>>5253641You stick a hand out to Shin on the ground, who looks at it confusedly for a few seconds. Then he looks up, and sees your grinning face, before he grins himself, grabbing your hand and pulling himself up. “Damn man, you’re good. Really good. Not gonna lie, I kinda assumed I’d run right over you, cos, well.. no offence, but you kinda look like a bitch-“ He jumped suddenly, seemingly remembering that Kazeko was right there, and not realising the girl probably didn’t give a single shit what he said. “I-I mean, like a wimp! Heh, you sure proved me wrong.”
Your smile turned into a teasing smirk, as you gestured to Kazeko. “Well, keep that as a lesson to you - shinigami and people training to be shinigami know how to fight, whether they’re a guy or… how’d ya put it? Oh, yeah. Or if they’re a <span class="mu-i">bitch</span>.”
Flushing red, he turned to the girl, embarrassed. “H-Hey, I didn’t mean it like that! Don’t listen to him, he’s-“
“It’s fine, Shin-san. Danketsu-san was just joking.” Kazeko said, that small smile on her face again.
“Oh, yeah. Right.” Shin mumbled back nervously, scratching the back of his head as he laughed at himself. You grinned at the sight. Things were progressing very well. Now you just needed to-
You were suddenly pulled backwards, a group of noble boys in your class having grabbed you in celebration. “Nice one, Hokkyokusei! You put down that Rukongai trash just like he deserves!”
“Yeah! You gonna make him your slave now, huh?”
“He doesn’t even deserve to be his slave! Even Nohara-chan knows who Hokkyokusei is, he’s far above Sabitsura!”
“Your real slave’s the pink girl, right? Good taste, even if Nohara-sama’s prettier.” One of them even whispered in your ear.
You can see Shin’s face contorting into a mask of rage, no doubt thinking that everything between the two of you had been a lie, while Kazeko simply stared at you.
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>Go along with their chatter for now>Feign indignation about how they’re talking about your “friends”>Try to take the middle ground and ease relations between the groups.>Write-in? (I’m curious to see how you’d deal with this situation without following the prompts) 