It All Adds Up To Zero

[as_reckless_as_ever]

I know that I have no say in where I'll go if you do decide to send me somewhere else, but I do have one request.

I...

Can I still be Suzaku, even if its just part-time?

I know its selfish of me to ask this, and that I'd be breaking another promise by doing so, but... I got my life back, I don't want to give it up all over again.

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[alchimia]

Heh, he told you 'bout that, huh? What can I say, I'm a violent guy. You gonna tell me you never beat the crap outta him? Or wanted to?

[as_reckless_as_ever]

You're wasting your time.

[alchimia]

I think I'll be the one to decide that. They don't call me Fullmetal for nothing.

[as_reckless_as_ever]

Think again. I'd really rather not have to interfere in... whatever the hell is going on between you and him, but if you keep this up, I'm going to have to.

[alchimia]

I won't kill him, if that's what you're worried about.

[as_reckless_as_ever]

Its not. Its your life that's in danger.

You really need to stop pushing him, you really don't know what you're messing with.

[alchimia]

My life... [ Pardon him as he snorts. ] If he actually kills me, I wonder if it'll stick this time. Is he powerful enough to kill what's already dead?

[as_reckless_as_ever]

...man, after all your interrogations, you really don't have a clue at all.

I thought you were smarter than this.

[alchimia]

Maybe I am an idiot. You tell me. What can he really do to me, Suzaku? If I know, maybe I'll be more careful.

[as_reckless_as_ever]

That's not my secret to tell. All you need to know are two things:

First, he is the bastard he says he is. There's no such thing as "off-limits" to him.

Secondly, don't expect any kind of physical confrontation. He won't even have to so much as lift a finger in order to destroy you.

[alquimie]

You're really not doing much to frighten me, y'know. I can be just as much of a bastard as he is and I don't need my fists to rip him apart either.

But more than that... there's really nothing he can do to me that can hurt me more than what I've already been through. And I mean that.

[as_reckless_as_ever]

[Shakes his head.]

Yeah, there is. Stop thinking that you're the only piece on the board that matters.