Oh? Yes, Chrome-chan? <3

demands to know where he was.

leans back a bit. "At what point?"

at every point. She's tired of being alone.

pauses and tilts zir head, regarding her with wary curiosity and more than a little concern. "I've been right here, Chrome-chan. As has the gang."

where they were when she had to get bailed out of jail.

takes a moment to stare at her. "And when was this?"

last week.

deadpans. "...What are you doing?"

tears up a little bit, "You don't believe me? Y-you don't know what I've been through..."

tentatively reaches out mentally to touch her mind, only to pause. "...Tell me all about it."

carefully explains, "I needed money..."

holds out a hand...and digs zir fingers into Chrome's earlobe. "Cute, but you can't replicate a mind, even with illusions. Drop it."

cringes in pain, "M-Mukuro-sama..." She tries to pull his fingers out of her ear. She starts to tear up wondering why Mukuro-sama doesn't believe her.

waits impatiently. "I said drop it."

cries, "Mukuro-sama is acting weird. Please stop."

arches an eyebrow. "Fran, never show me Chrome-chan crying again."

widens her eyes in confusion, "Fran?"

pauses and looks at her from the corner of zir eye. "..."

oh dear.

breaks down. "Mukuro-sama you've been missing for so long...you don't even recognize me? And there's those men...and those cops..." Her knees drop, and she loses balance.

catches her instinctively, although ze immediately wonders if ze ought to regret it. "Tell me from the beginning, then."

walks by, commenting on how he's a terrible person for making a girl cry.

pauses and glares daggers at Fran. He HAS to be involved in this.

inwardly notes that's she's also mad at Fran. She explains, "I was hungry...I needed money...I seen some rocks...I casted an illusion to make them look like money...I bought some food...I thought it was safe-

...I released the illusion...I tried to run...some men tackled me to the ground...I was put in jail…the cops wouldn’t listen to me…they said they needed to call my parents…I asked them to let me make the call-

…I tried to call everyone…but nobody picked up…they said I needed bail…I casted an illusion of you, Mukuro-sama…"

sniffles as she continues to speak. “They didn’t believe you were able to pay for me…I had to cast another illusion…this time you were older…obviously we didn’t have the money so-

…another illusion…there was so much illusions…”

stares at her. ...Really? She couldn't make the rock money illusion WORK? Was she ill? "Why not call me?"

did. Thousands of times but no one answered. "Why didn't you answer?"

blinks. "I never received anything."

called so many times.

can't believe ze feels so hopeless right now. What the hell is going on? "Have you slept?"

hasn't slept. Her big heist was yesterday. "...yes..." she starts rubbing her gold watch.

...

eyes her. "Where is that from?"

doesn't know what he's talking about... She should probably hid the cash. She get's up to leave, "Mukuro-sama you shouldn't watch the news for awhile. Oh and Primo Vongola is here. "

rubs the bridge of zir nose. What... What. What? "Go to sleep." Ze needs to think. And maybe run.