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Chapter 2: Results, or lack thereof

Andy's shoulder brushed Himori's as she sat next to him and they held their new, non-Scepter 4 issued PDAs up next to each other to compare information. Neither of them wanted to risk writing down what they found out on paper or even on a laptop, it was safer this way, storing what they knew on a device they kept on them 24/7, and easier too, as they could send information to each other and the others back at Headquarters with a touch.

Akiyama squinted to see his screen in the bright sunlight, he understood that this wasn't a conversation they wanted to have at the hotel where any amount of suspects could be watching anytime, anywhere, what he didn't understand was why they were sitting on a park bench in the bright sunlight. At the very least couldn't they have picked one in the shade?

Domyoji, swung her legs back and forth idly, the sun seemed to make it hard for her to see too, she was squinting at the screen. But after a second she tilted her head back and hummed in pleasure as the sun warmed her face. The light turned her red hair the colour of golden-red fire and Himori found himself staring.

It was a very beautiful colour, so out of place in the sea of blacks and browns around them, himself included.

He shook himself, "let's stay focused."

He wasn't sure which one of them he was talking to.

"So we can cross out all of the workers except for the cook, the receptionist, the man who runs the place and two of the maids," Akiyama summarised, everyone else had either an alibi for the nights of the drug busts or other evidence that proved they had nothing to do with the drug ring.

"If it's even the hotel staff in the first place," he added pessimistically.

"Well let's finish investigating them before we start worrying about that," said Domyoji, a tad more optimistically, "so we have five people who might be involved and from the reports we know that there are at least four Strains."

"True, so our first step should be to find out if any of these five display supernatural powers, however, even if we find that one of them does not, we should not automatically assume that he or she has nothing to do with these crimes." Himori said and Andy nodded.

Himori looked over the list again on his PDA, and instead of using her own PDA Andy crushed herself against his shoulder so she could see the screen on his too.

Himori barely blinked, Scepter 4 was not exactly well known for their touchy-feely personalities but Domyoji had always been the exception to their rules, this was not a new habit she had developed when they had been sent undercover as husband and wife, this was something she did constantly. Like the rest of Scepter 4, or at least their inner circle, Himori had long since gotten used to her closeness.

All he did was roll his eyes before continuing, "well the maids shouldn't be too hard to discover if we just keep an eye on them and it should be easy enough to watch the receptionist also but I don't know how we'll ever find an excuse to go near the cook or the manager."

Andy hummed again, "you just leave the cook to me, I'll deal with him. As for the manager... well chances are if the members of the staff are involved then he is too but we'll investigate him last, hopefully we'll have run into him by then."

"And if we haven't run into him by then?" Himori, always one to think ahead, asked.

"Then we'll make a reason to run into him," Andy, never one to think ahead, replied.

The plan was hardly watertight but with not actually knowing if these workers were involved, if they were Strains, and if they were, what kind of powers they had, it was the best they could do until they got new information. Andy and Himori put their PDAs away and headed back to their hotel.

It was the third day since they had arrived on their 'honeymoon,' Domyoji always had to fight a smile or a giggle when she thought that word and the two of them were on the bed together.

No, not like that, Himori was pretending to be unwell so the two of them could stay at the hotel instead of going off and doing 'couple-y things.'

Himori was confined to the bed, or at least their rooms but this left Andy with a perfect excuse to stay in and around the hotel, she couldn't possibly leave her sick beloved!

With her easy-going personality Andy had no trouble making friends with the two maids who were both young women themselves and were perfectly happy to gossip while they did their work.

Eventually 'Aki' apologized for taking up the maid, Saki's, time and went back to her own rooms.

Oh no, I'm coming down! Andy thought, dismayed, her caffeine was beginning to wear off.

Andy loved sleep, given her way she would sleep 10 hours a night, due to being up at six this meant she was usually in bed by eight. She couldn't do that anymore.

True, due to being on their 'honeymoon' Andy and Himori no longer had to be up at 6 (they agreed 9 was a good time, not too early as to make people wonder why they were keeping to a work schedule but not too late as to waste their morning), but they didn't go to bed at 8 either.

Actually, they went to bed, if not early, then usually not too late either (10:30pm for the last three days), but

Andy was never able to fall asleep until midnight or later.

She'd shared a room with Benzai ever since she'd joined Scepter 4 but that wasn't nearly the same as sharing a bed with someone.

And what was more, Andy had the sinking feeling that if it were anyone else in the bed beside her she would have no trouble falling asleep, but for some reason, with Akiyama beside her, she couldn't quit focusing on the fact that he was so close long enough for sleep to take her.

Domyoji's cheeks warmed, you're acting like you fancy him, she thought to herself. Her cheeks turned the colour of her hair and she shook herself to rid her mind of that unbidden thought.

I don't fancy him, she reassured herself. Yes, like she had thought earlier, she respected Himori a great deal and valued his option above virtually everyone's, she was also happy to see him, anytime, anywhere, even when he did nothing more than politely bid her good morning or sigh at her antics he brightened up her day and she would prefer to have him over anyone else watching her back.

But that was because she trusted him and she was fond of him, not because she was romantically inclined towards him. She felt that way about Benzai and Kamo and Hidaka too-

Domyoji stopped.

No. No she didn't feel like that towards those three. After Akiyama they were her favourite people in Scepter 4, Enomoto, Fuse and Goto coming in close behind, but Andy didn't feel that way about any of them. Only Akiyama.

