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#semyouka #kyomiu semiu x kyouka, kyouka x semiu ft. #enzan

Kyouka always hated his face. If she wasn't bound by her dignity, she wouldn't hesitate to punch that ugly face as hard as he could. So many men had met their unfortunate fate that way, being punched in the face, in the

guts, in the ass; and Kyouka was sure this guy shouldn't be an exception.
Except, he did now.
And Kyouka put it upon herself.
"Sooo," the long drawl of the word made her glare even sharper, but the warning and the threat did work as much as she hoped for. "You and Semiu, huh?"

She looked away, which apparently was the wrong thing to do, because her gaze collided with her brother's eyes.
Kyouka didn't know whether to be thankful that it wasn't Goka and just Zanka, or to be horrified that the blue eyes of his baby brother reflected something that Kyouka

herself would hate to name.
"Enjin, cut it off," Semiu interrupted, leaning in as if she half-threatened the man who couldn't stop grinning. Kyouka considered whether it was worth it to wipe that annoying grin with her fist, but again, she had dignity to maintain.
Enjin seemed to

know the route of her thought, because he leaned back, lifting his hand in defeat.
"Just confirming," he shrugged, before his arm sneaked around Zanka's shoulder, pulling it closer. "Remind me again, Zanzan, what's the rule of a Nijiku fraternizing with Cleaners?"

Kyouka clenched her jaws. She looked into Zanka's eyes, hoping she could get a bit, if not a speck of his mercy. Zanka remained impassive. For the first time, Zanka didn't seem to waver under her gaze and Kyouka didn't know whether she should be proud or afraid.
Kyouka watched,

as her brother made the decision.
"Banishment from the family," Zanka repeated, in a perfect impression of Kyouka's voice. Kyouka remembered, because how could she not. That day, she had to accept her baby brother was a lost cause, and there was no better punishment that letting

him go. Kyouka had to. Zanka had betrayed the Nijiku family. Thai was better than the other available options.
"Oh yeah, I remember." Enjin nodded, one hand curling up around Zanka's shoulder, the other propped his chin, as if he was thinking. "So, does it mean, Goka wouldn't

have any siblings left, after this?"
Kyouka gritted her teeth. This bastard, enjoyed himself in taunting her, mocking her; and Kyouka didn't have anything to flip the situation, to defend herself.
Defend herself, Kyouka stunned. Zanka didn't defend himself, that day.

He just accepted his fate in silence and left, never once looking back. And here Kyouka thought, she could justify her doing, while Zanka didn't even bother to?
"I think, it'd be harder for you to be banished, huh?" Enjin tapped his chin. "Would you get impeached or something?"

"Enjin." Semiu interrupted again.
Enjin waved his hand, unapologetically. "Just thinking, it's so easy for you to kick Zanka out of Nijiku's household, I wonder if it's the same for you."
Kyouka tried to appear calm and collected, but it was hard when everything Enjin had said

hit her in the right places. Kyouka didn't just betray her family, she had done the worst thing by doing exactly what Zanka did that granted his punishment.
Zanka didn't say anything, he just stared. Again, with that impressive poker-face, that Kyouka wondered if Enjin taught

him that or if he learned it by himself, because that blond bastard couldn't even tamper his excitement the moment she and Semiu sat across them.
"It isn't like we're exclusive," Semiu provided, pinching the bridge of her nose, as if she prevented the glasses from sliding down.

"So, one can argue, it's different for you and Zanka—"
Enjin cut her words by barking a laugh, so hard he threw his head back on the couch.
"You're screwing each other in the closet, but somehow I'm worse for treating Zanka nicely and taking him out for dinner date?"

Kyouka caught a flicker of emotions passed on Zanka's face.
"I didn't say—" Semiu deflected, Kyouka put a hand on hers, stopping whatever words Semiu had meant to say.
"Your sister is unbelievable," Enjin turned to Zanka, shaking his head. "Nijiku family is such a joke."

Zanka didn't respond.
Kyouka inhaled.
Well, it was long overdue. She should have said something when she had the chance. Maybe this was her karma, for criminalizing her own brother, for so easily stripping out the Nijiku of his name.
For betraying him, in the first place.

"Zanka," she started but genuinely didn't know what else to follow. Asking for forgiveness seemed redundant, showing her regrets seemed insignificant.
Zanka reached for Enjin's hand on his shoulder, taking over the decision completely.
"I wonder, Nee-san, what would Goka think?"

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