Two dominant assholes ~ Niragi x fem o/c

FIFTEEN: The plan

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"He's such a dickhead," Kuina says.

I sigh heavily, rubbing my cheek where Niragi had slapped it, "Yeah..."

Chishiya is also back, after much pleading from Kuina, and now I've apologised and thanked him properly, he's in a better mood. He smirks at the undoubtably bright red mark on my face.

"What did he even say to you?" He asks.

"Nothing, just how annoying I am."

"Coming from him? Pff." Chishiya rolls his eyes, waving a hand, "he licks people, don't take it to heart."

I smile. Kuina, Chishiya and Last Boss are all sat on my bed in a circle as we gossip.

Well... I say we loosely; it's more me and Kuina talking, with Chishiya occasionally adding in, and Last Boss watching us silently.

I've changed out of my blood-encrusted, sticky, navy swimsuit, and am in a black sports bra and leggings, one of the legs rolled up to make room for the bandages and splint holding my shattered leg together. As much as I hate to admit it, Chishiya is a great doctor, that's probably what he did before he got here.

"Truth or dare, Kuina." I say, eyes twinkling as her lined ones widen.

"Uhh dare. No truth! Wait actually yeah, dare."

I laugh, "umm," I lean in to whisper against her ear, "touch Last Boss's head," I nod my head in glee.

She giggles, then takes the yellow stick out of her mouth - the thing which helped to stop her smoking - and leans over to Last Boss, who's head snaps up, and beady eyes track her slow movements.

Kuina can barely hold herself together as she extends one arm and swiftly pats Last Boss's shiny bald head twice, as if petting him.

She retracts her arm, pressing her lips together, when Last Boss reaches up and grabs onto her delicate wrist.

"Do that again and I'll wash the walls red with your blood." He says quietly, and Chishiya practically exudes amusement.

"WOAH WOAH WOAH." I say loudly.

"Dude, you can't even wash dishes, let alone 'wash the walls with blood'," Kuina raises her eyebrows, and I let out a short burst of laughter.

"THE DISHES!" He shouts, scrambling to his feet.

"Did you forget it's your kitchen duty today?" Chishiya asks smugly.

Last Boss just stares at him, then runs off, swinging the door shut behind him.

There's a moment of silence, where I lean back against the headboard of the bed. I love peaceful moments like this. It's been a while since I've had friends who I can be with as myself.

"Kuina caught you up, I'm guessing?" Chishiya shatters the peace.

I smile, how very Chishiya of him, "On..?"

"The plan. Yes I did," Kuina nods at him.

"Well, we can put it into effect tonight; I've made crutches, but no one knows, so when the cards go missing they'll all believe you were in your bed the whole time.
All the executives and militants are holding a mandatory speech in the Lobby at 8pm, an hour before game time, then people will disperse straight from there to the car park."

"I-"

"Shut up and listen." Chishiya says over me, "Kuina will be in the camera room, erasing all footage of you walking about and replacing it with a half hour clip of empty hallway. You have exactly thirty minutes to go into Hatters room, take the cards, and get back here without being detected.
Are you up to it?"

I'm left dumbfounded at the calculatedness of this plan. How long did it take Chishiya to come up with this?
Well, it probably popped into his head at some random interval of the day.

"Where are the crutches?" I ask, and Chishiya's lips curl up in approval.

"Under the mattress." Kuina says. "I put them there before you transferred beds," she added with a wink.

I grin, excited now at the prospect of the adrenaline rush. Not nervous at all... definitely not.

~ T I M E S K I P ~

My one bare foot itches against hatters rough carpet through the bandages.

I wish they made boots for broken feet. Maybe I'll start a business as soon as we get back to the real world. Yes, I would be a billionaire.

Back to the matter at hand, I lean my handmade wooden crutches against the wall and swing the deer painting to the side, just as Chishiya had told me to, revealing the rectangular metal safe. The knots of tension in my stomach ease off a little.

He wasn't lying to me after all. I always get a weird vibe from Chishiya.

I punch in the code, smiling at every satisfying beep; 8...0...2...2.

The light flashes green and the door swings open. Letting out a little giggle of relief, I reach in, scooping all the smooth plastic playing cards out of the wooden box they're stashed away in.

I dab away the beads of sweat from my forehead which are making my fringe stick to my skin, then slow my breathing.

All you have to do now is go back the way you came, Aika. Easy. Simple. You got this.

"Feeling better, huh?" A familiar assault-rifle bearing voice floats from behind to meet my ears.

Awh motherfucker-

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I'm legitimately so excited to write the next few chapters <3