Baba frowned when he got to the penthouse and found that his darling Crystal wasn't there. Last time he'd been away he had come in to his room at the hotel to see her wrapped up in his sheets with such a content, cute, and happy look on her face. The room was definitely clean, so she must have been coming in and doing her job. He took out his phone and called hers hoping she would answer. "What's going on? Is she mad at me?" he thought as the phone continued to ring. After no answer he hung up and headed out to find Eisuke and the others. "Ota... have you seen Crystal lately?" he asked as he found Ota heading towards the elevator. "Hm? Oh Baba you're back! Yeah I actually saw her this morning. She was in a hurry though.. Not sure what it was about but she was humming and seemed pretty happy." said Ota looking thoughtful for a moment about Crystal's strange actions. This made Baba worry a bit more, usually she wouldn't be so cheerful about him being gone. "I'm sure it's nothing to worry about Baba." said Ota as he noticed the worried look on his friends face. "Right..." said Baba as he headed towards the elevator. "I think I'll go see her and surprise her." Baba and Ota road the elevator down to the first floor and talked about what things he'd managed to steal for the auctions only occasionally bringing up Crystal's odd behavior while he was gone.
Once he reached the first floor he quickly headed out knowing she would probably be home at her apartment. "Ugh.. why is this bothering me so much? I know she'd never see another man right? Maybe I was gone too long this time and she's just mad at me.." he thought quietly as he headed to the employee apartments. "Ugh why are these things so tight?!" came a frustrated cry from Crystal's apartment as he approached the door. He blinked at the outburst wondering just what she was up to in there. "Haha! I think you just answered that for yourself." came a girls voice from inside. "Right.. tights... funny.." came Crystal's voice trying hard not to sound amused. He smiled and knocked on the door and waited. He heard scrambling and a thud which made him raise his eyebrow in curiousness. The door opened and a girl a little shorter than Crystal with the same green eyes answered the door smiling. She had long brown hair like his Crystal but her bangs didn't scoop down so close to her eyes like Crystal's did. Looking at her he could tell she was still in school maybe in Middle school or High school it was hard to tell for sure which. "Hello, pretty lady is Crystal here?" he said giving his best charming gentleman smile. The girl's eyes lit up as she began to giggle. "Yup she's here but um can you give her a moment? Um Mr?" asked the girl smiling wondering his name. "You can call me Baba, and of course." he said smiling. As he finished his sentence he saw Crystal dart past behind the girl towards the bathroom trying hard to pull gray tights off of her legs which made him chuckle a bit at how funny it looked. "My name's Alex Stout. Well technically it's Alexandria but, I like Alex or Alexis better." said the girl smiling. "Please come in."
She opened the door wider for Baba to come in now that Crystal had darted off to the bathroom in panic. Baba smiled and came in and looked around a bit. "You must be her little sister. She's told me a little bit about you though she failed to mention what a polite princess you are." he said as he noticed Crystal's apartment was a complete mess. There were make up cases everywhere along with clothes, shoes, body glitter, and sheets of paper. "I know lots about you. You're her boyfriend that shes head over heals in love with." giggled Alex as she started picking up papers. He could hear Crystal still struggling in the bathroom with the tights. "Oh? She's talked about me to you?" he said using this chance to get to know some of her family. "No not really. I read it in her diary. She likes your butt and fancy hair." giggled Alex putting the papers away in a folder. Baba blinked noticing just how opposite Crystal was in her diary than the her he knew. He'd was starting to wonder about this diary now and just what else it was she put in there. He then blinked as it sunk in what Alex just said. "She really thinks my hair is fancy?" he said completely ignoring the butt comment as he planned to ask Crystal about that later. "Yup! Let's see.. she also said you give her butterflies all the time and she hates how she can't be more mature for you." said Alex looking thoughtful as she started to try and clean up all the makeup and body glitter. "What's with all the make up and body glitter?" he asked curiously. "Because sister made a promise to help me with something and she's clearly not gonna tell you about it... Ugh... She made me promise not to tell you either if I met you while we practiced our lines..." replied Alex looking frustrated at the fact she might not be able to tell him.
Baba blinked a bit wondering just what this promise was. "She's so easy to tease and embarrass.. that's why she made me promise but... I so wanna tell..." continued Alex looking torn between keeping a promise and having a way to tease Crystal. Baba smiled he could tell Alex and him were going to get along just fine as it seemed both enjoyed teasing Crystal. "Well it's completely your choice if you want to tell me." he said smiling softly. There was no reason to make her feel she had to break a promise. "Oh screw it.. I'll just tell you." she said grinning from ear to ear. Baba chuckled a bit at her answer. Alex opened her mouth to answer only for the bathroom door to open and Crystal to interrupt. "I swear .. it's no wonder that movie had the famous crotch bulge... I wonder if David Bowie had as much trouble getting in and out of the tights as I'm having." said Crystal which made Alex giggle. Crystal's face grew bright red and her mouth hung open as she realized Baba was sitting right there with a rather amused look on his face. "Dare I ask what kinda movie it is you've been watching while I was away?" he said teasingly which made Crystal sputter a bit trying to find words. At this Alex fell over laughing hard at the look on her sisters face. Crystal tried to shoot Alex a look but all that did was make her laugh more. "B-baba w-when did you get back?" said Crystal finding her voice and wanting to avoid the subject of her in tights.
