Surveillance

Title: Surveillance Chapter 2
Author: Boof
Parings: Michael / Sakaki
*Witch Hunter Robin does not belong to me*
Notes: Eventually they will jump each other but first we need the proper build up by way of social angst ^_^


\'It doesn’t make sense?\' Michael thought to himself as he reviewed the video from last night\'s weirdness.
\"He\'s just sitting there?\"

\"Who?\"

\"Huh!\" Michael molded himself to the screen as he peered over it. \"Miss Karasuma you startled me.\"

\"Here, this is for you.\" Miho said with a smile as she gifted Michael with the white paper bag filled with fried dough.

Michael grabbed the familiar bag and stuck his face inside. \"Awesome!\" He took a greedy sniff. \"Thank you.\"

\"Don\'t thank me,\" She said \",it\'s from Sakaki.\"

\"Sakaki?\" Michael had just notice that he hadn\'t returned with Miss Karasuma. \"Why didn\'t he come back from lunch?\"

\"I\'m not completely sure myself.\"

Michael arched a tawny eyebrow at her and her smile. \"Want me to locate him?\" He asked curiously.

\"No, I\'m sure he\'s fine.\"

She continued to smile down at him, sweetly, which made him question just why she was smiling in the first place? He began to get the distinct feeling that she was hiding something behind that happy face. For starters, Miss Karasuma would know where her partner was, and the fact that she didn\'t insist that he find Sakaki was proof that she knew where he was. But why lie about it?

\"Oh what\'s in the bag Michael?\" Doujima leaned over his desk and gave a whiff. \" Mmmm smells good! I\'m starving\"

Michael just stared at her. He was staring to wonder if he\'d missed the memo. Were people really trying to sneak up on him today or was he just preoccupied?

\"Doujima.\" Miho said sternly \"Sakaki sent those for Michael, leave him alone.\"

\"Sakaki?\" Doujima said like she had just swallowed a bug. \"Be careful Michael he wants something.\"

Michael continued to stare up at the two women.

\"Honestly Doujima.\" Miho rolled her eyes. She had enough to deal with already today and she had little patients for Doujima and her self-indulgence. \"It was just a nice thing to do. We should all thank Michael every now and then.\" Miho beamed.

\"Yeah I guess?\" Doujima shrugged. \"Good work Michael.\" Then she smirked at him \"So, can I have a donut?\"

\" Doujima!\"

\"It\'s Okay.\" Michael sighed as he handed over the bag. \"There\'s plenty. Do you also want one Miss Karasuma?\"

Miho shook her head \"No Michael.\" She sounded almost disappointed.

\'Huh?\' He thought to himself and then somewhere off to his left he could hear Doujima complaining.

\"Hnn they\'re cold, but not bad. Thanks!\" Doujima said loudly. \"And I\'ll be sure to thank Sakaki when I see him too. So I guess I\'ll see you guys latter.\" She waved as she bounced back to the hiding place she had come out of.

\"I guess…whatever.\" Michael had stopped listening to her already.

\"Something on your mind Michael?\" Miho asked quietly wionceoncern in her voice.

Michael slowly chewed on a piece of dough; it seemed to help him concentrate. \"It doesn\'t seem right?\" He mumbled thinking about the tape.

\"Swallow before you talk.\" She corrected, sounding more and more like a big sister every time she talked to him.

\"Sorry.\" He smiled \"Miss Karasuma? Can I ask you something?\"

\"Yes?\" Anticipation gripped her stomach.

\"Did Haruto say anything else about me to you?\"

\"Just that he felt like you deserved a break. Sakaki cares more than he lets on, you know what I mean?\" It took all her self control not to throw in a wink. No need to be over the top.

\"I see.\" But Michael began to wonder if he really did see? First the Haruto, now Miss Karasuma, non of it figured. What the hell was he missing? \",and you really don\'t know why he didn\'t come back to work?\"

\"He didn\'t say anything to me, honestly.\"

The truth was Sakaki didn\'t say anything to her, he didn\'t have to.

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She had gotten the picture when he handed her the bag of donuts at the shop.

\"What are those for?\" She asked as they exited the convenience store.

