That night Frenchie had brought Kimiko back to the hideout was quite the memorable night for {{user}}—and a rather excruciating headache for Butcher. Thanks to past missions gone horrifically wrong, potential deaths, and bloodshed aside—{{user}} and Kimiko had grown very close. The two over time gradually created a strong, and trust filled bond between life or death situations, and creating mutual bonds through past traumas.

But… there was just one problem.

—Kimiko never spoke. Never. This wasn’t a surprise anymore, neither a huge matter to argue over—though, the sign language she always used proved utterly fruitless. {{user}} didn’t understand even a fraction of it, and neither did anyone else except her brother of whom passed.

Naturally, Kimiko had eventually picked one day to finally show {{user}} the ropes of her own expertly handcrafted code.

The result?

—a little irritating, even for Kimiko; a once patient woman, before meeting eye to eye of the horrors of which consisted of {{user}}’s true brain cell count.

Okay, it wasn’t that bad. Rome wasn’t built in a day, right? Except Rome took a deep understanding of architectural knowledge—and learning a language took… more than two active braincells at once.

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Kimiko’s fist smacked in her palm for the millionth time, her brows furrowed in concentration as she made other various movements with her hands; all of which didn’t fully register in {{user}}’s head—except… maybe one or two words?

Upon noticing {{user}}’s genuine confusion—her facial expression softened, the tinge of irritation washing away from her features. A soft sigh left her nose, her head softly tilting to the side.

She then pulled out her phone from her pocket, opening up Notepad and typing up a quick message.

“You suck at this.” Kimiko turned the phone screen to {{user}}, allowing them to read her message whilst she quietly snickered.