The pale good boy (Juuzou suzuya x reader)

The odd yet familiar feeling (Part 8)

"Taeko hurry up! You're hogging the bathroom!" I heard Juuzou's muffled words lightly yell from behind the door.

"Sorry, gimme a few seconds!" I responded before staring at myself in the mirror again.

Hmm, I was hoping I could do something different with my hair for the meeting tomorrow, i might get my quinque!

I began to brush my fingers through my extremely long hair before deciding on a style.

I proceeded to braid half of my hair before stopping myself.

Isn't this how Danieru always did my hair? I shivered and let my hair loose before opening to bathroom door.

"Excuseee meeee!" I heard Juuzou say before pushing past me and closing the door.

"Maybe I stayed in the bathroom a little too long" I giggled at the thought and Juuzou's reaction.

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I ended up locking myself in my room so that I would be able to have some peace and quiet as I draw.
Honestly, if I couldn't draw I probably wouldn't be able to put on a sane act like I always do.
It's always been a small struggle for me to blend in, because of Danieru.
It's all because of Danieru.

I'm not the calm silly expressionless face you see, I'm the complete opposite.
I'm broken down into pieces, can't last a second without reliving something Danieru did to me.
All those times with Danieru I thought I was the one cutting the pets into pieces...but I'm the real one in pieces.

Worst part is, I'm still alive.

I snapped back and realised that the drawing I was making of Danieru had accidentally been covered in my blood from the fist I was making, causing my nails cut into my palm.

Well, great. My drawing is ruined.
I stared at it for a few seconds before smiling at the messed up drawing.

I closed my sketchbook and looked up at the clock to see the hands on "5:49pm."

I was still wearing the clothes from the "going out" and they were surprisingly extremely comfortable.
I put my hair into a ponytail that left my bangs out before leaving my room to the kitchen.

"I might as well get a snack" I thought to myself before taking a glance at the black couch to see Juuzou focused on the horror movie he was watching.

Maybe I should join him.

I microwaved some popcorn and sat next to Juuzou, not really sure what was happening in the movie but it was rather interesting.

Juuzou's P.O.V.

I watched out of the corner of my eye as Taeko made some popcorn before sitting next to me and watching the movie as well.
How she looked with a ponytail began to start up an odd feeling, like my stomach began to turn.

After a while of silence and watching the movie I began to eat from the bowl of popcorn as well.

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After watching a few movies my attention from the TV was turned when I felt an extremely light weight softly fall onto my arm.

I slowly turned my head
And faced Taeko who seemed to had fallen asleep.

I wasn't sure what to do or how to react so I simply sat there stiffly, hoping she wouldn't wake up.

I tried to focus on the movie but for some odd reason my eyes kept making it's way back to Taeko.

After a while I began to feel Taeko shift around on her spot on my arm.
Her shifting caused her to slip off my arm and land her head softly onto my lap.
I was slightly startled at her sudden actions but I still felt extremely stiff.
My small amount of focus on the movie went straight on Taeko after a while since I couldn't hold back the sudden urge to lay my eyes on her.