Suicidal Freak (Balance: Unlimited x Reader)

Chapter 16

Your head was craned back as you gazed listlessly at the ceiling above you- an act that you'd noticed yourself enacting the past few days. Nothing exciting really happened the day and night before, and you didn't know whether you should be encompassed by relief or dismay because of it.

Haru was uncharacteristically silent beside you, and it wouldn't even take an intellectual with an IQ above 200 to comprehend how the male was feeling at the current moment. Well, you couldn't technically blame him. He'd spilled out his feelings for he knew that you were fast asleep and wouldn't be waking up any moment sooner, and it wasn't exactly your fault (or so you believed) that you were curious as to what was going on inside the lad's mind. He was behaving so out of his character awhile back, so as a concerned friend and perhaps future lover, you just had to find out what was the instigator behind the way he had acted.

Your ears droned out every sound before you, and you had only bothered to take in your surroundings when the chief had announced something amidst the playing of the news featuring some random dude who you weren't really bothered to know more about.

"I have a regrettable announcement," the chief started. He glanced at the tv that flashed a myriad of colors as he continued with what he was declaring, "We need to go and protect this important person."

You raised a brow, so the man wasn't as insignificant as what you had once thought.

"Eh? This mission might be a bit too much for us," Kamei complained. You butted in, "Don't worry, the First Division guys will hog most of the tasks so there really isn't going to be that much for us to do." A guess which could most likely be deemed as a fact. Those people were too high-handed for them to not wish to monopolize any work just so they could be seen in a brighter light by the higher-ups, not that you were complaining or anything.

"What Ms. L/n said. Also, you don't need to worry. It's only for one day," the boss reassured his workers. "But working with those guys, ah, what a pain in the arse," you groaned in disgruntlement. Only one person there was tolerable and you hypothesized that he would most likely avoid you due to the incident yesterday.

"Yeah, I'm sure that we're appointed for this just to make up for the numbers," and you'd let a simper overtake you when you realized that Haru wasn't going full-blown ignoring you like you thought he would. He narrowed his eyes at your grin, yet that didn't serve as much of an intimidation due to his reddened ears.

"Shut up..." He muttered.

You just shrugged, the beam you displayed still not withering down, "I didn't even say anything."

The chief was ready to dismiss you all, and as Chosuke declared that he wanted to partake in the mission, the former readily shot him down. 

"Ah, poor gramps," you mumbled before heading towards the couch where Daisuke was at. "You seem to be mulling about something, a penny for your thoughts?" you commented as you plopped down on the seat right next to them, shutting your lids as you allowed yourself to relax on the cushions. Daisuke was unspeaking for a moment, his blue hues remaining on your form for a moment as he recalled the events that had transpired the other day.

Suggestive as it was, he pondered if you'd already let it slip past your mind. "It's nothing," was his curt and simple reply. You hummed, and as he saw the way one side of your lips had tugged upwards, he readied and composed himself for whatever you were planning to say next.

"It doesn't seem like nothing to me. Tell me, will it be presumptuous of me to assume that I occupy half of your thoughts?" Amusement was in your tone and you were now facing him, your left hand close to his own one yet you made no move to intertwine your fingers with his despite the close proximity.