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Kohaku was on his way to the place where the target lives in the city when the nighttime comes, wearing his signature assassin attributes and clothing from earlier. The night was quiet as he was heading to the hotel where his target was having a meeting with a mafia, Kohaku's eyes were red as he was cold-blooded and ruthless-allowing him to focus on his mission and get rid of the target.

He kept his cool and walk calmly until he reached the place where his target's hotel was located which is empty, as he arrived at the hotel, he observed the surroundings and he was looking for the target. Until he entered inside and the bodyguards in clad black saw him entering inside, they were startled by his appearance but the guard that was assigned to watch over the target, took his gun and aimed it at Kohaku. "Who the hell are you?!"

Kohaku stared at them coldly when he take out his bullwhip in front of them, the bodyguard was stunned with Kohaku's sudden appearance because nobody is supposed to enter the room with a weapon, it was a security breach. But Kohaku came prepared for this kind of situation, before he used his bullwhip to strike the bodyguard on the head, he twisted it until he breaks his skull. As blood spilled out of the bodyguard's head, he took a step forward to aim his pistol at Kohaku, aiming for his chest-but the assassin kicked the gun from his hand and stomp the bodyguard's gun down with his boot. The guard fell on the ground unconscious while another guard was coming toward him with an intention to attack him as well, but he easily dodged the bodyguard by spinning around the whip and struck him on the head too, causing him to fall unconscious on the floor.

"Bastard!"

The bodyguard cursed as he tried to pick up his gun, but quickly punched by Kohaku and he fell onto the ground unconscious. Kohaku looked around to check if there are other guards nearby, and he noticed another bodyguard near the door, pointing his gun at him. "Shoot him!"

The bodyguard shot him in the chest, Kohaku quickly moved away from the bullets as it hit the walls. "You're dead!" The bodyguard attempted to shoot him once more, but Kohaku dodged the bullet and threw his bullwhip at the bodyguard's head. The bodyguard fell on the floor, and Kohaku kicked him down the stairway while he was still laying down. "Next!" Kohaku grinned as he took a gun from the bodyguard's holster and pointed it at the bodyguard's head, he pulled the trigger and the bodyguard died.

When he was walking towards the target's room, he noticed the target is still inside the room, talking to a mafia group of people. As he entered inside, he saw the target is speaking to two men in suits who were seated on the sofa. "One of the corrupt politicians of Indonesia, Raden Winata, my sincere apologies for intruding your secret meeting..." Kohaku spoke to the target when he was holding his bullwhip, his bullwhip is designed very deadly and it can be used to kill many enemies and it is a perfect weapon for assassinations.

The two men in suit were surprised of his presence in their room but they remained silent and didn't say anything to him as Kohaku approached closer to them and stared at them with cold eyes as he spoke. Raden looked up at him with blank expression, he immediately recognized the man with signature dark-themed color of his attributes, recognized him to be part of Secret Garden-his eyes widened when he recognized him.

Kohaku smiled grimly when he raise his bullwhip towards them, before he slayed the bodyguard's neck across him. "Now it's time for all of you to die," and he proceeds to execute his target in no time, including the bodyguards and the mafia.

Few minutes later after he executed them, he was in the bathroom of the hotel washing his hands from the blood and including his weapon, until his eyes narrowed in annoyance at his sleeve almost stained with blood. "Ah shit, looks like I have to go to dry cleaning tomorrow!" Kohaku cursed, before he sighed when he heard the phone call from his handphone and he grab his handphone from his pocket-he replied to Damien's call. "Yes sir, I executed the target just as you ordered, the target is dead."

"Excellent work, Kayana. we'll dispose the bodies soon, I'll send you the payment just like I promised," Damien responded. "Is there anything else you want?"

"No, I'm good, thank you, sir."

After hanging up the call, he let out a deep sigh when he started to feel ease-to which his coping mechanism is to clean himself up. Great, one of the disadvantages of being an assassin; is having an OCD and getting dry cleaning service bills; which is paid by himself. After he's done cleaning his weapon in the washroom, he exited out of the hotel and headed back to his residence, but he need to check his bank account first beforehand.

Kohaku was surprised to check that the payment Damien gave to him to his bank account, it was high payment that the client must be rich and powerful. As he's going home after finishing his mission, he was thinking about what to buy with his extra income from Damien. The payment he received was 2150$ USD and when it conversed into Indonesian Rupiah, it would be around 32 million rupiahs.

