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Chapter 4

November 11 groaned as his alarm went off, reaching over to the alarm he gently turned off the alarm. A loud growling noise could be heard coming off from next to him; he looked over his shoulder at BK-201, BK-201 had his arm around his own stomach, trying to keep the stomach from making more growing noises. It didn't work as another growl escaped from his stomach. BK-201 opened his eyes slightly as he curled up, it was impossible to sleep when his stomach refused to keep silent. November 11 could tell that BK-201 was awake by judging how much he moved.

"If you're hungry...Make breakfast," November 11 told BK-201. BK-201 didn't reply to him, he wasn't expecting a reply from the Black Reaper but it did give him some time to think. He's only been stuck with the Black Reaper for a couple of days and yet he has only learnt his face and potential way how BK-201 can fade into a crowd if he needed. That wasn't good enough! He needed to know BK-201 better, get into his frame of mind and work out a way to defeat him using that strategy.

November 11 felt the bed shift under him as BK-201's stomach growled again. That was one strong and demanding stomach for BK-201 to have. It must be annoying when it growled. He watched as BK-201 got up from the bed and tried to leave. The chain of the handcuff reached the maximum length it was going to go, stopping BK-201 from leaving the bedroom. BK-201 looked down at his cuffed leg before he growled. November 11 watched him for a while before he dragged himself out of bed and grabbed the key.

"Rubber cuffs...smart choice," BK-201 growled at him.

"Rubber beats electricity," November 11 smiled at BK-201 bringing out another set of rubber handcuffs.

"Going to cuff me to you?"

"I wouldn't want you running off now, would I?"

"You're going to be stuck with me for a very long time then."

"I've got time," November 11 smiled at BK-201, he looked away from November 11 but allowed him to cuff his left wrist. Hei didn't care, he could still cook even being restraint by November 11. That wasn't going to change much but the simple fact that he might have to cook for November 11 too and he could be a fussy eater. It didn't take long before his stomach growled again, November 11 laughed slightly while releasing his leg from the handcuff.

"Am I cooking for you too?" Hei growled.

"I'll get my own," November 11 told him, Hei nodded before he went to find November 11's kitchen. November 11 shook his head as Hei went the wrong way and gently tugged on the cuffs, attracting Hei's attention before they headed towards the kitchen.

Hei walked into the kitchen and noticed that it was kept tidy, something he enjoyed seeing, a tidy kitchen. Now he needed to know where everything was, dragging November 11 around with him he scanned the kitchen for all equipment, ingredients along with anything else which might be useful to his cooking. After searching all the cupboards and familiarising himself with everything he could possible need, Hei started gathering the ingredients he needed to make ramen from scratch. He felt November 11 watching his every movement, taking notes on how he was acting and everything. Hei knew what he was trying to do; he was trying to think how he was thinking. It was a common move used by their enemies, Hei admit that he used it a lot when he followed the Syndicate's orders but didn't do it as much when he was following his own orders. The only good thing was that Hei wasn't easy to read. Even the police officers can't get into Hei's mind easily. With November 11's eyes on him constantly, it was starting to get on his nerves. November 11 watched him like a hawk and it felt like he didn't blink because of him.

"Can I help you?" Hei asked November 11, he refused to slip into his other personality while cooking. He wasn't sure if it was going to taste the same since the food wasn't going to be free like his Li persona made it. Hei couldn't afford to let his Li persona come through again, if November 11 realised that he was Li that Misaki might have let slip...he could be in terrible trouble with her and Huang. Huang...Mao and Yin...weren't they worried about him?

"Just watching how you cook," November 11's voice cut through his thought like one of his frozen spears he threw at him in combat. Hei shook his head trying to forget his team at the moment, he needed to feed himself and get out of there. He couldn't spend time thinking about if his team worried about him. Huang really didn't care about him while Mao showed some concern. Mao only showed concern because he'll lose his main source entertainment and with Yin...She had shown concern in the past but Hei wasn't sure how much Yin had broken out of her doll programming, she let herself into his apartment without being ordered to watch him by Huang. That's when Hei first saw Yin acting different. That and when she cried while all the doll spectres were returning to their medium. The light was like moon light, something he missed.

