· "How old are you sweat heart?"
· "Anya is 7"
· "My sister would have turned 8 this month," Yujin said with a solemn expression. Then, he forced a smile, gently running his hand through the back of his head in a bashful manner.
· "I am sorry little miss, I didn't mean to scare you", he added
· "That's okay, I thoughts that you were a mean guy that's all" Anya responded gently as she revealed herself from hiding behind Yor's legs
· "How can I believe you?"
· "They are telling the truth YOR" Loid responded.
· "You see, when I was in my last year of college, I worked on an essay about the results of the war on children and teen's mental health, I conducted that research in an orphanage, the same one as those two, that's where I met them" he said, feeling bad about it Yor decided to apologize and bowed at the same time
· "I am so sorry, I didn't mean to be so brutal, but next time, try to avoid running toward a small child, it is a bit confusing and very much misleading"
· "You don't have to apologize" he said with the same smile "and I should be the one apologizing" he added as he bowed back
· "Why don't you come home for tea?" Yor asked
· "Excuse me?" Megumi asked
· "Please, I mean it must have been a while since you have seen each other, why don't you catch up around a cup of tea?" Yor asked
· "That's very thoughtful madam, but..."
· "With pleasure madame" A feminine voice said
Nobara suddenly showing up in the middle of the conversation was somehow of a surprise, the next thing you know, they were all set on the couche sipping their tea as they were telling Yor the false tail of their meeting with Loid
· "Isn't it amazing to meet after so many years."
· "Dad why didn't you met with them sooner?" Anya asked.
· "I was just about to ask you the same thing" Yor said surprised as Bond decided to walk away from the conversation and join the dark blue dog
· "Well, I was married to your mother and had you, so I just couldn't get the risk to go back to another country and leave you behind" he responded gently, Anya knew that it was a lie, but she still wanted to know what it felt like to have real family, what it felt like to know that no matter what you'll always have a place to come back to. Which she felt wasn't really her case.
Yujin felt like something was odd, the way Anya was staring at Loid as he was telling that story, those eyes weren't filled by love and warmth, but like envy, the envy to have lived within this bubble of love and warmth.
· "And we understood sensei, we ourselves couldn't leave the country by fear of losing each other's sight" Nobara added
· "Glade that you could be that comprehensive" he added.
· "Tell me little one, I heard from your father as were walking that you liked playing spies, is that true?" she asked thinking about all the details that Loid was able to tell them about the strix mission. Anya nodded as a respond
· "Great because Yujin right here is a huge fan of spies"
· "What now?" he asked with a weirded-out expression as he was about to take a seep of his tea
· "He used to love playing spies and policeman with sensei" Megumi added
· "Is that truth on Isan?" she asked
· "Indeed, it is" he admitted
· "Do you want to come play with me in my room?" she asked, ignoring the fact that it was a lie, but just too happy to have someone to play with.
· "You bet" he responded with a warm smile
· "Now tell us about you madam" Nobara asked as Anya decided to take Yujin's hand to play in her room....
. "How did you meet sensei?"
."Oh well, we met in at a tailor shop, before I could say anything Loid came to me asking me if I wanted to have coffee with him, then I invited him at a friend's party, then I started spending time with Anya, and before I knew it I was engaged to an amazing man and became the mom of the cutest little girl in the whole world" she said with her rosy cheeks
."I am truly blessed to have this family," she remarked, gazing at her reflection in her teacup, her hands cradling it gently. "Truly," she reiterated before taking a sip.
As Nobara sipped her tea, she couldn't shake the feeling that the woman's sincerity was oddly unsettling, considering it was a fake family."
But surprisingly Loid's gaze showed a great deal of appreciation and warmth toward Yor's reaction, ."I am glad to know that" his green eyes conveyed.
."You seem quite happy sensei" Fushiguro said, which triggered Loid into getting a hold of himself
."I mean obviously." He caught "It is such a joy for me to introduce you to my family after all" he added.
While the interrogation kept going. Little miss pinky head was terribly happy to introduce her new friend to her stuffed animals.
. "This is agent-o penguin" she said shaking one his flippers, yujin then went and grabbed the flipper to give the stuffed animal a handshake, before even uttering a word, Anya showed him her most treasured stuffed animal she had a little pinky cheetah.
."This is director cheetah; he is the head of the agency" she said as she was holding it high up so that Yujin could see
."Nice to meet you sir" he said as saluted him like a soldier would, which made Anya smile and laugh
." So you do like spies, don't you?" he asked
." Anya loves them, they are so cool and strong" "Anya wants to become just like them in the future" she added, that kind of warmed Yujin's heart to know that she wanted to become just like her father, he thought, thoughts that Anya was able to read, she at that moment knew that Yujin and the others were here for a special mission, that they were probably new recruits of the agency, her chest plus shoulders was filled with some kind of super power energy that almost her jump.
Hellas that excitement was joined with a feeling of terror after trying to read more into Yujin's mind, and Yujin noticed it.
."Are you okay? Something's wrong?" he asked intrigued
."No, Anya is just..." she said after thinking "Too exited" she added smiling as if she was apologizing
."Well that's something to be excited about, isn't it?" Yujin said with enthusiasm, his big smile warmed Anya's mood, and made her feel happy and somehow safe. A sense of safety that Yujin figured was needed.
."This little girl, she was able to connect with my mind, hun, interesting" he thought as he was staring at her play with her stuffed animals
."You seem so lonely, little Anya" he thought again, and surprisingly Anay couldn't hear anything, she was just so focused on playing spies with that young man who made her safe for a moment, he made her forget about whatever mission Loid had to take on again.