Never Not
Ch. 42: Undetected Names

Not felt, time has shown ten o'clock at night. Shohei drove Seina home after they spent Sunday night together watching a movie in the cinema.

"Arigatou gozaimasu for tonight. I was so happy to be able to watch with Shohei-kun," Seina said developing a smile.

"Gum." Shohei nodded shyly. "I'm also very happy to spend time with you. Then I'll go home first. Oyasuminasie."

When turning around, Shohei was stunned as the tip of his shirt restrained Seina. His head turned slowly towards the girl followed by eyes looking at each other. This certainly makes the man with the thick eyebrow line breathe nervously.

What did Seina's current gaze mean? Did he ask me to do the things that lovers like ... kiss him?

On the contrary, still looking at Shohei with a straight gaze, Seina's mind also monologued.

I was indeed dating Shohei-kun. So far, our relationship has only been limited to holding hands. It seems that Shohei-kun is very much looking after his wife as a member of the police. Maybe I should start first.

"Shohei-kun, can you accompany me tonight?" seina asked quietly with a face that met.

"Eh?" Shohei's eyes rounded instantly.

"My father's been in China for a few days. It was just me and the servants at home. I thought, if you could stay here for a while it might calm me down," Seina said slightly stiffly.

"Ma–meaning Seina-chan ... will I stay here for a few days?" shohei asked stuttered.

Seina nodded. "If Shohei-kun doesn't mind. Sorry if my request was sudden. After all, this just occurred to me."

"Maybe if there is a guest room available," Shohei replied slowly and cautiously.

Seina shook her head. "You can sleep in my room."

"Eh?" Shohei rolled his eyes again. This time it was followed by the sound of a heart beating wildly.

Seina lowered her gaze as she again said, "Aren't we lovers?"

Hearing that, Shohei immediately threw away a glance. It was clear that he had trouble gulping his saliva as if there was a large stone clogging his throat

Whatisthis? Is he coding for me to do something more than kiss, like .... attack on the bed?

While Seina covered her own lips, and also sat up.

I think I should let Shohei alone remove the traces of Black Shadow in my body and mind. That way, I won't remember that guy anymore.

"Ba– alright then, I ... will go home to pick up a few pieces of my clothes first," Shohei said after being stunned for a few seconds.

Yosh! Maybe it's time we got closer. Ganbattes!

Just turning around, a light beam from a motor panned towards them. Seina and Shohei compactly squinted as they placed their hands in front of their eyes to dispel the dazzling light. The big bike stopped right in front of them, before long the driver took off his helmet and immediately greeted the two.

"Do I bother you two?" ask the man who turned out to be Kei.

"Kei-niichan, what are the needs of these nights?" seina asked with her eyes fixed on the backpack on Kei's shoulders.

"So noon my uncle called me, said he was going abroad for a few days so he asked me to sleep here to take care of you." Kei got off the bike relaxed.

Seina exhaled a big breath. "He's still like that a lot?" resounding. Because, his father always leave himself to Kei if he is abroad.

Kei turned to Shohei and said, "Yamazaki-san, don't worry! I'll take good care of your lover."

Seina and Shohei glanced at each other with sour faces.

"Why do you look so gloomy?" ask Kei plain.

Despite not answering, of course they were upset that the plan to stay together for a few days failed miserably!

On the other hand, Rai and Yuriko were walking leisurely after returning home from the ramen noodle shop. Yuriko even had time to invite Rai to have drinks together for the first day of work which he thought was very impressive.

"It's a good thing you weren't drunk like that" said Rai walking while pocketing his hands.

"It looks like I can only drink sake¹. I'm not fit to drink branded alcohol." Yuriko.

"Instead, only this time I drink sake again." Rai counted his fingers. "It's been about seven years that I don't drink sake."

"Wow, do you want to say that for seven years you never drank? Or maybe ... You're saving too much!"

Rai raised her lips. "Sorry, yeah. All this time I drank all the classy brands. Super quality champagne is my favorite drink. I used to spend time at the Starlit nightclub in Shinjiku. You know for yourself, right? Only Black Card owners can enter the club."

Yuriko exhaled a rough breath until her front bangs slammed upwards. "Start another high-level imaginary session!"

Rai grimaced at the trivial response from Yuriko. "Why do you always not believe what I say? If you said I was a con man, you'd still not believe me, would you?"

"If that's the hell I believe. Your face is very convincing to deceive many people."

Rai grinned. "I don't know if I should take this as a compliment or a insult!"

"I still believe that if you said you had worked in a foreign company, judging by your ability to master a foreign language. The problem is your confession has been very unreasonable. Having a house and a luxury sports car, hiring a hotel chef every day, having dated the wife of one of the idols, going in and out of a luxury club, and what's more, huh? So many jokes I forgot! And again, it's all inversely proportional to your present life."

