Moving Day! Backdated to the 22nd

[bondsofsuffering]

Who: Hizumi Mizushiro, Ayumu Narumi, Hiyono Yuizaki, and Taro Watanabe. OPEN!
Where: Pisces District, around the apartments and the Narumi Detective Agency.
Summary: After working to turn it into a proper living space, the Spiral kids + a tanuki are moving into a detective agency because of lame name jokes.
Warnings: None.

It took some work, but what better way to distract yourself from certain Shadow pains than to get busy with moving? This may or may not be the reason why Hizumi abruptly called up the others and told them to get their stuff moved in if they wanted a bigger place to stay. And yes, even Hiyono was included in that list - even though he doesn't know a whole lot about her, she's Ayumu's friend from home and seems to know a few things, so why not?

Thus, various people can probably be found running between the apartments and the old Detective Agency. Even if they look busy, maybe they'll have time to stop and say hi?

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[thatsasecret]

Hiyono didn't have much to bring over save her clothes, her tools and her taser. She still had to make the move official through a little something called paperwork, but she might as well have gotten the worst of it out of the way.

She's been uncharacteristically quiet, though, ever since the run-in with Hizumi's, Ayumu's and Taro's shadows...it seems like something's been bothering her really strongly. Not that the cheery disposition will make that particularly obvious, since she seems content with just humming along to some random beat she's hearing over the radio waves, but for those who can really get Hiyono, it's there.

[bondsofsuffering]

"So you're joining us after all?" Hizumi looks cheerful at least, even if he's been surreptitiously keeping an eye on her all this time. He can't help but be curious, especially since this girl seems to be involved despite his having absolutely no knowledge of her.

Just how did that happen?

"Ayumu will probably be happy to have you here!"

[thatsasecret]

That is classified information. :|

"Of course! Why would I not want to stay by Narumi-san as his assistant?" The smile turns into something of a mock-pout.

"Happy, though? I don't know about that; he's always so mean to me." Stupid Ayumu, such a butt. Much headaches, wow. >8T Though it's probably clear as day that she doesn't entirely mean what she says, if the mock-pout didn't give it away on its own.

[bondsofsuffering]

"Because that means living with two other guys that you don't know as well?" Most obvious reason to him, at least.

But that second part...

"You guys really have an interesting relationship, don't you...?"

[thatsasecret]

"Mm, maybe... but if he's there, it'll be fine." A jerk he might be, but she can at least count on him to help keep things in line.

Speaking of which--have a pointed look.

"Wait--what part of our relationship is 'interesting'?"

[bondsofsuffering]

"If someone just listened to you two talk about each other, I think they would assume you hate each other. But you actually get along, don't you?"

And not only that, but she was someone quite important to him, even if he acted otherwise.

[thatsasecret]

"He doesn't show it nearly enough for my taste! He usually just starts ignoring me in favor of whatever catches his interest the most...!" Pooooooooooooout.

But that eventually gives way to a hint of a smile. "But yes...he might not think the same way on the surface, but we do."

[bondsofsuffering]

"Heeeeh... That's really rude of him! I can't believe he'd act that way around such a cute girl."

Really, Ayumu? Really?

[melodyoflogic]

Ayumu had been surprised by Hizumi offering to let Hiyono join them. Taro, he could understand, but Hizumi didn't know Hiyono much at all... yet, anyway. He was halfway to protesting because he could only imagine the headache that both of them in one living space could create, but ultimately he decided that sticking together was probably the most logical choice, and Hiyono would invade their living space one way or another, either physically or with her usual constant bug planting. Proximity wouldn't really change much in the long run, besides the noise level, and if Ayumu was being honest with himself, which he generally wasn't, he liked the idea of having her around, even if he also preferred his privacy.

But he did have something to talk to her about, something that was long overdue. Once Hiyono has her stuff settled in, Ayumu approaches her door, knocking lightly on the doorway.

"Hey."

[thatsasecret]

Gosh, Ayumu, of all the times to bug her, why when she's still busy putting things in order?

Well, she can afford to take an interruption or two. She needs the break anyway.

"Ah--just a moment, Narumi-san~" There's that sing-songy tone of hers. Again. She goes to open the door soon enough, as much of a smiler as ever.

"Sorry, I was getting a few things in order." Not that she had much to begin with, being a recent arrival and all that. Sooner or later she's going to line this room with the usual stuff, like a new laptop and what not...

[melodyoflogic]

"If you're still busy, I can come back later." He'd thought she had finished by now, but apparently not. The talk could wait if she needed more time, though it was important they did talk....

[thatsasecret]

"Nn, it's not much, really! I just got here; it's not like I have a house worth of things. I can finish up later."

The room did look plain -- maybe barren, if he bothered to peek past her for a bit. Though there was that ominous little bear killer taser sitting on her desk...

[melodyoflogic]

And there was an anesthetic gun hidden away in Ayumu's room. They all had their own weaponry tucked away somewhere.

"I was wondering if we could talk. We haven't had much time to talk alone since you arrived." Which should be hint enough to Hiyono that there was something more than casual discussion he had in mind. He had questions to ask... and information to passs on.

At this point, attempting to keep her uninvolved was both impossible and foolish.

[thatsasecret]

Clear as day, given the situation.

"Alright, come on in." She steps aside to give him room, settling onto the bed and stretching out. This is no joking matter; she'll hold off on her usual cutesy tirades for now.

Though she has a feeling she already knows where this talk is going to lead.

[melodyoflogic]

Ayumu comes in, closing the door behind him and locking it for good measure. He'd rather not have anyone eavesdropping on this, if he could help it, if only for some of the questions he felt necessary to ask.

"First of all... what's the last thing you remember? You remember hearing about Hizumi, right?" It would help determine what he told and asked her from then on out. It was a question that needed to be asked, but that he'd assumed the answer to before.

[thatsasecret]

She had to contemplate that for a moment, wrack her head to make sure she hadn't forgotten. That was at the hospital, wasn't it...? "It's hard to forget, though it slips past me a bit more often than I'd like. You told me about him, and the elder brother he lost, Mizushiro Yaiba."

With the whole Shadow commotion still jarring her here and there, that moment's pause was necessary to recollect herself, and remember who she was at that point.