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I'm truly sorry for any mistakes/grammatical errors/misused words. English is not my first language at all.

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Somewhere in Tokyo,

Knock… knock..

After a while, the door was opened; revealing a tall guy with a pair of jeans and a shirt with the addition of blue cap on his head. The guy walked casually to the man that has been occupying the study room since a while before dropping himself right on the chair.

"How'd it go?" Was the first greeting the blue cap guy got. The man had a solemn expression on his face as he looked the guy before him.

"Failed miserably." He stated nonchalantly. "He's been cornered already by the Shadow. It's about time he'd be killed." The guy whistled.

BAM! The man slammed the desk. His solemn face looked mad. "You said you'd handle it!"

"I did and that soon-to-be-died Akeru is the proof." He answered casually, not caring the angry person in front of him. Before the man could retort anything, he spoke again, "It's not my fault that he made mistakes in the plan."

"I PAID YOU FOR THIS!" The man pressed his words slowly. His face looked red due to the furiousness. "Now he, that fucking Shadow will discover who behind this! And this is all because of your overwhelming confidence that brought nothing. At all! You insolent brat!" He yelled.

Feeling insulted, the blue cap guy retorted back. " Are we forgetting the fact who are we facing now?" He then glared the older man. "His Phantom definitely can't be underestimated easily." That sentence successfully managed to calm the man a bit as he sat back on his chair. He crossed his arms while throwing a dagger glare to the guy before him.

"You think I'm that stupid to just solely depend on such a weak person like Akeru?!"

The man said nothing, he just stared the blue cap guy; waiting for the further explanation.

-XxX-

"Now then, is there any reason why you tried to assassinate me, Taku Akeru?" Akashi remarked calmly. His arms were crossed as he watched the scene of Tetsuki pointing a gun exactly at the forehead of a middle-aged man that was forced to sit on a chair.

"I… I don't know what… what you mean… Akashi-sama!" The said man trembled frantically. His body was sweating a lot even though it's winter now. His eyes reflected an absolute fear, staring warily at the gun that could literally pull away his soul from his body in just a blink of eyes.

"Ah, is that so?" Akashi said.

Taku Akeru sighed in relieve seeing the redhead that seemed to trust his words. "Ye-yes! Yes, Akashi-sama!" He nodded profusely. His heart was beating loudly.

"Then I suppose I could ask your beloved wife then. What's her name again? Masami.. Masami Akeru right? I'm sure she'd gladly tell me." Then Akashi said again with a smirk.

The quivering man's eyes widened in fear once again. He tried to move just to kneel down and beg for the mercy of the ruthless Shadow but his Phantom; the woman with a pair of void cerulean orbs that stood before him didn't allow it. She still had the gun pointed towards him. "Please! Please, Akashi-sama! Anything but my wife! Please!" Tears streaming down his face.

He had made a big mistake, ever in his entire life. Messing up with the King's Shadow is the same as digging your own grave.

"Then tell me." Akashi ordered with his authoritative voice. He glared coldly at the sitting man. Tetsuki moved a bit just to make sure Akashi could look the man clearer, the gun was still in her hand; waiting for the order.

"I… I was forced to! I never meant to do anything to the King's Shadow! I can swear! They.. they said that.. that they will kill my wife if.. if I continued to serve under King Nijimura. They already took away my daughter so I didn't have any choice. Please… please understand me Akashi-sama! I would.. do anything you ordered if you-" His sentence died after that because of the shot that was fired by Tetsuki through Akashi's order. Then he fell instantly on the cement floor, red thick liquid could be spotted around him.

Akashi looked at the lifeless body. "You made a big mistake when you lied to me. Your wife already died last year and you never had daughter." His face reflected nothing but an absolute coldness.

Tetsuki gave a slight glance on the dead body before shifting it to Akashi, staring at the latter for a minute. Her face still lacking emotion but nobody actually knows what's on her mind.

'Akashi-kun.'

-XxX-

"This makes it six already." Tetsuki said suddenly as they were heading back to their residence with a car. She sipped her vanilla milkshake nonchalantly. They stopped at Maji Burger few minutes ago to get the drink; courtesy of Tetsuki that can't handle a day without her favorite drink.

"Six attempts of assassinations in just two weeks. What are you? Spy from another country?" Tetsuki monotonously said again after a while.

Akashi chuckled slightly as he continued to drive. "They are really desperate aren't they?"

The car stopped for a while due to the red lamp. It was late evening, the sun was gleaming in red and barely seen as it will be replaced by the moon soon enough. The moving cars were occupying the roads as most people already had their work shifts ended so they were heading back to their homes.

"Humans' insecurities never failed to amuse me. They would do anything just to make sure their salvations are preserved." Tetsuki sipped again her drink. "This is why they are such a lowly-creature." There was coldness in her voice even though her face was still expressionless.

"Ho~" Akashi mused.

"Then, I wonder why you're here now? With me?" He glanced at the woman beside him. His heterochromatic eyes gleamed in amusement.

Tetsuki gave him a glance too, her eyes were on the mismatched one even though they were now on the road.

"Do you really need to ask that?" She remarked in exasperated after a while.

Akashi sinful lips tilted into a smirk. The red lamp turned to the color of green already, indicating the stopping cars to start moving again.

"Not really." He shrugged nonchalantly.

Tetsuki didn't bother to ask anymore, Akashi too just gave his attention on the driving. After that, a comfortable silent embraced them along the way to their residence.

-XxX-

As soon as they reached Akashi's mansion, Tetsuki quickly enter her bedroom whilst Akashi mentioned something about going to shower. Her room was slightly a bit smaller than Akashi's spacious room. Compared to Akashi, her room was a bit plain for she did not really have many things to keep or put. She grabbed her towel then wasted no time to go to the bathroom to clean her body. Later, she was spotted lying casually on her bed with her face on the pillow as an attempt to sleep.

