"Ya darn right! There's still some wild Digimon roaming about and find their way to the human world. Each time there's an unauthorized breach, we gotta check up on who it is. Never know if it's a digimon with malicious intent." He nodded to Ume. "Yeah, would probably be sort of the same if the -

"That's right! Personally, I don't see the purpose of ruling over the humans when us Digimon would be more of a pain if we became rulers. Seeing how much of a wild west the current digital world is, I don't think we need that in two worlds. I actually prefer to have a purpose that isn't just -

"Bwahahaha!" A boisterous laugh, one that he intended to keep down specifically to no interrupt others. "Quite the opposite honestly, because we have the means to... Well, dominate humanity if we want. But that's never the intention from the majority, we just want to befriend together!"

"Well, our existence stems from humanity unintentionally creating us when they expanded technology. We're from the digital world, which is a world within itself it that makes sense. When the world was created, digital beings, like me, also were born. And now, we have the ability to enter on Earth!"

"Hah, you're lookin' at it! I'm the manager of this tea shop. I'm sure you know the purposes of Digimon being on Earth. To further answer that question, I once had a human trainer, back 25 years ago. We separated after I had perished, but I was recoded and brought back to this life."

"Overindulgence. Murder... You'd think that people who help attribute to those crimes would also have their lives deducted, but a shame that they are likely not assigned by one of you." He shook his head in disappointment. "Heh, good to know, because with what I do with my other work, I'd be -

"It's just so strange to me, primarily due to the fact that some humans that are terrible happen to live longer. What kind of sins are you recording?" He might as well ask considering the bad deeds of a digimon is never counted.

"Interesting, you say you're not a god, but you're actually doing something where humans need to do good as a reward if they wish to live longer..." Saffire mentioned, it might feel as some sort of questioning on why its important. "Yet, humans don't know of you yet?"

"So, you basically watch specific humans and mark each time they've done a bad deed? Then what? You report it to whoever and then they get determined on who ho goes where?" Saffire wondered, raising an eyebrow at the same time. "Never heard of anything like this for digimon."

"Pleasure's mine, Ume!" Saffire said as he sat at the table with the shoukera. "So, even though I've been on Earth for a few years, enlighten me on what a shoukera is? I remember you once said that you look for... Uh, people to bring with you or something?"

"Yeah, I got a little overzealous on that day, sometimes through my weight on humans can be cute, but then you remind me you're not human at all." He said, then spoke of his name not long afterwards. "Saffire Ryuuzaki! I don't even believe I mentioned it that one time."

"No problem!" It was late in the day, some people were preparing to leave as the shop wouldn't be open for much longer. With less customers, Saffire took the time to speak to Ume. "You know, I think the last time we met, we didn't start off on the right foot, that should be fixed."

“Our green tea is one of the finest around, I’ll have you a cup and just a second.” The other workers of the shop were dealing with other customers, so Saffire stepped and and made a up, offering one to Ume. “Here ya go!”

"Grahaha! I remember you, gosh how long has it been?" The digimon responded. "Not many do, but I've been working here for about a year now! At least as a manager, I was a normal barista at my other place of eployment! Came here for some tea, eh?"

Possibly heavy thumps of feet can be heard as the digimon can be heard entering the shop from the back, he has a tablet in hand while wearing a barista apron along with semi-formal clothing. Was he the manager of the shop? Perhaps Ume might remember exactly who Saffire is.

Peeks around.

"Powernaps for you could be regular sleep cycles for humans."

"Hmm? Embarrassing story, huh?" At least he assumed with Bernard happened to go silent, but soon after, he would ask if Saffire has help with him. "Oh yes, of course! I have two other workers along by my side, mostly to help with a multitude of customers, especially when I'm doing paperwork."

"Heck, my best friend is a human and he's also my roommate!"

“You sure? You’ve fallen asleep many times when we are together.”

"Grehehe, well we won't be up for this long. Only for 5 minutes!" He said still flying in the air, passing over a few buildings like nothing.

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"Of course, but I hope you can stay awake for more than an hour!"

Saffire can sense that, that's why he's doing his best to make sure she's safe. "I can't believe you've never seen me fly like this before."

"Hold onto my neck!" He allows her to wrap her arms around his neck, flapping his wings, he then left his feet and took off. Now he was soaring into the air while holding onto Mary's arms.

"Don't be nervous, dear! I've literally been flying since I was created! These wings just aren't used for show." Once they are outside, Saffire places Mary onto his back and flapped his large wings. "You ready?"

"Oh, you know it! Trust me on that!" Soon the digimon swept here off her feet and into his arms, giving a soft kiss on the lips before walking out with her. "You're so gorgeous."

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"I'd never let you fall! If you want, let's go outside and I can show you, I'll fly around the city!"

"Ah yes, the pedicure specialist is here!"

That got Saffire to belly laugh a bit, knowing that can be taking an entirely different way. "Bwahaha! We'll save /that/ for later. Otherwise, of course dear! I'm sure you'll enjoy the ride in the air."

“Huh… Guess I’ll need to show you. Maybe perhaps you thought I could glide, but my wings are strong enough to allow me to fly as well!”

"You've never seen me fly? I fly most of the time whenever I need to get to work!"

"Of course I can! If we weren't in this small room, I'd show you how I can fly with these big wings on my back!"

"Ohoho! You're a big tease, aren't ya? I'll have you know my wing strength is much better than before, I can keep up with you when we fly together!"

"Hehe, seems like you enjoy these gains! I've been working hard in the training gym to make sure my body is up to shape!"

"Yes, I do remember. But even if you weren't a meta human, I'd still love you the way you are!" Gives another kiss while she explores his muscles.

"Hehe, well that's because I have all of this muscle!" He flexed his arm while holding her in the other. "Once you're a meta human, then you could easily pick me up!"

Saffire blushed a bit, but softly wrapped his arms around Mary as she kissed him. "You are the sweetest person I've ever met." He said while losing her softly.

"Grahaha! I was teasing you, dear. I don't expect you to rub them." Rubbing her arm with his hand.

"Maybe I should come home and have you rub them once in awhile, they'll sooth the discomfort instantly!" He joked, giving a soft peck to her cheek. "Hope you had a good day as well!"

"Oh, quite a bit! Not too toot my own horn, but you'd be surprise how much business you'd get if you're a digimon that manages said business. Some days it's like a tourist attraction, yet those days end up always being the hardest to work as you'd imagine." He shake his head a bit.

"Trust me, dear. I'm looking into possibly hiring another person to help with the shop, that way I can sit every once and awhile to give them a rest." He smiled to Mary.

“I wish I could, but there’s always something that needs to be done. That and customers have grown, I get a lot more now since people like the idea of getting their tea from a large Digimon.”

“Ugh, only bad thing about managing a tea shop is I rarely take a moment to sit down unless it’s lunch. My feet end up killing me after every day shift.”

“But of course! I’d fly you there if we weren’t so close, but I’m trying to get my steps in so I’d just walk. You can easily follow me if you’d like, which would be the best thing considering I know where it is.” Saffire smiled to the human, he is always very friendly and nice to most people -

“More and more humans have been getting curious of me, and I don’t just mean getting to know more about Digimon, but being intimate with one.”

// Sorry for any lack of replies, my muse for writing lately dips worse than a B&M hyper roller coaster. I’ll be slowly getting to replies I need to get to.