╰┈➤ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨: put a ring on it

                  𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘴

                      ❛ this method acting might pay our bills

              but soon enough there'll be a different role to fill❜

"YEAH NO" "WHAT?!"

Ayaka rolled her eyes, he looked ridiculous. "Anya cannot accept this mama" "Anya's got a point,  you make a hideous woman." Ayato snickered, taking a peanut from Anya. "You're just not going to cut it for the mother role, Franky."

Franky looked around before letting out a whisper, "You're literally a spy. Couldn't you have done my disguise better." "Europeans suck at whispering." Ayaka said making her way to her room. Loid sighed, she was much harder to understand than her brother. He turned back to Franky. 

"There's only so much I can do with your height and physique." "I can't believe I volunteered for this." Anya offered him a pity peanut. Ayato sat down next to Loid picking up a magazine allowing his fake father to get lost in his thoughts. "You need to find a mother soon, Ayaka and I have our interviews soon." He eventually  "Very well. I guess I'll have to explore my options."

"I COPIED ALL THE FILES OF UNMARRIED WOMEN FROM CITY HALL"

"Great thanks" Loid said eyeing the large stack of papers. The twins sit on either side of him looking as well, Anya in Ayaka's lap. "You need one to that won't care that you're divorced with a kid and two teenagers, is refined enough for a prestigious school, and is willing to get married in 48 hours? If a goddess like that exists I would sure love to meet her. Meanwhile, I'm not picky at all and I cant even get a date." Franky said crossing his arms. Ayato stuck out his hand and Ayaka slapped a strawberry lollipop in his hand. If they were being honest, they thought Twlight would have had this all figured out before they got here. "How unfortunate." Loid said paying little mind to Franky instead keeping his eyes trained on the stack.

"Don't pity me, asshole!" Anya hopped off Ayaka's lap, moving to the side of the chair Loid was sitting on, peeking over the arm. "Is having a kid bad? Are we in the way?" Loid reached out to rub the top of Anya's messy pink hair. "You're not in the way. Don't worry, go watch some TV." Anya nodded, grabbing Ayato's hand and running off to watch Spy Wars together. Ayaka pulled out her sketch book, paying no mind to their conversation instead drawing the way Ayato held Anya in his arms as she happily cheered for her show. 

"Actually why don't you use on of the female agents form your agency?" "A lot of them got caught up in  the recent spy hunts so I couldn't find a good match. Do you want tea Ayaka you're shivering." Ayaka simply shook her head, not sparing the man a look as he sighed.

Franky made eye contact with his friend and shrugged, it was really hard to believe the energetic blonde sitting on the rug was her counterpart. "Selling out people is really in right now." Loid continued to rummage through the files, "We don't have enough agents so I got another mission on top of this one, eliminating a certain smuggling ring." "They're working you to the bone! Let's just get this over with." Ayaka straightened at this, putting her book aside. "The quickest options would be a woman in a bad circumstance, finding dirt on them might help too. If they don't have any we can always make some up." "I'd like to avoid anything risky." "Oh please those two are plenty risky." Franky pointed at the two, their eyes still glued to the screen in excitement. "Anya sure doesn't look any princess from a rich family, and Ayato is just as bad as her." 

"Ayato is older, I'm sure he can get himself in order." Loid argued, Franky laughed. "The only ace you have is Ayaka and she's not much of a socialist herself." They both turned to look at the girl, her posture was amazing and so were her manners. She looked like an angel truly, but her reserved demeanor will make it harder for her to complete their mission.

Not that it concerned him.

"You've got a point, I need to at least do something about their appearance."  

"NOW YOUNG LADY IM GOING TO TAKE YOUR MEASUREMENTS. COME WITH ME."

"I'm being sold off somewhere." Anya cried as the lady pulled her away. "You won't be if you behave. Honestly where did she learn to talk like that." "Spy Wars!" Ayato cheered. Ayaka rolled her eyes. "I swear you're a child." 

A woman walked into the boutique but Loid seemed too distracted to notice, which Ayato found strange for him. "Pardon me." Loid jumped. Ayato snickered, "What happened to him being their top agent." He said in a harsh whisper to his twin.

