•Blind Man At An Art Museum

Dating? Never had the time for that.

×-×-×

"By the way Katana-man."

"Stop calling me that."

Akuma opened Gray's refrigerator and took out a beer bottle , with the help of his thumb he popped the bottle's cap and took a sip.

"Archbishop Seven told me to give you this."

Gray browsed through his pants pocket and handed Akuma two tickets to City S Museum , the museum was one of the best in the whole country. It was well known because it held a masterpiece known as 'Desire' , the piece was created by a veteran artist who went missing few years after drawing the piece.

"I don't know why Archbishop told me to give you this , is it her way of teasing you? So how are you going to enjoy the art pieces Katana-man? Since you're blind..."

"Didn't I told you? Stop calling that or do you want another one of the stick hit."

Gray backed out and said ,

"Eep , I'm outta here. Ah , Archbishop also told me that you don't need to come at the base. Bishop Krev will be waiting for you at the location , you can keep him waiting all day if you want but be sure to visit the museum."

After delivering Seven's words Gray picked up the shirt lying on the floor and got ready.

"I see. I have a question why do you guys sleep half naked on this continent?"

Gray took out the milk carton from the refrigerator while answering Akuma's sudden question.

"Well , I don't know about the others. But I sleep half naked cause I feel ready that way."

"Ready for what? A fight? Is this continent that unsafe?"

"Nah , the country and the continent is safe and all. No one tries to attack at night , I just want to be ready to have s*x."

"?!"

"You don't know when a girl comes from the bedroom window , what if she wants to do it with you? Will you waste 2 minutes undressing yourself? What if she's not in mood because you spent 2 minutes undressing?"

Akuma was truly surprised by what he had just heard , even in his wildest fantasy he wouldn't have thought of this possibility.

So out of curiosity he asked ,

"Has it ever happened to you?"

"..."

After the small pause he said ,

"N-Not to this day , but maybe it'll happen someday. Maybe the someday is today , in that hope I always sleep half-naked."

After that he quietly poured his cereals in milk and enjoyed his breakfast in the awkward silence.

"By the way where's your hat? The beach outfit looks incomplete without it."

Giving in to the awkwardness Akuma stood up and said ,

"I'm going."

"Bye. Good luck on your date , hahahaha."

×-×-×

"Good Evening , you must be Krev."

Akuma stood few meters away from Krev as he greeted him , his hung in the air for a handshake. Krev took out his earphones to hear what the man wearing sunglasses had to say.

"Sorry , I couldn't hear you."

"That's alright. Anyways..."

Akuma took the two ticket out and said ,

"... let's go look at some art."

Krev quickly put his phone and earphones in his jacket's pocket and followed Akuma to the museum.

"Sir , ticket please."

"Here."

Akuma handed his tickets to the guard infront of him , waiting in the line he remembered something he forgot to do.

"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name's-"

"You can proceed in , we hope you have a good time."

Unknown of the fact that the person he just cut in was an Archbishop the security guard did his duty and escorted them inside the museum.

"The paintings are on left-"

"I know , it's not my first time here."

Saying nothing further , the guard left Krev and Akuma alone.

"I'm Akuma , nice to meet you."

"I'm Krev , nice to meet you too."

"..."

Akuma took the lead and started walking towards the painting section , the golden coloured walls shone brightly under the light. On the walls were Trez's best paintings , these were the country's treasure as they attracted many tourists to visit the country.

'Hmm... Nice paintings.'

In the silence , Krev quietly followed him. They were quite the duo in the museum , Akuma was in his beach outfit while Krev wore a gray trench coat.

After walking few minutes both of them stood before a certain painting , following his footsteps Krev too stood besides him and looked at the painting.

"What did Seven told you when she sent you here?"

"She said you'll meet a man tomorrow , just do as he says."

"I see that she kept it simple. So do you know anything about paintings or art?"

"I don't know anything about art."

"Really? Weren't you just listening to music?"

Akuma turned his head in Krev's direction while Krev continued staring at the painting before him.

"..."

Hearing no reply from Krev , Akuma thought to himself ,

'Looks like he's busy looking at the painting huh.'

Few seconds after staring at the painting Akuma heard words come out of Krev's mouth.

"This painting... it's violent."

He wasn't surprised by what Krev said as the painting before him was known as 'Desire'.

"Why do you think so? To me it just looks like a man and a woman who are making love."

The painting had a crimson red colour in background with a man and a woman painted in black. If looked closer you could see each stroke the artist performed.

"Woman?"

Krev looked at the painting again and found out that the painting indeed was about two people making love.

'Huh? I thought the woman was that man's shadow.'

"It's unpleasant to look at either way."

"That's you."

"?"

"This piece is what you're , an unpleasant person. You love violence and you can't deny it as you just said that the piece looked violent. Some people can just see the man or woman , while some just get lost in the re background. That's beauty of this piece. I've heard few stories , many people were inspired by this piece and became successful in the future."

Krev couldn't disagree with what Akuma said. It was the truth.

'It's true. I am a violent person...'

While thinking about it Krev noticed the sign present in the corner of the painting.

"O.T.T.F.F.S.S.?"

Akuma heard his words and told him about the sign.

"That's still a mystery till date. The artist made total of 56 pieces with this signed on them , none of the 56 were as good as this. Those can't even compare to this , he took a break and came back with this and another piece known as 'Death in the Hell'. Let's see that one next."

Akuma turned around and started walking to see the next piece while Krev followed behind him. On there way there Krev had an urge to ask Akuma a question.

"Why are doing all this?"

Akuma stopped in his track and looked a bit annoyed by what Krev asked ,

"Listen! You immature f*ck. I'm-"

Akuma didn't say that to Krev in person and kept it to himself. He controlled himself and didn't kill Krev on the spot.

'Don't hit the kid. Don't hit the kid.'

"I'm just doing Seven a favour."

Krev noticed that Akuma didn't use horrific before Seven's name , this made him curious about the identity of the person standing before him.

"Who are you?"

"Enough about me."

Akuma had no intention of answering the questions. Krev annoyed him , his personality , his everything annoyed him. He started walking again but this time towards the exit of the museum.

"Let's talk about you , I've heard many things about you. A reckless Bishop that's how Seven described you to me."

'Let's bluff for now.'

Akuma continued his bluffing asked Krev few questions about himself.

"I've also heard something more interesting about you , do you really not feel anything?"

"..."

"Being reckless isn't really bad thing , but for a man like you to be reckless is really surprising."

'What do you even know about me?'

"I mean after being patient enough for surviving 5-6 years of sh*tty parents what made you break? People make dumb decisions I also made one , but yours... yours is completely moronic."

Krev didn't have a reply to this , all Akuma did was to spit facts which left him speechless.

"Let's just get out of here , I'm done with this."

×-×-×

With a bottle of beer in his hand Gray entered in Seven's office , nothing seemed different about the office except the pile of papers on the desk.

'Yawn'

"I'm done for today , how bout you Archbishop Seven?"

Behind the pile of papers a weak voice could be heard. It was almost impossible to hear.

"Wa... ter No that... wo... nt do. Gimme a drink..."

The second Gray heard those words he hid his beer inside his shirt , he quietly walked towards Seven's desk.

"Hello? Archbishop Seven?"

Instead of Seven what he found was woman with her soul leaving the body.

'If I don't give her beer Archbishop Seven might just die.'

Gray started sweating.

'Gulp'

It was a hard decision to make , on one hand there was his favourite beer while one the other was life of a person.

'Sniff Sniff'

Suddenly her soul returned to it's body.

"I smell beer."