Chapter 5
The four adults were furious. They managed to wait it out until dinner for venting. In order to talk privately, they needed Akira out of the house. He was too curious for his own good. However, they couldn’t let him walk around, there were murders after all, but the only people that would take him that they trusted was the Inn or the Textile Shop, but their kids had interrogated him for information about them, who’s to say they wouldn’t do it again. They didn’t want Akira to be put under that pressure again, so they begrudgingly stuck him in the Velvet Room. Luckily he had decided to take a nap, so there were no questions about the magical blue doors he couldn’t see.
“Those underhanded little- AGH! I get that they don’t trust us but interrogating ‘Kira? What if they yelled at him! God knows his therapist has been immensely helpful, but what if they yelled at him?! He doesn’t need that right now.”
“Calm down. They’re high schoolers and they have no reason to trust us immediately.”
“You’re right, dearest, except the fact that their wildcard SAW YOU IN THE VELVET ROOM ALIVE!!!”
“Akira said the wildcard wasn’t there, though. It was poor behavior, but reasonable in their case.”
“We need to talk to them about this.”
“Tomorrow.”
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Akira woke up to the Velvet Room.
“Lavenza? Why am I here?”
“Your parents and uncles needed to vent about your little interrogation today, so they called Elizabeth and dropped you here.”
“Oh. Was it that obvious what that reminded me about? They were nice about it too.”
“I guess so. Anyway Firefly just left, so we can head to the limo.”
They had started calling the gray-haired guest Akira had been spying on from a peephole in the limo “Firefly” because his eyes glowed like his, only yellow.
“I wanna practice with Auntie Bella and Uncle Nameless first.”
“Want me to sing with you?”
Akira grinned.
“Of course.”
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When his parents came back for him, he was talking with Marie and Lavenza. They got him to close his eyes (he inwardly smirked, as he already knew what they didn’t want him to see), but unbeknownst to them, he had left with a new weight in his pocket. He didn’t know how, but he had convinced Igor to give him a key? So now his mom would stop “misplacing” hers.
He was confident he could hide his little secret.
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The Investigation Team came to the TV World only to find the three persona-using adults fuming mad.
“Narukami-san.”
“How do you know my name?”
Minato sighed.
“We tailed you for a week. We know all your names. However, not the point. Were you with your team yesterday, when you ran into a child?”
“No, I was running late. Why?”
Ryoji smiled dangerously.
“Because the child they talked to was my nephew. Who was uncomfortable the whole time they questioned him.”
Minako finished.
“Let’s make this clear. You keep my son out of any persona-related business. Do not interrogate him, and do not follow him. I get that you don’t trust us, but you will not drag him into this. He hasn’t done anything wrong.”
Yu turned to his team.
“Guys. Why did this happen?”
“You might have seen Minato-san in whatever place, but we haven’t! All we know is that they’re super strong, and suspicious!” Yosuke stood up.
“You interrogated a child about his family. What child would think bad about his family? Especially if their family has been nothing but polite so far.”
“Thank you, Narukami-san.”
“Wait, are the three of you all siblings? I thought I heard Mochizuki-san call Akira-kun his nephew.” Yukiko also thought Mochizuki-san and Minato-san were dating.
“Family is a loose term for those who don’t have any. All of our high school friends are Akira’s aunts or uncles.”
“So are you two dating or not?” Chie whispered to the two men.
“No, we are. You got a problem with that?”
“No, no! I might need some help though. Just you two.”
“Meet us at the shrine. After this expedition.”
The whispered conversation reached no other ears.
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“Right, so what did you want with us Satonaka-san?”
“Uhhhh, call me Chie? Also I need help.”
“Obviously. What is it?”
“I also might be pretty gay? For Yukiko?”
“Amagi?” They smirked.
Chie went bright red.
“Yeah.”
“Aren’t you two best friends? I’ve seen you two, and even if she says no, which is unlikely, you’ll still be friends. I’m sure of it.”
“O-oh. Thanks.”
“No problem.”