A door slammed. Something broke. The crunch of a broken nose followed by a scream of pain. "I told you not to let her out of your sight!" A man screamed.
"We were r-really careful, Boss! She was r-right there and then she was just gone!" One of the men stammered out uselessly. The man with the broken nose was dead. His nose was completely shoved back into his skull.
"I don't care what happened!" The same man screamed at them again. "That woman has cheated us out of millions of dollars! If you don't find something we can use against her now, I will kill you all and use you for examples!" Spittle flew into the remaining three men's faces as they flinched away from their bosses' rage.
"That bitch has been stealing from this family for ten years! Killing Titanium Manium is the last straw." The man told them. "If you don't hurry up and find her…"
"We'll find her boss! D-don't worry."
"Good. Now get out of my sight." The three men scrambled over each other to get out. The chill in the room seemed to intensify. "This is the last time you steal from me, kitty."
"Ahhh~" Luciana stretched as she yawned loudly. She loved cuddling with her boyfriend after work. She stood from his bed and walked into the hall.
"You know, you really are screwing up my sleep schedule." Enji said as she entered the living room. He was sitting on his couch.
"I try not to." She shot back. "Besides, you got up before noon -normal for you on a day off. And you disrupted my sleep schedule."
"That is your fault. You're the one that came over here."
"But! I got enough sleep and I woke up in time to finish cleaning the apartment and cook dinner for Matt." She skipped up to him and planted a kiss on his cheek. "I just wanted to tell you I was leaving."
"You missed."
"No, I didn't." She retorted and danced out of the way when he tried to catch her.
"You did." He jumped up and started chasing her.
"Did not." She stuck her tongue out as she dodged.
"Did."
"Not." She shut his bedroom door in his face.
"Hey!" He opened the door only to see her crouching in the window. She blew him a kiss and jumped out the window. There was no way he was going to capture her now. "Rude." He could get through the window, but it took time to maneuver his bulky frame through. It took him just too long that if she was out the window, he couldn't catch her at all.
"You love it!" She laughed.
"Obviously."
"Maybe you can come over for dinner. Matt's been coming home later and later after getting his provisional license." Her voice was further away now.
"You mean working as a sidekick all the time."
"Exactly. I'm going to shut my window." The sound of her window being pulled down followed with a solid thunk of it shutting.
"Seriously?" He asked himself as he shut the window. "What am I going to do with you?" He glanced at his made bed. Luciana came and went like a breeze, wouldn't let him go then refused to touch him, and said "I love you" then refused to say it back. Sometimes she had a very sad, distant look and others she seemed so happy and animated. It was confusing.
"But I love her anyway…" He said aloud to himself. He'd go over to eat dinner with her in a little bit. First, he needed to figure something out.
When she finished locking the stubborn window, Luciana gathered her stuff to go shower. She did not smell pretty after working then cuddling a drunk man.
Clean, but not very refreshed, the bluenette began to clean up the mess in her living room. It wasn't much. She cleaned constantly to make it healthy for Matt. He couldn't stand messes.
She began to move into the kitchen when a knock at the door stopped her.
With a shake of her head, she strode over to the door and asked who it was with false cheer.
"It's me. I came over to help you with dinner." Luciana opened the door and hugged Enji.
"You know you can just walk in. I don't care."
"I know," he told her and ushered her inside. Together, they walked into the kitchen and began cooking.
When everything was finished and in the oven to stay warm until Matt got home, Luciana put a hand on Enji's shoulder.
"I want to ask you something in private."
A look of confusion grew on his face. "Isn't this in private right now?"
"Not private enough. Matt or Ichigo could easily listen in." She threaded her fingers through his and pulled him out of the kitchen, through the living room, and down the hall. She stopped in front of her door and opened it. "This is private enough."
"Are you sure?" In the entire time they had been together, she'd only let him in her room when he wasn't feeling well. Last time was when he had gotten blackout drunk and the time before that he had fallen ill from overusing his quirk.
"Yeah. I know I don't let you in here much, but it's because I personally don't spend too much time in here." She gestured for him to follow.
"That's true." He stepped into the bland, impersonal room and shut the door. The dresser, bed frame, sheets, and walls were all the same off white color, almost gray.
"Go ahead and sit on the bed." She patted the spot beside her.
After he had settled on the decently comfortable mattress, he looked at his girlfriend with a raised brow.
"Sorry about this… but I need to know. Would you take of Matt if I was hurt or I died?" Luciana asked quietly.
"Of course I would. What brought this on?" He asked somewhat surprised. She had had moments like this since her kidnapping.
"It's just… I keep having nightmares of me dying like Thom and Matt blaming himself and being lost. I just wanted to know if you would take care of him." Her smile was sweet.
"Is that all? No dangerous ideas, or reckless adventures?" He teased.
"Of course not! Just paranoia."
"Always that nasty paranoia." He kissed her cheek. "But if I died, please take care of yourself and Matt."
"Absolutely." She kissed his cheek. "Although, I might not do a very good job."
They sat in silence for a moment before Luciana laid her head against Enji's shoulder. "We should probably go check on the food." The bluenette pointed out.
"Let's stay a little longer." He flopped backward right on top of a lump. He sat up, pulled the lump out from under the blankets, and looked at the thing before his girlfriend could protest.
"Oh gosh…" Luciana whined and covered her face when she saw what he had found. It was a plush of him.
"Cute, but why do you have it?" He asked as he examined the well-made plushie.
"I made that so I could sleep when our schedules are different." She muttered and began to curl in on herself.
"That's adorable." The man scooped her up in a hug. He set the plush on the bed and picked his girl up. "We'll leave. We wouldn't want to find any more Endeavor themed surprises."
Luciana's response was an embarrassed noise. She tried to curl further in on herself. This was the reddest her face and neck had ever gotten.
Enji quickly planted a kiss on her head before he strode out of her room with her and placed her gently on the couch. After placing her on the couch, he moved into the kitchen to check on the food. He returned to the couch to see Luciana in the same position, her face and neck still very red.
"Babe, are you ok?" No response. He tried again with the same result. He sat beside her and put a hand on her back. Still no response.
"Holy shit, broke Lucy!" Matt, who had just walked in, exclaimed. " has stopped re-spon-ding!"
"I have no idea what I did."
"Lucy too shy now. She stop re-spon-ding," Matt explained.
"This is new. I've never seen her do this." Ichigo, who was standing behind Matt, laughed. "And you, young man, should not be cursing."
"Sorry, 'go." The young man looked very contrite.
"Most teens are not that easy to deal with." Enji observed.
"Most teens are not as special as Matt." Ichigo retorted. "Anyway, you try to get Ana to respond while I get the food."
"Sorry." The man muttered gruffly.
"I go shower." Matt said to the air before walking down the hall.
"No games Matthew!"
"Aw!"
"Shower then dinner then homework then games."
"Yes, Ichi."
"That boy…"
Enji snorted at the antics of the two younger males.
"Luciana, come on. Stop this." Still no response. "Come on, babe." Same result. He kissed her ear, which normally made her jump away. Nothing this time. "If you don't stop, Ren's going to hang out with your brother." A twitch. He tried to use that again, but nothing.
He leaned in, right next to her ear, and told her, "If you stop maybe we can do something fun."
"Stop it!" She protested and tried to scooch away. "I'm going to die of embarrassment."
"You'll be fine." He kissed her ear again, eliciting a shriek. She jumped off the couch and ran into her room. The door slammed behind her.
Ichigo roared with laughter right alongside Enji.