His eyes widened in shock; he can't believe that he got so much money from Damien, he couldn't help but smile widely knowing that he will be able to buy new things from the money that he received from Damien.

However, he decided to take a rest for tomorrow but since this week is holiday he want to take some free time.

Next morning--

Kohaku began to wonder if his father know about Secret Garden, but because he already got the commission money from Damien--he decided to buy something for him. He wanted to repay his father Kahayana after he sent his rapist into death sentence, he wanted to thank him for that. After he bought them, he saw his father just returned from his field duty outside Bali and it was exhausting--but he know how to deal with his health.

Kahayana was shocked when he saw Kohaku bought him some dinner from a nearby fast food restaurant with his cash in his hand. "Is this for me?" he asked, Kohaku smiled slightly and nodded as his father sit down on the table, before he look at him carefully. "Thanks for buying me some dinner, son. I was starving when I came back from Bali."

Kohaku looked at his father as he ate dinner in a decent manner, before he asked. "Do you know Secret Garden?" Kahayana look back at his son, he wasn't surprised--that look on his expression does not show any fear since usually some locals only know them as urban legends, but not as an underground group from the government who are assassins in shadows. "Of course, they are assassin group under Indonesian shadow government. How did you know that?"

"Uhm... I got money after I work for them," Kohaku explain, but his father raised his eyebrow. "It's their... job, I help them to eliminate any potential threat and criminals who they couldn't reach and they gave money to me... and I fought really hard to help the society from the traitors in the country," he added, but Kahayana snickered at him. "Guess, did you read the NDA or something?" he asked. Kohaku was bewildered--he gasped. "W-What the hell did you do?!" he asked, before he answered. "I didn't even read them until the contract is made and he accepted my proposal, so I guess that is actually more fortunate because--"

"Dumbass, you need to re-read them to ensure that you don't sold your soul to the demon," his father told him as he shrugged, before he ate some of his foods. Kohaku comically went pale because his dumbass can't even control himself, he DID sign them without reading them but fortunately his father also works with Damien indirectly when it comes to contracts. "So, how much did you get from assassinating a client's enemy?" Kahayana asked, his son's jaw dropped a bit--in deep thought. "Uh... the client paid them two thousand dollars or thirty-two millions Rupiahs and um... I got like 32 million Rupiahs from Damien, that guy... the leader of Secret Garden."

Kahayana went silent, his eyes widened from his son's answer. The guy that his son meet is not just a rich businessman who was part of the conglomerate group, he's the founder of Secret Garden--this man seriously made a paramilitary organization that is unofficial and concealed under the shadow government--but he wasn't surprised because he was working with him when he was doing business with him. He knew him and he don't lie, he saw him a lot since he's been partnering with him when it comes to meeting with important figures. "That's good, you can use it to spend for yourself since you always care about us first!" he joked, "Well... more than enough to buy the food from a fast food restaurant and I bought you some groceries! You can even buy a house if you want to!"

Kohaku snorted, clearly amused by his antics. "Ha, you said to myself--"

"Boy, you need to give yourself a break," Kahayana stated, playfully hitting his son's shoulder before looking at him. "Let's shop some groceries in Fresh Gallery, but with your own money--I already use mine last month," he stated, not wanting his son to rely on his money because his son had his own goals.

The least he can do is to help him and Kohaku can manage to take care of himself, hopefully. Both of them went to his father's car, but Kohaku was in charge of driving because he knew where the local bazaar was located in Bali. He made sure that he wasn't wearing his formal attributes or signature weapon, lest if the police saw him driving his dad's car around without ID card. "How many police friends do you have?" Kohaku asked, steering his car casually. "How many of them? Can't count anymore," Kahayana quipped, "One thing for sure, none of them care about driver licenses. I can even take a motorcycle to wherever I want, without them saying that I should pay a parking fee."

"Oh come on, at least you pay taxes right? Also parking fee is compulsory and the officer is working, might as well do it," Kohaku said, making his father sighed. "Hey, I pay taxes okay? As a law-abiding Indonesian like both of us, we have to show the other officials that we're cooperating... despite the fact that our country is a corrupt shithole."

"Okay, first, your English vocabulary is so impressively good, and two, aren't you gonna call the other official as government crony?"

