Chapter Forty-Seven: Takashi’s Stand:
-April 1st,
2011-
Takashi rubbed
his forehead. He had no choice but to end it today. He could hear his master
arguing with Charlotte again.
“What do you
mean by that?!” she shouted.
“You aren’t
worthy of him,” the older angel said.
“He thinks I
am!”
“What does he
know? He’s naïve and blind.”
Charlotte
snorted. “Shows how much you know about your own student. Takashi-kun isn’t as
naïve as you think. You’ve always smothered him. He’s not a child!”
“But he is a
child.”
Takashi gritted
his teeth. Before, this never bothered him. Today, it sounded so bitter. The
blind angel about threw up in his mouth.
“No, he’s not,”
Charlotte said. “You need to treat him like an equal. Takashi-kun understands
more than you think.”
“And you would
know that from sleeping with him?” the older angel asked. She and Takashi froze.
His master snorted.
“You think I
didn’t know?” he asked. “You little whore. Takashi was perfect until he met you!
You ruined him. You seduced and ruined him! That’s it. I am taking him back
to--!”
“Enough!”
Takashi said. Charlotte and the master looked up. The blind angel leaned on his
cane.
“You will not
disrespect Char-chan like that!” he shouted. “She’s not a whore!” His master
walked over to him.
“Takashi,” he
said. “You can’t really mean that. I mean, she’s just a silly human. You will
forget about her soon enough.”
“I don’t want
to.”
“Takashi…”
“No!” The blind
angel’s voice shook through the whole living room. He clutched his cane.
“You’ve been
nothing but rude to Char-chan since day one. I’m not going back to Heaven! I
want to stay with Char-chan.”
“But…”
“I’m not
leaving! If you can’t accept that, you’re just going to be a sad, miserable old
man who’s going to be all alone! I will cut you off!”
His master stood
with his mouth wide open. “You can’t mean that! For her? But why?”
“Because… she’s
my g-g-g-g-g…?”
“Your?”
Takashi’s face
turned bright red. “She’s my g-g-g girlfriend!” Charlotte felt like flying away.
“Takashi-kun!”
she said, hugging him wildly. “You finally said it!” The woman kissed him on the
cheek. Takashi’s master stood, dumbfounded.
“But… why?” he
asked. “I don’t understand!” The blind angel smiled.
“Because, I love
her like a man loves a woman,” he said. Takashi held Charlotte by his side. His
master sighed.
“It can’t be
helped,” he said. “Fine, you win.”
“So you’ll leave
us alone now?” Charlotte asked.
“No,” the master
said.
“What?!”
Charlotte cried.
“I have to
finish my report before I leave,” the older angel said. Takashi’s girl sighed.
The blind angel patted her on the head.
“It can’t be helped, I guess,” he said. Charlotte perked up as he nuzzled her on the cheek. This would have to do for now.