Akari strutted down the Research Tower hallway when suddenly something fell onto the top of his head. The young, pink haired doctor stopped in his tracks then brushed his head off and watched a bunch of cherry blossom petals fall to the ground.
Wait, cherry blossoms? Inside a building? Akari looked up to the ceiling in suspicion, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.
Thinking it had been just an illusion after his long nightshift, the doctor shrugged then walked on. But then he was surprised with another bunch of petals. They made him sneeze loudly.
In the air vent above Akari's head sat Gareki, holding a fit of laughter as he dropped more and more cherry blossom petals at the loudly sneezing man below him.
Hirato, Tsukumo, Akari, Jiki, Kiichi, and Tsukitachi were all summoned by the Super-Secret Government (is how Yogi likes to call them) to join another 'how-to-deal-with-the-Niji' conference.
"As I said last week; I will not…" Akari started but was interrupted when cherry blossom petals fell out of nowhere and rained down onto him. The pink haired doctor, not wanting to lose his stoic composure, cleared his throat then added; "…dissect a human being only because…" Akari was interrupted for a second time with a soft tap on his arm. The doctor turned his head to the culprit and barked; "What?!"
Hirato, not taken back by Akari's violent body language, replied with a grin; "Those cherry blossoms really match your hair, Akari. Don't you think so too, Tsukitachi?"
"Yes, yes!" The first ship captain nodded his head rapidly then leaned closer and whispered; "It really brings out his eyes as well."
Jiki, Tsukumo, and Kiichi felt quite awkward with the situation and rather wanted to be elsewhere right now. Akari's eyebrow twitched in irritation as the two captains, one on each side of him, kept throwing flirtatious comments.
"Maybe we should move his office outside the Research Tower and locate his desk underneath the cherry trees," Tsukitachi said.
Hirato stroked his chin and said; "That would be an excellent idea, but therefore we need cherry blossom trees first."
"What? Why hasn't anyone ever planted those trees around the Research Tower?!"
"Maybe because, up till now, no one knew how well the petals match Akari's hair."
"Don't forget his eyes, Hirato." Tsukitachi blew a handful of cherry blossoms into Akari's face. Akari really had to fight the urge of breaking out of character and pummel both men for being so ridiculously childish. He even dared to bet either one, or both, had something to do with the petals falling out of nowhere. Why else would they make so much fun of the situation rather than looking surprised for the fact there were cherry blossoms raining inside, like every other normal human would.
Suddenly someone cleared its throat uproariously and the three men looked up in surprise. Of course it was hard to tell what their facial expression was because they were nothing but darkened silhouettes on a screen, but their body language looked like they were not happy with the playful flirts.
"Could we please go back to the subject of this conference, the Niji?" the head of the 'Super-Secret Organisation' asked as soon he got everyone's attention again.
Jiki suddenly raised his hand then asked with a frown; "Sooo…no one but me is weirded out by the fact there are falling cherry blossoms from the ceiling air vent?"
"This conference is about how much of a threat this Niji can become when Kafka gets their hands on him, not discussing how flower petals end up in the air conditioning system," the leader said then mumbled; "Though, maybe someone should look into that later. Anyway…Hirato, what are you planned to do when…
The leader of the organisation could say no more for he was interrupted by a loud rumbling sound, cue followed by two boys screaming as they fell down. As they landed in the center of the table, youngest on top, they didn't move at all. They were just as confused as all the presence people in the room.
Hirato, who recognized the two boys immediately, inhaled a deep breath to not break out of character then asked the oldest; "Mr. Gareki, what are you doing here and why did you involve Nai into this?"
Gareki remained lying flat on his back as he turned his head to face Hirato then replied with a cheeky grin; "Checking how safe these ceilings are, duh. But's it's more than obvious I don't have to tell you how weak they are. Usually I need explosives to get a hole that size."
"So this is the street thief who tagged along with the Niji?" A stern voice asked, belonging to no one other than the leader of the secret organisation.
"Yeah! Two for the prize of one…" Jiki mumbled sarcastic then received the most iciest glare from Gareki as the teen pushed Nai off of him then rose to his feet, dusted his clothes and fixed his goggles. However, he made no attempt to jump off the table. Instead he faced the screen and glared angrily.
