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[blackshadow]

[ There's a small list of agreements written neatly and legibly:

Neither Tyr nor Rita will take their bets seriously. Both parties reserve the right to be sore los call off the bet at any time.

Rita will only feed Tyr meat when he is a dog any carnivorous animal.

Tyr will not steal Rita's underwear while cursed. He will replace any that he takes!!

Rita will bathe at least three times a week.

Tyr will make sweets at least three times a week.

Rita will

And the pencil is just laying there when Tyr finally talks: ]

--Forget it! We'll never get this sent off at this rate.

[Rita's voice grumbles in response as she slams a hand against the page.]

Of course we won't if you keep making up dumb stuff like this--you're just scared you'll lose another bet, aren't you?!

[And now she jostles the device, which she had turned on.]

I bet everyone else in the City agrees with me!

[ And that just makes Tyr's face go red as he shoots back: ]

And making candy isn't pointless?! Go ahead and ask if you're actually that sure--And make a bet out of it!

Sh-shut up! --Fine, just get ready to lose!

[Well, City, what do you think? >:|b]

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[negativegate]

[She almost starts to argue, then stops as she watches him.]

What are you doing?

[blackshadow]

The more I think of this, the more ridiculous these look... I don't want us to have our lives dictated by some document.

[negativegate]

Well, yeah, but...

[Part of her still wants to write more for some reason...

Though that part feels like it's fading. goodbye curse]

So you want something less specific...?

[blackshadow]

[And it's fading for him... He nods as he taps his pencil.]

Exactly. Most of these can be replaced with 'We'll take care of each other.' Even the line about making you sweets.

[negativegate]

Yeah...besides, we already do that...

[Why is her face heating up...]

[blackshadow]

[ Because she's his cute girlfriend... He's not sure why she's blushing, either, but he reaches out to hold her hand. ]

So there's no reason to put that into writing... I know you'll take care of me.

[negativegate]

Y-yeah, we don't need to change anything...

[With her cute boyfriend...She holds his hand comfortably as a thought strikes her and she looks at the time: just past midnight.]

--This was a curse!

[She isn't sure how she feels about it, either! Besides flustered...]

[blackshadow]

[ He starts when she yells, sitting up straighter. She snapped him right out of his happy, sappy daze. ]

—Of course it was!

[ Uuugh. He makes a face and lets go of her hand to ball up the paper they were working on. He can't believe...ugh! It was so obvious!! ]

[negativegate]

Th-this City...

[She flushes even brighter and squares her shoulders a bit. Stupid curse!

...Even if she doesn't really think their emotions were just a product of the curse...probably.]

Do people actually do this?!

[blackshadow]

[ Probably not... He really wouldn't mind marrying her. Not in the least.

But he's furious that he didn't even have a choice in the matter! And he doesn't even know Rita's feelings at all anymore. ]

Maybe in some world.

[ He's tossing the paper across the room somewhere. It's a mess anyway. ]

[negativegate]

[Not choosing it is the biggest issue for Rita, too, and she scowls as he tosses the paper.]

Well, that's not happening with us!

[The papers, she means.

--Wait, then what does she think about marriage?!]

[blackshadow]

[ His face flushes more, and he really isn't sure if she means the entire thing or just the agreement.

Either way, he scoffs and falls back into his chair. ]

I thought we were done with these curses...

[negativegate]

[The agreement...but... She really doesn't know what to think about the entire thing. She never thought about it before, so...it doesn't really matter, right?]

We're never done with them... A-anyway, it's not like anything really happened, so... Let's just forget about it.

[blackshadow]

[ He nods. Now he doesn't know if he should want to marry her anymore... It's not like he ever thought of it before they were cursed either. ]

Nothing would change even if something did happen, though. That's exactly what you said.

[negativegate]

Huh? Well...yeah...

[She supposes that's right... And now she sort of wonders what Tyr is thinking.]

It's not like I care how official the City thinks it is...

[blackshadow]

[ Not the same thing she is, he thinks. He shakes his head. ]

Engagements don't mean anything either way... The City couldn't make it official even if the deities wanted to.

[negativegate]

[And Rita feels she can just try to forget about this curse now. Even if it didn't give them a choice, it didn't really make them do anything, either.]

That's why we don't need it...We're already fine the way we are.

[blackshadow]

[ Tyr will try to, too. He's being stupid and sappy... ]

Right... So let's forget about this. I hate when curses try to manipulate us...

[negativegate]

[Rita doesn't mind him being sappy...]

It's a pain... We can just pretend it never happened.

[blackshadow]

[ She better not at this point... ]

Mm. So let's say it didn't...

[ He stands up and stretches his arms above his head, staring off as he does. Was it always this confusing when he didn't know what to do? It feels like their positions in his head have been reversed. ]

...we can sleep it off too...

[negativegate]

[It's one of their default modes with each other!

And Rita fusses with the pencil and paper and her clothing a little, pretending she totally isn't still a little flustered.]

Good idea... Curses like this tire me out.

[blackshadow]

[ It is! Sappy mode activated-!

He isn't looking at her enough to notice, but he can tell that she's not exactly brushing it off. ]

Just these ones?

[negativegate]

[Deredere mode~!

She stops fiddling soon, though, and turns towards him again so they can head up to their room.]

No, I mean any weird curses...

[blackshadow]

[ Cutiecutie mode~

And he just walks along beside her. ]

You must get tired pretty often, then... But it's the same for me.

[negativegate]

[Totally cutiecutie~]

Then you get tired, too... Besides, we don't get hit with every curse.

[She doesn't think she could stand it if they did.]