AN/Hello there~!

I just though, I'll make you a christmas gift and post next chapter ^^

And my dear anonymous friend... I've just thought, that this "Chrome" nick that was given you is... ekhem. I need some rest... Anyway. Thank you, for your review xD You may be right (in one or two parts)...

Okay. to tell the truth... It's never this easy~

Have fuuuuuuun~!

Chapter Two: Bishop

((Name)) knocked on the door to one of apartments in a building with windows glazed with tinted glass.

After a moment it opened and a short chubby woman with curly brown hair and green eyes appeared before the pair.

"May I help, you..?" She asked and ((h/c)) smiled sweetly at her.

"Now, now... Why don't you invite us in, honey..?~" she asked and Anna stared at her with shock.

"((Na-...))" she cut her off, with quick hug.

"Now I'm ((F/full name))." ((h/c)) whispered quietly, so only her dear friend could hear her.

The brunette sighed and nodded at her two guests.

((Name)) knew, Anna didn't see it as anything weird, after seeing how much her best friend's appearance changed. She was smart after all.

"Please, come in." She said moving to the side, allowing the pair to step in.

((Name)) walked in the apartment, her eyes taking in the view.

It was huge and full of glass. Glass table and coffee table, bookshelves, glass counters in the kitchen as well as a giant glass desk situated in front of a window. Rest was just white or light gray.

"You really love glass, An, don't you..?" ((Name)) said and Anna chuckled.

"Well... Yeah." She responded and gestured for white coach. "Take a seat." She said walking in kitchen's direction. "Tea? Coffee..?" She asked.

"Do you have, by any possibility, Earl Grey..?" ((h/c)) responded and her friend shook her head. "Then just a coffee with milk for my bro."

One brown eyebrow rose as Anna looked sceptically at Damian and then ((Name)).

"You don't have a brother." She stated.

"Of course I have! Don't you remember me telling you about him!?" The ((h/c)) puffed up her cheeks, doing a play, as Anna took milk from the fridge. "He was living in Germany back then... Maybe you forgot..?" now the brunette automatically understood, what her friend was talking about.

"Oh right." She lifted a finger. "You really talked about him a lot."

Well... Basically it was truth. Back in High School, ((Name)) would talk a lot about how this pussy (as she sometimes called her beloved cousin, because he couldn't fight back his much younger sister) would be awesome and how he would always threat her like his true younger sister.

"Then let's change to French, so he also can understand what we're talking about." ((Name)) proposed with a wink and Anna nodded, joining her and her cousin on the coach.

"Pourquoi vous êtes ici? [Why are you here?]" She automatically asked.

Her friend waved her hand at the question, as Damian silently sipped his coffee.

"J'ai vous dit une fois, que je vais vous rendre visite, lorsque tu déplaceres au Japon. [I told you once, that I'm going to visit you, when you'll move to Japan.]" she responded and Anna rolled her eyes.

"Oh. Je me souviens. [I remember that.]" she nodded with a smirk. "Mais je voulais savoir pourquoi lorsque tu vivras au Japon.? [But I wanted to know why did you come to Japan?]"

((Name)) shrugged.

"J'ai toujours voulu voir Tokyo... [I always wanted to see Tokyo...]" she said and one brown brow rose.

"Il ya quelque chose de plus... [There is something more...]" she said and ((h/c)) chuckled.

"Tu me connais tellement bien, An. [You read me like an open book, An.]" said brunette nodded her head and ((Name)) continued. "Il ya quelques raisons, comme les questions de la famille et certains buisness je dois terminer... [There are few reasons, like family matters and some business I have to finish...]" she clasped her hands. "Maintenant. Tu penses que je peux réaliser mon plus grand rêve ici et ouvrir un bailleur de fond? [Now. Do you think I can fulfil my biggest dream here and open backer's?]"

Anna's brow rose at the sudden change of topic, but she played along.

"Tu voule toujours être un confiseur..? [You still want to be a confectioner..?]" when ((Name)) nodded, she chuckled. "Eh bien... Si vous avez assez d'argent, alors bien sûr. [Well... If you have enough money, then of course.]"

The ((h/c)) turned to Damian. "Maintenant, tu me crois? [Now you believe me?]" she asked and he rolled his eyes.

"Je ne serai jamais bon pour cuisiner. [I'll never be good with cooking.]" he sighed. "Tu le sais bien. [You know this well.]"

"Alors, qu'es que tu faisais après le lycée? [So what were you doing after the High School ended?]" she heard Anna's voice and turned to her again.

"En fait... j'ai choisi l'ingénierie sur la biologie et la chimie et suis allé à polytechnique. [Actually... I choose engineering over biology and chemistry and went to polytechnic]"

"Eh bien... je pouvais espérer cela. [Well... I could expect this.]" she said with a shrug and looked ((Name)) in the eye. "Mais comment es-que vous m'aviez trouver.. ? [But how did you find me..?]"

She grinned. 'Back to the topic.' she thought "Ce n'est pas si difficile pour savoir où tu t'est déplacé. [It's not this hard to find someone who's not really hiding.]"

