The first thing that Airi felt was her pounding headache, and she sleepily covered her face with the pillow before letting out a tired groan.

It was then that she realized that she wasn't in her bed, because her pillows were much better quality than these, and that also wasn't her preferred laundry detergent. She slowly moved the pillow away from her face and opened her eyes, pushing herself up into a sitting position and looking around the bedroom somewhat curiously. It was then that the events of the previous night started to come back to her, though she really couldn't remember much past drink number...Was it four? Five, maybe?

Jurou happened to walk back in at that moment, and he gave Airi a small smile as he ran his fingers through his damp hair, clearly having just come out of the shower. "Hey, I left you tylenol and water on the nightstand. I wasn't sure what else you would want when you woke up. And I wasn't sure what to do with your dress so I just put it on the dresser. It didn't look like I could put in in my washing machine and I didn't want to risk ruining it," he said honestly, sliding his hands into the pockets of his dress pants.

Airi nodded slowly as she listened to him, taking in his clothed appearance, before she looked down at herself. While he looked ready to go to work, she was in what was presumably one of his shirts, but still wearing her underwear from the night before, and her nether regions definitely still felt intact. She looked back up at him in confusion, her brows furrowing slightly. "Did we not have sex?"

Jurou chuckled softly at her question, not seeming too phased by it as he shook his head. "Right to the point, aren't you? Nope, not at all. We had a few drinks, and then you just talked to me. You asked me if we could leave but you didn't care where we went, so I just brought you back to Headquarters, because that's where I'm staying while I'm here. You talked a lot in the car, and then you said you were tired so I offered you a change of clothes. You changed yourself, don't worry. Then you asked me if I would just hold you, because you wanted to feel what it was like to have a boyfriend, and then you fell asleep," he explained patiently, never once seeming annoyed or mocking, just mildly amused by the whole situation.

Meanwhile, Airi was absolutely mortified, and her red cheeks gave her away as she looked away from Jurou. The first time she had genuinely enjoyed a random male's company and she had gone and made a fool out of herself. Wait until Kaito got a load of this. "I am so sorry for making you deal with me like that. Unbelievably sorry. I hope I didn't say anything too bad when I was drunk. But thank you for not being a jackass about all of this," she said, feeling somewhat flustered, a feeling that she wasn't very used to. She didn't even know if he was telling the truth, why was she blushing like this?

"Seriously, don't worry about it at all, it was kind of refreshing. I came back to Japan after being away for so long, and I heard a lot about you from a lot of people. It was nice to personally get to know the woman behind the name," Jurou pointed out politely. Airi gave him a weak smile in return, she really didn't know how to react right now. For once she felt entirely out of touch with her emotions, and she wasn't too sure how to deal with it.

"Well, I'm glad I lived up to your expectations," Airi finally managed to said with a light laugh, doing her best to regain some semblance of her usual composure.

"I don't want to intrude for too long, so let me just use the bathroom before I change and then I'll be out of your hair," she said with a polite smile, taking the tylenol he had left for her before she practically ran into the bathroom. How embarrassing was that?

Not only had she probably told some guy some embarrassing stories while she was drunk, and revealed how lonely she was as a single woman, he wasn't even just some random guy! He was on the Board, which ran the entire Angeli Mortis, and meant he knew her father! And more than that, he would be one of the people to decide if she could even get on the Board! She had ruined her work and personal lives in one shot.

Airi changed into her dress from the night before as quickly as she could, hastily freshening up the best that she could, before she stepped out of his bathroom and grabbed her heels. "Thanks for everything, Jurou, I'll see you around!" She called, somewhat nervously as she practically ran out of his apartment before he could even say goodbye. She had already ruined her chances of making a good impression on him, better to get out of there as fast as she could before she did anything else.

She was thankful that at least she was already close to home, since she lived at work, and she took the elevator back up to her own apartment floor, her head and heart both pounding as she tried to collect her thoughts. She wasn't sure if she wanted to know what exactly she had said the night before, or if she even wanted to tell Kaito about any of this. Would he just laugh at her, or would he understand?

Airi didn't even realize what time it was until she stepped into her apartment, heels still in hand, and saw Kaito on her couch, eating from a container of chocolate dipped pretzels that she kept in her pantry. It was nothing new for him to show up uninvited, they were best friends after all, but she knew she was in for the teasing of a lifetime when his eyes met her with a devilish twinkle in them.

