Sohma Shigure (ooh_schoolgirls) wrote in pup_prompts, @ 2008-08-25 20:10:00 |
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Entry tags: | prompt 14 |
Prompt 14: Respect
Who: Shigure (And Edward Cullen)
From: Fruits Basket/Twilight/UTR
By: Mandy
Edward did not have the same sense of humor that Emmet and Bella did. He was agitated. He paced back and forth across the office, his lips curling into a subconscious snarl. Lines from the story replayed in Edward's mind, the words mocking him.
Shigure walked in, raising an eyebrow. "Wasn't expecting you, Mr. Cullen." He took a seat at his desk, leaning back. "It isn't polite to drop by without calling, Edward."
Edward's eyes flashed angrily. "What?! You're going to lecture me about rudeness?"
Shigure was not phased by the outburst. He didn't even blink. "Is something wrong?" he asked calmly.
"I know you're the one that wrote that story, Sohma. I can read people's minds. Do you honestly think you're fooling anyone?" Edward ranted, pacing back and forth in front of Shigure's chair while the man simply watched with indifference to the vampire's rising emotion. "Damn it, Shigure! We have to work together! I would at least expect you to show me a little respect! How do you--"
"Respect?" Shigure interrupted. "Oh, I don't respect anyone." Seeing Edward's expression of disbelief, he continued. "If you're holding your breath for me to show you some kind of reverence, Mr. Cullen, then it is very lucky you are immortal. I've shown respect for one person in my life, and that was forced on me. I don't intend to show anyone that sort of deference again."
Shigure stood up, moving over to the cabinet where he kept his liquor. "Now, I'm polite enough to most people. And I like certain people. You, for instance. I do like you, Edward, believe it or not. But if you expect me to put you on some sort of pedestal and refrain from treating you with the same flippancy I treat the rest of the human race?" He chuckled, shaking his head as he poured his drink. "It isn't going to happen."
Edward seemed to quiet upon listening to Shigure's speech. He didn't like it, but it seemed almost reasonable when he put it that way. He did voice an objection, though. "But I'm not part of the human race."
Shigure turned his back to Edward, downing the drink in one gulp. "You aren't God, either."