Gantz: The beginning

Would you kill for me?

Yoko stretched in the tangled mess of the duvet, noticing that she was basically in a cocoon, but when she turned to mumble an apology to the person she slept with last night, she immediately noticed he wasn't there. "He did say he wasn't going to stay," she muttered as she swung her legs over the bed. "I wonder if he waited until I fell asleep." She quickly dismissed the thought because she didn't think Nishi was that considerate and thought he was probably just already awake. Yoko scrambled out of bed and tried not to think about what they did as she grabbed her robe to wrap around herself.

When Yoko left the bedroom, she found Nishi sitting on the couch, seemingly watching the news; he didn't say anything at first, only spared her a glance when she entered the kitchen to start making coffee, and she wondered if maybe he wanted to pretend their interactions the night before didn't happen. It made her feel grateful instead of annoyed, and then his eyes wandered to the coffee mug in her hand before looking at her. "Tired?" The small grin he gave her made it easy to realize what he was referring to, and she couldn't stop the blush forming on her face as she avoided his gaze and Yoko mumbled a retort about how it had 'been a while,' and she heard him chuckle quietly before sitting down beside him.

Nishi was quick to relay any information that might seem relevant from the news as if he was catching her up on the latest gossip; she didn't mind; it was nice to live with someone that would give her brain the kick start it needed since she was trying to pass college.

Nishi's eyebrow raised in amusement when two familiar-looking people appeared on the screen. "Oh look, it's the hippies, wanna make a bet as to how they first died?"

Yoko didn't remark about how morbid that was, but she found herself kind of wanting to play the guessing game anyway. "Overdosed, a hundred percent."

Nishi glanced at her with a grin. "Reason? Besides the obvious."

"Well, Gantz may erase some scar here and there, or in my case, my coil, and whatever wounds caused our death in the first place, but those two were high as fuck even when they got saved by Gantz. It was definitely an overdose."

Nishi actually huffed a laugh at her comment, which surprised her, and then replied, "Basing my theory off yours, I'd say they were most likely imagining things and just hallucinated to their death without even realizing; I mean, they applauded the fucking ball when it opened, you can't get more embarrassing than that."

Yoko giggled when she recalled the moment Nishi referred to, almost wishing they made it back just for entertainment.

- A man and a woman, both to be around twenty-five, have died. The cause of their death has been determined by the coroners. There was a severe LSD dosage in their system, which can cause dangerous hallucinations, and the two were likely not aware of their death, having wandered off a bridge, falling to their death, and drowned almost instantly. The bodies were found early this morning by a fisherman. –

Yoko's eyes widened slightly, and then she chuckled, "Wow, we were both right, we should solve crimes," she joked. Her mind started to wander when she thought about the words falling to their death, and her face contorted into a solemn expression; before she could stop herself, the words came out of her mouth, "Nishi, when you said you fell before, were you pushed?"

Nishi stiffened and then turned to look at her, not quite the furious expression she was expecting, but he was frowning and clearly not happy with her question. She wanted to explain the reason for it, wanted to say it was because she couldn't picture someone as smart as him merely, 'falling,' to tell him that a compliment was fully intended, but he stood up and said, "Don't ask me that again." He had his back to her, so she couldn't see his expression, not that he would let her see any openness anyway, but she didn't reply; she respected his answer. It was a delicate subject, so Yoko couldn't bring herself to pester him.