Chapter 4

Ace knocked on the long haired female's confinement room door as he waited for her cue to walk in, in order to not intrude.

"Come in" the female's voice rand through his ears as he walked in noticing the female laying down and staring onto the ceiling as he guessed she was bored.

The male looked around the room as he spotted the tray of food untouched.

"Why haven't you eaten? " The male's voice rang out stern unlike his usual teasing voice catching the female of guard as she turned around to face him.

"Not hungry" the female stated.

"You haven't eaten all day" he shot back trying to reason with the stubborn female.

"stalker" Perla muttered as she played with her curtain bangs as she picked at them twirling the strands of hair with her index finger as she fidgeted with it.

"I'm bailing you out" he stated ignoring her previous statement as he walked towards the confused girl as she processed the words in her head.

Before the female can question the taller male he grabbed her hand and ran out the room closing the door as he made sure it was locked.

"where are we going?" the female questioned between huffs as she tried to keep up with the faster male dragging her and taking random turns in the hundreds of different halls making the female dizzy.

"out" he simply responded not fully answering her question as they once again made it to the elevator from before.

As they made they're way inside the elevator the female tried to catch her breath before further more questioning the male.

"Out where?" the female once again questioned as she finally caught her breath as her breath evened out.

"somewhere" the male teased making the female huff childishly in annoyance as he watched her with amusement.

The rest of the elevator ride was silent as the tension rose until they heard a ding as they reached they're destination as they walked out the secret elevator towards the front of the small coffee shop.

To say the least the female had been growing fond of Ace despite knowing him for only one day. He had made her feel a sense of comfort she had never felt though she did not let her feelings out for she was there for a mission.

A ruthless, cruel mission.

As the male once again started dragging the female she looked back at the painting one last time before leaving as she walked with him out of the coffee shop as she now realized it was late at night. Since the secret base was underground it did not have any windows rendering anyone from knowing what time of day it is without a clock.

As they kept walking through the busy city streets they soon started growing fond of the silence as it became less awkward and comforting.

Soon they made it to the bus stop just as the bus arrived as they boarder the bus sitting in the very back together.

After a while of comforting silence the bus came to a stop after around thirty minutes as Ace got up leading Perla out of the bus as she trailed behind him.

They once again started walking until Ace stopped in front of a small restaurant that did not seem so popular.

"here" He smiled, it was the first time Perla had seen him smile genuinely and not smirk, or grin devilishly ever since they met.

She thought his smile was truly pretty as it went along with his soft yet sharp features that made him look very pretty as she found herself smiling back as she snapped back to reality.

"why?" she questioned looking at the outside of the restaurant.

"cuz I'm hungry" he replied which was not true considering he ate a few hours prior.

"ok... why am I here?" she questioned fixating her stare that was once on the exterior of the restaurant to him.

"you ask too many questions" he groaned as he once again dragged her, for what seemed like the millionth time in one day.

"shouldn't that be expected from someone who was just kidnapped and held captive for a whole day?" the female reasoned irking the male as he decided to ignore her as he walked towards a little table booth in the far end of the small restaurant.

The restaurant was black and white with a few decorations with neon colors making them pop out in the black and white restaurant.

They sat down as a old lady walked over to their table with two menus.

"Atlas dear you never told me you had such a cute lady friend" the old lady fake gasped as she faked offence as she looked at the male's troubled expression before sending a hearty chuckle.

"I'm teasing dear, but why don't you introduce us?" she suggested a warm welcoming smile on her sweet features.

"oh n-no its not what it looks like" The younger female blushed as she stuttered from embarrassment while trying to explain their relationship while frantically waving her hands in front of her. Though before she could explain they're relationship Ace interrupted her.

"This is Perla Kai, my Pearl this is Aunt Tiko the owner of this restaurant" he smirked as he watched the female's face erupt in hundreds of different shades of deep red though it was too late to tell the truth now as she played along.

"nice to meet you, Ace has mentioned you a lot and I'm glad we finally met" she awkwardly chuckled scratching her nape.

"nice to finally see Ace with someone, especially someone as cute as you take care of him ok?" she smiled as the young girl nodded as it was now the male's turn to be embarrassed as his ears turned slightly pink as he cleared his voice recollecting his posture.

"call me over when you decide what you want to get" she once again sent a warm smile before finally leaving as Perla let out a sigh she did not realize she was holding.

"Why would you make her think we're together?!? We didn't even know each other for more than today" the female whisper shouted at him as he smirked leaning forward as he irked the already infuriated female.

"ok now choose something I'm getting hungry I already know what I'll get" he stated leaning back into his seat as he stared at the female.

"but I'm not hungry" the female furrowed her eyebrows.

"I don't care just choose something if you don't want to stay in that confinement room any longer" he replied a slightly threatening tone taking over.

"I don't know what to get" the female whined as she kept looking through the menu trying to find the lightest food for her stomach though they were all heavy meals.

"I thought you weren't picky?" the male questioned looking at the female who had her eyebrows furrowed at the variety of food names in front of her.

"I'm not" she simply stated.

The male put his hand up signaling one of the waiters over as he asked the waiter for "two coconut chicken curry bowls" making the female internally face palm knowing she would be able to get her stomach to comply with the said food.