Ethereal | hawks

three - 驚き

A soft clink resonated around the small kitchen of Fumiko's apartment as two loaves of bread jumped up from inside the toaster, their surfaces golden brown. Fumiko stood from where she sat by the counter, bringing her plate that contained her mashed avocadoes and her phone with her.

Fumiko placed her phone a few inches away from the toaster, placing the call on speaker. She had called her assistant and she answered seconds before her toaster rung out its alarm.

"Good Morning! What can I do for you, Miss Yagi?" Her assistant, Lia, spoke out with a gentle voice. Heroes, especially those in the top ten rankings like Fumiko was, usually had many things to manage and that can be very hard to do especially when they often handled unplanned missions. Besides, they were in America, something is bound to happen almost everyday.

Lia was a gentle and soft-spoken woman, to the point that Fumiko didn't want to hire her at first. As much as she hated to admit it, the woman seemed to be uncapable of the job. But first impressions weren't always right. Lia turned out to be very efficient in her job, lending a hand whenever Fumiko needed it.

"Good morning, I know this is a very sudden decision but I am moving back to Japan." Fumiko explained, gaining a gasp from the woman on the other end of the line.

"I-I see." Lia stuttered, still very surprised with her boss' statement.

While waiting for Lia to speak, Fumiko started grabbing her toast from inside the toaster, lifting her spoon off the bowl and spreading avocado onto the bread.

"Alright, I'll try to get a hold of everything you are scheduled to do for the next couple months and cancel them." The young assistant informed, pressing her phone between her neck and cheek as she wrote important reminders on her clipboard.

Fury was a hero that many loved, that's why she was #3. That said, her schedule for the next three months was already tightly packed.

Not to mention, she also had a hero agency to run. And although she had many employees and sidekicks, the woman remains to be the face of her own hero agency. Leaving so suddenly would be impossible.

"How about the hero agency, Miss? What are your plans about that?" Lia asked, her pen pressed onto her paper as she readied herself to write whatever her boss will say.

"Ah, that." Fumiko sighed, placing her avocado toast onto the plate before tapping her fingers onto her marble counter. An idea appeared in her mind, one that involved the #8 hero.

"Do you perhaps have the contact of Glitch's managers?" Fumiko asked.

"Wait, let me check." Lia scrolled through her phone, finding the contact of one of Glitch's managets. "I do, Miss."

"Can you tell them about this? I plan to have Glitch as the new face of the agency."

"Alright, will do. Will this be a permanent change?"

"No, no. I will be visiting here now and then so I think I can do press and media when I do. Besides, I'll continue managing the agency even if I'm away, technology's always there to help."

"I'll take note of that. Although I am wondering if you want this to go public?" Lia asked, preparing the contact of her acquaintance in the media.

"I don't think that's a very good idea. Let's keep it under wraps for now and let them find out on their own."

"Sure! I'll make sure to secure everything from the public. Is there anything else, Miss?" Lia asked.

"What date can I book my flight the earliest?"

"Assuming that we deal with everything efficiently, I'd say in three days minimum."

"Okay, please notify me once you've booked the flight. That's all. Thank you, Lia." Fumiko informed her assistant.