Aimi quickly turns,
"RUN! HIDE!" She whispers to Ryou.
Aiko runs towards the kitchen, panicked at what he just saw.
Sfx: run run run
"...Aimi! Don't fool me....!"
"NO..!"
Chapter 24: Hide and Seek
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"Who's... Who was that?" Aiko pants, he was stopped at the hall.
"You...who?" Aimi closes the kitchen door with her hands behind her back, as she faces Aiko.
"Don't fool me, Aimi! You hide some random dude, and expect me to come, WITH THIS?" He pulls up tons of missed calls on his phone, and shoves it up at Aimi's eyes.
"Who's..who's this?" Aimi is quite confused.
Her eyes scroll up and down on the screen.
She tries holding the phone, for more info.
"Hey! Don't fool me again!" Aiko pulls his phone back, waiting for her to explain why she called him.
Aimi steps back, and says
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In Aimi's Kitchen
[Ryou's Perspective]
Could someone explain me....
Sfx: water running
Sigh... She forgot the tap
Why am I....
Sfx: omelette sizzling
in the bottom of....A SINK!
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Ryou was crouched, and stuffed at the bottom of the kitchen sink, where the main pipes are. Though the space is cramped, Ryou's weak body condition made it easy for him to submit in.
"I could easily see the kitchen appliances from here." Ryou's hands were long enough to reach the fridge, microwave and other things.
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"Well, I think I should probablyy....check the fridge?"
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[Ryou's Perspective]
My hands were long enough, I reached for the opening of the fridge.
I suddenly stopped.
"Wait, I should check the above, maybe it has some notes?"
I tried moving my head.
"OW!" I hit my head near a pipe.
I saw a sticky note. It wrote
*MEALS FOR HIM
~ STEAK WITH MASHED POTATOES, MILK AS A SIDE
~ BOILED CHICKEN SOUP, SIDE WITH EGG RICE
~ WAGYU STEAK
"Oh my god..."
"Does she really plan to prepare these, it's so expensive!"
The listed items easily costed alot, and I saw 'him' written on the title.
"Wait. Does she mean these are..FOR ME?"
Sigh... She thinks I'm a stereotypical rich person?
I'd still like to know how she got to know that I love milk...
"Ah, another note?"
At the side, there was another note.
This one wrote
- PLANS
Discipline session (be cruel)
Tease (resist the 'temptation'...!)
;These should make him crazy, then 'use' him for my pleasure as a reward!! :D
"Oh god.."
Wait.
"Wait, what does she mean, by 'be cruel' huh?"
Does it mean,
She's forcing what she's acting?
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In the Hall
"So, the runaway criminal called you with this same number aswell?" Aiko was curious after what Aimi said.
"Yes. He called me with this same number, he threatened to break in my house. Ryou also said he will, he will come to my house and ....'do those things' again." Aimi lied, with a clear and honest face.
"Ah, so this number, is OF A RUNAWAY CRIMINAL?" Aiko gasped at what he just learned.
"Yes, I was so afraid of the fact that he is coming to visit me, I invited my brother over, to protect me."
"You could have Invited me-" Aiko gasped in delusions,
He suddenly added.
"Wait. You're talking about Ray, wasn't he in-"
"We can talk about it later. It's my other brother." Aimi interrupted Aiko.
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[Aiko's Perspective]
Geez.....this conversation isn't going, anywhere!
I should ask her about her 'room' and get in that haven~
Wait. Isn't her brother nearby? Why did she hide him then?
He should come to visit me.
This is suspicious.
"Hey, Aimi, could you please open the kitchen."
"I just explained-" She interrupted me.
I took a note from my pocket, and showed it to her.
"I'm using my position as an officer at the Japanese Police for the moment."
This is it!
Wait, why is she standing?
She leans her head over my ears and whispers
"I've even bigger connections"
My eyes widen as in horror...
What did she mean..?
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Suddenly Aimi started laughing cutely, at her own laughs she said "I'm just kidding!"
Indicating the past case she was a victim of, to show how she met even bigger officers.
"Ah I get it." Aiko was embarassed.
Aiko stood up, and started walking straight towards the kitchen door, with confidence.
"Shit. That didn't work." She whispered to herself.
"..hey!" Aimi stopped Aiko.
Aiko ignored Aimi's calls.
"Well, with what I've taught him, you will never be able to catch."
"Catch who?" Aiko suddenly turned around.
Aimi rushed towards the door of her 'special' room.
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Sfx: huff!
"What are you doing?" Aiko was confused.
Was this the moment, Aimi confirmed her guilt?
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Nevertheless, Aiko opened the door. With a very serious face and a thought in his mind.
"So...will she abduct me and force those 'toys' onto me?"
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"This...WOULD BE, A DREAM COMING TRUE!" Aiko was in blushes!
