Hypnosis Microphone: Blue Division~Bayside Story~

XII/ Reality

Samatoki unlocked the front door and opens wide the door. His right hand moved to switch on the lamp at the front door. Then, he turns his head, look at the girl standing in front of the apartment door.

"Coming in" invited Samatoki, to the girl. Setsuna nodded as she slowly step into the apartment while excuses herself.

She looks around the apartment, it's still have a traditional design as the rooms door still using the sliding door. The apartment also slightly larger than the apartment that she used to lives, enough to fit a four or five members of nuclear family.

Samatoki shows the apartment around, start from the living room, then, the kitchen, the bathroom, and lastly, he leaded her to one empty room at the most back.

"You'll use this room" said Samatoki, open the door of one of the empty room. It's just a simple 4 tatami size room. There is a study table with office chair and a cabinet to keep clothes and futon inside.

Setsuna looks around the room as she realized the room is used to lived by a female owner based on the decoration. She looks at Samatoki, "Who's room is this?"

Samatoki light up his cigarette, "My sister" answer him, monotone. She frowns her brows.

"Is it really fine for me to use her room?" concerns Setsuna. She recalled Samatoki indeed said he had a little sister.

"No worry, we lives separately" replied Samatoki as he walks away towards the living room. He reaches to the remote control and switch on the television. The man sits at the low table, lit up his cigarette and watch the television screen.

Honestly, she has a lot of question to ask Samatoki, like why he lives separately with his sister or where she is living now, but, observes his body language, Setsuna realized he tries to avoid her and distance himself from her.

"If you wanna take a bath, go first, just wears any clothes that have in the closet" said Samatoki, without looking at Setsuna. She just replied 'Yes' and quickly move.

While Setsuna already enter the bathroom. Samatoki draws his half cigarette to the ashtray on the table and put out the flame.

He took a deep breaths, before laid on his back. The television still on, but he does not even watching it in first place.

His ruby orbs stare at the lamp on the ceiling. He recalled back a an hour ago...

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"Now I got it" Samatoki glances at the cop that standing next to him. "After Homura Chiaki's death, you immediately lost interest to look new member for our territory battle team..." The glasses man glances at Samatoki. Currently, both of them standing in front of the lingerie shops, accompanied Setsuna to buy her underwear. But, they wait at outside instead.

"You indeed fond of that man, huh?" Samatoki just deep sighs. "I guess you were right...I just can't imagine working with some random people...other than him"

"...but thanks Jyuto for finds Riou, he just fits the position..." Samatoki nudges Jyuto's arm. The officer chuckles, "Keep your gratitude for later..."

"Anyway, are you sure about your decision, Samatoki?" asked Jyuto, adjusted his glasses with his middle finger.

"About what?" his gaze watch Setsuna inside the shop.

"Taking Homura under your care?"

Samatoki clicks his tongue, "I told you, isn't? That was Chiaki's wish and I've make up my mind as well"

The man in suit glances at him, "Did you forgot that she is being hunted by Shimoda, your group's nemesis..."

"...don't you think your action would bring a bad news to your group as well?" Samatoki just shut his mouth, listen to Jyuto's nagging.

"I know"

"What if, your leader also approached by that organization to hunted her down as well?" Samatoki gritted his teeth, then, turn his body as he yanked Jyuto's collar.

"Shut the hell up, Jyuto!" barks him to the man's face. "Of course I realized about that!"

Jyuto did not even surprised by his action, instead, he stares sharp into Samatoki's eyes.

"I don't know what your relationship with late Homura Chiaki, how close you are and why you invest too much feeling to him..."

"...but, if you didn't think twice your actions, it's not only bad for you, or your group..."

"It's might affected me, as the law enforcement and Riou...and Mad Trigger Crew as whole," Jyuto slapped away Samatoki's hand while their eyes still stared into each other, until Setsuna voice startled them.

"Umm, what's happened?" she asked. Samatoki look away from Jyuto and Setsuna. As Jyuto adjusted his suit before flashes a smiles at Setsuna.

"Nothing, we just have a bit of discussion" replied Jyuto, still smiles at the girl. Setsuna nodded her head, "O-okay..."

"Let's go, Setsuna" called Samatoki, walks away. She respond to him, excuses from Jyuto and follow after Samatoki.

...Samatoki's bad mood seems to be brought until they reach the apartment. Unlike during at Jyuto's apartment, Samatoki talks a lot and ask a lot of questions. But now...he just went silent. He don't even look at her face.

"I wonder what they discussed just now?" monologue Setsuna, dip her body inside the bath tub. Their relationship itself already bring a curiosity to her and now what's makes him in the really bad mood also sparked more curious in her mind.

"Being adult is tough" mumbles Setsuna. When think back, her brother always protected her from this awful reality. ...but now, he had gone, she need to face those reality by herself. Making a decision that might lead she either alive or death.

She never imagine that she will be in this situation a few months ago. Everything is like a dream...no, a nightmare. She just wish she is in the nightmare and when she wake up, her brother on her side, strokes her hair and whispers, "Everything going to be alright"

Setsuna dumbstruck.

"...but he had passed away..."

She just realized, she was too spoilt by her brother. Expecting him to be always on her side? Forever? ....that's absurd.

When will I grow up if I continues relied on him?

No, he's not here anymore...

At that moments, Setsuna's tears overflowing. Drenched her cheeks with her tears.

For passed few weeks, she aware about her brother's death, but since she didn't seen his body, attended his funeral, she assumed her brother were still alive and hiding somewhere in this Yokohama city. She believes, she will meet him again somewhere, in the future.

But, today...when Jyuto mentioned about the murder cases, several times. Setsuna finally realized, Homura Chiaki is dead.

Her brother is indeed, dead.

The reality that she tried to avoided for whole this month, the truth that she unable to accepted. She ended up need to swallow the bitter pills.

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"Ah, he's asleep" whisper Setsuna when she peek at Samatoki laid on his side, rest his head on his right arm at the living room.

"That's means, he didn't heard me just now, right?" she blushes remembered that she is crying in the bathroom just now. She went to her room, bring out the blanket and hover it on Samatoki's body.

She walks to tho the kitchen, leave Samatoki at the living room. The silver-haired man slowly opens his eyes.

"I heard your cries" inner monologue Samatoki.

"If you just took her because you thought she will fill in the lost of your sister, just forget it, Samatoki"

"She can't be replaced your sister"

"Just face the reality!"

So, the both of us...are avoiding reality, huh? How irony...