Inside the interrogation room Kurt sat in the chair with his hands strapped to the table.
'Where is everyone? They all just left when the intercom buzzed for Dominik.' He impatiently tapped his foot on the ground as he was growing restless by each passing second.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity the door finally opened and entered Dominik swinging a set of keys in his hand.
"Hey buddy! Sorry about that. Duty called and I wasn't gonna hang up on it if you know what I mean." He wiggled his eyebrows at Kurt while he unlocked the table cuffs.
Feeling his now unrestrained wrists free, he stood up and began doing light stretches to loosen the stiff feeling in his limbs from sitting for so long.
"So, I'm good to go now?" Kurt asked him.
"Sort of… You see, although suspicions on you died down, you're still going to be closely watched. By me specifically since you're my responsibility after I put in a good word for you. But hey, better me than some stranger, right?"
"I'm ecstatic." He said sarcastically.
However, that sarcasm flew right over Dominik's head as he excitedly put his arm around Kurt's shoulder, "Great! Love to hear it. So, what's next?"
"Firstly," He took Dominik's arm off of him, "I need to get cleaned up. Walking around like this is bound to cause even more misunderstandings."
"Yeah, looks like you took a blood bath, hahaha. Come on," He led Kurt out the door, "You can use the work showers. I've got a black shirt and pants you can borrow in the meantime too."
"I appreciate it, and sorry for the bother."
"Oh pshht! Don't worry about it. It's been a while since I was so excited for an investigation. It's like we're…. we're…"
"Like Batman and Robin." Kurt finished his sentence with a smile.
"Yeah!" Dominik clicked his fingers, "Like them, whoever they are."
'Just how many gems have been lost to the monster invasion and time?'
"We're here." Dominik pointed with his thumb at the closed door that had a male stick figure sign standing under a showerhead.
"Take any shower stall inside that's free. I'll go get those clothes for you and leave it in the nearby basket. When you're finished, meet me at the lobby."
"Alright. And thanks again."
Inside the shower room there were five unoccupied stalls, each with its own basket, three sinks and a large mirror.
Kurt walked to the stall at the far end of the room and just when he was about to throw his bloodied clothes in the basket, he remembered Dominik said that he'd put the clean clothes in there, so he threw it on the ground instead.
He then took his belongings which mainly consisted of his two pouches of money, his chain with two dog tags attached to them and his phone and put them in the basket while hiding his phone under the pouches.
He entered the stall and hung his eyepatch on top of the door. With so much on his mind at the moment, he unconsciously turned on the shower and immediately recoiled at the cold water it let out.
"Ah shit! Remember to wait for the water to warm before going guns blazing under the shower, Kurt." He mumbled to himself.
"Are you good in there?" Dominik shouted on the other side of the door. "You need help? Want me to hold your hand so you don't drown?"
"Oh, shut up, I'm fine!"
"Alright man, whatever you say. I put your clean clothes in the basket. What do you want me to do with these ones on the floor?"
"Put it in a plastic bag or something. I'll clean them later." Kurt said as he stood under the warm water and his muscles relaxed.
Dominik held his blazer with his two fingers and looked at them doubtingly "Don't you want me to throw them away? It's pretty much ruined."
"No. It's pretty much one of the only things I have left from my home."
"Ah… sentimental value. Gotchu." He dropped it back on the floor and put the clean clothes in the basket without looking inside.
"I'm leaving now!" Dominik stood by the exit door and yelled, "You absolutely sure don't need any help? Because I-"
"Dominik."
"Yes?"
"Leave."
"Ok." He shut the door and left.
'Finally, some silence.'
Kurt scrubbed himself off as all the dried-up blood washed away from his body and hair.
'What's my next course of action now? Let's see,' He thought back on the events that had happened.
'Peter's rally on the street, his warning about how the church are liars, the three priests that stopped and threatened him, Bishop Tobias with his creepy eyes and smile, Peter's death and lastly the man who got away from me.'
He stepped out of the shower and grabbed a clean towel by his basket, that Dominik most likely put there, to dry himself off.
