A day with joker: Ann

Joker sat at a train station bench, switching between looking around expectantly and looking at her phone the same way. Ann asked that morning if she wanted to "hang out."

At least that's what it says in the text, as to why she's late was not stated in the text. But it was a nice warm day so joker didn't mind the wait. Dressed in her typical summer clothes; a white button up shirt, black undershirt, and a pair of slightly ripped jeans Akira pushed up her glasses and and scanned around once more.

Joker squinted in attempts to see further than she could, when her phone vibrated and caused her to jump in her seat.

"I'm sorry akira!"

"The studio called me and asked if I could do a shoot really quick, I didn't expect it to go on for so long." Akira stared at her screen blinking a couple times then began to respond.

"May I sit in and watch the shoot?" Joker tapped the send button and leaned back but as soon as she did her phone immediately buzzed again.

"That's a great idea!" The phantom thief leader got up from her bench and stretched. Checking her phone again, Panther has sent directions to where she was. It was surprisingly close.

Akira arrived at a medium sized looking office building. After walking through the front door and up 3 flights of stairs joker had finally found the room Ann was in.

Carefully opening the door so that no one would notice and carefully stepping in without a sound, joker closed the door just as quietly when she came in. She turned and saw the camera crew along with Ann doing some of the cutest poses Akira has ever seen.

She made her way behind the photographers careful not to draw attention or make a sound. As joker stood behind the camera crew she slightly moved forward, just enough for Ann to notice her.

Ann's eyes widened during her pose. Joker gave a small wave as she smiled warmly at her friend. The smile and wave gave Ann a fluttery feeling in her chest to the point where she could barely contain her giggling.

"Yes! That's perfect Takamaki-San, just like that." One of the cameramen said. So, panther continued on for a bit longer giving her best smile.

"I think we got some really good shots today, ." The lead cameraman stated.

"We're sorry that we had to call you in so suddenly, thank you so much." He concluded. Ann simply bowed and waved off the apology as no big deal. The crew packed up their things from the studio and left the room.

The door shut with a click and Ann's shoulders immediately dropped. "Phew, that was exhausting."

"Sorry about that, Akira." The blonde said with a frown. The frizzy haired girl smiled warmly and waved it off. "You're so carefree aren't you." Ann asked with sad eyes and a slight smirk she couldn't hold back.

Joker stepped closer to her partner and rested her hand atop the latter's head.

"Good work today, ." The phantom thief leader praised, her voice soft and smooth just above a whisper.

Ann stood with her eyes closed with bliss and a grin across her face, cheeks flushed a little red.

"I know!" Takamaki's eyes shot open excitedly.

"I'll make it up to you! Whatever you like!" Ann leaned and grabbed both of joker's hands.

"Oh but nothing too expensive please." She laughed with a slightly nervous sound.

Akira blinked at the sudden change of atmosphere and adjusted her glasses before digging into her pocket.

"May I take a picture of you?" Joker asked holding up her phone.

It was Panther's turn to blink, "huh?"

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Ann found herself posing once more in the middle of the studio. "This isn't what I had in mind." She scoffed at her photographer.

Joker, who was positioning her phone to get the best lighting finally found it. "Cheese." She said with a smirk.

"I dunno why you would want a picture of me, you see me like everyday." Ann shrugged as she switched to a different pose.

Akira was getting into all sorts of positions for the best lightning, having the time of her life it seemed. Finally after a couple more poses and a couple more shots she walked up to her model.

"For when you become the world's greatest model," the frizzy haired girl stood next to the blonde.

"I can brag and say: 'she's a precious friend of mine and whom of which I am very proud of her.'"

Akira held up the phone and slightly tilted her head towards Ann.

The front facing camera switched on to show Ann blushing a shade of red with a surprised look on her face, while Akira smiled profusely. No one had ever said those words to her before, well aside from Shiho; considering that Panther lives on her own it's rare to hear words of encouragement. But something about Akira saying those words made her feel light and bubbly to the point where she could barely hide it.

Ann bursted out with a laugh and a huge smile as she threw her arms around joker. "You better be!" Akira stumbled backwards before catching her footing again, both arms around the blonde. "Thank you Akira, for everything." she said into joker's shoulder.

Akira stood with the blonde in her arms and remembered her face in the sunlight in total despair and in need of help. She remembers the feeling of wanting to protect her, the drive that led her to become joker. It was because of that that very same feeling that allowed her to become a Phantom thief.

"No thank you, Ann." she whispered.

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Later that night Ann laid back in her bed scrolling through her phone when she received a couple of messages, from Joker. It was the couple of pictures she snapped earlier in the day, Ann felt a warm feeling as she looked at them. At the end of the message was the picture of both of them that joker had taken. Both girls were smiling as if there wasn't a care in the world just the two of them, there for one another.

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A/N: Hey it's me again, hello. This one seems a bit on the longer side maybe it is maybe it isn't for a ficlet i dunno but yeah, i wanted to go for kinda a warm fuzzy feeling not sure how i did but yeah. The scene in the game where joker confronts ann about her problem was probably my favorite scene in the game to be honest. Also I should probably get it out of the way that i'm a huge yuri-fiend so if you came to these ficlets expecting not yuri i'm very sorry to disappoint. So yeah, but thank you as usual for favoriting, following, and the feedback. But most importantly thank you for taking the time out of your day to just check my story out.