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Chapter 17
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"I suppose you've never seen me without my wig..."
Nekozawa and I sat in the dark, eating the pineapple from my gift basket. Nekozawa had put his usual black wig on and I could finally behave normally. I had pulled one of the armchairs over so I could face him.
"I didn't know that you wore a wig. I thought that was your natural hair color. I thought maybe you were a brother or something."
"No, I have no brothers. I have a little sister though," he said. Bereznoff looked sad. I shivered slightly at Nekozawa's antics. But only very slightly. I suppose I was getting used to him.
"Really? What's her name?"
"Kirimi." He had a sad smile. "She's terrified of the dark though... she won't come near me..."
I felt sorry for him. Nekozawa creeped me out, but I still felt bad for him. He was my good friend, after all. I took the last bite of the pineapple, so we moved onto the strawberries.
"I love strawberries!" I smiled. Nekozawa stared at the little red fruit.
"I prefer pineapple."
"Really?"
He nodded.
"I only recently acquired a taste for it though. Papaya used to be my favorite."
I smirked.
"Why the change?"
"... Because of you..."
I blushed and looked at my lap.
"You were just so kind to me that day. People usually avoid me... but you didn't..."
I looked up at him. He (and Bereznoff) was smiling a very Tamaki like smile. Talk about creepy
"Anyone would have done the same."
Nekozawa shook his head. I placed my hand on the arm of my chair. Big mistake. I felt something crawl onto my hand. I looked down and on my hand was a big. Hairy. Spider.
"SPIDER!!"
I jumped up waving my arms around until the spider flew off. I raised my leg, intending to smash the foul, loathsome, evil little thing. Nekozawa came to the spider's rescue, grabbing my legs out from under me. I plummeted to the floor and hit my head.
Everything went dark.
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BLEH!! This chapter leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.