A puzzle a book and an angel

Munakata somehow was not in a good mood today. The reasons were pretty obvious though—

He got up early in the morning due to the malfunctioning of his alarm clock and since he had no work to perform in home he dressed up sluggishly and came to the Scepter 4 Headquarters, still early.

He was reading a really interesting mystery novel only to find out that the last pages of it where the mystery is cleared has been torn off by Aoi, his cat.

The worst is he can't find the last piece of his current puzzle and now he is what is known as totally 'pissed off'. Moreover it is his favorite one.

It is "The Last Judgment" Michelangelo's greatest creation depicting the day when Christ steps down on earth and the final judgment of the mortals are done….the ones who have committed good deed are send off to Doors of Heaven of the Eternal Peace accompanied by angels while on the other half in the lower half of the picture the ones who have committed sins are thrown into the crackling fires of hell, there are scenes of the sinner getting pulled towards the hell by the imps and ill-omened ones as they dissolve and emerge out from the everlasting pits of darkness. Scary yet so attractive….that is what Munakata thought when he first saw the picture. He has been to Sistine Chapel once when he was small with his parents…..he doesn't remember clearly but he remembers the smiling face of his parents…and that wall…..the great big wall where the picture of The Last Judgment was painted….so beautiful….frighteningly beautiful..Yet such depth and what beautiful shading… and the hide and seek of light and deep shades….bright crimson, deep royal blue, flowery fuchsia, gloomy gray, envious green etc. after seeing the picture the question that first came to his mind was 'Do these demons and angels really exist?' well…..with the passage of time he got the first answer ….demons do exist…they exist all over the world…in many shapes etc. But the latter… he hasn't found still now. Thinking about these things he scanned the top of his desk, there lied his leather bound torn mystery book, the strain identity file and his unfinished jigsaw puzzle.

Ironically the piece of puzzle missing is the face and wing of one angel….it is one of the crammed corners of the picture which can't be seen unless observed carefully. Seems like angels really don't exist? Munakata sighed for some unknown reason.

He was going to get up from his seat when he heard the door of his cube click open and the 3rd in command entered the private room with a huge pile of papers…..so huge Fushimi's face was hidden behind it.

The last thing Munakata wanted to do now is paperwork! Uugghh….god…it's so frustrating…

Fushimi slid open the door with his foot and balancing the pile in one hand closed the door with other, careful not to topple over the pile.

"Fushimi kun will it hurt you to knock before you enter?"

"Nope"

"Then?"

Fushimi ignored the question and placed the paperwork on the desk with a loud THUMP and said in an imperative manner like he is the boss there…

"It is better if you can go through these and write a feedback and a report on them and submit it to the old hag within today"

"Fushimi kun….Awashima san would not be very happy to hear you calling her 'old hag' am I right?"

"You're not going to complain to her or something….. will you?"

"No….I don't think so ….."

"Then isn't it okay?"

"Yea…I think so"

"…"

"…."

Munakata fumbled through his mind for interesting topics to start on a discussion but without success. It is Fushimi Saruhiko after all. He wonders what will be his interesting topic. He doesn't talk much and doesn't open himself up to someone also…..so it's a bit difficult.

"Are you trying to avoid your paperwork…if you are I can actually say it's futile…" Fushimi lifted up his brow.

Shit! He is smart….

Munakata sighed. He is the king right? then why does a king have to do paperwork?

Fushimi was seeing Munakata Reisi sulk for the first time which was …..Mmmm…..interesting…. he suppose...he checked his watch…7:35 am.

"You better start now or you won't finish by today"

OH! GOD how Reisi wanted to avoid this pile today. How he wanted to rip these or just burn these away…..

"….."

"…."

"By the way Fushimi kun you are early today! Anything special?"

Fushimi clicked his tongue ….how he hated nosy people…Well...its true…he can't possibly tell Munakata 'yea...I had a nightmare and woke up hitting my head on the floor third time this week and since I have nothing to do in my home I came to the office.' Well…that's just so-o-o-o-o out of his character and he knew to-o-o-o well that he would never say anything like that to someone… not also in his wildest dreams.

He preferred to ignore the question and his hands found something interesting on the desk. It was a leather bound book. He picked it up….hmm….he had read it…nothing exceptional of a book...he thought...he can already find out the victim and the criminal before…too damn easy…he really wonders..what took the detective so long to figure out the culprit? Well…. it was none of his business actually….

"Have you read this book?"

"yea…I think" he flipped through the pages.

"Is it so?" Reisi was not surprised.

Saruhiko halted at page 297.

"What happened to the rest of the pages? Did you eat them?" he chuckled and gave a childish snort.

"No…I didn't…my cat tore them off" Munakata replied dryly.

"Your cat has a grudge against you… is it?"

"I don't know…maybe" he replied absent mindedly.

Reisi watched as Fushimi's long white digits traced the uneven margins of the torn paper and scraped lightly at them. His bony white wrist twisting back and forth with the each action of his digits. He wonders how it will feel those knuckles tracing his skin line and scraping his neck down his raw skin on his torso.

"As far as I could remember…it had 305 pages so 8 pages are torn off right…..Your cat indeed has a lot of energy to waste as to tear 8 pages! Huh?

"Yea…I think so"

"I think I can lend you this book…I have finished it anyways" Fushimi said casually not trying to make the situation more uncomfortable than it already is.

"That would be very nice of you…." Reisi said absent mindedly. "Eh? What?" To be truthful he didn't expect it...the fact that Fushimi is lending someone something…it was unexpected…and interesting…..

It was usually "sorry I do not lend anyone anything" or something like… "Don't touch my things" and so on…..

Fushimi was really getting uncomfortable under the surprised gaze of his senior. "Uh...I must be going now…"

Reisi nodded. He actually knows very well that he can't possibly say things like..."Uh….no, its okay. Stay with me for some time." HE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T.

Fushimi without waiting for a reply walked towards the door and slid it open, but halted a few inches away from it.

"The last piece of puzzle…..you are searching is inside your book….pg-159...and as for your alarm clock..it seems you have to buy another one…..the circuit is completely broken….possibly your cat toppled it off."

With that he left the room…

Munakata was taken off guard and he was mildly surprised. He checked the book...the last piece of puzzle was lying there…. pg159….the face of an angel and one of its small wings. He didn't need to check the clock he knows he is right. He always is.

He placed the puzzle on the right place and completed it. He twirled around in his revolving chair and rested his head in on the headrest. Reisi sighed…well...seems like angels do exist….and the funny thing is….he have already found his one a long time back….

Isn't it?...

Authors note: sorry for the late update and its kind'a short so sorry for that too...hope you enjoy it…and don't forget to review…and tell me if you want some changes done