377 Chapter three, 2017, shards: 9 (2/2)

'I'll ask for her help. At least that I can do.' So he walked up to Yukio with worms crawling in his stomach. What had happened to the two girls was beyond the pale, but as much as he wanted a lynch mob to take care of those involved, rationally he knew that wasn't the way to go. 'So I'll ask for her help.'

”Yukio, mind if I take Kyoko for a short date?” Ulf asked.

Yukio glanced at Kyoko, but his eyes never really left Ulf's. ”I she doesn't then I don't.”

”She might. I'm not asking you for anything nice,” Ulf said and turned his attention directly to Kyoko as he finished the sentence.

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”Is it about Kuri-chan?”

Ulf nodded at her. ”The Haven is a bad place for this. I was thinking Asakusa.”

Yukio stared at him, but it was Kyoko who voiced his concerns.

”That's across the entire city.”

”I know,” Ulf said and pointed a thumb at the body guards and the car.

”I don't mind, but Yukio comes along as well,” Kyoko said.

”I'd really prefer if just...”

”You don't have a say in this. If it's about you and Kuri-chan, then you don't get to talk with me alone,” she interrupted. ”If it's about the two of you, then it concerns the two of us.”

Ulf smirked. What could he do?

”Still want that talk or not, man?” Yukio said. ”I'll stay in the background, but if she says I'm tagging along then I'll do as she says.”

There wasn't anything more to do than throwing Yukio and Kyoko both a stare each filled with admiration. There was no coercion from Kyoko's side, and there was absolutely no chance Yukio wouldn't join.

Ulf needed to talk, so he shrugged and followed his friends to the back seat of the car. He shuffled to the right and tried to make himself as small as possible when Kyoko squeezed him into the corner to fasten her seat belt. When he finally got some free space to breathe again he saw Noriko rushing across the gravel.

Then Yukio entered, seated himself and the car drove away.

Through the rear window Ulf saw Noriko panting and staring after the car, and just as they turned around a corner his phone blared alive in his pocket.