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[kwanijima]

WHO: Jade Curtiss [necroshmancer] & Wanijima Kaito [kwanijima]
WHAT: A regular meeting between the two.
WHERE: Kaito's house.
WHEN: Some time after the Queen's announcement

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[necroshmancer]

Knocking could be heard on the back door. Not too loud, but autoritative.
Maybe even a bit impatient.

Jade was standing there, the customary blue of his Malkuth uniform replaced by a simple, but elegant black tunic worn over equally dark pants and boots. His hair was pulled back, and he wasn't wearing his glasses.

In his hand, he was carrying a bottle.

[kwanijima]

Kaito frowned and pushed himself up, running his fingers through his hair as he made his way through the kitchen to the door at the back. His light blue yukata opened at the floor and slipped over one thin shoulder, which Kaito couldn't be have bothered to adjust at the moment. What the fuck was wrong with this bastard? Most people come in through the main door, goddamnit. Which was CLOSER to the couch where he was.

Akira the puppy, upon noticing the movement of his owner, decided to ignore his food for a while and followed the albino eagerly, wondering if Kaito was off to bring more food over.

Opening the door, Kaito narrowed his eyes. "I have a front door. And a fucking door bell."

[necroshmancer]

"You know quite well I should not be seen with you", Jade retorted drily, "Which is why waiting at the front door like a guest coming for a dinner-party could arise suspicion."

He casually slipped in the house, without any salutation, as naturally as if he had been welcome with open arms. He was used to facing individuals not particularly eager to see the infamous Malkuth necromancer, and had stopped paying heed to rude or simply cool greetings many years ago.

"And to think I brought the bottle of absinthe with me..."

[kwanijima]

Well, that changed things. Just a little though. Kaito still wasn't particularly happy to see Jade, even if he was expecting the man. But at least he brought a housewarming present with him.

"I thought you were going to share that with some other people," the silver haired man pointed out, closing the door behind him and shooed his puppy back to his dinner bowl.

[necroshmancer]

"Simca?" Jade mused, "Do you know her?"

Kaito was starting to crowd him on the couch, and since he knew asking politely for the other man to stop sprawling would be a waste of breath, he casually put his free hand on the other man's foot, idly rubbing it with the side of his thumb.

[kwanijima]

"Hmm...a foot massage?" Kaito smirked and rest his other foot on Jade's lap too. "Yeah, I know her. And her brother. Fucking things should never have been fucking created."

[necroshmancer]

"Then why don't you tell me more about them? Since you seem to know her, perhaps you could also extract information from her."

As he talked, Jade ran his thumb up Kaito's foot, to his ankle, slowly lifting the yukata on the way up his calf.

[kwanijima]

Kaito took another sip of his drink thoughtfully. "Well, I have the feeling she's smarter than her brother." Not that it's a difficult thing. Kilik was just too fucking honest for his own good, and that had proven to be his downfall. "And she's older from what I remembered her to be too," he bit on the tip of his thumb as he considered Jade's suggestion, but a involuntary shudder drove the thoughts of his mind. He glanced up. "What are you doing?"

[necroshmancer]

Jade slowly wound the sash around his hand, until it slipped away from Kaito completely. He was a bit shrimpy, as men went, but not entirely unattractive.

Then, his crimson eyes never leaving Kaito, he slowly twisted the sash between his hands.

"I think you will do quite well, at the teahouse, after all..."

[kwanijima]

Kaito stretched his arms up over his head, arching his back to get the kinks out. Jade's study of his body was unnerving. But Kaito refused to allow himself be intimidated. "Of course I would. I can fucking play a role when I need to."

[necroshmancer]

"But how long can you stay in character, it seems that your natural disposition always ends up rearing its ugly head eventually."

"Which is such a shame."

[kwanijima]

Now that was insulting. Kaito knew how to play a role well. He just could not be bothered to do so around somebody like Jade. And what the hell by it being a shame? Kaito liked the way he was: perfect.

"You can test it if you wish."