“Oh, for bloody goodness’s sake, kill it! Kill it!” the girl currently clamped to his shoulder shrieked insistently.
“I could, if you’d just let go of my arm for a moment!” Koja barked, turning his head as much as her death grip on his collar would allot. The girl in question reluctantly complied with his loud commands, backing up slowly into the corner, quivering.
The wolf-faced boy sighed, massaging his now-sore shoulder, wincing. He looked sullenly down at the cause of Chinatsu’s fear. The little black arachnid scurried around in blind fear. He crouched and gathered the panicked spider into his rather large, furry hands and deposited it out the window on his left.
China was at his side before he could breathe a sigh of relief. “Is it gone? Is it gone?” she was only just tall enough to be able to peer over the sill, looking for the offending insect.
“Yes, China. The spider is gone.” She turned to look at him, pouting and crossing her hands over her chest.
“Why didn’t you kill it?”
Koja sighed. He sometimes wondered why he stood by this crazy girl’s side. Then he would remember her unquestioned loyalty to him and her complete and utter acceptance of his looks. “It was an innocent creature, China. There is no point in killing it. You should just be gone he’s gone.”
“Oh, it’s a ‘he’,” now, is it?” she mumbled, fixing her loose ponytail and the ceramic “hair noodles” that rested at the side of her head. Koja grinned broadly and offered his furry arm. She moodily took it, grumbling nonsensical things, and together they walked back to class from which they’d been having a break.
(Welcome to Koja and China's crazy relationship.)
“I could, if you’d just let go of my arm for a moment!” Koja barked, turning his head as much as her death grip on his collar would allot. The girl in question reluctantly complied with his loud commands, backing up slowly into the corner, quivering.
The wolf-faced boy sighed, massaging his now-sore shoulder, wincing. He looked sullenly down at the cause of Chinatsu’s fear. The little black arachnid scurried around in blind fear. He crouched and gathered the panicked spider into his rather large, furry hands and deposited it out the window on his left.
China was at his side before he could breathe a sigh of relief. “Is it gone? Is it gone?” she was only just tall enough to be able to peer over the sill, looking for the offending insect.
“Yes, China. The spider is gone.” She turned to look at him, pouting and crossing her hands over her chest.
“Why didn’t you kill it?”
Koja sighed. He sometimes wondered why he stood by this crazy girl’s side. Then he would remember her unquestioned loyalty to him and her complete and utter acceptance of his looks. “It was an innocent creature, China. There is no point in killing it. You should just be gone he’s gone.”
“Oh, it’s a ‘he’,” now, is it?” she mumbled, fixing her loose ponytail and the ceramic “hair noodles” that rested at the side of her head. Koja grinned broadly and offered his furry arm. She moodily took it, grumbling nonsensical things, and together they walked back to class from which they’d been having a break.
(Welcome to Koja and China's crazy relationship.)