Sfx: door creak*
*Creaaaak
"Oh my..." Aiko gasped
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In Aimi's Special Room
Aimi rushed to her special room, and opened the door loudly, she ran so hard that she fell towards the bed with siding her face.
"Haaah... His smell" she blushed.
[Aimi's Perspective]
No no no no... This isn't the time!
I knew something was up! Something is wrong!
I unfold the bedsheets.
"GEEEEEHHHHHHHH!" I clench my teeth in rage, as tears form into my eyes.
"WHERE IS IT?" I scream, as I have a strong desire,
To find this dumb phone
I figured out, that He was given a dumb phone, slipped from the bottom the door space by that bastard.
"Damn you virgin" I speak with rage.
"HYAAA!" I slipped down the floor, and fall onto my hips as I face myself on the floor on all fours.
"Ow! It hurts..."
Wait.
"So here it is..."
I found the dumb phone.
Considering the fact that he could miscall Aiko, it probably means this has some services into it. I could send a message it seems.
I wrote a message, that says
"I'm Ryou Aikawa. I'm going to meet 'Aimi', my former maid. And just, 'talk' to her. Trust me, I'm innocent. please."
I wrote the message as I impersonated my love.
"Now he should get the idea that Ryou is still on the run, he still thinks Ryou is guilty, right? Well, now he will believe my words I told him at the hall."
In the Kitchen
Aiko walks in
Sfx: run, hush!
"HEY! WHO WAS THAT?"
Aiko turns around, pointing his taser gun violently at random points to protect himself.
"Wait...what's that?" He notices a sticky note on the fridge.
"Ah, not important, not important..." Aiko sees throug the notes
"Ah..WAIT." His eyes widen in horror as he saw that sticky note.
With blood used as an ink, it wrote,
RUN. OR ELSE, SHE WOULD KILL YOU
"Ah.....HAAAAH?!" Aiko gasped in fear.
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In Aimi's Special Room
Aimi kept using the dumb phone for more information, she was also looking if there were any 'females' in the contact list. But all she could find, is the number of Aiko.
Sfx: rush, scream
"HAAAAAH!!" A sound came from kitchen
Suddenly, a rushed sounds of steps came, followed by a scream, and another rushed sounds of steps.
Aimi quickly threw the phone inside the bed bottom space, and turned back.
[Aimi's Perspective]
What was that, just now?
Aiko rushed to the door, wait
He saw my special room!!
"Hey...err...welcome to my ... Not 'so' bathroom, hehe..." I said, with a nervous voice.
"Not the matter. Aimi, there's something in the kitchen, look!"
Wait, did he found him?
"Eh...uhh...okay"
I stand up, and we slowly walk towards the kitchen.
This was the longest 20 seconds of my entire life.
I prepare my fists, and I wish to kill him at this moment if he finds, my dear love.
And the door opens....
And
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"Huh?"
There's....nobody?
In the bathroom
[Ryou's Perspective]
"Oh god...why am I complying with that wicked woman, why am I submitting myself to her commands? Why am I saving her?" I panick as I hide myself within the bathroom.
Sfx: knock, knock, knock
WAIT.
Somebody knocked, am I found out?
THUD! THUD!
SHIT. THE PEOPLE ARE AGGRESIVE. IS IT HER?
BANG! BANG! BANG!
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Outside the bathroom
"DAMMIT. INTRUDER, OR BROTHER, WHOEVER YOU ARE, OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!" Aiko banged the door violently.
Aimi tried stopping him from behind, but her pleas were of no use.
"Aiko...AIKO LISTEN!"
"huh?" Aiko cheek's blush. She's relying on him!!
"The door... It's supposed to be slided, not rotated to be opened!"
"AH-" He was embarassed.
As the door slid in...
Sfx: rush
"Where are you!" Aiko rushed into the bathroom
Sfx: run, run, run
Aiko looked here and there
"He's nowhere...?!" Aiko gasped, and suddenly...
WHAM!
Aiko fell to the wet floor
"AGH!"
"He's...a...good boy" Aimi blushed at how Ryou hid himself, blushing at her own words.
"Does she think...I'm a good boy?!" Aiko blushed at what Aimi whispered.
Where was Ryou?
In the laundry room
[Ryou's Perspective]
Shit. Why the hell am I blushing as I do what Aimi tells me. She's not even saying anything, yet I feel as she's telling me everything I'm doing right now!
My heart felt rushing. Couldn't I just expose myself, and that would get me free?
Somehow
I couldn't bring myself to it.
Was it fear?
Or
Was it love? For her?
"Ah" Ryou looked down at the clothes, it was the laundry room.
He picked up
"Her panties..." I brought it towards my face.
"It's not intentional, I..."
Sniff sniff
"Geez what the hell am I doing...?" I put my arms at the washing machine as I blush.
sfx: washing machine start
BRRRRRR....!
