don&#x27;t think, feel

odd tension (chie/miyako)

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She could understand why Chie might be frustrated with the situation at present: Prior to Miyako’s instatement as Superintendent, Satonaka Chie and former-Superintendent Art had supposedly been quite friendly with one another. It was only natural that his second-in-command should worry about his sudden ‘disappearance’… However–

“It is merely protocol, Satonaka-san. I apologize, but I can tell you no more than what I have already. It might be a different story if you were a blood relative or registered emergency contact, but as things are…”

Miyako shook her head, smile fading.

“I hope I have your understanding in this matter.”

#dragxnpower #[miyako voice] please understand

No, you didn’t have Chie’s understanding. Heck protocol. (And considering Chie was, like, the only person in contact with Art for a while, yeah, she kind of was an emergency contact. In a way.)

But Chie did realize she’d be doing nothing good for herself if she kept chasing this line of thought, so she relented. ...Actually, Miyako wasn’t smiling about it anymore. Maybe she really did want to tell her...?

“Alright, I understand.”

And now we’re back where we started. What to say...

“So, uh... are you getting used to your new job?”

“Art has always been the type to blame himself so he probably felt as though he deserved it. Especially if you felt better after doing it.”

“Other than him telling me, this is the only other time I’ve heard of it, so I doubt anyone witnessed it.”

"I don’t. I really don’t. I feel worse.”

“Maybe I should take some time off to sort myself out.” And keep myself away from him for a while, she added mentally.

“I’m fairly certain the bruise on his face told more than enough for anyone to figure it out.”

“I would not fret over it too much; he seemed to have taken it quite well.”

“Yeah, he always seems to take things well, but...”

“It’s still so embarrassing. Not to mention it took place in the middle of headquarters...”

“He only mentioned something about recovering from your greeting.”

“He seemed confident that the imagination could put two and two together.”

“You’re smart, you’ll figure it out...”

“Man, I can’t believe how I acted. I’m so pissed off at myself.”

“Ah.”

“He made it sound like you’d already met. I only recently found out as well.”

“Yeah, we... we did.”

“I, uh... I hope you didn’t hear what happened.”

Ah.. It was clear that, once again, someone seemed to think Naoto had all the answers. Even if 9 out of 10 times she did, that still left one time she didn’t.

“Who are you referring to?”

“Art. Who’d you think?”