Iris and I

“Stop what you are doing !!”

After I shout, Iris takes an angry step towards the man and pinches his left cheek with her right hand.

“You suck so much at calming babies down, you make him cry even more !”

The man answers “Ah, Iris, I wanted to try but maybe he’s scared of me ?”

“Of course he is, give him to me.” orders Iris.

Iris takes the baby in her arms, tries to calm him down. A few minutes later, the baby stops crying and falls asleep in her arms.

“Mister the director, it looked like you wanted to kill the baby so of course he was scared.

“I’m sorry, I’ll try to learn how to take care of babies.”

“You better do it.”

She really looks angry at the director, he looks at me and says.

“You were angry at me. Can I know why ?”

“I don’t know, I thought you were someone dangerous and I was ready to fight with you to protect the baby.”

“So you wanted to protect the baby from a potential danger, you’re an exemplary knight. Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, I’m Blake Mihail and I’m the director of the office, nice to meet you.”

He is very charismatic and charming.

“My name is Chevalier Kanael, nice to meet you too, I come from another world.”

Mihail starts laughing out loud.

Everytime I say that, people are laughing, it has become the funniest joke in this world !

“But I’m serious, see, I want to take care of this baby that I named Kanamiyah, but I didn’t know it wasn’t possible as long as I don't meet certain conditions like money and having a power.”

Mihail gets closer to me, enough to have both of our faces only separated by less than 10 centimeters. I feel like I have to hold my breath.

“You really come from another world, that’s quite hilarious, but if it’s true I will help you understand the fundamentals of this world. By the way, you’re a very handsome man, you must have a lot of success.”

“Thank… you so much, Mih… Blake-san… I’m not sure about the success though.”

“Haha, you can call me by my name Mihail, I’ll do the same Kanael-san.”

Suddenly I hear a vibrating sound coming from Mihail.

“Excuse me, I’m getting a call.”

A call… Is it like the other time when Iris got a call ? They call it “call” but it’s not what I would call it.

I see a bird getting out of Mihail’s pocket, the bird opens his mouth and a man’s voice is heard.

«Mihail, I misse…»

Mihail interrupts him.

“I’m not alone, let me get in a private place.”

Mihail makes a polite bow and leaves the room.

I have to ask him how it works after he finishes. By the way, why did he stop the other man from speaking ? Maybe they needed to have some serious talk or maybe just an intimate conversation. But I wonder if he’s not… After all, I have a good intuition.

About 15 minutes later, I come to Mihail’s office.

I don’t hear Mihail anymore so I guess he has finished talking.

“Did you finish your call ?”

Mihail stares at a picture a while before noticing my presence.

“Heu… What did you say ?”

“I just asked if your call is over, I wanted to ask you how this works.” I point towards his pocket.

“You mean the bird phone ?”

“Yes I’m very curious how it works.”

“You just have to speak near it and then it conveys your voice to the other bird where your interlocutor is.”

“Oh, so it’s quite simple, can I have one ?”

“Do you even work here ?”

“Yes, nobody told you ?”

“Ah… These idiots. You don’t even have a badge, I’ll give you one and a bird phone too.”

“Really, thank you so much !”

“You’re kind of cute, you know.”

A bit embarrassed, I say “Thank you.”

While I am leaving his office, he whispers “You’re really handsome.”

He could have said it directly, why whispering ? Anyway people here are weird but they are kind which I really appreciate. Thinking of handsome, there was that women the time I arrived here that said it.

I touch my face with both of my hands.

But it’s true I’m so handsome, ah… I could fall in love with me.

☼

“Kanael !”

I come closer to Mihail as he calls me.

“I’m here.”

“I want to show you my power. We have new orphans today and we’re limited in space so I’m going to construct another room for them right now.”

“Right now ?!”

“Watch well, Kanael.”

I wonder how he is going to do that.

Iris is watching them from afar.

“Does he want to show off his power to Kanael ? Why do I feel kind of Jealous ?”

Fleur gets closer to Iris.

“What are you talking about, alone ?”

“Ah ! Fleur, nothing I’m…”

“You seem to really appreciate Kanael. Are you both dating ?”

“No, not at all.”

“But you would like to, right ?”

“But I don’t even know him so well.”

“So what ? You’re going to let him be someone else ?”

“No, I…”

Iris’s face is all red. Fleur advises her.

“You should go for what you want, it doesn’t matter if you know him well or not, as long as you trust him and know he’s a good person.”

“Euh… you’re right.”

Iris put her hands on her face as to hide her embarrassment.

Mihail points his hand to the ground and exclaims.

“Costruzione gratuita !”

A building next to the office is being created instantly.

“Et voilà ! There you go, it’s done. I’m quite impressive, right ?”

“Wow ! You’re amazing Mihail !”

Mihail seems embarrassed.

“You don’t seem to stand compliments.”

“Ah, it’s not that, it’s because you’re so sincere and handsome.”

I am confused and look at Mihail in an incomprehensible way.

“Well, I’m not the type to pretend.”

I look at Iris who is far.

“I have a question about Iris. Is she dating someone ?”

Mihail has a surprise expression.

“No, she’s not. Are you interested in her ?”

“Yes and I think she is too.”

“Why do you think that ?”

“Because… something happened that… makes me think that way.”

“Oh… if you think so, just try spending time with her. I hope you’re not the type to go right away to the conclusion.”

“What ? No, I just want to be with her.”

Mihail puts his hand above my head and strokes my hair. I don’t know why but I blush.

“You’re a good boy.”

It kind of feels good when people are kind with me like that.

Iris comes to me.

“I have an idea, why don’t you rest while I take care of Kanamiyah and then we exchange our roles.”

“Are you sure ? You’re tired too.”

“Yes, don’t worry, I’m going outside to get some pure air, I’m sure he will love it.”

“Mm, okay. Kanamiyah be well-behaved, okay ?”

I stroke his hair.

“Agh, hihi.”

“He seems to agree.”

“See you later Iris.”

“See you later Kanael.”

She takes Kanamiyah’s hand in her hand and shakes it to say goodbye.

And me that wanted to stay with her, I’m just going to sleep, alone.

After a 45 minutes nap, I wake up.

Maybe I should call Iris to check if everything is okay.

“Mihail, can I borrow your bird phone to call Iris.”

“Mm, okay, here you go.”

“How do I call ?”

“Haha.”

I am sulking.

“Sorry, but I’m not used to this type of question, you have to think about Iris while holding the bird phone and then the call will be forwarded.”

“Okay, thank you.”

So I just have to think about Iris, it's quite stressful.

I concentrate and think about Iris, then the bird opens his mouth.

“Kanael, what’s happening ?

Oh, she knows right away that it’s me !

“Nothing, I just wanted to know if everything is okay.”

“Yes, it’s okay, Kanamiyah is playing with the insects, he seems to really appreciate them, he can’t stop watching them flying around.”

“It’s good news. What… you said last time, that you want to get closer, to get to know me, I want it too, I want to be really close to you, I want to know everything about you. In fact I'm calling you because I wanted to be with you right now, I know it may be weird but…”

Iris is blushing.

“It’s… not… weird, I want to be with you too, so I was thinking about something, maybe she should be…”

“Ah ! I should come to talk to you face to face. Where are you ?”

Iris is surprised.

“In the meadow near the sign of the entrance to the district.”

“Okay, I’m coming.”

“Okay…”

I finally arrived at the meadow.

“Iris !”

“Kanael…”

I take her in my arms even before I realize what I am doing.

“Kanael, I’m suffocating.”

I step back slightly.

“Oh sorry, I…”

“What I was talking about is that maybe we should be dat…