Enemies in Love

Chapter 7

Opening her eyes to the bright sunlight shining into her room, Misaki felt a bit weary. After a few seconds of being fully awake her eyes went wide. Quickly lifting herself up and taking out her gun she looked around. BK-201 was gone.

He got away...

Lowering her gun Misaki remembered the conversation she had with the contractor. He knew about Li and how important he was to her. For Li she was willing to give up on catching BK-201, but she wondered if the contractor would really keep his word. Deciding to take action, Misaki needed to go see if Li was okay. Thoughts of BK-201 betraying their deal and going to hurt Li made her stomach turn.

Getting up, Misaki hid her gun back inside her jacket and made her way out of the room.

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Arriving to Li's apartment complex, Misaki came across the land lady Misuzu, cleaning the front of the building with her broom. Misuzu looked up at her and smiled.

"Chief Kirihara, what brings you here?"

"Ah, good morning. I came by to see Li. Do you know if he's home?"

Misuzu gave Misaki a strange look until it slowly turned into a look of mischief.

"Could you happen to be on duty or is this a personal matter?"

Misaki felt a bit embarrassed by the way Misuzu was looking at her. If she could easily tell that there was something in Misaki's heart for Li, then he really was getting to her.

"I came to talk to him about something important. So do you know if he's here?"

Misuzu laughed. "Yes, he's here. Go on ahead Miss Kirihara. I'll act as if I didn't see anything. Li's a good boy and having a beautiful strong woman like you can do him some good."

With a smirk and wink, Misuzu turned and walked away, leaving Misaki alone with her embarrassment. She slowly began to make her way to Li's apartment.

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Meanwhile in his apartment, Hei was fervently eating a bowl of rice. Sitting next to him, Mao still couldn't believe how much the guy could eat. He always wondered where it all went and how there would always be room for more.

"You're eating more vigorously than you usually do. Is there a reason?"

Hei paused. "Not exactly. We have a big assignment tonight so I thought I could be energized."

"Energized? I doubt eating that much will help. You barely slept a wink last night."

Hei ignored Mao and continued to eat. He didn't want to tell him that the reason he couldn't sleep was all because of Misaki. She had gotten under his skin more than he would have liked.

At that moment a knock was heard at the door.

"Who could that be?" Mao asked. Hei put his bowl down and stood up. "You should probably go hide somewhere. If it's the land lady she'll chase you out."

"Understood," Mao said as he quickly ran to the open window. Hei made his way over to the door and opened it. On the other side stood the woman who could make him lose sleep just by thinking about her.

"Kirihara-san!" he said in his Li voice. It was amazing how he could easily change himself into his persona.

"Hi Li-kun. Sorry, is this a bad time?" Misaki asked a bit uneasy.

"No, I was just finishing up breakfast. Did you need something?"

Misaki looked at Li's gentle face. So nothing about last night fazed him...He seems to be okay. "I actually wanted to come apologize for last night. I left you alone in that dark apartment of mine."