"Oh I haven't seen you in a while Yor." 

Yor. Ayaka mentally searched through the files she and Loid went through in her head. Yor Briar, she was a civil worker. So was her brother. "Hello, I was hoping I could get my dress fixed up, could I get it done as quickly as possible please?"

"But if course," the seamstress replied, "You're one of our regulars."

"Excuse me, you've been staring at me since I walked in can I help you?" Both Ayaka and Ayato snickered now. Loid shot them a glare and they quickly looked away.

Though they did find it weird, that she could sense his gaze. Regular civilians shouldn't be able to.  Loid scrambled to get himself together.

"I was just admiring how pretty you are." Smooth Twlight. "Does that mean you have a favorable opinion of my physical appearance." 

Looks like they had a potential mother now. 

"Er..Well, yes." Yor blushed, "Um-"

"Papa, Ayaya, Ayayao!" Anya ran over her arms stretched out as if she was pretending to be an airplane, "I know how long I am. It's Ayay- Who's that?" "Another customer."

Yor seemed to finally notice that the two people across from them were dressed in a similar fashion to the man, how she didn't suspect they were his kids was beyond her.

It was a bit of awkard silence, Ayato went to go get his measurements while Ayaka just observed Anya's facial expressions, going form shocked, to excited then worried. 

"Ah, I am so lonely because I do not have a mother. I long for a mama." Yor turned to Loid again.

"Are you not with your wife?" How blunt. "Oh er, I actually lost my wife two years ago. We were unable to conceive so we adopted her late friends kids from Japan, then we finally had Anya and her health took a toll. I'm raising all three on my own now."

Ironic timing really, Ayaka tucked a strand of her short black hair behind her ear and turned to face Anya. Maybe she could read minds? Anya froze looking at Ayaka shocked. 

Hmm.

"PRETEND I'M YOUR BOYFRIEND?"

"Yes... I fibbed to my younger brother about having a boyfriend. If it's not too much trouble, I was hoping you'd accompany me to this party. But I promise I don't have any ulterior motives."

Ayato bent down to whisper to Anya, "She's suspicions isn't she Anya." Anya nodded, "Your mission is to keep an eye on her can you do that Agent?" Anya smiled happily bouncing a while. "Sir yes sir" she saluted him "That's the military."

"So you see, I'd like you to play the role of their mother during the interview." "Her mother?" "With the future so uncertain right now, my only wish is for my kids to get into a good school. I've had to hire a private tutor to teach the twins for years I could never get them to go to school after the death of their original mother and then their adoptive one. Her wish was for all three of them to get into a good school."

What an elaborate lie. It works though.

"It'll only be one time." "Al-alright if you think I'm fit for the role." "Thank you, let us reconvene on Saturday." "Yes."

"I'VE GOT A SITTER FOR YOU ON SATURDAY, SO MAKE SURE YOU BEHAVE."

Ayato paused at this, throwing a pack of lollipops into the cart, "Lo- Dad, why can't Ayaka and I watch her?" "Because Ayaka is going to the signing on her favorite author that night." "Okay but I can still watch her." Loid paused, putting more of the coffee Ayaka likes in the cart, "That's like a child watching a child." "HEY!"

"Stock up on them peanuts!" Anya cheered, "Yeah, Yeah." 

"Your change is 10 cents is your change, ribbit. Thank you, come again, ribbit."

"Ribbit?" Anya questioned, Ayaka shrugged. At least they never gave them such indirect messages like that. They would drive her mad.

When they returned home Loid dropped a cup of coffee in front of Ayaka as she read, she tugged her white socks up her thighs before picking up the cup, giving a nod of thanks to Loid. Anya and  Ayato continued to watch spy wars as he attempted to decipher the message.

"You know I'd like these socks more if they stopped sliding down my thighs." "We can get you more on Sunday." "I'd really like to wear them to the book signing." " We'll get you some as soon as I can."

Ayaka took a sip of her coffee, "I've never felt this domesticated ever." "Well enjoy it while it lasts." "I'll try."

✎ 𝘪 '𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸. Sorry for the late chapter but I'm all done with finals so expect more updates as I catch up.