The Night Stalker part 2

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Monday: 10:42 am

After my talk with Sho I made my way to the city morgue. Having first stopped and had several cups of the strongest coffee known to man or woman. It had an unpleasant taste in my mouth but I felt more awake and thus more ready to deal with Aiba Masaki, age 26, and, in this reporters own honest opinion, a man always slightly too cheerful given his chosen profession...

“And there we have it!” Masaki said as brightly as ever pulling back the white cover that had been covering the body of the victim. Nino nodded looking intently at the wounds on her neck having not had the chance that morning. They had been cleaned up since then and he could see that they were roughly about the same size of a ball point pen but less smooth.

“Has they been analysed yet?”

“Of course! What do you take me for a slacker?” The forensic pathologist said with a pout holding up a brown folder that Nino eyed hungrily trying to reach out for it only to have it pulled back from his grasp. “If you want it, it'll cost you…”

“How much this time?” Nino growled pulling a wad of cash from his pocket and trying to figure out how he would get it back from Sho later. Masaki tutted pushing the body back into the freezer before heading back to his table and pressing the file to his incredibly plump lips. With his long legs crossed out in front of him and one of his arms resting over his stomach Nino was reminded, not for the first time, that this man should have been a model and not a ghoul locked away in the lab. “I don't have times for games Masaki how much?”

“Aww, I thought we'd gone beyond that, I don't just let anybody come in here you know…” Masaki said still pouring and Nino had to admit that was true. He'd been given more help and more headlines than any other crime reporter thanks to Masaki and reluctantly he sighed, glad to have his cash safely in his pocket but dreading what was coming.

“So what do you want?” He asked and was positive that the man's eyes sparkled like a spider that had caught its prey as he announced;

“A date…”

“I think you're forgetting I do crime not lonely hearts…”

“Dummy, I mean a date with you, what do you say?” The man said and Nino had to admit that it wasn't that bad a deal, it wasn't as though Masaki was unpleasant to look at even if what he did was a bit weird “well? No date no file…”

“Fine, call me when you want to go…” he said reaching out and snatching the file. He flipped it open and then blinked in surprise “Saliva? As in human saliva?”

“Well it wasn't dog! But that's not the best bit! Keep reading!” Masaki said coming to lean over him so he could point with a lollipop at the next line.

“Dead tissue? What do you mean be dead tissue? From the girl?” Nino asked completely expecting the bonk on the head with the lollipop as Masaki rolled his eyes and went back to his desk to suck on the sweet saying in an exasperated voice;

“Dummy! Of course not from the girl! That wouldn't be interesting! I'm saying that whoever left the saliva also left deposits of dead skin around the victim’s neck…”

“How is that possible?”

“I dunno it's not my job to find out…” Masaki answered swinging his leg a little “but it upset Jun-pon too when I told him!”

“Oh? What shade did he go?” Nino asked with a smile always ready to enjoy stories about the police captain and Masaki giggled;

“I think it was a plum shade…I think he's holding a press conference soon…” At those words Nino dropped down the file and headed to the door waving as Masaki gave a cheery “I’ll call you about our date!”

TBC
A/N: this doesn't mean it's AiMiya honestly I have a couple chapters written and it's still a toss-up between them this was just to introduce his character >.<