You gotta do what? You gotta believe! (Selena!)

Selena didn't eat too many sweets. She always saw it as an undisciplined habit to have and was unhealthy for her body. However, she was craving something sweet on this particular day. Her mom had advised about a bakery, that was run by a... kaiju, that she went to and thought she should give it a try. So here she was, Selena Haymaker, traveling down the sidewalk to get sweets. She couldn't believe she was breaking her own rules right now. But she had been under a lot of stress as well.

She was now the sidekick to the Informant, a pro that had been in the dark until recently. She had managed to find him by chance at a bar brawl she was involved in while attempting to search for the pro. Little did she know at the time, the pro was right under her nose- as two different identities. And now she had a chance to learn from her partner and teacher in the ways of being a detective. She hoped that she could live up to the reputation.

Then her cousins seem to had done a 180. Desmoshi use to be the joking one, the one who was playful and enjoy a good brawl. Now he was all serious and focused all the time. She would have to find up with that. Then there was Mizuki. She was happier than usual. Was it because of the girlfriend that she had? All she got from her usually stoic cousin was that she was finally "free". Whatever that meant.

But what worried her most was where her mother got the file. As Selena sat on the fountain between the park and the bakery, she thought about her mother's words. There were more doors that would open soon. What did she mean by that? She still wondered where she had even gotten the file from in the first place-. SPLASH! Water sprayed Selena as she jumped in surprise at what appeared to be a.,.. mermaid teen? She wasn't sure as she was on the ground looking at the girl holding up a thermos in triumphant. "Umm... hello?" Selena was a loss for words.

Selena stared blankly at the girl. The girl was so nice... and talkative. She went from a greeting to questions to offering to help up in a matter of seconds. However, she would never turn down help. But she was completely soaked. Welp, if her day was starting with something surprising and unusual, this was it. "Thank you," she said, grabbing the plastic-covered arm. She lifted herself off the ground with the help of the mermaid woman. "I am not hurt," she said, reassuring the woman. "Nothing some sweets couldn't fix. I was just heading to the bakery for some." Maybe the bakery had some towels she could dry off with.

She noticed she was covered in trash bags. "Are you okay?" she asked the girl to make sure she was alright. "Why were you in the fountain, if I may ask?" Although she was of Japanese-Chinese descent, she was still from America. Thank god her mother raised her to speak Japanese since it was a huge part of their culture. But Selena was still not a part of the culture. Maybe it was okay to swim in fountains and wear trash bags. Or maybe the girl needed help. She would wait on her response.

Selena listened to the girl as she rambled off the reasons for being in the fountain. Not the most normal answers but the young girl seemed to be happy. For a second, she thought the girl was homeless. But maybe this was her home. Who knew? As much as she loved to be in Japan, she still needed to get used to the fact that people here were more open with their quirks. New York was still placing heavier laws, even on ones who had no control over theirs.

It was nice that the girl only did this to help people out. Although, maybe jumping out a fountain was a little too surprising.  But she was really a sweet person compare to most people. "Well... I guess I will be on my way then," Selena said starting to walk off. Until a thought hit her. "Ummm... would you like to get sweets with me? I could use the company." She hoped she wasn't weirding the girl out. She said that pastries made people happy. And maybe the mermaid girl was a little hungry after helping people all day. This food was supposed to be the best in town. She waited for the girl's response.

She was definitely excited to say the least. Selena had never really encountered this much hyperness before. Well, her cousin Desmoshi, but he was just naturally loud and hyper. But Hifumi's had a certain sweetness to it. Like a child who was invited to a candy store. "Awesome," Selena said with a smile. "I heard that this place had some really good sweets and other things as well." Selena was kind of surprised that a bakery was ran by an actual kaiju. More so because of how kaijus were portray. Giant monsters were more about destroying things and wrecking the whole time. This one apparently loved to bake cakes.

"Plus, I won't be able to eat that much sweets," Selena added. "Usually I don't get any. But I thought I treat myself today. And the way you have help me today, I thought you might want one too." Selena felt weird being nice. Is this how Mizuki felt all the time? But she couldn't be her super strict self in front of Hifumi. She was so nice and just wanted to help people. Thinking on that, she wondered how her mom was doing. She had spent most of her time out of the home lately, stating that she had been working a lot on patrols. What was she really hiding?