Here's chapter 46. The beginning of the chapter is a continuation of the events of the previous chapter. While the rest finally resolve an event that has been going on since chapter 18.

Koka and Hana explained to their old friends Izumi and Daisuke everything that happened since Saturday. How was it that while playing in the park they found the two chaos emeralds that were buried in a sandbox. When they went to the restaurant where they met the Zootopia children and their relatives; and when Eggman attacked them looking for the emeralds, that they were rescued by the Mobius children with their respective parents, and because they, their parents, and their honorary aunts had to keep the secret, as it was so as not to endanger themselves, to your family and friends in the process.

Then Nicole and Jerry told their part of the story of how it was when they found two other chaos emeralds at the airport, just as they arrived from Zootopia. Also their point of view from when they met their new friends. They also mentioned that they, their mother, their two fathers, and their honorary uncle had also promised to keep the secret, although they mentioned that their grandfather and grandmothers arrived suddenly and also found out everything. Finally, they mentioned that some coworkers of one of their two parents came to help stop Eggman.

Speed, Flora, Alex, Locke II, Pachacamac II, Rutan and Silver told part of their story about how they and their parents ended up in this dimension because of Eggman and how they had to do everything possible to stop him, they were not very explicit about what could happen if they did not stop him, since they did not want to scare the other children or little Jewel. They only mentioned that it was extremely necessary that they not tell any of this to anyone and that everything be kept between them. It was necessary for the safety of all civilians living in the city, including their own family members. They had to avoid panic.

Izumi and Daisuke were surprised by all the information they received, now they understood why Koka and Hana had not told them anything, and also because Koka's grandmother and great-grandmother did not seem to comment on those events that their friends had told them. They wanted to keep them safe from this current situation. Now, although Izumi and Daisuke were no longer disappointed with their friends, now that feeling changed to worry, as their respective parents worked all day and feared that something bad would happen to them during the course they were away from home and apart from them.

Seeing their expressions, the Mobius children reassured them by telling them that their parents had faced Eggman many times in the past and had always beaten him. So everyone will be safe. Although in that part they tried not to worry them by telling them that despite knowing that Eggman's base was destroyed, their current whereabouts and that of their robots is unknown, so they would not know when they would appear or if right then they were planning another attack, but the best thing for the moment was to think positively and that way the other children would be calm for now.

Izumi and Daisuke were surprised to see how the Mobian children, even those who were closer to their age, acted in a mature way, since for some reason during their explanation, if not because they saw them on some communicators, they would think that they were adults. They wondered if they also liked to hang out, have fun, or do things like that like them and their other friends. Although considering that they had contact with Koka and Hana, they could assume that despite their seriousness, they were still interested in doing things of their respective ages when they had the time.

Once they finished, the explanations, finally the children of Zootopia and those of Mobius presented themselves with the gazelle and the cat, and they did the same with them. After this, they invited them to join in the conversation that everyone was having. They accepted. Izumi sat next to Hana, while Daisuke sat next to Koka. They talked about various topics for about an hour. Fortunately that day the 4 children from Japan did not have to do their homework, since in the previous three days they had done their homework and now they had the rest of the week off to relax a bit.

...

Back at Carrier Man Trading Co., Ltd they were all still at their regular job. At the moment the only thing that could be heard was the typing of the computers of all the employees in the accounting area. With the exception of Director Ton who was with his abacus doing his own calculations. It was a normal day so to speak at work. Not counting the interns who came from another dimension, a fact that only Retsuko, Fenneko, Haida and Ookami knew about, there was nothing out of common in the office. Although the red panda did the occasional glance at the gray wolf from time to time. He hoped that that day things would work out between the two of them.

When it was finally noon and it was time for lunch, I waited for the gray wolf and the lab dog to come out of the office. The red panda asked her husband and hers two friends of hers that for that day, she wanted to go to lunch alone, and she explained the reason why. The three of them understood her and Retsuko went alone to the dining room. As she headed there, she hoped everything would work out. She no longer wanted to feel guilty about the way she treated Legoshi out of her fear of him, it was time to face that fear and apologize. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't realize she had already made it to the dining room. So she peeked out momentarily. She could see that Legoshi and Jack were already there, with Jack sitting facing the entrance and Legoshi facing away from him. The red panda got nervous, but she was now or never, she wouldn't know if she would get another chance and she didn't want to waste this one.

She sighed and finally walked into the dining room to get out of this once and for all. When the labrador retriever saw the red panda he knew what he had to do.

"Retsuko, here, sit with us" said Jack calling the attention of his coworker.