November 11 watched BK-201 for a while; he noticed that BK-201 avoided all the tinned food and frozen food when possible. He avoided the processed food like it was a plague but proceeded to take the fresh foods that November 11 had bought for himself. He couldn't help but smile seeing how BK-201 used the fresh foods to make his food. He frowned when BK-201 stopped preparing for his breakfast. There was something wrong and November 11 could see it, the way how BK-201 froze didn't look or feel right. He felt a different side of him acting up, something he hadn't felt in a very long time. Not since he became a contractor.

"Are you okay BK-201?" November 11 asked the Chinese contractor. BK-201 didn't respond to his question. November 11 was stumped, there wasn't any reason why BK-201 would just freeze like this, contractors didn't dwell in their memories or minds for too long, and it wasn't rational enough. He soon scolded himself. BK-201 wasn't a normal contractor as he gathered. There was something different about BK-201 compared to him and the other contractors. He wondered if his payment would be food consumption. Then again, everyone needed to eat food in order to survive. No matter how you looked at it. Something didn't add up while comparing BK-201 to the other contractors he faced. He couldn't put his fingers on it.

"I'm...fine, it is irrational for a contractor to care for their enemy." November 11 pulled himself out of the pool of questions in his mind as BK-201 was back to working on his breakfast. The strong scent of BK-201's food was a delight to November 11, he wasn't a food expert but he could tell that BK-201 was.

"Were you a chief in the past life?" November 11 asked the feared Black Reaper.

"That question is irrelevant and does not require an answer. Once changed, you can't return back to the life you once knew."

"I'm well aware of that. It is just a simple question I require an answer from."

"No, I wasn't a chief."

"You do have the talent to be one though."

"Doesn't mean I'll be one..." BK-201 told November 11. "Not while I'm in this state anyway."

'Not while you're in this state?' November 11 asked in his mind. The simple fact that those words combined with his first statement possibly meant that it was a dream of his before he became a contractor? Something did carry over from his human life then? This sparked November 11's interest more in BK-201.

"Which means?" November 11 asked carefully, he was getting small information on BK-201 and it was proving to be useful. Of course, he was going to have to study BK-201 more in order to work out his frame of mind but it was a start, finding anything on BK-201 was important to this task. Silence fell between the two of them, leaving BK-201 to continue the cooking in peace.

Under the Mask – Chapter 4

November 11 couldn't hide the surprise he had when he saw how much food BK-201 had prepared. November 11 dragged BK-201 away from his food as he looked in all his cupboards and fridge to see if there was anything fresh left. There wasn't anything fresh left that November 11 could scavenge.

Hei glared at November 11 after he pulled him away from his food, there wasn't going to be anything which was going to stop him from eating all the food he just made. Maybe give some to November 11 but most of it was his. Hei yanked on the chain, dragging November 11 back over to the table.

"How the hell are you going to eat all this?" November 11 couldn't help but yell at BK-201.

"Shut up and let me eat damn it!" Hei yelled at November 11, silencing him before Hei tucked into the food. November 11 sat down next to Hei as he continued to clean plate after plate, astonished by how much BK-201 ate. It wasn't a possible payment as BK-201 hasn't used his power in ages.

"You're stomach is a black hole," November 11 growled at BK-201.

"That's what I've been told," Hei replied. November 11 sighed as BK-201 finished another plate full of food.

"Thanks to you, I need to re-stock."

"I'm not aloud out."

"You are, when you're cuffed to me like you are now," November 11 smiled, Hei wasn't paying any attention to him as he continued eating. After an hour, Hei had finished devouring the food he had prepared while November 11 only had one plate which Hei had left him.

"Planning on letting me run free for a while?" Hei asked November 11.

"After the way you just cleaned out everything fresh? I don't think so."

"I probably should have warned you that my stomach acts like a black hole, I'm still hungry but I can deal with it," Hei told November 11.

"You are on impossible being," November 11 sighed, clearly annoyed at BK-201.

