detective kim; kth (ambw)

Chapter 12



A light yawn leaves Chantelle's lips as she wakes up the next morning. She stretches her limbs, only to find that there is nothing next to her. Just empty sheets.

The detective slowly opens her eyes and sees that her assumption is correct. Taehyung is long gone.

She's glad about it though. It just means that she doesn't have to wake up next to him and kick him out, which would definitely be awkward.

Chantelle takes her time standing, her legs wobbly and sore. Maybe she should run a bath. It's her day off after all and after the week she's had, she thinks she has earned it.

So she heads to the bathroom, her eyes catching on her reflection in the mirror. Her hair is a mess and there's a couple bruises on her hips. They are hard to see because of her skin tone, but there's a few spots that have a greenish tint to them.

Damn, he must have been fucking her too good for her to even notice he was gripping her that hard. The memories come rushing back to her but she pushes them away, knowing she will just make herself horny again. And after last night, she definitely needs a break.

Chantelle turns the water on, quickly running herself a bath. Then she steps inside, letting out a sigh of relief as the warm water hits her skin. It works wonders on her sore muscles, quickly soothing them and allowing Chantelle to just relax.

She closes her eyes, going over her tasks for the day in her head. Clean Cinnabun's cage, clean the apartment, do laundry, go grocery shopping and head over to her parent's house for dinner later tonight.

It's a daunting list, but she's determined to get everything done. After her well earned bath, of course.

For now, she'll just lay back and relax.

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"C'mon, Bun. I need to clean your cage." Chantelle groans, reaching after the bunny once again. But he hops away from her hands, making him hard to catch.

"Look, I have a treat." She holds up a carrot in front of the bunny, which instantly makes him pause and stand up on his hind legs. "Yeah, I know you want it. C'mon."

She holds the carrot in front of the door of the open cage and he looks at her with beady eyes for a moment. Then he hops out, quickly nibbling at the carrot.

"Yes!" Chantelle cheers to herself, lightly stroking the bunny's fur as she gives him the healthy treat. Then she gets to work on cleaning the cage.

She throws out the dirty litter and wipes at the cage itself, cleaning up all the grime that has collected on it. When she's done, she replaces the litter and cleans his food bowl, as well as his water dispenser.

"See? Happy cage, happy bunny." She puts him back in the cage, giving him what's left of the carrot once he's in there. He looks happy and absolutely adorable, eyes wide as he quickly nibbles on the treat.

For a split second, her mind drifts back to Taehyung. How cute he looked when he was eating pizza with her at that place in Manhattan.

No, stop it.

Chantelle refuses to think about him in that way, especially now that she's had sex with him. The worst thing she could do right now is catch feelings.

But is it already too late?

"God dammit." She lets out a frustrated sigh, getting up to complete the rest of her tasks.

Since she is spending most of the day alone while she cleans, Chantelle has plenty of time to think. And she finds her mind drifting back to the case.