Chance!
"I'm glad I can have coffee with you... it has been really long since I last seen you..." Yuusuke said.
They were a cafe, it was near Shiki's work place.
"I didn't know you turn out to be a politician..."
"Hey... what do you mean by that? Am I not that capable?"
"Oh... it's not that... it's just that I didn't know you were interested in politics..."
"Yeah, yeah... say what you want.. I know I'm not as good as Mr Superintendent, Ishigami..."
They both giggled about the statement he made...
"Oh, by the way... I've heard that both of you finally see each other, am I right?" He asked, she then suddenly blushed.
"He... told you?"
"Yeah... you know... when, he graduated from America and came back... the first thing he ask me for, was you..."
"What?" She was taken aback from it.
"He was searching for you ever since then... and suddenly, I got a hold on you. Remember the school reunion? After you left, he came. And I told him about you, he went berserk..." he smiles at her.
Shiki kept quiet as she stares into her cup of coffee.
"Shiki... as a friend... will you give him another chance?" he said, and Shiki looks up to him.
"I know he shouldn't have to break up with you at that time... he ran to me crying after that and said he doesn't want to leave someone who was dear to him... Shiki... please... give him another chance..." Yuusuke continues.
"I..." but before she could start with her sentence, her phone rang - it was a call from an unknown number.
"Yuusuke... can you erm... answer that for me, please..." she request, and without asking he answered it.
"Hello?" He cautiously said but he did not hear anything, and it hang up.
"Anything?" She asked.
"No... he or she hang up the phone..." he replied.
"I see..."
"Shiki, even though Hideki tells me everything... but he doesn't tell me about his cases... is, everything ok?" He asked.
Shiki told Yuusuke about the stalking case and how bad it has begun. He listened to her story quietly and said, "Shiki... here's my number... just in case you couldn't get Hideki..." he offered.
"Thank you..." she replied.
"Hopefully this will resolve early... I know Hideki will do it fast cause it's you... he wants you to stay safe..."
They went their separates ways after that. Shiki went back to work, as she felt something stirring in her heart.
Hideki's side...
He wondered if he should tell her about the case or not. He opens the file and read through all of it. The one behind Shiki's stalking was also behind the activities with one of the groups that was targeting the Prime Minister and his two daughters. He really wanted to lure the culprit, but he is also afraid of hurting Shiki. He took off his glasses and sighed at the thought when suddenly, his phone rang.
"Yuusuke?" He said as he saw the screen on his work phone and picks it up, "what is it Yuusuke?"
"Hideki... want to know something?" Yuusuke asked.
"Know... what?"
"I met up with Shiki today..."
"You did? What for?"
"I had to do an interview at her work.. and I bumped into her. Plus we went out for lunch..." Yuusuke teased, he knows Hideki has a jealous streak in him.
"And?" Hideki was annoyed that Yuusuke was teasing him.
"Oh.. I gave her my number too!" Yuusuke exclaimed.
"So?"
"... oh come on! Be mad at me! Geez... why are you cold blooded?" Yuusuke rage.
"I don't feel like being annoyed by you at the moment..." Hideki replies.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm caught up at work..." Hideki heavily sighed.
"Is it because of the stalking incident?"
"How did you know?"
"I asked Shiki about what's bothering her after an unknown phone call..."
"What?!"
"What, what?"
"You said an unknown phone call?!"
"Yeah... she received an unknown phone call and asked me to listen..." Yuusuke explains.
"Where is she?!"
"Huh? Back to work, I guess... cause that's the last place I left her..."
"I'll call you later... I need to check up on her..." Hideki hangs up the phone and quickly dial for her number.
Hideki was a little anxious when he heard Yuusuke said about an unknown caller, and since the stalker had been into her place easily - he was afraid of what it could happen.
"Hideki?" Shiki picks up the phone, and he heaved out his anxiety.
"You're alright..." he softly said.
"Huh?"
"I mean... I heard it from Yuusuke that you two went out together..." Hideki covers up his whispers.
"Oh, yeah... we bumped into each other earlier..." she said.
"That's good.. erm... I will pick you up from work later..."
"Yeah... sure..."
"Well... I'll see you then..."
"Ok... erm... see you later..." she said and hangs up the phone.
Hideki sets his phone down onto the table when a knock was heard from his door.
"Come in..." he ordered and, it was Kaga who comes into his office.
"What brings you here, Kaga?" Hideki asked.
"For your information, Namba has me team up with you for this case..." he announced.
"What?"
"If you want to know more... ask him for yourself..." Kaga said as he threw down a file on Hideki's table, "I rather prefer working alone than to gang up with a pudding lover such as yourself..." and he left.
Hideki is now confused with that bold statement which Kaga said, and he again walks towards Namba's office.
He barged into his office, not even knocking.
"Namba, I need to know why am I being team up with that crude excuse for a man?" He demanded.
"Oh... since we found out that the stalker has been meeting with one of the groups who was targeting the Prime Minister, I would like you two to work together with it..." Namba explains in a calm voice.
"Don't you think it's too dangerous for both parties?" Hideki questioned.
"If we can crack this down, then it's like killing two birds with one stone..." he explains again.
"But..."
"No buts Ishigami... the Prime Minister is our top priority..."
Hideki then left Namba's office, he was almost going to erupt if he did not leave. He could not understand what he said, that he has to slowly lure the suspect out. It will not be easy when one of them is stalking Shiki, and in a bad way. He was then reminded about the bomb threat that she received the last time, and how the suspect sneaks into her work place and into her apartment. He knew she was not safe at the moment, and he needs to figure out a way to do it.
Shiki's side...
She has finished her work and was starting to pack her bag when her phone rang. The name on her phone's screen was, "Yuusuke?" She picks up her phone and answered it.
"Hi Shiki!" his cheerful voice sounds through the phone.
"What is it, Yuusuke?" she giggled.
"Oh.. er.. Did Hideki called you earlier?" he asked.
"Yeah he did... why?"
"Erm... I told him that you received an unknown call... and he sounds angry..."
"Haha, so... he scolded you?"
"Well... not really..."
"And why are you calling?"
"Erm... as an apology to both of you... let me treat you two to dinner..."
"Oh?"
"Yes, Oh... haha... you're off work now, right? Shall I pick you up?" he asked.
"Hm... Hideki is picking me up now... why don't you call him?"
"Ok! I will!!! Then, I'll see you!" Yuusuke cheerfully said and hangs up the phone.
Shiki saw her phone, she received a text message.
I'm downstairs, at the entrance.
It was from Hideki... he was waiting for her at the main entrance of the building that she works at. And she hurriedly went off. She saw him talking to his phone as she walks closer to him.
"Oh, really now..." Hideki said while putting his finger to his lips, signaling a quiet sign.
"Ok, so where should we meet up with you? Right, I know that place... Ok, give me 15 minutes - we'll be there..." and he hangs up his phone.
"Was it Yuusuke?" she asked.
"Yeah. He invited us for dinner..." he replied, " come on, let's get going..." he continues.
As he drove off to the designated restaurant, he wanted to talk to Shiki about the stalker... but, it was not the time to do so. He will tell her after the dinner and will plan it out with her.
To be continue...