Chapter 199: Arc 4, Act I, - 44: Two Left Feet
The gaze stayed on the bed opposing her; an hour had passed and the next minutes were ticking. Her hands raised to her mouth. ’What are you doing?’
Jotou broke the thought to catch herself bringing her nails to her teeth. She shook her head and sat up, her fingers squirming. ’You’re overthinking, you’re overthinking. She’s just busy...
GAH! This is why I don’t wanna do it! I can’t think of anything else and I just feel worse!’ Her hands caught onto the blonde strands she brought forward, beginning to fidget with them instead.
Ten minutes had officially passed on the clock she was counting on. ’Screw it, screw what Daiyu said, screw the countess, I don’t need this. But you want this. But I get way too insecure about this!’
A blonde strand of her hair was plucked into her fingers and she held it aloft; the strand of golden blonde turned black from the end to the root in between her fingers in an instant.
’Maybe, do something productive. What does this mean? How did I get to this world? I still need to figure that out to be fair. Maybe I should focus on this.’ "Where the hell do I even start!?" ’Finding the rest of your friends idiot.’
"Thank you me, insightful as ever."
The door swung open, "Sorry I’m late."
"No worries, I knew you were just busy. But, it has been ten minutes so, I think you’ve committed a crime," Jotou threw the strand and stood.
"Well," Hotaru smirked, "I didn’t do so without good reason; I come bearing gifts," within her hands were a radio, bulky with a handle, a cassette tape and a book.
She set it on her vanity; made of trimmings of gold, two dials, a few buttons to press down and a large speaker grille. She leaned her face close and pushed the bulky cassette into the thing, ready to hit a button.
"There, have I been pardoned from my crimes?" the redhead turned with hands to her hips.