Do you spy what I spy? - Chapter 2
AN: *shrugs* Much of the same, again thanks to sherrymouse for helping me out :) This story can also be found on fanfiction.net, under the same name :)
Quote: 'It’s hot and everyone is grouchy because it’s hot, they are thirsty, it’s hot, there is so much work and did someone mention it’s hot?'
Chapter two: You spy
Todoroki passes the backyard, looking for Sasazuka. She spots him behind a small wall and almost calls out. For some reason, she hesitates.
“Sasazuka-san?”
It’s the female detective. She looks fragile, standing alone under the warm sunlight.
“Yako-chan, I finally found you. Come on, let’s go back. People are waiting for you,” Sasazuka gently places his hand on her shoulder, but is surprised when the girl flies into his arms, clutching onto him like a lifeline. For the first time they are working together, Todoroki sees her superior speechless.
“J-just…”
She doesn’t finish the sentence, but Sasazuka just wraps his arms around her, looking utterly awkward while doing so. Todoroki, thinking Yako is just seeking comfort, thinks nothing. Almost nothing.
*
When Sasazuka and Yako are back, nobody sees her red-rimmed eyes, nor do they see that Sasazuka’s coat is a bit wrinkled. Ishigaki smiles in himself, while the assistant pulls the detective over. He briefly wonders of an human body should bend that way, but thinks nothing important of it (after all, he didn’t study Biology). The young inspector almost skips to Sasazuka and can’t help but proudly proclaim he ‘didn’t touch anything, really!’ and promptly falls over his own feet. Sasazuka just sighs, rubs his head and turns to talk to Todoroki, who is strangely quiet at Ishigaki’s stupid actions.
“Anything that is different from the usual?”
*
“It’s so~ hot! Sempai, can’t you do this for me?”
“No. Do it yourself for once,”
It’s hot and everyone is grouchy because it’s hot, they are thirsty, it’s hot, there is so much work and did someone mention it’s hot? Todoroki swipes the sweat from her forehead and silently curses the weather. There is no person in the building without rolled-up sleeves and Sasazuka has even taken off his tie. Although it’s forbidden to smoke inside, he had light up a cigarette, looking slightly annoyed at Ishigaki who has done nothing but complaining since coming in for work.
“Sasazuka-san!”
It’s the female detective. ‘Again,’ Todoroki thinks and she can’t help but notice that Sasazuka is staring a bit too long, a bit too intense at the detective, clad in a bright yellow summer dress and sandals.
“Nice dress. It looks very…pretty on you,” Sasazuka says and the girl smiles at the compliment, looking very happy. Todoroki thinks she is just happy with the compliment, but feels uneasy when Higuchi compliments her too and her smile isn’t that bright compared to the other smile she gave to Sasazuka.
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And so it continues. Todoroki notices stares, touches, words, actions, putting them together and, no, it’s not true, but she knows it’s true and watches the secret unfold before her very eyes. But, in reality, nothing really changes. Sasazuka doesn’t touch Yako like a man, but he clearly does love her. Yako doesn’t confess to Sasazuka like a schoolgirl, but she clearly does love him. They dance around each other, hiding in plain sight.
Todoroki doesn’t understand why, doesn’t know who can explain it to her, but remembers an instant where someone knew. Someone knew before her.
So she goes to find the anime-loving man, thinking, ‘For being an idiot, he’s actually pretty smart.’