We Will Meet Again

Chauncey woke up, feeling a heavyweight on his shoulders. He opened his eyelids, and his eyes widened when he turned to his right. It was the woman named Setsura. Unconsciously he looked down, 'Clothes are still in tac. .' So nothing happened, where are they? It took Chauncey a moment to recognize his surroundings. The church…? How did he get here? As far as he is concerned, he was at home… Right, he was at his own home and then...

The church doors opened, and in came one of the sisters. Lady Marina.

"Oh my, is Setsura-chan still sleeping?"

She didn't seem surprised to see the sight.

"Yes, uh…"

Marina chuckled, "It seems you were hurt, and she fell asleep while she was taking care of you. Could I trouble you to bring her back home?"

Chauncey nodded and agreed. He didn't even know where the girl's home was but nodded regardless.

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Long Mansion

When Chauncey retraces his steps, his expression is dim. Somebody broke into the yard; he decided to check it out instead of troubling others. He ended up getting wounded and then running in the opposite direction before he knew it, he arrived at the church. Why didn't he remain inside the house? The answer is simple. He didn't want it to turn into a blood scale battle.

Earlier, Chauncey was very troubled when he was asked to bring her home. He doesn't even know where she lives. He does know that she is staying with Akito, but nobody knows where Akito is staying.

In the end, he had to call Victor and ask him to fetch her. It seemed like Akito was with him. When he saw how panicked Akito was earlier, Chauncey didn't have a chance to explain what happened. Why on earth was that woman there so late at night? It's not unusual to use that place for a late-night rendezvous - but he doubts that was it. That woman wouldn't betray Akito. Chauncey has seen how dedicated she is to his friend.

But it still struck him as peculiar, why was she there? When he got outside and discovered he was hurt, Chauncey already called for a doctor along the way. The doctor, however, said there was no need to worry. 'It seems your companion helped treat your wounds. So your life isn't in danger.'

That woman, she must have stayed behind to take care of him. He ought to thank her…

When he gets a chance to slip out from this meeting, he will go over to see her.

"Sir Chauncey, what are your thoughts?"

Chauncey snapped out of it and looked up at the faces of the group of men who came to have a meeting at his house. The case they were currently taking on is the one the police have been having trouble with lately. He looked at the map in the center, red crosses where the attacks have taken place.

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Akitos Mansion

Setsura's gaze fell on the man who had finally fallen asleep right beside her, when she recalled what happened a few moments ago.

...

Earlier

Akito was downright furious. He looked at her with a dark gaze as they stepped into the living room. "Leave," Akito demanded the maids and the Butler. It wasn't a command; it was a demand. Thankfully, everybody felt the intense atmosphere and quickly left.

"So, how much do you know about the men in white?"

Setsura looked at him blankly.

"It's a new organization targeting young women," Akito explained with a dark gaze. "You didn't know and yet..?"

Akito took one step forward, causing her to step back automatically. Eventually, Setsura couldn't step back anymore, since her back hit the wall. Akito's hand slammed into the wall beside her face,

Setsura examined Akito's expression. The look in his changed to a darker one

"You mean to tell me that you snuck of last night, without knowing that, " he questioned with deadly softness.

Oh, Setsura recognized this tone and flinched. This is not good, from now on he will get angrier, she should say something quickly. Setsura looked down at her feet, "I'm very sorry. I had no clue."

Organization attacking women? How is she supposed to know? Is that why sir Chauncey got hurt?

…..

Present

She understood his concern; she really did. This is why she wanted to ask her questions and return quickly. She had it all planned that she wouldn't stay longer than 30 minutes. Who would have thought that 30 minutes would end up as the entire night?

"Akito, are you awake?"

"Get some rest. You didn't sleep properly, did you?"

That's true, by the time she closed her eyes, it was already daylight. Setsura remained awake the entire night to monitor Chauncey's condition.

"Akito, I'm very sorry…."

A deep sigh passed his lips, "Do you understand why I got mad? With your situation, exposing yourself in danger every day is dangerous. The moment I leave you alone without any security, Touma will get to you. Do you know they were looking for you too?"

"Ah?"

"Somebody spotted you on the main street. They don't know where I live, so thankfully, they only followed your trail from there. But, they lost sight of you."

Lost sight of? But she was walking in plain sight, and not exactly sneaking around. Now that she thought about it, Katakura mentioned something about the butterfly concealing if she wished for it. Back then, she felt somebody was following her, so she strongly wished to escape.

"Thank goodness you're not harmed," Akito brushed his hands across her cheeks. "I was very worried about you."

Setsura hates this look on his face; she would rather he smile foolishly like always. "I'm sorry, Akito, it won't happen again."

"Sorry won't cut it; you were in danger."

...….

11:00am

When Akito said, there would be some changes. Setsura didn't think it would be so obvious. Victor, who came to visit her, was laughing, and Setsura shook her head. Currently, she was archiving away some files. "It isn't funny, do you know the strange look people gave me when they saw Mr butler acting as my guard?"

Victor smiles, "But well, Akito couldn't give this job to anybody else since their skills wouldn't be sufficient. Initially, he asked me, but apparently, I draw too much attention."

Setsura sighed, "I'd rather have you." At least with Victor, she can find a way to slip past his gaze. But Mr butler is very sharp; it's hard to get past him. Her thoughts broke off when Victor placed a basket in front of her. It was a beautiful bouquet of different flowers.

"Chauncey said he wants to thank you properly, but today he got called in for a meeting."

"About the...organization targeting women?"

"Ah," Victor nodded. "Akito told you?"

"When I heard about it, I was appalled. I can see why Akito was angry at me; even I think what I did last night was stupid."

"Don't mind it; we all make mistakes. That's part of human life…" Victor smiled. "Do you like the gift?"

Setsura looked towards the basket of flowers; she had to admit that for a mafia leader, he sure knew what he was doing.

"I do."

"That's good, Chauncey knows how to please women."

True, she saw it for herself how much of a womanizer he is. But, even so — "I don't think he's an awful person."

"Did you fall for him? Akito will get mad."

"As if," Setsura sighed. "I just think he isn't that bad of a person."

Victor nodded, "Well, I have to agree with you there."

"So this meeting…"

"The military police are having a difficult time with the case. So they will be working in consensus with the mafia groups. The thing is, they'd probably save themselves a lot of effort if they always worked together."

"Save them a lot of effort?"