Moy Mell: 36

Aizawa banged his forehead heavily on his desk. It was already proving to be a difficult day and it was only six in the morning.

"Ugh..."

His laptop chimed as an email came through and he tiredly raised his head to click it open. Still no updates from any of the researchers that were looking into the mysterious anti-demon cult. He was glad no one had attacked Elly since that terrible night, but not thrilled that he couldn't find out who the hell these people were, or what exactly they wanted. They were still out there, and all he knew was that she was their target.

"Hey." A coffee cup was pushed across towards his hand. He reached out and grasped it as it came near.

"Thanks."

"Still no leads, huh?" Chris sat down in the chair opposite him and leaned back.

"No. It's like the earth swallowed them whole, which might be what happened for all I know. No paper trail," he waved a hand at an empty file on his desk, "No internet presence as far as we can see, either. Since they employed demonic forces for their own gain, so we might never find them."

"They need to find us, then."

"Thought of that," he said, taking a large swallow of coffee without tasting it. "How could we control a meeting? We don't know what exactly they want so it would be hard to provoke them."

"Yeah." He shook his head. "Don't know, Aizawa. We just have to keep trying."

"Yes." He glanced at the time and pushed his chair back, standing and absently adjusting his capture thread around his neck. "Time for breakfast. Ches gets upset when I'm late."

"Sounds like things are going good there, at least," Chris called out mildly as his boss left.

Elly was on her phone in the kitchen, texting someone when he walked in. Her ears flicked, indicating she knew he was there. Aizawa said nothing and sat down next to her, and after a moment she sighed, set the phone down and looked up.

"Good morning."

He nodded cautiously. "Sleep well?"

Sanji was frying two small fish along some rice for their breakfast. He also didn't speak and her guardian grew more nervous.

"I slept okay. I guess." She seemed distracted and when her phone buzzed again, groaned and grabbed it quickly. "I'll be right back, guys."

The blond cook leaned over the counter and tapped him on the arm when her tail disappeared down the hall. Aizawa glanced quickly up, eyes narrowing. "Trouble?"

"You know her best friend - the succubus? Bella?"

"Of her, yes. Not personally."

He reached into his shirt pocket and took out his vape pen. "She, ah ... they've been texting. A lot. She doesn't normally do that around us but this morning, well." He took a long drag. By the looks of it, it wasn't as satisfying as he craved and he glared at the thin silver tube.

"Yes. That was her?"

He nodded, stuffing the pen back with a grunt. "It's not bad, it's just odd. Hard core girlfriend chats usually mean a guy, you know?"

"Perhaps the succubus recruited another harem member." Aizawa shrugged.

The guys were right; Elly wasn't one to text in front of them. Not a lot, anyway, and especially not during a meal. But her friend had asked what was up, and it felt good to talk to her.

Elly: It was so weird. Zoro came by last night.

Bella: Uh oh girl

Elly: He said he wanted to apologize but then he was mean to Shota!

Bella: Course he was. Both of them saw me that day & neither reacted

Elly: Uh

Bella: Yeah. Both of them are in love with you.

Elly: WHAT

Bella: I'm a succubus, Els. I know lust and love very, very well. The green one was madly in love with you for like, ages

Elly: ...

Bella: The black haired one was new, but he still had very strong feelings. Otherwise he'd have launched himself at me.

Elly: Like Sanji, you mean?

Bella: That perv loves you too and you know it. Men usually can't help it around me. But when they ignore me it's different.

Elly: ...

Bella: I'm sorry. Shoulda told you earlier but I didn't want to mess around in that. Love's hard enough.

Elly: Bella?

Bella: Yeah? You ok?

Elly: Shota gave me another nickname last night. After I got really angry at Zoro and almost clawed his face off. He was happy I stood up for him

Bella: Ooohh dish dish dish

Elly: it's kind of embarrassing

Bella: Screw that! Inquiring minds wanna know!

Elly: LOL! He called me "my queen"

Bella: Oooooo sassy! I like it

Elly: He also kind of uh

Elly: ...

Elly: He name bound a promise to me a few days ago. That we wouldn't be apart

Bella: Hot shit! You've got a live one! FINALLY! Go get you some!

Elly: BELLA!!!

Bella: You KNOW you ain't had sex in so many years you probably forgot how. That's not healthy. You even stopped getting heats, and I know it hurts

Elly: Okay, he's been here for a bit now I really have to go ttyl

She walked over and grinned nervously at both men. "'Sup?"

Aizawa motioned for her to sit on her stool. "Is your friend okay?"

"Oh, um.." Elly groaned when the phone buzzed in a flurry of new messages. Bella had sent multiple texts.

Bella: Hit
Bella: That
Bella: Shit

Was followed by another series of one word texts. It read:

Bella: Tap
Bella: That
Bella: Ass

She turned her phone off for now. "She's doing great," she sighed. "Too good, if you ask me."