FORGIVE ( h. ryo ) ✓

four

"Suzuki. Whatever happens, if you tell someone that you're a Cupid?" Ryo questions.
All eyes are on him when he asks this question.

He was currently at the headquarters canteen with his advisors Suzuki, Riku, and Sakuya. All four of them were having lunch after a long day of work.

"Why are you asking that all of a sudden?" Sakuya asks him with his mouth full of bread.
"I don't know. I'm just curious." He tells them.
"Isn't that like a no-no?" Riku whispers to them.
"Why are you whispering all of a sudden?" The youngest asks.
"Because if you said that around, some cupids will look at us weirdly." Riku answers before shrugging. "I mean if you play the role of a cupid in front of people, like you play matchmaking, much like what me and Tokuno did back in school, that wouldn't count as us telling people that we were cupids because in their eyes we were just playing around and helping them with their miserable love life. But if you have the intention of revealing your secrets then... I don't know what would happen to you. I heard from one of my seniors that-that rule is like higher then the falling in love rule. So you may suffer worser consequences."

Ryo and Sakuya looked at each other in terror as they gulped down nervously.

"Yeah what Maeda said is right." Suzuki finally spoke after she was done eating. She doesn't like talking when she isn't done eating. "You could get executed." She says as it made the youngest gasp.

"Like you can get killed because you revealed a secret?!" Sakuya whisper shouted as their advisor nodded her head a yes. Further scaring the three guys.

"Nobody is allowed to know that real cupids, like us, exists! I heard that if you break that rule, you're going to get punished. Far worser then getting your wings cut off by a scissorheart." She says.

"And the punishments are?.." Riku says nervously. She looks at him wit one of her brows raised before grinning at him.

"Are you scared Riku?" The woman teases as Riku quickly looks away before crossing his hands above his chest.

"What nonsense! Of course I'm not scared. I'm just merely curious." He bluffs as it made her laugh in amusement.

"You get stripped off your title right off the bat. If you ever decide to reveal your secret then the higher ups will know immediately. Just as you're about to reveal that you're a cupid, your voice will suddenly disappear so the secret won't get out. You'd then lose your voice before somebody sent by the higher ups will be summoned to come and fetch you. Then, you'd be put into the prison located underground the headquarters until the higher ups decide if you are permissable to be punished." She explains as they all looked at her like they were going to faint.

"Do they not get their wings cut off or something?" Ryo questions as Suzuki looks at him like he was a fool.

"Of course they do. They'd get their wings cut off first before having to suffer in pain for who knows how long until the higher ups decide what they should do to them. Doc told me that the ones who get rid of the wings were the four people in charge of this headquarters." She says.

"Isn't Mr. Anderson appart of the people in charge?" Sakuya then says.

"Yes.. but also no. You see kids, there are five people who are in charge of this place, and who we call the higher ups. Out of the five, Mr. Anderson is the fifth in control, which means that he is the weakest amongst the four. Plus, they won't allow him to rip off anyone's wings because since he was previously a doctor, they feel as if he's too kindhearted. He doesn't have the heart to hurt anyone because they know that he'd find a way to save them. So it's either one of the four in command that gets to do the deed. Doc said that they rip of the wings of the traitor with their own bare hands." She says as Sakuya lets out a small scream.