*Ein's POV*

I dragged (Y/N) to the scene of the crime, the cafeteria.

"Why are we here?" (Y/N) asked as I let go of her hand.

"Well, we need to look to see if whoever did this left something behind. If they did, I'd be able to track them down." I was walking around the cafeteria, scanning for anything that didn't belong.

"Oh! Right because you're a werewolf!" (Y/N) started to help me by looking around.

After a few minutes, (Y/N) called me over to her. When I went to her side, she was holding a spray can.

"Found this!" She exclaimed, holding it up.

"You... You really shouldn't hold that... If the police find it later and dust it for fingerprints, they're going to find yours." I shook my head.

Her (E/C) eyes widened as she dropped the spray paint can, "I-I didn't even think of that!"

I grabbed a napkin off a nearby table and picked up the can. I reluctantly sniffed it; the paint smell made my head hurt. However, I was able to pick up another scent.

"Anything?" (Y/N)'s face was wrinkled in distress.

"Yeah... There's a scent." I set the can down and sniffed the air, my ears and tail perked up when I caught a faint whiff of the scent.

"Follow me!" I ran as I pursued the trail (Y/N) ran behind me.

We got to around the gym, where I had to stop and sniff again. When the bell rang (Y/N) groaned.

"We'll never be able to find them in time between classes!"

"I think not getting suspended is more important; we'll skip classes today," I said as I kept following the trail.

"What?! No, Ein, you don't have to! I don't want you getting in trouble." (Y/N) said, catching up to me.

"It's fine (Y/N), besides its not like you can sniff them out on your own." I chuckled.

'Yet.'

"You have a point," She sighed.

"It's close!" I yelled; the scent was more potent.

I ran to the source of the smell, and it was a locker.

"Maybe there's a clue in here..." (Y/N) murmured as she tried opening the locker, but it was locked. Duh.

"Let me," I stepped closer to the locker as she stepped back.

I got my finger between the locker door and prided it open. I looked at (Y/N), who was giving me wide, sparkly eyes.

"Buff boi~," Was all she said as she gawked at me.

I felt heat rise to my cheeks; I chuckled while smiling, "Thanks."

(Y/N) started searching the mostly empty locker, "Ugh! There's nothing but overdue homework here! And some terrible test scores..."

"What are you doing? We don't have time for this!" A panicked female voice yelled.

(Y/N) and I jumped and looked at each other, avoiding eye contact.

"We have to hide!" (Y/N) said in a hushed yell.

"Where?" I asked, looking around.

I coughed as (Y/N) pulled my collar; the next thing I knew, I was crammed into the locked with (Y/N). She was looking at the slits in the metal door. We saw a figure of someone running up to the locker out of breath.

"I need to make sure no one planted anything in my locker!" A males voice snapped.

"Zenix, we need to leave now!" The female voice from before complained.

"It'll only take a minute, Sasha!" Zenix groaned and tried to open the locker (Y/N), and I was in.

We both held our breath as we stared through the small openings. Zinix fiddled with the locker code before pulling on the door.

"It's jammed!" He yelled.

"Let just go!" Sasha started running in the opposite direction they came from.

"Ugh! Fine," Zenix followed her.

I felt (Y/N) let out her breath in relief, "Oh, that was so close... We need to follow them an-"

(Y/N) put her hand against the metal door and pushed, but it didn't budge. Her eyes widened as she kept pushing the locker door.

"I-it's not opening!" She started to panic and elbowed me in the gut.

"Ow! Calm down. I think when you closed it, it jammed."

"No. No no no no no no no no no! This can't be happening! Not now..." (Y/N) banged her fist against metal and let her rest on my chest since there was no toom.

Her fist started to shake as a sob escaped her lips. Instinctively, my arms wrapped around her, holding her as she cried. I rubbed her back as her hand clutched to the fabric of my uniform. It hurt seeing her like this, even more than seeing my mom like this. I took a deep breath.

"(Y/N), we'll get out of here sooner or later. Even if you get suspended, I'll come and spend every day with you until you can come back."

Her glassy (E/C) looked into mine, tears rolling down her red cheeks. I didn't care about the shiver. Her lips curved into a soft smile.

"I won't even tell you no, I can already tell you won't listen."

I chuckled, "you know me so well."

(Y/N) smiled a little wider, then she gasped, and her face turned red, and she jolted backward, as much as she could. She hit her head hard on the licker wall.

"Are you okay?!" I asked.

"Y-yeah... I didn't realize how tiny the space was and how...close we are." She looked away, blushing.

"This is awkward" (Y/N) laughed nervously.

"Only because you made it awkward! We were fine until you said that!" I also looked away, blushing.

"Then, I take back what I said!" She said, looking back at me with her tear-stained cheeks puffed out.

"That's not how it works!" I looked back at her (Y/N) avoided eye contact.

"Why not?" She scoffed.

"Because! You put the idea in my head!"

"Then, just forget it!"

It was adorable how frustrated she was getting; I decided to keep messing with her.

"I can't just forget something because you want me too," I smirked.

"Well, at least try to forget!"

"What if I don't want to?" I leaned closer to her face.

Her eyes widened and her face flustered, my ears twitched as I felt that familiar shiver. (Y/N) kept opening and closing her mouth as if she was trying to say something but couldn't.

"I shouldn't have come early! Heh! Damn me for being so devoted to my title!" She turned her head, looking away from me, changing the subject, and rubbed the tears off her cheeks.

"Heh, at least you're trying." I leaned back and rested my head against the cold metal.

"Yeah... But it was all just thrown out the window now. Zenix and Sasha are probably long gone now, and it sounded like they didn't do it either... So now we're a step behind where we started." (Y/N) sighed, looking down to the side.

I wiggled my arm from my side and put my finger under her chin and lifted her head and turned her face towards me. Her cheeks flushed again, making me smile.

"I already told you, we'll find them. Even if we don't before you're suspended, once you come back, I'll hunt them down and make sure they get what they deserve."

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