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Chapter 4

November 11 groaned as his alarm went off, reaching over to the alarm he gently turned off the alarm. A loud growling noise could be heard coming off from next to him; he looked over his shoulder at BK-201, BK-201 had his arm around his own stomach, trying to keep the stomach from making more growing noises. It didn't work as another growl escaped from his stomach. BK-201 opened his eyes slightly as he curled up, it was impossible to sleep when his stomach refused to keep silent. November 11 could tell that BK-201 was awake by judging how much he moved.

"If you're hungry...Make breakfast," November 11 told BK-201. BK-201 didn't reply to him, he wasn't expecting a reply from the Black Reaper but it did give him some time to think. He's only been stuck with the Black Reaper for a couple of days and yet he has only learnt his face and potential way how BK-201 can fade into a crowd if he needed. That wasn't good enough! He needed to know BK-201 better, get into his frame of mind and work out a way to defeat him using that strategy.

November 11 felt the bed shift under him as BK-201's stomach growled again. That was one strong and demanding stomach for BK-201 to have. It must be annoying when it growled. He watched as BK-201 got up from the bed and tried to leave. The chain of the handcuff reached the maximum length it was going to go, stopping BK-201 from leaving the bedroom. BK-201 looked down at his cuffed leg before he growled. November 11 watched him for a while before he dragged himself out of bed and grabbed the key.

"Rubber cuffs...smart choice," BK-201 growled at him.

"Rubber beats electricity," November 11 smiled at BK-201 bringing out another set of rubber handcuffs.

"Going to cuff me to you?"

"I wouldn't want you running off now, would I?"

"You're going to be stuck with me for a very long time then."

"I've got time," November 11 smiled at BK-201, he looked away from November 11 but allowed him to cuff his left wrist. Hei didn't care, he could still cook even being restraint by November 11. That wasn't going to change much but the simple fact that he might have to cook for November 11 too and he could be a fussy eater. It didn't take long before his stomach growled again, November 11 laughed slightly while releasing his leg from the handcuff.

"Am I cooking for you too?" Hei growled.

"I'll get my own," November 11 told him, Hei nodded before he went to find November 11's kitchen. November 11 shook his head as Hei went the wrong way and gently tugged on the cuffs, attracting Hei's attention before they headed towards the kitchen.

Hei walked into the kitchen and noticed that it was kept tidy, something he enjoyed seeing, a tidy kitchen. Now he needed to know where everything was, dragging November 11 around with him he scanned the kitchen for all equipment, ingredients along with anything else which might be useful to his cooking. After searching all the cupboards and familiarising himself with everything he could possible need, Hei started gathering the ingredients he needed to make ramen from scratch. He felt November 11 watching his every movement, taking notes on how he was acting and everything. Hei knew what he was trying to do; he was trying to think how he was thinking. It was a common move used by their enemies, Hei admit that he used it a lot when he followed the Syndicate's orders but didn't do it as much when he was following his own orders. The only good thing was that Hei wasn't easy to read. Even the police officers can't get into Hei's mind easily. With November 11's eyes on him constantly, it was starting to get on his nerves. November 11 watched him like a hawk and it felt like he didn't blink because of him.

"Can I help you?" Hei asked November 11, he refused to slip into his other personality while cooking. He wasn't sure if it was going to taste the same since the food wasn't going to be free like his Li persona made it. Hei couldn't afford to let his Li persona come through again, if November 11 realised that he was Li that Misaki might have let slip...he could be in terrible trouble with her and Huang. Huang...Mao and Yin...weren't they worried about him?

"Just watching how you cook," November 11's voice cut through his thought like one of his frozen spears he threw at him in combat. Hei shook his head trying to forget his team at the moment, he needed to feed himself and get out of there. He couldn't spend time thinking about if his team worried about him. Huang really didn't care about him while Mao showed some concern. Mao only showed concern because he'll lose his main source entertainment and with Yin...She had shown concern in the past but Hei wasn't sure how much Yin had broken out of her doll programming, she let herself into his apartment without being ordered to watch him by Huang. That's when Hei first saw Yin acting different. That and when she cried while all the doll spectres were returning to their medium. The light was like moon light, something he missed.

