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"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Kuyomi cried exasperated. "That is so unfair! You did nothing wrong, it should be those assholes who should be getting sued!"

He growled in frustration, double facepalming as he flopped back on the hospital bed. Robin blinked, a little surprised at hearing Kuyomi sound so pissed. It was a little relieving that Kuyomi was against the whole lawsuit, but that didn't mean it wasn't still happening. Suddenly Kuyomi shot up and started looking around the bed.

"Where the hell is my phone? I need to talk to Tides right n- augh..." Kuyomi suddenly groaned as a major headache returned, his body clearly not liking the sudden jolt. Robin immediately switched into caretaker mode, grabbing the bottle of water from the table and handing it to the Umbreon.

"Easy there Kuyo, you're still pretty vulnerable, and I really don't think increasing your heart rate is going to make you recover any faster." Robin warned. Kuyomi took a swig from the bottle and took a deep breath afterwards, turning it into a sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I know, I know... it's just, ugh, this is really stupid." Kuyomi explained. "My parents have always been super caring and protective, especially Tides. They were a part of a volunteer team that raided sex trafficking rings to save abused Pokemon, which is how they found Dee. They had seen a lot of shit that those Pokemon had gone through, and it taught them how cruel the world can truly be. I guess when I think about it, it's not too surprising to see them react like this."

Robin shrugged. "I guess, but it does still seem a little extreme."

Kuyomi nodded. "Yes, it's really really unfair. I've noticed that Tides seems to jump based on their first thought typically, and it usually requires Dee to reign them in. Doesn't seem like they got to Tides in time though."

Robin sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Yeah, but it's not the first time I've been punished for dumb stuff. I was always kind of a trouble maker, deciding early on that what was the point of living if you weren't enjoying it."

Kuyomi rolled his eyes. "Not everyone can be neurotypical, Karen."

Robin chuckled. "Ok yeah, that does sound pretty pretentious. Even so, I did do quite some stupid stuff that I thought was funny back in high school. I think one of my most crowning achievements was I had found out how to remotely change the wallpapers of all the computers in the school, so I decided to change it to two feral Donphan fucking."

That elicited a giggle from the Umbreon, facepalming. "Oh my god, that is some quality high school humor there. I'd be surprised if you weren't expelled after that."

"That's the best part, no one could figure out who had enough knowledge about computers to do that. All the computer nerds were also goody-two-shoes typically, so no one thought they did it. I did get a lot of accusations by several people I had a bad rep with, but thankfully I knew how to play innocent."

"You? Innocent?" This caused the Umbreon to laugh again. "Robin, if there's one thing I've learned about you this past week and a half is that you are anything but innocent."

The Sylveon shrugged and smirked. "Guilty as charged. How about once we get you out of here, I show you just about innocent I'm not?"

The Umbreon blushed and frowned a little. "Um, maybe. I don't think I'll be comfortable with that stuff for a while after last night."

Robin nodded and gave an apologetic look. "Right, sorry. Sometimes I don't think before I flirt."

Kuyomi reached over and patted the Sylveon's shoulder. "It's ok, I know you were trying to make me feel better. Here, I could tell you the prank I pulled in school."

At that, Robin went wide eyed and his mouth curled into an incredulous smile. "I'm sorry, did I hear that correctly? You pulled off a prank in high school?"

Kuyomi blushed again but nodded. "Middle school, actually. It was the end of my last year there and my parents had packed me some hard boiled eggs for lunch. Instead of eating them, I had some old friends daring me to hide them in one of the decorative plants my school had in the halls. I don't know what compelled me to follow through with it, but I somehow managed to hide them inside one without getting caught."

Robin listened intently. "Oh, I think I know where this is going."

Kuyomi continued. "So, come summer, my parents received a call from the school. It said that something had caused an awful smell to flood the school, and that they advised against having anyone come until they figured out the smell. They never did say what the cause was, but my brother told me that there were various rumors: stinkbomb, gas leak, someone taking a giant shit in one of the plants."

"That's probably the most accurate." Robin commented, snickering.

"They eventually did find out the stench was coming from one of the plants, so they had to go replace them, then spray the place with like 10 gallons of air freshener. I think they deleted the security footage of the day I put the eggs in, so I didn't get caught."

