Personal Irritation

Rifindio felt as though he had been struck by lightning. It would be so much easier to simply give him away. He is no match to any of the twins' group members, not to mention how important the Starlight Fruits were to them; he knew that. And yet, not only did they not choose to give him away, they took Pardikan's words personally. Even Roan seemed to take it personally.

"Guys, I..." Rifindio didn't know what to say.

Too bad that emotional feeling didn't last long.

"If we kill him, the Universe F956 owner will probably send everything after us, so it is safer to get rid of you guys instead," Roan concluded.

Rifindio's mouth twitched. Oh, yeah... How could Roan really care? That was too good to be true.

Rean almost burst into laughter. Roan could hide it well from Rifindio, but how could he not see through it? Even Kentucky and Celis knew that wasn't the whole reason... just part of it. Roan would never admit the other part, of course.