'...a ball…'
Gasper stared down at his hand, a steel ball resting in his palm.
He was sitting on a sofa in his room, eyes dark.
'A perfectly spherical object…one that was made to cause a swift end.'
The ball began to spin.
'And a technique made with the full intent to take a life…'
'But I guess...the spin, in a way, is like life. Indifferent and accepting to all it touc—'
MMM!
Something went into his mouth, making him drop his ball.
He grabbed ahold of the base of the thing in his mouth, making his fingers wrap around a soft burrito.
Munch!
Munch!
Gulp!
'Oh, wow, that's REALLY good.'
"So how is it?"
"Where did this burrito come from?"
He said, holding up the burrito.
Koneko just stared at him, wondering if he was acting dumb on purpose or if he really was stupid.
"I made them." she said, holding up her own and taking a bite out of it while looking at him expectantly.
"I… see. Well, then it's amazingly amazing!" He said, giving a thumbs up, licking the side of his mouth to clean off some sauce.
He looked away from Koneko and took another bite. Then he looked back at her only to see her burrito gone and her munching on something.
Like, where the hell did she put it!
Even after knowing her for sixteen days, seeing something like this still baffled him.
Actually, all of this kind of baffled him. He'd kind of thought that she would've ratted him out to Rias, but she didn't. Instead, she started coming over daily with Shiro, bringing stuff from time to time.
Honestly, she was hella chill.
'Sigh, if only the rest could be like her….'
"So.. *munch*...why did you ask me to bring a random TV?"
Hearing that, Gasper waved his finger at her. "No, nom, nem, nime! Not random; nothing ever is, my catty friend—"
"Don't call me that."
"—What you see before you is a seventy-inch plasma wide-screen TV… WITH TENGUFLIX!"
It was like a dream come true…
If it wasn't ancient tech. But hey, what can you do.
'IT'S TIME!!!' Gasper had a huge smile on his face as he picked up the remote. 'Anime, here I come!'
But then he stopped himself, and like a rusty wheel, he turned to look at Koneko—his face sharp with seriousness, as if he'd gotten a budget increase!
"Why are you looking at me like that?" she said, squinting a bit, His jawline was so sharp it was starting to reflect light!
"Tell me, Koneko…"
He got up and lifted both his arms above his head, both hands resting on his forearms, head tilted, one eye looking straight
POSE!
"Do you believe… IN ANIME."
Koneko's eyes widened slightly. This felt oddly familiar.
'Oh No… He's just like Rias!'
Taking her silence as a response, Gasper broke from his pose and ran his hand through his hair. "I guess you're not a believer." He gained a smug smile on his face.
Then he said, "Well, do not worry because from this day forth you will be."
It was time to teach this uncultured fool!
He turned on the TV and went into TENGUFLIX.
But then he fell into deep thought. 'What would be a good starter anime?'
As he scrolled through the list, his eyes landed on something.
Oh yeah, that would work perfectly.
While this was going on in Gasper's head, something very different was going on in the head of the white-haired girl.
Let's just say Koneko was not having a good time. 'No… not again…'
She still remembered that horrible, horrible day. The day that was fully wasted on Rias talking about some guy named Shinji and his adventures.
'I… I HAVE TO STOP HIM!'
But then she heard something.
"If it is your wish to live a noble life, you must not become the loser!"
"Love is no game! It's war!"
She looked at the screen and saw two people—a girl with black hair and red eyes, the other a boy with blond hair and blue eyes. The boy had a gun behind his back, and the girl had knives behind hers.
"The one who gives their heart first will.be.conquered!…"
And then the opening started playing.
"Oh, love me, mister~♫ Oh, mister~♫"
It was almost as if her ears were being blessed by the satans themselves
Koneko narrowed her eyes. 'Why is this song… kinda good…'
She leaned in.
Her eyes stayed glued to the screen.
Then five minutes passed, then thirty
Gasper smirked.
'it's over…'
The results of today's battle:
Koneko surprisingly finds a new hobby?
So...Gasper wins?
*****
In the dead of night, Saji stood waiting looking at the sky.
The moon shone high as the only light piercing the blanket of the primordial mother of the night.
Bats could also be seen flying under that Vale of Darkness.
Then one landed right on top of a streetlight. Saji, hearing the flapping wings, turned to see it; once he did, he opened his mouth.
"I was wondering when you'd show up…"
As he said that, more bats started to rain down from the sky, all turning into a mass of darkness. And in that mass, two blazing crimson eyes were looking directly at Saji.
"Gasper."
A hole ripped open in the mass, revealing fangs in a crazed grin!
The shadowy mass then had two stubs of darkness break through as they started to form into hands.
CLAP!
CLAP!
CLAP!
"You know I was waiting for you to call me... So why the hell did it take you so long?"
Saji coughed. "Yeah… my bad. Honestly, I didn't think it would be so hard to decide, you know? "
The darkness eventually retreated, revealing the figure.
His blonde hair was flowing in the wind.
The moon glowed on him as if it were wrapping him in a motherly embrace.
"But I think I know what I want to do now…I'm going to accept Crowley's offer."
Hearing this, Gasper frowned a bit. "Are you one hundred percent sure?"
Saji nodded and said, "Yeah, I am… I want to see how far I can really go."
Silence overtook them.
All they did was stare at each other as their hair blew in the wind.
But something broke the silence.
Fuuuuu~
Gasper let out a long sigh, his breath turning to mist before the night air dragged it away.
"All right then. I'll make good on my promise. When is the meeting taking place?"
"He said he'd have time in about two days or so, told me to meet him in WacDonolds around nightfall."
Gasper's face twisted in disgust. "WHA?! Wac, really? He couldn't have chosen any other place; their food sucks!"
Saji sweat droped. "It's not that bad..."
"It's an insult to food as a whole!"
"Dude, it's just burgers."
"And that's why it sucks. It's just burgers, and they don't even have cheese on them. It's just a plain burger!"
←—TO BE CONTINUED—
*****
AN: I found out I made a mistake: I said Gasper was 13, when he is actually 14. So just keep that in mind.
Anyway, see y'all later.