drei ♥ anonymous text

[obsessing]

[ Today, Tower, you'll be receiving a very ominous post from an anonymous person. ]

Hello, tower!
I'd like to ask a really important question. How do you get rid of a skull permanently?

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[deusexyandere]

[ ... he should have known by the way she said 'permanently.' And he thought his gift from home was disturbing. This... this was, pardon the expression, twisting the knife. ]

i don't want to see it

[ Even if it's not his Yuno's skull, the implications are the same. And he'd really just like to forget that even happen. ]

please just get rid of it, i don't care how

[obsessing]

Okay, Yukki. I'll make sure you'll never have to see it, alright? ♥

[deusexyandere]

[ Something about the way she phrased that isn't sitting well with him. If only because he knows her way too well by now. ]

yuno, do you need help?

[ Even if the thought of seeing that disgusting thing again is making him sick. ]

i'd rather see it and know it's gone for good than worry about it, and you.

/uses all the ominous icons

[obsessing]

Don't worry, Yukki. I'll be fine.

/uses all the D': icons

[deusexyandere]

[ It's not her he's worried about. He knows she's more than capable of handling herself here, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out what the intention was in sending her that damned skull. He takes a few moments in responding, glancing down at his phone. After a while... ]

yuno, i'm coming with you, stay there.

[obsessing]

Okay, Yukki.

[action]

[deusexyandere]

[ ... And sure enough, using his Diary to track her, he bursts into her corner of the library, panting. He can't tell if it's sweat or tears on his face, even with this damned cold weather. ]

Y-Yuno, are... [ Pant, pant. At least the cold is gone. ] ... are you o-okay?

[ Asking more for his sake than hers. Sending her that skull was such an obvious and transparent attempt to provoke her that it made him sick to his stomach. ]

[ action ]

[obsessing]

Of course I'm okay!

[ Yuno sounds pretty enthusiastic, really. She's not angry, though she is stabbing the skull with her knife. ]

[ action ]

[deusexyandere]

[ Trying really hard not to gag at that sight. He stares for a few seconds, before he's forced to tear his eyes away from what it is she's doing. ]

How--... how did you plan on getting rid of it?

[ action ]

[obsessing]

Hm?

[ Yuno stops what she's doing before giving Yukiteru a sheepish, almost innocent grin. ]

I was planning on stabbing it. And then burning it afterwards. If that didn't work, I'd do something else.

[ action ]

[deusexyandere]

It's a skull. [ She could stab it a hundred times, and the most she'd do it crush the top of it. ]

Y-Yuno, I-- [ This is so disgusting to him, but he'd have to stomach it, for her sake. To ensure she continues stabbing a dead skull, instead of a skull belonging to someone who is still alive. ]

Y-You... you know... there's an easier way to get rid of it...

[obsessing]

Really?

[ Her eyes are wide in surprise, though she seems pretty happy that he actually has an idea! ]

[deusexyandere]

[ It's mostly because he can't keep watching this. And he knows the more that skull is around... well, it can only be bad for her. ]

... I looked at my Diary. [ Which is why he had to suggest this, so that this ends mostly well. ] You could throw it in the big pile of bugs on the forty-first floor, or you could weight it down and drop it in the lake on the thirty-fifth floor island.

[obsessing]

Which way gets rid of it quicker?

[ Because this is a very important question, Yukki. ]

[deusexyandere]

[ His phone vibrates. He takes it out, and glancing at his Diary again, he blinks. ]

... actually, just throwing it off the side of the tower on the eleventh floor is faster and safer than both of those.

[ How did his Diary just now show him this? ... that's not a good sign. ]

[obsessing]

Hmm.

[ Yuno doesn't necessarily trust the diaries anymore, especially since she can't use hers and has to stalk Yukki the old fashioned way. ]

Okay, we can do that. Let's go now.

[deusexyandere]

R-Right... okay.

[ He hesitates for a moment, but then... holds out his hand, offering it to her. ]

[obsessing]

[ And Yuno takes it happily with a grin, holding onto the skull with the other hand. ]

Don't let go, Yukki. Alright?

[deusexyandere]

Y-Yeah. Of course I won't.

[ Don't look at the skull... don't look at the skull... don't look at the skull... ]

[obsessing]

[ That sure is reassuring... ]

Okay, then. Let's go. You can lead the way, Yukki!

[deusexyandere]

[ His fingers lace with hers, and they're off. Thankfully, night hadn't fallen yet, so their chances of encountering a monster are low. Mostly. He occasionally stops to glance down at his Diary, which hadn't vibrated since the last time. At the stairway between the eighth and ninth floor, he pauses. ]

Umm... Yuno? Can I ask you something?

[obsessing]

[ Yuno skids to a stop once he speaks up. She gives him a small smile before tilting her head to the side, speaking up curiously. ]

What is it, Yukki? You know you can ask me anything.

[deusexyandere]

You don't still think I don't really love you, do you?

[obsessing]

[ Yuno then falls completely silent for a moment, hanging her head down as she continues to walk, though her pace has definitely slowed down. ]

I'm sorry, Yukki. I... don't know how to answer that.

[deusexyandere]

... of course not.

[ He looks down, clearly upset by her words. But they were almost there, anyway. ]

We're almost there... lead on.