"What do you want, Higuchi?"
When she caught the blonde off guard by her question earlier, she took this opportunity to flip themselves over― Taiyo towering over her this time. Hands pinned against hands. "I'm quite offended you used my subordinate's body for a break in."
"I-!" She hushed her, her eyes dark with anger and annoyance. By this time she activated her powers, using the blood she bled earlier to surround themselves with sharp spikes; mostly directed at the mafia worker. Taiyo was so close she could slit her throat, had she not be on the good side. It made Higuchi shake and shiver.
Of course, she wouldn't harm her now. She just simply wanted a valuable reason as to why she broke in, used Dazai's form, and ruined her dinner that was probably cold now.
You could say she was furious.
"Give me that one good reason that'll make me not want to plunge a spike through your head right now."
Cold sweat dropped down Higuchi's neck and forehead. Before she went to the detective's apartment, she did a small background check on the woman.
Dozens of reports from different members that encountered her has the same saying: 'she seems far too kind to take on a fight.' Yet after that statement, Higuchi read the amount of damage the woman on top of her has done to them.
"Not a lot of damage was done for the victim to have died, but enough for them to have trauma."
Higuchi was one of those people who will believe it when they see it. Now, with her pinned down to the floor- she didn't need to see anything more to believe that this woman is a hazard.
"Well? Gonna say the reason? Or-"
"Alright! I was seeking more information from you okay?!" Taiyo chuckled darker, leaning closer to her (so did the spikes.) "By seducing me?"
"Yes!"
"What information exactly?"
"A-About your last case before you went away for 2 years!"
Taiyo just stared at her, contemplating if she should believe the blonde. She didn't. "Never knew you were a great liar, Higuchi-chan." She got a droplet of blood from a spike, and lightly plunged into her knee. The blonde gasped out and yelled. The feeling was similar to when a person presses down on your bruise.
"Are you going to tell me the real reason now?" Higuchi was panting and sweating, clearly not very skilled in talking out of her façade.
" M-Mori-san wanted to know more information about your agency's insights on your recent crime." Taiyo's eyes darkened as she narrowed it to Higuchi's direction. "What?"
"You seriously don't know what you're doing with your job to not take note of a crime you're involved in?" Higuchi had gained the confidence of smugly talking back to her restrictor. Taiyo glared at her back, "What I do with my job does not concern you."
"Back to the topic. What does Mori want with a disturbing crime case?" Higuchi seemed dumbfounded. One of the best detectives in the continent really didn't know what she had passed through? "The woman with the orange hair seemingly has a page." Taiyo's eyes widened, "You're lying."
"Why would I be?"
"You're a mafia member."
"Touché. But why would I waste my time and effort in coming here and-" Higuchi groaned, her cheeks red, "Seduce you." Taiyo rolled her eyes, but focused back to the mafioso.
"How did you know she has a page? I was sure she worked for you guys." Higuchi sighed, "Not every bad person works for us. There are hundreds of gangs out there."
"I know. I'm not dumb." Taiyo was slowly getting irritated with this slow conversation. She misses her beef with vegetables.
"Mori-san was at the crime scene that day. He blended in pretty well for a fox like you to not have noticed." Taiyo groaned, "When he saw that ballerina figurine, everything went into place."
Taiyo was confused, the forensics said that the figurine belonged to the child? "It couldn't have belonged to the child since the caretaker of the orphange said the boy never owned such."
"But one police officer said he owned it." Higuchi was now the confused one, "What? But the caretaker-"
A sudden realization hit them both, making them look at each other in shock, "Could it be the squad has a mole?" Higuchi nodded with certainty, "It could be."
"Wait. Let's not jump into conclusions." Taiyo finally let go of the blonde, standing up and pacing around the apartment. Higuchi stood half of her body; her legs still lying. The spikes was still focused on her even if the woman was pacing around.
"It could be that the officer was just confused." The mafioso nodded, "True, but the possibility of a mole is likely. Got any friends in the department?" Taiyo looked at her before raising her eyebrow with a smirk. "I have."
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She grunted as she struggled to pushing Higuchi out the door, "Just- go and tell your boss that the agency doesn't have any info! This is the first time we've heard of the problem!"
"But- what about-" Taiyo gave her strength to pushing the blonde out, in which she did successfully. "Just," She sighed out, "Let me handle this, alright? I'm an old member in the agency. I can handle things well. Especially if it's an occasion this important."
Higuchi sighed as well, hiding her cold hands in her warm pockets, "If you say so. It was nice meeting you." She did a small salute as she slowly walked away from the apartment.
The strong and cold wind brushed through both the females hair. Making them tuck it behind her ear. Taiyo chuckled as she played with the small device the mafioso put. By the way the girl was strutting, Taiyo could tell she was proud on bugging her apartment like that.
Deciding to lower her confidence, she raised the device up and cupped her mouth to yell at the blonde.
"Gotta say, Higuchi-chan, this bug you put on my carpet is pretty cool!" Taiyo shouted back to the girl, making her whip her head around with widened eyes, "How did you-! Nevermind." She just gave up and finally walked away.
Taiyo chuckled lowly as she threw the small device out of the railings, going straight to the muddy land.
Closing the door and locking it, she walked past her dinner, quickly going straight to her phone that was settled on the kitchen counter. She unlocked it and scrolled past her contacts to find a someone she never would have thought she would call again.
The phone rang, and every ring, the girl's heart rate increases. She felt like a fool for calling him, but this was business related. She hoped he would understand.
He picked up, Taiyo lowly squeaked in shock. She did not expect that. She expected him to hang up or put her in voicemail.
"Hey."
"Mm, make this quick."
"Listen, I know it's late, but you're the only person I know who'll be awake at this hour."
"You sure? Ranpo-san's quite the sweet addict. He's probably having a candy rush right now." The person answered back with a husky voice. One you would hear in the morning after a rough night.
"He doesn't know the way to my apartment. Can you come over? We need to talk."
The man groaned at the other end, the sound of clothes ruffling and bed creaking can be heard. "Can it be tomorrow? It's late, Kurishima. Plus I don't want to talk to you."
Taiyo sighed at the mention of the last statement, "It could be tomorrow, but just letting you know that someone has a page." The bed creaked even louder, indicating that he stood up. "What?"
"Yup."
well woopdie doo! this chapter is now just the beginning of the real story. meaning, more scenes with dazai will be up ahead (hopefully ^^) i like to build up stories to tease the readers HEHEHEH but hope you like this chap! kinda proud of it :)
wonder who Taiyo was talking to at the end? 🤔🤔
HAHAH well stay safe everyone! wash your hands and treat yo self well 🥰🥰
yours sincerely,
vel.