Art noticed the broken handle on the café's door and wondered what happened. Entering the café his arrival was heard by a ring of the bell on the door. Koneko who was sweeping immediately lifted her head up and smiled at seeing Art.
"Good morning Art-san!"greeted the Nowhere Café's owner.
Master as usual was grinding coffee beans while to Art's relief was Hajime as usual eating her curry. Takahiro was there too watching the news along with Hajime. Art and Takahiro were the only ones she ever share food with.
"Morning. What happened to the door knob."asked Art as he sat down by the counter. Hajime stopped eating to hug him and to say good morning before going back to her food.
"Someone broke in but left money for the drinks they took. Weird,huh?" explained Takahiro while turning to give Art a greeting as well. Koneko came with his sweet tea. Art looked confused and wondered what kind of thief steals and leaves payment. Master then gave him his orange tea while Koneko winked at him and brought out a slice of cake.
"I wont tell Honey."she said with a cat like grin while Art's eyes glew like a child's on Christmas. Hajime though without warning snatched the plate away causing Art to bite the fork instead.
"OW! Hajime-chan come on!"plead Art as he reached for the plate only for Hajime to evade every chance he took. Art sighed before pulling out a bag with a bunch of hamburgers. Hajime suddenly pouted knowing defeat.
"You have to eat too. Not just sweets all the time."said the young girl while Art nodded. He smiled his soft and beautiful smile that always caused everyone to blush at the sight of it.
"I promise I will."Art responded and Hajime gave the plate back and received her hamburgers. Koneko teased Hajime due the rare times she shows emotions especially like now since the red blush was very visible. Art smiled and remembered how Hajime's attitude was very much like Nice's when they first met. Nice. Art turned away at the thought and sighed when he heard the news announcing another minimum holder's death. Art then gave the details to his friends while giving concerned looks at Hajime and Takahiro who both looked serious. Both Koneko and Master gave each other's looks knowing this is a bad sign. Suddenly on the TV popped up a news report of the royal family. Everyone minus Art turned to see Lieselotte and Mikhail along with a boy who looked like Mikhail but with blue eyes. There was also a girl who looked like Lieselotte only with lilac hair. She had pigtails as well but they were lazily done and were held by some holders. She was smiling an all too familiar they had just seen. Hajime smirked at Art while he glared at the TV in annoyance.
"I'm guessing the meeting went well over in Okinawa."Master said lazily while cleaning some dishes. Art nodded an affirmative while he watched himself on TV along with his family. He couldn't help but smile at his new younger brother who was currently ten. Prince was his name and he shared Uncle Haruto's eyes due to Haruto's runes entering Mikhail in an emergency.
"Oh come on! I said I was sorry-Gah!"
Everyone present in the Café turned to the doors to see Birthday running towards Art and hiding behind him.
"Art tell them I am sorry!"begged the electric minimum holder though the begging was hard to believe with the smile he had on his face. Art smiled apologetically as Birthday was lifted up by Hajime by the collar.
"Don't hide behind my brother. Go be a man instead and face your fear."she ordered as she kicked him away from Art. Suddenly Three appeared while carrying a fuming Honey who looked ready to kill. Ratio, Chiyuu and Misty followed them out as well Chiyuu carrying a bento.
"Three tear him apart!"ordered Honey while the man obeyed and grabbed Birthday while he was defenseless. Ratio only sighed before calmly walking in and sat down and with a bored expression watched his boyfriend get hurt. Art chuckled and turned to keep eating his cake. It was then that he felt a dark aura surrounding him and he turned to see Honey behind him with a nasty glare.
Feigning ignorance he asked,"Something wrong?"
"Don't you dare play dumb with me! I know you haven't eaten breakfast at all. Instead you ate cake first."she shouted while sending looks of disapproval to Koneko and Master who both looked away.
"Hey! Don't look at them like that besides I did eat breakfast!"
"Oh, really? What?"
"…cake."
Honey snarled at Art like an angry cat but before she could unleash her claws Chiyuu jumped in and presented a bento to Art. Art stared at it with rather bored eyes. Seeing Chiyuu's face along with Misty crackling her knuckles he smiled and accepted the bento. Hajime then grabbed two spoons and sat next to Art knowing full well he wasn't going to eat the whole thing. If it weren't for Honey she would be the one dealing with Art. So Art ate his food by force even though he wished for something sweeter instead.
"You should eat healthier Art. All that sugar wouldn't be good for your body. I don't want to see you coming into the hospital in an ambulance again for the lack of diet."said Ratio.
Art felt a whole ton hit his head when everyone's mood changed to gloomy upon the reminder of his fainting episodes. Due to lack of sleep and diet Art would after working too much have shut down on his body. The strain then became too much that he during a shooting collapsed and his whole body shut down. Everyone had panicked and even Art's family had come just to see if he was fine. However after dying for that minute his whole body had healed and he had woken up like nothing had happened. No one though could blame him for the lack of sleep. At the reminder of the kidnapping Hajime herself stopped eating while Three looked away in shame from the one failure as Art's bodyguard. Honey looked away though not wanting to show her weak side. Art kept eating though his hand unconcoiusly touched his back where the many painful reminders from that kidnapping stayed. Sighing he suddenly smiled to which everyone couldn't help but join in at that.
