Mind Games | Sanzu x reader

03

Playlist for this chapter: 

- Cavetown - Juliet

- Halsey - Control

- Halsey - Ya'aburnee

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Sitting across from the dark-haired male in his office room, you had your hands in your lap, fumbling with your fingers nervously.

Naoto had contacted you before your meeting with him, telling you that it would be better if you met him back in his apartment and that he will come pick you up. He obviously did not want to risk anyone from his work seeing both of you together.

Because wouldn't it be suspicious for a detective to meet up with a girl in his workplace? He did not want to risk the chance of him getting caught while delivering you some highly classified information about the case he is handling.

That way, he could get automatically eliminated from the case.

You agreed nonetheless, you did not have a choice anyway.

Naoto was browsing through his laptop, he was furrowing his eyebrows, clearly in deep concentration while gathering all the information that he was about to represent to you. He was still dressed in his work attire; the moment he entered the apartment he took off his tie and his sleeves were still rolled up from when you last saw him at the café.

The fact that you were alone with him in his apartment did not bother you much, but you still were nervous though. You were not mentally prepared for this.

The thing that mostly occupied your mind was your friend Riku. All this time you have been thinking about how little time you have in your hands before any undesired outcome took place.

You were snapped back to the present moment by Naoto turning around his laptop, so it was facing you, you have asked him on your way to his apartment to show you the last time Riku was seen. Maybe it could give you a lead.

You leaned forward, to get a clear view of the various camera footage that were shown in the open folder.

"These are security camera footage from last week, all of them are from shops located in Shinjuku." Naoto said in a calm tone, he had his mouth covered by his right hand while resting his arm on his desk, his fingers were drumming. He watched your face carefully, looking for any signs of recognition.

You watched the footage with deep focus, a gasp escaped your lips when you found Riku enter a building decorated with large billboards with blinding neon lights, it had several hung signs, mostly bars, restaurants, and hostess clubs.

Your eyes quickly glanced at the dark-haired male who was waiting for you to say something, your gaze was full of worry and your mind was running with a lot of questions.

"n-Naoto? What is she doing there? c-Could it be?" your voice came out as a whisper; you were trying to squeeze your mind for an explanation.

"I think it is pretty clear what kind of business a female in her age would be doing in this part of town." Naoto casually replied, killing any other possible idea to ever cross your mind.

Your head hurt and your eyes stung with newly formed salty liquid that threatened to fall from your orbs.

"But Riku wouldn't do that. She will never put herself in such position." you managed to mumble the words that left your mouth, not tearing your eyes away from the laptop screen which played footage after another.