Mizuki leans back on the couch. "UghghHHHhh."

"What's wrong?" Fukuzawa looks up from his book.

"I'm bored," Mizuki grumbles.

"I feel like you get bored easily." Fukuzawa hums, bookmarking his page. "Shall we go somewhere?"

"I feel like beating Mori's ass right now," Mizuki folds the edge of the page, and her fingers snap the book shut. "I'll be back."

"I should assign you a case," Fukuzawa hums, looking at the papers on his desk. "Hm?"

"I'll be back in thirty," Mizuki hums, pressing a patch on her skin. "If I'm not, assume I got held back by Elise."

"Have fun," Fukuzawa hums, and she evaporates.

Mizuki floats around the city of Yokohama until she enters Mori's office.

"That's it," Mori hums. 

Chuuya nods, and he leaves the room.

"No fun, Chu-chan!" Mizuki fades in, and dodges the bullet he sends her way. "Boring ass shrimp."

"Ah, it's just you," Chuuya sighs and puts his gun away. 

"Where'd you learn that?" Mori raises a brow.

"While you were in hell," Mizuki grins cheekily. "Donno."

Chuuya stares at Mizuki, and he mouths words to her.

He remembers.

"Even better!" Mizuki grins. "I'll visit you later. Now shoo,"

Chuuya bows, and he leaves the room.

"Why are you here?"

"Updates," Mizuki sits on his desk and crosses her legs. "Updates!!"

"Gide was killed," Mori hands her a file. "Verlaine was sniped before anyone had the chance. The flags are a unit under Chuuya now."

"How nice," Mizuki smiles fondly. "Anything el-"

"Mizuki-chan!!!" Elise runs over. "Welcome back!!"

"Hello my little pedophilic manifestation of Mori's!" Mizuki embraces the girl, nuzzling her face into her neck affectionately. "How are you, my darling Elise-chan?"

"Rintarou sucks," She huffs.

"I know he does," Mizuki sits the girl in her lap as she looks over the reports. "I'm surprised you got them to write reports."

"Only for the time you were missing," Mori shrugs. "One more."

"Who's this?"

"Rimbaud." Mori hums. "Verlaine is currently locked with his illumination."

"Sounds about right," Mizuki smiles, remembering the two. "Has he found a way to enter the box?"

"Nope," Mori hums.

"Mizuki-chan," Elise leans on the woman's shoulder. "Why couldn't I be part of the Fukuzawa clan..."

Mizuki holds back a laugh, and Mori gasps offendedly. "ELISE-CHAN!"

"I feel like Fukuzawa-san would be so much better of a dad..." Elise whines. "All Rintarou does for me is shop and spoil me... I think he's low-key into me."

"I know," Mizuki laughs dryly. "He's into little girls."

"Can we go shopping?" Elise sighs overdramatically. 

"Elise-chan, what about me-"

"Where do you want to go?" Mizuki smiles, placing the papers to the side. "I have a little bit of time before I need to go."

"Can we???" Elise's eyes shine. "Let's go! I wanna go to the mall!"

"I wanna go-"

"Shut up, Rintarou!" Elise barks at him.

Mizuki holds the girl in her arms, and gets off the desk. "Let's go."

"ELISE-CHAAAANNNN-" Mori sobs as Mizuki bolts out the door.

"Couldn't you use your ability?"

"My hands are full," Mizuki smiles.

"CATCH HER BUT DON'T HARM ELISE!" Mori screeches.

Mizuki stops the bullets with Chuuya's ability, and she hops out of the first open window she sees.

"SEEYA!" Mizuki falls down, Elise in her arms.

"Which mall?"

"The one next to the agencyYYYY!" Elise cheers in her arms as Mizuki lets the two fall freely. 

Elise's hair is messy from the flying.

"Sorry, baby," Mizuki chuckles and fixes the girl's hair. "I'll fix it. What hairstyle would you like?"

"I want space buns," She huffs triumphantly. "Better than the ones Chuuya do."

"I thought he was good?" Mizuki threads her hands through the girl's hair.

