to follow Josette who is now entering a…hospital?

Michel got really perplexed by this, but brought his attention back to Faux as he entered the hospital, looking around. "You want me to call you Faux, huh? Fake!" he laughed in amusement.

Faux glared at Michel for saying that and was about to yell at him with a retort, but Michel grabbed him and quickly pulled him behind a couch as Josette started walking their way.

"What the heck are you doing?!" Faux whispered, his tone harsh.

"She's coming this way! We're on an espionage, so I don't want her to see me or you!" Michel whispered back, looking incredibly serious.

Faux started grinning cruelly after hearing this. He pulled away from Michel and stood up, waving at Josette as she headed towards him.

"Hey, lady!" Faux greeted her.

Michel's eyes widened and he got extremely angry.

That little toad is going to tell Josette what I'm doing! Michel thought wildly, growling in contempt.

"Eh? What are you doing here?" Josette demanded to know, putting her hands on her hips. "Are you following me?"

"Nope!" Faux answered. "Just here visiting my grandmother!" he lied.

Josette raised an eyebrow.

"But anyway, that guy you were with when you met me, he's right behind that couch over there," Faux pointed to where Michel was. "He was watching you ever since he saw you today. He followed you all the way here."

"What?" Josette looked behind the couch, seeing Michel there. She folded her arms and gave him a dark look. "What the heck is your problem, Miles?!"

Annoyance crawled around Michel's face now and he narrowed his eyes. "My name is Michel!" he hollered at her.

Josette rolled her eyes. "Alright, Miller!" she remarked.

Michel looked to see if Faux was still there, but he had already left. Somehow, Michel knew he was laughing about the whole thing.

"So that kid told me that you're following me," Josette started talking again. "Are you some kind of stalker or something?"

Michel blushed in embarrassment. "I just w-wanted to see what you do every day…!" he defended.

"That's stalking."

"No, it's not, it's following!"

"It's stalking, Miracle."

"Miracle?!"

"That's your name, isn't it?" Josette snickered, turning away from him. "I'm going now. See you," she walked off, leaving the hospital.

Michel sighed in defeat, bowing his head.

"This was just some senseless espionage…"