7 Eps 5

Misaki decided to grab some coffee at the convenience store located just a rock throw away from where she is living. She asked the driver to drop her here.

"Are you sure, lady?" He asked politely, looking at her from the front mirror."Sir had told me to send you to your apartment."There's a slight look of concern on his face."And it's raining.."He murmured.

Misaki shook her head, already getting ready to get out of the SUV" I'm going to grab some water at the convenience store along the way."She answered.

"I can go there if you want to," He said suggestively.

"No it's okay, thank you, really," She answered back, then pointed at the convenience store right ahead of them."There, you can drop me" She said. The neon light of the store gleamed in the rainy night. The car was parked in front of the store. Misaki thanked the driver and the driver nodded in response. He's a kind man doing his job thoroughly.

Something had bothered her a little. But she did know what is it. Ever since she left Charles's house, she felt something familiar in the house, or someone? But what is it? She tried to recall all the details of his house, but nothing catches her attention. She shrugged it off her thought.

After buying some soda and ramen, she got a call. Her sister."What now?"She said as she opened the soda can and took a sip."You burned the house? You accidentally started world war 3? You left your passport?"She jokingly said."What problems had you done now?"She walked along the sideways, there are a few cars drive past her, but not much since it's already late.

"No, no, and no!" Her sister's somehow childlike voice screamed on her phone."I was about to ask you what should I wear for my dinner date tomorrow with Hans!"She grunted. Misaki sighed happily, enjoyed teasing her sister.

"Just wear what you want to wear," She told her simply.

"But what about the theme?Bohemian?Chic?Classy?Sexy???" Her sister asked her rapidly.

"The what?" She laughed a little. Then she need to hear his sister rant all along the journey back to her apartment.

...

Ryuu wiped the woman's blood that spattered on his arm with an alcohol swab, then he put it in a small blue plastic bag. He tried to make a clean work but the woman avoided his shot by instinct making the blood sprayed around the walls of the bathroom. Not her fault that her mind trying to protect herself even though she's the one who volunteered to be killed. He had a job to kill the new married couple, who by the looks of it, is dealing with drugs and debt. When he first entered the house he could see some drugs, laying around on the floor, and also cigarettes too. People with drugs tend to have a huge amount of debt. He sighed sadly and took some time to pray so that the souls will rest in peace. He looked at the two bodies, now dead, in the bathtub. He put his gun, on the woman's hands. That should do. The police know what to do. Even if they notice something suspicious, they're too corrupted to know the truth. Before he left, he crouched again, making sure he didn't step on the blood. He took a little bit of time to pray again. Then, at the end of his prayer, he cried.

...

Tatsuo breathe in the smoke of the cigarette and release it after a lot of smoke he had breathed in had filled his lungs as he looked at the scenery In the lake. He sat alone on the bench, admiring the lovely gleam of the moon pictured on the lake, the cold air splashed to his face. Then he drink some tinned beer he had bought before, indulging every sip as he waits for the arrival of the guy. Then someone sits beside him. "Hey tattoos"The voice greeted him. He turned to face him. There is only one person who called him by the name. He gave a smile, pleased with his arrival." You don't look so good today" He murmured, taking in some smoke. And playfully huffed some smoke to Ryuu. Knowing well that he hated the hate the smell of the smoke.

Ryuu coughed."Dammit, why should you do that!"He grunted, throwing his hands around, trying to get the smoke away from him.

"To cheer you up," He said, as he throws the old cigar on the ground, gave a good hard stomppull, and pulled out a new cigar but Ryuu stopped him.

"You want to die early or what?" He snatched the cigar out from his hands and toss it away.

"I hope so," He said."So, what's wrong with you? You look like shit" He said frankly. Then he sipped some beer."Doing the job again?"He asked.

"You know me well" He grinned at the 27-year-old guy. Tatsuo is the one who introduced him to the agency. He is like a father figure to him, always took care of him, when his father had never done that before. He teaches him new things, like what a father does. He also likes his, gentle, disciplined but still playful manner. He sometimes wonder what does Tatsuo thought of himself.

