unknownrival | [Accidental Video Post]

[This video, unlike most of the others, has a timestamp in the lower right corner. Right now, it's 8:35 PM, and Issei is lying on his futon in his sleeping yukata, obviously trying to get to sleep.

He closes his eyes. A few seconds after he does so, he lets out a yelp and jolts awake, breathing heavily.

The video skips to a few more times: 10:17, 11:20, 12:30. Each time, the process is repeated: Issei shuts his eyes, clearly tired, but every time he does some nightmare shocks him awake.

At the last one, he sighs and starts to speak.]

This can't go on. I need to find some way to get to sleep. Something to protect me from... from that. But I'm far too old to sleep in the room of any of the other monks, or even my family. I don't have a dog to curl up with, I won't call Haruto at this hour and for this reason, and I can't think of any other way to make my consciousness relax-

[He lifts his head, and stops. He's staring at his Christmas present from Kaito: a small Kid plushie. Blushing slightly, he continues:]

...at this point, I would try anything. If, if he were here, Kid would protect me, wouldn't he? And he shouldn't be able to take offense at that, so...

[Issei stands up and pulls the plushie off the shelf. No sooner does he lie back down and cuddle with it than he's fast asleep. The video continues for a few minutes to prove this, then dissolves into static.]

((All replies will come after he wakes up for the day. ...Which will be quite a bit later than his day should actually start (in two and a half hours).))

I don't like him just because he's a thief. I like him because he's a good person and worthy of my trust.

Doesn't that seem contradictory to you?

Knowing him? No, it doesn't.

A thief being worthy of trust and honesty... ?

If he were not an honest person, he wouldn't tell people ahead of time what he was going to steal. Were he not a trustworthy person, he would not return what he stole, nor refuse to hurt anyone in his heists.

If you return what you steal, you aren't doing any harm permanent. Furthermore, his heists provide a thrill for his fans, and a boon to the economy of the local stores where the fans shop before and after.

We have known each other for more than a year. I've had plenty of time to practice defending why he's dear to me.

Anyway, I'm used to my friends not getting along. You need not feel obligated to like him for my sake, and I don't expect you to.

I wont and I had no intention to.

I'm sure there are medicines in your nearby pharmecy that can make sleeping easier.

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DO FRIENDS USUALLY KEEE PLUSHIES OF THEMSELVES ON THEIR BED?

IT WAS ON A SHELF, OKAY. THAT'S TOTALLY NORMAL.

...RIGHT. AS NORMAL AS A BLUE MOON OR FLYING PIGS.

WE ALL HAVE MERCHANDISE HERE. I DO, YOU PROBABLY DO, IT'S OKAY,

DON'T LUMP ME IN WITH YOU!!

BUT WE'RE FRIEEEEENDS, RIGHT?

I HAVE NO FRIENDS :|

YES YOU DO. I INSIST ON IT. >|

YOUR INSISTANCE IS UNECESSARY :|

SO YOU ADMIT IT?

I ADMIT NOTHING

HEEHEEHEE.

STOP THAT GIGGLING RIGHT NOW. THERE WILL BE NO GIGGLING.

WHY NOT~?

GIGGLING IMPLIES FUN AND THERE IS NO FUN HERE. EVER! :|

WHY NOT~?

BECAUSE I SAID SO GDIT

IT'S SO MUCH FUN TICKING YOU OFF.

THATMAKESONEOFUS

THOUGHT SO.

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