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Awkwardness was written all over the room. The atmosphere also didn't help much. Haruka sat on the couch side by side with Michiru. Both had let the silence between them fell in almost an hour. Michiru, being a person who asked Haruka to stay over was sinking into a deep thought. It was a brave step and others would easily misunderstand it as seducing invitation. She is a woman, also is Haruka, but it's not the big problem for the lawyer. In their first encounter, the aquanette had found the blonde was very attractive creature.

Haruka, being a person who just got in to someone's apartment and being a guest in this apartment couldn't find something to say to break the silence. Her eyes directed to the big plasma television in the living room but her mind wandered somewhere. The lawyer asked her to stay, but she tried not to think so much about the request. The lawyer is in the scared state and need someone as a company, it was coincidence that Haruka was the person she met immediately on her doorway. Haruka replayed the last events hour ago, the plea from the lawyer sounded desperate yet needy. Haruka being Haruka, couldn't refuse a woman's request, on top of it, was from a very beautiful woman.

"Do you want a drink?" Michiru be the first who breaks the silence. Haruka startled from her own thought as she looking to the lawyer.

"…yea, drink would be great." Haruka gave a lame answer. She desperately reach her phone, sent a text to Mamoru about the emergency situation herself fell into.

"I have this excellent wine." Michiru took out the wine she drank before.

"I'm driving tonight." Haruka said, she frowned when she read the label on the wine.

Holy shit! That thing costs about thousand dollars!

"It's okay, just a little. You may stay overnight if you're too drunk though." Again Michiru unconsciously said with seducing tone in her voice.

Don't tell me I already drunk because of one glass. Michiru shook her head to focus pouring the wine to the glass.

"Here, let me help." Haruka caught Michiru's movements were little off, she intended to take over the bottle and pour it herself.

"Ah!" Michiru surprised with sudden contact her hand and Haruka's made, released the bottle a little sooner. The liquid in the bottle spilled over Haruka's white shirt and stained the white fabric with blood red color.

"Sorry!" Michiru squeaked apologizing to the detective. She quickly grabbed a clean cloth above the counter.

"I'm really sorry." Michiru tried to get rid of the red stains on Haruka's shirt. However, the wine liquid won't disappear.

"It's okay, Michiru."

"No, it's not okay. This because I was spacing out and did not pay attention." Michiru replied back, she thought the other way to make up her carelessness.

"Take off your shirt, Haruka." Michiru said immediately.

The blonde needed another seconds to process the lawyer's words in her brain before give a response.

"What?"

WHAT?

"Take off your shirt, I will take it to the laundry. You can wear mine instead." Michiru went off for awhile to her room, few minutes after, the lawyer came back with a t-shirt in Haruka's size from her wardrobe.

"You can change with this."

Haruka accepted it as she examined the shirt. How can the lawyer have a shirt bigger than her size? The detective felt like she knew the answers. Of course the lawyer has some boyfriends who loved to spend the night over. The thought make her angry and annoyed, she then took off her shirt.

"Haruka!" Michiru squeaked as she looked the blonde got change in front of her.

"What?"

"You can use the bath room!" Michiru used her hand to cover her eyes as a reflex. She would like to see the scene of the blonde's figure though. However the event and situation cannot be more inappropriate.

"Too bothersome, it's okay. We both girls anyway." Haruka grinned, amused with Michiru's reaction on her.

Both girls still have chances interested with each other. Michiru made a mental note for Haruka quietly in her mind.

Michiru put her hands down and see Haruka with the t-shirt Michiru gave her. It fitted in well on the detective's body.

"Whose shirt is this?" Haruka couldn't hold her curiosity.

"Mine." Michiru answered.

"But it's too bigger in you…"

"I use it when it's cleaning time. Night gown won't match to that kind of activities." The lawyer went back set in on the couch. This time she brought some snacks with her.

Meanwhile the blonde felt very dumb for assuming improper things about the lawyer.

My mind needs fixing.

"There will be a nice program in this channel." Michiru found the remote and moved to another channel.

"Detective story huh? You like that show?" Haruka settled back, beside Michiru. The atmosphere now loosened and both of them had some topics to talk about. Haruka was grateful to the spilling wine accident.

"I am a lawyer, what? I cannot interested with some badass with gun?" Michiru looked Haruka with daring expression.

"You think men with gun are badass?" Haruka grabbed a handful of sweet popcorn. Michiru felt a wave of relaxation hits her, the stun gun that previously resting on her laps had changed to a bowl of popcorn.

"Nope, I think stubborn detectives with badge and gun are badass." Michiru replied without thinking.

"That's me. So, I am a badass then?" Haruka frowned to the characteristics Michiru mentioned.

Michiru laughed heartily.

"No, Haruka. You are not badass."

"Why?"

"Because you are blonde!" Michiru laughed more, she got her revenge now.

"How can my blonde hair has a say about me being badass or not?" The detective annoyed with Michiru's comment on her but deep down she admit she loved the lawyer's smile more.

"All the badass are brunette, Haruka. It's stereotype on the movie. Blonde has softer side and sensitiveness a lot." Michiru explained, she pointed out her favorite part in the movie.

"Blonde can be a badass too." Haruka defended her specimen.

"Okay, quit talking about badass. I don't want laugh anymore." Michiru was holding her stomach along this time.

Haruka checked her wristwatch, it's 2 p.m already. The detective looked to the person on her side. The lawyer had fallen asleep about 2 hours ago, and Haruka didn't want to disturb her as she moved slowly to grab a blanket in another couch.

Screeeccchhh….

It was low, but Haruka caught the sound. She is a detective, every time she feels a threat or danger, her hand would move to search a cold metal on her hips. She pulled out the gun from its holster fast without a sound. The lawyer stirred in her sleep, travelled her hand to the spot where the detective should be, but found an empty sheet.

