Chapter 19

Troubleshoot

I opened the apartment door glancing around as I entered and closed it behind me quietly. I looked around smiling; I wanted to go to my room and lounge in my bed or even have a shower. It has been so long since I haven't been here. Or maybe I could go and start baking something just like the olden days or what about my art studio…when was the last I placed these fingers on a brush?

I curled in the sheets looking up at the ceiling. So little memories I had in this room but I treasured the few and hoped to make more. I don't intend to stay at Renji's forever; I miss my home and my life. Plus…today was the last day I could afford to stay away! I waited perfectly for no one to be around and sneak away take a cab and return to my paradise.

I rose up still content with my successful mission as I went to the door in my room that was adjoined to my art studio.

All the pieces neatly placed up. I looked around and everything was tidy and neatly aligned, cleaner than I know I left it. Suddenly a smile crept over my face. Itori doesn't clean…neither would Renji do something like this…only an artist can understand an artist's mess. Uta was here.

"You came to my house?"

"I check in regularly."

I grinned as I held the phone to my ear hearing the culprit on the other line.

"Thank you. You left so early this morning when I woke up you weren't there."

"I had to work."

"I know but- oh I left Renji's, I'm at home now."

Please don't eat my head off! Figuratively!

"I know."

I paused.

"How?"

"Kaisa….doesn't matter, we know you left but we are hurt you did that behind our backs, what if we weren't aware and you got hurt?"

"I wouldn't have gotten hurt I chartered a government taxi and it dropped me right off at my apartment and there are security cameras everywhere, there are times your going to have to trust me on my own."

"I will accompany you wherever you go there is no need to go behind our backs."

I frowned. Who is going behind who's back if your going to be watching my every move!

Ding Dong

I hung up the phone sighing as I walked to the door no way in hell would I become a person needing 24/7 surveillance. I had renji teaching me although that wasn't so….well. But he was just too fast and he was too good. I would need time to progress and by progress I mean to actually see his attacks coming.

"Excuse me, my name is Amon Koutarou from CCG. I'm a special class investigator I come in no harm I would just like to speak to you."

I blinked. CCG, never heard of th- aummm…..wait I did. They usually come on the TV, they were some anti-ghoul people. Either way I did not want to get myself involved.

"Excuse me Miss Teressi but we know you're here. I spotted you enter your building exactly 39 minutes ago."

I flinched. Speak about a prick in the ass- this guy was a stalker. "Do you have any proof that you are legitimate and are here for something important or related to 'serious' matters." I asked looking at him through the peep hole, this must be about my ghoul attack. He reached in his jacket putting his badge towards the peep hole if I was right in the movies it said it had to have that shiny thing on the side that shows legitimacy and that it was indeed of the government. Plus it didn't look fake. Okay good enough.

I opened the door standing looking at him.

"Oh, you look awfully different the photograph. May I enter?"

"Huh, what photograph- let me see?"

He handed me a photograph I used as my registration picture to enter university. I blushed like crazy, "T-T-This was when I never slept for a week and I had my wisdom teeth removed and I had a fever. I look like crap with this swollen face."

He smiled softly and looked around the hall outside then back at me. "May I come in?"

"O-of course…" I said stepping aside as he came in and as his frame passed mine. I spy a good built, muscular torso, thick thighs and strong biceps, Kaisa wants to touch. "Please remove your jacket, its warm inside, may I interest you in something to drink?" I asked looking at him as he rested the very big and sturdy brief case on the ground and removed his white long coat handing it to me. I have seen Renji in tight Ts and he was gullible and now for some reason seeing this man's body was like another dimension of sexy, his shirt buttons at his chest were suffering. I looked at him and blinked a couple times. Kaisa waaaants.

"Coffee would be great."

I smiled and hung his jacket walking to the kitchen leading him to the balcony that was more suited for whatever he had since I hadn't cleaned this place for nearly a month which meant it might be dusty and all.

15 minutes later I was resting the teacup in the saucer on the table.

"The view is astounding."

"Thank you very much for the compliment." I said as I sat down having a seat opposite of him taking a sip of my tea. It was a good thing I stopped at the grocery store and picked up some sugar coated crackers. Else he would just be getting coffee and that would be embarrassing.

"Okay, Miss Terresi where have you been residing since the incident."

