Lime- Hello! It's me, Lime, with another Delhibi fic! I'm super excited to introduce the Blood Series!
Kira- I'm here, too, y'know! I'm the one who actually roleplays Delic in the first place!
Delic- Ladies, ladies, please.. Get on with the story~ /waggles eyebrows
Hibiya- /smacking Delic upside the head/ Enjoy! :D
It was a rainy day in the security firm, snow begging to fall from the sky outside as Delic Heiwajima was looking through some files. He was a detective at the local police agency in Ikebukuro, and a new one at that, but a great one. He had solved nearly all the cases he had been given and was now unable to find a new one. Usually he would be at home, or shopping for groceries, or doing something more entertaining, but instead he was stuck at his desk and forced to finish a written conclusion of a case that he had previously finished. He continued writing the sentence he was working on, tan fingers beginning to curl around the pen in frustration. He bit his lip before throwing down the pen, fingers tugging on his sunny blonde hair in frustration.
"Fuck, this is killing me.." He whined, leaning back in his chair and gazing out the large window. Small little flakes of snow began to float from the sky, speckling the window. Surely it would freeze that night.
Suddenly, there was a beep from the intercom, causing the blonde to snap out of his day-dream like state.
"Mr. Heiwajima? There is someone who would like to speak with you. Do you want me to send him up?"
He sighed, pressing the talk button. "Yes please, send him up.."
In a moment or two, the secretary came up with a male around the same age as himself. He had soft looking hair that was short and as dark as a cup of coffee, the short jet black colored tresses contrasting against his ivory skin. His eyes were a strange yellow color reminiscent to the Great Horned Owl, the irises speckled with small traces of orange. He was dressed for the season, his bare hands nestled in the pockets of his leather jacket that was lined with flannel, dark wash jeans on and his skinny neck nestled in a warm scarf. On his head, there was a newsboy hat. It must have been freezing outside the building, because his clean-cut face was dusted pink.
"This is Hibiya Orihara, Mr. Heiwajima." The secretary said, gesturing towards the raven. "He would like to speak with you about a case that he thinks you would be interested in."
"Excellent! I was just getting bored!" The blonde said grinning. "That will be all, Anri. Thank you."
The secretary scurried out of the room blushing profusely, Delic waiting until she closed the door to talk. "So what's this job?~" He asked, leaning forward to look at him.
"First a few rules.." The raven said, walking over to sit across from him, leaning back in his chair and absent mindedly playing with a silver ring on his finger. "Even if you choose to not accept this case, you cannot say a word of the details I am going to tell you, understood?" He asked, examining the blonde's pink eyes for any negative reaction.
Delic chuckled. "I doubt I will turn away a case, especially at this time of year." He said, leaning forward, grabbing a coffee cup and sipping its contents, wincing a bit at the lack of sugar. "But very well, I agree to your terms."
"And, I want you to refer to me as Hibiya. Not any of this Orihara bullshit. Makes me feel like my father.." He said rather bluntly, resting his chin against his knuckles.
The blonde blinked, trying to process his demand. "Okay.. Then I guess it's only fair that you call me Delic."
His lips curled upwards a bit in a panda-like smile. "Now, with that settled, I heard that you have been pretty successful in your previous cases, am I correct?"
"Yes, only been here two months and best in the business."
"Hm.. Some people in this business take years and years to finally solve a case without becoming chicken shit and turning it off on someone else, especially with a homicide detective. I guess that the two of us are exceptions." He leaned back in his chair. "Only I have been here a bit longer."
"Oh? You're a detective too?"
The raven took out his wallet, flashing his I.D and badge before stuffing it back in his pocket. "I work at the expansion of this firm that's across the street. I'm one of the head detectives with only two cases inconclusive."
"Impressive.." Delic said, leaning forward, obviously interested. "Then why do you need me?"
"This case.. Is one of the more darker cases I've dealt with.. And I need the assistance of someone else. My original partner passed away this winter from a tragic heart attack, and I need someone of equal intelligence to assist me." He leaned down to take a folder out of the bag by his feet, before placing it on the desk and pushing it towards the blonde. "Have a glance.."
He opened the cream-colored folder and looked at all the pictures ans notes. ".. What kind of case am I looking at exactly?" He asked, looking at the pictures of dead girls.
"There is a killer on the run.. You might have heard of it. There are a series of women that have been found missing between the ages of 18-24. Most interestingly, they are so far all members of an elite boarding school on the south side of town."
"Ah.. I recognize the school uniform.. My little cousin goes there.." He tapped absentmindedly a picture of the girl with her eyes gouged out, noting the blue and white uniform. "Have the bodies been found?"
"They were all found around a local bar that has been rather popular over the last few months. It seems as if they suffered excruciating pain and that they were raped brutally." He seemed a bit shaky on the subject , reaching in his back pocket, taking out a pack of cigarettes. "Mind if I smoke?"
The blonde looked up at him, then waved him off, going back to the notes. "Go ahead. I'm a smoker myself, it doesn't bother me.. So do you know at what times the girls were taken?"
"The times were usually between the hours of 9pm and 3am.." He said while he was lighting the cigarette, taking a deep inhale and exhaling, relieving his stress momentarily.
"Strange.. So that rules out staking out the school and looking for suspicious activity.."
I would strongly suggest that we investigate the school. Perhaps there were some teachers that knew the victims personally and could give more insight.." He said.
"Hmm yes.. Perhaps." He said, chewing on his pen. "I guess we could try that.." He mumbled to himself, thinking of the possibilities.
The raven checked his watch, frowning. "I have somewhere to be in a few minutes. Care to discuss this tomorrow?" He asked, taking his cigarette and putting it out into the ashtray that was on the desk before taking out a piece of paper and scribbling something down.
"Of course, I don't think I have any plans." He said, happy to have an excuse to not show up at the office to work on the conclusion again.
"Meet me at my apartment at 3 tomorrow. I'll make us something to eat and we'll talk about the details." He handed it to him, his address written in his sprawling cursive.
"Will do." The blonde said smiling, stuffing the address into his pocket.
"It was nice speaking to you, Delic. I'm sure that this is the beginning of a very strong partnership." He gave a tiny smile before going out the door.
And indeed it would be.
Lime- Please review! :D