Kaleidoscope: The Fox And The Butterfly

19- A Misfit Trying to Fit

And here in Ren's cramped living room they sit; A kitsune, a draconic, a vampire, and a dark fae, with crippling quietness being the mediator of their "conversation."

With pupils trying to avoid eye contact, Ren forces in an awkward smile as he waves a hand onto the purple eyed girl dressed in black sitting next to him, "guys, so... this is Azayaka, she's..." Looking into how both Charlie and Niz are staring daggers onto her, Ren keeps on mumbling, "well, you guys already know right?"

"..." Charlie peers with an unbridled stare.

"Tch..." Beside her, Niz gazes with bitterness.

Azayaka could only looks down while she crosses her arms, "So, we just met and you two seems to already hate me," her eyes swiftly glance to the two of them, "I don't think there's much I could do to change your guys' mind, then," she continues as she looks down again.

"Actually there is," Niz cuts in with a serious glare, "You just need to tell us why the hell you tried to kill Ren everytime you met him," his sharp tail cuts a string off of Ren's sofa.

Ren immediately moves to stand up, but is stopped by Azayaka's half lidded stare. She then turns to Niz with her sharp eyes, "And if I don't want to?"

A twitch colors one of his eyelids, "Then it's either me capturing you myself, or you surrendering and handing yourself in peacefully."

At that, she only smirks.

"You'll break a sweat trying."

"I don't do sweat."

she leans her head back, "with those scales, I don't doubt it. But I could still smell that cheap hand lotion you're wearing, you could do better."

"..."

"Heh..." He grits his teeth, "Okay then, you're really asking for an ass-whooping, you emo goth bitch."

"Okay, Niz, that's way out of line!" Ren joins the two.

"Out of line? You think that's out of line? What about killing, then?" Niz sharpens his glare to her, "I'm sure that's fine if she's the one doing it, right?"

Azayaka crosses her arms, sighing as she averts her eyes downwards.

"Niz, listen-"

"No! This time you listen to me!" Niz cuts Ren midway, "Did you know what she has done to you!? I don't care if you wanna fuck each other that badly but fucking forgetting that she's a bounty assassin working for a terrorist organization? Now THAT'S out of line!"

"Okay, now you're really pissing me off..." Ren growls as he approaches the lizard.

"Both of you, that's enough!"

Charlie's yell softens the mood by a tiny margin; Azayaka keeping her poker face, Ren clenching his fists, and Niz cramming his teeth together.

So the vampire takes a deep breath and lets it out loosely, "let's just all settle this like proper adults, shall we?"

"That means no growling," She glances to Ren, "no stabbing," to Azayaka, "and no assuming people's libido," then to Niz.

"Got it?" The two men take their seat with a huff.

With a straight face, Charlie then turns to Azayaka, "Now Azayaka, what are you doing here?"

She only gives her a glimpse, "Pfft... why do you care?"

The vampire glances at Ren, before turning back to her, "Because I want to understand you too."

"Sure, I mean you assumed that I'm ready to stab someone so... Good job. What are you? A psychotherapy analyst?"