Death sentence 『Oumasai』

Interrogation time (Kaede)

Shuichi was sitting in the passanger seat of Haruta's car; the rain melodically fell onto the vehicle making Shuichi drowsy and tired. An akward silence filled the car, the only thing that you could hear was the sound of the air conditioning. Shuichi wanted desprately to end this painfully akward silence but what could he say to Haruta? They barely even talk about things other than the job, and this was a huge problem because they were going to be partners for this whole case. "Shuichi," Haruta started "Y'know, you don't have to be so tense around me..." He sighed.

Shuichi flinched, there it was.... Regular ol' akward Shuichi. "A-ah, um sorry...." Shuichi stuttered, he took this moment to just chill out. He tried to focus on the scenery through the window. Although it was gloomy you couldn't excuse the alluring beauty, from the rain to the clouds everything was mezmerizing; captavating Shuichi in this fantasy that he never wanted to be pulled out of. The pavement was moistened and discolored, moreover the dark clouds covered the beaming sun. Sure to anyone else this scene would be depressing, but to Shuichi this was soothing in a sort of way that he couldn't explain.

Sadly he was pulled from his daze, away from that fantasy that he loved so much and back into the hell he despised with all of his heart. This world has never brought him any good, all that he got was despair. He wasn't afraid to admit that. They pulled up to Kaede's place, that was the first person that they planned to talk to. Shuichi has talked to Kaede before but never really talked to her regularly. She was a nice girl, she never tried to hurt anyone so her chances of people suspecting her for murderer were pretty low. Even so, Shuichi knew not to let anyone's kindness get in the way of his job. That's why he didn't fully trust Kokichi yet.

"You ready?" Haruta asked, Shuichi nodded in response---but he was truly terrified. He knew that he had to talk to people on all the time, but even so he couldn't stand it. Whenever he was in front of another human being his palms would start to sweat, and his eyes would tear up. A lot of people told him that he was overreacting and that he should learn to not be so 'Antisocial' but it wasn't as easy as they thought. Sometimes Shuichi would have to take pills that would help him with his nerves since it was easy for him to get a panic attack.

They arrived at her doorstep, the persperation ran down his forehead. All he wanted was to turn back home. He felt nauseous to the point were he would collapse. The door swung open to reveal Kaede Akamatsu.

"Hey! How are you guys doing?" She exclaimed, her kindness shined through. She noticed that Shuichi was nervous so she took his hand in hers. "No need to be nervous, I'm not gonna bite you." She giggled, while Shuichi blushed furiously. Her warm blonde hair was the first thing that he noticed, It contrasted perfectly with her purple top. "U-um thank you..." He said, she looked at him and smiled. Haruta cleared his throat trying to clear the obvious flirting from the both of them. "Anyway, let's get down to business. Can we come in?" Haruta asked, nudging Saihara in the shoulder. "Oh, of course come in!" She invited.

Her house wasn't that big, but it wasn't that small. It was a perfectly decent size. She had a piano in the corner of the living room, Shuichi has heard that she was pretty passionate about her piano. "make yourselves at home." She said while taking a seat on her midnight blue couch. A shade that reminded Shuichi of himself. They followed her, taking a seat. "So um, Akamatsu I wanted to start of by asking what your relationship was with Rantaro.." Shuichi stated, trying to mask his nerves. "Amami was my ex, at the time he was questioning his sexuality and so was I so we decided to separate. We ended on good terms though." She explained, Haruta taking notes as she did.

"The next thing I wanted to ask is where you were during the scene of the crime?" He asked, he swore he could see Kaede blush for a second. "I was out with my girlfriend, Miu..." She mumbled, it was barely audible. Shuichi had to have Miu back up this claim.

"Okay... do you know anyone who had some sort of 'conflict' held against Amami?" He asked, Kaede put her finger to her chin trying to think of someone. "Ummm, Amami was a well liked person.. so I don't think that he had any problems with anyone. His best friend, Kokichi on the other hand wasn't necessarily a popular person, I think he got bullied a lot. I guess that's why people think that he killed him, out of jealousy. I don't think that though." She claimed, Shuichi was shocked to say the least. Kokichi and bullied didn't mix well with him.

"Kaede," Shuichi started, catching Kaede's attention. "can you give me the names of the people who bullied Kokichi?" He asked kindly. It was common that people would try to frame the people that they disliked, so he wanted to check on that too. "Um, yeah... Maki is probably the first one that I would talk to. She doesen't really physically hurt him but she says really mean things to him sometimes...." She informed, Shuichi was greatful that Kaede was such a nice person.

She was very easy to talk to, although she wasn't as fun to conversate with as Kokichi she was still kind. He was astonished by the amount of kindness that she held. He continued to ask her questions about the murder and other things.

Time went by fast, eventually it was time for him to go. He waved Kaede goodbye and left. He went back into Haruta's car; going back to admiring the sky. The next person that he was scheduled to interview was,

Kaito Momota.

EWIUGUIEWJNSEUI I AM SO SORRY FOR UPDATING SO LATE >~< I had massive writers block but~~~~~ I hope that you have a pantabulous day!~

-Author <3