Old Friends and Banter

"Alan is that you?"

She uttered out of her shaky lips. She was surprised, more than surprised. Shocked. Seeing such a familiar face. Alan grinned out a toothy grin as he walked to her who stood there like a statue. He tilted his head.

"You alright?" He asked with concern "You look like you've seen a ghost" He chuckled out softly. Kuro sighed before rolling her unique eyes." Yeah, Well I was not expecting to see you. So obviously I would be in a state of shock Alan."

She told him, huffing slightly. Crossing her arms while giving him a pointed stare. She closed her eyes and sighed out for the hundredth time. "Can't say I am not happy about it though" She started opening her eyes back up. "I missed you idiot" she added, whispering at the end. He snorted at this, amusement laced in his green Irises.

"You're such a Tsundere" He stated snickering.

"How many times have we had this conversation, Alan? I am not a fucking Tsundere" Kurobara argued angrily, flustering slightly. Alan bursts out into childlike laughter. Finding it humorous.

"That's what a Tsundere would say"

"Urgh, you're so annoying. Why did I ever become friends with you?" She muttered pouting at his words. He shook his head, sniggering at her. "Because you love me, obviously… Tsundere" Alan told her. His mouth was stretched into a grin.

"Man How delusional are you. You've been watching too much Anime again"

"I am as delusional as you. Also, Anime is the best thing in the world, Have you seen Boku No Hero Academia. Katsuki is bae"

"Seriously? This is the first time we've seen each other for years and you want to talk about Anime?"

"Yup."

"I hate you"

"What you actually meant was that you love me right?" Alan remarked, Making Kuro groan out loudly. She looked around sighing out. "Let's go inside. It's cold and I want to have some Tea" She commented walking to the door unlocking it. "I see you're still a tea addict " He proclaimed sniggering.

"I see you're still an annoying asshole"

(Inside Kuro's House)

Kuro and Alan were now in the house, Her friend seemed to have brought something with him. She didn't know what it was but she shrugged it off. As she was about to go to the kitchen to make her tea Alan called out. "Oi Tea Bitch get me some too" He announced laughing shortly afterword's.

"Calling me Tea bitch will not make me want to make you some"

"What are you doing now then?"

"Making Tea"

"Exactly so make me Tea"

Kuro gave him a glare and groaned out loudly, he always likes to piss her off. It's always been this way between them. She was happy that he is here but she couldn't admit it. "Fine I'll make you some stupid tea"

"See I knew you were Smart"

"Smarter than you"

"No one can be smarter than me Bitch. I am the most intelligent human being in the world."

"More like Dumbest Human being in the world," Kuro commented rolling her eyes. She took to the kitchen making tea in a very peculiar way. While Alan watched her with a smile " So… you haven't answered my question" He proclaimed. She paused in her movements and glanced at him "What Question?"

"The question where I asked if you watched Boku No Hero Academia"

"Fucking-A… Yes, Alan, I have watched it. Now stop asking me stupid questions"

"Did you enjoy it?"

"Alan…" She growled out as she finished making the tea. Kuro walked to the dining table where Alan was sat and placed his cup down, while she sat down with hers. "So why are you here Anyways?" She asked arching her eyebrow. Alan gave her a small smile "Wanted to see you of course. That and…"

Kurobara narrowed her eyes. "That and?" she repeated, glancing at his facial expression. He glanced downwards before bringing a… Newspaper in his grasp and placing it down to the table. He slid it to her so she could see it. "They are still trying to find you, they will not stop until they got you back into their grasps."

She clenched her eyes for a moment before sighing "That is to be expected, I had hoped that they would have stopped looking for me but it seems that was naïve thinking" Kurobara says muttering angrily. Alan gave her a sad smile and placed his hand on hers. Trying to comfort her as best as he could.

"I won't let them, you know that"

"I know, I just… don't want to go back to that toxic place again."

"Kuro…" He uttered out sadly, watching her face morphed into pain. "I've made a life for myself, finally I can be free to do what I wanted without getting punished or used. I am so fucking scared that they will take that away again." She sobbed out, crying into her hands

"I will do my best to protect you. You will get through this" He told her giving her a soft smile stroking her hand.

(Timeskip)

Alan and Kuro were laughing watching an Anime together " So what have you been doing anything new" He asked wondering what type of things she has been up to. She shrugged her shoulders before answering his question "Gone to school like a promise, which I hated by the way. Though Mai made it easier for me. I also got to meet someone that interests me"

"Mai? Who Is Mai"

"My Best friend, of course, She's a clumsy Idiot but she is very kind hearted and her reactions are the best. We've been friends for a couple of years now. "

"I thought I was your Best friend!" He pouted, crossing his arms like a little rolled her eyes at him and sighed at his behaviour "She's my Girl Best Friend… Idiot." Alan eyes lit up slightly, "So who is this person that interests you that you mentioned?"

Kurobara looked at him in thought, she knew to keep it to herself that she is actually friends with Oliver Davis, which is shocking but the more she thought about it. It made sense. Everything she has learned about Him made aboustly sense. Even his Egocentricpersonality.

"When I was still a third-year I was told to aide a couple of Ghost Hunters. Apparently, the old school building was haunting which it wasn't by the way. They were just stupid rumours made up by some people in school. I met a guy called Kazuya Shibuya, who was quite handsome and had a cool air around him."

