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“Next rank.” God, why was Carmen going along with this? Maybe it had to do with the stuff Shiki was talking about, but that sounded like some sort of video game and not whatever the hell his life had become since accepting this job. “Confession Event?” More like “Confusion Event.” It was a dumb enough joke to get Brian to smirk as he finished up the rest of his second burger. Brian licked his fingers and wiped them off with a burger napkin. “I already told you my goal, Shiki,” he said. “I’m not here to make friends or whatever, I’m here because…” Was this too vulnerable to say out loud? Well, it was just Carmen, right? “I’m here because you saved me and I’m repaying that. And because you can’t really go back from experiences like that anyway. I’m not going to think about what the alternatives are.” He let that simmer there in the van for as long as it was comfortable to do so, which wasn’t long. Brian almost considered grabbing another burger, but he knew that if he did that he’d guarantee some sort of burger dream when he did eventually collapse into bed that night. Now that he thought about it, though, it was taking a long while for Shiki to get back to either of their houses. He’d had to drive to Carmen’s to pick her up first, so maybe Shiki was taking some weird “shortcut” to his house and driving as slow as Shiki normally drove, but Marinton wasn’t that big. “Hey, Shiki,” Brian eventually said, “Where are you taking us?” “We were not asked to go anywhere in specific.” Brian nearly threw a burger at the driver but settled for spiking it on the ground. “Fucking hell. I would like to sleep in my own bed tonight if that’s alright with you.” He was sure Carmen wanted to too, but they weren’t there yet -- “Relationship Levels” or whatever -- for him to say that out loud. He became aware of just what time it was. Like, he’d checked before because of the time fuckery, but now the exhaustion was really hitting Brian. When Shiki finally started driving everyone home, it still felt like forever before he was allowed to sleep. He awoke the next day later than he normally did, which wasn’t great for his gym schedule, but he forced himself at least to be moving, which was almost the same thing. After some stretches, Brian decided to walk to the nearest coffee shop, whereupon he bought a medium latte, a scone, and however much table space a medium latte and a scone would get him for his laptop. Shiki told them they wouldn’t be contacted. Probably. And as long as that “probably” hung in the air, he intended to get some goddamn work done.

Hmm it starts good but a bit dull by the end, 6.5/10

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