Rei relaxed at her seat as she waits for Minako who prepared their midnight snacks. Rei looked at Minako for a minute, Minako felt the weight of Rei's gaze and she turned to look back at her lover "What?" Minako asked "You didn't eat" Rei commented "I was waiting for you. I want to eat together with you" "I'm sorry I made you wait...again" Rei said as she rises up from her seat to go and hug her pop star lover. Minako leaned at her hug "I was really mad at you that time. I hate it when you are not at my sight" Rei stared blank, her thoughts were deep again "After the concert, you're leaving right?" Rei said Minako dropped the pair of fork and bread knife she was holding "...I...forgot about that part" Minako whispered but Rei was able to hear "Yeah, me too. There are so many things happened between us yet we forget about this big thing" Rei let go of hugging Minako and picked up the fork and bread knife that Minako had dropped. She took the pop star's hand and gently placed them on her hand "Rei-chan...Do you want me to stay here? Just say yes and I'll quit everythi-" "No. What are you saying? You've worked hard for it and I will never let you quit. Don't quit because of me, Minako. What about Wendy? Your staff? Your fans? They are counting on you, they supported you with all their heart. They needed you like I do" Rei explained "But you're the one who needed me most. And I need you too" Rei smiled and kissed Minako's forehead "Do you want to come with me to Paris? Just say yes and I'll explain my side with big boss" Minako continued, as the idea struck her mind Rei looked intently at Minako's eyes "Well, I can't say that I'll quit because I'm sure big boss will be upset. But I'm one hundred percent sure that he'll understand us. I want to go with you" Rei continued "Are you sure? You've also worked hard for the job" Minako asked "Bah, all I did was to clean big boss' office endlessly. He's the one who always force me to quit this job because he said it was too dangerous for me" "You cruel being! Big boss love you so much that's why he treats you that way...Think of it carefully Rei-chan for now. Let's eat first, I'm starving and I know you are too" Minako said as she lifts the tray full of food "I'll take this tray, go on and get the drinks" Said Rei as she took the tray Minako was holding Rei placed the tray filled with food on the small glass table at the living room and positioned the food. After that Rei sits back and waited again for Minako '"Think of it carefully". That's also what the guy from the Sanctuary said before they left me at the abandoned place. How am I supposed to start telling everything to Minako? I know I cannot tell what exactly will happen in the future. Perhaps I can decide easily if I tell Minako about the death threat' Rei thought Minako sat on the floor opposite her lover at the glass table. Rei stared at the food with her eyes blinking "The food...Aren't these...too many?" Rei asked, Minako stuck her tongue out "I haven't eaten dinner, and so do you" Minako said Rei blushed "You...skipped dinner for me? B-but I don't usually eat that much even if I'm really hungry" Rei reasoned "Whatever, Hino Rei!" Said Minako as she stuffs a huge slice of marble bread in Rei's mouth After few minutes the two had finished their food and cleaned up their mess because they were playfully stuffing food at each other's mouth, making the bits of food drop at the floor "You almost choked me to death!" Rei pouted as she wipes her wet hands from washing the dishes to Minako's face instead of the hand towel "Oh yeah? You're the one who almost drowned me with the soda!" Minako replied as they made their way to the living room to sit at the sofa The two laughed at each other then it stopped. They were silent for about ten seconds when Rei broke the silence "Mina-chan, why is Ms. Wendy not here yet?" Rei asked as she suddenly search for the pop star's manager "I suppose she was overjoyed with their talk in the other room and she got tired and lazy to get back here. She's probably asleep with Heather and the others" Minako replied Rei nodded then laid down her head at Minako's lap. 'Well, I guess it's time' "Mina-chan, have you ever received a death threat?" Rei suddenly asked Minako blinked and looked down at her lover, so much to start a conversation "Well...of course, I get lots of them back at England and other parts of Europe. Most of them are from stalkers, rival singers and from secret admirers. How about you? I'm sure you've received lots since you are a police" Minako took the question back to her lover "Yeah, we get a lot of them too. But nothing seems to happen to me or to any of the people involved around me" "That's also exactly what happens to me! None of those who send death threats made a move or tried to hurt me. But you know Rei-chan, when I first received a death threat, I was really, really scared! But then as time passes, I got sick of saying 'Oh, my God! Another death threat!'. So here I am, still alive" Minako dreamily said "Why did you ask that question to me anyway?" Minako continued to talk Rei shifted and looked directly a Minako's glittery blue eyes "The TNPH received a death threat for your concert" Rei directly said Minako didn't expect herself to be shocked but she was. Because the words came from Rei "So...That's the thing that was bothering you all along? Maybe that's from a stalker who followed me all the way from Europe. Then you don't have to worry about--" "The letter was actually for me" Rei cuts in Minako couldn't control to gasp "W-what? The letter is for you, but it's about a death threat for me?" Minako became confused but not an ounce of fear is bothering her yet. Rei nodded suddenly then took out the paper that she was reading earlier "Remember the paper I was holding earlier that you wanted to read? This is it, a message hidden in a riddle, the poem that kept my mind busy and flying ever since this morning. Big boss doesn't want you to worry so we hid it from you" "But how come you got involved in this poem?" Minako asked as she reads the paper Rei gave her Rei couldn't tell Minako about her meeting with Sanctuary "I guess because of the issue that was featured at the newspaper last Tuesday" Rei gave a clueless lie "Yeah, maybe that's it. This Sanctuary sure wants to make a huge practical joke on us" Minako replied 'So she doesn't have an idea that Sanctuary is a group of highly expert assassins. I guess that's a little relief' "Come on Rei-chan, you don't have to be so serious about this. I'll lecture big boss about this, I think you guys are over reacting at this nonsense. You even stressed yourself badly because of this. And note you, it almost cost us our relationship. Where did you go earlier anyway?" Rei this time took a CD tucked from her pants "I took this from my apartment. I wanted to listen to a specific song in your album" Rei said "Why? You could have asked me to sing it for you" "I was solving the riddle in that paper. I think one of your songs has a hint to know the sender's intentions. And I was trying to hide it from you remember? That's why I couldn't ask you about it because I don't want you to be involved" Rei explained Minako made an 'Oh' noise then sighed from boredom "Bah, why are we wasting our time to that? Let's do something to keep me awake Rei-chan" Rei thinks of something to do "I know, since I have my CD of yours here, I have something to ask" Rei said "What is it?" "Are you the one who wrote the song in 'Useless'?" "Yes, why did you ask?" Minako asked "Can you tell me what the song is about?"
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