Ep8
The next day, at the Crimsinairs' pub
Kaiser
*slams his fist on the table with anger and irritation* They are commissioning YOU to kill off that guy?! Rouxi I don't doubt your abilities, but you can't go off after the other boss by yourself!
Kaiser
It's too risky of a move *his voice echoes through the room*
Estelle
Calm down, the Heiress's getting impatient. I guess the Mayor's declaration has turned the tide of the war against us
Rouxi
*silently stares down at the piece of paper attached with an invitation to a famous nightclub*
Rouxi
It says here he visits these premises every Saturday night. I have got 5 days to prepare, I should get going
Estelle
*holds her hand, stopping her from trying to run away* You are talking less than usual even, are you scared?
Rouxi
*a stray glimmer passes through her eyes* I am more scared of you and your keen sense. Let go, I have to clean my sniper rifle
Kaiser
You are jumping into fire, girl. Sit back, you don't even know how that guy looks like. The heiress probably thinks a loner like you won't be able to defy her expectations
Rouxi
Am not a loner! I have-
Estelle
*slings over her hands on her* Exactly, which is why you aren't leaving us soon, Xixi
Estelle
We are doing this together, even if it comes to life and death
In the rough and dark cells of Crimsinairs, rats scurry around as a single cloaked figure walks down the staircase. She unlocks and walks through the bars of the only prisoner.
Koen
I gave you the information you desired yet I am still sleeping on cold hard floor through these dark and lonely nights. Just because I was into you a few years back doesn't mean that I am still interested in sleeping around with rats
Yvaine
You demand too much for a man of "integrity" who kneeled down at this "rat" for a girl who won't even look twice your direction
Yvaine
You left this world for good yet in the end you are still wagging your tail for others like a good pet dog, well at least the dogs are loyal
Koen
*grits his teeth* and who do you think made me this pathetic? Love kills the very root of ego in your heart, but of course you would never know, you never knew
Yvaine
*shots him a dirty glance and kneels to his level* Take this picture of your precious back. This is all you have to remember her by after all
Yvaine
I am a person of my word, unlike you. Come to the 3rd floor after you are done dusting yourself up
Yvaine
All this talk about love.... I never thought you would fall again. I almost feel pity for the girl. *walks off, slamming the door behind her*
Koen
But I never fell twice....it was just once and now I am too broken to again
In Estelle and Kaiser's home
Kaiser
*honing his dagger for the showdown*
Estelle
*opens the bathroom doors and walks out, fresh out of a shower*
With a flash of steel, the razor-sharp dagger hurtled towards her, but her reflexes proved lightning-quick as she snagged the blade from midair, her fingers closing around it with effortless precision.
Kaiser
So that was my 34th attempt and-
Estelle
The 34th fail. You got better this time though. If I had just come out of my sleep and drank 2 whole bottles of Alcohol and blindfolded my eyes while listening to music through plugged earphones, you may have been just able to hit your target
Kaiser
Anyone ever told you that you ain't a good teacher?
Estelle
None, no one survived
Kaiser
*his heart drops to the depths of hell, recounting the horrors of the war through the gravity in her words* Come here, I will dry your hair for you
Estelle
*she sits down near him, looking down* Why are you getting sentimental now. You are the one who taught me to seal these feelings to survive
Kaiser
*while drying through her hair and combing it intricately* Stel, do you think we can...perhaps even we can, just go home once?
Kaiser
Like our childhood?
Estelle
Shush it, Kai. You are getting too attached to a world which abandoned us before we were even born
Kaiser
(the past hurts but what more choice do we have but to confront it? we can't continue to run away from the storm always)
Kaiser
*combs through her hair*
Kaiser
Your hair is smooth and silky, Stel. It's all done! *he murmurs* you look gorgeous
Estelle
Huh?! What did you say?
Kaiser
Just joking! The dagger didn't get to your heart but this just did, right?
Estelle
I will kill you just you wait!
Kaiser
You can't, I am still holding your hair
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