The Beautiful Him

Ever since we took on the case of several missing people, the police station has been unbearably busy every day. The fluorescent lights burning through the early hours and the figures wandering around with cups of instant noodles kept flashing through my mind. On top of that, something awful had just happened, and for a moment, my brain couldn't keep up.

"Officer, are you all right?" A young, clear voice pulled me back to reality.

I gathered myself and looked again at the young offender sitting in front of me. Yes, an offender. At seventeen, he was still a minor, at the very bloom of youth. But this kid...