Witch Hunter Robin Fan Fiction ❯ The Protector ❯ Celebration ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Amon and Robin came in to the STN offices late Monday afternoon, arriving there nearly a hour late from their scheduled return time.

They had been late, checking out something for the hunt that was upcoming. That was the story Amon had concocted, so the others had time to set up the party as planned. He hated doing a lie like that, but the others were so looking forward to surprising the young craft-user, he went along with it.

Robin was silent, as she followed the man. He was calm as could be, striding into the office silently, not a hint of anything out of the normal could be seen through his face. The young girl followed, seemingly miles away in her head.

As the girl went to her desk, she looked around. She had realized that the lights were shut off, and no one was in the office that she could see. She glanced around, seemingly very puzzled with it all.
“ Amon?” She said, obviously getting ready for asking where everyone was.

The lights suddenly snapped on with a brightness that made the girl squint, and everyone jumped out from various hiding places throughout the room. As one, a loud shout went out into the room.
“ Happy Birthday!!” Was the deafening word that came out and echoed through the main area.

Surprised, the young girl looked around, her green eyes wide open, as everyone had appeared from the darkness to the light.
“ For me?” She said, her face breaking into a smile as she grasped just what was happening.
“It is...” Said Amon, as the party goers gathered around the lass.

Everyone crowded around her, as they sang happy birthday to her. It was not the best harmony the group was singing in, as more than a few clinker notes could be heard through out the simple melody. Amon even joined in, his rich baritone voice swelling the STN choir to become somewhat bearable. He was surprisingly good at it.

Robin looked around, noting that everyone she loved was here. Even the chief had a pointy cone shaped party had set comically high on his balding head, which made the girl shriek with laughter at the sight. Kosaka smiled very widely, as he seemed to be getting into the festive mood. She hugged the man, happy to see even her boss was there.

Robin scanned the group, seeing who was all there. She gasped, as she was surprised to see Master from Harry’s there, instead of tending to his restaurant.
“ You came too?” She said, looking at the tall willowy built man.
“ You think I would miss your birthday celebration?” He said, his warm smile beaming as he hugged her with a loving embrace. “ I would not miss your special day for the world!"
“ Thank you...” Said the young girl, grateful for the man’s presence.

Robin smiled, as Doujima and Karasuma each took one of her hands and pulled her off to a table full of food, drink and brightly wrapped presents that was in the corner nearest the briefing room. Robin, still a little lightheaded from all of this attention, just let her friends lead her off with a small giggle on her lips.

Amon give a small smile, as he followed the group to the party area. He seemed to be enjoying the others boundless happiness with the party, as it swung into gear within seconds. He pulled out a small box from his coat and covertly set it with the other presents, hoping that nobody would see him doing it.

The party went on for hours. Robin had opened presents and they ate like kings on all the fare that Harry’s owner had brought. The party was already one huge success, as everyone was in the mood for revelry.

Amon sat watching the young girl’s face, as this all unfolded. The large smile that painted her lovely face was truly priceless. He could actually feel the huge sense of joy that Robin’s beaming face conveyed. He just went with the feelings, as this was the day that he found himself letting his emotional barriers down for the time being.

Master had brought a few bottles of imported sparkling cider for everyone, along with other harder stuff for others that were not going to actually enjoy the effervescent drink. Once the bottles were opened and poured out, they spent some time toasting the birthday girl, who was given a glass of her own.

As the restauranteur said in his toast of the young tawny haired young lady, a sixteenth birthday came only once in a lifetime.

They sat around and sipped on the beverages, as the party cooled down to just all of them crowed around talking. The mood was light and jubilant, as people talked well into the night. Amon had been very right all along, this was just the thing for the tired STN-J.

The tall hunter choose to just sit a little way’s off of the others, content to be listening to the people talk amongst themselves while he sipped on some very good saki the master had brought. He watched the goings on with a subtle interest, ever watchful of his young charge as she celebrated her day.

By now, the birthday girl was sitting there, drinking on her tall tumbler and talking rather louder than she normally did. She seemed more than just a little bit tipsy from the cider given to her, as this was her fourth glass of the bubbly cider, by Amon’s count. He decided to keep an eye on the girl, as she was getting noticeably drunk off of the drink. He took a guess that she had little, if any, experience with alcohol, and she was unaware of it’s effects that were creeping over her.

The hunter took a look around himself, and saw more than a few of the others were getting inebriated too, as the drink was flowing rather freely between the partygoers. Amon decided to keep himself relatively sober, as someone had to be the responsible one around here. No one else was even close to being sober, and his role was needed to keep the young birthday girl safe.

The owner of Harry’s soon had to leave the party to go back to work, and Amon moved closer to where the tawny haired girl sat talking with a noticeably half drunk Miho. He worried about the girl, and decided to just slide in and do his job, to keep her safe.

