"Are you finished with it?" I asked as Uta wrapped the mask in a paper bag.

"Yeah, it's done" I walked over and took the card with the address but he snatched it out of my hand.

"Heh? I thought I should deliver it?" I looked at him confused.

"Sorry little kitty but this customer is a little difficult to handle, next time I'll let you deliver it" he smiled and petted my head.

"Ok... then I'll just continue sketching while you are gone" I said a little disappointed.

"I make it up to you once I'm back, you like cake don't you?" he asked while putting on his cloak.

"Yeah, I do..." he grinned.

"Chocolate?" I nodded.

"Please... but with a lot of strawberry topping please, only then I'll forgive you" he nodded and took the bag.

"Very well, later!" he waved and left the store to me. I sit down on my chair and let out a sigh.

"How boring... I thought I could finally see one of his customers..." I played with my pen while my head was sulking on the table.

"I wonder what his customers are like..." I mumbled and closed my eyes.

"Hmmm... what Yomo-san is doing right now?" I blushed as I thought about him but suddenly my thoughts were interrupted when a loud bag on the front door echoed in my ears.

"Yeez! That scared me, did he forget his keys or what?" I jumped up from the chair and headed towards the door, the banging got louder and my feet stopped before I reached the door.

"Is it really him?" I thought as my heartbeat increased what if it was someone else? A customer maybe? I shook my head and I took another step to the door and placed my hand on the handle.

"Yes pleas-" my words were interrupted by a hard punch across my cheek that set me flying right back inside. I landed on the floor and held my nose that was bleeding.

"W-What the hell?" I looked up to the door and saw a young guy standing in the frame.

"Who the fuck are you?" he asked as he set a step inside the store.

"I-I work here" I replied in a shaky voice as he slowly closed the distance between us.

"Where is Uta?" he asked in a deep voice that scared the hell out of me.

"H-He is out, making a delivery" I replied and his eyes twitched.

"Fine, then I'll wait here" he said and plopped himself on the couch. I was still shaking but I tried to pull myself together and stood up from the floor to get a handkerchief to stop my nose bleeding.

"What kind are you?" he asked giving me a glare.

"Excuse me?" I raised my eyebrow.

"I asked what kind are you? Are you deaf or what?" he pissed me off with that kind of language he used.

"Human what else should I be?" I replied and he suddenly jumped up and rushed towards me, snatching the handkerchief from my fingers.

"Liar! Your blood smells filthy, like that of that stupid half-breed" he sniffed the cloth and tossed it away.

"I am not a liar, I am human!" I replied now a little bit snappy since he really made angry. I was surely underestimating the situation because I knew nothing about him, but hey.... Who punches a woman that simply is definitely not worth to be treated nicely...

"Huh? Someone has guts to talk back to me, you seem to have quite the death wish" he slammed his hand on the wall and trapped me, he cracked the stone a little and I gulped.

"Uta will be angry once he comes back..."

"Now then, trash... how can a livestock like you have such a filthy mouth?" he provoked me.

"Trash? Livestock? Excuse me? What the fuck is wrong with you brat?" my eyes glared at him since he surely had no manners how to talk to a woman.

"Shut up and answer my questions you stupid girl!" he yelled, slamming the wall a little harder to make more stones crumble.

"You know, Uta-san will kick your ass for breaking his place..." I warned him and that set him off, he grabbed my neck and pulled me up in the air, strangling me.

"I SAID SHUT THE FUCK YOU PIECE OF TRASH!" his kakugan spread all over his eyes and revealed his true from.

"Yeez... do I really have to deal with this?" I thought and let out a sigh.

"Well... before he destroys the store..." I placed my hand over his and pulled my legs up to swing myself free from his grip. I landed on the ground and quickly grabbed his arm and twisted it around to make him fall to the floor. I secured his arm on his back and placed my foot on the other one.

"Excuse me little brat, but you are causing damage to the store, Uta-san will not be fund of that fact. If you have some business with him I ask you to treat this place with respect, since nothing inside her belongs to you." He glared at me with hateful eyes.

"YOU SHITTY GIRL! I WILL KILL YOU!" he cursed and I started bending his arm further to make his shoulder hurt.

"I know you can regenerate if I break your bones... but if I don't break anything I can still make you suffer with just the pain... now then reconsider your way of talking to someone or else you are thrown our here within a blink of an eye" he cursed and cursed until suddenly he released his kagune from his back, causing me to release him and back away.

"I WILL KILL YOU PIECE OF TRASH!!" he warned and fired his crystals at me.

