Never Not
Ch. 77: My Look Is Only on You

Seina was flabbergasted to the point of not making a sound for a few seconds. That made Shohei think that he rejected his wishes. The man turned his eyes towards the windshield of the car.

"Ah, I don't mean to want to do something that messes with you when Mr. Matsumoto isn't around. I just purely want to spend a whole day with you." Shohei hurriedly explained so that Seina would not misunderstand. "Maybe I'll be busier in front of him. Maybe also our date time will be used for my busy life. But, I promise it won't be long," he continued as if hoping for understanding from Seina.

Seina laughed a little for a moment. "It's okay."

"What's okay? Overnight here? Or ... for my next move?" asked Shohei who seemed impatient to receive an answer.

"For everyone," Seina replied as she held back a smile.

Shohei breathed a sigh of relief for a moment. "At the very least, once we get engaged and stay with me I'll have more time with you."

Seina's smile that had expanded, gradually disappeared.

Get engaged and live together? Am I really ready to do it?

"Why? Is there something that holds your heart?" shohei asked, looking at Seina's face.

If Shohei has the ability to interpret the facial expressions of a person, then Seina has the skill to hide her true feelings. He can pretend to play the role of an understanding lover and not much demanding. Although he is not that strong.

Seina shook her head small. "I just remembered, tomorrow is Monday. Don't you have to go to the office in the morning? You sleep here without bringing work clothes for tomorrow."

"Don't worry! My apartment's close to your house."

Seina's eyes rounded for a moment. "Eh? The apartment? You stay—"

"Akh!" Shohei leaned his head while patting his forehead. "I should have kept this a secret from you" he said resentfully to himself.

Seina's eyelids blinked repeatedly, and her forehead creased as she grew more clueless.

"Actually .. I've bought a condo for us to live in later. I deliberately searched a location not far from your home so you could visit your father at any time."

"really?" Seina gasped as she stared fixedly at the man beside her.

Shohei nodded slowly.

"Why didn't you tell me?" ask Seina.

"Because the truth .. I want to surprise you. I want to give you that when you're done with the exam. But it seems like my plan has failed." Shohei gave a stupid grin while scratching his head.

Seina looked at Shohei with sparkling eyes. He did not expect, his lover who always seemed stiff and unromantic, had been trying to prepare a surprise for him.

"You did not fail! Your plan didn't fail at all because I was really surprised" Seina said.

Now it is Shohei's turn to flinch and only able to stare at her lover's beautiful bead.

"Arigatou. I'd like to see the apartment you gave me. How about I come to your apartment in the morning? Coincidentally I'm going to college in the morning, I can come, right?"

Still staring at his lover with love, Shohei nodded. "May you like our shelter later."

The couple got out of the car and entered together in the magnificent residence. They were immediately greeted by the butler of the Matsumoto family.

"Suzuki-san, please prepare new nightgowns and pillows for my lover. She'll be staying here tonight" Seina pinta told the butler.

"Good, Miss." The butler lowered his head and immediately carried out his duty.

Seina and Shohei climbed up the arched staircase where there was a red carpet spread out. This was not Shohei's first time here and the servants had also known him as the future son-in-law of the house. Seina's room is upstairs and next to Matsumoto's reading room and master's office. Shohei can tell, from the safety of a fingerprint detection device printed on the doorstep of the room.

Staring at the back of Seina who was in front of him, the little heart of the man even made a sound.

I cannot involve my feelings in revealing the truth. So, not meeting him for a while was the right choice until I could figure out the figure of the tenth target and Black Shadow was able to complete the mission.

Instead, Seina recalled Shohei's words in the car. With all the preparations that the man had made, didn't he have any more reason to leave him?

This is not an option, but it is a decision. From the beginning, I was already set to get engaged to her. Although on the way, I fell in love with another man, but I was not allowed to choose between him and that man.

Seina's eyes suddenly glazed over. He bit his lip to prevent the water from falling from his mouth. Yes, he still harbored his feelings for Black Shadow. In fact, he continued to find out any news related to the masked man. It was as if the man's magic was too powerful that he was unable to escape from his shadows.

Once inside the room, Seina took a shower and immediately stepped into the bathroom. The opportunity was not wasted Shohei. He rushes out of the room to Mr. Matsumoto's closed workspace. Suddenly, Shohei crouched down and threw a ballpoint pen through the door. His ballpoint pen, which is always in the car, doubles as a wiretap.

The ballpoint pen was thrown away and entered under a bookcase not far from the workbench. This is certainly to make it easier for him to know the information of the tenth target and the extent of the involvement of his own prospective in-laws. Although it is less likely to get that info, given that Mr. Matsumoto himself prefers to spend time in his office.

Shohei returned to Seina's room. When the girl had come out wearing only a towel, Shohei's cheeks suddenly looked like boiled crabs. He stared for a while with unblinking eyes.

One sec.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

As Seina was also looking at him, Shohei regained his senses and immediately turned around. "I want to take a shower too!"

Shohei stepped to the side while turning his back to the girl. As soon as the bathroom door closed, he immediately exhaled. However, as his gaze lowered, the man's eyes suddenly grew bigger when he saw his vitals organ reacting naturally.

