A Former Enemy

5

*The Traveler and Paimon were still tense. The first quickly tried to answer...*

Traveler: What... what else do you think? You're sitting here and... talking to us like it's no big deal...

*Scaramouche raised an eyebrow and stared at them, his eyes filled with mockery...*

Scaramouche: Oh. And why does this surprise you? We’ve already established that we are not enemies anymore…

*Scaramouche chuckled slightly and smirked.*

Scaramouche: Besides, we're not fighting right now, are we? So what are you afraid of? *He paused, seeing that they had no answer, and looked at Ato again...*

Ato: *nods* I think that's in the past now.

*Scaramouche smirked...*

Scaramouche: Exactly. *He chuckled softly, then looked at Traveler and Paimon again...*

*Traveler and Paimon sat and stayed silent, and Scaramouche just continued to smirk. There was an awkward silence again...*

Ato: You broke them.

*Scaramouche chuckled and leaned back in his chair...*

Scaramouche: Yeah, I think so. *He paused, watching them for a few more seconds...* Looks like they've never seen me in such a calm mood.

Ato: Oh, you know... This is generally a rarity.

*In response to this, Scaramouche chuckled faintly...*

Scaramouche: Yeah, well... I still have my moments.

*There was another moment of silence. Ato was sitting calmly, Scaramouche was still leaning back in his chair, and Traveler and Paimon were quietly sitting, looking more and more tense from these awkward conversations...*

Ato: So? Are you two going to keep silent or will you wake up that this is real?

*Traveler and Paimon were snapped out of their thoughts by this comment... Both shook their heads and looked at Ato and Scaramouche...*

Traveler: Right, um... sorry... *she mumbled*

Ato: Someone had a system failure.

*Traveler was a bit embarrassed, and Paimon was starting to wake up and finally said something...*

Paimon: So you two... have you really become friends or something?

*Scaramouche and Ato looked at Paimon, and Scaramouche began to speak...*

Scaramouche: Well... let's just say that the situation with us... has changed.

Ato: Yeah... You can say changes...

*Scaramouche chuckled at this and looked from Ato to Traveler and Paimon, who were sitting with an uncertain expression on their faces...*

Scaramouche: Oh come on, you two, don't look at us like that, okay?

*Traveler and Paimon exhaled... although they still looked quite worried...*

Traveler: It's just... you're talking so normally, as if the bad blood between you has completely disappeared...

*Scaramouche chuckled once more, but his tone of voice suddenly became more serious...*

Scaramouche: And why can't it? *He said, and smiled very slightly.* The bad blood is already in the past, after all.

*Scaramouche leaned back in his chair, arms crossed. Ato was also sitting and quietly listening.*

Scaramouche: You two need to relax... We're just talking, nothing more...

Ato: Of course, we're not going to, you know... fighting with each other anymore. There is no reason for this.

*Scaramouche smirked, and spoke again...*

Scaramouche: Exactly. *He agreed and then paused, looking amused, glancing from Traveler and Paimon to Ato...*

*Both Traveler and Paimon continued to sit, looking... worried, to put it mildly...*

Scaramouche: *He said with a smirk* You both look so concerned right now, it's kind of funny....

*Traveler and Paimon still sat quietly, while Scaramouche snickered slightly... Ato was quite calmly sitting beside him.*

Scaramouche: *He said, looking at Traveler and Paimon and chuckled* So quiet. Cat got your tongue? Or have you really gone mute from shock?

Ato: They broke again, it must have been a double blow.

*Scaramouche chuckled faintly, watching them with mockery.*

Scaramouche: Yeah, you're right. They look like they're in shock. *He paused and smirked more.* I think you shocked them too much, Ato.

Ato: It looks like it.