level 30;

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     "who are you?", a random officer questioned as shiori had looked away from another russian movie that she had haiba pick out before he left to go attend to his duties.

     the girl raised a brow as she had nearly forgotten that there were way more officers than the ones that she played with.

     although it's probably because their plain appearances didn't stand out as much to her, hence why she never noticed them.

"who are you?", shiori asked, to which an irk mark had appeared at the top of the male's forehead as he stomped over to the couch, where the girl was leisurely resting.

"I asked first", the male huffed.

     "and I asked second", shiori smoothly replied, sitting upwards as the crumbs on her pearly white sweater fell onto her pink and white checkered skirt.

the girl then readjusted her white socks with a pink bow around the rim of it as she pulled them up till her calves.

"you're certainly not an officer since you're not in uniform, so who are you? this is for officers only", the boy with short brown hair inquired.

     "ah~ so you're a newbie. I was wondering why you were so disrespectful towards me", shiori hummed, making the male flinch as he worried that the girl was related to one of the commanders somehow, or even worse, the warden.

     "u-umm...a-are you related to the warden by any chance?", the boy choked out, to which shiori had suddenly gained an idea.

     "I'm the warden's adopted sister, and you dare question the reason for my presence?! just you wait as I go tell my brother!", shiori huffed as she was about to leave the room before the officer had quickly stopped her.

"p-please! I'm sorry! it's only my first day here and I-I didn't know, miss!"

shiori hummed.

"are you truly sorry?", shiori asked, pretending to be mad.

     "yes miss!"

     shiori sighed. "well, I suppose I could forgive you...ONLY if you accompany me up to the tenth floor".

     shiori knew that the tenth floor was where the warden, vice, and commanders resided during the night, along with their plain offices.

     it was the highest floor and shiori had estimated that it was where the power to the entire prison was kept, since every other floor held numerous amounts of cells along with empty classrooms that were sometimes being used.

     "o-of course miss! but...umm...c-could you lead the way since I'm new here?", the male bashfully asked, to which shiori just nodded, acting like it was an inconvenience.

riding the elevator up to the tenth floor, shiori suddenly remembered that she still had the tracker bracelet on.

'shit!', the girl mentally cursed as she made sure her sleeves covered it properly so that the new officer couldn't tell.

as the two arrived, the brown-haired boy followed shiori as she bypassed the warden's office, making him a bit confused.

"I need you to do something for me. I'm too tired to go inside but my brother wanted me to check to see if the power box in there is working and that the wires are all connected correctly. you can do that, can't you?", shiori asked, to which the male had just nodded.

"yes ma'am!", the male said as he had taken out his little badge and scanned it, allowing the metal doors to swiftly open.

     shiori got a quick glimpse of the inside as she wished that she could follow, but the alarm would probably go off because of her stupid tracker.

     in about five minutes worth of time, the boy had came out with a smile.

     "everything's in perfect condition, ma'am!"

     "good good. now tell me everything that you checked in order, so just in case brother asks, I know what to say", shiori smoothly lied, to which the male had nodded.

"first I checked all the pyrotechnics and made sure that the power was running smoothly everywhere. then I made sure that the wires were labeled neatly and that they were also organized so that no one would trip over them. that's all, ma'am".

     shiori smiled. "great work officer", the girl said as she started walking off, to which the male had hesitantly followed.

     "u-umm...so...where are we going now?", the male asked.

     "back to the relaxing room. I think they all should be done with class by now", shiori mumbled as once they reached the room, the girl had plopped back onto the couch, resuming to her russian movie.

the male had awkwardly sat on the opposite couch as his posture was oddly stiff, not daring to stare at the girl or make any sound.

     "say, what's your name again?", shiori asked, having to have never asked the male.

     "oh! hiroyuki koji, miss! and you are?"

before shiori could answer, the doors to the room had opened, revealing the commanders and their subordinates loosening their ties as they had just finished class with the inmates.

     "shinsuke!!", shiori cheered, running up to the male as she embraced him, to which suna had somewhat wished that he was the one being hugged.

hiroyuki choked on his spit as he watched the interaction between the two, immediately standing up as he bowed to his higher ups.

"g-greetings commander kita, commander ushijima, commander oikawa, and commander kuroo!", the male stuttered.

"you can relax now", ushijima stated.

"and I see you've already met prisoner #520", kuroo mused, to which the girl had turned her head around to catch the male's reaction.

"p-prisoner #520?! y-YOU'RE AN INMATE?!", the male shouted, shakily pointing his finger at the girl as she just wickedly smiled.

     "what did you say to him?", kita asked, staring at shiori who had maneuvered over onto the couch, bringing suna and kozume along—much to the pudding-head's surprise.

     "s-she said that she was the warden's adopted sister! s-sir, is it really alright for her to be here?", the newbie questioned, to which oikawa had patted the male's back.

     "you'll get used to it", oikawa muttered as he sat on the opposite couch, meanwhile shiori had snatched another bag of chips, letting some crumbs fall onto her sweater.

     "lev!! turn on another russian movie. I finished this one two times already", shiori demanded.

     "at least someone appreciates my taste in movies", haiba muttered, glancing over at kozume, who was still not understanding why shiori was suddenly so close with him.

     "relax kenma~ I've forgiven you already. you didn't think that I'd actually be that petty did you?", shiori whispered, to which the pudding-head had just kept silent.

"say, now how about you feed me in front of everyone?"

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author's note: redemption for kenma b/c he's baby! anyways, don't forget to like + subscribe.

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