𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 [𝐤.𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨 x 𝐨𝐜]

XV - Tell Me

Mitsuhara has gone to get cola (and milk). I stare at the paused screen, where the player is mid-air in the middle of a serve. She returns shortly, with only a cola. I sigh; I'm too lazy to go down and get a milk. "What's the time?", I ask her. "11:05. Why?", she replies. "Shouldn't we go to bed?" I say, feeling responsible for once. She rolls her eyes. If she rolls her eyes so much, they'll roll back permanently to the back of her head. "Look who's acting responsible. It's fine, tomorrow's a Saturday," she takes a sip from her cola.

We had stopped playing X-box a while ago, and were chilling on the floor. Seeing her drinking cola made me want a milk. "Ay greedy, get me a milk," I say. She glares at me. "What? Do you think I'll say 'Yes, Your Majesty!' and go fetch you your milk and press your feet?", she says with sarcasm rich in her voice. Not a bad idea, but... I frown, and she catches it. "Don't call me that," I mumble, getting up to get it myself. She grabs my arm, "Sorry, what? I didn't catch that." "I said. Don't. Call. Me. That." I say coldly, before walking out.

I return with a cold milk, and she's sitting there quietly, looking at her cola. "I still don't get why you don't like the nickname", she asks me. I hesitate. I don't want to remember that... "I'm saying this again, I can give you advice if you wa-" I scoff. "You, giving me advice? When you treat your seniors like shit?" She frowns. "She deserved that, she was late." "Well, I don't need advice from someone who is equally as bad, if not worse, than me." I affirm. She sighs, "Okay, we're both not the best people. In fact, we're both assholes. But how about this? I can listen to you, and if I need to give you advice, it's purely hypocritical.", she says. "So, when we're giving advice to each other, our conversations will be hypocritical..." I repeat, and she nods. "Yup, and none of us is allowed to pin the advice on the other person because, again, hypocrisy." She smiles. "Mmkay, deal," I nod, and sip from my milk.

"I'm ready to tell you."

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