Notes: Well, here's the last little ficlet in the series. This whole thing was great fun to me, so thanks to those who inspired it, and hope you all enjoyed it

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Well, well, well.

Things have been quite interesting around here for the past few days. I haven't been seeing that much of my human. Really, I've been giving him some privacy. I understand that this is something humans crave while in the beginning stages of a relationship. I suppose I can understand that -- I'm not sure I'd want to court a handsome young male owl in front of my human.

But really, things have been quite good. My human has been spending a great deal of time with Tatsumi. I fluttered out of the office after they started their kissing the other day, so I'm not sure what happened, but given how proper Tatsumi is . . . I doubt it was that much.

Though one never knows, really.

Tsuzuki is practically beside himself with glee. I think this is partially because Tatsumi has been rather dazed, and therefore hasn't been paying much attention to the office as he should. Which means that for the past few days, no one has been doing any work. Honestly, things in the Meifu would grind to a halt without Tatsumi. Of course, this isn't permanent. We're all just taking a break.

A well-deserved one, if you ask me.

Actually, all things considered, it's a good thing that Tatsumi and my human worked things out when they did. Why do I say that? Well, mostly because Tsuzuki came into work bouncing up and down with an idea about slipping aphrodisiacs into the coffee . . . and hoping I could help him sneak a look at my human's book and get a proper potion for it.

I can't even imagine the disaster that little episode might have caused.

But all's well that ends in lots of smoochies. Which this certainly seems to have. My human is spending an awfully large amount of time in Tatsumi's office . . . I don't think that will last, because eventually Tatsumi will want him to get back to work, but hey, they're in the honeymoon stage.

In any case, everyone in the office is thrilled because Tatsumi hasn't been so iron-fisted. And as for Tatsumi and my human arguing . . . well, they seem to have cleared that up. I didn't listen to the conversation. It wouldn't have been proper.

I will say, however, that the way they were discovered was . . . fairly amusing. Naturally, Tatsumi being who he is, he wanted to keep this all quiet and not really tell anyone. My human didn't particularly seem to think it would work, but nor did he particularly care one way or another. I think that if it had gone on too long, they might have argued about whether or not Tatsumi was ashamed of their relationship . . .

. . . but, you see, it didn't. Go on long, I mean.

Tatsumi was wandering around in his decidedly dazed manner, but he finally settled down for some coffee before the day started. My human popped into the staff lounge, where Tatusmi was, and gave him a decidedly genki wink before getting his own coffee and a donut. Then he settled down in the chair next to him, scooting closer. "So didja have fun last night?" he asked.

Tatsumi turned a gratifying shade of pink. I decided right then that I never, ever wanted to know exactly what my human was referring to.

Fortunately for Tatsumi, Tsuzuki bounced in before he could answer. This was slightly after he had been asking me about the potions and the aphrodisiacs. Tatsumi pulled away quickly, before Tsuzuki could see how close they had been sitting. The purple-eyed Shinigami gave them a look that bordered between suspicion and disgust.

However, he greeted them with his normal cheer. "Ohayo, Tatsumi, Watari! Ooh, donuts." He bounded for the other end of the room. My human and Tatsumi both let out barely concealed sighs of relief.

Hisoka walked in the room, looked between the two of them, and did something I have never seen him do before.

He burst into laughter.

Everyone just blinked at him for a minute while he leaned against the doorway, both arms crossed over his stomach as he tried valiantly to contain himself. "Ano . . . Hisoka?" Tsuzuki finally tried. "Are you all right?"

Hisoka waved a hand at him. "I'm fine," he managed. He coughed once, then straightened up, apparently pulling himself together. It hadn't really occurred to any of them that he would just be able to tell, that he would be able to sense the change between them. The same way that I could smell the pheromones, he could feel them.

"What was so funny?" Tsuzuki asked, offering him a cup of coffee.

"Nothing." Hisoka takes the coffee, takes a sip, turns to my human and Tatsumi. "Congratulations," he says neutrally, and walks out of the lounge.

They blink after him. He's caused a lot of blinking today.

"Congratulations for what?" Tsuzuki asks. My human and Tatsumi both shift uncomfortably in their chairs. Light dawns on Tsuzuki, and his purple eyes go wide and sparkly. "Waaaaahhhhh~!!" He glomps onto Tatsumi. "You two are going to be so happy, I know it!"

And without further ado, he bounces out of the lounge. Most likely to go tell everyone he can find.

Tatsumi sighs. "Well, so much for that," he mumbles.

"Awww, it's not so bad," my human replies. "They just want us to be happy. Besides, we should've known that Bouya would have figured it out anyway. Being an empath at all."

"Well, he can't read me." Tatsumi pushes his glasses up on his nose and gives my human a stern look. "Which means that he must have gotten it from you."

"Yeah, yeah." My human leans over and gives Tatsumi a firm kiss on the cheek. Really, they're so cute. If I could blush, I definitely would be now.

By lunchtime, naturally, everyone in the office knows. I'm not sure if this is because Tsuzuki helpfully spread the rumor everywhere, or if Tatsumi's lack of concern about office affairs gives them away without help. Either way, it's pretty funny. All the girls are giggling madly every time that Tatsumi passes by. They would have been laughing at my human, I think, except that the first time Wakaba started to tease him, he just grinned and said that absolutely nothing could affect his good mood.

And also, that if they didn't stop, a certain number of unpleasant potions might find their way into the office coffee. And of course that he couldn't be expected to tell anyone except Tatsumi about them.

That was fairly effective in getting everyone to leave not only my human, but also Tatsumi, alone.

In any case, now that's all said and done, and everyone seems to be quite pleased with it. Tsuzuki is enjoying the chance to slack on his work and take 'breaks' which generally wind up with Hisoka being mysteriously absent as well.

Yes, it seems that everything is just fine, no thanks to these silly human concepts of romance. Honestly. They can be so silly sometimes.

--finis--