"Warden, I've finished my documents-" The voice then cuts off, replacing with a surprised "ah". Aki stayed frozen in her tracks, not wanting to look behind her to see who it is. After all, she already knew who just by the familiar sound of their voice. 

Momoko had gone back to her seat, her hands cupped together on the desk as she smiled up at the newcomer. "That's very good, Samon. You may give them to me here." She motioned at the guard, now known as Samon, over to her desk while flashing a secret smirk at Aki in which she immediately received an anxious headshake by the munchkin. 

"U-um- I think I-" Aki tried to speak up, spluttering a little then quickly shutting herself up for a little while to avoid looking... 'unprofessional'. Lifting her gaze up to face the warden, "I-I'll be going now, warden Hyakushiki. I wouldn't want to interrupt between you and Gokuu-san. I'll be off." 

She gave her a little bow before turning around to see him, Samon. Staring up at him as nonchalantly as possible, she gave him a bow too before quickly walking off to the door. Samon returned the bow with a slight nod, watching her leave the room before his attention shifted at the sound of the warden clearing her throat. 

"So about the documents--"

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'Oh dear god, oh dear god, oh dear god-' 

Aki paced back and forth after leaving the office and going down the hallway, she was almost to hyperventilating as her heart rapidly pounded. She had been internally panicking yet relieved that she didn't lose her composure right there and then, though she was still embarrassed to think that someone who appeared in her mind would come in coincidentally to see the warden.

"Nng.. To think.. uhn... Me? Looking forward to h-him? To G-Gokuu-san..? How t-trivial of m-me...!" She continued to shout at herself quietly before immediately stopping in her tracks once she heard someone calling out her name. 

"Hey, Aki!!" The same familiar voice again... The one that had entered in the office earlier.

'Oh god please no...' 

Well, what are you wasting time now? Are you gonna let him catch up to you? Are you gonna run? What? What are you gonna do? It would seem rude but--

"Hey!" 

With every shout calling after her, Aki wasted no time and started walking again. Not wanting to look behind to see someone, she picked up the pace and stayed silent as she lowered her head down. 

"Hey!? Aki! Akihiro! Wait up, damn it! I know you can hear me!" 

Yes. Yes, she can but she refused to respond and continued to quicken her pace before feeling her hand being yanked back. "H-hngg!?" She breathed out a small gasp and her eyes instinctively landed on the one who pulled her back, the supervisor of Building 5, Gokuu Samon.

He seemed to be disappointed, his eyebrows knitting and a glare fixating on the smaller. "Hmp, seriously? Is that how you should act to a superior calling you, Aki?" His voice had a hint of annoyance but it soon softened once he heaved out a sigh. "Glad I caught up to you, you damn munchkin." 

Aki flinched and shifted her gaze down to hide her small blush, frowning a little. "S-sorry.. My apologies for ignoring you, Gokuu-san... I-I.. I was, um, lost in my own thoughts... That's all... I-I'm very sorry..!" She pulled her hand off from the other's grip, bowing sincerely as an apology.

"Pfff.." Samon let out a stifled chuckle and shook his head. "For someone with legs as short as yours, you walk really fast." 

"H-huh-?" Aki lifted her head up and immediately felt herself swooning, quickly regaining her composure while she mentally slapped herself to not fall for something as trivial as the supervisor's smile. "I-.. I know, I'm small.. You don't need to remind me of th-that, Gokuu-san..."

That seemed to make the taller did another stifled chuckle, flashing another smile afterwards. "Well, I don't normally forgive people easily but consider yourself lucky as a guard, Aki." He then gave her an eye-smile, grinning proudly yet brightly at the same time. 

"!?" Aki felt herself tingling inside, a scarlet tint dusting across her face, her eyes wide and her mouth agape as she stared up at him. 

'W-why...?' Why? Why what? Why is she feeling like this? In front of him? In front of the supervisor she looked up to so much? God, she couldn't even glance at different points other than his face, gazing into his apple-green eyes. 'Why.. c-can't I...?'

Just why? Why? Why? Why? Why what? Why this? Why right now? Why everything happening at this moment? Why? Why? Why? Most importantly, why him?

"W-why...?"

Aki whispered out, not realizing she had said that instead of letting it just stay in her head. Cupping her hands together and gripping them tightly as she slowly lowered her gaze down, now staring hard at the cold ground lost in her own thoughts. She couldn't figure out... what? What couldn't she figure out? What and why? What is this feeling she's having and why is she like this? 

She subconsciously hugs herself, her body starting to shiver a little as a soft sigh escaped from her quivering lips followed by another whisper. "Wh-what is... what is.. this...?"

What she didn't realize was that she is still with the supervisor of Building 5 who had been and currently peering over, barely hearing the whispers from the munchkin as he let out a confused 'huh' before speaking up again. "What is... what? Aki? Hey..." 

Samon reached his hand out to the smaller, placing it on her shoulder then giving it a little jerk to snap her out. "Hey, snap out of it...! Did something happen??" There was a hint of worry laced in his tone, immediately placing his other hand on her other shoulder then giving it another jerk. Furrowing his eyebrows as he wore a frown, he abruptly tugged Aki forward into himself before following up an almost shout. "AKIHIRO!"

His semi-shout seemed to finally snap Aki out, her head whipping upwards to look at him. Blinking her wide cyan-colored orbs, she then realized what happened and immediately broke out from the taller's grip. "A-ah..! H-hngg.. I-I.. Supervisor... u-um... So-sorry, that was q-quite unprofessional of m-me..!" 

Samon kept the frown on his face, fixing his gaze upon the munchkin worriedly. "Geez, you worried me there, Aki. Just what the hell happened? Was it recent? Were you hurt? Or scolded? By the warden? Or maybe... by Hajime!?" His voice seemed to turn harsh a bit at the last option as if he was angry. 

Aki took a step back, a surprised expression worn on her as she stared again. 'Gokuu-san...'

Why... Just why, why, why...? Why, Samon..?

'But w-why...?' 

[TBC]

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Author: Hey, me again ^^;; Sometimes few or possibly most the chapters are primarily short so I'm trying to mash them together and add some more dialogues and all. I hope y'all are still on board, thank you for reading chapter 3 :)