She looked at the man who had joined Miho and herself, a glassy stare painting her face.
“ Amon...” She slurred with a smile. “ I did not... see you there...”
“ You should slow down on those ciders...” He said, trying not to sound like a overbearing parent.
“ Why?” She asked, swaying as she sat in the chair.

He came to realize that she had not make the connection that the cider was alcohol based, and that she had drank quite a bit.
“ The Cider has alcohol in it, Robin.” He said, looking into the glassy green orbs of the girl.
“ But I don’t drink...” She said, with a more prominent slur. She looked right at him, then stared right into her half glass in her hand. “ It does?”
“ I think you did not know it had it.” He said, gently pushing her shoulder a bit to get her to sit more stabile. “ Pretty soon, I should take you home.”

She nodded, seemingly understanding the man’s words, then turned as Miho began to speak to her from nearby. Amon was unsure if she did understand, but just left it like that. He stood up and hurried to have a little talk to the chief before he found himself having to take Robin home.

The tall man talked to the boss for a few minutes, getting instructions on what needed to happen when the next day came. It was hard to talk to the much shorter man, as he too seemed to have consumed a good quantity of drink throughout the party.

Amon fought the urge to chuckle at his superior stupor, as this was the most relaxed he had seen the chief ever. He preferred his boss this way, he was not yelling like he usually was and seemed to actually be enjoying himself.

The dark maned hunter turned after wrapping up his talk with the chief and headed back to where the others were still. The STN head was being helped off by his assistant, who struggled under the dead weight of the drunken man, who had started to sing rather badly in his state of intoxication.

Amon had taken only a few steps to return to the party, when he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Something had caught his eye, and made him instantly concerned.

Amon saw Haruto and Robin standing just off to the side of the room together. The young man seemed to be quite drunk at this point of time, as he stood directly in front of the very tipsy Robin.

Haruto had his arms wrapped around her, and was seemingly hugging the girl to himself. The girl swayed noticeable from the amount of drink she had consumed, yet it was obvious that she was trying to get herself away from the lad’s clutches. Not realizing that Robin was struggling to get away, he seemed to be drawing her nearer to him with a tighter grip around her, actually pinning Robin in his arms.

A twinge of jealousy and rage suddenly was there for Amon, as he saw the youth now trying to kiss the girl. He took a step towards them with his fists clenched tightly and his jaw set firmly, feeling like he had to step in to this right there. He went to move, while his eyes focused on the lad and Robin.

Robin surprised Amon as he watched things unfold, as the girl reacted to Haruto’s advances. Robin shoved the much more drunker youth away, sending him flying back and landing on his can unceremoniously. She teetered a little, as her face showed more than a little annoyance with the young man.
“ No, Haruto.. Get away!!” She slurred rather loudly, stepping away from where the lad had landed.
“ I was just...” Sputtered the youth, as he struggled to get to his feet.
“ I said no!!” She said swaying on her feet, as the youth stumbled away still not very stable on his feet.

Amon felt himself break a smile of satisfaction while he went over to collect the young girl, seeing that she had about enough to drink for now. He put his arm around her to steady the drunk birthday girl, knowing that she was not too stable on her feet. The large arm of the man made her look up into his face, her eyes locking onto his dark gaze.
“ Time to get you home and in bed.” He said, as the girl nearly lost her balance and ended on the floor.
“ Home?” She questioned, her speech was shaky and quiet in tone.
“ It is time for that.” Amon replied.

He took the glass she had in her hand and set it down on a table, seeing that it was about to be dropped by the girl. He shifted his arm to steady the girl, noticing that her legs were becoming like rubber.

The girl leaned into him, her eyes now seemingly becoming heavier. She snuggled in and wrapped a arm around the back of the much taller man.
“ Home?” She said, her voice almost inaudible.
“ Yes.. Home.” He smiled.

The girl cooed and put her head on his large chest, as her legs now could barely keep her upright. She slumped into him, as her knees buckled
“ You are going to take care of me?” She hiccuped, looking at him with a glassy stare.
“ That is my job.” He said back, smiling.

He picked up her coat from the small bench seat in a corner, along with his coat all in one arm. He gently led her out of the room to the elevator, making sure she did not finally fall.

Robin sighed, as she leaned on the man.
“ I love you...” He heard the girl say. This was one statement with conviction all over it.
“ Lets just go and get you home.” Was all he could say, seemingly ignoring the girl’s drunken statement.

Into the lift he led her for the ride down to the car, her party now over for her. She snuggled into his side, as she stood there. She swayed a little as the lift began it’s decent to the parking area, but the light girl was held up easily by the strong arms of the man.