Chapter 2.2

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I collapsed onto one of the sofas in the basement, grinning.

I reloaded the pistol, and shot the final balloon. The bullet ripped through the thin plastic, and was embedded into the wall. Red paint dripped down, and pooled at the foot of the wall.
Sebastian smiled, and caught Moriarty's eye.. He grinned, and looked away.

"Sebby.." Moriarty chided.

"You call him Sebby?" I asked, sitting up. I was about to say 'he hates the name' but saw Seb shake his head slightly.
Moriarty shrugged.

"..Sebby.."
".. Tsk. Please, Jim. Or at least James..."
Smirks.
"..I like it..."
Catching the other's eye.
"..I'll be here too..."
Laughter.
"Sebby..."

"Are you going out with my brother?" I asked Moriarty.

Time seemed to slow down. Moriarty looked at Sebastian. Seb looked up at him. Moriarty's mouth turned up in a half smile. Seb raised an eyebrow, questioning. Moriarty nodded, almost unnoticeablely, answering Sebastian's question.

"Er... Yeah?" Seb said, not looking up at me. "Yeah, he is. We are... going out. Yeah."
He looked up, smiling.

"Are you happy?" I asked him. "I mean, Moriarty hasn't turned into an evil boyfriend or something?"

"Well... I'm always evil. Or so I like to think." Moriarty said. "I'm a criminal mastermind!"

"Yeah, I'm happy. And no, Jim isn't evil." Seb smiled.

"Tiger..." Moriarty said, pretending to look sad.

"Fine! Yes, Jim is very evil!" Seb said laughing.

Moriarty smiled.
"..Tiger.."? It had been a long time since anyone had called him that. I had called him Tiger for a while after he had got the tattoo of the tiger markings on his upper arm (While he was in the army) , but after a few weeks I had stopped.

Moriarty sat on the sofa next to Seb, and put his feet in Seb's lap.
"No point in hiding it now." Jim grinned.

"Ok, get a room!" I said.

"Kirsty, I don't just have a room, I have a house. In fact, I have several. And a criminal network to protect me, and the very few I love." Moriarty said, relaxing.


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