I'm glad I gave that girl my number, because I definitely wanted to know more about her. She seemed very quiet and to-herself. And, being me, I will be curious of anything I don't know much about.
"You seem quiet, Iko. Are you alright?"
Looking over, my Father was slowly finishing the meal that I had prepared for him. He showed a sign of slight concern in his face, as if he knew that nothing was wrong but still wanted to ask.
"I'm fine, Father. Just a bit tired all of the sudden."
"Well then, you should go ahead and get some sleep. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow."
I tilted my head, "What's going on?"
He smiled as he chewed, "That you will find out when it comes up. But now, you must rest."
I beamed at him, "I can't wait."
Rising, I gave him a peck on the cheek as a goodnight as left for my room. I set out my clothes for the next day, a short black skirt, a grey long-sleeve blouse, and a black pea coat to go over everything.
I plopped onto my bed and curled into a ball. I wasn't actually tired, but rather distracted. When I'm interested in something, I need the full story, no exceptions.
Though this specific interest seemed to be the most difficult.
...
A loud ringing near my ear awoke me with a start, almost making me jump out of my skin. I got out of bed and hurriedly got dressed the day ahead. Checking my phone, I saw that I still had no new messages. Still nothing. Why so surprised? I asked myself, you just went out last night.
Ugh, that's made last night sound weird.
Suddenly, a message popped up on the screen.
Hey, are you busy tonight?
It was Kosuke, asking me about tonight. My first though was if he was asking me out, but I know Suke too well. He wouldn't do that to our friendship so suddenly.
I responded, Er, I don't think so... whats up?
Little after I hit send, he answered, I was thinking about that Ghoul that you're so interested in. Wanna see if she's out tonight?
I sucked in a breath. This was a great idea. About a week ago, Suke and I made the decision to be partners, around the time I got my new Quinque. This idea sounded great, but how were we supposed to accomplish this idea?
I typed back, sounds good. See you at the building.
...
"So tell me, what made you want to do this all of the sudden?" I punched the buttons to the vending machine and a green tea rolled out.
He shrugged and sipped his own drink, "You seemed interested in why she was here all of the sudden." He paused, "and I saw your search history on your computer at the desk."
"Gee, thanks Suke." I tossed a spare coin and hit him in between the eyes.
"Hey, we share the computer. Besides, I want to find out her story too. Just, maybe not as much as you do."
I sat on a nearby lounge chair and took a drink of my tea, "There have been few reports of her hunting, or seen at the scenes. And she's been known to kill off binge eaters. That's not the normal behavior of ghouls that were used to."
"Maybe it's just a Ward eleven thing?"
I smiled, "good one."
I heard an angry voice call my name and slowly turned my head.
"Uh oh, looks like I'm not the only one who saw your search history," Kosuke teased.
Without breaking eye contact with my angered father, I threw my empty can behind me and hit Kosuke again.
Crossing his arms, he stared down at me, "Toshiko, I want an explanation to those searches from the past few days."
I swallowed and toyed with my fingers, "Well, you see..."
I tested my luck and tried to lock eyes with him. Like I had a chance.
"If you had done your research correctly, you should know that this monster is S rated and kills other ghouls like its nothing. If you were to have gotten yourself into trouble..." His gaze seemed to soften, "I don't know what I would have done."
I groaned, "Dad, I know you mean what you say, but your sounding a lot like you're reading a script to some love movie. I won't get myself into trouble, promise. Besides, I have Suke with me."
My father sighed, "please be careful tonight. It's the end of the month."
As he left, me and Kosuke locked eyes. We were definitely still going out tonight, no matter the risks. I bet Suke was thinking the same thing.
"So..?" I asked Kosuke.
"We are definitely not going out tonight," he said as fast as he could.
Smirking, I got up and patted his shoulder, "meet you at our usual spot tonight, 'kay?"
He groaned, "of course..."
