Okay here we go, hope the cliffhanger wasn't too bad, hit the word limit. And I do apologize for grammer errors in advance, my auto-correct is completely disabled and I can't get it back on, I've tried everything. As usual drop a review, tell me what you think. Let us begin.

"Smith! W-what are you doing here?"

Kurusu asked as he now faced the sunglasses wearing government agent leaning against the next dressing room, a smirk on her face saw her eyebrows were raised at him. Of course they would be, he'd just come out of the dressing room where Rachnera was finishing up. Smith probably thought sonething lewd had been going in there, and while the situation had felt like it, it hadn't been. He took a breath to compose himself, he'd respected the law. And he'd made sure to remind Rachnee to do the same, even if he didn't want to. They were in no trouble.

"Hmm I asked first, Honey. I take it from the sounds of protest you were giving off that she was trying in different styles of clothing for you to see?" She asked smirking, knowing full well what had been going on. However that didn't mean she couldn't tease and make him sweat till Rachnera came out. Smith wanted to see what the host would say in his defense, even if he wasn't in the wrong. He seemed to know he was safe as well, but there was still a caution hidden there in his voice when he spoke to her.

"Yes Rachnera needed clothes, so I told her last night that we could go shopping for some things for her to wear. I felt bad that she had nothing, even if she could make them herself. She, ahem, brought me in there to tell her what I thought of her picks, and I waited till she was covered to look at her. She knows the law as well as I do." Confidence seemed to radiate a bit off of him, even if he still had a hint of fear about the agent. 'How did she even know we were here?' he thought to himself as he stared at Smith's mildly impressed look.

"Well it seems I made the right choice making you a host, much less placing her in your home. You wanted her to have personal belongings barely ten minutes after taking her in, that's rare among those in the program. You felt bad for her, but do you possibly care about her in another way, Mr. Kurusu?" She asked, still a bit impressed at his firm explanation before. But she was curious about his views of the woman who seemed very affectionate of him.

Smith was used to this sort of thing, especially regarding hosts who had Lamias or Harpies, but she had never seen an arachne being so...happy around a human. More or less they tended to go back to their homelands because they faced silent or sometimes vocal rejection sadly based on their lower halfs. Most didn't even bother trying the program after the first rejection, but there were still a hopeful few.

It saddened Smith to know it happened to the species they brought over, and though it happened to all in one incident or another, some species had it worse. Even Lamias faced it as well because of their snake bodies, but they were a very happy and quite provacative people, which leveled the playing field. It usually ended up on a happy note for them after a while, but for certain races like Arachne, it just never seemed to happen.

The incident from last night and Rachnee's behavior afterwards was actually very surprising, she's never seen such a mutual bond of friendship or possibly something more between two people so quickly. But it was welcome in her book any day, positive relationships between species were something she fought for, and still would even if she weren't an agent for the program. It actually brought a feeling of brief happiness to her mind, maybe if things were this nice between Kurusu and Rachnera, it could get better in the future for other Arachne as well.

Turning her attention back to the man in front of her, she was still awaiting an answer from him when Rachnera stepped out from the dressing room, carrying a few things in her hand. She seemed quite at ease, if a little crestfallen from how she seemed last night. Perhaps she had tried to get closer to her host but been reminded by him about the law. That too was an annoying thing about the program still being in the first stages of development, the sometimes vague boundries and blurred definitions to certain rules, such as harming the species in both sides.

But she still had to enforce it because it was the law, even if she knew with these two there would most likely be no harm or ill will behind such a relationship. If anything it would go the other way, the more positive side of things. But there were a few loopholes she could place out there, much like Rachnera had when she pushed for Kurusu to feel her host without saying so. It would at least keep them happy with each other, the last thing she wanted or needed was for this to go sour and end. All she had to do was place the bait, and see if they picked up on it.

"Hello Rachnera, you seem to be quite happy. Enjoying your shopping trip?" Smith asked and saw the girl beginning to smirk before trading it for a more reserved face.

She looked over at her host and a small smile did make itself shown on her face. In an innocent but neutral voice the liminal told the agent.

