Aidou lifted his eyebrows. "Pardon me, I wasn't aware we'd entered into negotiations."

Trying to negotiate while within the hospital's grasp was merely a waste of valuable time, in Aidou's opinion, and cellmates were even more of an annoyance than the typical prisoner. Frankly, he considered it a miracle if he didn't kill a person he was involuntarily sharing space with. Fortunately enough for the both of them, though, the other male had no appealing qualities that made Aidou want to approach with more bloodthirsty intentions in mind. That was a plus.

On the downside, the man seemed to have a severe case of selective hearing. Aidou had too much on his mind to bother correcting him so early on--later, maybe, if that pig-headed attitude started to negatively impact Aidou's business.

He picked up his fork. "My name is Aidou Hanabusa. Aidou is fine."