Tic... toc... tic..

She blinked. Her cerulean orbs were wide opened. She closed them back.

Tic.. toc.. tic..

She shifted her body few times to the right and left then hugged her favorite pillow that had a lot of vanilla milkshake pictures pasted.

Tic.. toc.. tic..

This time she pulled her blanket to cover half of her body then proceed to sleep again.

Tic.. toc.. tic..

'Damn.' She gave up. All her efforts to gain a peaceful slumber were to no avail. She threw the blanket away.

Akashi was resting in the living room; watching a random show displayed on the screen of the television, when Tetsuki found him. Actually, after her failed attempts to sleep just now, she decided to spend her time watching any interesting shows just to make her feel sleepy. Seeing that the owner of the crimson locks and hues too was still awake she went to the kitchen to make him some drinks. After a while, Tetsuki returned to the living room with a cup of tea in her hand.

Akashi instantly shifted his gaze from the television to the person that already adjusted herself comfortably on the velvet couch beside him. Tetsuki looked refreshed. She was clad in a simple orange-colored shirt with short pants that reached her knees while her hair wasn't being braided by anything, though it looked a bit wet; an obvious sign that she just showered a while ago. He spared a glance at the cup of tea on the table before him.

"Thank you." He mumbled then sipped the hot tea carefully; not wanting it to hurt his tongue.

Tetsuki just nodded mutely before averting her eyes to the screen.

The living room was filled by a comfortable silence after that as they preferred to just enjoy the show displayed on the screen of the television. An hour with silence passed by; they didn't talk anymore other than occasionally criticizing, commenting or complimenting the plot of a random love action movie that they couldn't even remember the tittle.

"I hate this movie, too cliché." Akashi blurted out.

"You hate everything to begin with." Tetsuki retorted. "… Though, I do agree with you. It is cliché." Her beautiful azure orbs were still on the screen; focusing on the still-playing movie. "A girl that sacrificed her entire life; devoting it just to find a random guy that appeared in her dreams and a guy that was actually a prince that threw his kingdom just to claim his lover that already forgot about him… How foolish." She remarked exasperatedly.

Akashi just stared at the owner of those cerulean irises then parted his lips. "Indeed. Human beings are foolish and selfish creatures."

Tetsuki stared back those piercing heterochromatic eyes. "You agreed? That means you are not denying that you are one of them?"

"I'm no longer a human since that day….. So it's foolish to deem me as one of them." Akashi stated slowly. His mismatched orbs reflected nothing but hatred and disgusted. Almost every single thing he had was vanished ever since that fateful day. Everything. Yet, he never regretted it because his sole wish was granted as an exchange.

Tetsuki gave the redhead a blank stare. She knew exactly what Akashi trying to imply. The first meeting they had, the redhead was already broken. His ruby eyes that time were devoid of emotions as if he no longer bore any soul in his scarred body. How pity.

She flinched a bit when a sudden warm sensation reached her; Akashi's head on her laps, the latter was looking at her. Crimson and gold orbs pierced through the empty cyan irises and their eyes were locked towards each other. Something even warm enveloped her. Akashi's touches never failed to make her warm for some reasons yet; she couldn't fathom how it happens.

"Why so sudden?" Tetsuki asked calmly.

Akashi didn't respond. Instead, he closed his eyes as he shifted his body a bit to gain a more comfortable position. "Shhh… just let me close my eyes for a while." With that, the former instantly fell into a peaceful slumber.

Tetsuki frowned slightly; she can't ever read this man's actions. Akashi is unfathomable for her. She sighed inwardly seeing the latter. The pale complexion matched perfectly with his scarlet locks and with the addition of his heterochromatic orbs; Akashi is the epitome of perfection. Seeing the sleeping face of Akashi; with a calm and unrestrained expression somehow made him looked exquisite, Tetsuki thought. Akashi's current state resembles an angel but he's more beautiful than any other angels because Akashi is a fallen one.

"An angel that was tainted by the devil will look even more exquisite." She muttered slowly as she ruffled the blazing red hair gently. A dark smile graced upon her pale rose lips.

Because they belong to no one but each other.

-XxX-

A bespectacled brown-haired guy stared at the newspaper in his hand with a serious expression. He wore a black police uniform and on his chest, a nametag was visible to the eyes; it read Hyuga Junpei. Hyuga's face was unreadable as he read the news. After a while he slammed it on his desk; gaining attention from another person inside the room.

"What's wrong?" A woman with a short-haircut turned to his direction. She had a petite figure and wore the same uniform as the bespectacled guy and her name tag read, 'Aida Riko'. Like Hyuga, she's also a cops.

Hyuga did not answer the woman; instead he pointed his finger to the newspaper. Riko immediately reached for the paper then wasted no time reading it. After a while, a heavy sigh escaped from her lips.

"This time it is Taku Akeru, he's a successful businessman from abroad that had connection with Underworld." Hyuga stated.

"Six murders in two weeks? Not again?!" She grumbled; her eyebrows furrowed.

Hyuga nodded. He spared a glance around the room, only he and Riko were here right now as the other cops were on duty or something. "The higher definitely love messing up with us, giving this kind of case." He said exasperatedly. "And we don't even have enough people!"

"Aren't we getting a new member today?" Riko tilted her head, frowning.

Hyuga stayed silent for a few seconds. He leaned his back on the cushion. "Let's just hope that he is capable doing his work." He closed his eyes, trying to reduce his tiredness a bit before parting his lips once again. "What's his name?"

"Kagami Taiga."

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