Chapter 34: I think I feel bad for the Devil

"Remember, I was tying my shoelaces. I wasn't eavesdropping." I pushed him aside, the smell of liquor on his... everything was making me queasy.

"If you want to know so badly, I'll tell you what they're talking about." He stood in front of me swaying back and front.

"How would you even know." He looked around, then leaned over to whisper in my ear.

"Because she does the same thing every year when she and Akihito get into a fight." He beamed back at me.

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I sat with my jaw hanging while staring at Eiichi, who was still slurring the ending of his story. "That's terrible!" I shut up off the seat. "It's absolutely terrible. I shouldn't feel bad for him because he's you know... an asshole. But that's simply terrible." I sat back down, staring at my hands. I turned to look at Eiichi who was resting on his hands and looking at me.