Misaki was gazing down at the street from her apartment window. Several weeks had passed after her return to her old place. Section 3 adventures were not that satisfactory.
Yoku had been murdered by Genma.
Poor Mina!
They two were close.
Goro had joined Madame Oreille as her subordinate, alongside Mao.
Misaki was approached by Oreille too but she had declined her offer. She didn't find that woman trustworthy. After all it was Oreille behind the reason indirectly for why BK 201 had attacked Misaki. Oreille had convinced Hei, that Misaki was trying to take Suou and July in her custody.
No, she wasn't.
What was in her mind for those kids was pure affection. They would have been frozen to death while starving if Misaki had not found them.
Misaki felt disheartened at the memory of her last encounter with Hei. She knew that joining section 3 would one day make her cross paths with Bk 201. And the experience would not be pleasant. But somehow it did hurt her.
How easily Hei raised his knife to finish her off as if she meant nothing. It broke her heart. Bk 201 only viewed her as a threat to him. Misaki didn't believe she would receive such treatment from the man she once knew as someone like Li.
If only it was not for Suou than Misaki would have been dead already.
The confrontation between them taught her one lesson and that was , Hei had actually nothing for her . She was just another random person among those many faces that he had met during his cover as Li and later forgotten. Misaki's existence never mattered to him, Misaki didn't matter to him.
Even as Li, he had not befriended her for any serious friendship . It was his scheme . He found it profitable to earn the trust and friendship of a police woman to not to get suspected for the criminal activities he had been doing behind her back as black grim reaper .
Even the friendship was one sided from Misaki's side.
Misaki drew a deep breath , the more she realized this the more she felt disappointed.
Bk 201 had no interest in her. Misaki's days of pursuing her beloved contractor should now come to an end. Because enough is enough. She couldn't dwell on it anymore. She had to choose between moving on with her life or pointlessly eating her heart out for Hei. The latter was discomforting.
She knew that one day she would get over of her crush on him. She hoped for the day to come very soon.
She couldn't force herself on a person who had no intention of taking her.
Things had improved here as well, during her absence. Saitou had now become the chief of section 4, a post that once belonged to Misaki . Kouno had been promoted to Saitou's former position.
On other hand, a recent news disclosed that Mina Hazuki had been now appointed to assist Saitou in his case.
Saitou seemed to have developed a crush on Mina like he once had on Misaki. Even though it was reavealed to him that Mina was sexually interested in women. Mina also had come to know that Saitou had fallen for her, but she didn't have much to offer in return. Besides, she was a contractor, contractors are not meant to be involved with anyone romantically. Saitou was a man and Mina only needed him whenever she had to kiss a man as a part of her remuneration, which Saitou had no problem with.
Everyone's life had been settled here.
Misaki sighed.
She stepped out from her apartment. Her blue porsche was standing near, at the front of the building. She was outfitted in her usual attire of the familiar blue business suit and a greyish, beige coloured trench coat over it.
Misaki had to stop her car at the traffic signal. She waited, leaning back on the seat.
To her surprise, she caught the sight of a familiar tall figure, with the same physical features.
Her heart started to pound inside her ribcage.
"Is it him?"
She thought. She was sweating uncontrollably.
And then the man turned around in the crowd .
Misaki almost felt her heart would explode right there.
Hei was standing there, a few feet away from Misaki's car. He had not noticed her yet. There was no sign of any silver haired doll beside him, which Misaki had expected there to be.
Yin, Hei's trustworthy companion, was not there.
Hei was crossing the road along with a few other people in the line. And then his eyes met Misaki's.
She eyed him straight for a while, but then, immediately turned her eyes away from him and shifted her gaze on something else, ignoring him.
She could tell that she felt Bk 201's surprised face and that he was still staring at her in confusion.
He might have expected his most annoying stalker to come out of the car and chase him with a gun. But Misaki didn't do any of these. She just sat there as if nothing had happened, as if she had not seen him.
It served him right. She mused...and it would be the perfect chance to draw his attention by doing so.
Right now she would only concentrate on going back in business, getting involved with something productive would cease the thoughts that kept depressing her .