Unilateral

[Ritsu]

Ritsu folded her arms behind her head again and grinned when Duo finally introduced himself. The guy almost seems... bipolar... was that what it's called? One moment he was depressed and then the other he's all happy again. "Yumoa Duo? Cheh... cool name but I think I'll stick with Tanuki-kun." She even looked to the side and tapped her feet, acting as if she was actually considering the options.

"Mechanic? Courier? Wassat, Tanuki-kun? Delivery boy is obvious enough but... wait... isn't that the same as Courier? I don't know what the hell a mechanic is though." The fox spirit looked at the long-haired man with curious golden eyes. Ritsu came from a country that didn't have much mechanical technology after all. And, even if Kumo had a slightly modern city, Ritsu probably had rarely ventured there.

"Me-cha-nic...hum... eh. I'm hungry, Tanuki-kun! Let's find something to eat!" Once again, Ritsu had forgotten the issue at hand and started walking towards the fort twirling Duo's comb around...

...and accidentally tossing it into a thick bush.

The fox spirit blinked and looked over to the bush. "What did I drop?"

[Duo]

Duo was beginning to gain that delirious look on his face when his name was being complimented, but that quickly dropped into a crestfallen expression within the moment. "Stop calling me that~" If he can turn chibi, then this would be the perfect moment for him to go waterfall-crying in front of Ritsu. Other than the fact his face's back to red again.

Duo hanged his head down, sighing at the possibility he might be labeled as 'Tanuki-kun' permanently by this girl. 'N-no, no, maybe most people don't even know what Tanuki even means... yeah! Yeah! As long as we're not in Kumo, right??' He assured himself with a mental pat to the shoulder, then slowly regains back his positive energy.

"My my, Ricchan. Have you been living under a shell? Mechanic is..." he began coolly(at least in his head), before pulling out another item from the pocket of his pants and spun it around his finger before catching it swiftly. That thing is revealed to be a spanner, "..a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools!" He even did this little twinkling grin(again, only a mere imagination in his head).

"Nah.. Courier delivers messages, or secrets you could say. Important documents, most of the time," the ponytailed man shrugged his shoulders while explaining, "While my other job as a delivery boy simply bring heavy stuff to a certain destination, usually a load of stocks for a shopping store. Basically the difference is, I can deliver things using foot with courier, and using motor vehicles as a delivery boy." Duo does not even realized he's actually rambling, and might just send someone to die out of boredom thanks to his LONG explanation.

Duo blinked and sweatdropped when Ritsu simply turned around and began to walk off from their discussion at hand, totally forgetting or seeming like she doesn't even hear him saying all those things. "Ehh?! Ricchan! Listen to when people are talking to y--" his sentence was cut short though when his stomach grumbled in agreement of Ritsu's suggestion. "....Gah..okay. Medieval food sounds great right now, actually.."

He caught sight of his comb being twirled around, but before he knew it, it was pitched off towards the bush. "BWAH!! MAXWELL!!" Not even did he looked like a girl, Duo even screamed like a girl. The lad disappeared from where he stood, only to reappear beside the bush, busy raiding it in search for his lovely comb.

After he found it though, he held it in his hand -the same hand that's holding his spanner now- and began to stroke them against his cheek, like some scary demented kitten. "Maxwell~! I'll never let anyone else touch you ever ever again! You too, Kalani, you're too precious!" Yes, he even named his things...besides talking to them,

A sight of a man with a very long braid crouching beside a bush while hugging and talking to a comb and a spanner, could easily send the local villagers to either label him as a witch or as a madman escaped from a nuthouse. Or both.

[Ritsu]

Ritsu was on the ground almost as quickly as Duo's dive.

The only difference?

She was laughing her tail off in the middle of the street, twitching even.

"Maxwell?! Wut?! Kalani?!" Ritsu laughed, bent over and trying to catch her breath. The sight was just plain hilarious. A grown man (who looked like a woman from behind) cuddling a spanner and a comb.

