Chapter 27: Shocking admissions
[Zoi storms across the parking lot with his arms crossed and his nose in the air. Kunzite easily keeps up with Zoi.]
Zoi: Go away. I don't like you anymore.
Kunzite: What? [grins with feigned innocence] You were the one who mentioned how I'd never seen you in gym class.
Zoi: [snarls] What you just did was ten different types of wrong!
Kunzite: [still grins] Are you angry at me?
Zoi: Definitely!
Kunzite: Will you forgive me if I apologize?
Zoi: Maybe… if you mean it. And if you promise not to do it again!
[Zoi looks to Kunzite for an apology, but Kunzite just smiles wolfishly. Zoi gasps and walks faster.]
Kunzite: [sighs sadly] I'm very sorry I upset you…but in terms of invading your privacy…I've already done far worse.
Zoi: [stops, wide-eyed] You've seen me naked?
Kunzite: Certainly not. That would be torture. But I've done something just as bad, if not worse.
Zoi: I can't even begin to imagine…
Kunzite: I've been inside your bedroom.
Zoi: Oh? [cringes as he tries to remember the state and quantity of socks and underwear on his floor] Why?
Kunzite: [lowers his eyes sheepishly] I used to come up to your bed and watch you while you were sleeping.
Zoi: [smiles] Ah. Actually, that's kinda sweet.
Kunzite: No it isn't. It appears you have a very erotic dreamlife.
Zoi: [turns red] I talk in my sleep?
Kunzite: [nods vigorously] You do more than talk.
Zoi: [mortified] Oh dear. [walks in a daze]
Kunzite: I liked to watch. It took all my willpower to keep my hands off you when you were like that… Are you starting to comprehend what a monster I am?
[Zoi ponders this]
Zoi: But you did keep your hands off me.
Kunzite: [narrows his eyes] Really, Zoisite? You think I deserve credit for that?
[Zoi thinks of what he would do if the situation were reversed, and fights to hide his smile as he climbs into Kunzite's car. Kunzite seems a little taken aback, but climbs into the driver's seat and starts the car.]
Zoi: You said you were going to tell me why I can't watch you fight.
Kunzite: I tend to get carried away with bloodlust. The very thought of you being there… while I'm fighting…
Zoi: That would be bad?
Kunzite: Extremely. I get to the point where I can't tell friend from foe.
Zoi: But you said you fight alongside your siblings.
Kunzite: Your point being?
Zoi: If what you said is true, wouldn't that be dangerous for them?
Kunzite: [ponders this] They're still alive, aren't they?
Zoi: So you trust them to take care of themselves?
Kunzite: [shrugs] Honestly, I never gave it much thought. If something happens, it happens. [grins] Mother would be upset, of course, but it's not like I'd do anything to them on purpose.
Zoi: [knowing Neffy as he does, he nods with sympathy] Sometimes I'm glad I'm an only child.
[Kunzite pulls up outside Zoi's house. Zoi just sits there and looks at him.]
Kunzite: I think you'd better go inside.
Zoi: Oh right.
Kunzite: And Zoisite. [smiles] Next time it's my turn to ask the questions.