JAY'S POV:
The next day, I met Section E again.
We sat at our usual table.
Felix was eating fries.
Ci-N was scrolling on his phone.
David looked bored.
Raefel looked at me carefully, sensing something was wrong.
"You look like you fought a ghost," Raefel said.
"I didn't fight a ghost."
Ci-N looked up. "Then what happened?"
I hesitated.
Then I sighed. This is gonna be loud…
"Someone attacked me last night."
All of them froze.
Felix dropped a fry.
"WHAT?!"
As expected…
David leaned forward. "Where?!"
"At the warehouse."
Ci-N stared at me like I had lost my mind.
"You went there alone?!"
I crossed my arms, rolling my eyes. "I was investigating."
Felix shook his head.
"You ar investigating your own funeral."
Rafael spoke with concern.
"Are you ok? Did you see his face?"
"I am fine, I think. And no, his face was covered."
"What happened then?" David asked.
I looked down at the table.
"…Keifer showed up."
Silence. Not for long.
Then Ci-N grinned slowly.
"Oh."
Felix smirked.
"OHHHH."
I glared at them.
"Stop it before I kill you."
David leaned back.
"So the scary detective saved you."
"I didn't need saving!"
Felix laughed.
"Sure."
Raefel smiled.
"So he protected you."
I sighed.
"He just scared the guy away."
Ci-N leaned forward.
"Jay…if he really killed your sister…why would he save you?"
My chest tightened. I thought the same.
"I don't know."
Felix pointed a fry at me. I am gonna fry his head.
"Maybe he likes you."
I almost choked.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!"
David shrugged.
"It happens."
I buried my face in my hands.
"You guys are useless."
Raefel chuckled.
Then he said something serious.
"Or maybe…someone else doesn't want you digging into the case."
I looked up.
"What do you mean?"
"If someone attacked you," he said with worry, "it means you are getting close to something."
My heart beat faster.
He might be right.
Ci-N suddenly stood up.
"Alright."
"What are you doing?" I asked.
He cracked his knuckles.
"If someone is trying to hurt Jay, then Section E is officially involved!"
Felix nodded.
"Detective club time."
David sighed.
"I knew this would happen."
Raefel smiled.
"We will always help you, Jay."
I looked around at all of them.
My friends.
Helping me.
For a moment my chest felt warm.
"Okay," I said.
Felix grinned.
"Step one: spy on the hot detective again."
"FELIX!"
"What?"
Then suddenly—
A vocie spoke behind us.
"Wow."
I didn't even need to turn around. Keifer.
I rolled my eyes with a glare as I turned slowly.
He was standing there. Looking amused.
His eyes met mine.
"Do you guys always talk about me this much?"
My face turned red.
"We weren't talking about you!"
Ci-N whispered loudly,
"She's lying."
I kicked his leg under the table.
"Ow!"
Keifer smirked.
Then he looked at everyone.
"You really started a team to investigate me?"
His eyes turned to me, with that smirk still there.
I crossed my arms with a glare.
"Yes."
"Cute."
My eyes twitched.
"I am not cute."
He leaned in with a smirk.
"Sure you are not."
My heart started racing again.
I hated it.