The Unwanted Encounter (Ash Lynx x Reader)

45) Old Lady

"Max is done with his report and Golzine is going to be back in New York. So, Max was planning on releasing and exposing his report on the day he arrives."

"I see. I'm also done with mine. I speculated the pharmacological identity of Banana Fish." Ash handed an envelope to Shorter. "Bring this to Max. He'll know what to do with it."

"Y-you did this yourself?" Shorter skimmed trough the stack of pages in the envelope, eyes widening.

"With y/n's help a little. But it's not pure chemical synthesis. For example, there's a cactus called the peyote in South America, an activate constituent that causes hallucinations to be extracted. I'm guessing Banana Fish was made of an alkaloid plant like it."

"Damnn, I'm amazed." Shorter put the stack of paper back in the envelope, looking At Ash, amazed.

"It's just a theory." Ash sighed, crossing his arms. "Anyway, how's Professor Dawson?"

"Max told me that the doctor said that the brain's neural pathway has been damaged. But it's hard to prove that it was caused by drugs. If we can prove that, it could be something."

"Proving the casual relation, impossible."

"Damn it. I wish I could strangle Kippard or Holstock." I muttered, looking outside the window, sitting on it's sill.

"I'll be the one to do that." Ash said, looking at me. "Kippard was a regular at the old man's restaurant. People like that never change."

I still kept my eyes outside the window, dangling my left foot down the window sill. Thoughts about Yut Lung came flooding in my mind. Lee Wang-Lung, the 5th brother of the Lee clan was announced dead on the news earlier. The only explanation for his death was Yut Lung of course. I knew he resented his brothers for what they did to his mother. Shorter had told me all about it.

I sighed, rubbing my eyes as I stared at the sunset. The Orange hue, mixed with a tinge of purple was incredibly beautiful. It was the only thing worth seeing in that dump.

"Y/n." Ash sat on the couch after escorting Shorter out. He looked at my direction, waiting for my response as I still stared at the sky.

"Yeah?"

"Let's try to stay on the DL now. I can't figure out who it is. It's creepy." Ash said as I walked over towards him, taking a seat on the couch in front of him.

"What are you talking about?"

"I've lived on my instinct alone, I had complete faith in it. This has never happened to me." Ash dropped his head in his hand, sliding his hand trough his blonde hair. I stared at him, confusedly as he went on about not being able to figure something out.

"It's creepy. Someone has been following me. At first I thought I knew who it was, but it doesn't make sense." Ash looked up at me, his eyes filled with worry.

"They can't let us rest for one day, can't they?" I groaned, starting to get irritated because of Golzine and his shit. "Fine, I know what you're about to say." I sighed, getting up to get to the kitchen. "I'll stay on house arrest." I mumbled.

"It isn't house arrest." Ash chuckled, following after me in the kitchen. "What's for dinner?"

"Sort of is.." I sighed, turning the stove on. "And pasta."

"Don't burn the kitchen down, please." Ash said, standing next to me.

"Help me out then." I scowled, pointing a pack of pasta towards him.

"You look like those old hags who get angry easily." Ash crossed his arms, a smug grin etching on his face.

"What?!" I turned towards him, furrowing my eyebrows.

"Don't look at me like that, old lady~"

"If you have a death wish, then say so." I dumped the pasta in boiling water, staring at the Lynx who still kept his teasing grin on.

"Scratch that. Now you remind me of Jessica." Ash kept on pestering me, and frankly, I didn't hate it, at all.
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I sat in my bed, reading a book as I sunk deeper and deeper in to the fictional world when Ash walked in. He came in with a towel wrapped around his neck, a collared shirt with a tie hanging lazily around the collar, and boxers. I cocked my eyebrow, staring at him.

"Going somewhere?" I asked, turning a page around in my book.

"You got a hairdryer?" He asked, walking in as he dried his hair with the towel.

"Yeah, bottom drawer." I said, my eyes glued to my book as I got more and more absorbed in it.

"M'kay, thanks." Ash took the hairdryer out, plugging it in the plug and drying his hair in my room. He stared at the mirror in front of him as he twisted his hair to style it in ways I didn't even know existed. He never really cared about how he looked since he'd just wear the most comfortable thing he found laying around. And he'd never dry his hair after a shower. Said it was too time consuming and energy draining to move your arms around.

After he had finally finished drying his hair, I glanced up from my book, staring at the blonde in front me.

"What are you doing?" I asked, marking my book by turning the corner of the page, putting it on the bedside table next to me.

"Do I look 15?" The blonde asked, twisting a strand of his hair as he turned around to face me.

"Yeah. What, do you want to get in a museum as a minor or something?" I asked, chucking a little.

"Prostituting." Ash said, fixing the tie which hung lazily down his shirt.

"Eh? I don't get the joke." I tilted my head, furrowing my brows.

"It's not a joke. Don't think too hard, old lady~"

"Ash." I sternly said, linking my arms.

"Y/n." Ash said, matching the tone of my voice.

"Oh, shut up." I threw a pillow at his head, looking annoyedly at him.

"Oh, shut up~" Ash mimicked me in a girly voice, throwing the pillow back at me.

"Blondie, don't." I got up from the bed, standing in front of him with my hands on my hips.

"Old lady, don't~" He said, putting his index finger on his chin as he seductively looked at me.

"Stupid." I said underneath my breath, stomping away from the room.

"You know you love me!" Ash screamed, laughing. "Also get my pants for me, would you?"

"What am I? Your maid?" I asked with a scowl, sighing as I grabbed a pair of jeans which dangled on the couch.

"Yes!"
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(A/n): I know it's a short chapter but at least it's something. My motivation to do anything went lowkey down the drain this week 🐌