"Seems like you got a crush"

"Shut up and let me speak! Urgh… Anyways Kazuya and I met, and well… he is a Narcissist, He literally loves himself. So I thought it would be fun to just tease him. God was it hilarious to watch Naru's face switch to annoyance. After solving the case he asked Mai and I to work for him. I dejected it at first but Mai persuaded me and so now I work with him. In a strange sense, we are good friends"

Alan watched as Kurobara's face Morphed into a happy expression. Her cheeks had a faint blush on them. She was crushing on this guy. That much was clear. So clear that he couldn't help but smile. It was cute. The way she spoke about him, sparked his interest on what he was like "Sounds interesting. So you work with paranormal researchers, never thought you would go back to that sort of thing. Since… you know what. " He commented swiftly.

"Would like to meet this guy you're in love with"

"What the fuck, I do not Love him or have a crush on him. People need to really shut up about that. I see him as a friend."

"Lies. Your eyes lit up with pure joy when talking about him" Alan says was clearly denying it to herself, it was obvious to him. Kurobara seemed to reject that she had those types of feelings, it was to be expected with the way she was brought up. Reserved, made to be perfect and to fit in.

The times they've known each other, Kuro has never acted out on her feelings for anyone. In other words. She never confessed or accepted her feelings for anyone, scared of opening up her closed walls she brought up around her.

She seemed to have ignored his previous statement, not really looking at him. Alan decided not to push her in admitting her feelings, she was stubborn after all. "Since I am going to be here for a couple of weeks, do you think I can meet your friends"

"Sure, just don't be a complete idiot. I have enough of that from Mai. Of course, people think I am Japanese and not English so you're going to have to lose the English name for a bit."

"No."

"No?"

"No, It wouldn't work since I have almost to none communication skills here. The only Japanese I know is from Anime."

"You're joking, right? Please tell me you are joking"

"Nope"

"Fucking…Great. Well… I'll just say that you're my English Best friend, and we met on a social media group. Sadly to say that Not all of my friends know English. I think that 3 or 4 people may now English"

"Looks like you're going to be my Little Translator and My Tea Bitch."

"You make me want to cry you know that right?"

"I know. It's hilarious"

"I'm glad you think that my pain is entertainment," Kurobara says dryly, adding bits of sarcasm in her sentencing. Her eyebrow twitched with annoyance. Alan just sniggered at this before giving a soft smile. "I best get going, I had a rough day trying to find this place. Love Japan, beautiful place but confusing for a foreigner"

"Well maybe if you Learned Japanese it would have been easier."

"Not everyone can learn Languages"

"Bullshit…Anyone can Learn a language if they try."

"Too much effort. I have more important things to do"

"Like what?"

"Looking at my husband Katsuki and watching Anime. Far more important"

"…You seriously annoy me."

"Like you can say anything since you would be the same with Harry Potter. You use to watch the movies non-stop"

"Well… Harry Potter is amazing"

"Told you so… Hypocrite"

"Shut up Alan."

Alan rolled his green eyes and stood up, taking a couple of breaths through his nose. He headed to the door, as did Kuro. Walking him out. The door was opened so he could get out of the house before he began to walk to his hotel he brought her into a friendly embrace. She hugged back smiling into Alan.

"Keep yourself safe Florence… I know what you are like. You always somehow get into dangerous situations, don't think I didn't notice your arm. You've been wincing a lot, I take it is from a previous case you been on. Please be more careful, I don't want to lose you"

He let go of her carefully, giving her a worried expression. Alan knew that messing around with paranormal stuff was… well, hazardous. When finding out she was working in the paranormal field, he was concerned but happy for her. He hoped that she would be cautious around spirits and demons (If there was such a thing)

Meanwhile, Kurobara flinched at her old name being thrown back at her face. Giving a slight glare before taking a breath "I can't promise that I'll be safe from injury but I promise that I will be more careful on what I am doing Alan. " She uttered out, giving him a soft smile. He nodded at that, before walking away from her.

He let out a playful smile "See you later Tea bitch!" He shouted at her. Running off, scared that she would run after him and chase him down.

She gritted her teeth at that.

"You're so dead…"

She headed inside her house and saw the newspaper still on her dining table. Kuro picked it up once more and threw it to the side.

(Newspaper)

Date: xx xxxx xxxx

The xxxxxx xxxxxxxx Family, Is still on the lookout for their missing daughter, Reports says that she was last seen in March xxxx. She would have been aged 14 at the time of her disappearance. Locals and Policing communities believed she was kidnapped. The Family of xxxxxxxxxxxxxx still hopes for her return.

Despite The xxxxxxxx Family hoping that she was alive, the police officers think that she may be dead. Lieutenant Hank Anderson and Connor Anderson are the first ones to admit their reservations on her being alive.

If you've seen Florence xxxxxxxx or have any information on her whereabouts Please call the number down below. Any Information would be helpful for this case.

Phone Number: xxxxxx

Author Note:

Kiralawliet here. I've finally been able to write a chapter for you guys. I am sorry if you didn't enjoy it. I am not the best at story writing so… I am sorry!

Anyways, my sister let me borrow her laptop again so I was able to update and write a chapter for you guys. Bless you Sister for helping me. Hoped you like the amusing banter between old friends. You can tell they are good friends, can't you.

Also, I added some references in there from different things because why not XD.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, honestly, I had a bit of writing block on this chapter, but I pulled through so Imma give myself a pat on my back.

Thank you, everyone, for reading this and following it. It makes me feel like you actually enjoy this story (Fanfiction)

Sorry for any mistakes, grammar or punctuation errors. I am still learning to write better and hopefully, I'll get better each time I write.