Hazama walked out with a taste still lingering on his lips and tongue. Perhaps it was too soon to split just yet, but he didn't need to wait around either. There was nothing else to be had after all. As he strode through the halls he straightened up his tie. Rarely if ever were there questions. It was not as though he were gone long.

The stroll from Relius' office to his own was not a long trip either. He could worry about any mess once he got back.

When he opened up his door there was a sharp screech and a wide-eyed, very guilty looking young woman in his office. She scrambled away from his desk; standing more attention. Hazama left the door open a crack and slowly skirted his way around her toward his desk—standing across from her at the opposite end of it.

Hazama let silence fill the room for the moment as he watched the girl look closer and closer to cracking. "Makoto Nanaya...Did you have a report to make?" he asked only after she looked completely uncomfortable.

There's a small sound out of her before she answers, but she did speak up eventually. "Y-yes captain. Reporting in. But...you weren't here so I was waiting. The door wasn't locked so I thought you'd be back soon."

"And were you waiting long?" Hazama asked. It couldn't have been that bad really. At least it seemed fast to him.

Makoto's gaze wandered to the desk then back to the wall. "Uh well, it was like a couple minutes maybe?"

There is one very long, very silent moment before Hazama smiled. The change in expression did not seem to help how tense the girl was. "Enough time to drop it off and be on your way I'm sure. Unless there's something you needed to share with me?"

"Not in a rush or anything but..." Makoto focused on him a bit better. Her guard was certainly up to an extent but less obvious than a moment ago. "My next assignment maybe...?"

He got the feeling she was fishing for excuses to get herself out of trouble at this point, but there was no harm she could do fishing around in his desk. Nothing vital to his own work anyway. That was all that mattered at the end. With a continuing smile he nods. "Of course. Such a hard working individual! I'll have it sorted out shortly I'm sure there was something..."

As he was about to move toward his chair when an odd look on Makoto's face stalled him. He would have normally ignored it, but there was something off about it.

"Is there something else on your mind, lieutenant?"

Another wave of panic hit the girl and she seemed to be trying to gesture from behind her cloak. "No no, captain. Sir...no offense here but you're kinda..." Makoto struggled with her choice of words before finally going on. "A mess?"

Her hand poked out from the edge of her cloak as she pointed at him; although it seemed a bit in general than at any one thing. Hazama looked down and understood a bit better. He'd managed to get his tie on properly but the rest was a bit hit and miss. His shirt was half untucked and he'd skipped a button on his vest. Perhaps he'd rushed back a bit more than he meant to.

Makoto didn't handle the new silence so well and squirmed a little in place. "There's not something up is there? I mean, not to make a big deal—it's not—just you know...in case someone important came in next?" she attempted in a series of odd blurts and stops.

Before Hazama could answer another figure came through the door after only a soft knock. In the doorway stood Relius. Even through the mask Hazama got the feeling he was surprised.

"Am I interrupting something?" the colonel asked. His attention soon rested on Makoto. Of course he would be distracted with that at a time like this.

"Colonel Relius! Your timing is...interesting as always. What can I do for you?" he said pleasantly enough. He raised a hand to his head with intention of adjusting his hat back but there was no hat when he reached. Although that did neatly explain the object in the colonel's grasp.

"Nothing of importance. I can wait for you two to finish up," Relius offered plainly. Makoto seemed to catch on that she was being sized up and made a few inching steps toward the door.

"...We'll be in touch, lieutenant. Contact with your assignment will be along later."

There was a fast "thanks" and Makoto was gone—zipping out the door faster than he'd seen her go before. And she did always leave in a rush.

Relius lingered aside the door, his gaze following Makoto until she was out of sight. Once she was well and gone enough he finished his train of thought on the matter for and closed the door behind himself. When he was sure it was shut Hazama let out a sigh.

"Can't wait 'til she gets herself killed. Or I suppose I line it up," he muttered; going to sit on his desk for now. Relius strode closer and set Hazama's hat back on his head for him. Hazama had half a mind to snatch it from him, but there was pouting there to be done.

"That's too bad. She could be something interesting. I would recommend against it—at least for my own research."

That was a path he wasn't in the mood to walk down. "I'm not lifting a finger. Not yet. She's annoying but...line up all the tools we can get. However onto more pressing matters. How did you let me leave like this?" Hazama was quick to answer before Relius' thoughts wandered off too far in that direction.

It takes the man an extra second to react. "I was waiting for you to work it out for yourself but it never seemed to happen. I was honestly surprised."

That pulled a grumble out of him as he straightened up a little and started to get his pants unbuckled. He pushed off the desk and tucked his shirt in properly. As he worked at this Relius stepped in a bit closer and set something else down on the desk. Hazama glanced over for a second in the middle of what he was doing and realized it was his watch.

"The hell didn't I leave back there?" he muttered.

"I'm not sure how you made it out at all," Relius answered despite knowing full well that was not a question for him. "Perhaps it was too much for you?"

His hands came to a sharp stop over his belts before he could buckle them again. The smile returned to his face, turning just a bit annoyed as he spoke. "I think you're underestimating me. I'm not quite done yet."

"That is not what you said when you left."

Rather than giving Relius' very true admission any time, Hazama instead stepped in a bit closer. "I could think of a few things I probably missed."

There was an argument coming from him that would not be heard just yet. Already Hazama leaned in fast and helped himself to Relius' lips. It was not entirely brief but when they parted Relius glanced back over his shoulder.

"If you mean to do this then you might want to bother with locking the door."

"Later."

He could do with another taste.