"WHAT?? HE CAN SHOOT CRYSTALS WITH HIS KAGUNE??" my eyes widened in shock and I was helpless to dodge any of his attacks.

"DIEE!!" he yelled and I placed my hands over my head to cover it, waiting for the crystals to hit me. I heard a weird sound and suddenly the noises stopped. I opened my eyes and found Yomo shielding me with his body.

"(First name), are you hurt?" he asked in his usual monotone voice.

"N-No..." I stuttered and my eyes noticed that he was bleeding.

"Y-You are bleeding...." I whispered as I saw the crystals pieced in his body.

"It's nothing, don't worry" he replied and pulled them out one after the other.

"Tch! That's what you get for stepping in the way!" he hissed.

"Ayato, it's been a while" Yomo said calmly.

"They know each other?"

"Shut up!" Ayato exclaimed and prepared his kagune to fire more of his crystals.

"What do you want here? If you need a mask done then do as she said and behave yourself properly" he scolded.

"If you can't do that then I ask you to leave" Ayato glared at Yomo for a moment and then finally stepped back.

"Whatever! Looks like that shitty half bread isn't here anyway" he turned around.

"You are looking for Ken?" Yomo asked curious.

"Yeah... but that doesn't matter now anyway"

"He is looking for someone else than Uta? But why did he come to the shop in the first place then?"

"I thought he was here because his scent was in the air..." he pulled his hood up and headed for the door.

"Say sorry for Uta-san for wrecking his place" he waved at Yomo.

"Why are you looking for him?" Yomo's words stopped him.

"Hinami... she was taken by the CCG... and Aogiri doesn't give a fuck about saving her. That's why I thought, he might at least care" he walked out and left us alone. I let out a sigh and stepped over to Yomo.

"You are still bleeding!" I said placing my hand on his coat.

"It's nothing, it already healed" he said pulling his shirt up to show me the closed wounds.

"A-Amazing..." I stared impressed at his body that had healed the holes within minutes. His eyes looked at me and he noticed the bruise on my cheek that Ayato gave from his punch.

"What happened to your face?" he asked concerned as he traced my cheek.

"N-Nothing" he glared.

"Did Ayato do this?" he asked and I looked away.

"Y-Yeah..." his eyes twitched and he let go off my face.

"You have to cool it" he said and walked to the fridge to grab some ice cubes.

"Sit on the chair over there" he ordered me and I did as he said.

"Here" he pressed the cloth with ice cubes against my cheek and cooled it.

"T-Thank you" I blushed as I noticed how close his face was to mine. My body temperature went up and I tried by absolute best to prevent my heartbeat from jumping out of line.

"You did quite well to restrain him like that" he complimented.

"Y-You think so?" he nodded.

"Yeah, Ayato is a problem child and pretty temperamentally, it's really impressive that you managed to over power him." I smiled

"Thank you, I was scared at first if it would work, but luckily he did not expect me to pull something like this off." He chuckled lightly.

"Yeah, I can imagine his face when you pinned him to the ground, leaving him defenseless" my heart warmed as I saw his lips wearing a smile and his voice lightly giving off a chuckle.

"I couldn't have done that without my amazing teacher you know..." I replied. He stared in my eyes for a moment totally lost in them.

"He must be a great teacher then..." he said.

"Yeah... he really is a great teacher" I whispered and for some reason I could not stop staring at his lips... Yomo got the message and started leaning in, my heart was pounding like crazy in my chest as the distance between us slowly shortened.

"Yo, I am back! EHH?? What happened here?" Uta said entering the room and interrupting us. We quickly pulled our heads back and tried to act as if nothing happened. (Nothing happened but ALMOST)

"Oh, sorry... did I interrupt something?" he asked with an uncomfortable expression.

"N-No nothing... we were just..." I stuttered.

"Ayato was looking for you Uta, he even went as far as to hurt (First name) to get the information where Ken is"

"He did? (First name)-Chan... I am so sorry that you got hurt " he apologized to me with a guilty face but I shook my head.

"Don't worry about it, it's only a scratch" I gave him a light smile.

"Still... I 'm gonna teach him a lesson next time I see him." He promised and placed the cake he picked up for me on the table.

"Here, I bought the cake I promised... but you might not want to eat it" he explained making my eyes widen in confusion.

"Why? Is something wrong?" Uta looked over to Yomo and then back to me.

"I have bad news (First name)..." I was silent and watched as he sit down next to me.

"What happened?" I asked with a shaky voice.

"I'm sorry... but Kishou Arima is dead".

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