Playing With Fire || Maeda Riku

004

"Please, you two, come in and have a seat"

Riku and YunHa walked into the meeting room. They picked a seat and sat down.

AleXa walked back to her seat and sat in front of the two.

"I'm sure by now you two have heard about the diamond"

"We did, what happened?"

YunHa asked and AleXa just shrugged.

"I was in LA, I got back a few days ago and nobody knows where it went"

"Was anybody else here?"

Riku asked and AleXa shook her head.

"Not a single one of us, we locked up the shop while I was gone and they all went and stayed at the Airbnb we rent often"

YunHa reached over and grabbed AleXa's hand. She was visibly upset and frustrated with the current situation. YunHa gave her a warm smile.

"Don't worry so much... we'll find the diamond and bring it back"

"Oh, you two... You guys are lifesavers"

Riku chuckled and waved it off.

"It's nothing really, just for us to get some experience for later on"

"Okay... all I know is that Somi tracked the location of the diamond but after that street race your father participated in YunHa, everyone is so skeptical of us, everyone will run if we go"

YunHa stood up and pat Riku's shoulder

"You can count on us and Somi to find that diamond ASAP, Riku, let's go"

Riku looked at YunHa and stood up. The way Riku looked at YunHa made AleXa bat her eyes at the two before they left to go find Somi.

"Young love blossoms into something new"

"Somi!"

YunHa yelled out Somi's name. The said girl turned her head and pulled her headphones off her head.

"Yeah?"

"Let's go"

Riku said and closed Somi's laptop, shoving it into her bag and giving it to her.

Somi looked mildly confused until it clicked.

"Oh~ Yes, yes, let's go now before it's too late"

Somi said as she got up and headed upstairs and out of the shop, followed by the two.

"You guys will need these"

Somi said as she pulled out in-ears from her pocket and handed them around to the two like it was a piece of candy.

"If you get lost, I can tell you guys where to go"

Somi stopped walking and pointed to the large crowd ahead.

"Head to the crowd, the street race will start shortly"

"Where are you going?"

Riku asked and Somi looked at him.

"Me? I'm going to sit where I always sit, on the rooftop, and do my job"

Somi said as she smiled and climbed up the ladder and sat on the edge of the building, the two just staring at her.

"Well, what are you two waiting for? Go!"

Riku grabbed YunHa's arm and pulled her towards the crowd. Pressing a finger to his in-ear.

"How do we know we've found the diamond?"

"You'll know it when you see it"

Somi said and YunHa looked at Riku.

"It's a diamond, it won't be hard to find"

YunHa assured Riku who smiled and nodded.

"Right, I'll go left"

He said as they stopped in the crowd and YunHa looked at him.

"I'll go right"

YunHa said and chuckled as she backed away, turned away then started walking to the right side of the market.

Riku watched her walk away and he pressed a finger to his in-ear.

"Be safe"

He said as he turned and started walking to the left side of the market.

Scanning through the overwhelming crowd, Riku looked closely at each item in everyone's hands.

Unable to spot anything out of the blue, Riku sighs and runs his fingers through his hair.

"Where could that diamond be? Think obvious Riku, where would someone take a diamond?"

Riku asked himself as his pace through the market was slow and steady.

"A diamond... maybe... shit... a diamond..."

Riku stopped walking and raised his head. He saw two figures walk towards an alleyway. The two looked sketchy so that was Riku's cue to follow.

Riku followed the two and hid in between two dumpsters and listened in on the conversation.

"Do you want the diamond or not?"

"The pink diamond?"

"Yes, the pink diamond, you know, the one that was stolen 11 years ago?"

"Wha- 11 years ago?"

"That doesn't matter! You want it? Yes or no?"

"Yes! Yes! I'll buy it"

Then a gunshot was heard, echoing the alleyway.

The one who was going to buy the diamond shot the seller. Stepping over their body, they picked up the diamond and held it up.

"What a beauty"

Riku slowly pulled out his gun before he stepped out into the open and held up his gun to the figure.

"I don't think that rightfully belongs to you"

The figure looked at Riku before pulling their hood down. It was a girl, no older than 16. She lowered her arm and clenched the diamond in her hand.

"Who are you?"

"That's not important, what is important though is that you give me that diamond"

The girl chuckled with a sour tone to her chuckle.

"I think I'll be keeping it"

The girl said before she made a quick turn and ran down the alleyway.

"Fuck!"

Riku sprinted after the girl who was having the time of her life on this chase.

Riku had caught up to her a few times now, almost in arms reach until this last time she grabbed onto a bar and swung herself around, kicking Riku in the chest, knocking the wind out of him and knocking him down.

The girl took this chance and she ran off. Once Riku got back up and ran out of the alleyway, the girl was nowhere in sight.

He pressed a finger to his in-ear for the last time.

"She got away"