𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚, 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐲𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

00:13 - Yearning for the truth.

"Am I late..?" The now black haired actress trailed off as she entered the small cafe right below the Mouri Detective Agency, gaze already set on the pair of males sitting near the windows though aware of the pair of light blue eyes staring straight into her back as she walked towards the two person - one seemingly in his early forties while the other male seemed to be around Sumire's age - on the table.

"Perfectly just on time, Kudo-san." The male in his forties replied to the ravenette as the younger one with the same shade raven hair of Sumire's stood up from his seat and help the lady settle down on her seat.

"Good to see you, Fukuda-san and Wada-san." Sumire smiled a bit, not daring to drop the smile as the man infront of her is the director of the movie she and Fukuda Ren will be appearing.

"Let's order first before we start talking, shall we?" Wada asked, sensing the death glare the two actors sitting along in the table with him are sharing.

"If that's what you prefer, let us talk over lunch then." Sumire sighed as she saw Azusa approached them, coming from beside the counter where her co-worker is preparing the treats.

"Good morning, Sumire-san. You met up with friends this time." The ravenette waitress greeted as she hand over a menu to each person on the table except for Sumire, who after greeting back happily yet unnoticably ordered a piece of strawberry shortcake and a simple cup of black coffee made by Amuro himself to balance out the sweetness.

And when the waitress disappeared back to the counter to help Amuro with the orders, a certain co-worker of hers started to smirk at her in amusement.

"This is so not you, Sumi-chan. You've never been late before. Getting lazy, are we?" Ren asked, attempting to tease his on screen partner just for the fun of seeing her deadpanned face out of disappointment as it never failed to amuse him.

"This is the very first time you've ever arrived in a meeting in time, so shut it." Sumire retorted in annoyance, her patience running thin with the actor's unprofessionism as they in fact working at the moment.

"Getting mad already?" The young man asked, smiling innocently at the female as he pushed back his hair using his fingers as if trying to subtly flirt with his on screen partner for almost ten years now like he always do.

"And why did you address me by my last name? I thought we're in first name basis already?" He continued, not even noticing a look of suspicion that only their dear director saw he's getting from a certain blonde waiter who carefully placed their order on their table.

And from Director Wada's point of view the gaze the unmistakingly handsome blonde waiter could be called jealousy but from his years of witnessing people act, it's mistakingly worry only for a friend or someone who someone cares for and protect. His train of thoughts suddenly caught cut off by Sumire's response to the younger male's words earlier...

"Because we should be working right now, Fukuda-san. Be professional for once since you're in the same boat as I am. We both don't have a company nor manager to sort things out for us, so be serious for once would you." Sumire stated with venom lacing her tone in annoyance, obviously showing the mentioned emotion with the way she glared at the male as she pulled out a regular fan to help her fight off her frustration and calm down by fanning herself with it.

"I really don't know how you two managed to be an on-screen couple since debut... You two bicker way too much." Ditector Wada sighed.

"Nevermind that, let's start." Sumire rolled her eyes before taking a bite off her cake, savouring the sweet and creamy taste of the dessert before she took a sip from her cup of black coffee to balance the two flavours out.