"The name's Gareki, you old fart! And the Niji you're referring to, his name is Nai!" Nai waved happily at the screen as he heard his name. The men of the 'Super-Secret Organisation' didn't look impressed at nor. Nor did they think Nai was cute.
Hirato met Gareki's eyes then pulled in a deep sigh and asked; "Gareki. Have you been asking Nai to eaves drop on us again?"
"What? No way, man!" Gareki replied, looking slightly insulted.
Nai chimed in with a firm nod; "Gareki's right. We tried to make Akari-sensei happy. Cherry blossom season makes everyone happy, Gareki said."
"Obviously not everyone…" Hirato replied as he stole a glance at the pink haired man beside him and received a side glare in return. Then he cleared his throat and said, with a serious tone in his voice; "Gareki should have known better, Nai. This is a private meeting."
"Private?" Nai looked thoughtfully, pondering what the word 'private' meant. Then he suddenly remembered it and tugged at Gareki's sleeve then whispered; "They are the Super-Secret Organisation Yogi told us about."
"So, you guys are the scumbags who want to use Nai as a human experiment." The raven haired teen's eyes filled with rage.
The leader of the 'Super-Secret Organisation snorted; "Well, he's not really a human, is he?"
"That's it! I will find you, you S.O.B!" Gareki roared angrily then pointed at Nai and bellowed; "You hunt Nai, I'll hunt you! Expect it when least expect it. You are number 1 on my revenge list if you dare to touch Nai!"
While Gareki threw more insults and treats at the Government, the three adults stuck their heads together and started a heated game of rock, paper, scissors to decide which one of them would drag Gareki outside then apologize to the Government for the teenager's behaviour.
"You can hide your face behind that screen filter all you want, but your body posture and height will be printed in my brain and when you'll pass me on the streets, you'll be…" Gareki could say no more for he was lifted up underneath Akari's arm, who lost the game of rock, paper, scissors, then was carried outside. Nai, worried for his friend, quickly trotted after them.
Hours later, the two captains and the doctor stood outside the second airship enjoying the sundown when suddenly one of the airship's windows opened and Gareki poked his head.
"Oi!" he yelled down. The three adults looked up finding the teen, the immense smirk on his face, and the bucket he was holding. Blue irises locked with the pink one.
Knowing what was about to happen, Akari raised his fist and yelled; "If you dare to drop that bucket of cherry blossoms onto me, I will turn you into a science experiment!"
"Yeah, I knew you would say that," Gareki smirked. "Besides, I already figured cherry blossoms would be a waste on you! So instead, I try something..."Suddenly, Gareki was interrupted and the two captains and the doctor, still standing below the open window, heard Yogi's voice.
"AAGH! You can't throw that onto Akari-Sensei! He will operate you without anesthesia!" The blond fighter threw himself onto the raven haired teen and a struggle for the bucket started. Things went from bad to worse and the bucket tipped over. The two airship captains were smart and quick enough to sidestep, but the pink haired the doctor wasn't. Freezing cold water landed on top of him.
Gareki, poking his head out the window, yelled down; "So you know, this is Yogi's fault! I was only bluffing!"
"AAAGH, you are so mean, Gareki!" Yogi wailed then poked his head out the window and whimpered at the pink haired doctor he was so afraid of; "I am so sorry, Akari-Sensei! I will make it up to you, somehow, and…" Yogi received a smack to the back of his head from Gareki.
"Relax, you idiot! He's not even mad. You can tell by the look on his face. It's his 'it's-just-water-and-water-doesn't-hurt' face."
"NO! It's his 'you-better-run-before-I—wait, where did he go to?" Yogi turned pale.
Gareki frowned then looked down and only found the two ship captains who mouthed; "Run." Quick footsteps came running down the hallway, indicating they were about to get into big trouble. Yogi ran around in circles, hysterically, trying to find a hiding spot. Gareki climbed into the nearest hiding spot, the closet.
The door swings open with gusto revealing a soaking wet doctor. Yogi nearly fainted in fear then pointed at the closet, hoping the doctor wouldn't target him but the real culprit; "Gareki is hiding in the closet!"
Nai skipped happily down the second ship's hallway then froze when he saw Akari exit his and Gareki's bedroom, dragging both Yogi and Gareki with him by the shrubs of their necks. Yogi wailed like a little child while Gareki bellowed all sorts of insults while trying to squirm himself free. Not that it worked.