Pretend Boyfriend

A few days after dealing with Medjed

Ann was walking to Leblanc with a bag from Big Bang Burger to celebrate there saving of Futaba

"Wouldn't his guardian be mad that you're bringing food from another food place?"

"Probably but I want to surprise Akira with some food! Besides; boss is probably with Futaba right now." She soon makes it to the road where Leblanc was located. But as she was walking to the cafe, she saw a woman in a maid outfit exiting the place; "What!? Oh he better have a perfectly good reason for this!"

"If he doesn't...I'm going to burn them alive!" Ann quickly walks up to the maid; "Ahem...may I ask who you are and what you were doing in there?" Ann asks in a venomous tone.

Her eyes go wide knowing who's voice that was; "Oh crap...is that Takamaki!? Just got to do my 'Becky' voice, she wont notice…hopefully..." Sadayo turns around and speaks in her 'Becky' voice; "Hiii! Well I'm part of a maid service and I'm here to help my master with his cleaning!"

"Master!?" "Oh! They are so dead!" "Wait a minute..." Ann looks at the maid closely seeing that she looks familiar; "Why do you look fami...liar….OH MY GOD!" Her eyes go wide; "MS. KAWAKAMI!?"

Sayado starts to panic; " I-I don't know what you're talking about! My name is Becky!" When she sees that Ann's expression didn't change, she sighs; "Yes, I'm your teacher…"

Akira walks outside hearing the screaming; "Hey, what's going on? I heard screaming…" "Uh oh..." "Oh hey...Ann." "Hello, Carmen..."

Ann still hadn't recovered from shock; "C-Can you explain why our teacher is in a maid outfit and is here calling you master…? "Don't you hello me, you fiend!"

Akira sighs, "Come on in, I'll explain inside." "But I had nothing to do with this..."

The three them go inside and sit in a booth then Akira and Sayado explain about their deal as well as how Akira was helping her out with making amends with her past student's guardians by buying her services.

Ann sighs after hearing their story and she looks at Sadayo; "I'm sorry to hear that Ms. Kawakami. But haven't you found a way to make amends differently, so you can focus on your teaching and stop being a maid?"

She sighs; "No, the only way to not work as a maid anymore and focus on my teaching is to not pay them anymore but what's the point of focusing on my teaching, if I'm just going to lose my teaching privileges anyways…" She looks down in defeat; "If only there was a way to change their minds…"

Akira smirks knowing exactly what to do; "What's their full names?"

Sayado looks at him confused; "Why? Are you going to somehow change their minds?"

He laughs; "Something like that…"

"Alright..." She tells him their names; "Just don't do anything that will get you arrested." She then gets out of the booth; "I'm going home. Oh and Takamaki, don't worry, I wont be coming back for his services, I'm done being a maid. See you two tomorrow." and she leaves.

Ann laughs from finding out everything; "Well this has been interesting…sorry for misunderstanding." "Sorry for calling you a fiend, Arsey…"

"Don't worry about it Ann, you have every right to be…sorry for not telling you earlier." "Its okay, Carmen"

"Its funny though, I kinda figured it had something to do with Ryuji when it came to maids; but our teacher being one? That was surprising even though it was for a good reason." "Let me guess…Kidd called her a wench?"

"They left me in the apartment when I called the maid service and she arrived." "Yeah, basically."

"I can't believe he got Mishima into this; well not really because he's kinda is desperate. I said 'Hi' to him and he whispers 'Omg...Ann's talking to me! Does she like me?'" "But I do feel bad for that poor boy..."

Akira sighs because she was right about that; "Yeah...when I made a deal with the journalist about Kanoshiro, he kept asking if she's hot and what should he wear…" "Well maybe he'll find someone?"

"Wow...that is bad..." "Not with that kind of personality..." She looks down thinking about how she acted earlier; "I'm sorry...I get jealous easily. Because I'm afraid that you'll leave me…"

Akira holds her hand; "It should be the opposite. You're beautiful but you don't think because of that you're better than everyone else because of it. And not only that you're kind and caring. You're also trying your hardest to make yourself better. How can you stick with someone as plain as me?" "You don't give yourself enough credit."

"Arsene is right dearie" "You're much more than plain! Besides; even if you were plain, I'll still love you. You've done a lot for us all and you don't ask for anything in return. Look at Ms. Kawakami, most guys wouldn't of given a crap about her problems and just use her, but you're trying to get her out of being maid. You're special that way."

Akira smiles genuinely; "Thanks Ann, this is the first time you made me feel better." "She does many times but you choose not to accept it..." Arsene whispers

"I know!" She laughs; "It feels weird but I can get used to this though!"

He laughs; "I bet you would." He then notices the bag; "Oh! You brought food."

Ann grabs the bag forgetting it; "Oh yeah! I forgot."

Akira kisses her; "Thank you."

