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<sub>[It's not so much that he's not fun it's just that it's not what she was expecting to discuss right now. Still, she can kind of get what he means. Of course Diva had meant it in a literal sense - she won't ever let anyone lock her up again. That being said, she struggles still with knowing what to do with herself. Thankfully Adrian was around to put limits on her, to give her boundaries that her Chevalier would impose if they were here.

Without him, she'd be a loose canon, unleashed upon Duplicity as a whole.]</sub>

It's because it's scary, right?

_{[Freedom, that is.]}

[shoelicking]

Is that what it is? [ Scary. That certainly made sense. Tsurugi knew he was a coward. It'd always been that way. ]

I think I was just bred to be someone's bitch. [ Bred. Raised. It's the same by now, isn't it? ]

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Is that what you are? A lost puppy?

_{[There's nothing mean about the way it comes out as she continues, his arm still in her grasp.]}

It's okay to be scared. Shall I make you mine then?

[shoelicking]

[ It's definitely not the first time he's been called a dog. It's practically instinctive, something Touma's long since drilled into him, when he playfully barks at her. ]

Woof woof. ♥

[ He lets go of her arm, but only so he can slide his hand down until it settles, intertwined with hers. ]

I already am, aren't I?

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_{[Someone else might find it fucking weird that he's barking but she finds it hilarious. He draws quite the giggle out of her, only for her to swing their now entwined hands together excitedly.]}

Hehe...yeah, you are! You're mine.

[shoelicking]

I'm a really good dog. [ He assures her like it's some kind of sales pitch. ]

I'm even house-trained.

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Will you be loyal? That's what dogs are best known for.

_{[Aside from a few other traits.]}

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Mmhmm! [ He answers energetically, and there's almost a skip to his step. ]

I've been the same guy's slave for my whoooole life. ♥ I'm basically the most loyal dog there is.

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And now you're mine.

_{[Y'know, just double checking. The word slave makes her a little uncomfortable but she doesn't bother to harp on it.]}

I already have a pet cat so I guess you can be my pet dog.

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Yeah~ ♥ All--

[ Wait a second. ]

You mean Kuro-chan, don't you?

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Yeah! He's Adrian's sub too but he's my pet.

_{[Because there's a hierarchy in place here okay.]}

He's soft and warm and small enough I can stick him in my dress.

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In your dress? He's lucky, then~ ♥

[ He snickers at his own joke before tilting his head to the side. ]

It's better to not mention me too much. [ To any of her friends really, but Kuro he feels genuinely guilty for. It's not a feeling he likes, much less would have ever acknowledged prior to meeting Mahiru. ] We've had... our differences in the past.

[ Kuro doesn't hate him for the things he's done, but that's actually worse. ]

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You're lucky too. You've gotten me out of it.

_{[Haha...why are they so horny...]}

...Oh. Well, you're the father of my babies. He kind of just has to deal with it.

_{[She's not going to pretend she's a single parent okay.]}

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I have, haven't I? [ The smirk that follows is slightly devious -- it's waaay to easy to picture doing exactly that now. ]

Maybe I should think of it like that, too...

[ Instead of running from every problem. ]

How are they? The babies, I mean. I meant to stop by last night... [ He realizes only afterwards that he's actually not sure if he had. Everything after 7pm got a little fuzzy. ]

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_{[Yeah Tsurugi stop running from your problems.]}

They're okay. _{[Last night had been...something.]} You did stop by though, but you were pretty drunk. Do you not remember?

_{[That's a little concerning.]}

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Did I? [ That's not good. The opposite, really. If there is anything he cares about, it's not being around his children when he's like that.

He's nothing like his father, but the fear that he could be always lingers. ]

Sorry. Sometimes I forget some of the things I did the night before... [ Normally, he has Jun and Yumi to help figure him out -- or it had been normally back home. Then again, there were times when even they were stumped. ]

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Well isn't that what happens when people get drunk? They forget things.

_{[She's not here to scold him about what he did though. She's here because she wanted to be taken on a date and have a good time.]}

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I guess so! I have a friend who can remember everything.

[ He swings her hand with his. ] I wish you could meet him. He'd never believe I could score a girl like you.

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Do you think he'd like me?

_{[Considering what she is, after all...]}

Why would it be so unbelievable?

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Ah... [ Tsurugi pauses for a moment. ]

He'd come around, I think. [ Probably. ]

Girls don't usually like me once they get to know me. I'm pretty sure even you'll get sick of me soon. ♥ But we're kinda stuck together now!

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_{[Who knows if he'd come around or not. After all, Diva was a Chiropteran and not the most agreeable person at times.]}

Well I like you.

_{[But again, she doesn't really know him, does she? Sure she knows what he used to do (kill vampires) and that he probably had been treated poorly like she had been. Probably not to the same extent, but even Diva is aware enough to realize Tsurugi is a bit on the 'quirky' side.]}

I could say the same about myself, you know.

[shoelicking]

Uwah~? I’m lucky then. ♥

[ While it’s just as warmly said as anything else, it’s easy to tell by the way that he looks away that he doesn’t think it will stay that way. ]

Are you not very popular, Diva-Chan~? I’d think a cute girl like you would have a lot of friends.

[ Then again, with what she’d told him about her goal, it made sense that she’d be disliked. There weren’t many people who would take total sort-of-vampire domination kindly.

She’ll barely have time to reply before he’s hurriedly tugging her along after him. ]

Oh! There’s the park! We’re almost there.

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_{[He is lucky, but so is she in a way. Or at least that's how she feels. While others found Duplicity to be suffocating, for the most part she's been enjoying herself.]}

Mm...not really. Just because I'm cute doesn't mean people like me for me. The only friend I ever had before this place was my sister...and she thinks I shouldn't exist.

_{[If people gave her the time of day it was usually for all the wrong reasons. She squeezes him a bit tighter, brightening at the sight of the park.]}

Ah, that didn't take very long at all!

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Ah... [ For a minute, it’s almost like he’ll say something else. But offering sympathy has never been his strong point.

So he focuses on something else, pulling her towards the park. ]

I told you it was close by! [ There’s even a small dessert stand at the entrance. ]

Do you want a snack? We could get crepes! ♥

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Oh, yes please!

_{[Leave it to Diva to be food motivated.]}

I haven't had one in so long!