𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 | 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝

☑ ˢᶜᵃᵐ ᵃ ᵖᵒˡⁱᶜᵉ ᵍᵘʸ

ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ

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"I'll have a honeydew please, no sugar." Freezing fingers of the air produced by the mall's air-conditioning system caressed against her face, her teeth chattering against each other in the process as she told the stall employee her order. She proceeded to the vacant table nearby with the paper bag containing the stuffs she bought earlier resting on her hand. A relieved sigh slipped out from her slightly chapped lips, putting the biodegradable bag on the floor beside her as she waited.

The young woman shifted her sight around the vastness of the mall, gazing silently while mentally scanning for some free food to taste. She grunt in defeat and looked back to her fingers which was currently tapping the seemingly clean desk.

"Oi, it's you!" Her (e/c) irises shot up only to meet with a set of mesmerizing golden hued ones. She squinted her eyes into slits in desperate attempt to recall whoever the man was in front her.  

"Hey...you?" She felt her mind literally sounding like a very old engine of a machine as Haru chuckled at her visible confused reaction with his sudden greeting.

"Can you uh.. move away from the light? I can't clearly see your face." The brunette's short snickering was now replaced with him staring at her skeptically after hearing the continuation of her sentence. He had no choice but to move a little to the side in abidance to her request.

"Ah.. you're that police guy.. the one who's with that rich dude." He awkwardly grinned with the description that the strange lady gave out as he cleared his throat and tugged  the end of his neatly ironed polo.

"Do you mind if I sit here with you? The other ones are taken." The (h/c) haired girl darted her sight towards the big cup of takoyaki. A huge smile now adorns her face as her mood lit up instantaneously.

"I won't, if.. you share your food with me." Haru blinked while processing her request, looking at the bucket of takoyaki that he was holding. A timid smile crawled its way towards his lips as he finally sat down on the chair a few feet away from her.

"Sounds like a good deal." He chirped buoyantly before pushing the container towards the center of the table. Gluttonous that she is, she immediately dug into the abundant pile of ball-shaped snack.  Haru silently observed how fast she was in consuming the food as he occasionally tried to slow her down but still to no avail.

The man now breathed calmly after noticing the girl stopping her actions since she heard her order being called out by the tea stall employee. She rushed over towards her drink, thanking the person and proceeding back to her seat where the man that supplied her her grubs patiently waited for her.

(Y/N) paused on her steps, raising her eyebrow at Haru who kept on blankly staring on the now almost empty bucket. A pang of shame washed over her as she realized that she have been greedily mooching another person's food; a stranger to be exact.

"Hey..sorry I got carried away for a moment there.." She awkwardly laughed before plopping herself back to the cold metal chair. The boy just shrugged his shoulders in a calm manner, reassuring the young woman that she did nothing wrong.

"Say.. got a name, mr. police dude?" The cold artificial air brushed against the two for the second time this day as she asked this question. "Haru.. and I'm uh.. actually a detective" He bashfully responded while stabbing the last piece of takoyaki with the complimentary chopsticks that he received from buying the said delicacy. 

"Welp, I'm (Y/N)" She, in the other hand, cheerfully introduced her self, grinning with the sight of the man enjoying the food that she once chowed on. There was a few seconds of gaping silence and somehow, this made the brunette uncomfortable on his seat.

"So, how's your visit in the office?" A short hum slipped from her as she was busy sipping her honeydew. She gently placed the white cup on the table before clearing her throat.

"It was fine." She responded rather abruptly while fidgeting on the paper straw, her undeniably tantalizing eyes gazing through the popping boba that was floating in her drink.

"Why did you went home before the coffee, though?"

A humiliating flash of memory suddenly snapped her back to full attention as she recalled what she did back in the department a week ago. Her face was immediately bombarded with hues of red due to complete utter embarrassment that even Haru could notice it. 

The brunette actually heard the conversation that the young woman had with Daisuke but he wanted to hear what she have to say about it herself. He was amazed with the brave and shameless act that she showcased at that time but he was taken aback with her final, courageous statement that she released to the ravenette before she stormed her way out of the office, maybe realizing on how her sentence was so embarrassing.

Thankfully, Haru immediately understood her reaction and chose to change the topic in an instant.

"I..I mean what brought you to the mall? Buying something?" He commended his self sarcastically for coming up with the worse substitute topic. (Y/N) beamed a little after witnessing the boy's effort to save her from the discomfort, inching closer towards the boy to hear him better until feeling the corner of the table slightly hitting her stomach.

"I bought adult diapers ya' know.. so that I wouldn't have to stand up when I'm binge watching something." Her small smile was replaced with a humongous, entertained one after observing the boy's weirded out expression. She grab ahold of her empty cup and stood from her seat.

"I'm just kidding, of course! Lighten up a little, will you not?" Her fingers lightly gripped on the male's shoulder before patting it. He felt a jolt ran down his spine since he was a little surprised by the sudden physical contact. He turned his head towards her, catching her with one of her signature, cheeky grin.

"Anyways, see you!" She waved towards him while he mindlessly raised his hand as well. After she turned her back against him, he shifted his gaze back to the table where his now unfilled bucket sat on the center.

As he was about to stand up a few minutes later, he noticed a filled paper bag on the floor. Haru confusingly raised his eyebrow, picking it up afterwards. He figured that maybe this was from (Y/N), so,he looked around in an attempt to seek for the young woman only to fail miserably. Heaving out a sigh, he slowly opened the bag to check if maybe there was some contact info of hers.

Haru's alluring golden hued eyes got stuck on the content inside the paper bag as he tried to look for the receipt, catching a view of something that stood out from a bunch of movie snacks. This made him grin in amusement while remembering the conversation that he had with her a few moments ago.

"She really did bought adult diapers.."