Kahayana scrunched his eyebrows, he does NOT get along with other officials that often don't make sense to his level. They're nothing but backstabbing crooks! His hands reach Kohaku's shoulders, his cold, hard grip making Kohaku wince at the feeling of strong hands on his shoulders. "That is why my son, we had to keep ourselves low-profile so they won't snitch on us. Also, it's good that you never brag to your friends about my position when you met them for the first time. Remember, don't be a pompous prick that boasted about how rich you are, even though you aren't, and show some respect to your enemies whenever possible. You can still find a weakness and advantage when the enemies underestimate you."

Kohaku nodded, he still obediently listen to his father's advices and not going to argue about it despite he tried to explain. Kahayana let out a calm smile before he patted his son's shoulder to reassure him, he always taught him to be logical and calculated to his enemies and their decision-making patterns. He did not say anything else when his son stopped at the supermarket to park the car, where there are foreigners and domestic tourists always shopping here--since they lived in Ubud; majority of it.

It was a beautiful place, unlike Jakarta which is already in constant state of disorder--but Kohaku was able to take the parking space quite easily. His father exited out from the car, while Kohaku has follow him behind him from behind. "Urgh... why do foreigners love going to Bali though? Doesn't it take only a couple of hours to get here with the aircraft?" Kohaku commented, looking around the city, before Kahayana let out a scoff at the comment. "Huh, there's other beautiful places in Indonesia like Lombok and Yogyakarta y'know... or Papua because you know Raja Ampat and also Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara--they're very unique and impressive places!"

Kahayana and his son strolling inside the supermarket, they also buying some pork meat and some shrimp--both of them are carnivore and omnivore who don't really mind with that. However, Kahayana was giving some advice to his son not to go savage and kill people like a wild animal even though they are working as assassins and criminals are just mere food to them--but he can beat up some problematic foreigners if they disrespect the citizens. "Hey, watch out punk."

The French tourist snapped at Kohaku, before he turn around and pinched the man's balls that made him shrieked in pain when he held it so tight until he bruised it.

Kahayana rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Oi, you shut up. Because if you dare to lay your hands on him, I might as well humiliate your ass right here," he threatened, before he used his fingers to pinch his nipples (because he wears a tank top)--making the man yelp from the pain as his cheeks reddened. He's having the time of his life watching him grovel at the feet of an Indonesian--finally. "Well, this is what you get for disrespecting us."

The tourist backed away from him and walked towards the exit while his wife glared at him angrily, her arms crossed. When the tourist stumbled and fell on his ass in front of her, she gave him a sharp kick.

Both father and son looked at each other, before snickering to each other.

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Kyouka heard a door knock before she was done with cleaning her hands, she greeted when she goes to the living room. "Nii-sama, welcome back," she greeted her older brother Byakuya, seeing him taking off his shoes and entering inside. "Kyouka," he called her name when he meet her, relieved that she was alright after she gets home. "I already made dinner for you, now it's your turn tomorrow for breakfast and dinner," she said, as she goes back to the kitchen and cleaned up.

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Byakuya hummed, still texting on his flip phone until he received another message from another text chat before he closes it again. "How was college doing?" she asked, although they argued often--it strengthen their bonds together as a team. "Fine, I guess," he told her, sitting down on the sofa and placed his bag beside him. "How about you?" he asked, holding his phone to text on Kohaku. "Good. I'm in my second year in high school! I've made several friends… they are crazy ones too--but I enjoy it in here!" she said happily, she was the complete opposite of her older brother and hinted from her cheerful and open, unlike Byakuya who's always melancholic and quiet--most likely being cold and distant. "Oh?" Byakuya replied as he raised an eyebrow, curiously. "Is that so?"

"Yes," she replied, folding her arms. "They're all happy for me, I'm the only one in my class to be able to transfer here," she added with a grin, before clasping her hands together. "I already prepared the dinner, come on!" she grabbed his wrist and lead him to the dining hall, where Byakuya stood up and followed her. "So? What did you learn today?" she asked him while they entered the dining room. "Nothing much, just the lesson for the day," Byakuya told her, before she released his wrist and tilted her head. Both of them arrived when Kyouka's familiar was waiting for them--Demon Snow; the female sword-wielding phantom like Byakuya who have Demon Cloud.

