𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐮, forgotten.

𝙰 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝙰 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝙰 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚕 s̸e̸v̸e̸r̸e̸d̸ ——————————————————— 𝚃𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚔𝚒 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚞, a living weapon ——————————————————— 𝙰 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕕.

【𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎.】

【𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜?】

【𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.】 At this point, who knew whether he was joking or serious? Well, this last message was a serious one, at least. But the others? Who knew?

【𝙱𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝.】 Surely he understood her joke. Surely.

【𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎.】 Again, his intentions seemed. . impossible to make out. Surely this one was a joke? Right? Or. . ?

【𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝.】 Was that. . . a genuine concern, or an odd joke? Or maybe just a simple statement, knowing him?

【𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝.】

【𝙷𝚖𝚖~ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝙸 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎~.】

【𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢~.】

【𝙷𝚖𝚖𝚖~ 𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞~.】

【𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗. 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎.】

【𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢.】

【𝙾𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎.】

【𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝.】

Despite the arrangement of her being walked home occurring as a result of her prior fearful encounter, it would almost be impossible to tell she was ever scared with the way she worded her text. 【𝙸𝚝'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝.】

Naturally, he would be unable to witness the female’s pink cheeks at the moment. But was his prior message worded like that on purpose, or was her blush simply a nice accident? 【𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝.】

【𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍.】

【𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎.】