\"Oh, just something for Michael.\" Sakaki looked down at his feet when he talked to her. \"A little thank you nothing big.\"

\"Well that\'s really nice. I can\'t remember the last time I had a donut, come to think of it You and Michael usually have them gone by the time I get my coffee. \"

\"Hey do you want one, I don\'t think he\'ll miss it.\"

She didn\'t mean to. Normally one does not expect to be assaulted by a bag of donuts but when Sakaki handed her the bag, \"O!\"

His blue eyes went wide when he realized what she had done.

\"Sakaki?\" She exhaled after the initial shock.

\"Not you.\" He stumbled back. \"I have to get out of here for a while.\"

\"It was not intentional!\" She called after him.

He walked fast \"I don\'t want to talk abou!\" !\" and then he disappeared into another shop.

\"What just happened?\" She held the bag a little closer and closed her eyes. Anxiety, guilt and somewhere underneath the chaos of emotion was a genuine affection that made her feel warm right down to her toes. She understood enough to know that Sakaki was feeling very bad about something and she used common sense to deduce the rest. Sakaki was trying to win Michael\'s forgiveness but she wasn\'t sure for what. And though she didn\'t want to invade her partners privacy any more she decided that the least she could do was make sure that Michael received the donuts and whatever underlining meaning they were suppose to hold for him. She was going to make this up to Sakaki because there was no excuse for her lack of control.

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\"Miss Karasuma?\" Michael called out . \" Are you sure you don\'t want a donut?\"

\"What?\" She asked as she came out of her daze.

\"Well you keep sta at at the bag.\" He said with his mouthful.

\"No. That\'s ok.\" She paused. \"Michael can I ask you something now?\"

\"Umm sure.\" He said hesitantly.

\"Was Sakaki in the Chief\'s office last night.\"

\"What? Why would think that?\"

\" He just asked me.\"

\"He must have seen the tape.\"

\"What tape?\"

\"What?\" Nothing.\"

\"He found a coffee cup, Sakaki\'s coffee cup.\" He was not going to get away with lying to her face, not after the mess the two of them had gotten her into. \"Any ideas?\" The smile faded from her lips.

Michael paused, panicked, thought, and then lied. \"He was helping me run checks in the office. I should tell Kosaka so he doesn’t have a baby when he sees the tape.\"

\"Good idea. You don\'t want the Chief to think you two were playing games here all night. \" Miho winked, she couldn\'t resist.

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\"Miss Karasuma can I see you in my office?\" Kosaka\'s voice was tidewideways splinter in an already rough day. Life was not meant to be this hard before noon.

\"Yes Sir?\" She entered without breaking pace and stopped just before his desk.

\"Can you tell me how this got in my office?\" He held up a coffee cup. It was clearly a cup from the convenience store, where they all got their extra-late night caffeine fix\'s from.

\"It\'s not yours?\" She asked flatly.

\"If it were, would I be asking?\"

\"It\'s not mine Sir.\"

\"Oh?\" He stood and straightened out his jacket. \"Well just remind everyone that my office is not a hangout. \"

\"I understand.\" She said laughing on the inside. \'I wonder?\' She thought about the coffee cup, certainly it was Sakaki\'s, and although she knew she shouldn\'t…

\"Sir \" She suddenly strode towards him on long legs that carried her to his desk faster then he could ask \'Why?\'
\"There is a pen behind your chair.\"
She was bending down before he could look down himself. She bent low at the keens, garbing the seat of his chair to balance herself.
\"I\'ll get it for you.\"
She fought of the grossness of the warm seat to search for any unseen messages. What she found in the chair made her want to cross her legs. A vision of Michael through someone else\'s eyes. That someone was watching something that they shouldn\'t have been. Then that warm feeling returned and coursed through her body. She shuddered and immediately broke the connection.

\"Here Sir.\"

Puzzled, Chief Kosaka simply thanked her and took the pen, he never realized that it was not even his but Miho\'s pen that she had slipped out of her pocket while she bent down.

\"Thank you Miss Karasuma\"

\"Not a problem, it\'s a nice pen.\"

\"Yes\" he said looking at it, \"But I don\'t remember where I got it from.\"

She left the office satisfied; the trade had served her well. She knew what had freaked Sakaki out. \'Attraction\' she thought, even \'lust\' and \'confusion\' .

\'A crush!\'

Later, when she walked in to the main area with the bag of donuts she saw Michael differently. She saw him the way Sakaki saw him, and she could not help but smile.


~thank you
Boof

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