ᴋʏᴏᴋᴏ ᴋɪʀɪɢɪʀɪ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ sᴇᴠᴇɴ

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After the promise the (h/c) haired male had made to Kyoko, she wasn't able to stop thinking about him. The way he had grabbed her hands so gently, looking into her eyes like that... She knew that she should only focus on the case and the case only, but...

'Now that I think about it, (y/n) is actually really handsome. I like the way his hair is styled and I also like its color.' While they were working on finding new evidence, she would sometimes stop, just to look at him for a few seconds and admire his looks.

"Is everything alright, Kirigiri? You've been staring at me for some time now." Seemingly worried, (y/n) gave the purple haired female his undivided attention, tiling his head to the side a bit. "Oh...!" A bit flustered that she had been caught, Kyoko quickly looked back at her work.

"Kirigiri? You didn't really answer my question, you know." He couldn't help but chuckle at how cute she looked. 'My my, is she starting to fall for me? Of course, I wouldn't be complaining, but that's quite ironic, isn't it?' He tried his best to hide his wide smirk.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Clearing her throat, the detective tried her very best at calming down again. She really needed to focus on this case and didn't have the time to develop feelings for her partner! "I was just... Lost in my thoughts. I'm sorry for staring at you in the meantime."

"It's okay~ If you want an autograph, just say so~" He cooed, winking at her playfully, which only made her blush in embarrassment. "H-Haha, you're really funny, (l/n)..." She laughed nervously, hiding her face behind one of her gloved hands. 'This is so embarrassing, I want to vanish...!'

"Oh, also, I think I have an idea on who could've framed the innocent officer that we arrested." He suddenly said, making her head shoot back up. "You do? Why didn't you say anything sooner? Who is it?" Almost as if all of his hopes were gone, he shook his head.

"It's a whole bunch of people, I'm afraid. A whole bunch of people, which we will have to interrogate one at a time." Kyoko widened her eyes. "Don't be silly, we don't have the time to do that! One interrogating with protocol already takes too much time!"

"I'm sorry, but we won't have another choice, I'm afraid." He walked over to her, showing her a list of people who had previously called in sick. "These are all the people that called in sick the day before the murder. I think they are reasonable suspects." She raised an eyebrow.

"Why would we suspect these people?" Carefully grabbing the list, the purple haired female looked up at him. "Well... Think about it. The suspect wouldn't want anyone to suspect them. But calling in sick on the exact same day of the murder would make them seem suspicious. Do you understand?"

Her eyes slowly lit up. It may have sounded bizarre, but it also made a lot of sense when thinking about it further. "You mean because they then could sneak in, collect some strands of hair and nobody would think about them at all? That... That makes sense...!"

The (h/c) haired male nodded. "That's exactly what I mean. So what are we waiting for? We need to get started on interrogating them!" He gently grabbed her hand, once again giving it a little kiss. "If I'm correct with my theory, we will soon catch an accomplice of the killer."
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