"Has he always been like that?"
The Duchess inquired as she turned her head and faced the window of the room she was in, admiring the view outside.
Sitting opposite from her was Jin. Similarly looking at the window, he inwardly sighed.
"Yeah…"
They were currently talking about Ren.
He may have changed a little over the years, but thinking back at all the times he had been with him, he couldn't find a way to deny her words.
"Must've been tough."
"Tell me about it."
Thankfully, the Duchess was quite hospitable. Else he really would've been cursing Ren till the end of his life.
He reached out for his pocket and took out a cigarette.
…It was a habit he picked up due to all the stress he'd been facing recently. It wasn't harmful to him anyways, so it didn't really matter.
"What's that?"
"This?"
He lifted the cigarette.
"Yeah."
The Duchess nodded, her eyes carrying a hint of interest.
After noticing how interested the Duchess was, he lifted his index finger to light the cigarette and then took a brief drag from it.
*Puff*
The Duchess's gaze followed the smoke that raised in the air.
"It's called a cigarette, and it's something that helps me manage my stress."
"…There's such a thing?"
"Mhm"
He took another puff before handing the Duchess his pack.
"Want to have a go?"
"Can I?"
"Yeah. Go ahead."
She reached out with caution. Sliding the cigarette out with the tips of her slim fingers, she brought it in close to her mouth and placed it in between her lips before taking it out.
For a good minute, she examined it with wonder.
"What do I do now?"
"Light the tip."
He pointed at the white side.
A blue flame flickered over the Duchess's finger.
Alternating her gaze between Jin and the stick, she brought the finger close to the tip.
"Like this?"
"Yuh."
The cigarette lit, and an orange ring formed.
"Bring it to your mouth and inhale."
Jin explained before she could ask further.
"…Okay."
as Jin instructed, she brought the cigarette to her mouth
Only that…
"Cough! Cough!"
red, and she began coughing
soon started to fly
You lied
coughing even
"Hahah."
who was having trouble keeping his composure, let out a muffled
are you
in expression
trick me
'…Is this really her?'
had seen glimpses before when she was talking with Ren, now that he was directly interacting with her, he found her new behavior to be a stark contrast from
she hiding
dead or something? Cant you
different than
of his lips,
inhale it properly. Try again, but this time
not be
Then, bringing the
Jin turned his head. They
*Puff*
float in the air, and Jin could very clearly hear her letting out a series of muffled coughs. Nevertheless,
burns
at the cigarette. Then,
this manner for an ensuing couple of minutes, up until the point where
do I
She showed the butt.
looked at it before casting his gaze
"Throw it away."
"Mhm."
a light flick, it disappeared out of thin
extended her hand in
"What?"
He somewhat had an idea of what she wanted but
It couldn't be, right?
"…"
reply and bobbed
placed it on her hand. She glanced at it for a moment before looking back at
"More?"
Now, this…
cigarette and placed it on her
bother looking at her hand before directly staring at Jin. Her gaze and expression were clear. She
first time in a long time, Jin was left speechless. Was this seriously the same
'Ah, whatever.'
weighing the pros and cons, he shook his head and placed the pack in her hand,
"Very generous of you."
'Motherf—'
***
I'd like to discuss
Priscilla—]
"Interesting."
at
he stood there wearing a flawless black suit and holding a clear glass that was filled with a crimson liquid, his long black hair reached the back of
his back leaning against the stone edge of the balcony, he
finally couldn't wait any
smirk formed on the demon's face. Seemingly already having predicted such
in the day had already made its way to his ears,
in her portion, he too would've resorted to an alliance. After all, by that point, the only thing on his mind would be revenge rather than the benefits
leverage as much as he could from Priscilla, granted that he would help her get revenge which was also within his
essentially two birds with
"Alright, then."
a flick of his finger, the letter vanished into thin air, and he returned to
suit, he mumbled with a
how much I
*
are you sure it's not
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