Criminal Wanted: A Zodiac Story *Haitus*

Chapter Nine

Concentrated brown eyes squinted slightly in the blaring rays of the sun as pale skin splashed with angry pink marks tightly gripped the steering wheel.

It was her third day on the job, and she wasn't going to let some stuffy air and burning leather carseats ruin her entire career. But there was this nagging feeling in the back of her mind, like she was forgetting something. She made the mistake of brushing it off, thinking it must be the heat meddling with her mind.

Just as Taurus was about to drive out onto the road to begin her patrol, a fellow officer came bounding out of the building towards her. A fellow officer who she...well...wasn't very fond of with a passion.

She waited patiently, out of pure politeness only, until the male came rapping on her window, gesturing for her to let in down. Taurus glared her green eyes at the one thousand watt smile on his face. With a huff, she let the shaded window down and promptly received a full blast of burning sun to her face. And no, she was not talking about the smile.

"Hello Leo, what can I do for you? If you don't have anything important, I would like to go on my patrol now thank you very much." she all but growled out, very politely of course. Even though Leo wasn't the best person, he didn't do anything awful to her other than tease her relentlessly and steal her precious food.

Leo merely laughed at Taurus' attempt in looking threatening.

"Sorry to break this to you Taurus, but Aries told me to come join you on your patrol since Libra took Sagittarius for a tour at the lab today."

Oh yeah. So THAT was what the nagging feeling was. Taurus almost banged her head against the steering wheel, only catching herself with the back of her hands instead when she remembered how hot it was.

She had completely forgotten that she was supposed to bring Sagittarius on her patrol today.

Leo smirked at her reaction to Sagittarius' name. "You forgot about her didn't you?" Taurus groaned. "Yeah I did. But..." She twisted her head to meet Leo's eyes, a knowing smirk on her face. "I'm guessing you saw Sagittarius off, right? After all, Libra IS her tour guide."

A rosy blush spread across his tan skin as Leo began to sputter excuses, not denying the fact. Brown hair merely swished as Taurus sat back up again in laughter and unlocked the car.

He was just too easy to see through.

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"And this is where the forensic psychologists work. I know one of them, and I'll introduce him to you if he's in office."

Shoes squeaked slightly across the pristine tiles as the detective took the newly hired evidence technician around the laboratory.

Libra glanced quickly at her watch, and then hummed. "It seems like we will need to wrap up this tour soon." She turned to the younger woman beside her. "Do you have any questions?"

Sagittarius nodded, shifting slightly on her feet. "Um, yes. I do have one question. Will I be coming here often in the future?"

"Yes, yes you will." Libra replied, smiling slightly. "You are an evidence technician, of course you will be coming here often."

"O-oh," Sagittarius blushed, feeling bashful. "I-I know but, this place is just..."

"Like a maze? Too big to navigate through?"

Brown eyes widened slightly. "H-how?"

Libra chuckled. "I felt that way too when I first got a tour of this place." A couple old memories resurfaced back into her mind, remembering the feeling of awe she had had when she first stepped foot into the lab. A reassuring hand rested onto the new officer's shoulder.

"But the good news is, you don't need to memorize every hallway in this building. You only ne-" The pink haired woman quickly turned away as she was broke off with a small sneeze.

"Um, Detective Libra? Are you okay?"

"Oh I am quite alright thank you."

A random thought suddenly invaded Sagittarius' mind. "Maybe someone is talking about you?"

Libra raised an eyebrow. "Unless they're a criminal, I don't think anyone would be thinking about me."

Far away, Leo felt a slight stab to his heart.

Wooo!

Three (or is it four?) chapters in one month!

So yeah, as you can see, I am starting one of the ships early! It was just so convenient and cute that I couldn't resist. UwU

~Silver