Disclaimer: Of course not.

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Your life is fine, you think and you feel utterly satisfied. Everything is going your way; you have money, a house, a car, loving parents, friends and a great job.

Really what more could a man want?

You want nothing you say, because in your eyes your life is perfect. There is nothing out of place; everything is in perfect order down to every single last detail. Apart from chasing and nabbing dangerous criminals or murderers, your life is unthinkably safe.

Yep, life is good.

You shove your thoughts aside and push the car door open, planting your feet onto the damp cement sidewalk. You advance forward after locking the car and push pass the black and yellow tapes of 'Do not enter' which block the way towards your destination. Somebody (probably a rookie) reaches out to stop you but is blocked by a senior officer towering above him. You can hear their conversation slowly fading as you continue onward.

"Don't you know who that was?"

"No...Who is he?"

"...A very respected man. Lets put it that way."

Pride rushes into your chest and disappears as fast as it came. Now is neither the time nor place for this. You nod at several men outside the door and they salute in return.

As soon as you enter you mechanically follow the procedure like you always do, slipping on a pair of white surgical gloves and wipe the bottom of your shoe with a tissue before walking once again. You carefully step around the broken glass in the area.

A turn and you've arrived at the crime scene. A plump, jolly looking man approaches you when you enter the crime scene.

"Kudo-kun!" Megure calls and you grin before returning his greeting. After he finishes rambling about the facts of the case, the suspects, the time of death and their alibis, he pulls you to some corner where someone was waiting. The person steps out of the shadows and all you see is brown hair and blue eyes.

She introduces herself as Mouri Ran.

Megure pats your back and tells you that she would accompany the police for some time to study the crimes which occurred as references for her job.

You introduce yourself and she smiles at you. And for no reason at all, your breath catches. Suddenly you think that maybe, your life isn't that perfect after all.