Tom smiled widely as he saw the little girl dragging Shizuo away, his kouhai was obviously reluctant at the idea of eating cake with a little girl but he was firmly convinced that it would do good to Shizuo to actually go out for a bit, he believed some changes would be greatly beneficial, until he saw a weird man carrying a cane following them.
He raised an eyebrow, delving in his memories to try to remember who that man was, he knew him, he was sure of that. Tom thought it may be best to call Shizuo and let him know they were followed, if only to protect Akane-chan from any violent rampage which could happen.
Just in case he thought, and he dialed Shizuo's number.
He didn't pick up. Tom sighed, his co-worker never was good with technology.
He tried to convince himself that it didn't matter, no one would be dumb enough to attack Shizuo.
The blond debt collector wasn't smiling at all, his face clearly showed boredom and slight irritation, he clearly did his best to control his anger. Taking a large breath he asked
"Where do you want to go?"
"Can I take you to my favorite place Shizuo-san?"
"Sure, whatever"
Her hand was still stuck in Shizuo's, he used his other one to reach into his pocket and take a cigarette, just as he was about to light it, he remembered he shouldn't probably smoke around a child and put it back where it belonged.
Behind them, the strange man smiled, satisfied.
The store where the little girl led Shizuo was unknown to him, he found it weird, he liked cakes but he was a regular client of what he thought were normal bakery, this looked like a little castle.
With towers and all, he was stunned, nothing like that was supposed to exist in the middle of Tokyo, no, it belonged somewhere in Europe or God knows where, definitely not in Tokyo.
The little girl smiled at him and pulled his hand,
"Come on Shizuo-san, let's go inside"
He nodded and reluctanty followed her, he was definitely ill-at-ease, he didn't belong here.
They sat, and when the waitress came to take their order Shizuo was unable to order correctly, Akane smiled and ordered by herself "The usual for both of us"
When the waitress left Shizuo timidly asked "What's the usual"
"A surpriseee~"