"Sogo, so you thought you were a bad kid who deserved punishment..."
"Ahem..." Seeing the inexplicable smile on Katsura Kotaro's face, Sogo Doma began to wonder if he had fallen into the other man's trap. He coughed twice, pretending not to understand what Katsura meant, and merely continued, "Of course, I never received any gifts from Santa Claus either..."
Before he could finish, Kotaro Katsura said, "After all, Santa's gifts are only given to people like me..."
Sogo Doma: (^_^#)
"Ahem..." This time, Kotaro Katsura gave a light cough. "I'm not showing off, okay..."
That was what he said, but...
Looking at the smug look on his face, Sogo Doma had no choice but to offer a remarkably "kind" suggestion. "Shut up!"
"..."
"Katsura Kotaro, get your priorities straight. The point is, I neither received gifts nor got punished..."
"Not Katsura Kotaro—Katsura!" This was practically a passive skill by now. Once the cooldown ended, Kotaro Katsura chuckled and shook a finger. "Sogo, are you sure you were never punished?"
"What? You doubt me..."
"Not at all..." Kotaro Katsura shook his head. "It's just that after Santa punishes bad children, he erases their memories..."
"Hm?"
"It's true..." As if worried that Sogo Doma would not believe him, Kotaro Katsura emphasized the point before explaining, "Not long after Christmas, I ran into that deliveryman on the street. But he acted as if he didn't know me. Even when I told him about what happened on Christmas night, he looked completely confused..."
Sogo Doma: -_-
What burglar would admit to breaking into someone's home?
While he was mocking the story internally, Kotaro Katsura continued, "Amazing, right? I thought it was amazing too! It wasn't until Christmas Eve two years ago that I figured out what was going on. He told me that after