Demon Snow has a white complexion, pure golden eyes and mouthless face; her face has a traditional courtesan make-up. The phantom has a long light violet hair that goes slightly wavy at the end, most of her hair down with her bangs covering her forehead while some of her hair was held up by pins in the elaborate bun behind her head with the eight large courtesan's hair ornaments. Her bangs framed over her forehead and slightly covered her eyes, a black and purple kimono with the white long kosode over kimono and black and yellow obi. 'Seriously... you always get surrounded by guys even though you're popular with girls...' Kyouka thought with a sigh, sometimes she get irked by his protectiveness over her but she didn't mind as long it didn't go overboard. "It's been a while since we have encountered him…"

Kyouka said when she watched the children playing outside from the window, still she remembered those memories in the past. "Kaname, that bastard…" Byakuya muttered--he was pissed everytime he was reminded about him, after what he have done to him and Kyouka he considered him to be unforgivable. "I thought his clan has gone extinct and left by only one person?" Kyouka asked, thus she was curious how did that happen. "The clan still exists Kyouka, the elders are the ones who keep their surname above--and I don't believe that there just one of them."

He shook his head, looking back at her. "He is not alone, he has a whole bunch of people backing him."

The clan of Ayatsuji and Shinobu are enemies because of their rivaling powers since the bloodline, their personalities couldn't tolerate the other--which their rivalry became hatred of the other. They continue being involved in that rivalry just because it goes on the generations, passing it down as they fought over each other. Although they have different abilities, the rivalry is quite epic but it has ended with bloodshed war between clans. "Let's buy groceries, who's gonna pay?" she asked, placing her plates on the kitchen sink-to which they need to wash their dishes. "Me," he said, leaving his plate on the sink.

Their mansion that Warmadewata University placed for Byakuya and his sister is 15 minutes away from there, so they can walk together whenever they have time, especially when Byakuya goes there with his motorbike and car since it's nearby. After they're done washing the dishes, they went to the supermarket nearby and began to buy some groceries. They bought some of their favorite ramens and pork meat, before they went to the cashier who register their purchase. Kyouka went pale to see her big brother's black platinum card, even though she's a second-year high school student--she's well aware of the money.

Byakuya have started to gain his experience and now he managed to gained money and assets despite not revealing anything to his sister, in fact the young girl was close to him when they were younger and they rarely argued unless there are reasons. Well... they INDEED argued because Byakuya can be a bit overprotective to Kyouka, she couldn't tell what he's thinking and very cold but compassionate to her. The only person he considered to be part of his 'circle' is his younger sister.

When they walk out from the supermarket, someone greeted them.

"It's been a while, both of you."

Kaname Ayatsuji; the twenty-five years old Japanese-American Director-General of Trilaksana Organization and one of the remaining Ayatsuji clan survivors, he was standing across them with a smug look on his face. The young man has a light-orange short hair with a long messy bangs almost covering his violet-blue eyes that are closed, light snow complexion and a vermillion streaks on his strands. His attire consists of dark Prussian blue military formal jacket--a uniform consists of white shirt, black tie, dark Prussian blue slacks that tucked into knee-length black boots; he appears to be darkly handsome but unsettling as well dangerous. The left-shoulder long black cape reaching his abdomen with red borders and the gold trimmings on black belt, he carries a thick black cane with gold ruby hilt. In addition of autumn-themed patterns on his cape underneath, fastened with a gold strings and cords on the cape showing grace and elegance--he wears stringed frameless glasses as well.

Kaname is a clever and ambitious individual who is a master of tactics, he holds himself with grace and dignity but wastes no efforts in hiding his dark nature and murderous tendencies. He's very manipulative and has a clever persona, able to trick his enemies in various manner--because he never know how many layers and complexity there is to him, much like his mask that hides his true self. Not only he viewed the Shinobu clan as his mortal enemies, Byakuya felt the same as him in personality and attitude but more refined and polite in general when it comes to interactions.

While his appearance may suggest that he's friendly, Kyouka and Byakuya remembered that Kaname was a cold, calculated and ruthless assassin who holds twisted and disturbed views about the world. He killed people who disobeyed him and ordered them to die from him, he enjoyed watching people suffer for him--his own loyal dogs at his command, no one ever dared to defy or abandon him nor betray him. He controls his female sword-wielding phantom; Golden Demon.

