Mika actually felt genuinely bad for Inspector Tsunemori.

Inspector Ginoza had explained to her when they got back to the Bureau that Akane had a hard time resting when she knew a case was still open.

She had exhausted herself and put her health at risk for the woman they had rescued.

And Mika was the one that screwed it up by shooting her.

She hung her head in defeat as the elevator ascended to floor 11 of the hospital that her partner was in.

She walked down the hallway to room 1109, and paused at the door to knock.

Mika stopped herself when she heard giggling from the other side of the door. She noticed that it was cracked.

The Inspector peeked through and covered her mouth when she saw the source of the laughter.

Enforcer Kogami was on Inspector Tsunemori's bed, hovering over her and kissing her stomach.

She swiftly turned and left the hospital. She took back all the remorse she felt.

An Inspector of her caliber was an idiot for jeopardizing her status for an Enforcer.

She was now even more determined to expose them to the Chief.

—-

"I'm not going to stop." Kogami smirked up at Akane.

"I didn't say you had to." His lover giggled. "But I have to remind you that we are in a hospital, still."

The Enforcer moved his lips under her belly button and kissed the area slowly.

"Shinya, why do you keep doing that?" Akane giggled again.

"Because, I love our baby." He smirked. "And you."

He kissed her stomach again.

"And I'm happy that you're both okay."

"I can see that. But what if Gino comes back soon?"

"He's seen much worse." He chuckled and moved up to kiss her lips. "Remember how he found out about us?"

"I swear that door was locked."

"He still saw everything." He said, snaking his hand up her shirt.

"And he doesn't want to see more." A voice spoke up from the doorway. "Kogami, can you keep your hands to yourself for more than 10 minutes?"

"When you have what we do, I'll ask you the same question." Kogami said, getting off of Akane's bed.

"So have you seen the doctor yet?" Ginoza asked, changing the subject.

"He said I have to be on work leave for the next two days." Akane said. "Other than that, the baby and I are both healthy."

"Good." He nodded.

"Gino… There's actually something we wanted to ask." Akane hesitantly brought up, looking to Kogami who gave her a nod.

"What?"

"You know that you're one of the only people that we trust, right?"

"Ko, I'm not helping you escape."

"No, it's not that." Kogami glared. "It's about the baby."

"Would you be the baby's godfather?" Akane asked.

"Me?" Ginoza stared at the couple in shock. "Why me?"

"You're the only one that we could ever consider taking care of it if something happened to us. We trust you, Gino." Kogami explained their reasoning.

"So, will you?" His partner looked to him with hopeful eyes.

"Yes." He nodded. "I would be honored to."

Kogami smirked. "I knew you had a soft spot in your heart somewhere."

"Shut up." Gino cleared his throat and adjusted his tie. "Did you happen to see Inspector Shimotsuki? She left like she was in a hurry."

Kogami and Akane looked at each other.

"Could she have…?"

Akane covered her face.

"What?" Gino asked.

"You didn't shut the door all the way when you left. I think she might have seen more than she should have."

Ginoza groaned. "And you haven't said anything to her about your relationship yet, have you?"

"Nope." Kogami smirked.

The male Inspector sighed. "And why not?"

"She's been following us around since she started. We thought it would be fun to mess with her." The Enforcer explained. "It's all innocent."

Ginoza rolled his eyes. "Please don't make this another rooster incident."

"But mooom. She started it."

"Well, stop it." He glared. "And quit calling me mom!"

"Fine." Kogami sighed. "What do we do?"

"We're going to have lunch tomorrow. Akane is going to be discharged in a couple of hours, so it won't be a problem."

"We?"

"Us and Inspector Shimotsuki." Gino said. "And you are going to make sure to tell her your circumstances."

"Okay." Akane agreed. "With things getting more serious, I guess that's a good idea."

"It was fun while it lasted."

—-

Mika sat opposite from Inspector Tsunemori and Enforcer Kogami. She felt awkward that Inspector Ginoza was sitting next to her. It looked like they were on a double lunch date.

"Why did you invite me?" She asked.

"We haven't gotten a chance to know you yet." Ginoza explained. "I suggested that this would be a good way for us to all get to know each other. You know… So we work better in the workplace."

Mika looked at him suspiciously. "Okay…?"

"Like for example, did you know that Inspector Tsunemori shot Enforcer Kogami with a dominator to prevent him from shooting a kidnapping victim?"

"No, I didn't." Mika grimaced. She really didn't want to hear about a mistake that she made that was similar to her own that she had done the day before. Was he just trying to make her feel better about herself?

If so, it wasn't working.

"Yeah. It was a total rookie mistake on my part." Akane awkwardly spoke up.

"You were just doing your job." Kogami shrugged. "I'm fine now, obviously."

It got quiet.

Ginoza was urging for Kogami and Akane to say something, and Mika had her arms folded.

"Why don't we order?" Akane suddenly asked, pulling up their virtual waiter.

"I'll take the yakisoba chicken." Ginoza said. "No carrots."

"Restaurant salad for me." Mika flatly told the holo.

"Yakitori don." Kogami ordered.

"I'll take the same." Akane said. "Oh! And cold noodle salad."

"Is that your final order?" The waiter asked.

"No, I also would like to have shoyu chicken, a rice bowl, and-"

Kogami covered her mouth.

Ginoza and Mika's mouths were gaping open at the small woman. How could that much food be necessary for someone her size?

"Akane, I think that's enough."

She gave him a glare and started to protest.

"You want to save room for desert later, right?" He whispered in her ear. "Because I'll have something just for you."

Akane's cheeks became red. "Th-that's it."

"Your order will be out right away!"

The holo disappeared and the quiet was back.

Mika was glaring daggers at the couple across from her. How dare they flaunt their relationship right in front of her!

"So… Inspector Tsunemori, have you and Inspector Shimotsuki discussed your leave in a few months?" Ginoza tried to stir a conversation.

"Enforcer Kogami has said something about that before. Are you sick?"

"No, no. It's nothing like that." Akane answered.

"Then why are you leaving?"

Kogami rubbed the back of his neck and Akane let her gaze wonder away from Mika's and Kogami.

Gino shook his head. These two were supposed to be a couple of the best detectives the CID had. How could they be so hopeless?

"Inspector Tsunemori will be on-"

His communicator beeped, cutting him off.

"Excuse me."

He got up and took the call outside, leaving the three of them alone.

"Look, I don't know what the purpose of doing this was, but I have no intention of being friends with any of you."

"This wasn't even our idea." Kogami told her. "It was Inspector Ginoza's."

"I'm not interested in him, if that was the reason behind me being here." She scowled.

"What? No." Akane shook her head. "That's not it at all."

"Then why?"

"The thing is that Enforcer Kogami and I are-"

"Inspector Shimotsuki, Kogami." Ginoza came back. "We have a case."

"Let's go then." Kogami said as he quickly stood.

"I'll get the car." Mika ran out the restaurant.

"You two didn't tell her, did you?" Ginoza frowned at the couple.

"Nope."

"Not at all."

"Do it soon, or I will." He growled. "Come on, Ko."

Akane watched them leave. It was kind of weird not going after them, but it was also nice.

She had all of this food that was just being served to the table, and nowhere to go.