Scenario where aku and his s/o are having a conversation in front of the others that sounds like they're implying they did something dirty last night but they actually didn't?
Heheh, I can only imagine how frustrated he’d get with that sort of situation. (＾艸＾)Akutagawa definitely seems the type to prefer keeping intimate things to himself. Enjoy~!
The One Where Akutagawa Gets Embarrassed Over a Misunderstanding
It felt as if every single higher-ranking member of the Port Mafia was watching him today, and Akutagawa was growing sick of it. His ears would burn at their heavy gazes, and he swore he heard someone snicker at one point.
Was the Boss messing with him again? Did that freak lolita of his attach a “Kick Me!” sign to his back? Or was it something he had done while at work?
The black dog’s mind raced with possibilities, and he became increasingly snippy as the day continued and the snickers failed to cease.
Wait. Was it that conversation?
He needed to find his s/o, and stat.
The conversation had been innocent enough.
But from the moment his s/o began mentioning their night together he could feel his subordinates tuning their ears into their conversation. Normally for Ryunosuke, his personal life and work stay as far away from one another as they possibly can. But today his s/o had some questions from the night before, and the line of questioning was simple enough to where Akutagawa initially didn’t feel were threatening to answer.
“Ryunosuke, can I ask you something? It’s about last night…”
His ears pricked at her unsure tone, “What is it?”
They began fidgeting under everyone’s gaze, understandable so, but it looked suspicious nonetheless. “I was just wondering if you were…comfortable with everything last night.”
What? Why wouldn’t he have been?
“I’m not sure what you’re talking about, shouldn’t I be the one to ask you that? It was quite the load to burden yourself with.”
They bristled a bit at this, “N-No! I can handle myself, Ryunosuke. It’s not like that was my first time doing ‘that’ or anything!”
He had unintentionally stepped on a landmine and decided to try to make amends later. He had work to do.
Yet everyone continued to gasp when he entered a room…
Rashomon, at this point, was ready to spring up and tear into someone with the amount of frustration bubbling within Akutagawa’s mind. How could they see that as something dirty!? How degrading, for both him and his s/o, to be subjected to such ridicule from their subordinates.
He ran into Higuchi first; the blonde seemingly shot daggers from her eyes as he hurried past her, motioning for her to follow.
Her scowling threw him off-guard.
“What’s the matter, Higuchi? Speak up.”
Her eyes widened at his sudden barking, she recoiled a bit and looked down at her feet. “I-It’s a personal matter sir…nothing of importance to report.”
“Is that so? Than get that look off your face. Same to all those gossipers out there. Effective immediately, understand?”
Her head tilted to the side for a bit, Higuchi eventually nodded. “Y-Yes sir.”
Seriously, these people were beginning to piss him off.
Clarity comes at a cost, however:
He somehow managed to call an informal meeting amongst the Black Lizard and some of the more prolific Port Mafia members. He was getting to the bottom of this, whether they liked it or not.
His s/o had just gotten back from a routine shake-down and looked to see what all the commotion about, blushing slightly at the claims being made by the growing crowd of members.
“Now, I’m going to give you all five seconds to tell me what the hell you all have had the audacity to continue snickering about behind my back. Answer. Now. Or face Rashomon.”
Oh no.
The answer didn’t reach his ears quite right at first, but the persistence of the crowd eventually made it, or a repeated iteration of it, reach him.
He was half tempted to just annihilate them where they stand.
His s/o had to be the one to step out into the crowd and clarify, before Ryunosuke ended up massacring members:
“You all do realize that we were discussing me giving him a massage and vice versa last night, don’t you?”