[CLOSED] Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here?

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Characters: Byakuran & Irie Shouichi
Location: Somewhere on the streets of Death City
Rating: PG-13 for a bit of violence
Time: The 23rd, evening
Description: Scavenging for food -- also creeping. Lots of creeping.

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Shouichi was exhausted. He wanted nothing more then to sleep off all the fighting he did during the mission. However, he needed to get some food for him and Spanner first, as they hadn't eaten much since the beginning of the mission. There he was,walking to the store and yawning, checking his communicator to see if Spanner had texted him back about the kind of noodles to get.

It was kind of hard, having to fight for the first time, and Shouichi wondered if he should go through some kind of training. That would be helpful if he needed to fight later on...

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Funny how things happen, isn't it? Byakuran was just aiming for the same store, when he spotted Shouichi a few feet in front of him. That was altogether too tempting a situation not to take advantage of. He cut the whistling, just for the element of surprise, and picked up the pace, edging close until he was close enough to touch. He then followed behind for a few steps, silent and wondering if Shouichi would notice. But that got boring quickly, and instead he moves up next to him and draped an arm over his shoulders with a low chuckle.

"Hello there, Shou-chan."

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Shouichi practically jumped out of his skin, and when he heard the voice, his immediate reaction was to try to get away. In doing so, he lost his balance and fell over, backing into the door of the store. Panting slightly, he put a hand over his chest.

"B-Byakuran-san...don't do that!" He said, his face flushed with temper, "I've told you before!"

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"Don't do what?" Byakuran laughed, watching as Shouichi's face turned red.

It was always a pleasure to watch his former best friend panic... it always had been, since years before. He was happy to see that Shouichi's reactions hadn't changed in all that time.

"Sneak up on you, touch you, call you Shou-chan? You have so many things you tell me not to do..."

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"Because you don't listen!" Shouichi said, getting up and adjusting himself, trying to get control of his temper. It was always like this. Byakuran would upset him just for amusment, meanwhile, Shouichi had to get control of his temper that he sometimes exploded with.

"What are you doing anyway?" Shouichi asked, wondering if he really wanted to know the answer.

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"It would be boring if I always listened to you, Shou-chan." Byakuran shrugged a little, pulling one of his last snacks (a bag of fruit chews) out of his pocket and popping one into his mouth. He looked thoughtfully at the bag, then held it out to Shouichi.

"I'm looking for a snack. The convenience store I went to first was all out."

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"The only problem is, you do not listen to me when I ask." Shouichi said lightly, moving into the store. He knew he would have to try and bear it for now. Byakuran didn't have his abilities, so Shouichi wasn't too worried.

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"What would life be like if I did, I wonder?"

Byakuran followed of course, after putting his candy back in his pocket. He had nothing better to do than to watch Shouichi shop, even if the supplies were mighty low. He'd pick up a few things of his own as well, of course -- a smushed bag of marshmallows here, a bag of rice from the top shelf there... something, anyway.

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Shouichi sighed and hoped that it wouldn't be like this. Picking up some noodles, he noticed his communicator made a noise. Opening it up, he smiled and calmed a bit, getting what Spanner asked for.

"I would probably be less anxious." Shouichi said, yawning again.

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"Does your lover know we're together?" His grin was cheeky, just waiting for the reaction. There was nothing like seeing someone angry and embarrassed and nervous all at once, and Shouichi was his absolute favorite target. It held true to this day -- Byakuran always put his best efforts into having fun.

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Shouichi blushed and dropped his phone, the mere insinuation that Spanner was anything but his best friend was just insanity and he hated it when Byakuran would say things like that. "Byakuran-san, Spanner is nothing of the sort." Shouichi said suddenly, picking up the things that he dropped, including his communicator.

"I can't even begin to fathom why you would think it would bother him, regardless."

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He didn't know it was Spanner on the other end of that text, of course, but hearing it only made him more amused. Of course, if it had been anyone but a close friend Shouichi may not have smiled so nicely, but it was nice that it was someone else Byakuran was familiar with.

"Well, because I have every intent to kill you some day, for one."

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Paling a bit, Shouichi did nothing to react, it seemed. On the inside, he could feel his stomach start to twist a bit, and he just sighed.

"Of course you won't."

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"Oh? I could do it right now though, if I wanted to." Byakuran just smiled, letting a dangerous, murderous look creep into his eyes, then laughed, abandoning it all in an instant to pat Shouichi on the shoulder.

"But I have to torture you first."

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Shouichi paled more, looking almost green, but still didn't openly show it. Getting his things together, he got a bag of lollipops and tried to ignore the other. That would be the only thing to make him stop.

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It worked, well enough. Without the open reactions, Byakuran had to sigh a little and stuff his hand sin his pockets, looking suddenly bored. It just wouldn't do, if Shouishi was going to act like he wasn't scary.

"I get rid of things if they're boring, Shou-chan."