Evening and Winter (夕方と冬)

I'll Work With You

Chifuyu had changed into a different attire than his Alabaster attire at the rooftop of the empty tall building he lives at and he stepped down to the sidewalk and begins walking to a small shop to buy groceries, but someone bumped into him when he was about to make a turn.

"Ow, ow..." Chifuyu sat down as he rubbed his aching head, that's when he realized a boy the same age as him is who bumped into him. The boy had short copper-brown hair that could be considered neat and messy at the same time, and his amber eyes opened as he sat down.

"Ah, I-I'm sorry!" the boy apologized as the two of them stood up, discovering the two were the same height.

"No problem, just be careful next time." Chifuyu tried his best to be patient, his lips that formed a fake smile twitched slightly.

"Oh, you're not from around here, are you?" the boy noticed Chifuyu was Japanese.

"You have a problem with that?" Chifuyu gave him a cold gaze.

"Oh, no, no, no! No problem at all! I'm sorry!" the boy didn't expect his reaction and bowed in apology once more.

"Forget it," Chifuyu gave the boy a pat and walked pass him, continuing his journey to the grocery store. The brown-haired boy turned to watch Chifuyu disappear out of sight, dazing with wonderment in his eyes.

Meanwhile, Eve was walking to her father's office in the house and pushed open the door, holding the one-of-a-kind diamond watch in her hand that she hid behind her back.

"Hello, Eve." Taylor greeted his daughter without turning away from his papers, allowing Eve to stop in front of his desk.

"Dad, I have something that I'm not sure what it is. Do you want to take a look?" Eve was hesitant, still hiding the object behind her back.

"Why did you take it if you don't know what it is? It could be a bomb, where is it?" Taylor puts down his papers, and Eve showed him the watch in her hand that made her father's eyes widen in an instant. It was a shocked expression Eve only see on her father's face when he witnessed something overwhelmingly shocking, with a hint of horror like when he discovered his wife had a deadly illness. "What in the world?! Eve, where did you get this?!!" Taylor took the watch from her hand, holding it as if it was an extremely fragile item, while Eve remembered Chifuyu was dangling it like it was a banana peel.

"W-What is it?" Eve was hesitantly curious.

"This is a watch owned by the dangerous mafia leader, Ian Heir. Only one exists in the world and only he has it, this is his favourite treasure and he always had it with him." Taylor explained.

"Tsuguha-kun broke into a mafia leader's house??!!!" Eve screamed in her head.

"Eve, where did you get this? It's impossible you would do it on your own, unless you actually explain to me how you got it." Taylor interrogated his daughter, "I'm worried they would come for you, please tell me, I'm worried for your safety." He told her.

Chifuyu jumped to her window and removed his mask as he sat down, while Eve was flopped face down on her bed to show her exhaustion.

"You showed the watch to your old man?" Chifuyu asked her with a slight gloat on his handsome face.

"I don't even remember how I got out of Dad's interrogation anymore..." Eve's voice was faint because her face was buried into the cushion of her bed.

"I'm not surprised he interrogated you, that watch is worth more than the effort I spent." Chifuyu shrugged.

"And how much effort did you spent exactly?" Eve sat down at the edge of her bed.

"Almost none," his mischievous grin rose on Chifuyu's face, "The security of that man's estate was extreme compared to normal estates, it was fun to break into." His smile tells Eve he's shrewder than he looks.