Survived Me: a Shatter Me fan-fiction (Warnette)

Chapter 83 - Always About Power

⚠️TW⚠️
threat
Mention/threat of murder
Mention if war
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AARON'S POV:
"Kishimoto!" I bang on his bedroom door. "Kishimoto!"
After about two minutes Kenji answered the door, looking at me like I'd interrupted him doing something very important.
"What is it?" He said, seeming nervous and annoyed.
"I-" I begin but Kenji cuts me off. "-whatever it is, I'm sure it can't wait, I need your help buddy."

Kenji pulls me into his room where he has an array of shirts and trousers layed out on his bed and then shoes scattered all across the floor.

"What happened here?" I ask, looking at the mess.
"I'm going on a date with Millie, you remember, the nurse who gave me her number?"
I groaned. "The one who you told you like kicking people's asses and that people suffering is cool and interesting?"
Kenji sighed, "yes, that one". He pauses before carrying on. "I need your help picking out an outfit."

"Kenji, I have a much more important matter, it's-" I try to say, he cuts me off yet again.
"Nothing is more important than making sure this date goes smoothly."

"Kishimoto!" I half shout through gritted teeth.
He looks at me, giving me his full attention now. "What's wrong?" He said, seeing my panicked and serious face.
"Here."

I give Kenji the letter from Alexander and he reads it as though it's a famous poem, he takes it in with such care.

"Shit," he said. "Well what the fuck are we meant to do in this situation?"
I groan, running my hand, stressfully, through my blond locks. "I know. There is no way Juliette would step down, but I also will not put her in any danger."
"Yeah, I mean, we can't even tell her, they clearly have more than just one spy on base, if we tell her it could get back to Alexander." Kenji sits down on his bed, holding the letter, re-reading over and over again. "I don't understand though, why do they want this sector, what about all the others?"
"I don't know," I reply, "probably something to do with power, and power is something that Juliette holds a lot of".
Kenji rolls his eyes and says, "isn't it always?"
I nod. "Unfortunately so."

"So like what? Are we going to make her resign and just never tell her about this?" He asks.
I think for a moment, weighing up our options...

"I don't know, Kishimoto. I have no idea what to do." I admit.
"Well I suggest taking some time to think about it. You know, don't make any rash decisions now."

Well for the first time Kishimoto has actually helped me. He's come up with a reasonable idea. That's new.
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Word count: 489
(A/N): (I'm so sorry I haven't updated this story in two weeks, I've been so busy. I'm trying to get a new chapter out as often as I can.)