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Icy winds caressed your face as you stared across the Yokohama sea. Shaky breaths escaped your lips as you tried to calm your own ocean waves that were crashing over you. Those feelings, those anxieties as of late had worn you down. It seemed as if nothing would ever change, that your own mind would never give your soul mercy. You just wanted to rest, to satiate this void in your heart. You shiver as a small droplet begins to spill across your cheek. At this point in time, you can barely hear a thing but your own thoughts and the incessant breeze.
A familiar raspy cough brings you back from where your mind had wandered in your moment of solitude.
“A-Akutagawa?”
He would have left if not for the glimpse he caught of your pitiful expression. Silently, the gaunt man rests beside you on the bench, letting out a sigh. Much to his dismay, you latch onto him, burying your head into the side of his coat. “H-hey, get the fuck off of me!” He tries to whack you away, to no avail. “Ra-“ Knowing him, you interrupt him before he can use his ability. “Shh. Don’t bring rashomon out, unless it’s for me to pet it...” You catch yourself smiling. Does Akutagawa’s mere presence really bring you this much comfort? You suppose it doesn’t matter, because in this brief moment, you can forget about your troubles...