"This ... must be because the night air is too cold" Shohei murmured while looking at his thing that had hardened and looked upright from behind his pants. But the next second he re-imagined the scene when Seina came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel to look sexy in his eyes.

"No! Nah! I promised I wouldn't do anything. Anyway this at her parents' house is not in the hotel, it's unethical to do such things, isn't it?" he muttered while slapping his cheek.

Thirty minutes later, Shohei and Seina had been lying on the bed in one blanket. The man sleeps on his back to his outstretched lover. Silent. There's no sound. As if they had drowned. In fact, both of them have not closed their eyes.

Instead of using the opportunity to make out or chat casually, Shohei dissolved into his own thinking.

Aaakh, I would love to face Seina. But what if my sleep is out of control. Like my mouth was wide open and my snoring was noisy. Seina will definitely be a risi.

"Shohei-kun, are you still on standby?"

"Ke–why haven't you slept?" ask her with a slightly stuttering tone.

"Shohei-kun hasn't slept either," Seina replied.

"I want to make sure you go to bed first."

"But I'm not going to sleep yet."

"Are you still scared? You're pictured with those ghosts?" Shohei turned around reflexively. Now it was facing towards Seina.

Seina shook her head slowly. "I almost forgot the ghosts" he replied.

"Thank God!"

Now, both are equally stretched while staring at the ceiling to the room. They return to silence. Shohei's hand tried to move to reach the back of Seina's hand. To be honest, he was trying to restrain his instincts as a grown man. Because, he really wanted to appreciate Seina as a woman not as an object of pure lust.

"Sheichai-kun!" Seina managed to break the silence that crawled over them.

Shohei again pulled out her hand that was about to touch Seina's hand.

"Did you know that during our relationship, you were ever interested in another girl?" ask Seina suddenly.

"Where possible! Since knowing you .. My gaze has only been on you," tepis Shohei without a doubt. This time, he did not hesitate to hold Seina's hand from under the blanket. "Calm down! My activity is only for work and my work is only related to criminals. Don't worry about anything!"

Those words sound so calm.

Seina nodded slowly. His head deliberately shifted and chose to cushion the man's arm.

You wrong. I was worried that you would get hurt someday, because my heart could not be completely with you.

Seina closed her eyes trying to fall asleep in the man's arms. Shohei stared fixedly at Seina's beautiful face. Her hands stretched out in doubt, stroking her lover's hair gently.

For a while, this was more than enough.

It did not feel like the morning had come to close the night. The frozen white grains left by the snow last night, seemed to spread on the streets. Rai who was still struggling in the blanket, had to wake up forcibly as the sound of the phone ringing continued to echo.

"Moshi-moshi."

"Rai, I'll take Seina to my apartment. I think it's time to take her there. I also want to know his opinion. Hope he likes your choice."

"When are you going to take her there?" asked Rai in a voice that restrained the drowsiness.

"Now. We're getting ready."

"A–what?" Rai's eyes were still drooping suddenly wide.

Rai's startled voice pierced Shohei's eardrum. "What's wrong?"

"Did you comfort Yuri?"

"Yuk, Yuriko-san. I forgot to call him. But it looks like he's already there."

Rai hung up the phone. He rushes out of bed and out of his apartment just to see if Yuriko has left. Seeing the girl's locked door, she went back into her room and picked up a cell phone to call.

Rai rubbed his face rough when only the voice of the operator sounded. Not staying still, he immediately washed his face, brushed his teeth, then changed his clothes and put on a thick jacket. Everything he did in a short time. He immediately ran towards the stop and chased the bus that had just arrived.

On the other hand, Yuriko arrives at Shohei's apartment. Seeing an empty apartment was common for him, because indeed for several weeks Shohei always left for work early in the morning. On heading to the dining table, he was stunned to see the various foods he cooked last night were not touched at all. In fact, among the menu there are already seeming stale. In fact, he hopes to find out the man's response after eating his cooking last night.

"Did the police not come home last night?" he was astonished while looking around the place. He opened the bathroom and saw the dry floor. Normally, if he arrived at the apartment at the same time as this, then the bathroom floor would be wet as it had just been worn by Shohei.

"Ah, he must be overtime, right? He's the chief investigator, there must be certain times that make him unable to go home because there's so much he has to do there!" Yuriko concluded to herself while swinging her hands together.

Shortly after, the apartment door opened. Yuriko instantly widened her smile upon seeing the arrival of Shohei. He rushed to the man while greeting him.

"Okaery." (Welcome back)

"Accepted. Yuriko-san has come apparently."

"Did Shohei-san not come home last night?" ask Yuriko. However, his gaze was diverted to a fashionable feminine-looking beautiful girl who had just entered.

On the contrary, Seina was also surprised to see a young girl of her own age in her lover's apartment this early.

Shohei turned his head back and directly pulled Seina's hand gently. "Ah, he's the assistant housekeeper I just told you about."

"Oh, did you say it was Matsui-san's neighbor?" continue Seina who just remembered.

Shohei nodded. His gaze turned to Yuriko. "Yuriko-san, introduce, this is my future fiancee. I didn't come home last night because I was staying at his house."

Yuriko jumped up instantly with a stiff face. "Tu–engaged?"

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