Distant Traces of Beauty [ISHIMONDO]

Chapter 3

so this isn't discontinued
sorry for not posting since febuary

also new writing style yay

oh yeah sorry if it's kinda lazy i made this at like 3-4 am

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|::| 3RD PERSON POV |::|

Taka and Mondo basically duked it out in the sauna, both determined to win.

However, Taka was worried. For both himself and Mondo.

However, Mondo saw Taka looking like he's gonna pass out.

(Mondo): "Losing already?"

(Taka): "Of course not! I'm not gonna lose!"

(Mondo): "Heh. Yeah, whatever."

(Taka): "I'm serious! I am going to persist until this competition is over!"

(Mondo): "Whatever! I don't know about you, but I am not going to lose to some genius hall monitor bitch like you!"

Taka tensed up as soon as he heard the word "genius."

(Taka): "Please... don't call me that!"

(Mondo): "What? You don't like being called a genius?"

(Taka): "Yes! "Geniuses" are people who don't put effort into things and get praise for that! And I, for a fact, am not that!"

They sat in really awkward silence for about 5 minutes before Mondo said something.

(Mondo): "So... uh... this may sound very personal, but what made you think "genius" had that meaning?"

(Taka): "..."

(Mondo): "Shit, sorry. Probably too personal. You don't have to talk about it if ya don't want to."

(Taka): "No, no... it's fine! I'll tell you."

Taka sighed and hesitated before speaking.

(oh boy my fingers are gonna hurt)

(Taka): "So... it basically started when I was little when my grandfather was prime minister, who was usually called a genius. However, he did some... illegal actions, causing him to lose his job. This caused my family to go in debt, and I even lost my mother because of it."

It was silence for a while before Taka started speaking again.

(Taka): "That's... Kind of why I'm like this... I want to be prime minister to restore our family name. But knowing myself, I will probably fail like the weak person I a-"

(Mondo): "HEY! You are not weak! A weak person wouldn't share things like that! You are far from weak!"

You guessed it, more awkward silence.

(Taka): "Thank you, Mondo... That's the nicest thing I've heard in years... You're not bad, you're a really good person, actually!"