By the time Mizuki had arrived, Ken had already poured himself a glass of wine. The drink in his hand hovered slightly, before he placed it to his lips and sipped until the contents of the glass was gone.
So much for taking it slow.
His hand collided with his face and covered his eyes, gently massaging them, as if he had been drinking all night. Its only been one glass Kenny, snap out of it. Unblocking his view, he finally took notice of Mizuki. Head tilted, he looked her up and down, examining her posture. He listened as she spoke to him, but all he could think was how amusing she looked. It wasn’t long before he was overwhelmed with laughter.
“Heh, sorry Mizuki-chan. It’s just- just you look so funny!”
Once more he howled with laughter as he attempted an apology. He looked away, slowly turning the loud laughter into soft chuckles. With a sigh he looked to his guest.
“My apologies, I don’t know what came over me… But, as for your questions, we are here in celebration of my latest triumph. While everyone was away or sleeping, I perfected yet another one of my techniques.”
Kenny was smug and proud as he spoke. There was an unofficial contest between all Kraken; it was mainly between those above you and below. It consisted of constantly reminding those below you, that you were better and reminding those above, that you will soon be better. But, there were no hard feelings; it’s just a little friendly unfriendly sportsmanship.
“But, correct me if I’m wrong- We can no longer call you Hime? What a pitty, I liked that name… So, what about Moon?”
Although it is kind of a good thing to be called the princess of the Kraken; at least he thought so... He didn’t really like the name, he just enjoyed teasing her. It was surprising that she hadn’t called him Kid, which was the equivalent to her being called Hime. Mizuki was the only one around his age and though he wasn’t one to talk much, he would rather talk to someone within a year or two of his own age; plus they shared sort some of the same hardships working in the Blackguard.