'Thinking about it, what I should do next is obvious. Investigate the church. Or…' Kurt looked at his reflection in the mirror and smiled, 'Find one of the three priests, preferably Tobias, and 'take' them in for 'questioning' haha.'
Once fully dried, Kurt put on the black shirt and pants Dominik left him. He cleaned his eyepatch by the sink and tied it around his scarred right eye. Wore the same black dress shoes, picked up the rest of his things and left the shower room.
At the lobby, Kurt noticed Dominik bending over and peeking through the chief's door.
"What are you looking at?" Kurt asked.
"Shh! Be quiet." Dominik hushed and gave Kurt a plastic bag for his clothes. "It's just, hehe, my girl looks so sexy when she's in her serious mode~"
"You have a girlfriend? I could've sworn you were…"
"What?! No!" He stopped peeking and went up to Kurt. "I already told you I'm not gay and that I have a girlfriend!"
"And I already told you that the way you're denying it makes it seem like-"
"DOMINIK!" The chief slammed the door open and looked at Dominik and Kurt. "Why are you two still here!? Don't you have work to do!? Unless your new friend here decided he changed his mind!"
"Nonono it's not anything like that, chief! We were just about to leave, right Kurt?"
"Yeah. I just had to borrow the shower to clean up real quick."
"Really? Cause to me it sounds like you were screaming about your sexual preferences out front of my door when I have a meeting inside."
"Dominik, *sniff* Am I not enough for you?" Mia inserted herself on the scene and started fake crying.
"Damn Dom, it's like that?" Kurt egged on the situation, "I didn't mean to come between you two. Sorry but like I said, I'm not interested."
"Can you stop-"
"ALL OF YOU, GET OUT!"
SHUT!
…..
"Pffft! Ha ha ha"
"Mia! Why're you laughing?? Aren't you going to get in trouble when your boss finds out you blew the contract?"
"Come on, let's get outta here. And no, she won't find out because it's already been signed. We were busy wrapping up until you started screaming about gay this, girlfriend that."
The three of them walked out of the station when Mia addressed the elephant in the room.
"So, Dominik, is this the new friend you couldn't stop gushing about?"
"That's right!" He stood between the two and greeted them, "Mia, this is Kurt. Kurt, this is Mia, my girlfriend."
"Nice to meet you, Mia." Kurt shook her hand.
"You too Kurt." She shook back.
"Also, Dom, you can let it go now. I know that you're straight and was only teasing you. Think of it as revenge for the whole Jesus thing you keep bringing up."
"Really?" Mia added. "Could've fooled me cause by the looks of it," She looked at Kurt from top to bottom, "You're wearing my man's clothes. Should I be worried?"
"What?! No, Mia! Not you too. I just let Kurt borrow them since his own clothes are sludged with blood. You know I only have eyes for you~" Dominik walked behind Mia and gave her a hug while resting his head on her shoulders.
"Wait, Kurt, that's right! You're the one who was running around town like a crazy person. Not gonna lie, and don't take this the wrong way but from what I heard of the rumors and the way Dominik described you I didn't expect you to look this handsome."
"No offence taken." Kurt shrugged. "And don't worry, not to brag or anything, but most if not everyone I come across calls me that."
"Wow~ You're starting to sound just like my boss." Mia laughed. "Maybe you should meet up with her. I just about know you two will get along perfectly. Goddess above knows she needs it."
"Another time perhaps. I have too much on my plate right now to be thinking about romance." 'Unless it's from that beauty from before heh.'
"Hmm, what a shame. Promise you'll meet with her though?" She gave Kurt the puppy eyes which looked eerily familiar. Only to see that Dominik was doing the exact same thing.
"E-erm sure haha…" He agreed nervously.
"Great! With that, *mwah*" She kissed Dominik's cheek and walked ahead, "I gotta babe. See you later. Later Kurt!"
"Bye babe!" Dominik waved.
Kurt however was giving him the dead stare.
"What? Why're you looking at me like that?"
"Nothing. Let's just go."