"Why yes, thank you for asking. Honey offered to take me shopping last night, and we decided to leave after we had breakfast. He was just...helping me decide on a few things, and I've been more than grateful for his opinion." What she failed to hide with her voice was visible to the agent, a reddening of the cheeks.

'Seems like you want more than his thoughts if that light blush is a sign. Time for some hints.' Smith thought as she lightly smiled to the pair, nodding her head in approval. "Very nice, I'm glad to hear about it. I take it your also taking your part in following the guidelines of the program, especially some of the more fine print? After all violent encounters or sexual relations are reprimanded, but there isn't any harm if one were to engage in a positive relationship with the other. Then it wouldn't matter, after all this program is to build better relations."

'Pick up on it.' Smith thought but there was no change visible on the girls face, she seemed to have heard it but not acknlowdged it. 'She really didn't take it? Maybe I'll have to be more subtle on this one.' Clearing her throat she more work less continued on the same note while keeping her professional facade up.

"So unless you and Honey here were taking part in lewd activities, I would have no reason to be so cautious about whether you two understood and followed the rules. I wouldn't have to keep a close eye on you two." And again Smith awaited for the arachnes face to change, give some indication of understanding that information. But still there was nothing, which made Smith disappointed though she wasn't going to show it. She had to keep up her professional attitude, as much as she wanted to chide the girl before her and even Kurusu as well.

What Smith didn't know, was that Rachnera had picked up exactly what the agent had hinted at. She was doing a great job at playing dumb in this little game, and wanted to play more with Smith. She wanted Smith to verbally say what she was implying with such words, because it would give Rachnera ammo and proof that if something in the future were to happen, it could be traced back to the coordinator.

She was also giddy internally with glee, sure it wasn't how far she wanted to go with her wonderful host, but it was better than having nothing. The fact that he did tell her in a subtle way that he did have feelings for her made her very happy, as well as his promise to return them once it was possible. She would keep it secret for now, but when they returned home Rachnera would tell Kurusu what she was willing to do in order to be with him as legally as possible. If he had picked up on it just know, it might even be better. She hoped that he was that perceptive, after all he hadn't given her a reason to think otherwise. But if not it wouldn't be a problem.

"Well I am glad to hear that Ms Smith, and I assure you that neither Honey or I will break the law by commiting such acts. This I can promise until things in the program get better, then we can have fun." Rachnera told the agent, who seemed to have heard the emphasis on "break the law". Smith nodded her head and looked to the pile of clothing she'd chosen to get, and raised an eyebrow as she saw a few pairs of beach wear. Smith knew arachne don't swim, so this might be for something more.

"I never figured you for a swimmer Rachnee-san, but there's a first for everything." Smith smirked as she pointed her gaze at the bathing suit peeking out, but Rachnera gave no sign of panic, nor did she feel it. In fact she seemed amused for some reason, probably something lewd flashing across her mind the longer the agent watched. She even held the purple one up and displayed it to her, and Kurusu blushed as he quickly recalled his reaction to seeing that one.

"Oh you mean these? Well I thought that maybe one day Honey and I could visit the beach, even if I'm not a swimmer. It would be nice for us to get out, I couldn't resist picking a few in case." Rachnera told Smith smugly, and the woman wanted to laugh at the tone and Kimihito's red cheeks. She easily replied back with another question, though it had some seriousness in it.

"And naturally you had, was it Honey? here tell you what he thinks? My my what a pervert you are Kurusu." Rachnera laughed lightly at that as Soon set her gaze to her host, and said "pervert" got annoyed at that. He quickly fired back to set the record straight. "Hey! I didn't turn around till she was fully dressed! And I wasn't even wanting to be in there because I respect her that much! It was her insistence that I went in, nothing lewd happened!"

Smith smirked at the flustered man, and decided that she's had her fun for now. After all Rachnera took the bait, so things would hopefully be more mellow next time she saw them. 'But then again..' Speaking up Smith began to ease the pair. "Alright alright, I know your not that kind of person so far Kurusu. You wouldn't have attacked that director otherwise, and while I think we've discussed everything that was necassary, there is another pressing issue at hand."

Rachnera and Kurusu raised their eyebrows in unison, wondering what this matter could be that was this important issue was.

"I'm very hungry, how about we all go to lunch?"