Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner
Chapter 118 - 40 I Accept Your Apology

Chapter 118: Chapter 40 I Accept Your Apology

Even though Fushimi Roku and Minamoto Tamako both felt that they weren’t interested in romance, and didn’t believe they would fall in love, people around them inexplicably thought they were very compatible.

This feeling was like seeing two opposing poles in life.

If Minamoto Tamako were to date someone else, Kazama Tatsuya would feel that the kid would suffer and be bullied, and he couldn’t bear it; if it were Fushimi Roku dating someone else, then it would be a disaster, Kazama Tatsuya couldn’t imagine what misdeeds this guy might commit, leaving after getting what he wants would probably be the best-case scenario.

Only Minamoto Tamako can restrain Fushimi Roku, and only Fushimi Roku can protect Minamoto Tamako.

At least that’s what Kazama Tatsuya thought.

As people get older, they tend to grow sentimental, and seeing energetic juniors and brainless juniors evokes endless nostalgia for them—Fushimi Roku is not considered a junior anyway, he can only be considered a rogue infiltrating the law enforcement agency.

When Fushimi Roku returned to the police box, Minamoto Tamako had already come downstairs. She deliberately took big steps, stomping hard on the floor, reminding Fushimi Roku to hurry up and apologize.

She had thought it through last night, when classmate Fushimi first came to the station by taxi, his expression was off, clearly dissatisfied with the police box environment; plus, his relationship with Senior Kazama wasn’t harmonious, so wanting to transfer was only natural, not related to whether or not he wanted to be her partner...right?

Minamoto Tamako was unsure.

Anyway, it’s still not too late for classmate Fushimi to apologize now! Secretly colluding with her mom behind her back was just too much! As long as classmate Fushimi sincerely apologizes and promises not to hide anything from his partner in the future, she can let this matter slide!

Fushimi Roku also looked serious, thinking about what went wrong that made Kujo Yua think he liked Minamoto Tamako... Could it be because he was too handsome again? Or did he inadvertently do something strange that made people around him think he was a lolicon?

He pondered as he walked upstairs, completely ignoring Minamoto Tamako.

The latter nearly exploded, the hair on top of her head stood up like antennas, angrily following him. Fushimi Roku, hearing footsteps, turned around in surprise: "Why are you following me?"

"Hmph! Did you forget to tell me something?" Minamoto Tamako crossed her arms, her right foot on the stair step, looking up at him like a Yakuza collecting debt.

Kazama Tatsuya sat in the lobby, pushed himself in the wheelchair closer to the office. He quietly put down the newspaper, listened intently, hoping that Fushimi Roku would finally say a few sincere words of apology—finally, this brat surrendered, how satisfying to hear!

"What?" Fushimi Roku asked, playing dumb.

"Let me kindly remind you, when you do something wrong, what should you say to your good friend?" Minamoto Tamako shook her leg anxiously, feeling a bad premonition.

"What did I do wrong?" Fushimi Roku stopped and turned around in the hallway.

Minamoto Tamako put down her arms, her tone weakened: "You had improper dealings with my mom, planning to secretly transfer away..."

"Indeed, it wasn’t appropriate." Fushimi Roku nodded.

Minamoto Tamako’s eyes lit up, thinking classmate Fushimi finally realized his mistake, waiting for him to say ’sorry’ next...

"But don’t forget, you still owe me a favor," Fushimi Roku changed his tone, raising his pitch: "When we were resting at the Great Snow Mountain family inn, didn’t you say you wanted to repay me? I hadn’t decided on a return gift then, but I’ve thought of one now."

"Ah!" Minamoto Tamako remembered that.

"I want you to give me a smile, promise not to be angry anymore, and say to me, ’Mr. Fushimi, I’m terribly sorry.’," Fushimi Roku said, leaning against the stair railing.

"What?"

Minamoto Tamako thought this was outrageous, clearly taking advantage of someone when they’re vulnerable! And how does this count as repayment? Classmate Fushimi was entirely evading responsibility!

"What’s wrong? Unwilling? So, classmate Tamako doesn’t keep her word," Fushimi Roku turned and walked away, "wasting my goodwill back then, sigh..."

Minamoto Tamako’s face turned red, she stomped up the stairs, loudly retorting: "That’s clearly three demands! I only agreed to repay once, how can you make three demands?"

"Then two?"

"No, you can only choose one!"

"My bottom line is two, if you’re unwilling then never mind. Haggling over such simple payback, tut tut... so classmate Tamako is a stingy person, huh?"

"I’m not! Two it is, which two do you choose?"

...

Amidst a flurry of footsteps, their voices gradually faded.

Kazama Tatsuya tore the newspaper with a rip, tossed it onto the table, changed clothes, and went out on duty.

On the other side, on the second floor, Minamoto Tamako promised she wasn’t angry anymore and reluctantly mumbled, "Classmate Fushimi, I’m terribly sorry."

"Isn’t that wrong? I clearly asked for ’Mr. Fushimi’, how long has it been since graduation, still calling me classmate?"

Fushimi Roku sat on a chair in his room, casually opening a case file. It was a day off, nothing to do, perfect for reading some recent murder cases.

Taira Sakurako sat in a cardboard box, leaning on the edge reading a law code. Hearing this, she looked up at Minamoto Tamako.

"Uh, well..."

Minamoto Tamako felt a bit embarrassed, kneeling properly on the tatami, her white toes tensely tucked beneath her.

Japanese people are particularly sensitive about addresses, generally, males and females refer to each other’s surnames, adding suffixes like occupation or status, for instance, ’classmate Fushimi’ is a plain daily address.

But ’Mr. Fushimi’ is different. Although also an ordinary address, it’s evidently more intimate than ’classmate Fushimi’. In male-female interactions, they usually address each other’s names, adding affectionate suffixes, like ’Mr. Lu’ or ’Tamako-chan’...

Calling him ’Mr. Fushimi’ naturally wasn’t an issue. But since Fushimi Roku specifically made this request, Minamoto Tamako blushed a bit.

"What’s wrong, is there an issue?" Fushimi Roku casually turned the page of the dossier.

Gritting her teeth, Minamoto Tamako thought ’Honest people dare to face anything, what’s there to feel insecure about? If I stutter or hesitate, it would seem like there’s something between us!’ She gathered her courage and said loudly, "Mr. Fushimi, I’m terribly sorry!"

"Hmm, I accept." Fushimi Roku said.

Great! Minamoto Tamako almost cheered, but immediately she realized something was wrong... what was going on? How did it become her apologizing to him!!

She wanted to argue but didn’t feel as angry anymore. Especially since Fushimi Roku actively promised, saying when he gets transferred to the criminal police department, he’d make Minamoto Tamako his assistant, they would still be good partners in the future... Minamoto Tamako couldn’t stop grinning hearing this.

Although Fushimi Watson became a criminal police first, Sherlock Tamako wouldn’t fall behind! Sooner or later, her police rank will surpass Fushimi Roku’s, becoming the pillar of the police station!