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[threebetrayals]

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[book2thehead]

[He's full on beaming now, leaning in just a little bit as he sips his drink again.]

Oh~? I didn't realize you were the tea police~

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[A shrug.]

For that? I'll become the tea police.

[Wanderer please.]

[book2thehead]

Oh my~ And what is to be my punishment for my heinous crime, officer~?

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I think arrest and exile into the abyss is punishment enough.

[book2thehead]

Oooh, the most serious of sentences. Can't I get something a little less harsh~?

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[Siiiiiiiiiiip and a smile]

No.

[book2thehead]

Awww... Even though I got you the most bitter tea in the shop~?

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Bribery doesn't work on me, you know~

[book2thehead]

[Heizou smiles as he sips at his tea, eyes warm and sparkling.]

I know~ [He likes that about him, after all.] But it was worth trying!

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If you say so. It's your punishment, after all, not mine.

[book2thehead]

Will you at least come visit me in my exile? To see how I'm handling my punishment?

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We'll see~ Assuming you last that long.

[book2thehead]

[His smile grows, just a bit, and something intense flickers in his eyes for a second.]

Well then, I'll have to make sure I do. Just for you~

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[What was that look, Heizou?]

Hm. That would be a first.

[book2thehead]

[Nothing for Wanderer to worry about... for now.]

Oh? For someone to wait for you?

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[Yes.]

For someone to want to deal with me that badly.

[book2thehead]

[Heizou just smiles, sipping at his tea.]

Well, like I said. I happen to like dealing with you.

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And like I said, you must be some sort of masochist.

[book2thehead]

Does that make you a sadist? You don't seem to mind making me suffer, after all.

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Oh, I've never pretended to be anything else.

[book2thehead]

Ohoho! That makes us quite the pair then, doesn't it~?

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...I guess it does.

[And that. Feels weird. To say. To admit. Wanderer frowns and takes a sip of his tea.]

[book2thehead]

[Oh the way Heizou's smile brightens at that, just right around the edges because clearly he's keeping a special secret. That little admission feels like victory, and Heizou has to relish in it for a second.]

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[. . .]

What's with that smile?

[It's different.]

[book2thehead]

Nothing~

[He's still smiling as he turns his gaze down to his tea, sipping at it some more.]

I'm just happy to know you and I are friends.