[ he's sure jyuto could have tightened security if he really wanted to by now; akira may be skilled at what he does, but the ease with which he's been able to pull off some of his work, how it always seems to be just jyuto to confront him instead of another member of the empire is telling. he can come up with a few answers, can make some guesses as to why that is, but he's sure they both know the true reason even if they've never explicitly said it.
there's something thrilling about that too, testing him to see how far he can go and what he can get away with. a kiss and smoothing his fingers along his ears — quite a bit. ]
It's been some time, hasn't it? [ a month and give or take a few weeks. something softens in his smile, gaze cutting away to jyuto's fingers curled delicately around the cigarette. he almost sounds nostalgic; longing. ] I guess I just missed your company.
[ the real truth: he hasn't been able to get their last encounter out of his head. the restlessness that had settled deep in his bones gave him no relief in his time away, only to be quieted now as he sits in jyuto's office. ]
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[ he's sure jyuto could have tightened security if he really wanted to by now; akira may be skilled at what he does, but the ease with which he's been able to pull off some of his work, how it always seems to be just jyuto to confront him instead of another member of the empire is telling. he can come up with a few answers, can make some guesses as to why that is, but he's sure they both know the true reason even if they've never explicitly said it.
there's something thrilling about that too, testing him to see how far he can go and what he can get away with. a kiss and smoothing his fingers along his ears — quite a bit. ]
It's been some time, hasn't it? [ a month and give or take a few weeks. something softens in his smile, gaze cutting away to jyuto's fingers curled delicately around the cigarette. he almost sounds nostalgic; longing. ] I guess I just missed your company.
[ the real truth: he hasn't been able to get their last encounter out of his head. the restlessness that had settled deep in his bones gave him no relief in his time away, only to be quieted now as he sits in jyuto's office. ]