Deceiver: So! Finding Paradise came out. Played it. Revived my feels and one of my ideas on a story on my two favourite Doctors. And since Finding Paradise sort of introduced the "I have regrets but don't want to change anything" idea, I have another concept.

Enjoy!

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Eva stood outside Neil's office, uncertain if she should be here or not. It had almost been a month since their last mission together, but Eva had not gotten the chance to him since. However, this week had been rough on her partner. As secretive Neil was, Eva couldn't bring herself to not care about him. She didn't care about what he had been up to, Eva just wanted to at least let him know that she was still here for him if he needed her.

Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door. "Neil, it's me."

There was no answer, making her frown but knock again. Still nothing, and Eva just remembered the Boss had disabled the digital lock on his door when he warranted a search on Neil' , Rob's and Roxanne's offices. She felt bad, but her worries kept on growing, so Eva opened the door.

His office was empty. Neil did not come in for work.

The only thing she took a significant note of was a medical report sitting on Neil's desk.

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The full force of winter seemed to have arrived early this year as a strong gust of wind blew by. Many of the passer-by were shivering from the cold, commenting on how unusual it was for the temperature to be this low as they rushed off to take shelter – either into a nearby mall, café or just heading home for the day.

Eva, however, refused to do the same. As the street grew quiet, she scanned around the area to see if she could spot the one she was looking for, but no luck. The wind blew by, stronger than the last, forcing Eva to wrap her arms around herself as she shivered with a couple of coughs wracking her body. As much as she hated herself for forgetting her jacket during her haste to get out of the office, she could afford to spend another hour or two searching for her idiotic partner.

Spotting a familiar building nearby, she headed towards it before ducking between the doorway of a café closed for the evening. Eva glanced through its window, not surprised of the new paint job and furniture inside as she recalled her time spent here with Neil. It was a long time ago, during their college years. Eva remembered one-time Neil was doing his last-minute cramming, only realising how screwed he was if he didn't pass his final exams. Eva secretly enjoyed watching him squirm and beg for help to get through this mess. It was nice to see him suffer.

Where did those time go?

Sighing as she leaned against the glass door, she took out her phone to check the time. It was nearly five now, but the sun was already setting, meaning it was going to colder from here. Shivering some more, she tried to warm herself up as her finger automatically tapped and swiped away to a certain contact number. She was doubtful, her finger twitching to press 'Call' even though she knew it was unlikely for him to pick up. But it had almost been a day. Maybe this time…

"Heyo!" Eva groaned at Neil's overly cheery voice, disappointed it was not him. "You have reached Dr. Neil Watts' voice mail! I cannot answer your call right now, but I will get back to you as soon as I can! Leave a message after the Beep. Beep!" Silence. "Psyche!" there was a laugh. "Seriously though, I'll get back to you."

Beep!

Eva leaned against the closed door, her head lowered, and her lips pursed together tightly. "Where are you…?" she finally murmured softly, hanging up after. She had left plenty of voice mails already, and she recalled herself yelling in uncharacteristic worry for Neil to answer her calls during her search for him. She was still just as worried, but was also too tired to bring herself to raise her voice. But despite all that, she was too stubborn to give up.

As she scrolled through her call history, gazing at the number of calls she had made, her phone began to ring.

"Neil!?" She picked up at once.

Silence. "No, it's Lisa."

"Oh…" Eva cleared her throat for a moment, hiding an oncoming coughing fit and her disappointment. "Sorry…"

"Still no luck, I presume?" The woman on the other end sighed. "I'm not going to be like Robert and reprimand your lack of professionalism, however since it's about your partner…it's understandable." Eva stayed quiet as Lisa continued. "However, it sounds to me you have been reckless during your search. I highly recommend you call it a day, Eva, for your own good."

"N-No!" She quickly straightened up. "I'm perfectly fine! I can handle it, so-" Her throat was too agitated from her yelling, causing her to have another coughing fit. It was stronger than last time, and she couldn't stop as Lisa sighed.

"Eva, dear. I understand you're anxious on Neil. We all are," she said softly. "However, it is not wise to act with such carelessness when we have no clue on where Neil is. We'll give as much support we can, however you must calm down and stop for today. That's all I ask."

Eva gritted her teeth, her grip on her phone tightened. "Fine…"

"Good, we'll see you soon." Lisa hung up, and Eva pocketed her phone at once. Normally, Eva would listen to her senior co-worker's advice and do as told. However, this time she refused to. It was not because she didn't believe Lisa and everyone at Sigmund Corporation, because they were caring in their own ways. However, with so many things that had happened this one month, Eva knew everyone had their hands tied.

They couldn't help much, and no one else outside Sigmund Corporation was going to search for Neil. And if that was how things were going to be, Eva was not just going to sit around and do nothing. She was going to find Neil herself.

Looking back up at the café for a second, Eva firmly held onto her resolve to find Neil before she once again set off into the cold. She didn't care if it was an impossible task, she was set on finding him. And once she did, she was going unload everything she should had said to the idiot long ago.