Evening and Winter (夕方と冬)

Chifuyu-kun

"You want me to investigate the location?" Chifuyu was in Taylor's office with the investigator himself, who was sitting behind his desk while Eve was standing not far next to Chifuyu.

"Exactly, Jacob Doyle is a drug dealer that we suspect to have the illegal drugs stored in that location." Taylor nodded, "You're an expert in this kind of investigation, right?" he smiled.

"Fine, you win, old man." Chifuyu groaned, his blue eyes rolling in reluctance.

"It's a very specific house in the southern part of Paris, Eve knows where it is, so take her with you." Taylor told him and Chifuyu paused.

"Eh?" Eve was mildly surprised.

"What...?" Chifuyu was somehow unhappy about it, "I prefer to work alone," he lightly growled.

"I-I don't really want to be in Tsuguha-kun's way," Eve wouldn't want to trouble with the investigation.

"Come on now, it'll be fine." Taylor chuckled.

"T-The thing is..." Eve was in her own thoughts as she glanced to Chifuyu, who had a peeved look on his face. "He's mad at me right now..." she was helpless.

Chifuyu eventually gave in and allowed Eve to follow him, dressed in his Alabaster attire for easier mobility but kept his mask off. He was rushing his steps and focused on the road in front of him, ignoring Eve who was struggling to keep up with him.

"Tsuguha-kun. Hey, Tsuguha-kun!" Eve was pouting, rushing her steps to keep up. "Stop sulking already, I'm sorry, okay? I apologize again for telling my dad who you are, just stop ignoring me." She was getting mildly irritated.

"Whatever," Chifuyu's sulk didn't go away, keeping his rushed steps as he looked around.

"Tsuguha-kun, Tsuguha-kun!" Eve was trying to make him turn to her, "Chifuyu-kun!!" she called louder, Chifuyu froze and turned his head with his cheeks burning.

"W-What?!" he was flustered, looking over his shoulders with slight goosebumps.

"You finally turned to me," Eve pouted, "You want me to call you by your first name, is that it??" she asked him, still pouting.

"Do as you wish, missy." Chifuyu jumped high to land on the roof of the building close to them.

"What are you doing?" Eve asked him from the ground, "Don't tell me you're sulking again," she folded her arms.

"I'm trying to get better view, idiot." Chifuyu was salty, his brows furrowed and his lips pressed firmly together before turning back to the area he was observing, before jumping back down to her shortly after. "I'm going in, stay here and don't do anything stupid, okay?" he told her calmly.

"I'm not a child, you know." Eve was somewhat offended, and her irritation increased when Chifuyu's mischievous smirk rose on his face.

"Seriously though, don't do anything reckless while I'm away." Chifuyu's smirk suddenly turned upside down.

"Okay, okay, Chifuyu-kun." Eve deliberately called him by his first name, successfully making him embarrassed. Chifuyu quickly walked to a window as he calmed himself down, then began messing with the lock to open it from the outside. Eve watched him do his craftiness from a distance, Chifuyu opened the window in a matter of seconds and gave Eve a smug before silently jumping in to the building. "Hhh... That man is always so full of himself," Eve sighed.

Chifuyu jumped out about half-an-hour later, stepping on the big window's stool and closing it back. He had finished his investigation, and there were indeed the stocks of illegal drugs in the facility.