Amanita: Poison Shot

Chapter 69: Worries? What Worries?

He remained frozen where he was, staring intensely at me. I could sense his doubt.

"I know it's not what Agape wants. But if I can come up with an idea like the mosquitoes, maybe I can find a violence-free way out of this. I'm a Glühbirne after all, right? Would you come with me?"

I was pushing it. He would never leave Agape. She had spared him from a life of humiliation and slavery-like treatment.

Besides that, if Agape ever found out about it, she would get stark raving mad at me. I assumed my current thoughts could be construed as an intention to betray her and her organisation. My rebel haters would be right, they would hate me even more, and my life could be on the line – and if I made Sigi take my side, he'd be in danger too. Was I willing to pay that price for my ideals?

"I don't know, Daphne. I..." he whispered back at me, hesitating.

"Forget it, then. I'm being foolish, right?" I mocked myself. I tried to go back to the previous subject, since it still required being taken care of, namely whether Sigi would need a plus one, and if so who? "Anyway, as regards the benefit, you should go with Momo instead. Can you tell Agape when she feels better?" I suggested and asked him.

"What? No! I'm not getting paired with her!" he exclaimed as if I was mad. "She'd get the wrong idea."

"Are you sure? Agape's told me about Momo's plan to mess with you yesterday, about a one-night stand with K."

"She's an asshole. And pathetic," he replied with mild anger. "I'm not jealous as she had expected. If anything, I'm relieved – and pitying K's dick."

I chuckled freely. Changing the subject made me feel better.

"I'm pretty sure K is entitled to an opinion as regards Momo being a good or bad one-night stand. She's kinda foxy, you know."

"Don't defend her!" he exclaimed as if I was an idiot and as if his pride had been wounded.

"You know it's not true, right?" I told him with a slight smirk. "What Momo told you was just a lie to rile you. She's not slept or even made out with K."

He let out a prideful chuckle.

"You like being adored," I concluded with cheek while crossing my arms over my chest. "Just like with the kids the other day at the promenade and the Palace. You hate Momo, but you love the attention she devotes to you."

"Look who's jealous now," he counterattacked, crossing his arms over his chest too.

"Oh, I'm not jealous at all." I smiled only a bit out of pride.

Momo and Eros. They made Sigi and me balance like a crazy pendulum. I had to admit I was getting dizzy, but not jealous.

"Ah, no? Are you sure?" he asked while coming closer to me with a proud smile on his lips.

Of course, I was sure.

"How can I be when you've already told me you love me, Sigi? Nothing beats that." My words and the softness of my tone of voice took him by surprise. He was raising an eyebrow and letting his jaw drop just slightly. "Besides, I know Momo is just a colleague to you, right?"

I had never been so blunt about my feelings in my entire life. I had to admit it felt good – letting it all out. But I was blushing anyway. I admitted to myself that I had shielded myself from real life for too long.

"You torture me beyond what I had ever thought possible for you, Daphne," he whispered teasingly while approaching me and while he delicately combed a stray lock of my hair behind my left ear. "For such a pacifist like you who hates torture, I'm amazed."