The Kind Side of Jealousy

Chapter 3: Joy in the Surface. Old Feelings and New Allies

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Y/N POV

As we entered the library, i was met by the large amount of bookshelves and the music Kosuzu usually played on a machine Rinnosuke found. Parsee was scanning the surroundings and familiarizing with it

Parsee:"So many books...why do you need many? Can't you just have a few and sell them when you finish?" She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice, to which Kosuzu just giggled

Kosuzu:"Well...this IS a library, so it's only natural i'll have this many books"

Parsee stood still for a moment and processed what Kosuzu and she said

Parsee:"...oh"

She scratched the back of her head and giggled

Y/N:"Have you seen Akyuu around lately?" I asked with wonder

Kosuzu:"You're right in time to see her actually"

We soon arrived to her desk, seeing a purple haired little girl sitting on one side of it. Kosuzu was the first to call out to her friend

Kosuzu:"They're here! Akyuu-chaaan!" She talked-shouted

Akyuu and i met after i spent a day in Suzunaan, she coincidentally came by at the same hour and we spent time talking, soon becoming friends

Akyuu:"Welcome back- oh Y/N, what brings you here today?" Asked the little girl with her usual calmed tone

Y/N:"I came to talk with Kosuzu about the underground youkai, Parsee sticked around so i must thank her too" I said turning to the Hashihime, who looked away from me

Parsee:"I-i didn't do it for you, got it!? I h-had nothing else to do so!.."

I was a bit weirded out by her sudden behavior but decided to just shrug it off

Kosuzu:"Come come! Take a seat and i'll write down!"

Me and Parsee sat down on the opposite side to the other two girls, Kosuzu taking a book from below her desk that read 'Underground Anomalies from the Deepest Parts'

Kosuzu:"Alright, start off!"

Parsee and i stood quiet for a moment, leaving Kosuzu to wonder whatever she wanted. Parsee soon broke the silence

Parsee;"Uhm...start off with what?" She asked with clear hints of confusion

Akyuu:"Perhaps you should have asked a question first..." Whispered the head of the Hieda house

Kosuzu:"Ah right! I knew i forgot something!"

Akyuu facepalmed. After Kosuzu regained her thoughts, she took a brush and looked at Parsee

Kosuzu:"To start of, you're a Hashihime which should mean you're a youkai of jealousy, right?"

Parsee:"Right"

Kosuzu wrote something down

Kosuzu:"Can you explain to me how that works? Why are you engulfed in jealousy and does it happen all the time?" Parsee simply looked down

Parsee:"It's...really hard to explain, but it does happen all the time though i can suppress it at times"

Kosuzu:"I see..."

Once again she wrote something down

Kosuzu:"How come you're underground? Wouldn't you rather be up here in the surface?"

Parsee now looked sad, as if that question reminded her of something

Parsee:"...i-"

Akyuu:"I heard the underground youkai were sealed underground, they were pushed in because they are despised youkai and the humans had a fear of them..."