Hide and Seek (Yandere!Jonathan x Dio)

Chapter 8: Mr. Detective Comes Around

zeppeli is 30 just so y'all know
i promise i'll update cringeworthy someday i pROMISE//

The stranger- or Zeppeli as he said, offered out a hand to Dio who had fallen. He took his hand and stood, swiftly withdrawing their arms back to each other. Will said nothing as his dreadful expressions turned blank, unreadable, and stepped inside the horrid scene Dio wasn't even sure if he could keep looking at. He looked around with eyes that closely inspected around. Dio dusted off his cloak and turned to the man walking around as if there wasn't a grotesque corpse in the midst of this. He turned around the heel of his foot and left, but he was halted when he had been called.

" Young man, " When he looked back, he saw Will's gaze was at him briefly. " Do you know what happened here? " He asked with his accent thick, held with the firmness of a professional yet with the softness of a gentleman. " No, I do not. " All Dio could answer, not a fancy of large talks, especially with something else on the back of his mind pressuring him. He gained a small monotonous hum from him, but he asked again, " I see. But what brings you here? " " One of my servants had poisoned my father. I had come here for Wang Chan as an alibi, " He straight up lied without a stutter, eyes unwavering, " But it seems I have have been too late. "

Will said nothing after. Dio caught a glimpse of him slipping something into the coat. As he turned to the counter, ignoring the decapacitated head, Dio asked, " And may I ask what brings you here? " He met his eyes that peeked out off the edge of the dagger he held, setting it aside for there were more items to inspect. Nonetheless, he replied, " A detective I am, " He flashed a pin on his angelic white coat. How can one wear such bright colour in a scene sprayed with blood where it could easily get stuck on, but yet he moved here and there without a single stain getting on his clothes.

" What does this man usually sell? " asked him, inspecting the various items the man once had. The sound of objects cluttering was making Dio urge to look inside, and so he did and tried to focus on the white coat that stood out like the sun. " Various items, " Dio started as he walked back to the building, but not entering it. God, the stench of blood and rotting carcasses was giving him the instinct to vomit, but he wondered how this man could- oh, right. Detective. Not probably the first grotesque scene he's ever walked in on.

" He doesn't care what you use them for. This entire curiosity shop of his is either for pleasure or money, " Another flat hum from the detective is what he received. He slipped on some black gloves and he pulled out an entire body bag from out of nowhere, probably from inside his coat, and rolled up the sleeves of his coat. He grabbed some chairs he found nearby, set them near the body pinned on the ceiling, and stood on it. He removed the knives that kept it pinned and the body fell with a loud thud, insect skittering outside his body as their meal had been disturbed.

Then he hid the body in the bag, unfazed of touching dead bodies, and sealed the bag tightly. He slid off his gloves dirtied with blood and possibly rotten flesh, kept them in some plastic bag and hid them in his pockets, turning around to meet eyes with Dio who still had stayed and watched. He cleared his throat, and the man seemed to perk up a little from his dazed state, blinking eyes when he looked back. " May I ask you another question? " Will asked, putting the body aside. " You just did, " Dio chuckled at his horrible joke, but that only lasted for a moment. " Go ahead, detective. "

" How do you know this man? " The question made Dio hesitate to answer. He averted his gaze and leaned on the doorframe, crossing his arms as he took a deep breath before answering, " A thug wanted to kill someone, I'm not sure who, " He didn't look back, unsure of when he had him hooked to believing the story was true, " And I was rather young when he had threatened me to buy the poison for him.. so, here I am. " Another monotonous hum. " I see, " He walked out of the building, pausing as he turned his head towards Dio.