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"Why are you here, Jones-san?" Kuro narrowed his eyes at the sight of the man who just walked into the spacious, nearly completely white room. Allen was Kuro's natural enemy. Whenever they're around each other, they always fought. Today, Kuro can't risk fighting because he was waiting for his partner.
"Waiting for someone," Allen said with a sly smirk that instantly boiled the blood in Kuro's veins, "and you, baby doll?"
"Don't call me that," Though he was fairly expressionless and calm on the outside, you could hear the venom in Kuro's voice as he spoke, "I am waiting for my partner, for that is the reason why I am here, obviously."
"Is that so~?" Allen murmured, sitting on on the white leather couch that was directly across from Kuro. Kuro used this time to look at the man in before him. Allen, his skin is tan, as if he bathes in the sunlight everyday. His hair is short and is an auburn color, a prominent strand of hair stuck up from the rest that was combed and gelled back. His eyes are bright red in contrast to Kuro's dull red ones. Allen seemed to have a love for piercings, for his eyebrow, nose, lips, and ears have some type of stud in them. Kuro mentally scoffed at the thought of Allen having some sort of stud in his tongue. He lowered his gaze to Allen's body. Allen was wearing his casual white tank that exposed his incredible arms and a pair of casual jeans, whereas Kuro just wore his usual formal black attire.
Allen got annoyed by the silence, so he decided to began a conversation, "Do you know what your mission is about?"
Kuro's eyes flicked up to Allen's face, "No," Kuro leaned forward to grab the black tea that was on the white coffee table in front of him, "I just got called in, there was no time for any explaining."
Silence.
Allen stared at Kuro as he delicately lifted the cup of tea to his lips. Kuro closed his eyes as he took a sip, savoring the taste and warmth of it. Setting the cup back on the table, Kuro crossed his legs and looked at Allen, who was looking straight back at him with a look of disbelief.
"What?" Kuro asked.
Allen licked his bottom lip, "Well, I don't know what my mission is about either."
Confused, Kuro tilted his head, "And why are you telling me this?"
Allen scoffed, "Because, I thought you wanted to know?" He spoke the sentence in more of a question than a reply.
"I never asked for that information, Jones-san." Kuro purposed calmly.
Allen bit his lip in annoyance. Kuro was right, he never did ask. Before Allen could respond, the door to the room opened. Allen looked at the new arrival. It was Mr. Vargas, the boss, wearing his black suit and tie. The tan Italian made his way to the other two males, the only sound was his footsteps echoing throughout the room due to the lack of furniture.
"Agent Honda," Mr. Vargas looked at Kuro, then turned his attention to Allen, "...Jones.."
"Mr. Vargas, what hangin?" Allen leaned back in the couch, giving his boss a flirtatious wink.
Mr. Vargas clicked his tongue, "You. From a rope."
Allen put his hands up in defense, "Alright, alright.."
Kuro spoke up, his eyes had a slight amused expression to them, "I will gladly help tying that rope, Vargas-san."
Allen chuckled cold-heartedly, "Of course you would, you sadist~"
Kuro narrowed his eyes, "I see nothing wrong with that."
"Do you both know why I called you in?" Mr. Vargas interrupted the conversation.
"I got called in for an urgent mission," Allen said first, "besides that, then I don't fucking know."
"I too, have gotten called in for a mission of a sort. I was told to come here as soon as possible, Vargas-san." Kuro reached for the tea again, taking a long slow sip from it as Mr. Vargas began explaining.
"What you have heard is correct, and.... Both of you are partnered up," before either could comment, Mr. Vargas already had a blade in his hand, "You both are pro hackers, and for this mission, we'll be needing both of you.
"I know you both have this, love hate relationship, but work is work. You do it together or you're fired." Mr. Vargas smiled, sending shivers down Allen's spine.
"What 'love' do you see in this?" Kuro asked, taking a pause from his tea.
Mr. Vargas rolled his electric purple eyes, "Don't act like you both don't have a thing for one another. Always fighting during our meetings. Agent Honda always talks about Agent Jones, and vice versa."
"W-What you ass. I don't have a thing for anyone!" Allen hissed, glaring at his boss.
