September 28th, the day that marked the beginning of the Fall season.

A new day had dawned, and although it was pretty much unnoticeable, the atmosphere was beginning to change as the temperatures dropped ever so slightly.

But of course, even on this cool, peaceful day, the Kitagami household found themselves in a bantering session of bullshit.

"D-DAMN IT, SHIHON!!! LET ME LEAVE, ALREADY!!"

"I WON'T LET YOU, MASTER! NOT AGAIN!!!"

Shihon camped by the front door, moving to and fro as she cautiously eyed the lingering movements of her Master, Liohime Kitagami.

Liohime had been struggling to get out of the house by himself since yesterday, when Shihon had discovered a perfume scent on his clothes.

Despite him trying to clear up the matter, Shihon was barely convinced, and as the air grew tense throughout the rest of the day and followed into the next morning, Liohime had been caught trying to sneak out of the house earlier than usual.

"You were caught red-handed, Master," Shihon persistently reprimanded him as she chased him away from the door once again, and Liohime drew back with anxiety. "You were about to meet with your sneaky link, huh? I'll stop you here, and then I'll kill her! Or him, fuck it!"

"Y-You're crazy! And for the last time, I'm not gay, damn it!! Now let me go!"

"Never!! You belong with me!!!"

Aggravated, she leaped forward and tried to snatch him into her vice-like grip, but with a quick reaction time, Liohime skidded back, trying to find a breakthrough.

Fucking hell! No matter what I say, nothing gets through to her! Curse you and your stupid fucking fragrance, Jolene!

He gnashed his teeth in dismay. One thing that he always needed to be careful about was Shihon's hellish jealousy that never seemed to fade away.

He would scold his workmate later today about getting too close to him. But for now…

I need to use my last ditch effort, and quick, before she decides to use her beast powers!

Sensing an ethereal aura emanating from her, he quickly dashed forward, running straight into her while Shihon also sped towards him.

Then, just as they were about to clash head-on…

"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!"

"Huh?"

Shihon instantly lost concentration, and Liohime sidestepped in order to avoid her body colliding with his.

Without hesitation, he twisted the doorknob, pulled open the door, yelled, "See you in about an hour!" and closed and locked the door behind him while he left without another word, leaving Shihon slumped on the floor, expressionless.

"....Master's…..birthday?"

--September 28th had arrived, and so had Liohime Kitagami's birthday.

***

"Well, you're late."

"Nope, you're just too goddamn early like every single motherfucking time we have a meeting with the group."

".....And here I thought that I was in a bad mood today," Liohime replied after scoffing.

The dark gray-haired woman narrowed her eyes as she reclined on the bench next to him, and tapped twice on the center of her jet black respirator, dividing it into two parts that clung onto her mechanical headpiece and no longer covered her mouth as she began to sulk.

"Yeah well, it doesn't help when I'm hit with another fuckass murder mission to achieve this morning."

The elegant Jolene Aurora had met up with him in a dilapidated, closed-off section of a train station, and with them being the only two people there, they were able to talk freely about their secret work sessions.

"Another murder mission? Twice in two days? That's-"

"Extremely rare, I know. I have the least requested missions of the Shinigami Soldiers in Polar Town right after you, but now I have to handle another one. I mean…I'll take the much needed money, but…ugh. I need to smoke."

She quickly flipped open her box of cigarettes and offered Liohime one, to which he easily accepted. After lighting their cigarettes and taking in a whiff, they both exhaled a puff of smoke in sync.

"Happy birthday, Shrimpdick."

"Thanks, Cumslut."

"Haha, I like that one."

"You're unbelievable," Liohime muttered and chuckled, shaking his head. "Do you know that you almost got me killed today?"

"Oh?"

"Your stupid ass fragrance got me in trouble with…this girl."

"Eh, I thought that you broke up with that Tisha bitch."

"Don't call her that, dummy," he corrected her, causing her to roll her eyes. "And…yes, I did. Uh…my current situation is a bit complicated."

His vague answer did raise Jolene's eyebrows, but she glossed over it pretty quickly with her own assumption.

"Whoring yourself out before you turned eighteen today is certainly a choice."

"Shut up, asshole. Also, you're not one to talk, you groomer. You're lucky that we're both criminals, or else I would have reported you a long time ago for what we both used to do on the daily."

Jolene puffed out another haze of smoke from her lips and effortlessly moved closer to him, sitting on his lap as she wrapped her arms around his neck and faced him.

"So, what? Now that you're eighteen and legally allowed to smoke, drink, and fuck as if you haven't been doing it already, now you wanna talk to the criminal about ethics?"

"H-Hey, I didn't mea-"

"Shhhh."

She placed her index finger on his lips, as the solid body warmth on his crotch and his chest caused him to hold his breath.

S-Shit…this is bad…they both thought, despite the stark contrast in their expressions.

"You know…we probably still have a few minutes until the rest of the team arrives," Jolene continued, keeping her body close.

Liohime gulped, completely forgetting that Jolene had rubbed up against him with her sweet-smelling fragrance once again.

"Yeah….maybe we can-"

"Hey, you two."

"-hk."

The light-hearted familiar voice broke the tension, and the two workmates directed their focus to the man who appeared from the corner of the entrance.

With a military latex hat and a black suit that mirrored both of their appearances, the man with a mean look, blue glaring eyes and black and blue hair spoke up.

"Didn't the chief tell you guys to chill with the fucking a long time ago? Don't make me pull the 'I'll go to Human Resources' move."

Liohime exhaled in resignation, and Jolene pouted with annoyance as she replied, "You can always count on Harvey Ballsack to end the fun."

"It's Harvey Hallvack, moron," the Drugs-For-Hire Shinigami Soldier chimed in, clearly frustrated at the teasing change to his name. "Pull yourself together, you two. The rest of the gang will be here any minute now."

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