Into The Rose Garden (Seidou x Kanae/Karren)

Chapter Eighty-eight - Again

Warning: This chapter contains violence, gore and psychological trauma. You have been warned. Also music used for this chapter does NOT belong to me.

Seidou fought the temptation to lean against the female's shoulder as she drove along, sighing as she noticed his struggle against himself. Kanae nudges towards her own hand on the driving stick. "Would you accept to hold my hand...?" 

Making Seidou blush immensely. "W-What?! H-Hold y-your hand, just like that...?" Seidou began to mumble softly, fumbling with his hands as he looked away sheepishly.

"I-I-I mean-! W-We haven't-! U-Uh w-we haven't even gone on an actual date! I-I mean I-I know w-we already k-kissed and everything, but I-I mean...u-uh..." Kanae sighs, smiling warmly as she held onto the male's hand. Causing Seidou to freeze, blushing even more until he lets himself melt into the feeling.

Kanae's hold on his hand seemed to have a calming affect to it. Seidou looked down at the interlocked hands, slowly looking up at the female. "Kanae...this is actually really nice."

Kanae smiled warmly Seidou's moment of tenderness to be admirable. It was still difficult to process, if she had told her past self from mere months ago that she were to fall in love with this male, her past self would just spat right in her face. But there was just something about Seidou that just had to take time.

"So Seidou, about what we're going to do when we get home... I'm sorry but, we have to go back to the way things were before..." Seidou lets go of the female's hand, confused about what that was suppose to mean. "Wait, so we're not-?" "What? No, we're still...something. But I mean, we just have to keep it on the downlow until they're ready to handle it. Also...with them, they still have to see me as a male."

Seidou's eyes widen. "What-?!" "I can not afford to suddenly be who I really am, with all that confusion. I was a male for so long, and to suddenly..." Seidou crossed his arms. "Kanae, you can't keep everything a secret for long. It's not the right thing to do..." "But it's what I want to do, even if it is selfish or wrong. My family needs this..." 

Seidou sighed. "Kanae, what about you?" Kanae pinched the bridge of her nose, almost just about done with the subject. "Seidou, listen I-!" 

A sudden cry from a siren is heard from right behind the newly found couple's vehicle. "Pull over, this instant!" Some officer cried out, causing Kanae to scoff and look over at Seidou, whispering...

"What's going on...?" To which Seidou wore a greatly concerned look, he didn't know himself. But seeing how it was a police officer, Kanae couldn't see the problem with pulling over. Seidou questioned her as she turn the wheel carefully.

Kanae shrugged. "I-It'll just be a minute. Maybe I was speeding, and didn't notice. It'll be fine." The two exit the car. "Alright officer, is there a-?" Kanae froze up, that young 'officer', was holding onto a briefcase. "Well, I do need a moment of your time."

Kanae's throat closed, it was a ghoul's worst fear. Being confronted by a dove. Even in a calm and tame situation, such as conversation, is much like that of a walk through coal. One wrong step, one wrong thing, is...is...

Kanae took a deep breath, relaxing her muscles. Letting her fists unclench, whispering to Seidou without moving her head, wearing a forced smile. "Stay...calm... Don't say anything stupid or suspicious..."  

Seidou stood there, silently looking over the situation. In his time as an investigator, never did he even picture how the experience would like on this side of things. In fact, he and Houji were always on this investigator's side of this. He didn't think it would be this terrifying, being the ghoul in this moment.

But if he wanted to learn how to survive like this, he'll have to observe the actual ghoul in action. She was his best chance to navigate through these life and death areas.