Death sentence 『Oumasai』

A witness?

Saihara sat alone in his and Haruta's office. It was quiet besides the air conditioning that made  loud buzzing noises. Shuichi was lost in thought, he was constantly thinking about the suspects he had questioned. How many of them lied? How many of them told the truth?  Shuichi bit his lip, just enough to draw blood before Haruta came into the office with two cups of coffee. "Do you want creamer or nah?" He asked while placing the coffee on the desk. "Yes please." Said Shuichi, smiling slightly at the other man. 

"Did you get any new information about the case while I was gone?" Haruta asked while pouring the creamer in Shuichi's coffee. Shuichi slowly nodded before opening his mouth to speak, "I think Kaito is suspicious, he seemed very nervous and gittery when I asked him questions." He said. "I see, well a witness came in today. Her name is Kirumi Tojo."

Kirumi Tojo. Shuichi had heard of her before, she was the one who discovered the body of Rantaro Amami. "I think that you should be the one to interrogate her." Haruta muttered before taking a sip of his coffee. "W-what? Why me?" Shuichi asked, nervously. "Well, between the two of us I think you're more passionate about this case than I am..." 

Shuichi sighed before skimming over the evidince in the case file. If he were the one to question Kirumi he would be able to eliminate people from his suspicions. "I'll do it." He sighed while looking at Haruta in the eyes. He saw Haruta grin slightly, if you weren't looking at him directly you wouldn't be able to notice it. "Okay."

... 

Shuichi stood infront of the spacious interrogation room while his hand shook slightly. In the window of the room sat a tall girl in a maid dress, she had lime green hair that was cut in a emo-looking style. She had long eyelashes and peach lips. He leisurely made his way to the cold metal door that led to the inside of the room. He took his shaking hand and started to open the door. 

He was welcomed with the girls eyes shifting across the room to meet with his. "Oh....uhm hi I'm Shuichi Saihara, I'll be the one that questions you today." He said as he made his way to the seat that was across from the girl. The table was facing its side so the distance wasn't that far, therefore he would be able to talk to her in his normal tone of voice. "Do you mind introducing yourself?" Saihara asked giving her a kind-hearted smile. "Yes I shall if thats what you wish," She took a moment to pause and look the detective in the eyes, "I am Kirumi Tojo, sixteen years old.  I am devoted to this country as a maid. " She said, she sounded like a soldier on a mission. 

"Ah uhm so, on the night of the murder you claimed to discover the body of Rantaro Amami, correct?" He asked, looking at the evidence infront of him. "Correct." 

"Okay, uhm can you describe what happened that day?" He asked. The green heaired girl obsequiously shook her head, "I remember talking to Amami-kun in the morning, he was a little on edge. I noticed that he wouldn't stop talking about Ouma. It worried me a little bit so I decided to try to talk to Ouma and see what was wrong with him," She took a moment to pause and look at Saihara, "he said that he was fine and that he didn't need help. This was different from his previous lies, because you could hear the frustration in his voice." She explained. 

"So, Ko- Ouma-kun was acting strange, can you a little more in depth on his behavior?" 

She nodded once more, "He didn't talk to anyone, not even Amami or Kiibo. He didn't engage in teasing Miu like he usually did, he seemed like he kept on zoning out, he didn't make fun of Tenko for liking Himiko, and he didn't call me mom that day." She said as Shuichi grabbed his notepad to take notes. 

It seemed like Kokichi's aliby was still strong since disconnecting  from reality is a pretty big sign of mental illness. "Is there anyone else who displayed strange behavior?" He asked lifting his head from his hat a little bit. "No. It was only Ouma that I noticed." She stated, firmly. 

"Okay, now lets fast forward. When you discovered the body you said that you discovered a lock of purple hair on the floor, have you considered that the hair might be Momota-kun's?" 

Shuichi saw Kirumi's face change for a little bit. "It can't be Momota-kun's." She simply said before her face went back to her neutral expression. "Why not?" Saihara asked, he noticed that she was in a rather panicked state.

"Because I saw him leave the school!" 

"You're lying Kirumi I can tell.." He said before she looked at him and calmed down. "I apologize, I got a little bit out of control. Anyway, it can't be Momota-kun because I saw him leave the school. He was not in the area of the body..." She said. 

This was odd but Saihara decided not to comment on it. He already made up his mind, 

Kirumi was involved...   

This chapter is pretty short and bad I apologize! but I've been updating a bit slower because of school, it's been a bit crazy. I've decided that I might update more during the weekends, I hope you don't mind! As always, have a pantabulous day!~

-Author <3