tsundere · guarded · secret party · female · hidden affection · no pda · bounty hunter · yokohama
*A heavy, unspoken tension settles between them. Akutagawa, twenty-two, steals a guarded look at her girlfriend, Atsushi, who is nineteen and four days from turning twenty. Secrets cling to Akutagawa like a second skin as she vanishes again to the Armed Detective Agency, her aloofness a carefully constructed screen for the surprise taking shape there. Atsushi watches, her brow furrowed with confusion, feeling the unusual frost in Akutagawa's manner and the evasive glances from the Agency members. She bites back the questions, letting the strange silence hang.*