The guy had shoulder-length black hair that he tied in a semi man bun, he had pointed black eyes like Ryuu, but Ryuu's eyes are more round. He also had a tough muscular body. He'd always kept his shirt slightly unbuttoned, allowing people to see his signature tattoo on his chest, a big fat red dragon, just like his name, Tatsuo. Ryuu had seen his other tattoos, on his back and his left arm, which is the main reason why he called him tattoos."Yeah, I did the job just now.."He murmured."Just hope that the dreams won't come again".

"Nah, the more you think of it, the worse it gets" He pats the boy's head."You remind me of gorudo" He said, referring to his 4-year-old golden retriever."You should stop taking jobs for a while"He told him.

"If I could, I would do that," He said in dismay. This is how the company works, each agent who decided to enter the agency to work there have to pick what method of killing they would like to master, and how to cover it like a pro. So before they go to work and accept tasks, they need to be trained for 3 months at a specified secret area, the faster the person catches up, the better. After finishing the training session, the agent will get a task each one, that acts as an exam, where they're qualified or not. An examiner will accompany them to qualify them and to help them if they get into trouble. After they passed that, they are now qualified as a working agent. Each agent needs to do tasks at least once per week, and the max an agent can do is 3, to avoid suspicion among the society or police. However, an agent can do another method to kill to finish the tasks as some clients want a specific way to be killed. But of course, the agent needs to learn how to first. Right now, Ryuu only had to learn two methods, using a gun and by drowning people. Even though it looks easy, but there are many to learn, especially at the part where he needs to learn how to cover his tracks, and making sure it looks like the client who killed themselves, not others do. Among the two, he preferred the gun method, even though it could get messy, but at least the client won't suffer a lot. That's what he had believed.

Tatsuo nodded.

"And I had my heart broken today by the woman that I like," Ryuu said.

"Who, Misaki?" He said, losing to his desire to smoke, so he lit up a new cigar, which then he gets an 'I will kill you look from Ryuu. But he ignored him."What, he rejected you?"

"not, but.."He murmured."She told me she isn't interested in love and such"

"That's so her"He chuckled." Here, have some drink"He pushed the half drank tinned beer.

"I'm underage," Ryuu answered sternly.

"And you're sad" He answered."Give it a go, I have another like a tray lol"He turned to the tray of beer, contain another 4 tinned beer.

"You smoke, and you're alcoholic, you got some serious health problems later on, you know, "Ryuu told him and took a sip. He was surprised at the strong flavor drink. But then he finished it in one go. He didn't like the flavor, it's too bitter.No wonder Charles hated that too. He wipe his mouth after that, giving the empty can to Tatsuo.

"Woah boy," He snickered. Then he gives another one."You're becoming a man!"He took another one for himself."Cheers?"He said suggestively, as Ryuu took the tinned beer from him.

"You're a bad influence, you know?"He groaned, but managed a smile."Cheers,"

...

Tatsuo grab Ryuu's arm, and put it around his neck."You only drank 3 tins!"He grunted, helping him stood up."How could you be drunk so early," He grunted. Strands of hair are falling to his face as his man bun is getting looser."Here let me sent you to your home"

Ryuu laughed."Aww, you're so sweet" He said and pushed Tatsuo playfully. He's too drunk to even think anymore. Then he looked at him, his cheeks are pink, and his breath is full of beer scent."But what bout my mama?"He said, stopping along the way."He'll kill me!!"Then he laughed again, cheering for nothing in the middle of the night."WOOHOO!!"He cried out happily.

"You're such a nuisance," Tatsuo answered, clearly regretted his actions to make him drunk. He has become 10 times more annoying now. He walked toward his car, and literally shoved him into the car. Ryuu groaned as he lay down on the back seat."Don't worry, you're mama already knows about me though. I'm your boss, remember?"He looked at Ryuu using the front mirror, which is already sleeping. He sighed and started the car.

Sooner or later he needs to have a proper meeting with Ryuu's mom so that her mom won't feel any suspicious feeling about his son's' job. When Ryuu first started joining the agency, they both agree to lie to Ryuu's mother by pretending that Tatsuo took him as his work in his company, some kind of an internship program, but the difference is he'll get a salary every month. There is some truth in that lie. He glanced at the young boy. Ryuu was buried and hiccuped suddenly.

"Are we there yet?" He asked with his eyes half-closed. His throat feels very sore that it make his voice cracked.

"Almost, I'll wake you up if we reach there," Tatsuo answered, and chuckled. He can't believe he had a soft spot for him.