Truth & Lies

Cuddling somewhere

#2 Cuddling somewhere

Summary: Wherein Awashima visits the infamous bar of HOMRA and spots a bubbly Kusanagi, caressing his bar and almost gapped in shock when he heard the chimes ring. Kusanagi wasn’t really expecting her appearance today but gladly makes her favorite martini.

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It was already 11:45 PM when she arrived at her destination—the bar of a certain Kusanagi Izumo. She thought that she was probably late until she reached to the doorknob, He’s still up.., she thought.

She gladly entered the bar and was greeted by the infamous bar master sitting at the couch and not standing at the counter as usual. He had this sheepish grin when he felt the chimes ring but it slowly changed into a lovely smile that only she could see.

“The usual?” He says, standing up and walking over to the counter to make her a drink. She sits at the couch for a change. She nods at him and places her belongings at the empty space beside her.

“You certainly look exhausted today, mademoiselle.”

“You better take note of that...” Awashima says, sighing. Today’s workload was really tiring her and her subordinates. And to her surprise, she asked her Captain why they weren’t any HOMRA-related on the papers he flat-out said to her that they weren’t related to any of those cases and added that it’s just the increase hostility of the strains in the city.

He puts down the drink on the table and sits beside her. If her bag wasn’t even separating the both of them, their closeness would be more questionable. To her defense, she doesn’t really mind and she was really exhausted. And, besides, if Kusanagi ever tried to pull out a move then she knows what to do when that happens, but she thinks too that he wouldn’t do something like that because she trusts him.

After muttering a small ‘thank you’, she takes up the drink.

“I don’t really know why I never go to any other bars and the fact that I really like the way you make such mean martini.” She says, slamming the cocktail into the table, luckily it didn’t break. Yes, she just needed to tell him this to let out a bit of stress. She unknowingly rests her head onto his shoulders.

“S-Seri-chan?”

“I don’t mind, you’ve been holding yourself back and I know it.”

He plasters a sweet smile that means that it was her win this time. He removes her bag gently and placed it at the end of the couch. He wraps his arms around her and snuggles even closer.

“You snuggle a lot, Izumo.” She says but rests her body onto his.

“All I can do to pave away your stress, my queen.”

“You’ve been watching a lot of medieval stuffs, stop that.”

“You’re saying that although you really like being called that way.” He teases her, poking her cheeks as she gives him a glare that later turns into a smile.

“Well, you’re right about that.” She gives out a light laugh, not minding their distance.

“What is your role again?” She says.

“It depends on you mademoiselle, but I would prefer to be your knight in shining armor when you were still a princess.”

“Oh shut up will you, I just asked what role.”

He lets out a laugh at her response. It just translates to, “Stop saying embarrassing things.” Though, the shut up part was the truth.