"Oh, um, you're welcome." She says blushing from the kiss. "Be still my heart!."

Lunchtime

A few days later

"So what you're saying is…is that Makoto wants you to be a pretend boyfriend because she's worried about her friend? This sounds just like with our teacher but you're at least telling me now..." "Was this Anat's idea?"

"Um...yes..." "Yeah and that's why I'm telling you now. Anyway; I've seen how he looks and what he sounds like. I don't trust the guy."

"Wait. Why couldn't she ask Ryuji or Yusuke?" "Oh I knew it!"

"Well; Ryuji isn't exactly good at keeping his mouth shut and knowing him he would say that they aren't really dating, or would probably forget that they're pretending to be dating and call her friend or a waitress hot." "Plus; Anat gets annoyed whenever Kidd says booty since she doesn't know if he's referring to treasure or a woman's rear."

"Okay, that makes sense. So what about Yusuke? He seems like he would do a good job." "That lying, robotic she-devil!"

"She's afraid that Yusuke would find some way to paint a picture of them and lose track of what the whole purpose of the fake date was." "Yeah, and again Anat gets annoyed when all Goemon does is just repeat the same thing that Yusuke says but with different wording."

"Or cause she wants you to pretend that you are dating to see how you're like in a relationship…" "Okay I'll give her that but that makes me wonder though...what does she say about me?"

"Uh, that you're a prissy bitch and also a seductrebitch..."

"I'm going to kill that robotic harlot bitch!"

"I think you should have kept that to yourself." "Yeah, even that scared me..." Arsene whispers

Carmen thinks for a moment; "Fine…I'll allow it" "Hey! Why don't I get a say in this!?" "Don't worry; I've got a plan…" Carmen whispers. Ann sighs; "Fine; I know you're doing this cause you're being a good friend and thanks for letting me know first though."

Akira nods; "Of course, thanks for understanding." "Hmm…" The lunch bell then rings; "We should get going or we'll be late."

"Actually; can you tell Ms. Kawakami that I'll be a little late? I have to use the bathroom." Akira nods and goes to class while Ann goes to the bathroom

Bathroom

"So what's your plan, Carmen?"

"We follow them!"

Ann sighs; "Carmen...We need to have trust in them. Plus, if we get caught, Akira will get mad at us. We're the reason Makoto got evidence on us and not only that we broke his glasses. I don't want to cause him anymore problems."

"Pleaseeeee…" Carmen begs; "I know what Anat is planning! She's trying to get Akira and Makoto together by doing this fake boyfriend thing, so she can be with Arsene!"

"Why do you say that?"

"I've seen the way Anat sometimes softly touches Arsene's shoulder and gets all giggly…"

"Fine…" She says, relenting; "I know a store that has wigs in the underground mall. We'll go after school then we'll go to the diner since he said that they're going there for their 'double date'."

Carmen cheers; "Thank you, my dear Ann!"

Diner

Akira and Makoto were sitting in a booth waiting for the other two.

"I'm sorry that she's taking forever Akira-kun…" "At least we can talk some more right, Arsene-san?"

"Eh, it's alright, I kinda figured it would happen." "That is true; we haven't had much time to talk since we were busy with Futaba's palace."

While that was going on; a girl with black waist long hair, sits in a booth behind them with her back towards them

"We only have four days till Medjed will do their "purge"...I just hope Futaba-chan wakes up soon. But shouldn't we come up with a backup plan, just in case?" "So, how have you been?"

Akira sighs; "…I already came up with a backup plan. Since they want us to turn ourselves in…I'm going to turn myself in so you guys don't get in trouble." "Basically coming up with that…"

A fork drops and clashed against a plate behind them; "Akira's going to try and turn himself in! Why didn't he tell me…!?" "W-why would he tell those two but not us…" Carmen mumbles quietly.

"Y-you can't do that! I-we need you! I won't allow you do that…" "W-why didn't you tell us!?"

"Sorry Makoto, but I need to do this. I won't let you guys get arrested." "I promised Akira that I wouldn't tell you guys."

"Please Akira-kun….don't turn yourself in…" She pleads "W-We can find another way!"

He was about to respond but Eiko and the guy showed up making him stop; "We'll talk about this later" Akira whispers at her.

"So this is your boyfriend Makoto? He seems so plain especially to my Tsukasa."

"Yo, what up! Eiko here told me about you two." He looks at them confused; "Are you sure you two are dating? Why aren't you two being lovey dovey like me and my princess?"

Akira snorts at the guys smug attitude; "Yeah but it only looks like one of you is actually "lovey dovey" for real. Besides; love comes in many forms, right Makoto-chan?" He puts an arm around her shoulder. "Akira! What are you doing!?" Arsene whispers harshly. "Relax; I have to do this to convince him."

