Me and Tennoji chase the kid down the alleys not that far from the apartment building we were just at. "Fast little shit isn't he?" I huff, as we turn left, following him down another alleyway. He's been consistently been just out of reach, but we haven't lost sight of him.

                Tennoji snickers."Ya sound a little outta breath there Red."he teases, glancing back at me.

                 I roll my eyes."Whatever.."I mutter, glaring. 

                 "Aw come on Red. Don't be like that."he adds, laughing, and I feel a smile tugging at my lips.. freaking idiot. 

                 "Hopefully he'll run into a dead end soon." I say, trying not to let on how hard I'm breathing. Yea I'm a little out of shape okay? I hate running so much, don't judge me.

                Tennoji snorts."He will soon, the route he's taking."He grins, as we keep running.

                We finally turn one last time, and thank fuck, he's finally hit a dead end. "As my partner was trying to say earlier, we have a couple questions." Tennoji says, all traces of playfulness gone, as he talks to the college kid.

               "Tch I don't have to answer shit."he scoffs, glaring at us. The hell?

               "Well, looks like we found our guy then huh Tennoji? Especially since he's not talking."I say, grinning at Tennoji, as I lean against the brick wall of the alley, crossing my arms. 

               "Yea we can take him and book him then."he plays along, shrugging at me, giving me his signature grin.

               "Wait you can't do that I haven't done anything!" the kid shouts, looking at us, clearly starting to panic, as I try to suppress a laugh.

                Tennoji shrugs."Well, if you really didn't do anything, then come answer a few questions for us at the station."

                "Fine."he sighs in defeat, following us back to our car. Me and Tennoji exchange triumphant grins behind the kid, and we all get into the car. The ride back to the station is a quiet one, and I'm relieved when we finally pull into the now familiar garage in the basement. 

                 We head in, let one of the other officers settle the kid into an interrogation room, while we go grab something to drink real quick out of the vending machines in the lounge. Eiki enters the room, carrying a white colored folder, with the kids info in it."His name is Shane Katsunumi, he attends a local college not to far from the Osaka apartment building that was on fire. No serious priors."Eiki informs us, handing the folder to Tennoji. 

                 I take a sip of my tea, and go stand next to my partner, who starts skimming through the papers in the folder. I lean closer, reading over his shoulder. He has a nice clean scent, like whatever soap he uses, mixed with mint, probably from the mint gum he chews. I stiffen, at the realization...did I just sniff my partner? What the hell is wrong with me? I mentally face palm, and pretend to be really absorbed in reading the file, and hope like hell he didn't notice. 

                "He's right Red, not many priors. Let me do the talking first okay?" He murmurs next to me, and I roll my eyes at him, nodding. Normally I'd argue, but I'm kind of curious to see him start the interview. 

                We head into the room, taking the folder with us, mainly for prop purposes, because it wasn't really that hard to memorize. Tennoji stands across the table from Shane, and I lean back against the wall by the door, one foot up touching the wall, my arms crossed, basically pretending that I'm bored. In reality though, I pay close attention to Shane, trying to get a read on him.

                "Why were you filming the fire?"Tennoji asks, getting right to the point, meeting Shane's gaze. The kid is kinda slouched, sitting in the chair, looking kinda pissed. He's kinda scrawny, and tall, with short blonde hair and green eyes. He seems irritated, with a slightly cocky air about him, all traces of the earlier panic gone. Maybe we let him sit too long, and he's had time to calm down, and think. He's probably realized by now that we tricked him earlier, and he doesn't have to tell us anything.

                His hands are stuffed in his jean pockets, and he glares at Tennoji. "Not a crime to record shit on my phone is it?"He says snarkily, glaring at Tennoji. That little shit.

                 "It's not, but that's a little weird and kinda sick to be recording a fire, especially one where someone could have gotten hurt or died in."Tennoji answers, giving the kid a glare of his own, as he leans forward, getting closer to him, trying to intimidate him. "Plus, it's even more suspicious considering you don't even live there. So why record it?" he adds, still looking at the kid. 

                   Shane shrugs."It's a free country, can record what I want. I also don't have to tell you jack shit."he scoffs, looking pissed. 

                    Tennoji shrugs."Well doesn't make sense to me, enlighten me. You don't live there so why record it?"

                    "Because I can."he says, giving Tennoji a smartass grin. 

                  It goes on like this for a half an hour, us getting absolutely nowhere with that little sarcastic bastard. We decide to take a break, having someone bring the kid a drink, while we go grab one ourselves. We head back to the lounge, frustrated, and see the rest of the second unit in the lounge. 

                 "Any luck?"Eiki asks us, giving us a small smile. 

                  I shake my head."No. Little shit won't talk." I tell him, sighing, as I take a seat after grabbing a pop. 

                  "Little shit knows something. I'm not saying he fucking did it, but i think he could lead us to who did."Tennoji adds, taking a seat next to me. 

                  "Maybe take a different approach at talking to him? Let Shay take a crack at him."Eiki suggest, running a hand back through his tousled brown hair. 

                  I glance at Tennoji."I could try next?"I ask, raising an eyebrow, at him. he meets my gaze and nods, still scowling. I know he's disappointed he didn't get anything out of him. 

                 "Try a different approach Shay. Worst case we bring in Asano." he adds, glancing over at the quietest member of the unit. I raise an eyebrow in question at that. 

                 "Asano?" I ask, wondering how the quietest member of the unit could get him to talk. 

                 Eiki nods."Asano has a way with interviews. He doesn't say much, and somehow that freaks the people out, to the point where they almost always end up confessing."Eiki tells me. 

