Yor is seen surrounded by dead people, speaking on a phone. "Yes. That's right. All of the customers have been served. Yes...those 'Germada' people put up quite the fight but I dealt with them accordingly. Yes, 'Sonic's information' was correct. No, I'll head straight home. Oh no, wait, I promised my husband I'd pick up milk and eggs on the way. Okay, bye then. Have a great day."

"Damnit... the thorn princess!? She's a legend among contact killers!" one of the men was still alive and aimed the gun at Yor, and fired, "DIE, YOU MONSTER!"

"?!"
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"We've just received some breaking news... multiple voices have been discovered at a building in the Northern District. All of the victims are believed to be members of the so called 'Red Circus'." the news reported, Y/n and Loid were watching the tv closely. "The Red Circus, a radical terrorists group funded in part by foreign interests, is responsible for multiple acts of indiscriminate domestic terrorism. Authorizes speculate that Today's incident may be the result of infighting within the group."

"Papa, Ba...I wanna watch cartoons. News is boring." Anya looked at the two men.

"In a minute." Y/n simply said.

"Not now." Loid also said before he broke, Anya's teary face was too much, "fine..go ahead and change the channel."

She immediately put on Bondman, "YAY!"

Y/n got up, "I'm going to make some hot chocolate. Want some?"

"No. Thank you for the offer though." Loid relayed.

"Hi, everyone. I'm home." Yor opened the front door with a bag.

"Hi, Yor." Loid looked at her, "how was your..."

"T-TOOK A GUNSHOT?!" Anya was shocked, and rushed to her. "Mama, are you gonna die?"

"Don't worry, Anya. Mama's just tired today. I'm going to bed, okay?" Yor went to her room, "it'll heal up after a good night's rest, right?"

"I should really finish that injury scanner." Y/n lazily pondered.

"Even a gunshot can't kill Mama... wow." Anya was slightly impressed.

"Oh no...Yor is upset about something! Is it because I asked her to go shoppping? That's it, of course! Even though our marriage is only supposed to be for appearances, I've been asking a lot of her, and she's gotten fed up with me!" Loid punched the wall in worry, "this is bad... this is very bad! Discord in my family will inevitably compromise my mission! I just do everything in my power to fix this!"

"Papa you are way off." Anya kept to herself

"Maybe she'll feel better in the morning."

"May I invite you on a date with me?" Loid asked, "I want to thank you for all the work you do around the house and for helping to raise Anya. If anyone deserves a chance to go out and have fun, it's you!"

"A dare.." Yor blushed.

"The other night my boyfriend took me on a dinner cruise."

"What kind of dates do you go on with your husband, Yor?"

"Huh? Oh, we don't do that."

"Seriously?! You don't go out at all now that you're married?"

"Oh no, it's just..uh..."

"If I'm going to convincingly play the part of a married woman, I ought to experience an actual date at some point." Yor was silent.

"But only if you feel up for it, of course!" Loid worried a little.

"I'LL DO IT! THE DATE, I MEAN? I MUSTN'T PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN!" Yor got determined.

"'To learn?'" Loid was confused, as Anya came out to the main room.

"I'll go get dressed right now!" Yor dashed towards her room.

"I wanna go too! A date! Hooray!" Anya cheered.

"I'm sorry, but you won't be coming. Hence the word 'date.'" Loid broke the tragic news to Anya, who was shocked.
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Loid smiled at the two children, while Yor was still shaking. "Take care of things while we're away, okay?"

Y/n is seen holding Anya's hands. Y/n seemed unamused, "right...you two have fun..."

"Shall we be off, Yor?" Loid snapped his fingers and a limo pulled up. "Your hand,
Milady? Last night I came up with 862 date ideas that she should enjoy. This date will literally be perfect."

Yor froze, "I'm...sorry, Loid, but... I think I'd rather walk than drive for our date... I don't want to do more damage to my butt by sitting!"

"Is she still angry with me? Is that what this is? Dammit, that's 794 of my ideas right out the window." Loid panicked, "I...I see. Then let's just walk around and see what strikes us..."

And soon the two walked away. Anya looked down the road, "I'm worried about Mama and Papa."

"Yeah, he's not doing a very good job. Or he's doing too much." Y/n started to turn.

"Go, Bondman! Shadow your target to preserve world peace!"

"Hey, Ba!" Anya suddenly turned to Y/n, "I'm gonna go shadow Papa and Mama."

"Like Minefield you are." Y/n gained his Assassin mode and crossed his arms. "You seem to forget who's in charge here..."

"Uh..." Anya grew worried.

Y/n then smiled, "you ain't going without me!"

"Yay! Disguise time!" Anya said and soon the two had disguises on, but it actually made them stand out more.

"Why did I let you pick ours?" Y/n questioned his sanity.

"Don't worry bout it." Anya snapped back, before Y/n gave her a glare, "please..."

"Come on." Y/n grabbed Anya before activating his hover shoes and traveled up the rooftops. "Let's trail then from here."

"It's too fair away to read their minds." Anya said as Loid glanced at the rooftop.

"What do they think they're doing? I didn't know Y/n's tech had that much abilities. Are they just pretending to be spies for fun? I'll consider this a part of the operation and pretend not to notice." Loid spotted the two within seconds, "as long as she's with Y/n, she should be safe."