The Sylveon smiled and shook his head. "Man, I wish I came up with that. That honestly puts a lot of my jokes to shame."

Kuyomi blushed in modesty but smiled. "Thanks, it wasn't really my idea though."

"No, but you were the one with the balls to do it."

"I guess."

Robin nodded, before looking at the Umbreon with confusion. "Wait, if that was the only prank you did, what did you do for entertainment really?"

There was a pause as Kuyomi thought. "Um, I mostly read. I was one of those kids who got a new chapter book from the library and finished it like a day before class library day. It's just nice to see the creations of other people put into words, and you're allowed to imagine it any way you want with no one telling you you're wrong."

"Yeah, at least until the movie comes out." Robin interjected. "Then if you don't imagine it like the movie, you're a weirdo."

Kuyomi chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, that happened with the Magic Mismagius series. After those movies came out, everyone was more interested in them than all the small details in the book. Don't get me wrong, seeing the characters come to life was awesome, but I still felt the books were better."

"Would you hate me if I said I was more a fan of those movies? I never read the books."

Kuyomi put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes in feigned offense. "Oh dear, you wound me so. Nah, it's cool, everyone has their own tastes. Fun little fact, I've actually wanted to write my own stories."

Robin went wide-eyed again. "Really? Now you've got to tell me, maybe I'll actually pick up a book for once if it's written by you."

That summoned another smile and blush. "I-I don't think they'd be that great, it's just a few ideas. I've never really expanded on them cause I never had someone to talk about them with."

"What about your siblings? They sound like they would listen."

"Ha, you would think, but Seer is always busy with her police work, and B?yska is not someone who really likes to give their opinions on stuff. Besides, I don't think they'd be interested. Reading is more my thing and less theirs."

Robin frowned. "Well, how about me then? I'd love to hear your ideas, and maybe I'd be able to help."

Kuyomi looked at the Sylveon bright-eyed. "Would you really do that for me?"

The Sylveon nodded, patting Kuyomi on the back. "Of course, I wasn't kidding about the actually reading a book thing. It would be nice to see what runs around in that cute little head of yours."

The Umbreon smiled, reaching over to hug Robin. "I would like that a lot, thank you!" He then pulled away and frowned. "I really don't get why Tides and Houdin are doing this, you really have been nothing but a saint to me since we met."

Now it was Robin's turn to blush, rubbing the back of his head. "Thanks, I've really been trying hard. Uh, hey, Kuyomi, if I somehow make it out of this without a restraining order, would... would you like to go out on a date with me?"

That took the Umbreon by surprise, who stared at Robin in shock. It was a good ten seconds before Kuyomi actually responded. "Date? W-with me? Like, like not just a 'sleeping together' sort of date, like... like an actual datedate?"

Robin nodded and smiled. "Yeah, I think it would be nice to know each other more than just friends with benefits. Wait, have you never been asked on a date before?"

Kuyomi shook his head. "Nope, not seriously anyways. Oh god, what do I even do to prepare? Ah crap, my headache is flaring up again ugh."

That caused Robin to panic slightly, frantically waving his hand. "Okay, okay, let's not worry about the details yet, heh. We don't even know what's going to happen to me after the lawsuit, but it would be nice if things go well."

Kuyomi nodded. "Yes! Yes, yeah, that would be nice. Um..." Kuyomi scanned the room. "Oh! Hey, there's my phone, at the foot of the bed. Could you hand it to me?"

Robin, slightly showing off, grabbed it with one of his ribbons and handed it to the Umbreon. "You going to call your parents?"

Kuyomi took a deep breath, about to say yes, but then something came to his mind and he shook his head. "Actually, no, I have a better idea. Robin, when was the last time you pulled off a heist-like prank?"

Robin raised an eyebrow, but thought briefly. "God like, maybe junior year of high school. Why?"

Kuyomi's mouth grew into an uncharacteristically cunning grin. "I think it's time we give the dean a taste of what two pranksters are capable of." He then tapped a bit on his phone. It rang before a familiar voice picked up.

"Hey Ray, it's Kuyomi. Yeah yeah, we can talk about last night later, there's something more important to talk about. How would you like to help us save Robin?"