AN: I should just be quartered and hung for the time I didn't update. Please forgive me ;_; Oh, and if you can guess the mystery guy here…I will be very surprised and will mention you in my author's note as result XD
Chapter four: She spies
'Love does not look with the eyes but with the mind.'
"…I think we broke her,"
"No, really?"
Todoroki thinks he might be right this once (too much time around him), because Yako has been silent for almost ten minutes. When she considers poking her (definitely too much time!), the young detective peers up, a troubled look on her face. Todoroki frowns, "Katsuragi-san? Is there something wrong? I'm very sure that Sasazuka-sempai really does like you,"
Yako smiles a tiny bit, "I know. You just explained it to me and I can see all the signs now. It's just…well…."
Ishigaki sighs, "Just? Just what? Just confess to him already or-"
She cuts him off, "I'm still seventeen, you know,"
A silence falls over the room. Todoroki feels like bashing her head on the table.
They certainly hadn't thought about that.
"So…she waits 'till she's eighteen before she does anything? A year long? Is she insane?"
Todoroki just sighs and swats him over the head with the file she just happens to be holding. Sometimes, she wonders why she even bothers talking to him.
"Ow! Why did you do that?"
She pinches the bridge of her nose and hisses, "Just because Katsuragi-san doesn't want Sasazuka-sempai in prison, doesn't mean she is insane, you moron!"
Her voice has reached a whole new level of sarcasm and Ishigaki raises his hands above his head and wails, "Ok, ok, I get it! Just don't swat me again! Geez, I'm not a rag doll which-,"
"A rag doll would be an improvement over you, it wouldn't complain as much,"
Both Todoroki and Ishigaki jump at the voice of their superior and almost wrung their necks off with the speed they look at the door. Sasazuka leans against the doorpost and calmly informs them that their break is over.
Time passed.
Cases passed.
Actually, a lot of things passed.
But one thing did not.
The strange relationship between Sasazuka and Yako did not pass.
After their talk, almost nothing had changed between their superior and the young, female detective. Their relationship is still a purely platonic one, but Yako had become bit more affectionate with Sasazuka, giving him lots of hugs and even the occasional kiss on the cheek. Todoroki had never known that a guy could blush a color that red. Ishigaki has secretly taken a picture, they plan to give it to him one day.
Sasazuka had changed a bit too. He had gotten into a habit of driving the female detective back home, every time she came to the police station or when they met on the streets. Ishigaki and Todoroki had been with them one time and it seemed like her mother liked the fact that Sasazuka could be her daughter's potential future boyfriend or maybe even husband, if her fussing was an indication. She certainly hadn't like the one guy that had once followed Yako back home and thus was very happy when Sasazuka had sent him away. Ishigaki just shivers and shakes his head whenever Todoroki mentions this and says that she is very, very lucky she hadn't seen the glare Sasazuka had given the poor lad.
But right now, Todoroki could care less what had happened in a year time. Right now, she's just too bloody tired…
"Hey rookie…"
"Yes, Ishigaki-san?" Todoroki sounds even more tired than she is. Ishigaki doesn't comment on it, because he feels the same. Snappy Sasazuka is very exhausting. Very, very exhausting. She almost longs back to the police academy days. It wasn't their fault that Yako was on a blasted school trip!
It does complicates matters a bit, because Yako's birthday is only three days away, and she can't exactly confess when she is away, can she?
Todoroki ponders this and promptly begins to laugh. She doesn't know why, but she thinks that everything is going to be alright, because this is Katsuragi Yako she is thinking about.
She doesn't know that she has attracted the attention of a certain officer and thus is very surprised when he asks her out for dinner the very same day. She accepts the invitation anyway.
The next day, Ishigaki wonders why Todoroki has such a goofy grin on her face, but he knows better than to ask why. He likes his toys in one piece, thank you very much.
