Never Not
Ch. 54: Watching Together

Kei realized he was too excited and hurriedly asked about Shohei to Seina. If it was like this, Seina would definitely be suspicious.

"Ah, how's your relationship?"

"Alright," Seina replied with a frown, "what's the matter?"

"Suddenly I remembered the outpouring of your heart the other day that was worried about your engagement." Kei reasoned.

"I decided to stay in touch with him. Although I'm still not sure of my own feelings." Seina developed a thin smile.

"Good! He is the right man for you. By the way, how close is your relationship?" Kei started the probing question.

"Eh?"

"I mean ... You guys are a couple, do you know much about it? Like ... his busy life all this time," asked Kei in a cautious tone. "I'm your brother, it doesn't matter if I ask you this."

"If it is .. I don't know much and don't want to know. Because his busyness must be work-related, while he's a cop there must be things I don't know."

"Sokkas." Kei nodded. "Then ... What about the people closest to him, do you know?"

Seina shook her head. "He claimed to have only one friend who was very close to him and was even considered like his own sister."

"Who is he? Have you ever met her?" ask Kei quickly.

Seina remembers their date on Sunday night, which Shohei said she would introduce him to her best friend. However, he chose not to tell Kei.

"Oniichan, why are you suddenly interested in talking about Shohei-kun?" asked Seina with a suspicious look.

"I plan to invite him to be the sole speaker in my show program. So, I should know a lot about him," Kei replied casually.

"Oh, so. But, didn't Oniichan say he refused to be your source?"

"That's when I discussed the topic of Black Shadow and invited a few other speakers. I think at the time he was lacking confidence because he had to meet face to face with veteran politicians." Again Kei brought out his ability in kinkling. "Oh, yes. Have you ever talked about the Black Shadow phenomenon? I wonder what Yamazaki-san thinks of that man," Kei asked excitedly because Seina herself opened the chat to make it easier for him to ask about the relationship between Shohei and Black Shadow.

Hearing the name Black Shadow made Seina speechless.

Why every time I hear his name, my heart beats another than usual ....

Seeing Seina not responding, Kei said again, "I heard many detectives from the police who were upset by the presence of Black Shadow who stole the public's attention, I wonder if Yamazaki-san is like that too."

"In my opinion, he was even impressed with the figure of Black Shadow," said Seina slowly. He tells Kei of Shohei's response when his father asks about Black Shadow's presence.

"Yes, I think Yamazaki-san and Black Shadow are the same."

"What does Oniichan mean? Shohei was clearly different from Black Shadow," Seina denied. He was dating Shohei, and had several intense encounters with Black Shadow, of course he understood that the two men were not the same.

"I mean, in contrast to the other policemen, Yamazaki-san was impressed with Black Shadow for sure because he felt he and Black Shadow were one idealist. Didn't Yamazaki also have time to uncover cases that drag officials?

Seina seemed to know nothing about the relationship between Shohei and Black Shadow. Thus, he was very careful that the relationship between him and Black Shadow was not discovered by anyone.

After meeting Kei at the cafe, Seina returned to her campus on foot. Along the way, he passed through several cafes that became the resting place of the students. Some of them are busy dating. Seina watched the couple who unhesitatingly showed their affection in public. This is very different from his courtship style with Shohei who seems stiff and monotonous.

Her relationship with Shohei is not as romantic as those couples. Never even photos together and do not have twins like lovers in general. He began to feel there was no difference between him who used to have no lover with him who now has courted a police officer. However, he understood this all because what he was dating was an adult man with solid activity.

Seina's attention was distracted at the videotron. The screen is airing news about Mr. Yoshuke still demanding an apology from Black Shadow against athlete Nakamura Aya. The official even boasted that until now Black Shadow was reluctant to appear because he was already embarrassed.

Seina gave a frail smile while recalling their last meeting as she asked the man to take off his mask. Unfortunately, the mysterious man chose to leave.

Hey, heart-damaging guy. Haven't we met in a long time? How does it feel to get the defense of so many people even if you're guilty? Stupidly, I'm in the line of people who defend and believe what you do is always right. May we not meet again ....

Shohei returned to the apartment when Yuriko contacted him because all the household furniture Rai had ordered had come. The man looked happy because now his residence had been filled and arranged beautifully. Moreover, the furniture chosen by Rai is very modern and contemporary.

Will Seina be happy to see this? Will Seina stay with me?

