One last chance

I think I've heard of you somewhere else

"Is she already asleep?"

"Yeah, she is", Kirishima answered to Yokozawa, who was sitting now on the couch with his hands linked and his cubits touching his legs. After he tugged Hiyori to her bed, the editor went to the kitchen to grab two cans of beer, going then to the living room and putting the one can on the glass table in front of the young man, who took it without hesitation. "I thought you wouldn't drink"

"Because I don't want to drink too much alcohol. Booze and I don't have a good relationship anyways", he said and Kirishima raised his eyebrow, somehow challenging the latter to tell him more about his experience as a drunk guard. Maybe he is one of them who tells his deepest secrets or doing scandalous stuff.

Whatever it is, the dashing chief editor wanted to learn more about Yokozawa and he hasn't figured out why the hell would want that. The dark haired man opened the lid of the can, drinking slowly and putting it on the table with a sigh of satisfaction. It looks like he needed that beverage so much. "I really needed that"

"Aren't you drinking?"

"Only when I'm off duty. I don't want to get arrested for driving a motorcycle while being drunk"

"That would cause bad reputation not only to you, but also to the police department since you are working as a guard and investigator"

"Yeah...", Yokozawa was looking at his can on the table, droplets appearing around it and almost touching the lean surface of the glass. He took it quickly and put it on his thigh, a circle shaping on the spot that the can was and a chuckle escaping from the editor who was sitting on the armchair next to the couch. He turned to see him with a glare, but again his eyebrows were more shallow than before. "Are you enjoying making fun of me?"

"Actually, yes. You are too adorable I can't help myself"

"W-What? W-Who are you calling adorable?"

"Obviously you. Is there anyone else in the living room besides you and I?"

"I don't know. Maybe you see more faces due to the booze. By the way, I counted the cans you drank and you reached about 5,but you look fine. How is that possible?"

"I got used to it. When I entered Marukawa Shoten back in Tokyo, my boss used to take me to bars and we were hitting over three glasses at the time, from wine to sake to beer. At first, I was becoming lightheaded, but then I got used to it quickly. So, no matter how much I drink, I am fine. And my kidneys too! ", he said and then he saw Yokozawa rolling his eyes while frowning his lips. Kirishima shook his head and continued drinking from his can, when:

"Why are you hanging out with me?"

" What? "

" You heard me"

"You mean why do I like hanging out with you, right?"

"It's the same thing"

"Well, I don't know if you understand it, but I like messing with prideful guys, such as yourself"

"... You really have a split personality"

"Haha, you think? All my subordinates love me and respect me. Even the ones I'm working with now!"

"Whatever you say. Besides, if you really want to mess with prideful guys, we do have here in Sawara"

"Nah, they are not as good as you. Although... In Marukawa Shoten there was a prideful one, but he is taken and he is sensitive enough. However, with this sensitivity he brought Emerand back to No. 1,right?"

"E-Emerald? "

"Oh, you know this magazine. Well, perhaps you know their chief editor, hm? Let me remember... Takato? No, it's not that... Umm, Takago? No, it sounds so wrong"