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It's cold.
It was always so cold around Akutagawa, it was like the man radiated that sort of energy and it clashed with Atsushi's naturally warm personality.
Maybe that's why they couldn't get along, maybe they were just too different but that wouldn't stop Atsushi or well... he would hope it didn't. He decided to be bolder with his advances, Akutagawa claimed to kill him in 6 months time so he had to spend as much time with his as possible.
Though, he doubted the mafioso would kill him.
"It's cold" Atsushi mutters, hes walking next to Akutagawa in the faintly lit streets.
They were the only two out, walking close but not close enough to touch in anyway. Akutagawa pays no attention to how the man-tiger rubs his hands over his arms, or how he shivers and his teeth chatter. Simply staring ahead, not indulging himself too much into what Atsushi was doing.
He didn't want to get attatched.
"I'm surprised you're not cold, your stupid jacket doesn't look warm" Atsushi huffs.
"Rashomon is not stupid" Akutagawa finally growls. "It's your own fault for not bringing a jacket and for inviting me out for a walk so late at night? There isn't a need for a walk, we talk whenever our paths cross"
"Well, I didn't know when that would be! Besides you still came to walk with me!" Atsushi growls back. "Yeah, we talk whenever our paths cross. Then you shouldn't be here"
"I had nothing better to do"
"You work in the Port Mafia, I doubt that"
Akutagawa glares at him, his cold eyes narrowed and he stops in his tracks. Atsushi does too, not breaking eyecontact with the taller one.
They stay in this stance for a moment. This is the first time they’ve simply just stared at eachother, no snide remarks or insults. Just silence between them.
Neither of them mind it but Atsushi wouldn’t go out of his way to say it was comfortable. With this in mind, he looks away. Shifting his gaze to the ground, he was embarrassed now. “Let’s continue?” He says, like a suggestion.
He’ll go where ever Akutagawa does, follow like some lost tiger cub. He’s done so before.
Akutagawa looks towards the empty street, purses his lip as he thinks. “It’s too cold, were-tiger” he states. This Atsushi already knows, before he can mention this Akutagawa continues. “Return home, we will talk another time”
Atsushi looks back at him, surprised. “What? No! I’m not going home, it’s only been ten minutes”
“Ten minutes is enough time, if you wanted to have a serious talk with me it wouldn’t have taken this long”
“What if I didn’t want to have a serious talk at all? What then?”
Akutagawa frowns, a natural look on his features. Atsushi’s heart skips a beat. “Then you’re a fool”
Now Atsushi frowns. “If you didn’t want to be out here you didn’t have to come”
“As I said before, I had nothing better to do”
“Or you wanted to, so what is it?”
“Not to entertain your thoughts, certainly”
“Then what? You were bored”
“Perhaps”
Atsushi growls. Loud enough for both of them to hear, it echoes throughout the empty to street. His teeth are pulled back, it’s enough to scare off a dog. Akutagawa pauses, considers something before sighing quietly. A hand goes to his mouth before he turns away from him.
“You’ll freeze” he says, that’s all he says. All that he needs to anyways and Atsushi breaks from his stare.
“It’s fine”
Akutagawa does not answer, they continue to walk.