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Otto couldn't handle this anymore. He was being groped, touched, hit on. Worse off it was as a female demon. The imp was rubbing him all the wrong ways, and every time he touched him Otto wanted to puke.

The small golem was ready to blow a vein or two when Eva stepped in for a final time. He watched in awe as she punted the terror into the sky.

Awestruck.

Otto tugged on Eva's pant leg.

He gave her a nod and a thumbs up.

"I'm not sure. Likely just relax and enjoy things over all," Shun said in turn to Xiu, "What about..."

His words stopped there as he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. Glancing down at it, he saw a peculiar ring upon one of the fingers, and if it was possible, he looked more sullen than usual. Great. Turning around, he looked up to find an older reaper standing there. Xiu would have recognized the man, having seen him within Shun's dreams at least once before. For the others, it might not have been too hard to guess, given the resemblance the two had. The younger said nothing right away, just staring hard at the other. He didn't expect to see him here, figuring the guy would be busy conducting the family business or whatever.

"So you really did lose an eye. Heh," the older man noted with a light smirk. He looked from the reaper to the others that he had been speaking with moments before he cut in more or less.

"...'Friends' I take it?" he mused while looking them over individually. They were all female. A brow was raised when he saw the lycan's hand within the hand of the younger male, "Never thought you'd pick up on a harem."

Shun gritted his teeth before finally speaking in a fairly cold tone, "Hello, father."

Kaitou Kuroda laughed darkly at the greeting before looking him in the eye.

"Now, don't be that way," he replied, almost mockingly, then turned to look at the girls once more, "Well if you aren't going to introduce me to them. Why don't you lovely girls give me your names?"

In the large scheme of things Mitsu was getting pretty good at keeping herself quiet and out of the main focus. Perhaps she was picking up on Shun's behavior. She stood quietly beside her reaper, looking at Xiu and Poke with interest until she felt a stirring. It was like the air was suddenly colder and she could feel the subtle change in Shun's demeanor without even looking at him. Something was wrong.

Crimson eyes trailed upward to find what had Shun's focus, uncertain who this new person was. At first her brain was on high alert because he was a stranger, but the longer she looked at him she realized the similarities. Father...she was meeting his father for the first time. She didn't know whether to be frightened or angry but his words did make the fur bristle along the top of her tail, her hand gripping Shun's just a little bit tighter.

When it seemed her and the other girls had the older reaper's focus Mitsu looked back at them with uncertain eyes. What was she supposed to do? There was so much confusion swimming around her mind it was hard to give any one thing a decent amount of attention. It would only cause trouble if they were rude, from what she knew he was far from being a kind man.

Swallowing hard it was difficult to hide to look of nervousness in her expression as she turned to stare at Shun's father. She kept her head tilted slightly downward but her eyes continued to focus on his face. It was the only defiant measure she had that kept her from being completely submissive in his presence. Finally, if not hesitantly, she bowed her head a bit more in greeting. That was the corrected gesture right?

"M..Mitsu..." There was a pause before she finally added. "Sir."

Robert's hackles rose when the imp started insulting him, and despite how awkward it was, he was actually about to get serious about how good of a boyfriend he was. It would have mostly involved punching TG until he stopped looking at Otto, but none of his plans mattered, because Eva - EVA - knocked him to kingdom come.

And of course, because he had no further reason to play the ruse of boyfriend, Robert went back to cackling like a mad hatter.

"HE SHOOTS." He hands flew up in the air. "HE SCORES!"

The relaxed and content air between them had clearly become tense and uncomfortable with Kaitou's arrival. When he looked at her for her slip up, she merely stared back, lips pulled upwards in a tight smile. It was hard to act completely pleasant to him after all the things she had seen, and the way that he spoke--this strange, formal politeness--admittedly unnerved her a little.

Still, unless she was addressed, the baku decided that it would be best to stay quiet, instinctively shuffling a little close to Mitsu's side. When the man turned back to them and introduced himself, she bowed her head again.

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance," She murmured automatically, before lifting her head. She had to bite her tongue for a second--it had been rather tempting to answer him with, "well he would have had friends when he was young if you had let him"--but she forced the words away and substituted it instead with a vague, "We're in the same year. I met Shun when we were first years."

Mitsu could feel the tension gripping her like a vise. It radiated from those around her and settled on this situation like a heavy blanket. She felt no love for this man, no happy feelings to finally meet him, only a slowly growing sense of resentment.

Her eyes darted toward Shun to catch his glance and then to the hand that rested on her reaper's shoulder seemingly keeping him in place. Mitsu didn't know what to make of this mock politeness but she was certain it was only a front. A simple show for those who lived in a world outside of what he did. What could she do for Shun that wouldn't make this situation worse? Surely he wouldn't do anything rash with so many people around. But that brief dark expression and the note of conversation grated on a nerve Mitsu didn't know had been exposed.

Her stare intensified, her lips remaining sealed instead of answering Mr. Kuroda's question. Xiu had spoken first, her answer brief and to the point and when she was done Mitsu rose her hand to shake. It was a gesture she often saw others do and she hoped Mr. Kuroda would oblige and let Shun go. "A pleasure, Sir."

"Somewhere high up sounds fun!" Lizzy nodded as she made her way to the buffet table with Mot. Although she was distracted by the decorations, she stopped when she spotted - of all things - Xiu's tail. It didn't take her long after that to spot Mitsu, Shun, and Poke; they were standing together with... An older man? He looked like he could pass off as an older Shun-

Oh. Oh.

"That's because Shun has a lot of good qualities, Mister Kaitou," She had decided to drag Mot towards the group after pointing it out to him, and had arrived just as he was introducing himself; besides, she might as well take a closer look at the man who gave her father a death sentence, right? She smiled, bowing her head, "Lizzy. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Shun grimaced. It wasn't hard to tell that things were tense here. When Mitsu put her hand out, he was a little surprised, looking over towards the girl. She might not have had her wolf ears at the moment, but if she did he could swear that they'd be flattened against her skull in aggression. It was a little strange to see her like this really.

"I see. I see," Kaitou said before looking at the lycan with interest once more. With a sort of smile, he took her hand firmly to shake, "A pleasure as well. You seem rather close. I hope to hear some more things about you. My son has neglected to mention much."

A sharp glance was given to the younger reaper. Though, it was then that another student had approached.

"Oh? Another for his har-"

Kaitou paused as a boy came by too. Nervous looking reaper whose style reminded him a little of the boogeys. He didn't look particularly impressed with this, but focused in on the pink haired demon that swung by to speak for his son's behalf.

"Good qualities you say? Well, I suppose in some lights they could be seen as such," he laughed.

When Lizzy had cut in all of the sudden, Shun stared at her and Mot. The air felt like it had grown a little thicker still. Especially with the demon's presence. After what she knew regarding her own father at this point, he could only imagine what she was feeling upon seeing this man. Nevermind anything else he had said before to her.

"Are you quite done yet?" he asked flatly.

"Now Shun, I'm just trying to learn more about these friends of yours! To see what kind of people you've been hanging around," Kaitou replied. The flicker of what might be considered as a sneer washed over him for just a moment, "They don't seem to talk much."