Makoto starts blushing a little bit; "Oh, um, yes! We just started dating so we're just getting used to this." "Well Arsene; looks like your master is being a little brave." Anat chuckles

Ann peeks back, after hearing Anat, just enough to see Akira's arm around Makoto's shoulders; "It's just for show, it's just for show. No need to freak out." Carmen gasps.

"Yo, nice kid! Now do you two kiss a lot like we do?"

Makoto eyes goes wide; "K-kiss!?" "Oh yes! This is getting good!"

Akira starts panicking; "Shit!" "Abort mission, abort mission!"

Ann quickly gets up from her seat with a glass of water and walks by the table. Once she gets near Eiko; she 'accidently' trips and spills water on her and runs away afterwards.

Eiko gasps then growls; "That bitch! Dammit my shirt is wet now...I'll be back, I've got to dry my shirt then go home."

After Eiko leaves; Tsukusa asked Makoto for her number, which Makoto agreed to. When Eiko came back, they both leave.

"So why did you give him your number?" Akira says surprised by her giving him, her number

"It's quite simple really. I can get proof that he calls all his girls 'princess' because he doesn't remember their names. All by him texting me." "That's my Makoto-san!"

"That's actually quite smart." "Yeah and hopefully she listens to you when you show her."

Makoto turns towards him; "Thank you for doing this for me, I know this must have been exhausting for you…" "It was great talk to you two again."

"Nah, it was actually fun. Even though what happened was interesting; we haven't hung out for a while." "Yeah. It's was quite nice to talk without the stress of a palace."

She smiles; "Well I have to head home. I'll see you two later, goodbye." "Goodbye, Kurusu-san and Arsene-san."

"Goodbye; Makoto and Anat" "Pleasant dreams, both of you." Makoto and Anat leave to their subway train

Akira lets out a sigh of relief because it was a close one; "Well good thing Ann was spying on us, she got us out of a jam."

"Still, they need to start trusting us."

He nods; "Well it's not going to help that she knows that I'm thinking about turning myself in if Futaba doesn't wake up in time and that I told Makoto instead of her..." "This is not good…"

Leblanc Attic

Akira brings out his phone and texts Ann if she can come over. A few seconds later, he get's a text back from her; "She's coming over." "Now we prepare for an argument…" Akira sighs; "I hope not…"

10 minutes later

Akira and Ann walk upstairs and sit on the couch

"So…how was the 'double date'?" She says innocently. "Did Ms. Robotic Harlot say anything else about me?"

Akira smiles smugly; "Why don't you tell me?" "I'm sure you heard everything, Carmen."

Ann looks at him in surprise; "I-I don't k-know what you mean…ha…ha." "W-we weren't there, I swear!"

"You know black hair doesn't suit you, your dirty blonde hair is what makes you beautiful…" Akira starts to stroke her cheek. "You know Carmen…I'll let you hug and kiss me as long as you want the next time we go to Mementos, if you tell us the truth."

"Must…resist...his...charm..." "WE WERE BOTH SPYING ON YOU!" "Carmen!" "I'm so sorry dear...but he knows my weakness for him..."

Akira sighs; "Ann...You have to trust me. Besides; you and Makoto are friends. You can't be accusing her of taking me away. She only likes me as a friend anyways." "That goes for you as well, Carmen. Maybe if you weren't so harsh on Anat, she wouldn't be hurling insults at you."

"I guess you're right but why did you tell Makoto that you were thinking about turning yourself in but not me?" "I guess I did start being rude to her first, I should apologize to her…but what about those soft touches that she does to you?"

"That's because I didn't want to worry you. I mean; you guys deserve to be free and well, I have nothing to lose. I'm already going to have a permanent record on me after this probation." "What are you talking about?

She looks down; "Nothing to lose…what about me!?" "She sometimes softly touches your shoulder or hand."

"Of course I'll miss you but you'll find someone else eventually…." "Oh...so she's doing it, I thought that was you."

"For someone who likes to always think positively, you sometimes think negatively. When Akira looks at her confused, she smiles; "I'm always going to love you. No matter what happens." "Wow, I was worried about nothing."

"Thank you, Ann." "Um, okay…" The phone downstairs started to ring making Akira get up; "I should get the phone…it's getting late; want me to walk you to the subway?"

Ann gets up as well; "Of course."

They both walk downstairs and Akira goes to the yellow phone which he answers; "Hello?"

"Hey it's me. Futaba is awake so I just thought you would like to know but I also forgot to lockup, so could you do that for me?"

"No problem."

"Thanks." He hangs up

Once he hears Sojiro hang up, he puts the phone on the receiver; "Well I have great news, Futaba woke up, I won't be turning myself in."

Ann hugs him with happiness in her eyes, "Really!? I'm so glad to hear that!" "This is wonderful news!"

He hugs her back; "So am I." "See. There was nothing to worry about."