in the midst of a crowd going and coming

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[Kyouya is trying to work, sitting on a couch near the ballroom.]

[Status report:

-Headphones: around the neck, chiming out performances by Martha Argerich, Idil Biret, and Arthur Rubinstein.
-Notebook: in hand, being written in.
-Pile of broken pens: rather large and to the left.
-Pen in hand: just now snapping under the pressure of his thumb.]

[Kyouya sighs and puts the broken pen in the pile.] Meritless. [It is a word that means the same to him as violent curses mean to others.]

[Blindly, he reaches out to the right for a new pen. He grabs nothing.]

[His eyes narrow on the empty space where new pens should be. From the look on his face, it would not be ridiculous to infer that every pen manufacturer in Japan will be exiled from the country if a new pen does not miraculously appear in his hands within the next minute.]

Comments

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

But gambling can be fun.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

Doubtless. But I like to be more sure of my investments.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

And just what do you invest in?

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[with a brief laugh] Doujinshi and photoalbums, mainly.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[His eyebrows jump.]

You don't look like the artistic type.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

Really? Well, you're right. I merely give those who are the support they need to go into production.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

... Huh.

And why are you interested in me, exactly? It's not like I have 'hero' on my résumé.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

Your name came up in conversation, that's all. [There's an almost calculated level of insincerity in his expression.]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Oh reeeaaaally? [He leaaaaaans closer, as if trying to read Kyouya's eyes. Being tall is awesome.]

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

Really. [And, so slow it must be deliberate, Kyouya adjusts his glasses until there's nothing but the shine of them.]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel straightens back up.]

If you say so~

[The tilde is almost audible.]

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[If anything, Kyouya seems amused by this.] Regardless, I don't believe it would be honest of me to put 'hero' on my CV, myself.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

It's more amusing to make people guess.

It's like he's asking for Lady Gaga

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

We've already established that you have an excellent poker face.

LMFAO kla;dakl;f

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

I bet yours isn't that bad, either. You must be one of those ace up the sleeve guys.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[With feigned surprise] I would never be so underhanded as to cheat.

[When this is true, it is true for exactly the wrong reasons: Kyouya enjoys the satisfaction of winning by playing fair. But outwitting clueless idiots by cheating is fun, too.]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Lots of people cheat. Think of it more like a defense mechanism when the other person doesn't want to play fair.

keywords relevant?

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

It's not something to admit to lightly.

SNORT

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

No one ever wants to admit the truth. I figure I might as well just put it out there and let them think about it while I go on and do more constructive things.