Andy shook her head again and continued walking, that doesn't prove anything. Did it?

Reaching the door she opened it softly, removed her shoes and padded on bare feet to the adjoining bedroom, when she reached the doorway, she paused.

"Hiroto, are you awake?" She called softly, so she wouldn't wake Himori up if he wasn't.

"Yes," came the soft reply. Andy walked over to the bed and, after only a split second of hesitation she lay down next to her 'husband,' wrapping her arms around him.

"Are you feeling any better?" She asked in an ordinary voice. Dropping back to a whisper she added, "if either of the maids are Strains or are involved they're damn good actors." She told him.

The convenient thing about this position was that, lying body to body, face to face, with her arms around his neck, it was so easy to whisper to one another without getting caught.

Andy really doubted there were any cameras in here (and if there were then they would have already caught a supposedly 'married' couple embarrassed over the idea of sharing a bed together) but better safe than sorry. After Enomoto's 'Strain Incident' at the beginning of the year, Scepter 4 was appropriately wary when it came to Strains with a talent for ruining or disrupting lives, especially if technology was involved in any way.

After his own, considerably longer, moment of consideration, Himori wrapped his arms around Domyoji's waist, partly because this seemed like a loving thing to do if there were any cameras watching them, and partly because he was worried Domyoji was going to tumble off the bed, he was lying on the right side of the bed facing the right wall, so when Domyoji had come and placed herself next to him, facing him, he had immediately become concerned that she was going to tumble backwards and smash her head on the bedside table.

Trust Domyoji to do a thing like that.

Well, the bedside table would undoubtedly come off worse than her but still, something Himori would prefer to avoid if possible.

Andy's cheeks warmed, to hide it she tilted her head up towards the bed head, could he hear the way her heart was hammering? She hoped not because she didn't understand herself why it was beating so quickly.

"A bit better," he said. Also dropping to a whisper he asked, "did you see any of the others?"

"Yeah, I met the cook and hung out in the reception a little bit," she murmured, still blushing, why was he hugging her? Oh well, she put it out of her mind, he was warm and she was really tired. "But I'll definitely need to watch them more."

She shifted backwards and Himori's stomach gave a horrible lurch as he felt gravity pull her away from him, that idiot was going to fall!

Faster than was probably natural, Himori rolled the other way, taking Domyoji with him, rolling her body over his so she was lying flat on her back on the middle of the bed, him hovering over her slightly, her arms still around his neck and his hands still on her waist.

Andy felt Himori tense up, don't act suspicious, don't act suspicious, she chanted at him mentally even though she was well aware he couldn't read her thoughts, Himori kept his tense posture but didn't pull away.

"Sorry," he muttered, before saying out loud, "you should be more careful."

Yes, because in some strange parallel universe, this is my fault, thought Andy, out loud all she said was "sorry."

Himori's cheeks tinged pink, act normal; he moved his hands from his companion -friend, teammate, partner, work partner, person he should not be acting this way around- waist and attempted to roll back over, this plan was neatly thwarted by the fact that Domyoji still had her hands around his neck, she smelt amazing too, okay that was weird. Himori frowned at her, trying to convey his message: let go.

Instead Domyoji smiled at him, not one of her usual sunny smiles but a small upturning of the lips that, for some reason, made Himori's heart stutter in his chest, his scowl deepened.

"I love you," Himori swore his heart nearly stopped beating and this time his frown was directed at himself, she wasn't actually talking to you, she's pretending to be your wife, he reminded himself, and more importantly; you don't want her to be talking to you. This was Domyoji for heaven's sake! Not like it was...

Well actually there wasn't a woman Akiyama was currently interested in, but he wasn't interested in Domyoji either!

Himori focused on her face but, try as he might, he couldn't read anything in her green eyes, usually

Domyoji's thoughts were so open she practically wore them on her forehead, not this time.

"I understand that we're undercover," he said very quietly, "but please refrain from saying things like that if you do not have to."

"Well aren't you a ray of sunshine and affection."

When he got up she made no attempt to stop him, "I'm taking a shower," said Himori, and proceeded to lock himself in the bathroom.

Andy stayed on the bed, her eyebrows raised, she was not surprised at him, but herself, now what prompted that you imbecile? She asked herself.

Andy, totally lost, turned a corner, she wasn't on the floor with Himori and the others staying at the hotel, she had been on the ground floor and then she'd gone down a flight of stairs, the blueprints they had managed to get their hands on didn't say anything about their being a lower level, that was what had intrigued her.

"Excuse me?" A smooth voice interrupted her thoughts on what she might find -and how she'd ever get out of here if she did find something, she was totally lost after all- Andy turned around.

There was a man, maybe ten or fifteen years older than herself walking towards her, Andy pasted a bright smile on her face.

"Oh! Hello!" She moved towards him, "thank goodness I've found someone! I think I'm totally lost." She giggled, she was playing the part of a rather empty-headed, flighty young woman and to her dismay it was not a particularly difficult role for her. "Do you think you could help me find my way back?"

The man's face warmed and Andy knew he believed her, "certainly Miss, I'm always happy to help a guest at my establishment."

Andy blinked in surprise but didn't let it show on her face, "oh, you run this hotel?" He nodded.

Well, there was a fortuitous stroke of luck! Andy smiled and stretched out her hand, "I'm Aki Arakaki, nice to meet you!"

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