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Chapter 4 - He's Mine

Mako: Oi! Shin!

Shinji: Ah! Mako-san! You're here. . .

Mako: What are you hiding there?

Shinji: Ah! That's nothing!

Mako: Don't lie to me! What is that on your hand?

Shinji: I'm telling you! It's nothing!

Mako: Just tell me… You're hurt. What happened?

Shinji: Nothing! I'm fine!

Mako: Tell me!

Shinji: No one must know.

Mako: Just tell me and I'll keep it.

Shinji: No, no, no, Nah.

The emergency bell is ringing. I wonder why.

Mako: Let's go!

Shinji: Yeah.

Villains suddenly came to us.

???: Jiji!

It's Antantaru! How'd he get there?

Shinji: Tan-Tan!

Antantaru: Help!!!

Villain: Shut yer mouth, child! Now tell me where Zoa is!

Shinji: You shouldn't do whatever you want, darling.

Villain: You wanna die, kid?!

Shinji: Things aren't flowing your way.

Villain: What is this?!

As the black chains with purple aura started to strangle the villain, the color of my eyes turned black as my purple color started to make a scar-like structure on my face. 

Shinji: I have nothing to say, go away. What more can be said? Even if I get mad, that only hurts my lips.

Villain: Shut up, kid. You don't know anything!

Shinji: You shouldn't just do whatever you want.

Villain: Like you can hurt me- Ah! It hurts!

Shinji: I apologize for giving you the cold shoulder, sweetie...

Mako: Shin!

Shinji: But this is a send-off.

Mako: Shin!

Shinji: Mako… 

The villain perished after my chains crushed him. I suddenly fainted. I woke up in the hospital.

Shinji: Ow! My head!

Mako: Shin!

Shinji: Mako… What happened?

Rio: It's the after-effects of using too much of your eloquence, Shinji.

Shinji: What?

Mako: You fainted after the battle.

Antantaru: You were so cool!

Mako: Shut up! You were no help!

Antantaru: I know that!

Shinji: Mako… I… I need to talk to you… In private.

Mako: Oh, okay.

Rio: Let's go kid.

Shinji: Mako, do you promise me you'll never leave me?

Mako: Yeah… Why?

Shinji: I just felt like someday you will leave me… 

Mako: I promise I won't.

Shinji: You're the only one I can trust Mako. I've known you for so long.

Mako suddenly hugs me… His chest felt warm just like when I hugged him for the first time. I hear him sigh while hugging me… 

Mako: Tell me, what's bugging you?

Shinji: I… Don't know who I am. I don't know the reason for my being.

Mako: Well I have, and it's you. 

Shinji: Me? But why me?

Mako: Because you trust me… And I've always liked you.

Shinji: Mako… (I love you)

Mako: Hm? 

Mako started to turn red while I looked at him.

Shinji: You heard me… 

Mako: (I love you too)

I start to giggle. 

Mako: You're very pretty just the way you are…

Shinji: Mako… Maybe you are the reason why I lived, too.

Mako: I'll always protect you.

We didn't notice Antantaru and Rio heard us.

Rio: (Tan-chan)

Antantaru: (Hm?)

Rio: (I see couples)

Antantaru: (Me too, I love it)

Rio: (We better go before they see us)

Antantaru: (Yeah, leggo)

Back with me and Mako... 

Shinji: Mako-chan?

Mako: Hm?

Shinji: You've met Kai, right?

Mako: Mhm.

Shinji: Well... She and Chad are doing a playdate now and I don't know what to do about it.

Mako: Eh? I thought she didn't like him.

Shinji: She said she's been hiding it.

Mako: Pfffft... That girl is always something.

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Elise: Mako! Jiji!

Mako: Lili...

Shinji: Lili!

Elise: How are you two?

Mako: We--

Shinji: We're fine!

Elise: I missed you Jiji!

Shinji: Yeah, yeah... (Whatever)

Mako: She said she missed you too.

Elise: Really? 

Shinji: Yeah... 

Elizabeth: Shin!

I hear a little growl and I think it came from Mako.

Elizabeth: I... I'm very sorry, Shinji. If only I realized that you were very nice to me. I would've not bullied you! I regret it.

Shinji: I saw that you only did it to me.

Elizabeth: Yeah... 

Shinji: I'll think about it...

Mako: Maybe not.

Elizabeth: Hey! You're still mean as ever!

Mako: Tch... I don't even care.

Elizabeth: And Shinji, I hear a lot from people that you liked to... swear?

Elise: You swear?!

Shinji: I wonder where I got that from.

Elise: Ey! Why you lookin' at me.

I didn't notice that Mako is still growling.

Mako: We'll be late. Let's go!

Shinji: Yeah. See ya!