After all Baba would surely take that down a path that would make her as red as a cherry and she didn't want that kind of conversation infront of her sister, even if she was a teenager and knew what happens between a man and a women when they're in love. "A little bit ago. I was dissapointed that you weren't at the hotel. Is something going on?" he asked smiling trying to get information. "I-it's nothing. Wecome home. Um this laughing hyena is my kid sister Alex.. though by the happy look on her face I'd say introductions are out of the way." said Crystal changing the subject. He smiled though inside he was slightly dissapointed that she was hiding something from him. But Alex seemed very willing to tell him about it, so that told him it wasn't something heartbreaking at least. "She's a lot more charming than you described her." said Baba smiling. The color drained from Crystal's face as she thought about what possible trouble her sister and Baba would cause as a team and that worried her to know end, especially cause she knew she would be their target for teasing. "God... I wanted to introduce these two on my own terms... now on top of trying to help her and hide it form him... I'll go insane... and worse if he finds out... the teasing will be even worse than it already is.." thought Crystal chewing on her lip a bit. "Oh would you look at the time! I need to take Alex home. She's got school in the morning!" said Crystal quickly looking away from Baba to the clock. Baba and Alex both made a sound that mimicked that of a couple of children who had been told it was bed time and they didn't want to go.
Alex made sad puppy eyes as she finished cleaning up the mess she and Crystal had made. "Oh.. don't.. not the eyes..." said Crystal trying to ignore it. Alex sighed heavily and pouted while giving the puppy eyes looking like a kicked puppy begging for forgivness. "Oh... fine... I'll call mom... and volunteer to take you to school in the morning... " sighed Crystal as she caved in. "You're lucky I managed to get a few days off of work..." Alex grinned and Baba chuckled seeing how close Crystal was with Alex. Crystal headed off to the kitchen to make the phone call and Alex plopped down on the bed giggling happily. "She always falls for that. I learned that from a cartoon from america too." said Alex proudly. "Oh?" asked Baba feeling really amused and happy. "Yup! Anyway sis made me promise not to tell but.. I'll tell you anyway but you can't let her know I told you. Oh and you should come watch when we're done too!" said Alex her eyes lighting up. Baba smiled and nodded that he would. He could never do anything to make a girl sad and he wanted Alex to like him, after all Crystal meant the world to him and he wanted her family to like him. "We're doing a play at school for charity and half the guys at my school out right refused to put on tights, make up, and body glitter that was required for the role they had a chance of playing." said Alex frowning as she mentioned how little the guys seemed to care about charity. "The play is called Labyrinth and it's one of Crystal's favorite fantasy movies."
Baba smiled and listened quietly as Alex explained. "So I begged the teacher to let me talk sis into playing the role of Jareth the Goblin King, and eventually he said if she wanted to she could. So now she's promised to help so she can't back out but she has to sing and and act." giggled Alex happily. Baba blinked and started to understand now why Crystal hadn't wanted him to know. He didn't even know she COULD sing much less act. "I see .. she's embarrassed hehe... oh but she should have known there was no way to hide this juicy story from me." thought Baba while grinning mischievously. "I'll be sure to come and I'll bring a few friends as well. After all it's for a good cause." he said smiling thinking of telling Eisuke and the others. Alex smiled and thanked him happily. "Okay mom said as long as you don't drive me insane you can stay till your project for school is done." said Crystal coming back in smiling. Alex ran over and hugged Crystal happily. "Great! This means you can help me lots!" said Alex happily. Crystal nodded hoping Baba still had no clue about what she was hiding. "Well you're busy and I won't have another trip for a while. I'll head home and let you enjoy time with you precious little sister." said Baba walking over smiling. Crystal blinked wondering what part of Alex was precious. "Um sorry I really do want to spend time with you though.." she said blushing in response which made Alex giggle. Baba smiled and slipped a piece of paper to Alex as he hugged Crystal and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you soon." he said smiling. Alex blinked and looked at the paper while her sister was distracted and then grinned. "Text me if you two ever practice out in public I'd love to come and watch." read the note along with the number to his cell phone. Crystal was going to have a long week she just didn't know it yet.