06 [Accidental Video]

[hakai_aniki]

[The device falls, and clicks on at a skewed angle-- just in time for a pair of claws to rush directly at Saburo.. They clip and shatter his shades into pieces. A vicious grin spreads across his face--- now -this- monster seems amusing.]

Hah! What are you? More of a challenge than you look...

[The human-esque creature faces him down. Silent and

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[latteheart]

Wah-! S-Saburo?! Are you- What happened?!

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[hakai_aniki]

...

Calm down! This creature...person...didn't harm me.

[hakai_aniki]

Once I defeated her, this creature became human. [A glance at the wings.]

Or something like it... people seem to recognize her.

[latteheart]

It...it turned h...h-human? [Excuse her a moment, she's absolutely horrified.]

How did this...

[hakai_aniki]

... I'm not sure.

[The act itself didn't bother him so much as confuse him-- but he's not liking her reaction for some reason.]

Don't go outside. There may be more like her...

[latteheart]

[Alpha's thoughts are a mess - this is the first real monster she's seen, and she was expecting...well, something completely different. And now the monsters were turning into humans? Had they really ever been monsters at all?]

[But she has priorities.]

I-idiot...don't say that to me. What about you?! Why are you out there at all? You knew it was dangerous!

[hakai_aniki]

It's dangerous...? I'm dangerous to them. I told you, she didn't touch me.

[Make that very not liking her reaction. He doesn't understand why she's upset or worried about him, when he's not hurt. But it bothers him... more than he wants to understand or admit.]

...Calm down. You're at the apartment right now?

[latteheart]

But you didn't know that! You had no idea how strong it might be, or if there were more of them! It could have...really hurt you...

Yeah, I'm here...just like everyone told me to be. I'm staying safe.

[hakai_aniki]

Your reaction is so... different from the others. Half of them sound like they want... [Pause. No, we are not finishing that sentence.]

I'll head that way.

[latteheart]

You...what do you want me to say? People are getting hurt, and you think it's fun to go out picking fights with anything you can find? You think it's fun to make me worry like that? Honestly, you...don't care at all, do you.

[hakai_aniki]

[And he's already halfway there.]

Hmph. You were about to go run around this city, and you can't even fight! So it doesn't work both ways...?

[Sigh] I don't understand you...

[latteheart]

[Alpha blushed in embarrassment. Of course he had to bring that up. It was true that he could definitely take care of himself better than she could, if it came to that, but...in her defense, at that time she hadn't even seen any monsters. But Saburo...he knew the danger, and it seemed like he was actively seeking it out...and enjoying it.]

That's...that's true, but...you're just so reckless all the time. You knew exactly what you were getting into, didn't you? And you did it anyway. You like fighting that much...?

[hakai_aniki]

It interests me. I was built to do it... though simple battles aren't as fun.

[Then he's quiet a moment, still eating ground as he heads in her direction.]

Why does it upset you?

[latteheart]

[Not sure what to say to that. She keeps forgetting that they're from different worlds.]

Why does it...ack, why do you think?! Because we're friends! Even if you say you're fine, I'm still going to worry about you. That's...what friends do. If you're always getting in fights then you're always in danger...and you're a boy anyway, so you should be more careful. I need to know that you'll really be okay.

[hakai_aniki]

... [Okay he seriously didn't get that.]

I see. So... even if friends aren't in danger, they're supposed to worry? It seems pointless...

... I should be there soon.

[latteheart]

Nn- that's not...you were in danger! Don't you understand that? Ugh, really...don't be so cocky all the time.

And worrying isn't pointless...it just means that you care about what happens to the other person. It means you want them to be happy - and safe.

...good.