"Thanks for calling." Komui cut the golems connection.
"Who was that?" Lenalee stood holding the door open with her back, hands full with her morning coffee. Komui couldn't deny his sister had impeccable timing.
Komui answered, "Lenalee, good morning. That was the Asian Branch checking in." She smiled, knowing exactly who her brother had been speaking to.
"Bak huh? How is he?" Lenalee asked, moving to her brothers paper stacked desk. Balancing the tray on one hand now she set the mug with the pink bunny on it down. "Here you go."
"He's good. The Branch is starting a few projects actually." Lenalee sat on the couch positioned perfectly in front of his desk. She set the tray beside her.
"Most of them I can't say much about until said otherwise, however there was one project I thought you might be interested in hearing about. Bak said he would be in contact soon with you about it." She had never shown interest before in seeing, let alone hear about the Orders projects.
Sometimes Komui would ramble on about their science departments doings and current experiments. This she enjoyed, seeing how excited her brother was when he got to talking about his next robot. She always cringed at the thought of the future damage said robot would inevitably cause. Still she gave her brother a grin each time.
"Can you give me a hint?" the girl asked. Komui chuckled, amused by his younger siblings eagerness.
"If I did that, it wouldn't be as much a surprise." The doors opened and another voice joined the conversation.
"She'll get it out of you yet. She has a way of doing that." Kanda smirked, pleased with himself, having caught his superior off guard. Komui regained his composure, matching Kanda's knowing, smug grin. He replied confidently,
"I think I can keep a secret, for a few days at least." Kanda let the door shut, coming to join Lenalee on the couch opposite the tray.
"I said something like that myself. I still ended up with some cute pink embroidery on my uniform coat," Kanda finished saying, glancing over to the girl, quickly adding, "and it looks amazing." She giggled. Komui stifled his laugh partially, not really concerned if the samurai heard him. Kanda glared the chiefs way.
"What's funny exactly?" He asked. Komui cleared his throat, trying to look serious again; his professional face as he liked to call it. He was skilled at looking busy when the rest of the department was hard at work. Reever, Johnny and, well, all of headquarters could see through their superiors poker face.
"I'm simply saying you good sir, are warped around my dear Lenalee's finger." Kanda wasn't biting, refusing to take the man's bait. He looked to Lenalee. Still grinning ear to ear, she added,
"It really is adorable."
'Damn it,' he muttered. Leaned forward with their elbows resting on her knees, she rested her face in her hands. Lenalee loved Kanda's sweet side as much as his bitter.
"I'm heading to the training grounds for a bit," Kanda excused himself. Sister and brother now alone, Lenalee asked again,
"Now for that hint." Komui dismissed the question, with a question of is own.
"Your funny Lenalee. So, about this embroidery. What does it look like?" She knew she wasn't getting an answer, in time she would. Patience was a favorable trait of hers after all. The girl relaxed into the couches back.
"It's Timcanpy. It started out as a butterfly, styled after Dark Boots. The wings weren't working so I decided to make it something else." Komui was interested, curious to see his sister's handy work. "I used pink thread since it was all I could scrounge up, and shows on black. Next time I'm in town I wanted to pick up some gold thread if I could find it. Touch it up a bit. Brother?"
"Yes?" Komui waited for her question.
"I know this project is a surprise," she started, thinking about her words. "But I have to ask, is this anything like the second Exorcist or Third Exorcist program? I trust you, I do. But I'm always worried about something like that happening again when I hear about new experiments and such lead by the Order." He understand her fear. Having undergone the Orders cruel manner of doing things herself, fear was a valid approach.
"I assure you one hundred percent this is something completely safe and harmless. In fact, I knew you might want to see it first hand, so if your up to it I thought you could pay our friends at the Asian Branch a visit," Komui explained.
"It would be nice to see Bak and everyone. I haven't officially met Fou yet either." Looking more at ease, more sure of herself, Lenalee finished with her answer; "I'll go."
"Great. You can leave in a weeks time. By then I should have everything straightened out." Lenalee thanked her brother, excusing herself to deliver the remaining coffee. She hoped silently that they hadn't gone cold.