Ion landed in front of Catherine's cafe before entering, as Codex swiftly opened the bag in her hands and took the slice of cherry cake out of it. Ion closed the door behind him and as Codex took a huge bite out of the cake slice she noticed Catherine slouched on the countertop.

"Gotta... keep... the cafe open until Ion gets back...," Catherine murmured in her sleep. Ion sighed as he locked the front door before carrying Ion across the cafe. Ion snapped his fingers in front of Catherine's face which semi-woke her up as he walked past her.

Ion walked through the staff-only door before going up a set of stairs labelled private residences.

"So who was the sleepy lady?" Codex asked as she had some cake in her mouth.

"First could you not talk with your mouth full, second she's Catherine," Ion stated as he got to the top of the stairs and walked to the end of the hall.

"Ok...," Codex meekly said before finishing the cake slice. Ion stopped in front of a shoji door(a Japanese sliding paper door) before it slid open on its own and Ion walked into his apartment(which had a plain living room with a small adjoined kitchen, and two shoji walls(one long one and one short one)). Ion walked over to the living room sofa and carefully placed Codex on it.

Ion walked over to his kitchen before opening his fridge and taking some things out of it. Codex watched Ion as he chopped some cheese and ham into slices before swiftly placing the slices between two pieces of bread.

Ion placed the sandwich on a plate before tossing the plate across the room and it landed on Codex's lap without messing up the sandwich. Codex started to nibble on her sandwich as Ion strolled to the bathroom(the space inside the short shoji wall) when beeping started to emanate from the room.

"Give me a sec," Ion muttered before he walked into the bathroom. Codex couldn't help but giggle as she continued to eat the sandwich; her giggling was cut short when she saw steam coming out of the bathroom. She quickly finished the sandwich in one gulp before hurrying over to the bathroom and peeking her head in.

Codex watched as Ion swiftly dried a kid-sized black cat onesie with white stars all over it. Codex intently watched Ion dry all of his laundry by using his Golden Ne-Ion rings. Codex became so fixated on Ion's clothes-drying technique that she didn't even register that Ion was talking to her until he waved his hand in front of her face.

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"Huh?" Codex muttered.

"You know how to take a bath right?" Ion asked as he was folding up his laundry; Codex put on a confused expression while angrily murmuring in her head.

"Of course, I know how to take a bath... however, on second thought...," Codex muttered in her head before getting an idea.

"Is that the thing where someone dunks cold water on your head until you're clean?" Codex innocently asked as she placed her finger on her chin while giving Ion her best googly eyes. Ion slumped his head in disbelief while his diamond pupil flickered.

"Unbelievable...," Ion uttered as Limbo Cat, now the size of a normal cat appeared on Codex's head. Ion picked up all his laundry and placed the black cat onesie on the stool next to the bath.

"Felina, can you help her use the bath," Ion instructed before leaving the bathroom with the laundry. Codex mentally and embarrassedly screamed while keeping a straight face.

"That didn't go how I wanted it to...," Codex muttered mentally as Felina guided Codex on how to use the bath and shower.

After a few minutes, Ion placed the last of his laundry in a dresser as he heard the bathroom door open. Ion closed the dresser as Codex slid into the bedroom and almost tripped over the futon on the floor while wearing the black cat onesie.

"Ta-da!" Codex cheerfully said as she confidently crossed her arms. Ion glanced over at Ion and stared at Codex's scruffy, soaked hair before standing up. Two medium-sized golden Ne-Ion ringed generated around Ion before flying over to Codex.

The ring rapidly circled Codex and encased her in a warming glow before her hair puffed up and knocked the Ne-Ion rings away. The Ne-Ion rings quickly raced back and spiralled around Codex's hair and flattened her hair. Codex quickly jogged over to the only wall mirror in the bedroom and checked out her hair as Felina carried a folded-up futon on her head.

Felina tossed the folded-up futon close to the futon before flattening out the folded-up futon. Codex rushed over to the new futon and tried to leap onto it before Ion grabbed the back of the cat onesie and stopped Codex mid-air. Codex stared at Ion before both of Ion's pupils flickered.

"I wouldn't recommend that," Ion stated before he carefully placed the upset Codex on the futon. Codex let out a fake sigh as Ion walked over to the wall storage closet and closed it. Ion went over to his wardrobe and as he went to open it his phone beeped. Ion checked his phone before putting it back in his pocket.

"If you need anything just ask Felina," Ion said before walking out of the bedroom followed by the sound of the front door opening and closing. Codex scratched the back of her head before she layed down on her futon and yawned.

"He'll definitely be strong enough to withstand a Ne-Ion energy influx from the Codex but Ion probably won't be as easy to swindle as that prisoner was... urg... I think I've been awake for too long...," Codex muttered mentally as she fell asleep. Two Felinas dragged a bedsheet over Codex before jumping onto a windowsill and watched Ion as he flew past the window.