"Aumm…" I swallowed looking at him.

"Oh," he looked at the papers he had before him. "Of course you would hesitate there were two incidents." he said as he wrote something on the paper and I looked away.

I actually hesitated because I was wondering if having him know I was at Renji who was a ghoul and giving away his address would lead to unwanted circumstances. I need to be quick witted right now I can't give myself away and put my friends at danger.

"After the first incident-"

"I changed locations from my old apartment and moved here with my best friend, who is safe and normal by the way."

I almost slapped myself in the face I was being too tense.

"Has the incident caused you any difficulties?"

"J-Just insecurities."

"I see. Miss Terresi you are one of a very small number of people who came in direct with ghouls and survived…well so long"

That's because I'm being protected by them.

"I understand."

"Well, the next is the second incident. You completely disappeared. We found no records of you lodged in any hospital, clinics or health center and this is suspicious due to the fact that on the scene there was a considerate amount of your blood showing that you received a very fatal wound. Where did you receive help and how, seeing that something resulting in so much blood loss would require someone of the medical field with high medical equipment to assist you."

"Well, my best friend, she thought it would be good to aumm, take matters in her own hand so we stayed at my uncle's and he is well adept with injuries so he gave me medical care."

"Uncle, Miss Teressi in your registry you are an orphan and you have no family or relatives in ties, are you lying to me? I will have you know that that would be a severe cri-"

"Of course not, my best friend- her family treats me like their own so her uncle...is like my uncle. It's like I was connected by blood if you know….what I mean…"

Fuck.

He gave me a stern look and ate another sugar cracker.

He was very intimidating but not so much since he kept eating the sugar coated crakers. I think he might like them….a lot.

"Is that…all?"

"It should be for now"

"For now?"

"We are putting you under strict CCG surveillance. I do hope you understand the position you are in. You have been attacked by a ghoul twice and survived. Not only that but you might be a lead to solve cases in which our organization is trying to solve.

"No I mean- you don't need to have surveillance on me I am a perfectly fine human being!" I said standing up the coffee spilling over unto Amon immediately.

"Oops! Umm…" I grabbed the napkin and literally ran over to him patting down his clothes holy fuck no did I just spill hot coffee on a ghoul investigator. These people walk around and kill ghouls which meant he probably had the strength to rip my head off my body. I looked up at his flustered face the coffee had spilled all over his face chest and some parts of his pants.

"I'm so so sorry it was an accident I will take full responsibility."

"No it was merely an accident-"

"No it's my fault, I'm clumsy and don't kill me with your hands or something," the minute it slipped out I looked up at him while I continued dapping him clothes with the napkin. "I mean it's not that your sca….ry"

Our eyes met and I continued blinked as I witness him blushing.

"I'm sorry, there is no need to get flustered or embarrassed it's my fault."

"No your hand…its….aum."

I looked down to see my hand on his groin.

Well wow Kaisa I do admit he has a good body and all but you never had to have it escalating so quickly. I moved away flustered as well.

"Your clothes will get sticky I can spin dry them for you very quickly you can go to the bathroom and clean up, even a shower since it was hot and I don't want you getting boils and then…..you return to kill me."

"I won't kill you." he said standing as he looked around. "The bathroom?"

"Straight down the carpeted hall 2nd door on your right and as you enter you will see a door on the left and you can shower there. Towels and everything are clean I will aumm….just leave your dirty clothes in the basket and I will clean them for you.

I cleaned up the balcony it was an utter sticky mess. I went in the room and I could hear the shower running. I sighed picking up the clothes he had in the basket that was outside the bathroom door and took them to the laundry throwing them in the washer.

He surely was taking his sweet time. His clothes were washed, spin dried and I even had the time to run the iron over the shirt. I also threw in the white coat in since it would look awkward with clean clothes underneath and a dirty white coat over it but then again I never knew if it was dirty but still.

After I left the clean clothes in the basket at the bathroom door I went to the kitchen and began washing up.

Uta should never know of this. I mean, what would he do if he found out I touched another man's err…..groin. I mean he wasn't the jealous type maybe he would just look at me blankly and say nothing or maybe….maybe he would get upset. But I can't imagine him getting upset he is usually so composed and doesn't seem fazed by the things around him.

