It was a surprise to Kougaiji that John decided to give in. He looked up at the other man with an annoyed frown pulling his brows, his fork pushed deep into the sandwich and paused there.

"Beating?" Kougaiji sighed, listening to all what John had to say and finding himself a bit offended by the careless air about this big idiot. He said words like 'please' and 'sorry' on so rare occasion that it was hard to remember the last time. And yet he had found himself pleading last night. And here he was going 'I didn't think you'd care so much'.

Maybe he shouldn't care. They were just casual acquaintances, right?

"Right..." He cut another bit of his sandwich and popped the food into his mouth unceremoniously.