Calex noticed and commented on her losing streak. "What's got you so worked up today, Azumi? It's that Cleo, isn't it? You should just hire a hitman and get it over with. He's annoying me enough as it is."
"That's because you get your ass kicked each time you see him," Calex remarked snidely, earning a death glare from Calex.
"I just don't get it," Azumi said, ignoring the two. "He told me he was a virgin so that must mean he's trying to imply something, right?"
Calex shook his head. "No... actually, you just didn't notice the stuff people wrote about him on the wall."
Azumi looked up with surprise. "What?"
"Uh, never mind." Calex wasn't in the mood to explain.
"Well whatever he meant, he sure is giving me different signals. I gave him a suit and a new MP3 player to replace the one I broke and he refused to take them! What am I doing wrong? All the guys I've dated before would gladly take them." Azumi crossed her arms while pouting slightly and leaned back in her chair.
"That peasant's not like any guy you've dated, Azumi. I hate the guy but, in fact..." Calex hesitated and met eyes with Lucas briefly who knew whom Calex was going to refer to and nodded his head. "He eerily reminds me of Andrew."
Azumi's body instantly became tense when she heard that name. "Why... would you say that?"
"Well for one thing he resembles Andrew. That spiky hair and their faces are similar. Except that damn Cleo has Black hair and a constant scowl plastered on his face." Calex explained.
Azumi sat there silent, mentally admitting that there was a resemblance.
"Plus like Cleo, Andrew tends to stand up to you and dare I say... put you in your place?" Calex inched back, expecting a blow to his head for saying that. He was relieved to see Azumi still in her seat but she looked perturbed by this realization.
"Shut up." She hissed toward Cleo. Affected by his comment, she got up from her chair, taking her coat with her as she walked toward the door.
"Where are you going?" Calex questioned. "You know we all have to go to the airport tonight."
"I'm going to find that hated person," Azumi replied quickly without addressing his comment and left the room.
"She means Cleo, right?" Calex asked Lucas and began to shuffle the cards for another round of poker.
"Of course, you idiot," Lucas replied. He folded his arms together and leaned back in his chair. "And I see that ace card up your sleeve."
After work ended, Cleo walked home with Hanatarou who didn't mind staying until Urahara's shop closed. He felt it important that he talked to Cleo at this time away from school grounds.
"Cleo, I apologize for these past few days. I want to thank you for helping me." Inu bent forward to bow low in gratitude toward Cleo.
"You don't have to bow. It's no problem at all." Cleo told him and continued his stride ahead of Inu.
"I am honestly grateful, Cleo." Inu quickly caught up with Cleo to walk alongside him. "No one has done this much for me. Ano... but I hope you don't mind that I haven't talked to you at school."
Cleo shrugged. "I know what you're doing and I don't have a problem with it." He answered in all honesty.
Inu's eyes widened in surprise at Cleo's statement. "Really? I do consider you as my friend, Cleo but at school..."
"You don't have to be around me. It's fine." Cleo interrupted. "I understand exactly. But since we're friends, you can always call my house if you're having trouble."
Inu's face lit up with happiness and he continued walking by him. They strolled along in silence for a moment before approaching a bright LCD screen on a tall building. It was currently relaying news and the reporter on the screen was interviewing a young man. Cleo instantly recognized who it was. He stopped in his tracks to watch the interview on the screen.
Inu almost went ahead but walked back to see what caught Cleo's interest. For a moment, he didn't say anything until the interview was done. "Yet... who is that man?" Inu questioned with curiosity, quite awed at the story they had about the young man.
"He's a recent International School graduate, Harvey Miranda," Cleo answered.
"Wow, he went to International School's?" Inu asked with more awe.
Cleo nodded in agreement. "After graduating from the international school, he went to study in America for technological research. Despite his young age, he has achieved remarkable things and has made significant contributions to Philippines
 advancements in technology. Now that he's returning to the Philippines, I can imagine they're giving him a warm welcome... He has been one of my biggest inspirations, and his accomplishments were a driving force behind my decision to apply to international schools. I truly believe he is an inspiration to us all."