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Konekomaru unlocked the door of his dorm room after a long day of classes. The first thing he noticed upon entering the room was the sound of snoring. The second thing was a pair of boots placed directly in front of the door causing him to trip and stumble. The third thing was the K’rik that definitely didn’t belong to him lying on the floor next to his roommate’s bed. And the fourth thing, the obvious cause of the previous things, was Renzo Shima, fast asleep in bed. Konekomaru stood over him, staring with a blank expression on his face. Considering the last time he had seen him, Renzo had betrayed the Order and there was a warrant out for his arrest, Konekmaru was in utter disbelief at his presence. But if he was here, that meant Renzo likely had managed to work his way out of the mess he had made. Typical. Renzo was lying on top of the bedsheets and fully clothed. Konekomaru went to put his bag down by his desk. It was only then that he noticed a piece of paper lying in the middle of the neatly organized desk. Konekomaru recognized Renzo’s handwriting.
“Hey Konekomaru, the bestest and most amazing friend and roommate in the world! So you’re probably wondering how I can be here without the Order coming and knocking down the door of the dorm! Basically long story short my boyfriend Rinka managed to successfully threaten convince the Order to not execute me (yay) but I have been totally kicked out. But they said I can come back to True Cross, just not attend the cram school or become an exorcist anymore. If you don’t want to be roommates with me anymore I totally understand just let me know and I’ll submit the request right away and if you don’t want to talk to me just leave me a note, again I totally understand, you’re probably super mad at me right now. I’m really sorry for betraying you again and I promise I will make it up to you! I really hope me and you and Bon can all still be friends if you guys want, but it’s totally cool if you don’t, I totally understand.
Your friend favorite roommate, Renzo”
Konekomaru put the letter back down. He walked back over to Renzo’s bed. He was still fast asleep. Konekomaru picked up the K’rik off the floor. He raised it over his head and brought it down swiftly. Renzo woke up with a scream.
“Gah! Konek- Ow! I’m sorry!” Renzo shrieked. Konekomaru continued beating Renzo with his own weapon. Once he was satisfied, he tossed the weapon to the floor.
“Owww…” Renzo moaned.
“Never do anything like that again.” Konekomaru said.
“You got it.” Renzo said weakly, clutching his midsection.
Konekomaru sat at his desk and began to pull his homework out of his bag and work on it. As if he didn’t just beat his roommate with a metal staff.
“So I guess this means you’re mad at me, huh?” Renzo asked, sitting up on his bed with a wince.
“I was.” Konekomaru said. “But I think I got it all out now. I’m… I’m glad you’re not dead. Or going to be executed.”
“Oh… thanks.” Renzo said. “If you want to talk about it, I’m willing to tell you anything you want.”
Konekomaru turned in his chair to look at Renzo. “So I’m guessing since you’re no longer in the Order this is the end of your spy gig?”
“Yeah.” Renzo sighed. “It was fun while it lasted, but all good things come to an end I guess. But hey! If you ever need information, I’m your man! I can do spy jobs for you free of charge! Think of it as me paying you back for the whole… betrayal thing.”
Konekomaru snorted. “It’s fine. I already got what I wanted. I’m not mad at you anymore, really. Although I won’t say no to that offer.”
Renzo laughed nervously. “Well there is one more thing I need to tell you. It’s probably gonna make you even more mad at me to be honest…”
Konekomaru narrowed his eyes at him. “What did you do?”
“This is totally not my fault!” Renzo said quickly. “But um… next semester Rinka is going to enroll at True Cross Academy. As a student. In our year. Which means he’s going to be in some of the same classes as us.”
Konekomaru didn’t react for a moment. Renzo watched him closely, a sheepish look on his face. Finally, Konekomaru reached into his bag and pulled out his knife, tossing the sheath on the floor. Renzo bolted, flinging open the door of the dorm and disappearing down the hallway, Konekomaru hot on his tail.