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Chapter 13 - I'll take care of you

Rio looked very annoyed and she had every rights to be annoyed. "Of course I am not annoyed- Why would I be annoyed? I totally LOVE being asked to come over with toilet roll in hand as you continue to have a shit."  

"You're the only one I can count on!"

"You could have got Mizuki and Tamaru-san! Besides, why did you get me and not Kotarou???"

"The kid is at school! I-I'm afraid to admit it but Tamaru-san scares me...and I don't want Mizuki-san to know I am having a shit!" 

"So you don't mind me knowing you're having a shit? Where is the logic in that?" Rio helped herself to whatever was in his refrigerator. She could have took out a can of unopened beer but when she saw an opened can, she lift it up and she deduced based on weight it was only half full. She took the half-opened can of beer. "You're so cruel to me but you're nicer to Mizuki. How cruel of you, old man." She's not really offended by him but she liked to tease him by faking he hurt her feelings. 

"What are you talking about? You should be happy! Letting someone know you are having a shit means you allow them to know that you at your most vulnerable!"

Rio was about to drink the beer but she paused and looked at the locked toilet door of his with eyes judging him on so many levels. Did he just twist this situation into something border-lining romantic and meaningful?! "Old man, shut up and continue having your shit in peace." 

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to lighten the mood and the awkwardness." 

"Well don't. You're making things worse."

And when he's finally done with his 'business', he came out with washed and dried hands, and he put a bowl full of roasted peanuts in front of Rio. 

When he did that, Rio quickly put her hands on her hips and she's looking disdainfully haughty. "If you think I will stay here for longer just because you bring me an offering, you are absolutely right." 

"Why do you have to say it like that? I'm not that cruel to reward you nothing for saving me."

"Hmm~ just a bowl of roasted peanuts though~? Do I look this easy, old man~?" She said that but she's eating the peanuts though.

He opened the refrigerator and he noticed his can was missing. He looked back at her. "Are you drinking my beer?" 

"Well it's your refrigerator. So everything is yours." 

"You could have got an unopened one." 

"Yeah well maybe I want to have old man's indirect kiss." 

"Guhah?!" 'None of my exes were this forward! This girl is going to be the end of me! She keeps attacking me out of nowhere!' He couldn't keep losing to this girl! He needed to attack back too! It won't be good for his psyche if he's always on the receiving side of her attacks! 

"Hm?" She watched him come over. "Old man, what are you-"

He took what was once his can of half full beer from her and he drank from it. "I wanted one too. Indirect kiss!" 

They stared at one another. It was like a staring contest...up until Karino broke first and he covered his face with both his hands. 

"What are you doing, old man?" 

"I was trying to win this." 

"I don't know what you're doing but okay." She grabbed the tissue box and she saw there's nothing left inside. "It's empty like your soul." 

"Don't say it like that. I need to go buy some. I'll wait for the kid to buy them."

"I hope you're not using him to pay for your stuff."