"Talk"
'Thought'
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"What are you doing here?..."
Back at the home of Kobeni Higashiyama, Denji could be seen opening the front door and instantly looking very upset and annoyed to see that it was none other than Makima standing on the other side of the door he had opened.
"I was invited by Kobeni, something about a party taking place here?"
Makima spoke with a simple and calm expression, though seeing the Chainsaw Man immediately act and look at her with annoyance made her clench her fist, which she tried to hide behind her back.
"Why would she invite you? You didn't do anything helpful or useful during our mission."
Frustration became even harder to hide for the Control Devil as Denji spoke to her with such obvious dislike. Her calm smile tightened and strained to stay on, while an angry vein popped on her head. She clenched her fist so hard that she dislocated her thumb. However, before any more of this "Negative Atmosphere" could spread further, a single saving grace was able to come in and fix all that was wrong.
"Makima, is that you?"
Kobeni walked up to where both her Hybrid partner and her Boss was at, oblivious to the tension as looks at them both with a very happy and calm smile on her face.
"Hmph..."
Denji let out a small huff as he glanced back at the Devil of Domination, who looked back with a small yet smug smile, which made him grumble more annoyed, but he didn't say anything as he left and allowed Higashiyama to deal with her.
"I know I was to invite you, but I'm still surprised you showed up."
Kobeni wore a slight surprise but overall happy smile as she walked up and met up with Miss Conquest.
"Well, I don't always work constantly, I like to have fun and hang out with my friends."
Makima tries to ignore her experience she just had with the blonde and gives her so-called "Friend" a very "Friendly Smile".
"Y-You consider me your friends?"
Which definitely surprised Kobeni to hear. While she obviously never saw her boss as an enemy, she still didn't expect to be called a friend, never imagining herself being that close with her.
"I know we haven't spent much time together to justify the claim, but hopefully you could see me the same way I do for you?"
Makima continued to speak with the Deviltrix host with the same "Friendly" tone, for most it might seem that she was probably not being genuine with what she was saying.
"O-Of Course!"
But Kobeni unfortunately wasn't that type of person.
"A-And as my friend, allow me to let you in, don't be afraid to treat my place like your home as well."
In fact, Kobeni 100% just accepted the offer for "Friendship" and decided to do everything she can to honor, which includes letting in the Control Devil into her home.
"I appreciate it, Kobeni."
Which Makima thanks and walks inside the penthouse of the shape-shifter.
"Greeting everyone, I hope I'm not interrupting your fun."
Once inside, Makima could now see everything that was inside. Despite being called a party, it was all simply put together: a single banner that says "Mission Accomplished," a table full of average foods and fruit punch, and alcohol. Of course, all the people who were part of the mission were there. The Devil of Domination greeted them with a friendly face, though many didn't seem to return the feelings.
