Find Me (Art x Fem!Reader)

Chapter 19: Relax.

The second you arrived home, you broke down. 

The panic, the fear, the realization all washed over you, causing you to punch and break different items that blocked your way. 

Before doing absolutely anything, you grabbed the clown costume, the makeup and your weapons... And placed them all in a trash bag, making sure not to leave a single hair or fingerprint on them. You had to hide them, to make sure it wouldn't be found at all if your house was searched. You went to your basement and teared down some floorboards, placing the bag there and hiding it from plain sight. You then restored it, making it look as if nothing happened there. If Luka dared to come snoop around your house for clues, he wouldn't find anything except for the clue board... And...

Oh shit, if he did that he would find Art. 

If he found Art there, he was dead, and if he was dead, you would be the prime suspect, even if you could prove the Miles County Clown did it. Why was Art the Clown in your home? You didn't know what kind of excuse could release you from suspicion. 

You were so flawless that you never expected this to happen. The change of evidence was flawless, yet Luka had found the one thing you would always find in other cases.

A clue that changed it all. 

Maybe you could talk to Art, explain to him that if someone that wasn't you entered your home, he had to leave immediately without making any noise. 

You turned around, ready to head upstairs, but Art was right there, blocking your way, staring at you with a smile. 

He enjoyed seeing you in such a state. 

You broke down crying, panic consuming you as you fell to your knees and realized... You had failed him. You messed it all up. 

He watched you as this happened, smiling widely at your suffering. 

Between tears you had to explain what happened. You told him you were being suspected. You told him about the night in which you had tampered with the evidence. You told him you were done for, that there was no way of getting out of this. Maybe Luka didn't have proof and maybe no one else believed them, but that meant he was going to snoop until he found something. 

And that was dangerous. 

Your panic and lack of thought was starting to annoy Art, as entertaining as it was at first to see your fearless self... panicking. Besides, he knew you could think of something to get out of it, he had let you live for a reason. 

You were smart enough to predict him after all. 

You could've caught him... Well that if he was still a normal human being and if you weren't obsessed with him, but he still had to give you credit for that. 

He helped you stand up and cleaned your tears, but not even that act of affection from him was helping you calm down. 

You had to think of a solution and quick... And he knew that. 

He tried with a hug... It didn't work. 

He tried honking his horn to make you snap out of it. It was futile. 

He tried shaking you, it made it worse. 

He even thought about slapping you, but then he realized you were panicking because you felt like you had failed him. 

What was one way to make you realize he wasn't disappointed (yet)?

He resorted to the only method that could possibly calm you down instantly. 

You suddenly felt him grab you and pull you closer. 

You felt pressure on your lips. Your eyes widened at the realization... 

His lips were against yours. 

For the first time ever... He kissed you. And you felt like you didn't deserve it. 

Yet you still allowed yourself to close your eyes and melt. 

It all clicked at that instant. You had to prove to him you deserved that kind of affection. 

As soon as he pulled away, he silently laughed at your expression. He was making fun of your shocked face. 

At least you were calm now. 

You didn't know what to say, how to not make the moment awkward... 

You decided to do what he wanted you to do.  

-"I have to think." You said, letting out a sigh and heading back upstairs. Art followed you from behind. 

There must be a way to make it seem like Gummi and you were at the same place at the same time. It was the only way to get rid of the suspicion for once and for all.

How could you do that? First of all, they had to predict Gummi, just as you used to predict Art. That meant Gummi needed to have some sort of pattern... 

Since Sienna was out of the list for now and had no one around, you had to think of something else. A new pattern. 

Once that pattern was discovered, you knew you and your team would appear in places where Gummi could be or attack. 

The moment they start showing up at those places, you had to be ready to kill. 

Now you had to make it look like your victim was killed at the same time you and your team were there. A speaker and a recording should do the trick. All you had to do was record the screams of your victim and place a speaker in the place where the body would be. It would make it seem like the victim was screaming in real time. 

Now the only problem left was the time of death. If you killed your victim before you and your team arrived, the analysis at the coroner would mess up your plan and make you seem even more suspicious... So the victim had to die just a few minutes before you and your team find it. 

Or maybe it could die at the same time. 

Something that seemed pretty Gummi like was a surprise the moment the body was discovered. 

A small bomb should do the trick. A bomb set to explode the moment the door that hid the body was opened. It should kill the victim and make the time of death coherent. It would fit perfectly. 

It was a plan that would take a few weeks, but it could be pulled off. 

A crazy plan, but if it was successful, you would be cleared of any suspicion. 

You told Art your plan and he smiled at you. He then patted your head gently. 

He knew you could do it. 

Now it was time to act.