Sealed || Scaramouche

Chapter six面辞 [2]

You hid behind a tree, shielding yourself from anyone else as Kunikuzushi hid on top of the tree, observing from above. He agreed with leaving Inazuma, with the idea of you joining him. Suddenly, the alarms rung, one that signaled an upcoming tsunami.

As everyone hurried out of the ship to seek for a safe place to go to. You looked around, not moving from your hiding spot and when you made sure there was no one in sight, you grabbed Kunikuzushi off the tree and ran to the entrance of the opened ship.

Your brother was back at the station, too busy operating the alarm that caused the sudden chaos. He was sure to get arrested if was discovered, but that's fine, that could be the least of his concerns. After all, his sibling is about to leave Inazuma.

You snuck in, quickly hiding behind boxes and sitting down, a smile on your face as you waited for the people to come back and operate the ship. You sat, your knees folded as you leveled them to your head, your hand holding your knees together while your other hand was still holding Kunikuzushi's hand from dragging him there.

"is this okay?" Kunikuzushi asked, you went silent for a while before humming at his question.

"Of course it is, this way, none of us can die or suffer." You said, smiling at him. "Plus, aren't you excited? We're about to leave for wherever this takes us! This'll be the first time we're going to be able to leave this place!"

"it's okay. just as long as you get to live." He said, you sighed at him, shaking your head.

"Don't just think about me, be glad you're able to live too." You said. "You know... it's like one of my childhood dreams are finally alive. Leaving illegally to save your friend, it's too good to be true."

"i don't see what's to fantasize about this." Kunikuzushi said, raising an eyebrow while you silently laughed.

"Eheheh... well, It wont be any better if we were to drag negative things off of it." You laughed awkwardly, "this is taking longer than I expected." He nodded, "hey, you know what? Have this."

You handed him a cardboard cutout of a walkie talkie. "In this journey, we're going to go through a lot of obstacles and communication is very important."

"this is a drawing?" He doubted, staring at your poorly drawn walkie talkie with a smilie face on it.

"I know.. it just brings some set of comfort, especially not knowing when or what might separate us from each other." You laughed, staring at the other walkie talkie you made for yourself which had a little nonchalant face on it. "Hey you know what, why don't we play a game?" You asked him.

"what game?" He asked, and you left him with his question. "why are you tying me up?"

"It's a part of the game, you'll see why I did this, sooner or later." You smiled at him, and he trusted you, simply nodding and waiting for your next instruction. "So it goes like this, let's call it 'the friendship game'. You see, we haven't really gotten the right time to go over our personal lives, well a little more on your side but you know what I mean. So why don't we change that?"

"you want me to tell you about myself?" Kunikuzushi asked you, raising an eyebrow as you swiftly nodded. "why'd you have to tie me up?"

"I told you– You'll see for yourself!" You exclaimed. "You know what, how about we make things easier like, how do you still look the same despite those many years of our friendship which involved going through the age of puberty?"

"..." he was silent, hesitating whether he should explain, eh, what could go wrong "i'm a puppet–"

"What?!" You yelled dramatically, you slapped a hand over your mouth to suppress your loud mouth, you couldn't risk the guards seeing you.