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The blonde yawned, waiting outside the door to designated address on the slip, knocking on the large door. "God, I'm so fucking tired." He mumbled, covering a part of his face with his long winter jacket. The snow had frozen overnight, making the weather cold and uncomfortable, like a scarf of ice wrapped around his uncovered skin. He brought his red hands to his face, blowing hot air into them in hopes of making them somewhat warm.
Hibiya opened the door. He was dressed in a dark blue long sleeve that draped down to his skinny legs, wearing red shorts. His eyes begged for sleep and his black hair was fluffy and disheveled, making Delic wonder if he had gotten there at the wrong time.
"Hi, come in.." The raven invited him into his apartment that was warm, a delight to the blonde's freezing skin once he stepped inside, draping his jacket over a kitchen chair and apologizing when the snow began to slowly drip onto the wood floor. The apartment was nice, the solid grey walls and the hardwood floors sending a more home-ey feeling. On the walls, there were several pictures of family and friends and a poster of a band that he didn't recognize. Ascending up from the floor was a carpeted staircase that led up to the other section of the apartment. The blonde sat down on a black leather couch, resting his aching muscles and taking in the details of the place. "Nice apartment you have here.." He said, grinning. "Sure beats the piece of shit I live in."
"I'm sure it's not that bad.." He said, smiling and taking out a computer case from under the sofa while brushing some dust off of it.
He smiled. "So, you wanted to discuss details?"
"Yeah, I have my laptop here, let me open up my notes." He took out a white laptop from the bag and opened it, typing the password before going to the desktop, opening a folder titled 'GMC53'.
"I wouldn't suggest that you look at these pictures on a full stomach.." He warned, handing the laptop. Each was a carefully organized description of one of the dead girls, with some of her past life followed by an address and phone number. Most hauntingly, there was a picture of each corpse on each file, all unbelievably gruesome.
"Goddamn." He mumbled, scanning over the notes and pictures. "So far all girls have been found at that bar.." He clicked on one of the murder photos, going through each one. "None of these girls are connected except for attending the school.. This makes no sense!"
"It makes perfect sense." Hibiya stated. "Either the killer would have to hold some sort of grudge against the girls, or maybe he was a rapist who lured girls to the bar."
"But none of the girls are connected. Why take girls at random?"
"That's true.. But you never know. We'll have to go to the school and interview the teachers who seemed to be more attached to the girls.."
"Hmm I guess..." Delic said handing the computer back to the raven and getting up to stretch . "We can go today. Be sure to tell your girlfriend that you won't be available today~"
"I don't have one.. My partner left me 2 months ago."
"Oh.. I just assumed.. Since you were so pretty and well-kept, that some girl had already had already snatched you up... I guess I was wrong."
"..You didn't catch it, did you? Partner?"
He is...
Oh.
"Ohhhhh, You're gay?"
He nodded very slowly, rolling his eyes at the blonde. "I'll get dressed and then we can go.." He said,
"Mmkay.. I'll just be here." He said, wandering around the living room. He waited until he heard a door shut upstairs to make his way over to a large wall covered in photos. There were several pictures of Hibiya and a few of his other friends. One of them was of the raven as a child, with two other little ravens next to him smiling. They looked similar.. his siblings maybe? He continued to examine the pictures until he heard footsteps going down the stairs, making him move away from the pictures as if he wasn't staring at them.
The other male came out several minutes later, wearing a simple outfit composed of a dark brown teeshirt that looked similar to his sleep shirt and skinny jeans. He pulled on his beloved leather jacket, opening the door for the blonde. "Let's go.."
They drove up to a school that was pretty large and elaborate, both of them getting out of the car and walking into the building and directly into the main office.
There was a nice round red-headed woman behind the counter, looking up at them with deep green eyes before grinning, her smile sugar-coated.
"Oh! How are you two today! Oh hello there Mr. Heiwajima! Come to take your cousin home?" She asked, her voice in more of a Canadian accent.
"No, I'm here on a job with my new partner!" He said grinning. "And I told you before to call me Delic."
