Chapter 6: Jealous

Loid and Anya had been noticing that Yor was taking her time to arrive home that day. Normally since the winter started her boss seemed to like them to work extra hours because they are running of of people, especially on Fridays.

'Maybe her boss asked her to work extra hours again' thought Loid looking down.

"Daddy I'm hungry" said the little girl and Bond barked in agreement.

"I wanted to wait till Yor arrives but I'm also hungry so I will start to cook and hopefully she will be home by the time I'm done" he said and stood up.

He went to the kitchen and when the stew was almost done, Yor arrived. She had a smile on her face as she walked in.

"Good evening, I'm home" she took off her coat and smiled at Anya and Bond running at her and noticed a guy behind her.

"Oh hey Yor. I was getting worried" said Loid walking to her.

"Who is he?" Said Anya as Bond growls softly

"I'm sorry, my boss asked us to stay for a little bit longer to finish a job and on my way home I found someone... Everyone... This is Matthew Braun. A friend from my hometown!" The man looked at them a bit shy, running his hand on his light brown hair.

He had his hair tied in a little ponytail, he had green eyes and some of his hair fell on the right side of his face. He was wearing a white shirt with black tie and black jeans. Loid noticed his black coat was next to Yor's.

"I'm sorry... I told Yor I didn't want to cause troubles but she didn't listen and insisted in bringing me here to introduce me to her family"

Loid was speechless for a second then cleared his throat "it's ok, if you are a Yor's friend then you are welcome here" said politely but his eyes were a bit cold, analyzing the situation. He was in his Twilight mode "I just finished a chicken stew for dinner"

"Great, I brought wine. It's from the store a few blocks away from here, Yor didn't want me too but I couldn't arrived with empty hands, that's something my mom taught me"

'Ok this discard a new SSS agent in my house. That's good but what is he hiding?'

"It's good, I like this wine" said Loid, relaxing his eyes but still was ready to act at the least indicator of danger to him or his family.

"Oh and I got the dessert" he said "I brought Southern Cheesecake, like the one your mom made to us on your sixth birthday"

"Oh yeah I remember!" Said Yor excited "with strawberry jelly, right?" the man nodded smiling, Loid was having a weird feeling in his stomach watching their interaction.

Yor held it and put it in the fridge then the three adults put everything on the table and started to eat.

The dinner was full of stories of Yor and Matthew as children, how they were playing around and making pranks to their neighbors and the people in town, Anya was laughing at them and Loid smiled politely but the pink-headed girl was aware her father wasn't happy. Then they went separate ways when the war hit them.

"I was sent to the military school by my father after my mother died and stayed there until I reached my eighteenth birthday. I left it and got into university and became a lawyer" he said looking at them "and started to work for a pharmaceutical company as their lawyer"

"That's great" said Yor smiling kindly to him "After my parents died, I had to look out for Yuri and work hard to support him"

Meanwhile Loid went to the kitchen and got out the cheesecake. It was big and looked delicious.

Loid still had a weird feeling in his chest, something he never felt before and was hurting him and this feeling kept growing as he heard them share stories and laughed.

'What is this feeling? Is my family or my life in danger?... No... He is harmless or he seems like it' he thought as he cuts five slices of the cheesecake 'what if this whole situation make Yor realize she loves him and want to leave Operation Strix?' he shook his head slightly, she doesn't know about his mission and she is aware of the importance of this marriage but still... Would he agree to let her go if she decided to leave the Forger family?

Yor already made tea and hot cocoa for Anya, so they were just waiting for the cake.

Loid brought the plates in a tray and handed a plate for each of them. They continued to chat, mostly Yor and Matthew until he sent Anya to sleep since it was past her sleep time.

"I will put her to sleep, and maybe it's better if Mr. Braun goes home now. It's getting late" he said, still a little cold, holding a sleepy Anya in his arms.

"Yeah I agree with him, Yor. I have to go now but maybe we can continue in contact" he said, feeling a bit awkward.

"Yeah I agree with him too. Let's go " said Yor smiling unaware of the tension in the room and they exchanged phone numbers and addresses then she went down with him until a taxi arrived for him.

They hugged lightly which made Loid even more upset but he couldn't understand that feeling until he realized 'Am I jealous?' he thought and shook his head 'Don't be stupid Twilight. This is a fake marriage... She's not your real wife so your jealousy are off limits for our agreement'

Yor walked in removing her coat and smiling, a smile he never saw in her before. A nostalgic yet it wasn't a sad smile, it was more like a dreamy smile.

"I'm sorry if this visit was inappropriate for you or Anya but he was my best friend in my hometown and since he left for the military school... I missed him" she said blushing.

Loid felt like a stupid. She was happy to spend time with her friend and he was feeling jealous.

"I wanted to apologize as well... I acted cold all night. I just felt jealous..." He confessed to her rubbing the back of his neck a little embarrassed and making her blush "...and I know I shouldn't but..."

He stopped talking when she hugged him, this surprised him and she started to say "Loid... You don't need to worry about him or another boy friend I might have. I'm committed to our marriage and I wouldn't do anything to hurt you or Anya" she said with a smile looking at him.

Loid hugged her back and nodded "I trust you Yor and I know you wouldn't hurt any of us. This is new for me... I'm always a really confident man but I saw your smile and the way you both were talking and I felt like you might find it better to be with someone with a deeper bond"

She had a couple tears in her eyes and rubbed her fingers on his cheek and he looked at her "Don't be silly Doctor Loid Forger... I'm happy with you and Anya and I wouldn't change you both for Matt... You are my family and I love what we have" said Yor with a sweet smile.

Then both of them do what they normally do on Friday night. They watched a movie and this time after a little confession of their feelings. They were cuddling on the sofa while watching the movie, Bond was laying at the end of the sofa sleeping.

'Loid was jealous, does it mean he has feelings for me? Or just jealous of my friendship with Matt?' were her thoughts during the last part of the movie and by instinct she held his hand and rubbed circles on it.

Loid smiled 'I don't understand why, but Yor makes me relax and even let my guard down. Maybe I'm developing feelings for her...' the spy in him cursed himself because he shouldn't have feelings for his partner on a mission but the Loid part of him wishes to explore these feelings so any display of affection coming from her is a welcome one, and of course it was for the mission... Now he has a new side mission: understand those new feelings.

In the end both of them went back to sleep and he made a bold move, kissing her cheek as a good night kiss. He was expecting her punch at any second but nothing happened, nothing bad I mean, because she didn't punch him but returned the kiss on his cheek.

"Good night Loid"

The man was lost in track for a split second them answer "good night Yor*

Both went to sleep in their rooms with their hearts pounding fast and their cheeks feeling burning up after that light kiss.

Are they falling in love?

OOooOOooOO

I hope you liked this chapter. And I might use this character more often.