New Mission

"Arumi, I'm not forbidding you to come back, but in your previous mission, you know what the outcome will be," the Boss confesses seriously.

"I've accepted my failure," Arumi tried to explain, "Only I know where my limit is."

The boss didn't respond, just watched Arumi intensely who insisted on returning.

It was obvious that he still thinking deeply about hiring her again, Arumi let out again what she had been feeling all this time, "I don't protest working according to your orders, even though it's against me, I still do it. But lately, the clients I received are getting worse. At the company, it says there's security, but I don't see it."

"Cuddle jobs do carry a lot of risks especially when it's just the two of you," the Boss commented, agreeing, "but I'm sure you have a plan for dealing with it."

"It's not a matter of planning," Arumi says slightly raising her voice, "What if my client hides a gun? I have no defense."

"You're talking about this as if your mission has not been much more dangerous than your current job," the Boss says with a big smirk.

Arumi was at a loss for words to fight her Boss' argument. Working as Mocha is just as dangerous, it's been proven from the previous mission where she lost her partner.

"See?" the Boss says then he let out a small sigh, "You're not ready yet."

"I'm ready," Arumi fought back with tight fists, "I agree with what Boss said, but any job is dangerous, even just at home too. But I don't want to work where I don't want to, destroying my self-esteem. This is my answer."

The boss once again watched Arumi intensely without saying anything. He reminisced for a moment about what she said, before finally letting out a small laugh, "Oh, you mean you want to die as a hero? Oh, wrong. You want to die as a villain. I am right?"

"Huh!?" Arumi did not expect the sentence to come out of his mouth. She again wondered about all the information she got all this time. She didn't really know what he was up to.

"I'm just joking, Arumi," the Boss says, "Or do you really think I'm a criminal?"

"Oh ...!" Arumi immediately panicked. She panicked because his guess was right, but the thought only briefly crossed her mind that he had committed a crime from the secret data she got.

"Hm ..." the Boss muttered, interested in seeing Arumi's panic.

"Sorry."

"Why apologize?" The boss asked in a seductive tone. Enjoyed a variety of interesting expressions that he had not seen in a long time.

"I-I," Arumi stuttered out of embarrassment, "I'm sure what you did was right."

"So."

Arumi felt that her boss's response sounded dissatisfied, so she said again without thinking, "You can't be evil. You saved me, that's a good thing so I believe you are a good person."

"You're really cute, Arumi."

Uh?

Arumi's cheeks suddenly turned red.

Why suddenly say that?

The boss's playful face turned serious again making Arumi difficult to seek an answer, "I am fully aware that you will accept such a lowly act. You don't need to give me the tape."

Oh.

The conversation returned to the main point again.

"Then why?"

"Of course I want to see how much you want to come back," says the Boss firmly.

How much does she want to come back ...?

"You doing all this is an act that reflects Mocha," the Boss began to explain, "Before this you also protested, but didn't bring any evidence so I don't think you're ready. You just don't like it, Arumi."

Arumi listened carefully, and began to understand her boss's intentions.

"Seeing now, I have confidence that you're really ready to return," the Boss continued.

"I did," Arumi responded happily, finally he thought like that.

The boss's lips turn into a tiny smile for a few seconds, then turned serious again, "But I don't have an assignment this time."

Eeeh?

"I'll call you if you have one, Arumi."

Instantly, Arumi's happiness slowly cracked, then collapsed.

*****

1 Week Later

*****

Drrt! Drrt! Drrt!

Arumi felt her head spinning when she was forcibly awakened by the loud ringing of her cellphone which was placed on the nightstand. She searched around for a while until the sound of something falling made her awake.

'I swear if it's Molly still curious about Arkyn ...'

Last night Arumi kept getting questions about a man named Arkyn by Molly. She had to scream loudly to be the center of attention so that her best friend would stop asking questions.

She had said it was just a small misunderstanding, but Molly didn't believe it at all.

Of course Arumi understood, she knew Molly understood her as well as her Boss. But being asked if she has any feelings for Arkyn is too much.

Arumi herself once said she didn't believe in love at first sight. How could Molly ask such a ridiculous thing?

Arumi's eyes weren't fully focused yet, but she knew it was a video call. She immediately accepted it, "Hello ...?"

"Still sleepy? A rare sight for you, Arumi."

Oh!

Arumi was fully aware of hearing a deep voice she had known for the past ten years, "I'm sorry, Boss ...! Please wait a moment ...!" she says frantically getting out of bed, then ran to the bathroom to wash her face ignoring he orders saying it's okay she looks as it is.

'I can't believe I sleep more than three hours.'

Arumi returned to her bedroom, then took her cellphone, "Sorry for the long wait. Good morning, Boss."

"Arumi, I told you it's okay. It's not the first time I've seen you like that."

Arumi knew, but it was when she was only fifteen years old, she still didn't care about her appearance and had not worked, "Is there anything you want to talk to me about, Boss?"

"Oh? I thought you were waiting to hear from me? I guess not, huh?"

Arumi again realized that she had been waiting for a mission from him, "Of course I'm waiting ...! I'm always waiting for a call from you, Boss."

The boss smiled slightly at Arumi's behavior, "Okay. I'll give you what you want, Mocha."

Her boss calls Mocha which means it's about work.

Arumi's mood immediately went up, "I'm ready, Boss."

"Michael has already sent your target's data to your phone."

Arumi immediately checked it, she coughed seeing a familiar face appear on her cellphone screen.

"Mocha? Are you okay?"

"Y-yes," Arumi replied without taking her eyes off her new target's face, "You want me to copy the project Arkyn Enzo was working on?"

She didn't believe this.

Arkyn whom she met last night became her next target.