"Woopsie! I'm sorry, it won't happen again! Now I assume you are here about the.." She paused, tilting her head downwards dropping her voice to a whisper. "Murders."
"Yes, in fact, we were wanting to ask if we could maybe speak to some of the teachers. Not like we are blaming anyone, but we would want to get more information on each girl. Oh, and I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hibiya Orihara, and I'm a private investigator for the security firm that is across from the street from Delic's." He extended his hand for her to shake.
Her face brightened up."Oh! Very nice to meet you Hibiya!" She gushed, shaking his hand. "I'm sooo glad Delic was able to find a partner as handsome as you! I always knew he was too pretty to be straight! Such a lovely couple you make!"
Delic sighed. "By partner I meant WORK partner! Not.. That way.."
"Delic is just a work partner.. I don't even know that much about him, actually." He blushed.
"Oh! I can tell you everything about him if you like! We're really close! Like buttered toast! Ohohoho! Oh just listen to me ramble! I'll tell you later! Now what teachers would you like to see?"
"Could you release the schedules of the girls to us, so we could go to each class? I know that they are probably in the middle of class, but we can wait."
"Oh of course you silly billy! Now you two wait here and look pretty!" She giggled.
The blonde blushed, hiding his face. She then scurried over to the files and rummaged through them.
"She seems friendly.." He muttered.
"Too friendly.." He sighed. "I brought a past girlfriend in here and I haven't heard the end of it.."
"Who is she?"
"Celty Sturluson.. She broke up with me though." He sighed.
"You'll find someone. My boyfriend and I broke up because he was moving to the States for some job opportunity and I couldn't come with him due to my work." He said, giving a small frown.
"Why not have a long distance relationship?"
"It wouldn't have worked. I think he was cheating on me with a girl, anyway."
"Ah.. You'll have a better chance of finding someone than I do. Your hot, dude."
He blushed. The lady behind the desk came back, handing them a small stack of papers.
"Oh now you two play nice now!" She said grinning, waving them out as he took the papers.
"That.. was interesting.. I doubt I have ever seen someone so happy in my life.." He said. "Anyway, what is the first class?"
"Uh.. Art room 219 teacher is Ms. Ellis."
They walked through a series of hallways until they found the art room. They went inside, watching a tall blonde show the kids how to sketch a realistic eye. "Then, after you draw the circle, you need to draw a pupil in the middle of it." She said, noticing the two in the back of the room. "Hello, can I help you?" She asked, smiling.
"Yes.. I'm Delic Heiwajima, investigator at one of the local firms. This is my work partner, Hibiya Orihara. We have a few questions to ask you."
"...One moment, class." She said, going into her office, the two following her. The room was small, quaint, and smelled of crayola. Once she sat down at her desk, she lowered her voice a bit. "What would you like to ask regarding the murders?"
"What kind of relationship did you have with these 4 girls?" He asked, sliding 4 pictures on her desk. The smiling faces looked up at her, making her tremble a bit.
"They were all my students.." She said, throat feeling dry.
"Did you know anyone of them personally?"
"I knew them personally. " She pointed to a dark-haired girl and brunette. "The brunette, Tammy, used to babysit my son. The dark-haired girl, Iris, was a member of my church."
"Can you tell us where she was the day she went missing?"
"It was all on Christmas Eve. Iris left the boarding school like most of the girls to go home for Christmas. The only girl who stayed at school was Emily due to the fact her parents sent her away for bad behavior." She tapped on a picture of a flaming red-head. "Some of the girls are taken into our custody until they are 24. She was 20 at the time."
"Ah.. I see and that's the last time you saw her, yes?"
She nodded. "She was missing in the morning. A police officer came to us in the morning to report that the other girls were found killed." She wiped a tear from her eye, lower lip trembling and threatening tears.
"I'm sorry.. Any idea where she was heading or someone who may know?"
"She was found in the same place an hour later." She said, trying to explain it without bursting into tears. "In her mouth was a piece of paper with some code.."
Delic perked up at this. "Would you happen to know where I can find the code?"