Shohei finds Yuriko cleaning dusty furniture for a long time on the way.

"Yuriko-chan, what do you think of the new furniture coming up? Do you like all this?" shohei asked as he approached the girl.

Yuriko flinched and blinked her eyes many times.

Yuriko nodded quickly. "This house was previously very artistic, coupled with a touch of some antiques and modern furniture makes anyone would feel at home living here."

"Hontou ni?" Shohei widened his eyes with a pleased look.

(Hontou ni: really?/ Time?)

Ah, hearing Yuriko's opinion relieved me. Hopefully Seina's reaction will be the same as Yuriko's. I can't wait to bring Seina here and see her response. About when is the right time to take her to see this house, huh? Tonight, I promised to introduce Rai to her.

"It looks like shohei-san's taste is very classy. You're also a fan of beauty," praised Yuriko with wandering eyes.

"Not me, but Rai," Shohei looked up at once.

"Eh?" Yuriko's surprised. Slowly, he began to believe that Rai had indeed become a rich man. Evidenced by the many upper-class menus that he knew and also the selection of classy furniture.

"All of this was chosen by him. He does have very good taste. Honey, he can't come here."

"Where is Rai?" ask Yuriko.

"He's taking care of something" Shohei replied. He could not say if Rai was on a mission assigned by him.

Shohei went to one of the rooms that was used as a mini cinema. There is a large projector screen with 3D specifications, a soft and comfortable sofa that can be a bed, as well as speakers equipped with sound absorbers to create dramatic sound effects.

This will be my place to relax with Seina ....

While busy cleaning the furniture, Yuriko realized that time had entered the night.

"Gosh, I forgot to make dinner!" The girl held her head and walked towards the kitchen.

"Yuriko-chan, I'm already full," Shohei gently declined. He paused for a moment and said, "rather than cooking, do you want to accompany me to a movie now? It just so happened that I just bought the audio and wanted to try the sound quality," Shohei suddenly asked.

"Eh?" Yuriko jumped for a moment. "Of course I want to!" girang reply.

"In that case, I'll choose the movie we're going to see first." Shohei walked into his room to look for his movie collection.

Meanwhile, Yuriko rushed to pick up the perfume in her bag and moved quickly to the bathroom to spray the entire fragrance onto her body. He felt this was a rare opportunity for him where they would look like a couple on a date.

Usually the type of man like Shohei will definitely choose the action genre such as warfare and murder. He can also be a criminal and a detective because he's a cop. Or maybe it's the horror genre because most men will choose the genre of the film if dating his girlfriend to show their manhood. Ah, I'm impatient ....

Yuriko imagined herself expressing fear while watching, and Shohei tried to calm her down.

Ah, romance ....

Impatiently, Yuriko came out of the restroom and rushed over to Shohei who was playing a movie. They sat next to each other on the soft sofa preparing to watch.

The opening of the film takes place. However, Yuriko's eyes were wide with a gawking face. Instead of playing horror or criminal genre films as expected Yuriko, Shohei instead screened a musical film in which the cast acted on stage in traditional dress while singing old songs in the sixties. If it was like this, wouldn't there be no reason for him to express fear in order to get a romantic response from Shohei?

Yuriko pressed her lips. His face was already like a crumpled paper watching the kind of movie he had never seen.

Even though he was only in his thirties, why the taste of his film like showing that he lived in the era of the second world war.

An hour passed, Yuriko continued to scratch her head while watching the expression of Shohei who was seriously watching. When he repeatedly yawned and held back sleepiness, the man beside him looked enthusiastic and enjoyed the storyline so much.

Yuriko held her chin up with her withered eyes holding back the drowsiness. I don't know how many times his face fell asleep because he almost fell asleep.

I thought the toughest test I had been up against was not having any money in my wallet at all, it turned out that surviving a movie I didn't like was a lot harder than not having any money.

Still seriously watching, Shohei opened his voice after a long silence. "Yuriko-chan, what do you think of this audio? Isn't his voice so clear and powerful? Even when I close my eyes and just hear the dialogue, I can already understand the storyline thanks to the power of audio visuals. It's not wrong if I choose this audio. Aren't you also as thought with—"

Shohei's words came to a standstill when suddenly Yuriko's head fell on her shoulders. He widened his eyes while looking to the side looking at Yuriko who closed her eyes with her mouth half open.

Instantly, the man straightened his gaze with wide-open eyes and bated breath.

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