The Pureblood...Demon?!

Chapter 22

 "Senri~"

"Mnn... three more minutes."

"Psstt... Senri~"

The boy nuzzled his head further into his pillow, and shifted his body ever so slightly. One would think that he would want to get up after being trapped inside his own body, but he seems content in staying in the bed. I know just the thing to fix this.

"*Sigh*, too bad. I guess I now have to give my pocky to Zero, he has yet to own his own anyway."

"...I'm up."

"Yay! I was going to have to determine which flavor of pocky Zero tried first if you didn't get up. Original pocky is nice, but my personal preference is strawberry pocky. Then again, there is other flavors I have with me; such as milk, almond, blueberry, and cookies and cream. It would have been an excruciating decision, as it would affect his entire perspective on pocky!"

"My pocky, not his. He can't have any."

"Yes, yes. Your pocky... but I can have some, right? Life without pocky is... well... it's not life."

"Pocky tastes better when eating with you."

"Right! Company makes everything better!"

"..."

"So, are you okay? You were kinda possessed for a little while and couldn't eat pocky! Don't you worry, I get you some pocky now! Which flavor do you want? Regular? Strawberry? Mint? Don't worry, just tell me!!!"

Senri tilts his head a little while pondering his choice. Gently, he reaches out a hand and lightly pats the top of my head. Looking at me, he gives a cute, calm smile and chuckles a little.

"Truly, I missed you the most."

"Wha... No way... more than pocky?!"

"Mnn."

"...You need pocky in your system."

"Mnn. Regular."

Shuffling through my bag, I find a few boxes of regular pocky take two out. Directly handing the poor pocky-deprived boy a box, I open my own and begin munching on one. Senri gently takes the box from my hands and smiles at me before patting the area next to him. Listening, I sit down beside him and continue munching on my pocky while watching him do the same.

The comfortable silence lasts for a little while until something seems to occur to Senri. He looks over at me and swiftly takes my box of pocky and hides it behind him. Wide-eyed, I look at Senri for a moment, too stunned to do anything.

"...You... you took my pocky... why? Why would you do this to me? I thought you said we could eat pocky together!"

"Game."

"Game?"

"Mnn. Pocky challenge."

"Pocky challenge? So... sorta like we compete to see who ever steals the most pocky?"

"Try again."

"Competition to see who can eat the most pocky?"

"Incorrect. Try again."

"Umm... we eat pocky blindfolded and see what flavor it is???"

"Try again."

"Err... I don't know~ It's too hard~ Tell me, please! That or give me my pocky back!"

"Competition to see who will back out of biting the end of a pocky. One person is on one side of the pocky while the other is on the other side of the same pocky. Whoever backs out first losses."