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26: You must be a hell of a thief, you stole my heart from across the room!

     { ❥ } — To be frank, after the debacle the last line she gave, Yue was beside herself with awkwardness and embarrassment. Normally, she wasn’t so quick to show her flustered nature, especially in the presence of the opposite gender. And Ace was one of those men that she found had a difficult time of hiding behind that cool facade of hers.

                              Especially after he had managed to save her from those men the other day. Though, after, she was surprised by the amount of food he managed to take in as her favor for saving him. Since then, Ace has had a habit of randomly dropping by for a bite to eat made by her hand, always making enough food to give him quite the feast. Since it was home-cooked, it always gave that feeling of it being homely.

                              Today was such a day, and Yue found herself sitting with Ace, the male surprisingly calm today as he stretched, just waking from one of those random naps he always found himself in once he finished eating. The other day, she had the pleasure of meeting an awkward Ace as he said a line that was… well, innuendo aside, had caused the fallen angel some flustered reactions. Cutely red in the face, she couldn’t really stammer out her words properly until she managed to calm down. Despite the fact that he was the man that had eaten the Mera-Mera Fruit, Yue still found herself warm enough to challenge that of Ace.

                              After all, it was one of those things she wouldn’t expect a friend to say to her. She supposed it would only be fair if she returned the favor.

                              ❝Ne, Ace,❞ she called out softly to him.

                              He was stretching while laying on the floor. The wooden floor felt cool against his normally heated skin, remaining there while he tensed when her head suddenly popped up over him.

                              ❝You know, you must be a hell of a thief since you managed to steal my heart from across the room!❞

                              She said it with a blank face that both Ace and Yue stared at one another for a good long while. That is, until Ace flushed with realization at what she said and she quickly backed away with a red face.

                              He quickly sat up, rubbing the back of his neck while his face was tinted red. “Ya know, that was… uhh…”

                              ❝I… um, thought it would be a bit of payback for the other day,❞ she said, pumping up her fists with triumph. ❝Did I succeed?❞

                              She watched as Ace began to laugh and she found herself relived. One for one, right?

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16: Your body is 65% water and I’m thirsty.

    { ❥ } — Well, the day couldn’t get worse, could it? After all, Yue was randomly spewing lines that she had seen written somewhere and for some reason, those lines were just being blurted out for no reason at all. A good part of her blamed that email she had received and then a part of her blamed herself for even uttering such cliched and horrible lines. They were absolutely horrid! They were not cute in any way and there was no way that this would cause anyone to be attracted her for spewing such… lame pick-up lines or… whatever these lines were called.

                              Soon enough, Yue found herself wandering the streets of Bunkyo, unsure of what she should do with the next line that she had managed to find, unfortunately. With an upset sigh, she spotted a familiar thread and followed it. While it was not necessarily the same color as Kaien’s it was close enough that it reminded her of him.

                              She spotted the female moments later, waving a hand. The first thing she uttered was words she would immediately regret upon saying them, ❝Ah, um, did you know, your body is 65% water and I’m thirsty?❞ While it wasn’t entirely false, since she was thirsty and all, Yue immediately regretted saying it, hoping that the girl wouldn’t think so harshly of her.

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5: “Your lips look so lonely, would they like to meet mine?”

    { ❥ } — Yue mused that after that night when she said that horrid line to Kaien, she would never be able to live it down. Kaien didn’t let it down, in fact, continued to tease her mercilessly for it. He kept asking her, though she wasn’t entirely sure what it was he was going for in asking her. It only continued to flustered her, it was as if he was asking if she was ready for something else entirely and eventually, she just avoided answering his jests and just ignored him. Thankfully, he just dropped the subject.

                              With a sigh of relief, she headed out with a bet from a friend that she wouldn’t be able to utter the next corny pick up line, one that she did not even have the courage to ask Kaien to oblige. She worried what would happen if she said it to him, thinking that he might perhaps tease her again for it like he had when she had said something so carelessly, distracted by the loosening of his tie.

                              She found a stranger on the street and took a deep breath, ❝Your lips look lonely so would they like to meet mine?❞

                              Yue was nervous and rigid, and her eye twitched subtly before she flushed. ❝I apologize… I… I was to do that on a dare…❞ She bowed her head with her hands placed together in front of her like in a prayer as a way to apologize.

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17: “I was feeling a little off today, but you definitely turned me on.”

    { ❥ } — Kaien and Yue had settled for a day together after his work shift, reading an assortment of random material that could be almost anything. Some novels, some magazines, and some encyclopedias when they required information for research in their endeavors to progress with their information on a case. Papers were strewn about her apartment, collected together in an order that made sense to the pair of them, their work patterns somehow being hashed together quite well.

                              Hours had passed, Yue stretching up her arms above her head from her place on the couch. Kaien was sitting on the floor, hunched over a stack of papers before he stood slowly to the wall of assorted pictures and string connecting to each picture. While she was not entirely sure what had convinced Kaien to come here and do his work, she didn’t mind, only was conscious in when they had to sleep, but work busied her mind to the point of exhaustion that she didn’t really think nothing else other then the case.

                              Rubbing her eyes, Kaien said, “Tired Yue?”

                              She shook her head, ❝I’m all right… just have been staring at text all day is wearisome.❞

                              “You should rest then,” he suggested, but his gaze remained on her, as if watching her. After a moment, he turned away and returned to his work.

                              Yue sighed, opening up her email to check if anyone had messaged her recently. None did but some newer messages were sent to her regardless, the title piquing her interest. Clicking it open, she found the list to be embarrassing and flush worthy that she herself could not help but turn bright red. These were all so embarrassing to say! Especially the one that had signified would obviously state her intent for the man that she had set her heart on. It was just a matter of whether or not Kaien would catch it. She watched him for a moment as he moved to scratch his head and then turned to come and sit by her feet on the couch, looking over the papers. He had just gotten off work a few hours earlier and they had gone straight to work so he still wore his uniform, one with a tie still strapped around his neck.

                              His fingers tugged on the tie loose as he perused the facts on paper, unaware of Yue’s gaze on him. Her mouth went dry and she felt her skin heat up.

                              ❝You know, I was feeling a little off today, but you definitely turned me on.❞

                              Kaien stiffened, turning his head to face Yue with a subtly raised brow. She looked to be perusing the laptop, looking up information but her gaze was on the screen on not on him. He knew what the term was of what she said… Her cheeks were flushed and he wondered if she said what he thought he had heard her say. He was sure he heard her… right… right?

                              “Yue? Did you just…?”                              ❝Mmm?❞ She looked nervous.                              “… You are… turned on?”

                              He watched as she stiffened, slowly closing the laptop and setting it down on the coffee table before she stiffly rose from her seat on the couch. “Yue, does that mean to say you are aroused? Why?”

                              Normally, she was graceful in her actions that it caught him by surprise when he watched her trip and stumble. She began to stammer incoherent words that Kaien found himself amused by her flustered behavior.