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"Should I continue being a police detective?"
The professor was undoubtedly shocked when he heard that question, he was about to make a cup of instant coffee but this took the thought away from his mind. He glared at the woman who specially came over to ask such a preposterous question. He had an expression written on his face which he had never used before, something that caught her attention immediately.
"Oh, this is the first time I have seen that expression on your face." She said, putting a hand over her mouth to cover a small grin.
He continued to stare, a familiar dead pan look that she was so used to; especially after six years together investigating different cases.
"Should you continue being a police detective?" Yukawa repeated her question which also meant… Everything became quiet for a moment
"What are you talking about, Utsumi –kun?" She began to speak in a deep tone, imitating how Yukawa was probably going to answer her.
"I have assisted you for so long; you should know that I am only interested in physics and pretty women." She moved towards the nearby table and dumped her bag onto it. She glanced at the professor with a knowing look. "Furthermore, asking me if you should continue being a detective…"
"You already know how I would answer to that." Utsumi said still imitating; she looked the professor with a defeated look.
Yukawa shook his head slightly "I am not interested."
(It was a lie…)
Yukawa entered the hospital through the emergency clinic, he approached the counter. There was only a nurse there; she clicked on the computer aimlessly until she heard the footsteps getting louder.
"Excuse me, I am looking for a patient" The nurse lifted her head up, and their eyes met. For a moment, it looked as though the nurse had forgotten what to do. Yukawa nodded slightly, "Sorry to bother."
The nurse cleared her throat as well as her mind "What is the name of the patient?" she asked with a gentle tone. She winked at him. Yukawa paid little attention to that; instead he was racking his mind for information.
"Utsumi" he said, the nurse snapped back to her usual demeanour, "I'm sorry sir, and do you have the full name of the patient?"
"…" Yukawa and the nurse exchanged stares for a moment.
"My full name is Utsumi Kaoru." She said indignantly.
"Not interested." He said simply.
"Utsumi Kaoru. At least remember me by my name would be nice." She said, rolling her eyes at him.
"We are not that close, Utsumi –Kun." He said, putting on his glasses before dumping his used gloves into the bin nearby.
"Then, Yukawa Manabu." He glared at her.
"That is my name."
Utsumi Kaoru pouted, but then gave a grin. "At least I know your full name."
Yukawa turned away from her and peered into his microscope, he heard her moving away and then back again. "In case, you forget. Here is my name on paper." He did not answer her.
"Ah, ignoring me already. Fine, I be going now" Utsumi turn on her heels and walked away, it was when he heard the door slam before removing himself from the microscope.
He looked at the paper, she had neat handwriting. Utsumi Kaoru.
"Sir?" The nurse prompted again, this time Yukawa knew what to say.
"Her name is Utsumi Kaoru." The nurse glanced away and began to type in the search box.
She clicked twice, "The patient is currently in the operating theatre, at block B, second level. 1aOP."
Yukawa remembered it by heart, he was about to turn away when the nurse tapped loudly on the counter.
"Please sign in; I will also need your identity card."
"His name is Yukawa Manabu…" the nurse muttered under her breath, she held his identity card in a fashion as though it was something fragile. So handsome.
"Arashi Mika! What are you doing!" shouted a firm voice, the nurse jumped up narrowly avoiding hitting her head against the cupboard above her.
"I'm sorry, Sister!"
Touma Kenta sat outside the operating theatre, feeling nervous and edgy. His sight made contact with the red light – Why is the operation taking such a long time? He was about to close his eyes when he heard footsteps coming down the corridor. Touma blinked a couple of times as the figure got closer; it was not the senpai he was expecting.
"Touma Kenta, is it?"
The rookie detective stood up quickly, he was about the same height as the newcomer but was slightly shaken by the fact he knew his name.
"How do you know my name?" Touma asked he was defensive after all; he did not tell anyone else besides Kusanagi Senpai.
Yukawa pointed to Touma's chest, "Your badge." He said simply, Touma looked down to where he was pointing and took down the name tag as quick as he could.
"That was how I know your name; a second reason was Kusanagi – Kun who told me to find you." Touma took a large gulp of air nervously.
"Then, who are you…?"
Yukawa took a look from the detective to the red light on his upper left, "Associate Professor Yukawa Manabu of Teito University."
"A professor?!"
Touma considered the professor and then to himself. This was strange, a Physics professor of a university who knew his senpai who also know Utsumi –Kun who also knew the chief of police – how could it be? He looks like a normal civilian.
For a minute, no one spoke then… the professor sighs. It was a small gesture nonetheless freaked out Touma who was not expecting any sudden sound.
"What happened?"
Touma Kenta felt a sense of duty of being a police rising up within. "I am apologetic; I cannot speak of details to a civilian"
"Civilian?" The professor repeated without looking at the detective, in fact, he was examining the emergency button nearby. (How intriguing a hospital can be, a small bell loud enough for everyone on the floor to hear)
Touma had a question mark on his head, it seemed as though the professor was not considering himself as a civilian. Who is he exactly?
"I do not understand…" Touma began, surveying the professors' behaviour subtlety as he spoke.
"Hmm?"
"You are just a professor, why would Kusanagi Senpai ask you to come here?"
"My being here, have nothing to do with my job as a professor." Yukawa answered, now examining the contents of the hand sanitizer and the machine which dispense the liquid. "What a useful invention…" he said to himself.
Touma felt a little riddled by the professor, he folded his arms. "Then, why do you need to know what happen?"
"There are two answers to that question." Yukawa replied, he turned around to face the detective.
"As a physics professor, nothing here is of interest to me. As a friend, I would like to know what happen to her."
My dear friends, I am so sorry for not writing for such a long time. I am trying to write a story for Galileo, which became my favourite TV drama series. But I have not written in a long time, so some of the stories have problems. I am trying my best, and hope that you will like my stories. Please drop me a review if you can. Thank you very much.
PS: There are some problems with the character of Yukawa Manabu, I have trouble connecting to his personality therefore he may sound weird and out of character. I am so terribly sorry, please forgive me!