Michiru felt someone's hand on her face, blocking airway for her to breathe. Sudden panic attacked her.

"Ssshhh…" Haruka shushed the lawyer from making more sound, she gestured toward the kitchen.

"There's something or someone beside us." Haruka whispered in very low tone, only Michiru capable to listen the detective.

Michiru horrified, she squeaked slowly. She gazed at the blonde and the gun, wondering what the detective gonna do with her gun in her hand.

"Wait here, press 911." Haruka gave her cell phone to the lawyer, her eyes still focus on the movement from the kitchen.

Her hands were trembling, but she did what Haruka told her. Quickly she pressed the emergency line while Haruka approached the kitchen.

"Wait..."

Don't leave me… Michiru begged through her eyes. Her other hand flew to grab the detective's shirt tightly.

"It won't be long, I'll be back." Haruka eased away Michiru's trembling hand from her.

I will surely catch this psycho and kick him back to his cell.

Everything happened so fast even before Michiru could process it in her brain. First Haruka's voice shout throughout the room, the gun was ready in her hands, only need to pull the trigger.

"Freeze! Eric, I know you're there. Put your hands on your head, get out quietly." The blonde said.

The figure in the darkness made movement after hearing Haruka's voice. Even in the dark, Haruka could smell an awful smell from the person stood before her.

"What a good plan to escape Eric, deceived everyone with an illness." Haruka stepped closer carefully, her eyes examined Eric's hand and body. His hand was holding something, Haruka again pointed out her gun to the psycho.

"Put down that thing. I said, put down that thing!"

Eric smiled, a creepy smile like usual. He didn't care about the detective as his sight fell to the lawyer who still on the couch with pale face. He could make another great piece with those beautiful objects from the lawyer's body. The smile turned to a big grin, his eyes saw undressed Michiru with lust of kill.

Michiru felt her spine shivered, she can see Eric's eyes travelled around her body.

"Don't you dare imagine that, Eric." Haruka's emotion had reach the edge, she never wait the psycho followed her order easily. Haruka couldn't stand the stare Eric made with Michiru, by the quick movement, a turnaround kick impacted Eric's nose hardly.

Eric stumbled and fell, when he fell, all the tools he kept inside his jacket were scattered on the floor. Little knives, scalpel, syringes, razor blades, and some sharps equipment that can slice through human skin.

"You are sick, you know that?" The detective stepped on Eric's hand, prevented him to move further. Haruka's gun now directed to his temple. Haruka's desire was pulled the trigger off and ended all of this, but she's a detective above any else. The images of Eric's victims were dancing on her mind, what makes Haruka more annoyed was this bastard had left the lawyer with scary experiences for the rest of her life.

"You're under arrest for two serial murders and God... maybe more…" The handcuff safely circled on Eric's wrist.

"Now, now detective… do you think you already win this game?" Eric smirked again.

"Look whose hands in handcuff now, you lose Eric." Haruka whispered to him as he pulled up the suspect from the floor.

"The cold cells cannot hold me up for long, detective. You know that. An artist is capable to think some creative ways to escape and survive."

"Let's see how you escape from level 5 prison in a tightly secured mental hospital on isolated island, bastard." Haruka's chance now to smile. She can manage Eric to get the best treatment in there afterall she is a detective with many connections.

Eric's expression didn't seem happy, he perhaps insane but he's a genius and can calculate what will happen if he truly end up at the prison Haruka mentioned.

"I will do this then." Eric said calmly.

Haruka was late, she forgot what a handcuffed person capable to. Usually they use their feet to kick or use their own body to tackle the officer.

That was Eric did to her. Use his body weight to tackle her.

"Fuck!" She flew and landed on the kitchen's floor after her head hitting the wall with a loud thud. Her gun got thrown away from her hand.

Know his time to escape, Eric ran and grabbed Michiru with him. From his sleeve, he still had another scalpel.

"You come with me… miss Kaioh."

That time, a loud bang heard from the front door. In a minute few officers stormed in with guns in their hand pointed at Eric.

"No, you come with us Mr. Eric." Mamoru appeared last, he did process the situation in there. Eric grabbed the lawyer as a hostage and scalpel in his cuffed hand.

"No, I will kill her! Put your fucking guns down!" This time Eric holds the control.

Mamoru sighed, he saw Haruka struggling in the kitchen. From Haruka's position, Eric was unable to notice the blonde, Haruka exchanged glances with Mamoru.

"Put your gun down guys. He got an upper hand here." Mamoru said to the others. He would rely on Haruka's plan now.

Unfortunately, the blonde detective didn't have any plan beside a surprise attack from behind. There's no time to search her gun here, fists would do better in this kind of situation. Fuck her if anything happens on Michiru, she supposed to protect her.

Eric didn't expect a blast from behind. Haruka had connected her arms around Eric's neck as she pulled off the psycho, separated him from Michiru.

Haruka felt a sting on her cheek as the scalpel on Eric's hand slash her before she smacked down the 160 pounds guy to the ground.

"Mamoru!" Haruka shouted.

"I'm on my way." Mamoru came to Haruka's aid. He took over Eric from the blonde.

"I got it, you can release him now." Mamoru said.

Michiru felt her knees gave away on her and kneeled down. Haruka approached the lawyer with worried face.

"Are you okay? He didn't hurt you did he?"

She saw the blonde in front of her. The detective was in worse state than her, the blood flowing down from her cheek, her forehead start swelling because the impact with Michiru's apartment wall earlier.

"No," Michiru chuckled as relief washed over her.

"Why are you laughing now?" Haruka frowned.

"Look at yourself detective… I take back what I've said. You are a badass detective." Michiru said.

The blonde could only blush from the lawyer's comment.

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