I sat perched on my office chair, like I usually sit, staring at my computer screen. I had to throw out what had remained of my cake this morning. It didn't look so good after sitting out all night and there was no telling if the spider had touched it or not.
"Suzuya... What is this?" The chief asked walking into the room. I leaned back, peeking out of my cubicle with a blank expression. That's when I noticed he was looking at Chi.
"Chi." I tell him, sticking my finger in my ear and scratching.
"I know that it's Shinohara-chan. But, what..." He trails off, not knowing how to put it into words. I look down at the girl sitting on the floor, leaned over a piece of paper with a pen, with my curtain rope still around her neck like a leash.
"She ran down the street today while on the way to work." I tell him picking up the end of the rope. Chi gasps and looks up at me.
"Are we going to walk?" She asks sounding hopeful.
"No, you have to finish the paper work." I say pointing to the piece of paper she had scribbled all over.
"Suzuya..." The chief began again. "What is she wearing? Didn't you get her clothes?"
"Chi is pretty!" She snaps at the chief, scooting closer to me. I turn my eyes from her to him and shrug.
"She likes it."
"Well, you've been approved for asistence. Your check should come with in a week. Be sure to get her real clothes." He tells me. I nod and look down at her concenraiting as hard as she could on her piece of paper, the pen in her fist. Then I hear a loud growl. Chi looks up to me with a frown.
"Chi is gurgling." She says touching her stomach. I look down at my watch and see that it's almost lunch time.
"We missed breakfast because Chi ran away." I tell her. She frowns even more.
"Chi is sorry."
"Let's go get lunch." I say picking up the end of her rope and heading for the elevator. She gets to her feet and follows me out into the hallway then stops.
"Wait." She says, tugging on the rope with her hands. I stop, turning to look at her. She whines and tugs harder on the rope making me follow her back to the office. I lean against the door frame and watch her pick up her paper and pen then run back over to me. "Paper work." She smiles. "If work at lunch, I can get done faster and Chi can go home with Juuzou." She holds the paper out to me.
"Hmm?" I hum, taking it from her hand and looking down at it. It was a picture of stick figures, one wearing a leash, while the other held it. Then on the second piece of paper, there was a stick figure hugging the other.
"This is when Juuzou saved Chi." She explained, pointing to it. "This one is when Juuzou walked Chi to work." I nodded looking down at the pictures.
"Good." I said placing my hand on her head and gently rubbing. Her stomach let out a loud growl again and she placed her hands over it as if trying to hide it. I smiled. "Let's go get lunch, Chi."