Chapter 4: Unexpected
"He's not in the system? Impossible." Hermia cursed. She almost wanted to throw the tablet into the hologram screen but thought otherwise since she might jeopardize her paycheck.
Leaving her lab to get a cold coffee she heard a muffled moaning coming from Shion's workplace. Then she remembered how Kougami referred to her as the Queen of Information was it?
She sees Kunidzuka putting on her blazer as she leaves. Hermia furrows her eyebrows but goes in. She hears Shion panting heavily and she puts on her white coat. Then it dawned on her what happened.
She tiptoes back to where she came from but Shion cuts her off. "You should join us some time."
"Uhh.." She turns around awkwardly. "M-maybe."
Shion lights a cigarette. "I'll be waiting." She winked. "Now, what is it you want from me?"
"Can you look up a person for me?"
An hour later there were still no traces of him. Shion bypassed all firewalls from the bureau to even the most top secrets hidden by other companies. It was like he never even existed.
"Shogo Makishima. Are you sure he's real? Maybe he gave you a fake name." Shion finally said. That was the only explanation since there's no way the queen can get zero results unless...
"He's not recognized by the system." Hermia murmured.
"That's rare but it could happen. Did this guy get you pregnant or something?" She nudged her.
She snickered. "Maybe I'm more into women than men." She joked.
"If that's the case." Shion stands up and pushes Hermia to the couch. "You should have told me in the first place." She straddles her.
Hermia is frozen in shock. She couldn't get a word out. She was also a bit bicurious. Shion was sexy and she had a voluptuous body, she fitted the person from her dreams where she'd wake up sweating.
"Not going to protest?" Shion whispered. "Good."
Shion kissed her gently at first but then roughly when Hermia opened her lips. Their tongues fought for domination. Hermia instinctively cupped her huge breasts and a moan escaped on the back of Shion's throat. Their encounter was short-lived when they heard footsteps coming.
Ginoza entered looking troubled as usual. The two broke apart just in time and composed themselves.
"Shion, do you have the files?" He was business as usual.
"The downloaded files will automatically be sent in a few minutes or so." She said going back to her chair and typing on the tablet.
Ginoza nodded satisfied, Hermia noticed he couldn't move his bandaged hand. "How long have you had a weak grip?"
"Pardon?"
"Your hand," She pointed. "You can't move it, can you?"
"It's nothing." He said and turned to the exit.
"Between you and I, please keep it a secret." She whispered to Shion.
"Oh." She said disappointed. "Too bad, Kunidzuka would have been thrilled."
"About Shogo Makishima. Thanks." Hermia ran after the Inspector who just turned around the corner.
Then she dragged him to the infirmary much to the Inspector's chagrin. "You may be my superior but you're also my childhood friend." She made him sit on the chair as she searched through the cupboards.
"I'm fine." He insisted.
"Still stubborn as always." She sat on the chair beside him and proceeded to take off the bandage from his hand. A close inspection indicated that the bruise was infected due to its unusual pinkish color.
She remembered the very hands that saved her from her bullies back when she was in kindergarten throughout middle school. He was four years her senior. He winced when she started rubbing the cream on his hand.
"I commend you for your bravery for enduring this pain." She lectured. "You take better care of your dog than yourself."
"I've had my hands full." He said and watched Hermia wrap a clean bandage on his hand.
"You don't say." She studied his hand and remembered how he held her hand while she cried on the way home.
"I never realized how fast time flies." He ruffled her hair. "Hopefully you're not a cry baby anymore."
"For the record, you're the only one who ever saw me crying." She retorted.
"And it was more often than not."