But it would be nice if he got a little jealous maybe then he would see me as a woman and not a child in need of protection.

I turned off the faucet and wiped my hand in the dry cloth. I turned around nearly jumping out of my skin when I spotted Amon standing at the island looking at me.

"I didn't want to interrupt, you were deep in thought."

"huh- oh yeah…I was"

"I see why you are attacked. You're easily targeted."

"What?!"

"You were all open and even a robber could have entered the house without you realizing."

I blinked at him. "It's my door I would have heard…I'm not full of openings."

"But you didn't hear me enter the kitchen."

"That's different the floors are carpeted."

"So your only alert if the person makes a sound?"

"W-Well…maybe…I mean I probably…"I got embarrassed why was he even scolding me- this is my house!

"I have an offer."

"An offer? How are you even sure that I would accept."

"You did spill coffee on me and sexually har-"

"Okay I accept!" I said flustered as fuck. I am not a sex offender I did not sexually harass this official no way in hell! Plus it sounded like that could get me some serious time in prison.

"Take training and defense classes at our cooperation- it would keep you safer."

I blushed. Was he being nice why would he even care about my safety. "Are you concerned about my safety?"

"Why not you are my case (referring to him having responsibility over her case where she was attacked) and I wish for you to not be further a victim. You are also a good person seeing you allowed me to use your shower."

"Which you stayed in very long."

"It is a very nice shower."

I smiled. This guy is more than he looks. He is so scary looking and very intimidating with his body built but he turns out to be a very kind person.

"Okay I accept your offer, will you be the one teaching me?"

"No but I will pass a glance while your training."

I nodded.

I bid him off and closed the apartment door I felt like I found a new friend but I also felt like I liked him in some way. He had an air about him that I liked.

And I body I wanted to touch! Kaisa waaaants.

I called the university, apparently my classes ended a week earlier and as for my submission pieces I received an outstanding grade and an absent mark with a formal letter from the CCG that had explained the course of event that caused my absence. I was actually quite surprised. I only had two more months in the course anyways and I wasn't really sure I wanted to do the third year which was an advance year. The scholarship doesn't cover that and I wasn't interested. I believed I was good enough.

I called my business guy which was a first since we usually spoke through email but now we discussed how my work on the market was going.

By the time night had fallen I was waiting on Uta curled up in the couch.

A text came in at my phone that he had reached and I rose up going to the door opening it to see him standing with a plushy in his hand plus the shaven side of his head looked like it received some trimming up.

"Good night Kaisa."

"Is that for me?" I asked looking at the plushy taking it out his hand once he nodded and walked away hugging it. I heard him closing the door behind him.

"How was your day?" I asked going to the living room sitting back in the couch hugging my new bunny.

"It was okay. Was someone here?"

I rose an eyebrow. I looked at him as he looked around my place till our eyes finally met.

"Yeah a CCG investigator came here he asked me some questions regarding what happened."

"You allowed him inside here?"

"Y-yeah is something wrong?"

He looked around the place with sharp eyes. "Not really, his scent is strong."

"Oh well I accidently spilled coffee on him so he took a shower in my bathroom."

"Your bathroom"

"Yes"

He remained silent walking around the house as he went into a couple rooms returning shortly after. Okay now I'm nervous.

"Kaisa. Are you trying to make me jealous?"

I looked at him blinking. "W-What?"

Where was this suddenly coming from!

He moved to me taking the plushy out my hand and tossed it aside. He leaned over looking down at me.

"Allowing another man in your house, even to use your bath-"

"He was here to safeguard me, aumm- I mean- he was here to check my condition and ask me a few questions, the coffee was an accident." Holy shit he is the fucking jealous type. I swallowed sinking into the chair as he loomed over me he was so close and had a scary aura. "I'm yours, it's okay he didn't do anything, he was really kind."

He never replied instead he leaned over and kissed me as he pulled away and I blushed intensely what in the holy hell was that?! My body felt really funny as I covered my mouth embarrassed as hell.

"I'll have to see that on my own" He said looking at me.

"n-noo-noooooooo" I begged feeling the life starting to leave me as he took his hand running it lightly over my face.

"You leave the house behind my back. You invite a man into your house his scent looming out of every single room and Kaisa…you seem to be failing to understand how possessive I am"

….shit…I'm in some serious trouble now aren't I?