~~had this sitting untouched forever. guess the only way to make progress is putting it up.
not a very original idea but whatever. wish me luck, btw.
prologue
"You're okay, officer?"
She gave a nonchalant shrug. "I'm okay, I'm okay. It's not like a murder attempt is something to be worried about when you're here. Dealing with stuffs like that is just a daily routine or something."
Her acquaintance returned a hollow laugh. "You're kinda right about that, but then," she paused to pull out the chair, joining the blonde officer on the table. She stole a glance at the blonde before averting it, shifting her attention to the wooden, polished table. "They said it was your brother."
"Hm," Rin nodded, eyes to the empty wall in front of her. "I know that much."
"I'm sorry for your loss," Miki finally said it. "If only he didn't try to kill you, we wouldn't have to shoot him off right then."
Heaving a sigh, Rin closed her eyes. "I understand that—and thanks. Although… I dunno, I haven't heard of him for years, so getting to see him with my own eyes was a nice thing, I guess."
"Even though he tried to kill you?" The redhead dared to ask.
"I," Rin paused for a beat. "Well, that dead girl he had with him was brutally murdered, too."
"Miku Hatsune."
"Miku Hatsune," she echoed. "I wonder what she had anything to do with this."
Miki still hadn't averted her gaze from the table when she heard the chair screeching against the tiled floor, and only after that she did look up. Rin was already standing, her hand on the chair a moment before she pushed the chair in.
"Let me handle the case, won't you? Gotta do something for that brat for one last time, you know." With a wink she left, leaving Miki alone in the dim room before she could even say a single word.
She wondered how Rin managed to pull herself up like that, even to the point of daring to solve the case of her deceased family member. But about the case itself, Miki could only wonder how someone could brutally murder someone like that. A psychopath? Rin's brother was a psychopath?
While massaging her temple, she sighed. "It doesn't seem to be that simple, though…"