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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]

[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.]

[blackshadow]

[ Overflow-! ]

Yeah... We'd hardly be ourselves if we did...

[negativegate]

[But never too much~!]

I can't imagine always getting overwhelmed like that... At least this way, we...it's not so bad.

[blackshadow]

[ Gotta keep it moderate-! ]

[ He just nods and reaches for her fingers. ] I'm almost used to being cursed once in a while, but if something always happened - or if something always happened to you - I wouldn't know how to handle it...

[negativegate]

[That's right!! Switch to tsun-mode-!]

[They're holding hands again... She's kind of happy about that, even if she still feels a little weird over the curse.]

I don't know if we could've been happy like that...

[blackshadow]

[ Time to argue!!!! ]

[ This time, it's more because he's worried thinking of what could happen than his usual sappy reason of holding her hand because he likes to. He doesn't feel that romantic right now. ]

I don't know if anyone could be. If it ever gets like that...

[negativegate]

[Squabble about all the things!!!]

[She realizes that this might be bringing down his mood--something she wouldn't have recognized a year or more ago--and switches gears.]

But it hasn't for as long as we can tell. The City doesn't seem to change that much.

[blackshadow]

[ Especially if they're unimportant!! ]

[ And unlike Tyr, she changes gears really easily. But what surprises him is that it's Rita that's being sort of optimistic. ]

That's true... Curses come up in a pretty regular way.

[negativegate]

[Especially then!!]

[Only for him... And she really does believe that it won't change anytime soon, though she wouldn't say it's impossible.]

And there's never been a time we were cursed with everything that came up, so I don't think we have to worry about that happening.

[blackshadow]

[ Almost only then! ]

[ It would really be something for Rita to go that far. ]

You're right. It's just really unlikely that'll ever happen to anyone. The deities might not even have that kind of power.

[negativegate]

[Exactly!! That's the only way to do it...]

[If there's one thing she'll probably never do, it's make empty promises or talk about false hope.]

...You know, I hadn't thought of it like that. Maybe the City can only curse a certain ratio of people at a time.