                  "Really?" I ask, giving him a surprised look, as I glance over to the man we're talking about. "I'll definitely want to see that sometime." I add, smiling slightly. 

                   Asano gives me a small smile and nod, before he leaves the room. Me and Tennoji get up, and head back to the interrogation room for another round. I stop outside the door, looking at my partner. "I'm going to play this differently. I'm gonna play nice and make small talk, so don't be surprised."I tell him, my hand on the doorknob. 

                   "Tch. You play nice? I have to see this Red."he smirks, and I roll my eyes. 

                   I snort."Yea well lets see how long this lasts, because my fuse is almost as short as yours."I scoff, as we head into the room. 

                  This time i stand across from Shane, and Tennoji leans against the wall by the door. The kid looks me up and down, with a look of surprise. I guess he wasn't expecting me to talk. I suppress the urge to roll my eyes at him, and instead give him a fake gentle smile. 

                  I notice the band shirt he's wearing, so I'm going to start with that. Hopefully it will be the last thing he suspects. I look him over for a minute, before I speak. The kid looks too innocent, like he doesn't have a hardcore bone in his body. He might have had a few minor priors, but he doesn't look like he could really handle doing the hard shit, his eyes are too innocent. Not saying he just couldn't be a good actor, but there's no coldness in his eyes, or the haunted look either.. like he's done something big.. he doesn't look like either of those. I'm all too familiar with those, hell I just have to look into a mirror. 

                  "So, Twenty One Pilots huh? Had tickets once, but had to work.. sucked hardcore camel dick." I say, gesturing to his shirt. 

                   His eyes widen in surprise, like he can't believe i just said that. I stifle a laugh, looking at him, and try to look soft, instead of my normal resting bitch face. I glance over at Tennoji, who looks surprised, but doesn't interrupt. 

                   "You know Twenty One Pilots? Wow yea that does blow you had to miss, I went to their last one."He says, sitting up straighter, and meeting my gaze. Well, at least he's not glaring at me, that's progress. 

                  "Sure I know em', and yea it did suck, but work takes priority sometimes. What about you? you didn't have school that day? You go to college over by Osaka right? What's your major?"I ask, still just making friendly small talk. I'll get to the real shit in a minute. 

                   He shrugs. "I only missed one day of school, not like I had finals. I'm going for Architecture."he adds, still looking at me. He rests his elbows on the table now, more comfortable than before, and I decide to go for it. 

                    "Right on. So you mind telling me why you recorded that building that was burning? You can record whatever you want, but it's a little odd, so help me understand."I say gently, meeting his gaze. 

                  "I won't get in trouble right? Like this doesn't go on my record or ruin my chances of getting a job?"he asks, his green eyes searching my brown ones, looking concerned. So that's why he didn't want to tell us. He was afraid it would look bad if someone found out he was talking to us.

                  I do my best to give him a gentle, reassuring smile."Of course not, no one will ever know you talked to us. It doesn't go on any records, I promise okay? It would just really help me out though, if you could explain. It might help us find the real person who did it." I say. 

                  He visibly relaxes in relief, and he starts talking."This guy I know, Ryu Saotomi, texted me saying if I wanted to see something neat, and texted me the address of that building. I didn't know what he meant, but I saw it and just started recording on my phone.You believe me right?" he asks, a pleading look in his eyes. 

                  I nod."Of course I do. Where do you know him from? School?"I ask, smiling. Ugh I've had to smile and play nice way too much during this interview.. 

                  He nods."Yea he goes to my school." 

                   "Okay. Thanks for your cooperation Shane. You can go now. If you need a ride home, I can have one of the other officers take you in an unmarked car if you like?" I offer, so glad we're finally done with this damn interview. 

                    He nods."Okay sure." he leaves the room. We leave too, and I stop one of the other officers and have them take Shane home, while we head back to the second unit main office.

                     We enter the room, and get a bunch of questioning looks. "We got it. His friend sent him there, and he didn't know what he would see." I say tiredly, ready to go home. 

                   Eiki grins at me."You got it out of him? Way to go Shay."

                   "It was weird. Like seeing a completely different side of her in there. She got it out of him. She did good." Tennoji adds, much to my shock.

                   "How exactly did you get it out of him? I'm curious?" Kyobashi asks, giving me a sly grin.

                   I roll my eyes at him."Fucking pervert." I mutter, earning me a laugh from him.

                   "Seriously though, she was like nice, and didn't cuss at him. Surprised you had that in you Red."Tennoji cuts in, shoving me playfully. The hell?

                    "Yea, well don't get used to it..."I grumble at him, trying not to grin, as i shove him back. Eiki takes notice though, and raises his eyebrows at me. I shrug, looking away, not meeting his gaze. 

                   "You get along so well." Kirisawa interrupts, drawing our attention to him. "alright everyone, that's enough for today, we'll start fresh tomorrow." he adds, dismissing us.

                    I sigh in relief, and follow Tennoji out to the elevators, as we all leave to go home for the day. "So Red, we go follow this other kid tomorrow."he says, while we wait to reach the floor to the main lobby. 

                    The elevator dings, signaling the main lobby, and we walk out towards the exit together."Okay. So possibly long stake out tomorrow?"  I ask, glancing at him. 

                    "Yea." he answers, and we stop outside the building. "Hey Red...you did good today."He murmurs, looking at me. His gaze is softer than normal, and I'm surprised. 

                   I meet his gaze, and give him a soft smile."Thanks..." I say, and turn to leave. "Oh and, I'll bring snacks alright ya idiot?"I call out to him, glancing back. 

                   He grins, shaking his head."Sounds good Red, see ya tomorrow."he answers, giving me a lopsided grin, and we both head off in opposite directions, finally going home.