The Reaper Squad (One Shots)

Not Him {Josh & Lucy}

I hate her.

When I look at her, I feel a ravaging beast of anger well up inside me. It causes me to clench my jaw, tighten my fists, and stare at her with nothing but absolute fury in my eyes. I don't even try to be polite and control myself. No, she's not worth it.

Instead of even attempting to treat her with even an ounce of respect, I keep her at a distance when she works--far away enough so that I don't have to be near her, yet close enough so that I can make sure she's not getting into any kind of trouble. After all, I don't trust her.

And the kind of work I give her just so happens to terrible jobs. I give her guard duty at ridiculous hours of the night, I give her extra shifts, I make her fill out tedious paper work, and many other kinds of degrading jobs. I don't care if she hates me fore it either. I'm not fond of her at all, so I don't even really care what she thinks of me.

The only reason I even keep her around is because it's my job. If I allow a soul to play the reapers' game and they win, I have to either bring them back to life or allow them to become a reaper. I just never thought that Lucy Kuo would decide to stay here as a reaper. I wish she either would've returned to life, or would have just died off in the game. The idea of killing her myself was even tempting for a time, but I knew it would be frowned on. Sanae had warned me so many times just to keep calm and stay away from her. 

So, I had been staying away from her... until the very moment she stormed into my sanctuary, The Room of Reckoning, and stopped before my throne. Anger was clear in her eyes, but she still held her tongue for a moment and bowed her head in respect. 

"It may not be appropriate for me to be in here, but I had to see you. We don't talk often, but I know it's you whose been pulling my strings lately. I don't know what your deal is, but I'd rather you stopped treating me like dirt on the bottom of your shoe. I've done nothing to you. All I ask, is that I'm given a little respect, no more or no less than the other reapers," she stated, her icy blue eyes staring into my own with a strong resolve. 

I stood up. Oh, I had been waiting for this moment.

"Would you like to know why I deny you any sort of respect?" I narrowed my eyes. "You, my lady, are cut from the same cloth as John White. You're just like him. And do you know what John White did to me? He made a fool out of me. I trusted him and he betrayed me. I never should have given him so much power. Instead, I should've kept him under my foot like the worm he was. Kuo, I don't like to make the same mistakes twice. So that's exactly why I've kept you under my foot, just like I should have done to John." 

Boldly, she stepped forward. "Let's get something straight. I'm not him. One of these days I'll show you that. John White is long gone and I'm not following in his footsteps."

I sat back down, shrugging my shoulders in disbelief. "If you say so. But anyhow, your request is denied. I'm God and you'll do what I say. If you don't like that, well, go talk to Sanae Hanekoma and see if he needs any help. I heard he was looking for an assistant. But as long as you work for me, I'll treat you the way I see fit, are we clear?" 

Clearly writing in frustration, Lucy opened her mouth to say something, but closed it seconds later without saying a word. She simply turned and left the room afterwards, slamming the door behind her. I didn't care if she was angry. Her words meant nothing to me. I didn't care if she claimed not to be like him. It was going to take more than a simple declaration for me to trust her any time soon.