The Night Out

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Sousuke was mindlessly browsing TikTok videos one after another. Then he heard the sound of fireworks several blocks away.

He stood up and went to the window. The fireworks were bright and beautiful. He took his camera. Then put it back.

Sigh.

Noone ever invites him to parties. The summer break is almost over and all he got to show for it was one lame supernatural adventure where his goal was distracting Minamoto-senpai while Amane saved the daikon-senpai. Minamoto-senpai was outraged and told him off.

Amane did not even thank him.

Sousuke closed the curtains and fell back to the bed. Who needs friends, anyway? Certrainly not Sousuke.

Queit skratching noises distracted him. They were coming from the window.

What the hell?

Sousuke muted video and listened. The skratching repeated.

A bird? A mouse?! He hoped not.

Sousuke opened the window and gasped.

"Minamoto-kun! What the hell are you doing here?!"

On the other side of the window was none other than lame earring dead exorcist boy, Kou Minamoto, in his human form. He seemed sad, but when he saw Sousuke, wide grin appeared on his face.

"Mitsuba! I found you! Let's hang out!"

Sousuke opened the window and grabbed the ghost by the cold shoulders.

"I have not seen you since the school sleepover night! I worried! What happened?! Are you okay?"

"I'm not," Minamoto frowned.

"What do you mean?.."

"Don't worry about that," responded Minamoto, averting eyes. He entered his room through the wall, ignoring the open window, and looked around. "Nice room."

The room was dark, with admittedly too many clothes everywhere. If Sousuke knew he would have visitors, he would have tidied up the room. Too late for that now.

"Is this?.." Minamoto went to corner, where his spiritual staff stood.

"Your Raiteijou," confirmed Sousuke. "Minamoto-senpai let me keep it in your memory."

"May I?.."

"Of course," confirmed Sousuke, "It is yours afterall."

Minamoto grabbed the staff and tried to wield it. "That's what I might have been missing. But... how do I?.. Hm?"

"Don't tell me you don't know how to use it," asked Sousuke. "What kind of exorcist are you?"

"Kou used to know it because of his training," explained Minamoto. "I only saw it now. How about this," he wielded the staff menacingly.

Nothing happened.

Sousuke barely could hold a laugh.

"Shut up! Shut up!" Minamoto demanded angrily. "I just need some practice with it, that's all!"

"Sure. As you say," replied Sousuke with a thin grin. "Now keep it quiet. The old hag is here," he said, referring to his mom.

Minamoto landed onto his bed. "So, what are we going to do? Got any board games?"

Sousuke had none.

"What about games on your phone?"

Mitsuba blushed hard. He had some... things... on his phone that Minamoto would be weirded out if he found out.

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