[21-- Post event]

[kaitopants]

Just so the guys who run this place know, I don't find their attempts to have us kiss each other even if we've never met before that funny. What kind of car doesn't drive, anyway? Er, sorry, Chie-san. You're cute, don't get me wrong, and I wouldn't have minded kissing you, but I kinda got distracted. Ehehe...

Robot! I gotta talk to you.

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[lafillebleue]

Chie-san?

[Aoko's face is actually turning pink.]

Who's Chie-san?

And what about kissing?

[kaitopants]

Chie-san was the girl I was locked in a car with. For five hours.

[not even trying to mask his irritation]

So how was your date with the robot?

[lafillebleue]

E-eh? [All questions about kissing immediately vanish.]

That's not funny!!

[kaitopants]

[heavy sarcasm] You looked like you were enjoying your time with him.

[lafillebleue]

I was not . . . I couldn't . . .

[Cue the type of anger that surges from fear.]

I wasn't with the robot, Kaito! I was with you; we played war, and I had all the aces . . .

[kaitopants]

[a long, heavy pause]

... you really couldn't tell the difference, Aoko?

[lafillebleue]

[Complete silence.]

But . . . you were good to me . . . Really good.

[kaitopants]

...

That wasn't me, Aoko.

[lafillebleue]

[More silence. Aoko is quivering a little. Shaking.]

[kaitopants]

[And now he feels kind of bad] H-hey...

[lafillebleue]

[Unfortunately for Kaito, it's the transition from fear to pure fury.]

So it was a trick.

It was a stupid trick, and there I was, stuck in a car, playing cards with him, and it was a trick!!

[kaitopants]

[He has to hold the phone away from his ear when she yells. But when she's done, he's irritated enough to fall right back into their normal routine: yelling]

Geez, Ahoko! You don't have to yell right in my ear like that! Are you trying to make me go deaf or something?!

[lafillebleue]

[The phone clunks down. Not hung up, though . . . because there's heavy stomping away. In the distance, a door slams, and then there's stomping back.]

Where does he live?

[kaitopants]

[Ohgod. Now she's scary. And he isn't sure what to do]

E-er, Aoko, what are you doing?!

[lafillebleue]

[Aoko has a mop, that's what!]

I'm going to find him. Now where does he live?

[kaitopants]

Idiot, you can't just go find him! He could hurt you for crying out loud!

[A frustrated sigh]

Where are you? I'll teach you how to tell the difference between us so you won't get fooled next time!