"But yourself," Kuro added, smirking. Allen turned his glare to the other red eyed man.
"You're not objecting this?" Allen pouted. Kuro didn't say a word, only a small barely noticeable smirk appeared on his thin lips. Mentally, Kuro would have loved to slice his boss head off with a sword, but unfortunately, this is his boss.
Mr. Vargas continued,"Anyway, Agent Beilschmidt will give you more information about the mission in the underground parking lot-"
"Wait, which Beilschmidt? The dumb one or the lazy one?" Kuro asked, raising an eyebrow.
"The dumb one. Now don't interrupt me again," The Italian boss narrowed his eyes, "you both will be grouped with Agent Beilschmidt, Agent Kirkland, and Agent Williams-"
"Oh, c'mon... You got Matt there, and he is a pretty damn good hacker, why do I have to be partnered with Kuro?" Allen groaned out. Kuro just rolled his eyes.
"I said, don't interrupt me, you fool! Matt isn't going to be doing any hacking in this mission. We need him to keep Agent Kirkland on track because Agent Bonnefoy
is currently out on a mission." Mr. Vargas turned around and let out a huff of air, "I partnered you both together, I expect great results."
Kuro looked at the now empty cup of tea and flipped it upside down, "Yes sir, we will give you no less than satisfactory."
"Good," Mr. Vargas made his way to the door, "I will text you what level the rest of the group are at in the parking lot," He opened the door and just as he was about to step out, he paused and chuckled lowly, "Don't kill each other~" and with that, the door shut gently behind him.
Allen sighed, feeling himself relax, "Damn he is a crazy son-of-a-bitch..."
Kuro simply nodded in agreement, "About time you said something correct." Kuro's eyes glinted with a playful gleam to them. The pale man stood up and reached out a hand to Allen, who looked strangely at the other in front of him, "Well? Stand up."
Allen stood up reluctantly, "Sir, yes sir." The auburn haired man spoke in a sarcastic manner.
"I call a truce. Just for this mission, we will not fight, argue, hit, kick, use weapons, threaten, or cause any type of conflict with one another." Kuro said, looking expressionless as always.
Allen choked back a laugh, "This is a joke right?" However when Kuro didn't change his position or spoke back, Allen guessed that Kuro was being completely serious. Shrugging, Allen reached his hand out and gripped Kuro's smaller hand, "Fine, just for this mission though."
Allen paused for a moment. Kuro's hand felt soft and delicate, like a girl. Allen took this moment to study Kuro's face. If it wasn't for the deep voice, Allen would've thought Kuro was a chick. Kuro was noticeably shorter than Allen, and his body figure was shaped like a-
"Let go of my hand and stop gawking your pitiful eyes at me," Kuro hissed, causing Allen to snap out of his thoughts.
Allen pulled his hand away from the other, "My bad.. I was just thinking about you.."
Kuro's eyes twitched, "You what?"
"You know, you're kinda girly. Your hands are, and your face-" Allen stopped himself from speaking when he saw the intense glare on Kuro's face.
"So? What's it to you?" Kuro balled his hands up into a fist.
"It's cute," Allen said simply. Kuro looked shocked by this and noticeably had trouble coming up with how to respond. Allen noticed this and decided to change the subject, "Man, I hate that guy... Mr. Vargas, I mean."
Kuro calmed down a bit, sighing, "Oh, really?"
"Yeah, he's a fucking ass."
"Something you both have in common," Kuro smiled at Allen's reaction to this, the other had a look of 'you did not just say that' on his face, "But I do have to agree with you, Jones-san."
"You hate him too?" Allen felt a smirk tug at his lips.
"...Maybe a bit more than I hate you." Kuro looked away from the others gaze. Allen eyes widened in shock, only for a moment though because Allen's smartphone began to buzz in his pocket.
"Hold on a sec," Allen took his phone out his pocket and unlocked it by typing in his 4 digit pass code. He noticed it was a text that he received from Mr. Vargas.
'Level 2', It read. And that was it.
"Well?" Kuro asked, somewhat curious.
"Time to meet the others, baby doll." Allen pressed the phones power button once, causing the screen to go black. Slipping it back in his pocket, he and Kuro both walked out the room and into the hallway, ready to begin their mission.