"Well, well, well. Look how the tables have turned, haven't they, Ai? Who's the one late for training now?" The male teased with a snicker, watching as Airi made her way over to the couch, before he yelped when she grabbed a couch cushion and whacked him in the face with it. "Not the face! Do you know how much this face is worth?"

"Probably about as much as your dick, which isn't saying much because it's been in almost every girl and guy in this entire city," Airi countered with an eye roll, tossing the pillow to the side as she got comfortable next to him on the couch.

Kaito rolled his eyes right back at her, before he raised an eyebrow expectantly, noticeably checking her out, though he would say that it was to see if there were any hickies on her. "So, how was it? Was I right, did you fuck?" He asked curiously.

Airi didn't know whether she should lie or not, but she felt something telling her that she didn't need Kaito thinking of her as an emotional wreck. She had to seem strong so he knew that she was the right work partner for him, and though she had never really lied like this to him before, what other choice did she have?

"Yes, of course you were right. I asked him not to leave any obvious hickies on me, just so my dad wouldn't flip out," she lied with ease, smiling convincingly over at her partner. It was such a stupid thing to lie about, especially when they were always honest with each other, but something was telling her to hold back about this.

"I told you! I fucking told you that I had good taste, didn't I? It's like you've been deflowered all over again, I'm so proud!" Kaito said mock enthusiastically, pretending to wipe away invisible tears, only laughing when Airi shoved him.

"You're insufferable, did you know that? Completely and utterly insufferable. No wonder you're going to be single forever," She grumbled, shaking her head at him disapprovingly once she was done attacking him.

Kaito raised an eyebrow at that, his smirk never fading as he met her gaze. "I may be single forever, but I'm sure I'll father plenty of kids along the way. It's not like I can't afford to take care of them, and all I really need is an heir so my dad won't have such a stick up his ass. That should be our next mission, to get my dad laid. He's more sexually frustrated than you are," he pointed out, and Airi couldn't disagree with that.

Ever since his father, Daisuke, had gotten divorced, he had become completely unpleasant, being extremely critical of Kaito and Airi, and focusing on nothing but work and making his division the strongest that it could be. "My offer still stands, Kai, I could seduce your dad for you. He's pretty hot for an old guy, and at the very least he would be willing to hate fuck me," she said thoughtfully, and this time it was her turn to be slapped in the face with a pillow.

"Please never say that again, I don't need that visual of my dad and best friend fucking. That is disgusting. I mean, I guess in some way I'm grateful that you would be willing to take one for the team? But are you sure that you don't have daddy issues? You seem a little too willing," Kaito pointed out, his nose scrunched up in disgust at the very thought.

Airi grabbed another pillow and whacked him with it repeatedly, ignoring Kaito's muffled laughs and protests. "I do not have daddy issues! I just like older guys, what is so wrong with that? I am eighteen years old, I can date someone in their mid to late twenties, or even thirties if I wanted to," she grumbled, hugging the pillow to her chest. She would defend her love of older men until the day she died.

"Whatever you say, Ai," Kaito said with a sigh, and he would have kept going if his phone hadn't started ringing at that moment. He grabbed it from the coffee table. glancing at the caller ID before he answered it, looking over at his pink haired companion every now and then.

He listened to the other end for a few moments, giving a few words of acknowledgement before he hung up. "That was my dad. One of the Board members is here early, and he wants to introduce us in an hour or so," he said nonchalantly.

"Did he say who?" She asked hesitantly, silently praying that whatever higher power was above would show some mercy on her, for once. Could she ever catch a break.

"Uh, yeah. Some guy named Jurou Saito, from America. Jeez, Ai, why are you so tense over this? We've met plenty of AM higher ups," Kaito replied, clearly confused as to why she was reacting so poorly to this news.

"Jurou Saito is the guy you set me up with to fuck last night!"

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It has been almost two weeks since my last update, and I am so sorry about that! I have just been feeling a little unmotivated to write, hence why this chapter is a little shorter than the others so far. I'm doing my best to get back into it though!

I know this story seems a bit cliche, but it's important to get the plot moving. I feel like I keep telling you guys that lol but it's true!

Don't forget to vote + comment and I'll see you guys in the next chapter :)