A Mafioso, A Regalia and Arahabaki's bride

Etsuya Mayumi

A briefcase was placed down on the table. A man opened it, revealing rows of money.

"Okay. Here's the agreed amount, Ayu." The man spoke as he stared cautiously at the dealer.

"Thank you, Mr. Smith." The girl smiled serenely. "I will mail the product at the agreed place in a day's time." The girl continued, speaking in fluent English.

"You must be extremely talented for your family to rely on someone so young for this huge transaction. I'm impressed." Mr. Smith complimented.

Ayu giggled, hiding her mouth behind the back of her mouth. "You flatter me, kind sir. I would have liked to talk more but, sadly, I have a few other agendas on my schedule today, so I must depart."

"Oh, it's fine." Mr. Smith waved her off. "You must be incredibly busy. I won't take more of your time."

Ayu waved to the man as he boarded a limousine and only stopped when the vehicle was out of view.

Then, taking out her phone, she dialed a number.

"Aria. The transaction is complete. Mail the fake merchandise at XX st. XXX city."

"Roger, Mayumi-chan."

"Oh, tell Paige to research on Senator Ririno. He'll be our next target."

"Okay!"

Etsuya Mayumi, age 17, ability user and con artist.

"I succeeded again. So boring."

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Mayumi Etsuya is tired.

Because her neighbor is always screaming.

Don't get her wrong, her condominum has thick walls. She doesn't hear the guy screeching.

But the walls do.

And they're complaining.

"Mayu! Please get this guy to shut up, for the love of Bishamonten!" A wall wailed.

"Mayuu~" Her closet sang. "If you shut this one up, I'm gonna choose an amazing outfit for you tomorrow!"

Mayumi Etsuya. Ability: In the Wake. The ability that can make non-living things, living.

And such, her best friends are literally the work of her ability.

Aria, the brown teddy bear. Sassy, Cuddly and a Softie.

Paige, her intellectual book. Intelligent, Nerd, and a Brainiac.

They are also her accomplices when she cons people.

"Mayu-chaan!" Aria shook her. "Please talk to the guy, the walls are complaining and now they're also being annoying!"

"Aria-dono." Paige flapped his cover, flying above Aria's head. "Mayumi-sama is trying to sleep, please bear with the neighbor and sleep as well. Same to you all." He told the wall and closet.  "Mayumi-sama can talk to them in the morn."

"Mm. Thanks Paige-kun." Mayumi mumbled

"But what about us?!" The wall whined.

"You can endure it. You have endured loud noises for years after all. Mayumi-sama is not someone you should dump complaints to just because she has the ability to make us alive."

"Why did you use your ability on the walls anyway?!" Aria scolded.

"I wanted to keep tabs on my neighbors." Mayumi replied bluntly.

"Are you a stalker?" Aria deadpanned.

"I needed to get information. Who knows, the neighbors might have interesting lives that I can use for my conning." Mayumi replied determinedly.

"Oh! The next door neighbor's life is interesting, y'know!" The wall replied.

"How interesting?" Mayumi asked boredly.

"Mafia-interesting!" The wall replied joyfully.

Mayumi perked up. "....I'm listening. What organization?"

"Port Mafia!"

Mayumi promptly choked.

"So? Will you talk to him?" The wall asked.

"Hell no!" Mayumi shrieked. "And, why is my neighbor a Port Mafia member?! I'm gonna move!"

"Why?!" The wall wailed.

"Because he's a Port Mafia member!"

"How's that a reason?!"

"The Port Mafia is a scary organization! I'll die if I encounter them even once!"

"You have an ability though!"

"Ya want me to force you to fight them?!"

"..."

"Thought so!"

"....I'm a wall, though."

"Shut up! I have a client tomorrow?"

"Another person to be conned?" Aria asked.

Mayumi nodded. "Yeah, he's gonna buy high-quality wine from me- cheap wine, actually."

"But he's gonna pay, expecting a high-quality one?" Paige continued.

"Right! Paige-kun." Mayumi grinned.

"What's the guy's name?" The closet asked.

"Chuuya."

"Chuuya...?" Aria tilted her head.

"Just Chuuya." Mayumi replied.

"No last name? Fishy." Paige replied.

Mayumi laughed, waving her hand dismissively. "Come on, we've dealt with a lot of fishy clients already! What's one more?"

Paige and Aria looked at each other and shrugged.

"Okay, I'll head to bed. Goodnight." Mayumi yawned as she laid down on her bed.

"Okay!" Aria cheered, heading to her small bed.

"Please do not disturb us, okay?" Paige told the wall and closet. "We have a job tomorrow."

"Fine." The closet and wall replied.

After the three fell asleep, the wall decided to talk to the closet.

"Hey. Closet?" The wall whispered.

"What is it, wall?" Closet replied.

"I remember the name of our neighbor."

"Hm. What is it?"

"Nakahara Chuuya."

"Ah, is that so?"

"Yup!"

"Okay, goodnight."

"Goodnight."