"He is," She pouts. "But not as good as you."

Mizuki hums in satisfaction as she weaves her hand through Elise's hair. Within a couple of minutes, she's finished. "Ta da~!"

Elise giggles in satisfaction at her hairstyle. "Let's go shopping!"

Mizuki picks up her phone, and hums. "Yes? Yu-chan! Mhm... I'm out with Elise-chan right now."

Fukuzawa sighs. "We have a case for you. Is it by the mall? People have been missing."

"Huh? Is it Lucy?"

"It might be-"

Mizuki feels the signal cut off, and she groans at the sight of the playroom.

In front of them, a red-haired girl stands proudly. 

"Welcome to Anne's room!" The redhead sings. "Anne wants to play! The only way you can leave is if you play with her."

"Elise?" Mizuki turns to look at the girl.

"I want to play too!" She grins, holding up her giant syringe. "I'm willing to protect anyone in my family except for Rintarou."

Mori sneezes in his office.

Mizuki laughs at the girl. "Blow us away, Elise-chan."

I want it.

"Let's play, shall we?" Mizuki holds her hand out at Lucy, and grabs the girl. Her grip is gentle, but her words are not. "Mammon."

Copied

Mizuki grabs the girl, and the two tumble out of the room when Mizuki pulls the girl out.

"AAAANNNNN," Mizuki sits up, and Elise blinks at her. "THAT WAS FUN!"

"Are you ok?" 

"Of course, Elise-chan," Mizuki smiles. "Lucy, what are you doing in Japan?"

"I... Fitzgerald... sent me here," She closes her eyes to brace for any harsh words.

"The billionaire?" Mizuki stands up, and sighs. "Are you looking for a job? We can employ you."

The girl takes Mizuki's hand, and a gold coin falls out of Mizuki's sleeve. 

"Oh my," Mizuki smiles apologetically. "I'm so sorry. Here. You know where to find us if you need a job."

Placing the coin in her hand, she waves bye to the girl.

"I don't..." the girl stares at the gold in her hand, and it blows up.

"Did you just blow someone up?" Elise stares over the woman's shoulder as she puts her down.

"Naw," Mizuki laughs. "Where are we going?"

"Shopping!!!" Elise drags the woman along. Mizuki goes through an assortment of dresses with the girl, getting dolled up and changed back and forth. Elise likes playing dress-up with her. Mizuki's hair is well taken care of, and her skin is free of blemishes. She resembled the look of a girl in their early twenties. Mizuki liked that look the best on herself.

"Say..." Elise looks at Mizuki. "Can you change sizes, Mizuki-chan?"

"I can change age," Mizuki tilts her head to the side. "Why?"

"I'm tired of trying on dresses," She whines.

"Elise-chan," Mizuki chuckles. "We can come back another time. You can decide what you want from what you've tried on."

Elise points at two dresses and a matching set of jewelery. "Those."

She walks up to the register, and she stares at the woman. "Send the bill to Mori Corporations."

"H-huh? Oh, Elise-san-"

"Don't make me repeat myself." Elise deadpans. The woman scrambles to send the bill. "There!"

"Elise-chan, I could've paid," Mizuki smiles gently. 

"Doesn't matter," Elise rolls her eyes. "Rintarou's only good for money... also, I didn't want you to spent money on me."

She sticks her tongue out, and Mizuki chuckles. "Shall we get some cotton candy?"

"MM!" The girl swoons. "Before that." 

The girl reaches into the bags Mizuki held to pull out the jewelery she picked earlier. "This is for you!"

Mizuki places a hand onto her chest, eyes softening at the girl. "I can't accept that-"

"Take it," The girl shoves it into Mizuki's pocket. "Thank you... for shopping with me and letting me pick."

Mizuki smiles. "Of course, Elise-chan."

"Mizuki," A familiar voice calls the woman's name. 

"Ah, Yu-chan," Mizuki beams. "Did you come to pick me up?"

"It's past five," Ranpo peeks from behind him.

"You went shopping without me?" Yosano walks up to her. "I'm hurt, Kaa-san."

