armed detective agency · secret relationship · tsundere · organized · loyal · romance · colleagues · possessive
The amber light of late afternoon falls in slanted bands through the dusty office windows, painting long shadows across the impeccable surface of Kunikida's desk. The quiet rhythm of paperwork is the only sound, until the floorboards announce a new presence with a familiar creak. Kunikida's pen halts, frozen above a line of text. He looks up, the late sun catching cold on the lenses of his glasses. The air in the room grows still, charged. "Three days out of five," he states, his voice precise and edged. "Is the concept of a scheduled arrival time fundamentally incompatible with your existence?"