"I don't know.. Maybe-"
"I'm on it." Hibiya said, pulling out his laptop and opening up a certain program, typing in a series of codes. "I bet it is on the same server I found the pictures on.." He said, biting on the edge of his lip and trying to break the barrier to gain access.
Delic looked over his shoulder, trying to make sense of his typing. "Holy fuck, you're smart.."
"Eh. Just a bit gifted into hacking into servers." He broke the firewall, getting into the website and bringing up a set of gruesome pictures from the murder. He saw the picture of the girl, seeing that her mouth was partially open. He zoomed in, seeing a blurry note. He scrolled down a bit to see an actual picture of the paper. He saved the picture into the folder, before typing in a few more codes to exit and erase his history on the website.
"Goddamn.. And you need me again why?" He asked, sighing. He then turned to the teacher. "Thank you. You have been a great help..We're sorry for interrupting your class."
"No, it's fine, as long as you bring the killer to justice." She smiled with tears in her eyes, waving them off.
They both decided that it was enough interviewing for the day, heading back to Hibiya's apartment. There was heavy snow falling from the sky, nearly causing them to slip as they climbed the icy steps, holding onto the railing to prevent themselves from slipping as they went in for warmth, only to find an equally freezing living room.
"Fuck, it's cold in here." Hibiya cursed, turning up the thermostat. "Well, I'll say that this was an excellent day." He said, sitting down on his couch and shrugging off his jacket. "Do you want me to make you anything to eat?"
"Nah.. I don't want to impose.." He said, taking off his trench coat, exposing his long periwinkle-colored sweater and grey skinny jeans and sitting down on the couch.
"Are you sure?" He asked. "You wouldn't be imposing."
"I'm sure~ I have plenty of stuff at home."
"There is over 2 foot of snow on the ground." He said. "So, unless you want to wade through a bunch of snow to get to your car, I insist you stay here~"
"You sure?" He asked, behind him to look at him. "I don't like being an inconvenience.."
"Hush. It's fine." He said, getting up and going into the kitchen. "Do you want anything to drink?"
".. Got any water?"
He put on a clueless face. ".. No, I don't have water of any kind, sir." He said sarcastically, pulling out a glass from the counter and filling it with water and ice cubes.
"Pssh.." He laughed. "Never figured you for the sarcastic type."
he shrugged, handing him the glass of water and sitting opposite of him. "So.. What inspired you to become a detective?"
He laughed. "A TV show I watched when I was little. It was called Case Closed and it was about this guy being a famous detective.. It was really cool.."
"I swear that I've watched that before." He laughed.
"It was awesome! There was this kid Detective Conan and he had this scientist make him all these neat gadgets! Like a voice changing bow tie!"
"Interesting~" He laughed.
"So what inspired you?" He asked."Are you like those detectives in the movies with some long in-depth back story about a mysterious killer killing a loved one and you're searching for them to deliver the proper justice?"
"No. It's just that my family is deeply rooted in the business industry. I was sort of the black sheep in the family, and my father told me that I typically would never become a detective, so I proved him wrong. After he died, my mom quit working as a saleswoman, and now she is living a lovely life with a boyfriend and 3 replacement kids to replace my siblings and I, so.."
"Mmkay.. So.. When did you realize you were gay?"
"17. College party. Hooked up with a guy when I wasn't even drunk."
"Top or bottom?"
"Bottom.." He blushed pink.
"Never been a topper?"
"I'm sort of a dominant bottom."
"Well I think that's adorable." He said, grinning. "Not teasing. Your just so fucking adorable."
He turned red. "S-Shut up!"
"Okay.. Then ask me a question."
"Hmm.. How old are you?"
"22~ you?"
"21~ Umm.. What is your sexuality? I'm just curious."
"Pansexual. Meaning I don't give fuck. If I like you, I like you."
"Uhm..What is your biggest pet peeve?"
"I hate judgmental bastards that think they know everything... Also bible thumpers.. You?"
"I hate the same things." He said, frowning.
"Ever gone down on someone~"
"..Yes.."
