Gin gets hurt, Ran saves him
Ran gets harassed by some asshole Gin saves her
They are looking out for each other
they are not some random strangers anymore
Chapter III: Gimlet
This week was a bad one. First Vermouth acted like an ass, his brother Vodka he dearly loved but questioned his intelligence sometimes, screwed up during the car chase, Kir got captured again, Chianti and Korn were missing. Now he had stumbled into a fight with the CIA while receiving some money from one of their victims. The money had been safely transferred when suddenly the CIA busted into the bar unannounced. The fact they knew to meant they had a mole worse than Akai. Was this organization failing at background checks so bad? Putting that thought away he focused on the situation now.
Gin was walking away stumbling. His side was gushing blood. The smoke and the sleeping gas he had thrown behind would slow down his pursuers. Hopefully, his teammates had better luck escaping. He couldn't feel his legs but he pushed himself towards his car. His right arm was broken, and he was littered with wounds. He taught this was hid end. He didn't know where he even was.
Suddenly he smelled a familiar sweet scent. It was Rans odd flower perfume. He must be dreaming.
" Gin. What?- Who did this to you? How dare they?" Ran grabbed him, put him into the co seat. After making sure he was properly buckled into his seat she started to drive. " Not the hospital don't go-" " Pssht I know. I got you."
When he came to, he smelled burned flesh, medicine, and alcohol.
" There were some Anesthetics lucky you. So you shouldn't be in pain anymore. I had to cauterize some of the wounds. There were some bullets that I had to remove surgically. I am glad your syndicate had some books about that. Eat this please.", Ran fed him something quite delicious:" Your great a cooking. Who taught you? First your a great sniper, a great A doctor, and a cook? Where can I find capable people like you? If I would clone you and replace my shitty comrades our goal would have been met within months. " Ran flushed again:" Am I that good?"
He observed her patchwork. Considering the stitched wound she was an expert but she needed practice. Sherry couldn't do surgeries without passing out from the blood. After all, Sherry was just a researcher.
" You should be a doctor and a sniper."
" Uhm you think I uhm could do both?", Ran was surprised flushing again. He patted her head with a smile.
" Of course Ran. Your amazing don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
He realized how cute she looked when she was praised. Vermouth would usually roll her eyes at him when he complimented her. Sherry would demean and make fun of him. Praising Ran was so much fun. Her entire face would just light up.
As the days go by, Ran would come, clean, cook, and care for him. She manages to park his car in the hideout's secret parking lot. When he asked how she knew how to drive she told him that she had trained with the VR set. She still needs to practice though. He promised to help her next time. Ran was even able to recover his communication devices. Laid out on the table beside him he tried activating some:" Seems like the hardware is messed up. Ran can you get me a few items?" He pulled a card from his briefcase she managed also to recover. Once she was back she watched him repair his phones and laptops.
After he tinkered with a smartphone he gave it to her:" Think of it as a thank you gift, I couldn't thank you enough. You can contact me with that." Ran holding it started to tear up:" Are you sure? This is quite expensive...thank you so much! Thank you!" Patting her head he leaned back.
When was the last time someone thanked him sincerely?
Ran was forced to help out in the drama club and take in a lead role by Sonoko again. So as a result she was released from school late. Her ' friend' had the luxury to be driven home unlike her. She felt very tired, this day was exhausting. Plus Sonoko was all over her when she saw Ran using her new phone. She wasn't sure what caused it, maybe laughing at Gin's funny text?- Sonoko was snapping And poking at her how she could afford such a high-end phone.
She lied that her dad got it and Sonoko huffed and let her go.
Walking down the dark street that was not that filled with people she had a familiar feeling. Her suspicion was confirmed when she notice someone follow her when she turned the corner. Moving quickly she tried out running but the man followed her. That's when she saw he had a cloth in his hand. He was trying to kidnap her. She wasn't surprised she was used to this. Going into survival mode, she turned around and fought back.
Sadly whoever her attacker was very skilled, her Karate was outdone quickly. Usually, she had pepper spray but she was out of it already since last month's kidnapping attack. Plus she was out of money anyways. Crashing into a wall she felt the air knock out of her.
" Come on pretty girl, stop resisting. Before I hand you over why don't I have some little fun with you.", holding a knife he came closer, but Ran was already out of breath. Closing her eyes she expected lots of pain.
But all she heard was someone groan in pain.
" I show you some fucking fun."
This voice!
When she reopened her eyes, Gin was holding the attacker's hand. By the looks of it, he had broken the fingers of one of his hands. The fingers were now pointing to various unhealthy places. She couldn't see Gins face but she could feel the killer's intent fill the space. The attacker's knife was embedded into him crying in fear.
" Ran, please look away. I don't want you to see me this way." He looked back with a sheepish smile. Shaking her head she returned the smile:" It's okay, I can watch. I am used to it." Shocked by her response, Ran watched Gin brutality interrogate the attacker. The stranger they found out was named Sai Sasaki. The kidnapper was hired by some dude she never heard of. So another anonymous person has a vendetta against her dad. Nothing new to her.
The only new stuff she learned is that Gin was terrifying, Sai had pissed his pants begging for his life. His blood covered his body. Who knew the human body could be broken into parts like that?
But Gin wasn't done. Gin was getting started. Ran could see his sadistic evil grin and shudder.
By the time he was done, Gin had Sai sing more information. After that Gin slith his throat, killing him with his won knife opened a manhole in the alleyway, and tossed the body inside. The only evidence of this crime was the bloodstains on the wall and the pavement. Gin was so skilled not a single drop of blood was on him. Gin must have done this a lot in his life as he was squeaky clean.
" You shouldn't be used to this. Doesn't your dad have some security measures for you? He is a detective after all. Like, separate his studio from his living area or maybe make sure you can be driven home? He must know that being a detective gains a lot of enemies."
" Driving? That be too expensive. Plus he says my Karate is enough and I should not complain. I should not be able to be kidnapped too easily... So yeah I mean he has quite the name so he made a few enemies. I know and I am used to this. This isn't new to me."
Gin took a deep sip from a cigarette, cursed in a foreign language. The man punched a hole into the wall:" Your dad is an absolute fucking disphit idiot that is a useless excuse of a parent." Walking towards her he pulled her into a hug. That's when Ran noticed that she had cried.