#arx

"Are you guys absolutely sure you can make dinner without me?"

"Arx, you know us." rolled the bright orange eyes of Chaosvisors' leader, Ichigo, who began pushing him out of the kitchen. "You've seen us in the kitchen before. You know we can handle ourselves."

"Yeah you're fine Ichigo, but those two-!"

"You worry too much, mom!" huffed the tank, Ruby, digging out some random spices from the cupboards. "So what if Kei and I almost burned down the kitchen? Ichigo's always here to help~! Besides, we're not useless!" Ruby merely tapped her brain. "I still got my family's secret recipes stored up here~!"

"But-!"

Kei who had finished packing their friend's belongings shoved them into Arx's arms. "You deserve to be happy, Arx. You're always taking care of us...please don't worry. We'll be fine."

"But Kei-!"

"That's enough buts!" Ichigo hissed. "You're going on that date! That's an order!"

Arx would immediately be thrown out like a dog in a vintage cartoon as Ichigo kicked his butt at full force, sending him down the stairs of the apartment where he would end up crashing onto Top Notch Consultation's office floor.

"Arx?" you stood up from your seat within the office, rushing to the man who had landed on his butt. "Are you alright?"

"Ichigo..." Arx grumbled as you helped him up. "She kicked me out."

"Ah-"

"Literally kicked me out."

"...oh."

Arx blushed as you softly chuckled. "The hell's so funny?!"

"She had a good reason, didn't she?" you asked. "I heard all of it from downstairs."

His blush grew wider as he attempted to cover his face with his hood. "Sorry you had to hear that..."

"They care about you a lot, Arx. You deserve a break." you extended your hand to him. "Which is why I offered to buy you dinner tonight."

"...I'm still worried."

"Then I'll make sure you have so much fun that they don't need to worry!" you beamed. "Come on, let's go~! You're gonna love the place I found!"

"Then at least let me pay-"

"No! I'm paying!"

As the two of you left the office, the remaining members of Chaosvisors watched from the window with content smiles. That is...until Kei stared at the kitchen. "...what are we making?"

Ruby blinked. "...pancakes...?"

"Absolutely not. We're making loco moco."