When It Rains by LM Bluejay
Minor Crime
Minor Crime
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She smacked the back of his head.
He winced and bent it down at once. “Sorry,” Sho mumbled.
“Yah darn right you are!” Kagome swatted him again. “Next time you jump to conclusions maybe you should check in with me first. Honestly!” She turned to Gurinman and gave an apologetic bow. “Please don’t mind him. He can be a bit…impulsive sometimes.”
“It’s quite alright,” Gurinman waved her off. “It’s so rare for youth these days to speak from the heart.”
“Funny, I thought I was speaking from my mouth. But, eh, shows how much I know about biology, right?”
Kagome went for Sho again but this time he dodged. “For the last time quit it! We’re not going on a date.”
“Then what’re you both dressed up for? Looking so nice...”
“We’re just going out for lunch,” she insisted. “Mr. Gurinman just has a few things he’d like to discuss.”
“Then I’m coming, too.”
“It’s a private discussion.”
“Oh good,” Sho crossed his arms. “Then it can stay just between the three of us.”
“I said no!”
Gurinman looked back and forth between the two them as they continued staring each other down. “It’s strictly a business outing,” he chipped in. “You have my word. So, no need for worry.”
“Yeah, right. I saw that gleam in those giant eyes of yours. And what’s with that cheap cologne?” Sho wrinkled his nose.
“Cheap?! I’ll you know I paid more than $600 for the bottle!”
“Well someone needs to go get their money back because you smell straight up like swamp weed OwOwOw!”
When the door slammed behind her, she released his reddened ear. “I can’t believe you! Are you serious right now? I thought I taught you better than that? I just don’t understand what goes through that thick skull of yours sometimes. Ugh! Now that lawyer probably thinks I raised some foul mouth brat of a…”
“Wait, he’s a lawyer?”
“That’s beside the point, but yes. There are some important matters we need to discuss that could potentially determine your future.”
“M-my future? Holy crap! Am I in trouble?”
“Well that’s yet to be established but…”
“No! They’re on to me! I can’t do time! I have so much more to live for! One Piece won’t be done for at least another ten years!”
“Sho…”
“Ok, maybe if I come clean now, they’ll go easy on my sentence. That way, catching up on the read won’t be so bad…right?”
She huffed and shook her head.
He bolted out the door and nearly collided with the elder man.
“Mr. Clean! I-I mean Green…um…hn.”
“Gurinman,” the male supplied.
“Right! Mr. Green man. I am so terribly sorry about what I said earlier, I mean that’s what I would say if I were a liar, but…”
“You just keep digging your grave further, don’t you?” Kagome leaned against the door frame.
Sho grasped the man’s shoulders and looked him squarely in the eyes. “Mr. Green man, please don’t send me to jail!”
“What in heavens’ sake for?” Gurinman glanced towards Kagome.
“For…all of the music I downloaded? I honestly tried to stop but more good music kept coming out and I’m way too cheap to waste a dollar ninety-nine per song.”
“My dear boy…”
“Sir, I’m twenty-three.”
“Indeed. But I’m not that kind of lawyer.”
Sho released him and slowly stepped back. “Then…what are you here for?”
“That’s what we’re still trying to discuss,” Kagome confessed. She grabbed Sho’s arm and ushered him back into the house. “When I know more, I’ll tell you. You just got home from the airport, so for now get some rest. You’re acting way more loony than usual.” She reached up to peck him on the cheek, and gave a quick hug which he returned. “We’ll talk later when I get back.”
She closed the front door and locked it. Her flowery dress flowed with the wind as the red two inch heels carried her to the car. Gurinman was waiting at the passenger’s side with the door already open. “Thank you.” She slid into her seat and leaned back into its brown leathery cushion.
Kagome peeked one more time at her house before it completely disappeared down the street.
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Prompt: Crime
Words: 704
A/N: After putting in some thought and consideration from really reading previous reviews I've decided to revamp the tale from this point. Hopefully, this time I hit the mark and everything afterwards flows like butter. :-)