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The loud footsteps and shouting rang from behind Nagiri, and he resigned himself to being found by the homing hurricane again. He was, to his annoyance, starting to get used to this.
"Tsujita-saaaaan!!!!"
"Too loud!!"
"Tsujita-san, what a coincidence meeting you here in a spot where Tsujigiri Nagiri is likely to appear! You were seeking him out too, weren't you? Let's go look for him together!!"
"I'm not going anywhere with-!"
But, wait. What was that, in the air around Kantarou? A familiar scent, so delicious it made drool pool on Nagiri's tongue. That scent was... No, it couldn't be. But there was no mistaking it.
"Hey. Are you... wounded?"
The scent of Kantarou's blood, which Nagiri had tasted through his blood blades before.
Kantarou froze for a moment at the statement, with a moment's look of panic like back then, before he forced a cheerful smile on his face.
"Ahahaha, no such thing, Tsujita-san! This officer is as healthy and hale as ever!"
"Really?"
Nagiri leaned closer, and Kantarou backed away. He was definitely hiding something. Heh, how nice seeing him on the defensive for once.
"You sure? You smell like blood."
"I am completely fine!!!"
"Hmm...?" Nagiri kept himself from grinning at the flash of fear in Kantarou's eyes. "Stop lying. If you're hurt, hurry up and get it treated. You can't go chasing after Tsujigiri if you're hurt, right?"
This was the perfect chance to get out of having to join this idiot's investigation today, after all.
"Huh?" Kantarou blinked in surprise, some tension draining out of him. "Tsujita-san... you're worried about me?"
"No way. Just get it treated, idiot."
"To think Tsujita-san himself would worry over me...!" Kantarou's voice shook with emotion as he grabbed Nagiri's wrist with both hands, eyes sparkling. "Thank you, Tsujita-san! However, there is truly nothing to worry about!"
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Nagiri bristled, trying to yank his hand out of Kantarou's hold to no avail. "I'm not worried about you! It's just a fact that you smell like blood! A lot of blood!! Seriously, whatever's bleeding, wrap it the hell up!!"
"It's already wrapped! However, it's not the kind of bleeding I can stop! It's, well... It will stop on its own in a few days!! Don't worry!!"
"What do you mean don't worry?! What do you think is gonna happen if you bleed for several days?!! Idiot, dumbass, you're going to die!!"
"It's not like that! It's a natural kind of bleeding! I'm, well..." Kantarou hesitated for a moment before continuing. "I'm on my period, Tsujita-san!!"
"On your what?!"
"Huh?" Kantarou blinked. "Tsujita-san, do you not know what a period is?"
"The thing at the end of a sentence?"
"It is that, too! But what I'm talking about is, well, the anatomical thing?"
Nagiri stared at him blankly. He wasn't sure he wanted to know anymore.
"...Ah," Kantarou said, speechless for once. It was a bit satisfying to see. Kantarou cleared his throat. "Well, Tsujita-san, you see... A period is something some people get once a month! To put it simply... a small amount of thick blood slowly drains out of their genitals over a period of a few days!"
"What?!" Nagiri went pale at the thought.
"Once that small amount has completely drained out, the period ends! So, during a period, we have no choice but to endure it! To sum it up, it's completely normal and natural, and happens to about half of all people, and it will end in a few days!!"
Half of all people?! That couldn't be right... But then again, if it only happened for short amounts of time, maybe Nagiri had simply never been close enough to a person during it to smell it. But that period thing sounded... horrifying.
"So, what you're saying is... your dick's bleeding?" Nagiri said hollowly.
Kantarou's eyes widened. Then, for some reason, his face lit up in joy.
"Yes!! That's exactly it, Tsujita-san!!" he said, leaning closer to Tsujita, eyes practically gleaming. "That's a wonderful way to say it!! Thank you!!!"
"How is that wonderful?! Get the hell away from me, you smell like blood!!"
It went against his vampire instincts to let a delicious smell like that go to waste, but Nagiri wasn't desperate enough to drink from somewhere like that! The very idea of drinking from there was just... he didn't want his blade near that, and he absolutely didn't want his mouth near that, either!! Despite that, his mouth was watering at the thought!
"Ah, pardon me! It must be unpleasant!" Kantarou let go of Nagiri's wrist, and took a step back. "The truth is, it's quite unpleasant for me, too! One day, I hope to rid myself of it completely!"
"You can do that?!"
"Yes! Though it's a complicated procedure that takes time and money, and a lot of recuperating after the surgery, so I can't possibly commit to it until after Tsujigiri Nagiri has been captured!!"
"Hey, hey, hold on," Nagiri said, forcing a smile and placing a hand on Kantarou's shoulder, seeing an opportunity. "If it's that important to you, then you should definitely put it before Tsujigiri. Actually, get that surgery as soon as possible!"
"Tsujita-san...!" Kantarou's voice was thick with emotion. "You can't imagine how much your support means to me!! I'm so touched!! But, in the end, capturing Tsujigiri Nagiri is more important to me than anything else!"
A part of Nagiri was pleased to hear that, tucked deep underneath his annoyance that Kantarou would keep being a thorn in his side.
"Are you sure? If you never manage to catch Tsujigiri Nagiri, doesn't that mean you'd never have that surgery?"
"Tsujita-san."
Kantarou's voice made chills go down Nagiri's back, and he yanked his hand off of Kantarou's shoulder. In exchange, Kantarou firmly grabbed hold of Nagiri's shoulders.
"I will absolutely capture Tsujigiri Nagiri. Nothing in this world will stop me."
The dark pits in the center of his eyes stared at Nagiri, and he saw an unknown face that must've been his own reflected back in them.
Nagiri nodded, shaking slightly.
Kantarou smiled, the tension in the air fading. He patted Nagiri's shoulders.
"But thank you so much for your support, Tsujita-san! With the two of us working together, we'll capture him in no time! Well then, let us head out on another investigation!!"
"Of course it turns out like this again-"
Nagiri could only complain as Kantarou grabbed his wrist and dragged him off to who-knows-where on his quest to find Tsujigiri, that delicious scent assaulting Nagiri's senses all the while, making him think about licking things he should absolutely not be licking... Gah, he needed to get some blood in him before he lost his mind completely!!