A Lustful Requiem (Chainsaw Man x OCS)

[10] A Festive Reprise

[AN: i'm truly sorry for the slow ahh release schedule... i actually lost everything i wrote this chapter TWICE since the last update, so it was hard to keep going... well, now that i'm motivated though, I'm aiming to do bi-weekly(ish) from now on... er....hopefully... anyways, thanks for reading~ we have a Yoimiya chapter again, but more on her backstory~ I'd like to say it's a little side story because we reached 1000 reads awhile ago.]

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Ugh... This is not the place I'd like to be in right now...

I was sitting in the back of a car with Aki, staring out the window. Normally everything would be fine, but the person driving it was Kurose-- the man who's family I had killed back in Kyoto.

Coming to a sudden break, Aki held out his arm to prevent me from hitting the seat in front of me.

"You okay?" Aki asked me gently. I ruffled my hair, and I nodded at him.

"Stopping so suddenly..." I muttered. What a terrible driver....

"ACHOO!"

Huh? Ah. Devils don't get allergies... Is someone talking bad about me?

"Pfft."

Looking instantly to the sound of the snicker, I spot Aki who stifled a laugh.

"....You didn't see anything." I muttered.

Just as I turned away from Aki, the two people in the front were hiding their laughter.

Ah darn.

Breaking away my embarrassment as I dug my face into my jacket, Kurose finally spoke out to us.

"I'm sure we won't meet again, so will any of you two mind answering a question? We're going to do some sight-seeing around Tokyo and then head back to Kyoto."

Kurose turned around to face Aki.

"I heard you were after the gun devil. Do you really think you can kill it?"

I shuffled in position to try to make myself comfortable, every time I see this man, hear this man, or try to understand this man- something feels wrong.

Ignoring him with silence, Aki simply gazed back into his eyes. For some reason, it looks like Kurose decided to try to break his spirit.

The other woman Tendo, stayed quiet while her partner speaks his mind.

"You lost to a guy who killed 20 people in the special division. and yet you'll somehow win against the devil that has done in many millions of people around the world?"

Hey, don't insult Aki like that, I believe he can do it!

As I eyed him carefully for his next words, the car began to move again and we were following the flow of traffic on the road.

"The truth is me and Tendo both got plenty fucked up by two devils, the gun one especially. We joined the bureau because of the grudge but we never had any illusions of killing it. Just thinking about it makes me realize how insane it is."

Kurose clicked his tounge, and we veered right towards a upcoming building.

"Honestly, when I see you I get annoyed. You're so damn weak and you're parading around this manga hero-esque goal. It hurts so bad and it gives me goosebumps."

He parks the car, and he puts up his arm to show Tendo.

"See? I've got goosebumps."

"Shut up dumbass."