They finished eating and paid their check. As they were heading out of the diner, Hisoka noticed something...
"Tsuzuki, are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, why?" Tsuzuki wasn't sure why the boy asked the sudden question.
"You're limping. Is your leg hurt?"
Tsuzuki did not realize he was limping. Then he remembered, many times lately, he had observed his tendency of dragging a leg. It was either legs, not one in particular.
"It's just numb. Not to worry." He hated himself for lying to Hisoka.
Somehow, almost instantly, he could walk just fine. The numb was gone in a fraction of a second.
The weather was getting colder everyday. Summer breeze had died down, autumn foliage had finished falling, and trees had gone bald. The daylight time was getter shorter. In the morning, when they went to work, the sky was always dark, and in the evening, when they left their office, the sky was even darker. One might wonder, if the sun had found a better planet to be in. Tsuzuki and Hisoka finished solving a recent case, and there were no new ones coming up. So they got to take some time off of work.
Hisoka was sitting at home and looking out the windows. He thought of Tsuzuki. The man looked different lately. The sexy smile and wink were less frequent. At times, the man had a blank face, no grimace, no expression. Sometimes, he looked at Hisoka, but the eyes weren't seeing, they were staring elsewhere. To Hisoka, Tsuzuki left an impression that something inside him had died. His talking tone was no longer playful, more serious, less confident, and just too soft. The man of steel no longer showed his mark of steel. Hisoka could feel that Tsuzuki was disturbed, but at the same time, he also felt that... Tsuzuki was calm.
If the waves of a sea could pause when they reached their top heights, then Tsuzuki would be that pausing wave.
Hisoka hesitated for a moment, and decided that it was time for a good talk with Tsuzuki. He went to the man's place and knocked at the door. When it opened, the sight he saw, the words he heard, would forever haunt him.
"Yes, Sir? May I help you?" Tsuzuki asked the stranger at his door.
I know the chapter is short. I've been sick lately and did not update at all. I wanted to write something today, and I've tried my best, so hang in there with me please? Thanks...