"Hey Ko, do you have any money on you?" Akane asked, licking powdered sugar off of her fingers.
"You want more food? That was your third pastry just now."
"I can't help it. These things are like heaven to me."
"Alright." He rolled his eyes. "Come on."
Kogami and Akane went to the vending machine. When he put money in, he got really close to her.
"You've noticed the rookie following us all day, right?" He whispered.
"Yeah." She nodded.
"Well, are you planning on telling her anything anytime soon?"
"Nope." She smirked, pressing the buttons to her desired snack choice.
"And why not?"
"I think it will be interesting to watch her put two and two together."
"Don't you mean you and me?" He chuckled.
"Admit it, you're having fun with this too."
"Maybe just a little." He said, pulling her close and kissing her neck.
"Oh, so we're playing that game?" She smirked and leaned back.
Mika thought that she was concealed by hiding around the corner of the break room's wall. She watched everything with wide eyes. Inspector Tsunemori and Enforcer Kogami were obviously sleeping together in secret!
—-
It was only 1:15. Their shift didn't end until 7:00. It was quiet for the most part, so Division One were all doing their own thing in the office.
Kagari was playing his game again, and Mika was pretending to be reading her computer screen while she watched Kogami and her senior colleague.
Akane and Kogami were at Akane's desk reading something. It was obvious that Kogami was bored with it, but Akane wouldn't keep her eyes off of the screen.
"Look. Are you going to keep on looking up these stupid articles?" The enforcer asked, keeping his voice low to keep their conversation between the two of them.
"No. It's important to know as much information as possible." Akane said, tapping over to the next screen.
"Couldn't we go do something more… Interesting?" Kogami smirked, casually brushing his hand against her arm.
"This says that it's possible to be pregnant for over a year." The inspector said, ignoring his advances.
Kogami rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair. "That's nice, Akane. Because your tiny body can so take being pregnant for a year." He said sarcastically.
"Well, it's happened before." Akane hissed. "Don't get sassy with me."
"That's it." The enforcer said, grabbing her arm. "We'll be back, guys."
"Have fun~" Kagari chuckled.
"Where are you going?" Mika asked, standing up fast.
"To have a private meeting."
The door shut, leaving Mika staring after them, dumbfounded that Inspector Tsunemori would allow a dog to drag her around like that.
"Get used to that." Kagari said from his desk. "They tend to do that a lot."
"W-what?! And it's just allowed?"
"Well, no one else really has a problem with it as long as they get the job done. Even enforcers need a break once in a while."
"Criminals don't deserve anything." Mika snapped at him and stomped out.
—-
"Where are we going?"
"To go talk to Karanomori so you can stop looking at those damn articles." Kogami answered as he pulled her down the hallway.
Akane pulled her arm away and stared up at him in horror. "No."
"Come on. She knows a thing or two about it. It's not like she's going to ask to give you a vaginal exam again."
"Shinya!" Akane hissed. "We agreed that we wouldn't talk about that."
"You said you wouldn't. I just laughed my ass off." He shrugged.
Akane glared at her lover as they made their way to Karanomori's lab.
Meanwhile, Mika was sneaking around the PSB. She listened outside of all of the closets and bathrooms as she passed by them.
She finally gave up when she reached the first floor janitors closet. She got on the elevator and hit the button to get back on the CID's floor, but to her surprise, the doors opened on to the floor that the enforcers lived on.
Why didn't she think of looking here in the first place? That dog was an enforcer, after all, so he obviously lived in the Bureau.
She went to each door and listened closely for the sound of the duo's indecent acts.
One of the doors opened as she approached. It was Kunizuka that emerged.
The enforcer looked down at the rookie that was crouched in front of her door.
"Can I help you?"
"Oh! I'm just… No ma'am." Mika shook her head, her cheeks red with embarrassment.
"Are you looking for anything?"
"I'm just trying to get back to my office. You're Enforcer Kunizuka, right?"
"Yes."
"I don't know if you remember me, but I'm the student you comforted during the Oryo Rikko case." Mika said, lowering her head. "Thank you so much for that."
"What office?"
"Huh?"
"What office are you looking for?"
"Division One with Inspector Ginoza and Inspector Tsunemori." Mika answered, disappointed that the woman seemed to not remember her.
"That's my division. I need to pick something up, so I'll show you the way back."
"Thank you so much!"
—-
"So, Shinya says that you have some questions for me." Shion smirked as she sat across from Akane.
Kogami was kicked out of the room after Akane snapped at him for making fun of her small hips' capabilities of being able to carry a baby for a whole year.
"I don't really have questions, but I'm just curious about all of the things that will be happening over the next few months is all." The inspector explained. "He just wants me to talk to you because I've been reading a lot of articles about pregnancy lately."
"That's a bad idea in itself." Shion snorted. "Things like that will make you worry unnecessarily throughout your pregnancy. You should enjoy your last moments of quiet while you can. Once you can't bend down to pick something up, that's the end of it. You won't want to go anywhere, you will need help standing up most of the time, and most importantly you will not want to have sex at all."
Akane looked down at her lap, her face becoming red. "That's not a big deal. It's not like we have sex every day or anything."
"Akane, you know that my walls are very thin, right?"
Akane looked up at the lab analyst in horror, causing laughter to bubble out of the blonde's mouth.
"I'm just going to go, now."
"Okay, okay. I'll be serious, now." Shion said, gesturing for her to stay seated.
"So, first thing is first. How many weeks along are you, officially?"
"Thirteen."
"Oh? It feels like it's been longer."
"That's probably because I came out and told Inspector Ginoza and Chief Kasei as soon as I knew…"
"That was an interesting New Years party." Shion laughed. "I thought Inspector Ginoza was going to kill Shinya for sure."
"Karanomori." Akane snapped.
"Oh! Right." The blonde laughed. "So. The things you need to know about your pregnancy…"
—-
"So she kicked you out?" Kagari started laughing.
"She's slowly driving me insane." Kogami groaned. "As if reading these stupid articles wasn't enough, she wakes me up in the middle of the night to talk to me about sudden epiphanies or tell me some random ass story about something that happened to other women while they were pregnant."
"Well, what do you expect? It's the first time she has ever gone through this."
"You know what? What about my feelings?!" Kogami snapped. "I'm going through it with her!"
"Did… Did you just have a mood swing?" Kagari asked, staring at his fellow enforcer incredulously.
"N-no!" Kogami protested. "Guys don't have mood swings, you ass!"
"Dude, I've heard of this before." Kagari smirked. "You're being sympathetic with Akane, aren't you?"
"No!"
"Yes you are!" Kagari laughed. "I wondered why you gained a little weight."
"I haven't gained wait, and I'm not being sympathetic with Inspector Tsunemori! Quit assuming things!"
"Okay, if you say so." Kagari snickered.
"So… Do you think Inspector Rookie has caught on to everything yet?"
"She's been following us everywhere. I think she just thinks we're sleeping together."
"So are you two planning on telling her anything?"
"Hell no." Kogami chuckled. "This is the most fun I've had since the rooster incident."
"Gino didn't stand a chance against that bird."
"How Inspector Takata managed to switch the bird with his dog is what I'm still trying to figure out."
"He thought he was hallucinating after we set it loose in the bathroom. I think that was my favorite."
"That was pretty great." Kogami chuckled.
"Nobuchicken will never be lived down."
"Neither will Snoopy the rookie when we're done with her."
"I don't expect any less."
"Ready for the games to begin?" Kogami smirked.
"Hell yeah."