She sighed but gave in, moving her attention at ((h/c))'s cousin. She understood, her friend wasn't going to tell her anything more than she wanted. And ((Name)) didn't want to go into details.

After some time, Anna asked her friend where they were going to stay and ((h/c)) told her, she already had bought an apartment. Anna responded with only a stare.

"Would you show me around your apartment..?" ((Name)) asked Anna suddenly and brunette's brow rose.

"What about your brother..?" She asked. "And what's with the Japanese so suddenly?"

((Name)) shrugged. "Tu n'es pas vraiment dans l'architecture, non? [You're not really into architecture, right?]" she asked Damian and he nodded.

"You see." She looked at Anna, who sighed and got up.

"As you wish..." She muttered, signalising to her friend to follow her.

"You already saw the kitchen and living area... Here's a guest room... Bedroom..." She walked with ((h/c)) into each room and when they got into huge dark coloured bathroom, Anna turned on her heel. "So what did you want to talk about?" She asked, supporting her hands on her hips.

"Chcę cię prosić o przysługę. [I want to ask you for a favour.]" ((Name)) said in their mother tongue and Anna clenched her teeth.

"O co chodzi? [What is it?]" she asked silently.

"Przekaż to swojemu mężowi... [Give it to your husband.]" ((h/c)) responded, handing the woman an envelope. "I nie mów gdzie ją dostałaś. [And don't tell him, where did you get this from.]" she added with slight smile and Anna took a sharp breath.

"Co ty... [What're y-...]"

"To jeden z powodów, dla których wybrałam Japonię. [That's one of the reasons I choose Japan.]" ((Name)) interrupted her.

"Do czego? [For what?]" Anna snapped and her friend sent her a little nostalgic smile.

"Na miejsce ucieczki. [Escape.]" she said. "Zmieniłam się mocno, od naszego ostatniego spotkania. [I've changed a lot since we last met.]"

Anna didn't response this quickly.

"Co masz na myśli..? [What do you mean..?]" she finally asked and ((Name)) once again smiled at her.

The death of her close family, caused her to devote herself fully to her work for underground. And even if she would never regret this and would happily stay in Europe, screwing people's lives, she escaped with her cousin, promising herself, that for him, she'll stay away from the trouble. Anna didn't know it and ((Name)) could just tell her this, but she just shrugged.

"Powiedzmy, że zniszczyłam kilka żyć. [Let's say, I destroyed a few lifes...]" was her response.

Anna messaged the bridge of her nose.

"Mam dziwne wrażenie, że sprawisz mi kłopoty... [I have this weird feeling, that you'll cause me trouble...]" she muttered and ((Name)) laughed.

"Bez obaw. [Don't worry.]" she responded. "Damian nie ma o niczym pojęcia, a ja nie mam zamiaru go uświadamiać. Dla niego pozostanę taka, jaka byłam zanim zaczęłam pracować dla ludzi takich, jak twój ukochany. [Damian doesn't know anything, and I'm not going to show my true self to him. Because of him, I'll stay the way, I was before I started to work for people like your beloved man.]" she told her and Anna stared at her for a longer moment and then shook her head.

"Miejmy nadzieję... [I hope...]" she muttered, still processing what have ((Name)) told her and trying to find any sense in it.

A smirk appeared on ((h/c))'s face.

"I przy okazji... Ufam ci. [Oh. And by the way... I trust you.]" she added. "Więc cię w nic nie wkręcę. [So I won't get you in anything bad.]" she clasped her hands, going back to Japanese. "Shall we?"

Anna smiled, hesitantly. "Now to my favourite room!" she announced, tugging her friend out of the bathroom.

The next room ((Name)) saw was full with manga. Seriously. She's never seen so many volumes. They were everywhere.

"Seriously?" Her brow rose.

"What?" Anna snapped. "You have your own collection."

((Name)) chuckled. "I left it at home." Was her response and the brunette sent her an 'are you serious' stare. "I had to." She shrugged.

Let me explain... When she was 16, she had already five long shelves full of Shounen Jump mangas. It was also her, who told Anna about lot of great series... Back then, ((Name)) would never leave her beautiful collection.

"Who are you and what did you do to my friend?" Anna asked and ((h/c)) laughed, waving her hand.

"Come one, An.~ I didn't change this much."

She sighed, remembering their talk in the bathroom.

In the end she didn't make ((Name)) talk more and she didn't know what was going on, but ((h/c)) knew, their chat will haunt her friend and she eventually will get over it. Probably.

"Well... I think, I'll leave you here alone for a while... I saw, how you were looking at this room." Anna joked and ((Name)) fake pouted.

"Have fun with Damian then." She waved at her, instantly losing interests in her best friend and went to first bookshelf to look at the titles.

AN/ I wish you guys a merry Christmas~! And the happiest year ever ^o^!

Till the next time~

PS. Let me know if there are any mistakes ;)

Edit/ Thanks again, Louricam for your help with French~! (ﾉ ≧ ∀≦)ﾉ