Chapter 4: Surprising Talk

Tetsuya finished bandaging the wound and sat back, admiring her handwork. "There, all done." She finally spoke, smiling at her boss. Haruka didn't bother to smile back; instead, the blonde sat up in the bed she had been lying in and commanded: "Get the girl over here." Tetsuya gave her  a shocked look. "The girl? What for?" Haruka glared at her, her anger clearly showing in her voice when she spoke: "Just obey my command, Tetsuya. You may be the doctor here, but I am still the boss. Clear?" Tetsuya nodded and slowly backed out of the room, closing the door as soon as she stood on the hallway. Letting out a sigh, the doctor shook her head and made her way over to the cells.

Fifteen minutes later, the door of Harukas room opened again, and Tetsuya pushed Michiru in, causing her to land face first on the cold floor since her hands were tied behind her back. "Leave." Haruka commanded, shooting Tetsuya a cold glare. The doctor nodded and left the room, closing the door behind her. Michiru didn't dare to look up, until she suddenly felt somebody take her arm and pull her to her feet. "Sit down." Haruka commanded as soon as Michiru stood safely on her own feet, pointing to a chair that stood next to the bed with her healthy arm. Michiru quickly obeyed the yakuza boss and took a seat, not daring to look at the blonde. "I don't understand you." Haruka spoke, surprising the aqua haired girl and finally causing her to look up. "Why did you stay back and help me?" Michiru gave her a fearful look before she answered: "Because…I couldn't just leave you there. You were hurt." "But it's not logical." Haruka replied, raising her voice a little. "At first you try to escape, shoot me, and then instead of running off, you stay and help me. Why did you do that?" Taking in a deep breath, Michiru collected all her courage and replied: "Because I'm not a cold and heartless Yakuza like you." As soon as the last words were out, Michiru pulled her head between her shoulders, expecting to be hit in the next second, her eyes squeezed shut. Instead of beating her though, the blonde suddenly started to chuckle. Surprised, Michiru looked at her, her eyes widening when she saw the blonde grin. "Impressive." Haruka spoke as soon as she had calmed down again. "I didn't think that you would have the courage to say something like that to me." Michiru slightly smiled, her reply coming before she had the time to think about it. "I'm full of surprises." Haruka just chuckled again and nodded. "Seems so. Anyway…I guess I owe you one for staying with me back there. I still would have survived if you wouldn't have tried to stop the bleeding, but I'm a woman of honour." Michiru stayed silent, not knowing what to expect next. Her eyes widened again when Haruka spoke on. "Any special wishes you have?" For a few moments, all Michiru could to was gasp until she found herself able to speak again. "Well…if you ask like that…please don't put me into that cell anymore." Haruka seemed to deeply consider this wish for a few minutes, and there was silence. While the blonde thought about it, Michiru pondered if maybe she had went to far with that request now, but before she had the chance to take it back, Haruka spoke up again. "Okay. I'll tell Heihachi to ready a more…comfortable room for you." "With windows?" Michiru asked hopefully, at the same time worrying that maybe she was pushing her luck too far. "Barred windows." Haruka replied, wearing her typical smirk again. Michiru decided that she could cope with that right now and nodded. "Better than nothing, I guess." She agreed, and Haruka chuckled again. "Fine." With that, the blonde reached for a black phone that stood next to her bed, picked it up and quickly dialled a number. "Heihachi? It's the boss. Yeah…no…listen, I want you to ready another room for our guest. A room with windows, you hear? Don't ask, just do it, okay? Bye." Sighing, the blonde hung up and looked at the phone for a few moments in silence before she looked back to Michiru again. Much to her surprise, Haruka had to see that the aqua haired girl was grinning at her. "What's the grin about." She finally asked, her eyebrows wandering upwards when the reply came: "Nothing special. It just surprises me that I can talk normal to you." "Talk normal to me, eh? Well, why shouldn't you be able to do that?" Haruka then demanded to know. Michiru shrugged, which was kinda hard since her hands were still tied, and answered: "Maybe because you always were mean to me when we talked before." Haruka decided not to comment that; before she had to make up some way to change the topic, the door opened and Heihachi poked his head in. "Boss? The room is ready." Haruka looked at him and nodded. "Good. Take her over and untie her, but don't forget to lock the door." Heihachi nodded and took Michirus arm. "Come on, let's go." He commanded. Michiru quickly stood up, not wanting to get into any trouble again, and obediently followed the tall scarred man. Heihachi closed the door behind him, leaving Haruka behind – who sat in the bed pondering the aqua haired girls words.