Hajime knew that Art's smiles always had a certain magic in them that made everything seem just fine. She then ate the rest of his bento as gratitude.
Art worked as an inspector. His parents had agreed to give him a normal life since the kidnapping that had occurred. Since then he and Honey went to high school and college. During that time he made friends with Misty and Chiyuu in art class. Honey met Birthday and Ration when the blonde had tried to hit on her. Didn't end well of course. During college Art had Hajime sent from her home to live with him having grown attached to her since Ito's death. The two were always together no matter what though after getting a job Art didn't spend time with her. Hajime though had started a detective agency with him called Hamatora a dream Ito had shared with her. Art was a detective that solved the cases while Hajime was the muscle. During a case they met Takahiro who was a minimum holder who turned into a purple hulk when blowing his whistle. He wanted help for some friends who were being bullied. They learned later on that he had hidden his ability from his mother in fear of her prejudice against minimum holders. Hajime invited him to be part of the group. Koneko and Master were Hajime's guards and coincidently had a Café.
Art put his chin on his hands and smiled softly. His life was just perfect at the moment. Only there was one person who was missing to complete that happiness.
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"As the annual gathering comes to a close the Queen and King give an actual television appearance along with publicly showing their new son Prince and also showing the now grown princess Art.."
Nice watched the TV as he did his push ups and only watched the lilac haired princess who waved and smiled gently at the camera. Nice's usual cold stare had soften greatly just by merely watching the princess. He's grown more beautiful then I could imagine, he thought to himself. Nice had changed as well since he had a bit more muscle though still lean. His face though had three bandages due to severe training with Moral and also from the exam he had to pass for Moral's boss Momoka. Finally Nice stopped his push ups and stood up to stand straight up while still watching the TV.
"Hey, lover boy can I finally change the channel?"asked Murasaki as he kept running on the treadmill. Nice gave him a look before relunctantly changing the channel. He walked over to grab a towel to wipe off his sweat. He left to go change and shower. He looked at the vest which had once belonged to Ito before going downstairs to see Shizuku attending to a customer. They were hiding in a flower shop due to Moral's higher up having a thing for flowers. Shizuku was not fond of the place but did her best to control her temper when handling the flowers. Holding something in her palm is the only way to activate her hellfire minimum.
However right now it seem she might end up burning a customer for once. A sandy haired boy with a white cardigan, red shirt and a whistle around his neck was asking Shizuku questions. Shizuku was holding a lily in her hand and from the grip Nice knew she was ready to burn it to ashes.
"What kind of flower would a girl who likes hamburgers like?"asked the boy innocently.
Nice smirked as he saw Shizuku's smile become strain.
"Don't you think she would prefer a hamburger?"
"Then do you have hamburger smelling flowers?"
Nice snickered and caught sight of Murasaki who looked at his girlfriend in amusement as well. SNAP! Both turned around to see Shizuku having broken the lily in two.
"Why don't you buy her a hamburger instead."she spoke with a rather high pitched voice and dangerous smile. The boy stared at her before his eyes grew bright. He was completely ignorant of the danger he was in.
"Yeah! That's a good idea. Thanks miss."thanked the boy while taking away the half with the lily and leaving Shizuku with the stem half. Shizuku stood dumbfounded while the guys burst out laughing. She turned to glare at them with daggers.
"Men are idiots and tricksters!"she shouted and with a humph left to tend to the other flowers.
Nice shrugged and went over to the doors getting ready to take a walk.
"Take your phone with you. You never know when an assignment comes."ordered Murasaki. Nice showed his phone and left.
He noticed the kid that had been in the shop. The boy met up with a group of four. Two blunettes, a blonde and a purple haired one. Together they left into a burger joint and without thinking Nice started tagging along. He didn't know why he was tailing them but a urge told him to. Leaving the burger place the group of five headed to familiar path that Nice recognized from his last assignment. To his surprise he was taken to the very café he had broken into or at least Murasaki had. Letting the group enter first he then opened the door and at the same time a bell rang. A dark skinned man looked over along with an orange haired girl with a cat tail.
"Hello! Welcome to Café Nowhere."she greeted instantly. Nice smiled at them and went over to sit at the counter. He looked at the menu and ordered another drink like the one he took yesterday night. (It's the drink he always buys in the anime but I have no idea what it is.) The girl nodded and the dark skinned man immediately got to work on it.
"So you like the hamburger I got you?"
Nice turned upon hearing the question to see the sandy haired boy watching a short black haired girl eat it. Her face from what Nice could see was glowing from eating the hamburger. It reminded him of how Art's face would light up at the sight of any kind of dessert.
