Attraction 7: Darling Indifference

Misaki stared as the door opened and her eyes widened in surprise to find the young boy doll standing there. July's hand was still on the doorknob and he gazed at her blankly. Horror struck her face as she quickly glanced down at herself, recalling her state of undress.

"July!" she exclaimed. "W - What are you doing here?"

He didn't reply, but he continued to gaze at her. For a second, she wondered if he understood what was going on as there was no change to his expression. Finally, she realized how inappropriate this was. He might be a doll, but he was still a child! And she was half naked...

"Wait outside!" she instructed, quickly turning her chair so that he couldn't see her.

She covered an arm over her chest, but it was too late for that. He had already seen her as she was. Even so, she was feeling slightly relieved that he was a doll. At least he wouldn't say anything if she told him not to...

Waiting until she heard the door close, she slowly turned back around to see that he had done as she had told him to. Glancing around briefly, Misaki didn't waste any time in getting back into her clothes. It was odd for July to be here, but she could only think of one reason for his appearance - November had sent him to fetch her.

Thankful that it was the doll who found her like this and not the Contractor, Misaki quickly shuffled her reports into a clean stack before locking them away. She grabbed her purse and dashed out of the office to find July standing to the side of the doorway.

"July, did November send you to fetch me?" she asked, though she already knew the answer.

He nodded her head and she sighed in relief. In one way she was fortunate as it wasn't November who had discovered her to be half naked. At the same time, she was feeling mortified that she was discovered at all; not to mention that it had to be a child - doll or not.

When she turned her attention towards July again, it was to find that he was staring at her stomach. Glancing down, Misaki groaned as her buttons were done up crookedly. She had thrown everything on in a state of panic; it was bound to happen. Dropping her purse to the floor, she undid the buttons and took her time to straighten up her appearance.

If he asks what took so long, I'll just say I was finishing up something, she thought to herself.

After fixing up her appearance, Misaki dropped to her knees in front of July. Gently putting her hands on his shoulder, she gazed into his eyes to capture his attention. She smiled ruefully as she saw that he was paying attention. There was no way she was going to take her chances. She didn't know too much about the boy's relationship with his guardian, but it was still a possibility that he could mention what he had seen.

"July, listen to me very carefully. Do you understand?" Misaki asked.

He nodded once.

"Whatever November asks, do not say anything about what you just saw. Do not say anything about that," she repeated. "Do you understand?"

He nodded a second time.

"Thank you," she replied with a small smile. "Shall we go then?"

He nodded a third time and Misaki picked up her purse before standing up again. The boy led the way towards the elevator he had come up in. As for Misaki, all she could do was follow along and hope that no one caught wind of her moment of insanity - especially not November.

A/N: Ahaha~ Did you seriously think I would not use July? He's ONLY my second favourite character in the whole series...

hehe~ Must have scared some of you when you saw the title. I wouldn't make her come on to a kid. But he does have to show up! Just because! I am the author, so I can use whoever I choose to! ^^

I know what I said last time, but I'm in the process of writing the next chapter so there will be one more. Hopefully I'll finish it by next week. I decided to do that one as well since I had a good idea for it. Actually the next chapter was supposed to come first and this one was supposed to come after... But oh well. The order after this isn't super duper important. Though, we'll see and maybe I'll get more inspiration to finish what was supposed to be the last one too. (There were 9 chapters planned in total.)