Guns And Love (Soukoku)

Misunderstandings

The ginger's eyes widened.

"What do you mean?"

The pink haired lady smiled, recalling the previous days.

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The brunette was making his way through the halls, reading through the thin stack of papers in his hand, resting on his arms.

He glanced up to notice Kouyou.

"Kouyou-sama. Can I speak with you?"

The pink haired who also seems to notice the brunette, smiled as she said, "Just call me Ane-san lad. Don't be so formal."

Dazai nodded as he approached the other, which surprised Kouyou. Most weren't as confident as the other when talking to her.

"I have a question on..."

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The ginger, wide eyed, "He solved it all on his own?"

Kouyou nodded eagerly, "I think he's a prodigy. We should've given him an IQ test."

The ginger bit his lip, "Actually..."

Chuuya then explained the previous occurrences and the pink haired listened carefully and nodded occasionally.

"It seems Dazai-kun wasn't fond of Midori."

"But attacking her isn't a solution." the ginger massaged the bridge of his nose, thinking through everything again. He stopped and inhaled a deep breath before looking at Kouyou who was tidying up her elegant bun with the pin.

"Actually..." The ginger started, immediately earning the other's attention as the pink haired nodded, gesturing the other to go on.

"I saw some faint black smudges on Midori's palm. It kind of looks like..." the ginger paused, glancing subtly at the door, as if he was checking whether Midori was listening in. 

Kouyou, noticing that, leaned in slightly as Chuuya continued, softly, barely audible to the other, "Gun residue."

The pink haired raised a brow, "What about that?"

The ginger nodded, mostly to himself as he continued, "Dazai said Midori pointed a gun at him and I'm quite sure I didn't see those smudges on her hands earlier on.

The pink haired requested for the footage of the office, looking through it again.

"Well, this footage shows that she never pulled out a gun and it was indeed Dazai-kun who punched her."

The pink haired re-watched the footage, focusing on the green haired girl before she quickly paused the video.

"Is it me or is Midori doing a weird hand sign?" 

The ginger raised a brow in curiosity as Kouyou flipped the phone around to show the ginger what she was talking about.

The footage, paused at a hasty moment where the footage was slightly blurry but the green haired was visible. The footage currently was showing that both Dazai and Midori were standing beside each other.

The ginger squinted his eyes, indeed he saw, the green haired who's hand was behind her back, fingers curled in a odd manner, wrist twisted slightly as if giving a signal to someone.

Chuuya frowned, suspicion growing as he dialed the same number he dialed previously. Like always, the other side picked up immediately.

"Sorry to disturb you Hirotsu-san. Can you tell me who was in charge of watching the cameras in the past hour?"

A 'yes' for acknowledgment before the line went silent for a while as the pink haired and ginger waited in anticipation.

A mere few seconds passed before the older replied promptly, "Kioshi, an ability user."

The ginger hummed, putting the call on speaker mode as he said, "Stay on the line would you? Stay quiet and listen in."

The pink haired raised a brow, "Are you onto something?"

"If I remembered properly, Kioshi-kun's ability is being able to alter realities slightly."

Kouyou caught on quick, "Are you suspecting he altered the scene showed on the footage."

The ginger nodded, "We just need to check if I'm right."

"How?"

The ginger didn't answer but instead called out, "Midori, I need you to help me find someone."

The doors opened with a creak as the green haired bowed, "Who do you need?"

The ginger smiled, "Kioshi, he should be in the camera room now."

Both saw the other's eyes widen before she compose herself. 

"What is the reason. So that I can address it to him."

Kouyou snapped back, "That is none of your business. Your job is to go get him."

The green haired seemingly jerked upon noticing the two in front of her had menacing looks on their face. The ginger's smile making a shiver go down her spine.

"Yes, I'm sorry Kouyou-sama."

The pink haired nodded as she glanced at the ginger who sighed, "Clean off that black smudge on your hands too. Gun residue is hard to wash off after all."

Like on cue, Miodori quickly looked at her own hands and she gasped at the slightly visible black powder like substance smudged on her pale skin, making it more visible than ever.

She couldn't help but glance at the ginger who had his eyes narrowed, staring at her. She quickly nodded, "Yes, I used it this morning to threaten a-"

She was abruptly cut off by the ginger this time, "I didn't ask you why you used your gun. Your anxiousness in explaining is..."

The ginger paused to look at the other.

He smirked as he ordered, voice louder, "Hirotsu, find me Dazai and bring him back right now."