Mizuki laughs gently. "Sorry, I was shopping with Elise-chan after I dealt with Lucy."

Ranpo stares at the bags in her hand. "Shall we help?"

"I was about to send her home, actually," Mizuki hums. "I'll be back. Give me a second."

Elise clings onto the side of Mizuki's dress, and she claps twice.

"We're back!" Mizuki smiles. 

"ELISE-CHANNNN!!!" Mori launches himself at the girl, and Elise ducks behind Mizuki. "ELISE-CHAN!!"

Mizuki sets the bags on the floor, and she smiles. "Elise-chan picked out a box of macarons for you guys to share in the bag. I'm going home. Bye!"

"Bye bye!!" Elise waves enthusiastically as Mizuki disappears from sight.

"Welcome back," Ranpo grins. "The President asked us if we knew where you were, and I used my ability to deduce where you went!"

Mizuki ruffles his hair. "Good job, Ran-chan."

Ranpo beams.

"You praise him too easily," Fukuzawa hums. "Shall we eat out for dinner?"

"Mm, sounds good," Mizuki smiles. "I want hot pot..."

"Are you sure you're not just saying that to take Tou-san's side?"

"Yeah! You know he likes hot pot the best..."

Both Mizuki and Fukuzawa stop.

"Tou... san?" Mizuki's eyes are uncharacteristically shiny. "DID YOU JUST CALL YU-CHAN, DAD??"

The other two stop.

"You-"

"It wasn't on purpose, I swear," One of them holds their hands up.

"ARGH!!!" Mizuki crushes the two, her two, in her arms. "YU-CHAN, THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!"

Fukuzawa stands there, dumbfounded. 

"Yu-chan?" Mizuki turns to look at the man.

"Ah," He zones back in. "Sorry. It's... a first."

He walks up to the three, and wraps his arms around them awkwardly. "Sorry."

Something wets the side of Ranpo's cheek.

"Is he crying?"

"I think the president is crying."

Fukuzawa stares at the three, tears falling down his eyes.

"Ah... sorry-" He reaches to wipe his tears, but Mizuki beats him to it.

"He's crying," Mizuki laughs gently and wipes the tears from Fukuzawa's face. The man seemed to have zoned out again. "Should we go home? I can prepare hot pot there."

"It's fine," Fukuzawa holds Mizuki's wrist to stop her from wiping his tears. "It's just... a first."

"See? Isn't it such a wonderful feeling?" Mizuki presses a kiss to his eyelids. His tears are salty on her lips, but she doesn't care. "Hm?"

"Yes," The president smiles, eyes closed as she presses a kiss to his other eye.

"This is disgusting."

"Is this what love is?"

"ew."

"blegh."

Mizuki pauses to laugh.

Fukuzawa glances at the two, and Mizuki pinches their cheeks. "Love isn't rational."

"We know," They whine.

"If it were, the president wouldn't have done so much for you." Ranpo grimaces, and Mizuki lets go of their cheeks.

"Yeah."

She smiles. "Let's have dinner."

"Can I have sake?"

"Yes," Mizuki hums. "Of course."

Ranpo pouts.

"Did you want a snack?"

"Do you have candy?"

Mizuki hands the male a lollipop. "Shall we go?"

"To dinner!"

Date: XX - XX - XXXX to XX - XX - XXXX

The calm before the storm.

Lucy stares at her surroundings. It's her room.

"Lucy-chan!" It's the woman from earlier. "Where's the rest of the agency?"

"Somewhere," words come out of her mouth without trying. "I think they're in a book."

"Ah," the woman dusts herself off. "Do you have a copy?"

"Here," Anne hands her the book, and the woman smiles. "Thank you, Lucy-chan."

"Will... you all be ok?"

The woman thinks, and shrugs. "I'm sure Ranpo will find a way. Thank you, Lucy-chan."

The woman disappears into the book.

Lucy blinks back into consciousness. It had been no more than a second, yet she had experienced what was like a lifetime of emotions. She hadn't left her room after Mizuki entered the book for her own safety.