Legoshi raised his ears and whispered to his boyfriend "Jack, I don't think it's a good idea to ask him to come. You don't remember that she is afraid of me".

"Do not worry everything will be fine. Trust me" the Labrador giving the gray wolf a small smile.

"If you say so" he said not very convinced.

The red panda walked over to the table and sat down. "Thank you very much Jack."

Jack tried for a few minutes to make the conversation between the three work, but whenever he talked about something. Only one of the two companions of him joined the conversation, while the other remained silent with an uncomfortable look and each one was distracted with their cell phone. The labrador retriever realized that these two weren't going to make the first move if he was present, so he got up from the chair.

"I'll be back in a moment, I have to make a call" said the labrador retriever, and then he left.

Once the red panda and the gray wolf were left alone. They both now had to say something so as not to make the moment more awkward. They both put their cell phones in their respective pockets and looked at each other. Whenever you tried to say something, they would stop and say nothing. With a situation like this, they felt like lunchtime was getting slower and slower. Even when they looked at the clock on the wall they could see that there was still a long time before the second half of the work day began.

But since Retsuko wanted all of that to end, she hoped that the end of the lunch hour still wouldn't come so quickly. Unbeknownst to her, Legoshi also wanted to fix this with Retsuko, he wanted to show her that despite his appearance, she should not fear him, that he was a good person and would never harm an innocent. That he would never hurt her, even if she were in some danger, he would be willing to protect her, as he had already done with other people.

Finally both returned to exchange a look and a phrase came out of both at the same time.

"I wanted to talk about something with you and he can't wait any longer."

They were so surprised by what the other said, it was the same thing he wanted to say and that they were quite in sync when he did it.

"You start" said the gray wolf allowing the red panda to be the first to speak.

"Legoshi. I know we have very little time to meet you. But since this weekend I have been through many things that I never thought I would live in my entire life that have affected me in a certain way these days, and I know that I should not judge people by their physical appearance, but seeing you, there was something in you that intimidated me. I don't know what it was about, but it wasn't my intention to offend or anything like that" she said lowering his head in shame and his cheeks a little flushed.

"Don't worry. It is not the first time that someone has intimidated me. In the dimension that I come from it was a common thing and more in the time when I was in high school. Since being a wolf, most of the people both that I know and that I don't know thought that I would devour them. As you remember where I come from, predation cases are common, and well, let's say I have done things that I'm not proud of, but I did it to protect and defend my loved ones. The reason I tried to avoid you was not because I hated you, but because I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable with my presence."

"That was nice of you, but it doesn't excuse what I did. You didn't deserve what I did."

"Retsuko, it's okay. I forgive you. Like I told you, I'm used to this kind of situation by now. It would be better if we leave the past behind and focus on the present."

"Really? Aren't they upset?"

"Not at all".

"Well then, let's start as if it were our first meeting."

"Seem right. Nice to meet you. My name is Legoshi, I'm one of the new interns in the same area of work as you".

"Pleasure. My name is Retsuko. I have been working here for more than 10 years and I hope we can get along well."

After that little presentation they spent the rest of lunch together. Various things were even told. As for example, Legoshi mentioned to him that apart from being wolf ΒΌ of his genetics was komodo dragon by his maternal grandfather Gosha. Retsuko for her part told about her time as part of the idol group OTM, which was little, but she had a lot of fun about it. Although they did not tell about certain tragic things that happened related to those things, at least not for the moment. They would wait for a little more confidence.

While they were chatting, Jack, who was hidden behind the wall next to the entrance to the dining room, heard everything and then went back to the office. When he got there, his friends saw him with a face that reflected happiness. They knew why it was, since Jack had told them what Retsuko told him before starting the workday, and he was happy because his plan worked.

"And then, how were things?" Collot asked.

"It went pretty well, though with a bit of a slow start," replied Jack.

"Because you said so?" Miguno asked.

"Well, at first they were a bit difficult for them to talk to each other when I was with them. Whenever I made a comment, only one would respond and the other would remain silent", replied Jack to the second question.

"Oh, and how did you get them to strike up a conversation?" Durham asked.

"Well, I left them alone, and they had no choice but to talk. Before I came, I noticed that they were getting along well" said Jack.

"No wonder those two would only talk if you did that" Louis said with his typical serious look.

"Look, there they come" said Voss who was standing over Collot's head pointing at Legoshi and Retsuko.

Both came walking together, that at first glance and for those who did not know them, they would think that they were friends of all life, since that was the appearance they gave.

Well, so far the chapter. I hope you liked it.