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suna could barely remember what had happened after the whole run away conversation that he had with shiori.

     however, now that he was back down from his high, he had his doubts. shiori had expected it, as she knew the man had his morales, one that couldn't possible be changed by a bottle of beer and a vape pen.

     now how he ended up in the officers' relaxation room was a whole other story.

"suna-senpai, were you super tired or something?", goshiki asked, having to have been the only one in the room with the dark-haired male as he sat up on the couch, confused.

"um...yeah...I guess, why?"

"you and shi—prisoner #520 fell asleep outside under the tree for nearly half the day!", goshiki stated.

that wasn't exactly the case. suna was just a bit high and a bit drunk, to the point that he had fallen dead asleep, unable to be woken up.

shiori had to first dispose of the beer bottles and snacks as she swiftly returned back to suna, sitting beside him as she didn't want anybody to think of suna's random nap being suspicious.

"is that so? where's she now?"

"she's with commander ushijima. he carried her back inside and left semi-senpai and I to carry you back here", goshiki explained, setting a glass of water down for the male to take.

"oh".

     suna took a huge sip as he felt the refreshing water trickle down his throat. his golden-grayish eyes darted towards goshiki, who just had on a small smile as he awkwardly waited for suna to finish the water.

gently placing the glass back down on the table, suna spoke.

"is something the matter?"

"a-ah! well...commander ushijima just wanted me to ask what you two were doing outside", goshiki coughed out, to which suna hummed.

     "she wanted a fresh breath of air, so I took her outside", suna calmly said, to which goshiki didn't understand why semi wasn't the one that stayed and asked all the questions.

"yes...but...the problem is that you both fell asleep. what if she—"

     "what can she do? drug me? kill me? run away?", suna interrupted, to which goshiki had suddenly flinched as he felt himself being put in a very fiddle situation.

     it wasn't like he was the one that wanted to reprimand or interrogate suna, but it was commander's orders, and he had no other choice.

     "well...it's not impossible for her to do that...", goshiki quietly mumbled.

     "you saw how weak and defenseless she was on the cameras", suna stated.

"well yes, but don't you ever get the feeling that she's hiding more than she's showing? like there's this weird feeling tha—"

     "is commander ushijima making you say all this?", suna asked, not feeling like he wanted to take this shit anymore.

     "well—I mean...yes, but we're also just concerned for you, suna-senpai".

     "concerned? there's nothing to be worried about. anyways, I'm going to go get shiori now. I'm sure kita's going to ask me about her whereabouts soon", suna said as he stood up, to which goshiki had just watched the male leave, feeling a bit uncertain about this.

     "I hope he doesn't get reprimanded by the commander", the bowl-cut male whispered.

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     "I told you already, I was just enjoying the sunshine with my favorite officer", shiori sighed, having to have repeated her sentence at least twelve times since ushijima had asked.

     "why?"

     "why not? daichi said that I could do whatever I wanted as long as it wasn't illegal. so is sitting outside with an officer now illegal, commander?", shiori asked, laying on the couch as her head dipped upside down on the armrest.

"I didn't say that", ushijima coldly stated.

"then why the questions? are you...oh my!! are you perhaps jealous? why didn't you just say so? I would've gladly spent more time with you", shiori giggled as she hopped up from the couch and wrapped her arms around ushijima's broad shoulders.

"no, now please get off of me, I'm trying to write", ushijima stated, to which shiori did not make an effort to move.

in fact, shiori leaned even closer if possible, her lips ever so slightly grazing ushijima's ear as the olive-haired male had suddenly pinned the girl to his desk, with shiori's arms behind her back meanwhile the side of her face was slammed downwards.

     "I warned you, prisoner #520", ushijima stoically said, though his tone of voice was a bit harsher than normal.

shiori laughed. "is this your kink, commander? do you—"

"do you have no shame? do you not fear what these men in those cages could do to you?", ushijima questioned, to which shiori had just laughed even louder.

     "please, they can't taint an already dirty body", the girl answered, to which ushijima's grip on the girl's arms had only tightened, to which shiori's amused face had dropped.

     "now let me go".

     ushijima made no attempt to move. "a taste of your own medicine", he muttered.

     the male wasn't one to easily get angry or disturbed, but shiori had managed to hit the mark every time he had an interaction with her.

there was something about her that had just annoyed him so much that he wished for her to just experience fear for once.

just for once, he wanted to see her weak and broken, so that he could help her like he did with the rest of the inmates. he wanted her to be normal and predictable like the others.

because just like kita shinsuke, ushijima did not do well with things or people that did not follow the accustomed way of society.

"I said, LET ME GO!", shiori screamed, squirming around as ushijima had only held her down even more.

suddenly, ushijima's office door had busted open, to which the two had looked up to see suna and kita marching in.

     "pardon my intrusion, ushijima-san, but it's about time I take shiori off your hands to go shower", kita stated, to which ushijima's grip had loosened enough for the girl to escape and run into kita's embrace.

     "kita-san, you should make sure that your officers aren't slacking off and putting other people's lives in danger by having an inmate loose", ushijima said, to which suna had quietly clicked his tongue.

     "thanks for the advice; I'll keep that in mind", kita replied as he picked shiori up, letting the girl rest her head on his shoulder.

     the three swiftly left, with suna passive aggressively slamming the door shut and leaving ushijima just standing there, a bit disconcerted.

     it seemed that he was wrong about kita, as there was already a change that had taken place.

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author's note: hey lovelies!! our lord asahi, save me from the sins that I have written.

anyways, I'm debating of writing a book 2 for this? so like comment if y'all want one b/c I ain't about to write one and have no one read it, lmao.

stay safe + healthy babes!! <3