"OH, WHAT THE HELL!"
"What button did I press?" Come to think of it, as a master,
I never did laundry! I forgot how a washing machine works!
Shit shit shit, it's making noises.
Wait, The hall is connected to the kitchen and bathroom, then the bathroom is connected to the laundry. If I'm right...does it mean?
BRRRRRR!
"SHIT, ITS MAKING EVEN MORE NOISES!"
In the bathroom
BRRRRRR!
"Wait...I FOUND HIM!" Aiko rushed towards the laundry.
"Wait! He's not-" Aimi stopped at what she said, and figured what Ryou would do next.
Aimi put her hands at her cheeks, and gasped
"Oh my god, you're a genius, fufu~" Aimi laughed and giggled as she whispered to herself.
As Aiko ran towards the laundry room, Aimi ran towards the kitchen.
"I know you, very well, my toy~" She laughed as she ran.
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In laundry room
"He's not here...WHERE?" Aiko shouted
Only a few knew where Ryou could to~
In the Kitchen
[Ryou's Perspective]
Only a few would know how I got here.
So, let me re-cap myself, I ran from the kitchen to the bathroom, then to the laundry room, from the window, I climbed and ran to the kitchen.
"Goddamn this house is so complicated!"
I gasped and sighed, but suddenly.
"My my~" Aimi put her hands together and blushed as she said this.
She leaned over me, her chest pressing against mine, and she licked behind my ears.
"Aimi- it's not the time for this-"
THUD! WHAM!
I just heard a loud noise,
Ah, she pushed the pot from the window of her kitchen down the street. But why?
"We will countinue this, later. Fufu~" She giggled and ran to the hall, as she shut the door again.
In the hall
Aiko ran back to the hall, where he met Aimi.
"AIMI! ARE YOU SAFE?"
"It looks like he fell.." Aimi sighed, and gave a fake horrified expression.
"I'm truly sorry for whatever happened. But that man WAS NOT your brother or anybody safe, am I correct?"
"You're right, I was being blackmailed by that man. I'm actually, in debt."
"Ah, I get it." Aiko immediately knew what the cause was.
"Well then, call me around whenever you feel like any danger. I'll not let these debt-collectors hurt you anymore, Aimi." Aiko said it with a heroic expression. Feeling a hero infront of Aimi.
"Sure, but isn't he dead now? You should check his body.." Aimi turned the hero to a zero~
"Ah, RIGHT! ON IT!" Aiko ran outside Aimi's place.
Aimi turned back, opened the kitchen door, and said.
"So... Want to see the sun, soon?"
At the Street
Sfx: run run run
BUMP!
"Ahhh! I'm sorry I have a bad experience of bumping into ladies-" Aiko immediately apologises.
"I'm not a lady."
"Wait, who are you?"
As Aiko looked up, as he was panting on his knees, he saw a big strong man.
"You're...HAROLD!"
"No need to declare me like a superhero...ugh" Harold got embarassed.
"So, this pot."
"Wait, didn't somebody fall from here?" Aiko questioned.
"Huh? No..it was a pot." Harold was explaining Aiko.
"How do you know?"
"You see, I have been observing Aimi for a few days now. And this is a pot, not a body, you idiot." Harold scolded Aiko.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!- wait, did you know, Run-a-way Suspect Ryou Aikawa is coming back to haunt Aimi?"
"Huh?"
"So, Aimi is innocent, right-?" Aiko thought of hope.
His hopes were crushed immediately after.
"No, Ryou would still be innocent. It would be perfect, excellent! He is coming back, all that's left, is for us to recieve him earlier than she does! He would obviously choose us over her, to have more safety obviously."
"Why would Aimi even kill? Isn't it all pointing to Ryou? And why would it be safe?" Aiko was confused and furious.
"Hmm. Not sure what is Aimi's motivation behind this. But I'm sure Ryou is innocent. I could just tell the officers and prove how he' innocent, so it's safer for him to stay with us."
"Well, another information. Aimi's in debt."
"I know, I'm the one who's lending her money currently." Harold revealed.
"Huh?!" Aiko was confused once again.
"I hid my identity and made someone else lend her the money on my behalf, I'd like to set her in a debt trap so she visits th money-lender. Knowing the cold-blooded killer she is, wouldn't she fall right into the trap to come and kill me? That's what I'm looking for." Harold explained.
"Ah...so all that needs to happen, is for Ryou to arrive, huh?"
"Yes."
[Aiko's Perspective]
After this conversation, we two walked away.
"Who's the lad?" The middle aged ladies kept talking about me..
I didn't care.
Currently, in my hands, are real blood.
The one I saw, who was it?
I took out the note in my pocket, as I read the words again.
"SHE WILL KILL YOU!"
I wonder why I didn't show this to Harold?
Ryou, you're in there. Isn't it?