"Ever... Sexted someone?"
"Too risky, so no." He said.
"Cheated on anyone?"
"Nope."
"... That's all my questions.."
"You sure are a pervert, aren't you?" He laughed.
"At times" he grinned. "Have any more questions?"
"Nope, not really." He said.
Delic yawned, taking a sip of his water and stretching. "Mind if I take a shower?"
"No problem. It's upstairs and to the right." He said.
"Thank you~" he sang, getting up and walking upstairs.
He yawned, stretching before going into his room for a moment.
He could hear the water start upstairs.
He sighed, grabbing some pajamas and slipping them on, sitting on his bed and opening his laptop to go through the files and try to decipher a bit of the code.
There was a muffled and loud crash coming from the bathroom and the sound of someone cursing in pain.
"Fuck, Delic, are you okay?" He cursed, getting up and running to the door.
"Yeah, yeah.. I just slipped and in a little pain.." There was a few muffled noises then a loud thud. "Ah, fuck!" He whined. "I need help."
He cursed, going into the bathroom and reaching into the tub, looking away. "Grab my hand and turn off the water."
He grabbed his hand, grunting in pain, pulling himself up and turning off the water. "Thanks..."
He looked away from him, blushing bright red. "Welcome.. The towels are in the cabinet." He rushed out as soon as possible, trying to hide the look on his face.
"Acting like I'm going to rape him.." He mumbled loud enough that the raven could hear. Delic came out a few minutes later with a pained look on his face, wearing the clothes he was wearing before.
".. I wasn't acting like you were going to rape me. I just felt awkward just standing there." He clarified, reaching into his bag and pulling out some pain pills. "Here, take two."
"Thanks..." He said, taking the pills and popping in two. "You heard me say the rape comment?"
"Yeah, I sorta did." He said.
"Sorry.. I just never had a guy be embarrassed to see me naked before.."
"I'm sorry if I made you ashamed of your body or something. I just thought that it would make our partnership.. awkward, that's all."
He smirked "Or is it that you just think I'm attractive~?"
He blushed a dark pink. "Stop teasing me!" He whined.
"You know you want this sexy piece of ass~" he laughed.
He was still blushing, walking out of the room and into the kitchen, getting some ramen.
"Ahah.. I'm such a jerk.." He laughed, sitting on the couch and taking out his phone.
He came back with a steaming bowl of ramen, taking a small bite. "So, Which high school did you graduate from? "
"West Ikebukuro. Graduated at the age of 18, worked at an anime store, quit when I was 19, came to the police station, worked as an intern and now I'm here~"
"Lovely." He said. "I went to West, graduated at 16, went to college for a bit, then came to the firm and worked my way up the ladder. "
"Sweet.. Do you mind if I ask a small question?"
"Ask away~"
"Why do you need a partner if you're so smart? I bet you could take out twice as many cases than I can in a week."
"It's helpful, because I have my weaknesses, too."
"Like?"
"I have manic depression and social anxiety." He explained.
"Ah.. So basically you're the brains and I'm the talker..."
"Yeah, I guess you can say." He said, yawning. "Even though you are probably more intelligent than me."
"I can't hack..." He said slowly.
"So?" He shrugged.
"You graduated at the age of 16.."
He shrugged. "Doesn't matter."
"Dude.. You're a genius.."
"I'm not smart." He said, curling up on the couch.
"No idiot graduates at the age of 16, 2 years earlier than your suppose to!"
"I don't like being egotistical, so I don't think very highly of myself."
"Hibiya... You're a damn sexy, smart and adorable guy and guy would be damn lucky to have you! So think highly of yourself! Because you earned it!"
"I'll try." He said, sitting up and yawning. "I think I'm going to go to bed. Help yourself to anything in the fridge, my room is upstairs and to the left if you need me."
"Mmkay.. I'll just be down here~" he said, grinning. "Night"
Kira- I'm sorry if this one seemed stupid! D: We are used to writing funny stuff.
Lime- Please don't hate us!
Hibiya- Hate them!
Delic-.. Review?