"Hahahaha! You're really funny, you know that, Tanuki-kun?" The ochre-haired girl panted and finally caught her breath. "Are you always like this?"

[Duo]

Duo, while still crouching and cuddling his precious items, only turned his head around to give Ritsu a glare, "You almost got my Maxie a scratch, y'know...?" He even pouted, before going back smothering his comb and spanner, then stood up to place them neatly and carefully at his back pants.

Only then is he able to focus completely to Ritsu, acting as though the whole ordeal didn't even happen. "Most people say that, but without a disturbingly frightening grin, and yeah! I'm always like this, ha!" Duo managed to strike a little macho pose(again, at least in his head) with a wink.

"Why? Because I'm THAT attractive..?"

[Ritsu]

Ritsu wiped the tears that formed on the corners of her eyes from all the laughter, "Attractive? What are you talking about? Nothing close to it. You're just entertaining, yea?" Ahaha... She then inhaled deeply, finally calming her laughter down to chuckles.

She straightened up and grinned (that fox grin that a lot of people feared), and said, "But I do like you. I'm gonna make you my pet--err, friend, I mean."

She supposed that it's too late to hide her inner sadist.

"C'mon let's get something to eat!" Ritsu stomped towards the poor mechanic doing a pathetic-looking pose, grabbed his hand, and started charging towards the fort. "You do have money don't you?" She asked but didn't stop dragging him towards the huge structure. "I don't even know what kind of money they use here. Maybe I can barter you? Hahaha!"

The fox spirit dragged Duo very fast. It was only Ritsu's one-track mind that kept her from wondering how the human was capable of keeping up her speed. Ritsu was fast when she's human form, not as fast when she was a fox, but still faster than most people, human or not.

They quickly caught up to a slow-moving wagon. If they hid in it, it would be easier to get in the forth right? They were wearing very different clothes than the medieval people around them so they might be questioned if they weren't careful. The last thing Ritsu wanted was a pitchfork aimed at her throat.

"We're using that, okay?" She asked but she just unceremoniously threw Duo into the hay the wagon carried and dove in herself.

[Duo]

One of the reasons why Duo doesn't have a single girlfriend in the span of 24 years, is because he always makes a fool out of himself. 'Entertaining' is just a nicer word version of the concept, so the lad can't help but to stare at Ritsu with starry eyes at how incredibly decent she is to say such a word instead . ...Or maybe Duo's overreacting.

That starry effect in his eyes only got brighter and wider when the lady exclaimed that she likes him. He was just about to do his happy jump (by hopping in the air and clapping both his feet together, literally) until he caught Ritsu saying --and later rephrasing-- of him as her pet. His face fell drastically and dramatically. Now it's apparent to see his mood changes rather quickly...and constantly. Like a girl, even.

"Glad to know I'm promoted to be your pet-friend hybrid.." Duo sighed, but his melancholy was quickly distracted when Ritsu grabbed and dragged him towards the fort. If it wasn't for the fact that Duo have already possessed superspeed, he would've trip by now at how fast she moved. "W-well, yea I have some money.. SOME, mind you. Though I don't--" Even if the braided man can keep up with how fast Ritsu walks, he can't keep up by how quick she speaks.

Next thing he noticed, there's this huge hay wagon. He could guess what Ritsu had in mind...and he's correct. Heck, he didn't even manage to say his opinion of this, how in the world did she tossed him so simply inside the mass of hay so quickly?! Maybe she's not even human to begin with? '...Why do I find it very easy to believe that she isn't??' ...Because she's a freakin sadist, that's why. '..Point totally taken.'

So here they are, surrounded by hay, and Duo being himself, he can't sit still. "Ricchan, can you hear me..?" he whispered, "I was wondering a second ago, sorry if this sounds too direct, but are you human..?" He doubt it so strongly. Doubt it, doubt it, doubt it.