I can always do Irimi/Koma.
Irimi Kaya remembers the day she finally spoke to the Devil Ape. They’d been working together for three weeks without saying a word. But one day, Koma Enji pointed outside the shop.
“It’s your kind of dog.”
Indeed, a Doberman strolled down the street. Irimi’s eyes widened. “It’s adorable.”
Koma grinned. He’d gotten her to speak to him!
Of course, he has to initiate the next few conversations. A cup of coffee there, a puppy here, a shoulder to cry on when her childhood friend was killed by Doves.
But come summer, she’s initiating small talk with him.
One day, he makes a bottle of blood wine for her, because she said she missed it.
“Let’s split it,” Irimi tells him.
When Yoshimura opens the shop the next morning, he finds his two most reliable workers lolling behind the counter, drunk and giggling and awfully close to each other.
He sends them home, and to his delight, they head in the same direction.
Mercy and Magic 