Golden Demon materialized from behind him holding her katana on her right hand, she has a long bright violet hair tied in a high traditional ponytail with her bangs pinned back with leaving a thin bangs on her forehead, each several golden headdresses with flowers on her ponytail--similar to the courtesan's headdresses. Her light-creamed kimono has crimson camellia patterns, with the black cape draped over her shoulders with gold strings attached on; decorated with the purple-red bellflowers, orange sash with ribbon on the front around her slim waist.

"Kaname!"

Kyouka cursed, alerted by his arrival. Byakuya glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, he was certainly pissed but kept his calm--analyzing how to deal with him. Kaname's eyes moved towards Byakuya as he let out a scoff, his cape fluttered behind him as he smirked. "Byakuya and Kyouka Shinobu, what is this all about?" he asked, before leaning towards them with a gentle look. "Kaname, seriously... what do you want from us?" Kyouka raised an eyebrow at him, she was not fooled by his fake kindness as she was wary of him.

"Can't a man to greet his friends?" Kaname chuckled, his other hand on his cane twirled around him; it was the gold ruby and black obsidian designs on its hilt which resembles a dragon. "We used to be friends until we aren't anymore, I couldn't see why would I trust you," Byakuya replied coldly, looking away from him.

"Oh please, it's the least I can do since both of you are not like your previous selves..."

Kaname said with a dark cackle, his cane slowly manifested into his katana--revealing the black silver blade underneath and silver hilt with elegant gold and ruby trims on it; he gripped its hilt while smirking darkly. Kyouka was furious to see him when she summoned her Demon Snow through her flip cellphone on her hand, aiming her katana at Kaname--while Golden Demon clashed against Kyouka's familiar. Byakuya take out his flip cellphone, summoning Demon Cloud to interfere and defending Demon Snow from Golden Demon. The sword-wielding phantom, Golden Demon crossed arms and her katana. "Why don't you two just cooperate with me?" Kaname growled lowly as his eyes narrowed.

"No, you should go and screw off!"

Kyouka spun her tantou before she swung her blade at him but Kaname blocked her tantou with his katana. Their blades clashed multiple times against each other, sparks were generated as he tried to kill each other--while Kaname smirked. Golden Demon swung her katana at Demon Snow and trying to stab the familiar, Demon Snow jumped and slashed the katana as they fought. The two sword-wielding phantoms constantly clashed katana to katana, their users were heavily wounded after having continuous battle from each other, their hands and wrists bleeding when they gripped their weapons. Demon Cloud clashed against Golden Demon as its attacks were being dodged by Golden Demon when the familiar countered her but the sword-wielding phantom doesn't back down, Byakuya struggled when he try to dodge.

Kaname have slash Kyouka's arm, but her reaction is minimal as it didn't broke her concentration since she's used to his attacks. Kaname have no intention to kill her since Kyouka would be hard to replaced for him to manipulate, but he'll use her against Byakuya--the heiress's older brother. The three of them stopped when they saw a Phantom Beast suddenly popping out of nowhere and clashing against them, only to be stabbed and killed by the last of the phantom familiar belonged to the phantom user behind it.

"Arara... Kaname, what did I tell you about slacking off again?"

Hifumi Kujou; the twenty-eight years old Deputy Director of Trilaksana Organization of Japanese-American origin and former assassin of Secret Garden warned, smiling deviously as he was present beside his sword-wielding phantom--Jade Demon. He was a youthful man who has a messy blonde hair that has wavy streaks and long bangs, one of them messily covered his left eye since he has crystal-blue eyes--his messy long hair reached his abdomen wavily and placed on his shoulder on the right while the small part of his hair pulled to the left--along two wavy bangs are curled messily forward from behind him. With a light snow complexion, with blonde eyelashes and graceful face. He has a slender, lean and muscular built--he appears to have some kind of elegant and graceful aura but also mysterious for everyone. He wears a dark Prussian blue coat that covered his formal white uniform with black tie, red cravat around his long black inverness cape over his shoulders and black pants tucked into his knee-length black riding boots--in addition of wearing a black fingerless gloves, katana on his left hip and holding a black and red fan on his hand.

