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--Ow! M-man, how long has it been?

Guess I shouldn't have left this thing in my coat pocket... Oh, hey, Watari, I'm running low on canned soup up here. Do you have any lying around? It's good for fevers, right?

Hisoka, want a glass of water? Blanket? Bedtime story? ♥ Don't worry, you'll be feeling better soon~!

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Yeah, probably not. Is that blanket warm enough? [Hisoka didn't look like he was shivering anymore. That was a good sign....]

I prefer him that way... well, as long as he's not planning something. I don't think he is this time.

...It's fine. Stop hovering, Tsuzuki. I'm not dying. [...Anymore. Whoops.]

...Anyway, we'd better hope he's not planning anything. We can't make another deal with Joshua; we don't have anything else to give him. And he's the only one we know of powerful enough to intimidate Muraki.

[Tsuzuki didn't respond to that aloud. A smile would do.]

He did say that he'd go after Muraki if Muraki did anything else... and I think most of the things Muraki would be planning count.

You don't think he'll want anything in return?

For following up on a threat he's already made? He might bring it up if he needs a favor from us, but no, otherwise I don't think so.

[You trust people too easily, Hisoka wanted to say. Especially him. Especially that vampire. But he didn't feel up for an argument right now.] I think you overestimate his goodwill.

Nah. This wouldn't be goodwill - I mean, I don't really know Joshua that well, but do you think he'd let somebody get away with ignoring a threat he'd made?

[He rested his hands on his knees, watching Hisoka out of the corner of his eye.]

[Hisoka glanced at Tsuzuki, then away.]

...Maybe not. But that doesn't mean he wouldn't try to cut a deal on the side that would benefit him as well.

[He turned towards his partner, curiosity written openly on his face.] Why are you so worried about Joshua? He's not that bad a guy....

[Hisoka did not answer at first. If he was truthful with himself, he didn't know if he wanted to tell Tsuzuki or not, the subject of their last conversation and how much Joshua knew. He figured Tsuzuki would probably have the same reaction part of him did in retrospect, anyway--that it didn't really matter. That if Joshua planned to use it, he would've already.

But that didn't give Joshua, of all people, the right to know. And Hisoka didn't have to like that he knew.]

...I don't trust him.

[Hisoka had good instincts, empathy or no, and Tsuzuki was used to taking his partner's word on trustworthiness. He frowned.]

Why not? Did he do something, or...?

[Hisoka had the sudden urge to move, to take a walk; anything but stay here and feel sick and talk about Joshua. His brief attempt to stand was thwarted immediately by his shaky limbs, so he eased back down and settled for staring at the garbage bin like it had personally wronged him instead.]

...He knows a lot about us, and we don't know a lot about him.

[It was one of the myriad, but Tsuzuki hadn't asked him to list the reasons.]

Edited 2009-08-10 10:47 (UTC)

[The abortive movement and the angry glare at the garbage can spoke loudly enough that Tsuzuki didn't need any empathy to know what Hisoka was thinking. He smiled, getting up and stretching.]

Okay. ...Hey, want something to read? I can go get you a book from the school library.

...Yeah, sure. Anything is fine. [Tsuzuki probably wouldn't be able to read the titles, anyway, so it wasn't like specifying would make a difference.]

[Tsuzuki could have read a title, at least, even if he might not know what the word meant once he'd read it. Not knowing what Hisoka was thinking, though, he just smiled at his partner and headed for the door.]

All right. Back in a moment!

Yeah. [Hisoka shifted, curling in on himself more. Why did it have to be cold in August...]

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