To Be A Scrapper (Suzuya Juuzou)

Chapter 30

"Let me go." I mumbled, absentmindedly pulling at the makeshift restraints as my gaze locked on the floor.

I was tied up against the bed, thin bedsheets wrapped around my wrists. Thankfully my feet were free which gave me at least some sense of liberty. I'd just woken up a few minutes ago only to find my upper body unable to move.

"No." Ryuu responded.

I pulled harder against the bedsheets, trying to get them to loosten up a bit at least. While I did that, my eyes traveled towards his lilac ones.

Shin and Jiro had left the room at some point of my unconscious state, leaving me to wake up with Ryuu alone which indeed freaked me out as he was casually sprawled on the floor, his bored expression contrasting with my angry one.

"I don't like this. Let me go." I repeated slowly, a hard stare directed at him.

He simply shrugged. "Too bad. I can't have little Emi hurting the others."

"I don't care about the others." I growled. "Let me go!"

"Listen, the only thing keeping me from snapping your neck are those two idiots. For some reason they seem to be quite fond of you." Ryuu said through squinted eyes. "So, if anything, you should be thanking them."

"For what?" I chuckled humorlessly, my head shaking in disbelief. "Throwing me inside the labyrinth? Mentioning Rei even though they know nothing about him?"

"It's just a damn name-"

"It's not!" I seethed, cutting him off. "It's his."

"Right right. My bad." Ryuu rolled his eyes as he picked on one of the bandages around his arm. His unamused expression only made anger boil further inside me.

"I mean it Ryuu. Let me go-"

"Just let her." A voice I soon recognized as Shin's interrupted. My gaze traveled to the door, seeing him walk inside the room with a quiet Jiro behind. The latter avoided my gaze as he went directly toward his mattress, immediately beggining to pick at its seams.

"Seriously?" The purple haired boy groaned.

"I told you to untie her a while ago." Shin shook his head as he walked over to me, fumbling with the tight knots around my wrists as his eyes scanned me for any sudden moves.

Just as he was about to untie the knots, his movements halted entirely. He glanced towards Jiro, a sigh escaping his lips before turning to me.

"We want to talk about what happened earlier."

I visibly cringed at the topic, shaking my head as I looked at him through pleading eyes.

"If you want me to untie you, you'll have to talk."

I looked at my bounded hands, pulling at them in a last attempt before speaking.

"Do I have to?"

Shin nodded, making me sigh in defeat.

"Story time?" Ryuu smirked as he propped himself up on his elbows to look at me. I gave him my best glare before turning to Shin.

"Ask away, but make it quick."

"Uh, alright." He responded, glancing between the boys with an unreadable expression. Jiro only averted his gaze from us, leaving Ryuu to let out a small chuckle.

"You should really polish your social skills dude." He shook his head in amusement before turning to me.

"Well Emi, since Jiro is crying at the corner and Shin sucks at being human, I'll be the host of this gameshow." He announced, tongue darting out to lick his lips.