“It seems that Matsumoto got held up at an earlier meeting, so we’re going to reschedule for tonight. You can all—Where the hell is Kai?” Sasaki had been glaring at the screen of her phone as she hurriedly thumbed a reply to the journalist’s last-minute suspension. When she’d glanced up, expecting to see all four of her wards seated and waiting patiently like the dutiful angels they were supposed to be in the eyes of the press, her first observation had been that they were one short. Her second observation was a startled recognition of the ominously charged atmosphere she had just barged into. “You know what? Scratch that question. What’s the deal, boys? You’re all over the place today.”
While Kirin squirmed and Reika looked guilty by way of defiance, Naoki naturally took the lead. “There