November 11 watched BK-201 for a while; he noticed that BK-201 avoided all the tinned food and frozen food when possible. He avoided the processed food like it was a plague but proceeded to take the fresh foods that November 11 had bought for himself. He couldn't help but smile seeing how BK-201 used the fresh foods to make his food. He frowned when BK-201 stopped preparing for his breakfast. There was something wrong and November 11 could see it, the way how BK-201 froze didn't look or feel right. He felt a different side of him acting up, something he hadn't felt in a very long time. Not since he became a contractor.

"Are you okay BK-201?" November 11 asked the Chinese contractor. BK-201 didn't respond to his question. November 11 was stumped, there wasn't any reason why BK-201 would just freeze like this, contractors didn't dwell in their memories or minds for too long, and it wasn't rational enough. He soon scolded himself. BK-201 wasn't a normal contractor as he gathered. There was something different about BK-201 compared to him and the other contractors. He wondered if his payment would be food consumption. Then again, everyone needed to eat food in order to survive. No matter how you looked at it. Something didn't add up while comparing BK-201 to the other contractors he faced. He couldn't put his fingers on it.

"I'm...fine, it is irrational for a contractor to care for their enemy." November 11 pulled himself out of the pool of questions in his mind as BK-201 was back to working on his breakfast. The strong scent of BK-201's food was a delight to November 11, he wasn't a food expert but he could tell that BK-201 was.

"Were you a chief in the past life?" November 11 asked the feared Black Reaper.

"That question is irrelevant and does not require an answer. Once changed, you can't return back to the life you once knew."

"I'm well aware of that. It is just a simple question I require an answer from."

"No, I wasn't a chief."

"You do have the talent to be one though."

"Doesn't mean I'll be one..." BK-201 told November 11. "Not while I'm in this state anyway."

'Not while you're in this state?' November 11 asked in his mind. The simple fact that those words combined with his first statement possibly meant that it was a dream of his before he became a contractor? Something did carry over from his human life then? This sparked November 11's interest more in BK-201.

"Which means?" November 11 asked carefully, he was getting small information on BK-201 and it was proving to be useful. Of course, he was going to have to study BK-201 more in order to work out his frame of mind but it was a start, finding anything on BK-201 was important to this task. Silence fell between the two of them, leaving BK-201 to continue the cooking in peace.

Under the Mask – Chapter 4

November 11 couldn't hide the surprise he had when he saw how much food BK-201 had prepared. November 11 dragged BK-201 away from his food as he looked in all his cupboards and fridge to see if there was anything fresh left. There wasn't anything fresh left that November 11 could scavenge.

Hei glared at November 11 after he pulled him away from his food, there wasn't going to be anything which was going to stop him from eating all the food he just made. Maybe give some to November 11 but most of it was his. Hei yanked on the chain, dragging November 11 back over to the table.

"How the hell are you going to eat all this?" November 11 couldn't help but yell at BK-201.

"Shut up and let me eat damn it!" Hei yelled at November 11, silencing him before Hei tucked into the food. November 11 sat down next to Hei as he continued to clean plate after plate, astonished by how much BK-201 ate. It wasn't a possible payment as BK-201 hasn't used his power in ages.

"You're stomach is a black hole," November 11 growled at BK-201.

"That's what I've been told," Hei replied. November 11 sighed as BK-201 finished another plate full of food.

"Thanks to you, I need to re-stock."

"I'm not aloud out."

"You are, when you're cuffed to me like you are now," November 11 smiled, Hei wasn't paying any attention to him as he continued eating. After an hour, Hei had finished devouring the food he had prepared while November 11 only had one plate which Hei had left him.

"Planning on letting me run free for a while?" Hei asked November 11.

"After the way you just cleaned out everything fresh? I don't think so."

"I probably should have warned you that my stomach acts like a black hole, I'm still hungry but I can deal with it," Hei told November 11.

"You are on impossible being," November 11 sighed, clearly annoyed at BK-201.