Black Swan Wonderland

Mikado

I: Lust

Halo Two: Mikado:

-Monday-

Masaomi's phone buzzed. The boy mumbled to himself as he pawed around for his phone.

"Hello?" he mumbled half-asleep.

"Kida-kun?" a small voice whimpered on the other line. A puzzled look came over Masaomi's face.

"Mikado?" he asked. "Mikado, is that you?"

"Can you come over?" his friend asked.

"Uh... okay," Masaomi said. There came a pause.

"Can you come over now?" Mikado asked. His friend noticed the tone in his friend's voice. Masaomi sat up in his bed.

"What's the matter?" he asked. "Is something wrong? What happened?"

"Please," Mikado pleaded. "I need you." Masaomi's heart sank. Something told him something wasn't right with that text yesterday.

"Okay," he said. "I will be there in ten minutes. Hang in there."

"Thank you," his friend mumbled. He hung up his phone. Masaomi looked at his phone. All day yesterday, he felt that something wasn't right. But he couldn't leave Saki's side. Anri said that she would check in on their friend. She hadn't reported back since seven in the evening. No one else seemed to notice either.

Masaomi turned and looked next to him. Saki was still sound asleep. This was stretching him thin. He couldn't keep watch over both her and Mikado at once. Right now, his best friend needed him. Masaomi climbed out of bed and took a shower. When he got out, he typed up and text to his girlfriend and headed out the door. Masaomi resolved to call Saki later this evening.

Awakusu-san had guards posted around her hospital room. She barely made it out of surgery alive. Naturally, the doctors had to give it their all to save the woman's life. The worst of it was over but she was still laid up in a coma.

Mikiya made it down to the hospital by morning. He had Akane stay home with her grandfather for the time being. This was the second person tied to the Awakusu who had been attacked. First Akabayashi dies under mysterious circumstances and now Awakusu-san was attacked in public.

Two detectives met up with the yakuza boss in the hallway. Mikiya couldn't say that he was surprised to see them. One detective, male between Mikiya and his father's age, stepped forward.

"Good morning," he said. "I'm so sorry for your wife."

"Thank you," Mikiya said in a low voice.

"Do you mind if we ask you a few questions?" the detective asked. "It won't take too long."

"No, go ahead," the mob boss said. The detective took a breath. His partner took a notepad and started taking notes.

"Can you think of anyone who would hurt your wife?" the detective said. "Outside of yakuza-related stuff, I mean." Mikiya took a moment to think about it.

"Not that I would know of," he said. "My wife is a gentle woman. She doesn't have many enemies herself."

"Did she seem worried about anything before she left the house yesterday?"

"No. Everything was fine that day. She just went out to celebrate her friend's birthday."

"I see."

The partner took down more notes behind the detective. He looked up when he was finished.

"Thank you for your time," the detective said. "We will be in touch."

"Thank you, sir," Mikiya said. The men bowed and the detectives left. The mafia boss walked into his wife's hospital room.