LLFTX

XLIV

So far, these characters' final chapters are determined:

Kenshi – by Dark__Fairy

Riki – by LibraHeart2

Takuto – by USAkitten_

Now I just need a route idea for Hiro's ending :DD

Kuin's POV

"How? Just how is this person part of the Black Foxes?"

"Believe it." Yuki sits at the counter playing with a glass.

I stood by the kitchen door frame, since I decided to be nice and make them noodle dishes for dinner.

"Well Yuki here is also an FBI, thus it's rather convenient." Hiro says.

"But wouldn't constant failure in his duty get him in trouble?"

"No. I'm not on the Black Foxes' case. Togoshi is." He responds nonchalantly.

That name again. I swear it has something to do with me. I don't even know who that is!

"Whatever...well in any case the noodles are ready."

Takuto: "Noodles?! Are they pork noodles?"

I scoffed, "No blondie of course not. You still have two more pork-noodle-free weeks."

"Here." I put down a bowl in front of Yuki first. His eyes visibly widen despite his stoic face.

"You made ramen?" His voice sounded distant as he picked up a chair of chopsticks right away.

"When did you even learn how to cook?" Riki questions as he takes a sip of the soup first, "Because this isn't bad at all."

"Runs in the veins I guess." Soon as I said that I regretted it. I don't think about my ascendants as much as possible since they're abandoning scum bags.

Yuki: "Can I have seconds?"

Ten minutes later, we were discussing our plans while eating ramen.

"That is both clever and stupid of you, Takuto." Yuki comments when Takuto explains what he did this morning at my office building.

"Well what is your better idea?" Takuto shoots back sarcastically.

"I never said I had a better idea."

"You..!"

"Both of you shut up before I use duct tape."

Riki: "We don't have a lot of time, art robbery never ends."

He laid out a large blue print, "this Thursday night, this painting will be auctioned off. But." He emphasized, "There's a 40% chance that the police set this scenario up to capture us."

Everyone else fell silent in thought.

"Hm." I peered at the print behind Riki, "there is still a 60% chance that it's an actual mission, no?"

"If it really is a setup, and the FBI will be surrounding where the painting is kept, there's no hundred percent guarantee we'll make it." Kenshi analyses seriously.

"But we don't have a choice, really, do we? That possibility that it's really a mission still stands. We can't just watch while a piece of art is falling into the wrong hands." Hiro adds in.

"I can ask Togoshi what their plan is." Yuki suggested, but decided against it, "But then it'll seem suspicious since I'm not even on the case."

I listened without a word to their thinking.

Kenshi: "Maybe if we go earlier than they can expect?"

Takuto: "I can't locate it until it's arrived at the back of the auction hall. It's being transported there from somewhere."

Hiro: "Then can't we get it before it arrives? While it's in the middle of transport?"

Riki: "It's being shipped from London overseas. So that's not an option."

I finally laughed, which caught their attention.

"You guys are over complicating things." I rest my chin on my hand, "There's just one solution. Send only me to take it."

"What..?"

"I've been sneaking around places since I was fourteen, I'm pretty sure I'll have no problem avoiding those kinds of things. Besides, even if it is a setup, I'm confident I can get out. And even if I can't... it's better than it is for you guys, I don't have that much of a public image than Riki, or more impact to society than Kenshi.

"But that is the worst case scenario. I mean really, what can they possibly have planned?"

Riki, as the team leader, seems to be considering it as the safest plan.

Takuto: "You're outta your mind, woman."

Yuki: "Hmm, I'm rather curious on how skilled Kuin-san is."

Kenshi: "But it's very risky...."

"Trust." I smiled. If they're worried about my wellbeing, I muster up the most serious face I could at the moment, "Just keep in the mind why I'm doing this. You guys have a photoshoot on Thursday morning, if you're exposed that night it'd be bad for my reputation at work."

"You're SO nice, Lillie-chan...."

"I apologize deeply for not being able to contain my awesomeness."

I felt a bit uneasy even though I shouldn't. I've been through all hell, and there's nothing to lose.

"Alright. That's how it'll go." Riki announces, "at said night, everything goes as usual except that Lillie will be the only one to enter the underground auction hall. You will have an earpiece; we'll keep in touch, and we trust that you'll make it safely. However, if we feel like anything's out of the ordinary; Kenshi and I will, and I mean will, be busting you out."

"Fine by me~!"

~Thursday~

"A 'Black Fox' theme?"

"Yup! Those ring of thieves are a very hot topic lately, so we felt like a picture of how they can be will be eye-catching." I introduced to Kenshi, Hiro, Takuto and Riki.

I can tell by their expressions that they're deadpanning me for not telling them earlier.

"The photographers have an outline of what they might look like, please go change." I gesture to the changing room and handed them each some outfits that other employees picked out.

"S-Seriously?" I gaped when they finished. Did they take the Black Foxes for some random bandits from the forests..? Ragged clothing and dark beanies and some stuffed boots are totally not the actual fashion style of the Black Foxes.

At least this proves the world really knows nothing about us.

"This is humiliating." Takuto turns back into the dressing room, slamming the door shut behind him, probably going to change back.

I went to talk with my boss.

"Instead of the cliché bandits, how about a romantic theme to attract more female customers?" I suggest, in other words brainwashing the people in the set, "Don't you think it'll catch more eyes if we make it a romance theme? With a title."

"I'm interested. What kind of title?" Boss asks. Okay I got their attention.

Now I gotta wrack my brain.

"Hmm. Provide two pieces of counterfeit paintings and a piece of folded paper."

"Alright. You've never let me down before, Kuin, I trust your intuition."

~

"Now these clothes are more like it!" Hiro spun around in front of the mirror before heading out of the dressing room.

"How did you convince them so quickly? Y'know you're very fit to being a lawyer or politician." Riki says while I lead them down the hallway.

"You might think otherwise when you realize what I've got you into." I open the door to the shooting tent.

I stood right beside the camera as the instructors showed them how to pose. Their faces were hilarious when they learned it was a romance theme.

It wasn't that hard for Riki and Hiro, since they naturally know how to make faces that make women's heart melt. But Takuto was a little bit of trouble.

The background is of a museum. Kenshi poses as stealing a painting while dangling from a rope at the back; Hiro with another one of our props half-kneeling in the left corner; Riki on the far right with a letter in the middle of his index and middle finger; Takuto right behind him with his arms crossed and the most naturally smiling face he can muster.

This is what perfection looks like.

"Perfect." I say with a nod. All the staff then clears out from the camera's shooting range.

With them all looking towards the camera, which I'm right beside, it really looked like they were looking at me. Hmm, they're all handsome boys.

I scanned their faces for the finishing check. Suddenly, my heart thumped for one of them. My hand dropped due to my shock, thankfully the photographer took it as the sign to snap the shot. Nevertheless, the picture came out absolutely perfect.

"Great work, guys." I applauded twice as they left their positions. And people helped Kenshi down from that rope, even though he doesn't need help; but we can't have people knowing that.

Final step until this cover can be published is to Photoshop the title I determined on it:

Love Letter from Thief X

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Yayyyyyyyy I updatedddddd!!!

From the next chapter on, it will be five chapters until the ending for each character.

I will begin with Takuto XD

Since the most shippers are #Lillkuto ones

Now somebody gimme an idea for Hiro's ending! He's the only one left!

December 5, 2015

-Lily

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