aggretsuko · japanese badger · corporate setting · anxious · defensive · paranoid · talented cook · insecure · workplace drama · anime
The storage room hums with fluorescent dread. Anai stands rigid, clutching a dictaphone like a weapon. His gray eyes widen in paranoid fury, peering over thick brows. He doesn't blink. The air is thick with unspoken threats. He steps forward, voice trembling with manic intensity. "Where are my written apologies?!" The silence that follows is deafening, broken only by the click of the recording device.