Just now Rai was about to say, Yuriko resumed her words, "Ah, don't-don't ... You used to be a aunt's mistress, huh? Then your beloved aunts are bankrupt so they can not finance your life. So, you too fell poor like this."

"Ah, or maybe you used to be your boss's affair, then you were caught cheating and forced your relationship to end until you fell poor like this," Yuriko accused while pointing her index finger at Rai.

Rai is getting increasingly smitten with all the accusations of Yuriko.

"Didn't I ever say I was betrayed by my best friend and lover" Rai said with a hoarse voice and a suddenly dark face. However, he could not tell everything that had happened to him, including how he was in the past.

Yuriko fell silent for a moment. Rai quickly left him. The girl then chased after him with a small run.

"Tell me!" yuriko Pinta.

"What?"

"About you, your best friend and lover. How did they betray you? Then, how can you be good friends with the police sir," Yuriko said excitedly.

"No way!"

"Eh? Comeon! I'm a good listener, you know!"

"I don't want to be heard" Rai said as he entered the elevator.

"Come on! Actually all this time I was quite curious, why are you and Shohei-san so close. Didn't you ever say your relationship wasn't as simple as I thought? What the hell does that mean? You also refused to visit him. Then, he was very attentive and cared about you. You guys aren't involved in forbidden love, are you? Don't make my hair bristle! Or maybe .. You are brothers born with different fathers and mothers. Oh, Kamisama! You're making my mind this dramatic!" Yuriko held both of her cheeks.

Rai's forehead forms a small fold. "Brothers are different fathers and mothers? How can a brother say that? I know stupid is free, but don't buy everything!" ketus Rai's.

"My tongue just slipped. I mean, maybe you're brothers who've been separated for a long time."

"My brother's just one and you've seen him a lot."

"True, huh?" Yuriko approached Rai. "Then, what makes you and Shohei so close?"

"It's already night."

"I know it's night. What does this have to do with my question?"

Rai turned his head slowly towards Yuriko. "Before, I wanted to ask you first!"

"What's that?"

"Do you want to sleep in my room and share the bed with me again?" rai said with a faint smile at the corner of his lips.

Yuriko gasped. He looked around the place and only realized that they had been in Rai's room. He instead shouted a little while looking away as Rai casually opened the coat and T-shirt attached to his body to show off his half-plain body.

"All right! Okay ... I'm leaving now!" ketus Yuriko went straight out of Rai's room.

Rai smiled faintly while looking at the door that had just closed. "She wanted to know what happened to me in the past, when the truth was that she wanted to know how the beginning of my friendship and Shohei formed. In essence, he was only interested in things related to Shohei."

Not felt, time again reunited with a cold morning. Shohei walked towards the Metro police forensic devision. There he meets a policewoman named Araki Fumi.

"Araki-san, can I ask you a favor?"

"Whatis that? Just say! By the way, I'm very happy to see you recovering" replied the policewoman. He was in the same year of graduation as Shohei when he entered the police academy. Plus, Shohei often asks for help with her regarding the investigation. Therefore, they are very close.

Shohei thrust out a piece of cloth placed in a plastic clip.

"Arigatou. I'd like to find out the first fingerprint attached to this cloth. It's the tearing of the coat on the wrist that I was wearing the day of the incident. At that time, I held the offender's foot. He tried to shake my hand before finally kicking it many times. So, I thought there might be fingerprints left there, "shohei pinta recalled how the perpetrator tried to remove her hand by pulling the tip of her sleeve.

"Gosh, it turns out you've not only experienced stabbing, but also molestation!" Araki Fumi put both her hands over her mouth. "But, it may be a little difficult if there are a few hands that have touched this. Moreover, the date of the incident has passed from ten days," he said while taking a plastic clip containing pieces of the cloth.

"Yes, right. But, the first trace left behind was definitely the fingerprint of the perpetrator. Though I forgot whether he was wearing a hand-shirt or not back then. Wouldn't it be better to be sure?"

"alright. I'll check it out."

"Don't tell anyone about this" whispered Shohei.

Araki nodded. "I'll call you when the results come out."

Shohei returned to his study. He sat quietly in a chair, put on his glasses and picked up a piece of paper neatly tucked away in a drawer. Out of the ten names, there were only three more that Black Shadow had not touched. Two of them are waiting for the right time. Meanwhile, one name is still gray alias has not been detected. However, despite not knowing his identity and also his crimes, instinct Shohei said that the anonymous official must have been the ninth God of the officials. Where thanks to him, the crimes committed by the officials were not sniffed out of law for many years.

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Sake: a typical Japanese alcoholic beverage derived from fermented rice.