"Yes, thank you Takahiro."
"Your welcome, Hajime-chan."
Nice suddenly froze upon hearing the name and from the corner of his eye watched the girl. The girl turned around to throw the wrapper away and instantly they made eye contact. Of all the Hajimes out there in the world he had to meet Ito's once fiancé and from the looks of it she recognized him. Her fuscia eyes looked confused before trying to examine. Nice jumped when his drink was placed before him suddenly. Koneko apologized for the scare. Nice stood up and immediately paid for the drink wanting to leave quickly. He ignored Koneko's cries for his change and headed straight to the doors placing his headphones on. Not paying attention his head collided with someone elses.
"OW!"
Nice looked up to apologize only to feel his blood suddenly drain from his face. Art was right in front of him. Only it wasn't the princess but the real Art who dressed like a princess. His head was reaching forward to touch the other who was rubbing his head in pain. Then he drew back his fingers and snap them.
"Eh?!"screamed Koneko as everyone jumped in surprise as the customer vanished. Upon hearing that snap Art looked up to late to see who had hurt him by accident.
"Who was that?"he asked while turning to the door. Hajime didn't say anything though since she herself wasn't sure if that was indeed Nice. But from the way the other used his minimum it seemed so. She though didn't want to give Art false hope.
"A customer but he left now with a snap of his fingers."explained Master. Art kept rubbing his head and Ratio immediately went over to examine it saying that it was only a bump.
"Hey I wasn't done talking to you!"shouted Honey as she entered the café. Art groaned remembering now why he had ran off from the girls in the first place. Misty was carrying another bento along with Chiyuu.
"Give it up Honey. I'm not hungry."he stated clearly as he sat down. He then yelped as Honey slammed the bento in front of him. Art glared at her before turning to his left where Misty stood with her arms folded with a patronizing look. He turned right where Hajime stood cracking her knuckles and then a shadow loomed over him. He looked up to see his sensei arms crossed with glowing red eyes. Sighing in defeat Art opened up the bento while Honey smirked in victory.
"Talk about force." Said Master as he cleaned dishes.
xxx
Nice breathed as he slumped forward against a building wall. To his luck his drink had spilled all over and now he carried an empty glass. He then gritted his teeth and threw the glass which immediately shattered. He then slammed his fist onto the wall.
Damn it! Wasn't he the one who said that they would meet again he thought to himself. And yet he ran away from the one person who made him feel human and not a monster. Knowing he was in Yokohoma was really bad for him. Nice knows he won't be able to control the urge to go see him. Yet his hands were stained with blood how can he ever go see Art. Art seemed to have created a peaceful life for himself from what Nice could see. Ring!Ring! He took his phone and answered.
"What?!" he snapped.
"Hi to you too."answered Murasaki in a mocking tone. Nice took a deep breath while closing his eyes tightly.
"Sorry. What is it?"he asked.
"We have a job tonight. Get back here so you can see the file."said Murasaki and with the hung up the call. Nice sighed and looked behind him and without thinking twice snapped his fingers.
xxx
Nice read the file and couldn't help but feel a twitch of annoyance upon reading it.
Stupid politicians always having to use their minimums for the wrong reasons. Why couldn't the magius see that their offspring were abusing their abilities. Then again was he one to talk since he fed from them. At least it's female he thought since he liked taunting them more for their looks. They always turned out to be prideful gits. Either way he climbed the empty office building and stealthily entered the office room. He went over to read the files the woman had on her bribes with the government. Idiot woman why would she keep the files on her own computer. He quickly send them over to Shizuku so she could hack into them to see what else could be found. Nice finally heard the door open and quickly stood up. The woman was a young blonde and was surprised to see him there before smiling viciously at him.
"Are you the one they sent over for my entertainment?"she question while slowly undressing in front of Nice. Nice smirked at her before showing his fangs and his eyes changed to red.
"Of course."he said placing his headphones on and snapping his fingers. His moth immediately made contact with his victim's neck and of course came the screams. But Nice didn't realize what was happening in that moment for he saw something else. A pale neck he has bitten into before and soft locks of lilac hair came into his vision. At that moment he realized what he was imagining and immediately stopped his feeding. The woman was dead by then but outside he saw red and blue lights glowing from the windows. He screwed up big having not realized that the woman held a phone in her hand. Damn it, Murasaki is going to be pissed he thought. He quickly got up and ran towards the windows which to his luck were locked.
Stubbornly he broke the locks and was about to hop onto the fire escape when the door slammed opened.
"Freeze!"
Nice groaned and held his hands up knowing he was going to kill an innocent. He turned around glaring only for his heart to sink. Of all the people he had to see. Art stood in front with his gun held up with a look of surprise and utter horror.
"Nice?"Art whimpered pathetically while Nice's eyes changed back to their blue shade. He must've looked nice with the blood splattered nicely on his suit.
"Hey Art."