"Loid?" Yor winced as she turned to Loid.

"Ah, it's nothing." Loid reassured, "winning over Yor has to be the priority here! Why don't we do a little shopping at central?"

Y/n is seen laughing behind some bushes, "ahahaha, I knew it was a tense day but Yeesh. These two are blowing it big time."

"Are you a bad person, Ba?" Anya asked.

"Come on, we're allowed to laugh sometimes." Y/n shook Anya, tickling her.

"Whahahahaha!" Anya giggled.

"Those two couldn't be more conspicuous if they tried." Loid overheard their conversation, "well, I'm getting a little tired. Shall we get dinner?"

"Sure." Yor responded as the two went to dinner at a fancy restaurant.

"Ah, Mr. Forger, we have your reservation. Right this way, please." the waiter said as he moved the seat out for Yor, but she just stood, "Um...ma'am? Please, sit down."

Yor did a hover seat, while Y/n and Anya are seen trying to get in. "I'm terribly sorry, sir. We do not serve customers in casual dress, nor do we admit children under the age of 18."

"Yeah, that figures," Y/n sighed as they had to leave the building, "now I guess we'll have to head home."

"Awww..." Anya held her head down.

"Th...thorn princess?! What on earth is she doing here?!" Anya looked around after hearing someone's thoughts. A man in uniform is seen looked at Yor from afar, with a worried look. "Yep, that's her alright...! That's the hired killer who tore through our hideout yesterday! What is she doing here? Dammit! I thought I'd tasted god's mercy since I was the lone survivor of that bloodbath. I swore I'd go straight and make an honest living for the sake of my girl... and now this all right. I get what my brothers in hell are tryin' to tell me. You want me to kill her, right? Then I will avenge the Red Circus!"

"There's a bad guy in the restaurant...!" Anya imagined the scenario, Yor would win but Loid would disband the family after finding out she's a hired killer.

"Anya, come on. We'll take the hover route." Y/n looked back.

"NO WE CAN'T! MA AND PA ARE IN TROUBLE!" Anya risked her secret.

"Hm?" Y/n tapped the side of his head and used the A.R lenses. He looked through to see a person acting suspicious. He looked at the subtitles.

"To the kitchen!" the enemy said. "That thorn princess bitch won't get away!"

"Sigh...fine. Let's go." Y/n said as he adjusted his watch, his eyes filled with swirls. "Listen to everything I say."

"Okay!" Anya got determined.

"Shuttle, let's see if I can..." Y/n tried to cut the vent down, but he knew something was off.

"Hurry, Y/n!" Anya says.

"Don't worry, he didn't do it right." Y/n claimed as the drink was brought to Yor, who drank it and froze.

"Huh...? What is.. this...?! It's like all the pain in my butt is gone! I feel good again! I am weirdly tingly, though." Yor smiled. Turns out, Contract Killers have a high tolerance for poisons. "I'm famished! I cant wait for the food to get here!"

"Huh...? Oh right." Loid was confused, "she's happy again? Maybe it's the booze...?"

"Huh? What the...?" the man who as confused.

"The line between poison and medicine is a fine one. Those without medical training should follow all recommended dosages and usage directions." Y/n explained with a smirk.

"Fine, no more pussyfooting around, then. I'm gonna have to resort to extreme measures." the man glared, "I should be able to whip up an improvised bomb with what we've got in the storeroom. I won't be able to include any sort of timing device, though. That means I gotta bring it to her myself... im sorry; Catherine, I hope one day you'll forgive your fool of a boyfriend!"

"Alright, let's deal with him." Y/n smiled.

Y/n and Anya aimed Ray guns at the man, still in disguises, "children?"

Y/n smiled and got on one knee, "listen, punk, here's the deal. I let you walk and you don't go near that lady again. Go straight. Try this again, and you'll be begging for a cure for what I'm about to give you."

Y/n turned away, slowly walking. Anya did the same, "go home and make Catherine happy, Red Circus Man."

"They even know about Catherine!? It's was like they could see right through me..." the man slumped down, "this is insane! The thorn princess has even got highly trained child operatives workin' for her? They're at a whole other level. I got no business being in this game at all. Im just gonna forget about all this and go live a normal life.."

"That restaurant certainly was noisy! But the food was fantastic." Yor smiled.

"It really was." Loid smiled as well, "I'm so glad to see Yor back to her old self again. It appears stability has returned to the Forger household at last."

"Thank you so much for tonight, Loid. When I was young, I was always so busy looking after my brother that I never had much time for fun. That's why..." Yor smiled bright, "...today really meant a lot to me! I hope we can do this again sometime!"

"..." Loid genuinely smiled, "I'd like that."

"Oh! Look over there! There's a carnival in town!" Yor glanced to the distance.

"Should we pay it a little visit?" Loid egged on.

Anya dashed out of her hiding spot, "PAPA! I WANNA RIDE THE FERRIS WHEEL!"

"WAIT! WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HIDDEN!" Y/n shouted as everyone eventually had fun at the carnival.

(A/n: Prepare for the next chapter. You have been warned!)
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