Tomas glared Hasashi down across the table, with the Shirai Ryu returning it. Kuai had left the room only seconds ago, but as soon as his back had been turned both men had made their distaste for the other painfully obvious.
“I have no idea how Kuai Liang stands you,” Tomas spat out, low enough that the mentioned man would not hear it.
“And I have no idea why he's kept you around all these years,” Hasashi sneered in return. “You've had your chance Vrbada, and you've wasted it, so why don't you take a step back and let someone give him what you failed to.”
Tomas scoffed. “You have a nerve to talk about giving, with how much you have taken from him.”
Hasashi's gaze softened, instead turning into a mocking smirk, “Oh I have a lot to give him. The way he moans my name communicates his satisfaction in that regard.”
A cold anger washed over him, fist clenching and how he managed to keep his self control long enough to not just deck Hasashi in the face he would never know. The thought of Kuai letting this man have his way with him, god it was infuriating. And the bastard having to rub it his face? The only thing holding him back was the knowledge that Kuai would not be happy if he walked back in to find Hasashi with a black eye.
“Water's boiled!” Kuai's chipper voice out of nowhere made Tomas jump. His anger disappeared as both he and Hasashi turned their attention to the cryomancer who was walking over with a tray of tea making paraphernalia. “Did I miss anything?”
“Nothing in particular, we were just talking,” Hasashi replied, leaning forward to take the tea offered to him. Tomas did the same.
“Well, I'm glad you two are starting to get along.” Tomas had to stop himself snorting at that. Kuai not suspecting that the pair couldn't stand each other was probably for the better. “See, I think in time you'll both come to see you have a lot in common.”
Like hell we do.
“Yes, I'm sure we'll be best friends in no time,” Tomas said instead, though he let the sarcasm bleed through. He shot Hasashi a dirty look, and the Shirai Ryu just rolled his eyes.
Kuai on the other hand, seemed to be completely oblivious to both the sarcasm and general tension in the room. He just began talking about some current affairs but Tomas wasn't really listening. Just silently watching, wondering what would happen if he lent across the table and kissed Kuai right there and then. Silently a new resolve arouse in him.
Hasashi thought he'd won this battle, but little did he know it had only just begun.
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