Hifumi always cheerful and makes an impression that he's always having a bright and joyous smile--in which he tends to be quite dramatic especially when he dramatically fainted, twirled around, or squealed with delight while fanning himself happily with his fan. However, there's something that was darker and hidden inside him like his charismatic and devilish nature, he is willing to murder anyone to meet his goals without hesitation when everyone thinks he will back down--surprising them, including his group mates such as his friends and... nope, they're more like his acquaintances. His female sword-wielding phantom familiar, Jade Demon.

Jade Demon is a mouthless and silent female sword-wielding phantom who has a long white hair with shade of light green with that is adorned at the back by a large golden ornament in the shape of a crescent moon with numerous small lines radiating outwards with a six golden kanzashi hairpins and bangs fell upon her golden eyes and beneath her cheeks. She wears a black kimono with light olive green shades with red obi and gold sachet beneath a white robe that has red strings over its shoulder parts and collars, she carries a katana on her hand as she has a green aura around her glowing manifested form.

Kaname narrowed his eyes at his superior-colleague, before he spoke with a smile. "Oya? Hifumi, what did you do? Looks like both of you finished all the hard work," he scoffed, his katana has been resheathed. Hifumi raised an eyebrow at him but his sadistic expression maintained, he wasn't fooled but he decided to let Kaname be--but his own smirk became evident on his face. "My deep apologies, Byakuya, Kyouka. Even though Kaname is a Director-General, he still under our leader's leadership and responsible as an example to the others... I didn't expect he would act so impudent after his tardy absence," he said.

Byakuya raised an eyebrow, before he asked. "What is he, your errand boy?

Kyouka bit her lip from snickering to what Byakuya said, because Hifumi always endlessly teasing Kaname. He look away with a pout, as he hated when Hifumi remind him about his own irresponsibility for neglecting his job responsibilities, in which he have a tight schedule of duties and often try to stay active unless he asked other people to replace his position. "Not really, our Executive Director entrusted me to dote on him when he is naughty as he possibly can, you know? He's a rebellious kid even though his age is somewhat older than you guys," he replied, tilting his head. "Hifumi, I dare you to shut your fucking mouth..."

Kaname gritted his teeth, sending death glares towards him as he spoke. Hifumi closed his eyes, gently fanning himself with his black and red fan casually. "Dear Kaname, it seems that you know well that you are acting unruly in front of these cute children who's quite an example than you--someone who needs affection and nurture," he commented mockingly, only for Kaname's dark glare directed at him in response. Byakuya let out a long sigh when he glanced at them, at least both of them always bother to fight in public and Kyouka was relieved that nobody's looking at them... yet.

Hifumi turned to look at his past subordinates who still in Secret Garden, before he grinned. "So, there's a newbie named Kayana Sahanaya Tirta or Kohaku right? I want to see that Indonesian boy anytime, so tell your boss Damien about this okay? Bye now!" he then turn to face Kyouka and Byakuya as he chuckled gleefully.

Kaname clicked his tongue, he is annoyed to know that Hifumi was once an assassin who work with Kyouka and Byakuya, which he was surprised when they see him again with a different name. "Hey, both of you," he snapped, looking at them angrily. Kyouka was prepared to continue on a defensive when Golden Demon pointed her katana against her, this time the Demon Snow tries to protect her. "Next time, keep my past history away from Kujou and focus on the current one--how many times did I say that?"

"Well excuse you, Mr. Hotshot," Kyouka said, shrugging. "Why would I ever care about you, idiot?"

"You two are from Shinobu clan, we're meant to be enemies."

Byakuya grew tired of Kaname's reminder, knowing it since he was a child and he knows their rivalry are nothing but bitter, they fought each other each other ever since the rivaling powers of the clans. Kaname smiled and calmly waved his hand in dismissive manner. "Let's continue our battle when we have time," he told them before he and his subordinate exiting outside the supermarket and went to their motorcycle to go home. Kyouka glared, growling at them as her enemy pissed her off. "It's okay, Kyouka. Calm down," Byakuya assured, gently pulling her in a one-arm embrace to calm her down.

The heiress's older brother was very calm and cool, he didn't reacted but stayed quiet. "Fine..." Kyouka grumbled, Byakuya was hugging her for comforting her as his hand touched her head--patting it, it made her relaxing but she let out a grunt in annoyance. "Don't tell anyone that I act like a spoiled brat!" she reminded him.

Byakuya rolled his eyes, before he released her. "Fine, now let's carry our grocery bags and leave."

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