scratch that ✦ kunikida doppo

𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊 - 8

I walked into the agency awake as ever. Or at least that's what I wanted to think.

I could barely get any sleep last night because I couldn't stop thinking about Kunikida. Isn't that something?

That dinner outing last night did a real number on me. I kept thinking about how kind he was to me, his usage of my first name, as well as... him. He hasn't left my mind since last night. What's gotten into me?

I took my seat at my desk, acting as awake as possible. The purple underneath my eyes failed to support that, earning a concerned look from Kunikida across from me.

"(Y/N), are you alright? You don't look as good as you normally do," he asked me, an innocent look painted on his face.

I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not.

"I-I'm alright! Yeah! I'm just fantastic! Aha..." I nervously laughed a bit, scratching my neck.

Kunikida sighed and walked over to the kitchen, returning just a few minutes later with a steaming mug in hand.

He placed the mug in front of me, then walked back to his desk to keep working.

I took a rather large sip of the coffee, completely forgetting that coffee is usually hot when it's in a mug.

I started coughing and immediately took a drink from my water bottle in an attempt to cool down my throat.

Good morning, Armed Detective Agency.

Now that everyone knew I was too tired to function, the day was ready to begin.

After about an hour of silence, Fukuzawa walked into the room.

"Everyone, please finish whatever task you are working on and meet me in the meeting room. There is something I would like to discuss with all of you," he spoke in his usual firm voice.

Everyone nodded and finished up their tasks. Ranpo and Tanizaki were the first to follow Fukuzawa, followed by Yosano, Dazai, and then Kunikida and I.

"Right, now that everyone's here, let's begin," Fukuzawa spoke.

"Three days from today, we will be hosting an entry exam. I'm sure by now all of you have heard of the mysterious "were-tiger," or as some know, the man-eating tiger."

We all nodded our heads in agreement. I hadn't heard much about it, but over the past week or so this tiger has been very active. There haven't been any casualties, however it's still extremely dangerous.

"We are going to capture this tiger and make him one of us. This tiger is an ability, but we still don't know the user. We are going to dedicate the time until said exam to find this user. I trust that all of you are able to complete this task."

We all nodded again.

"Kunikida, Dazai, and Miss (L/N) will be our main investigation team. You three are extremely capable, so I am leaving the majority of this to you. This meeting is adjourned, and the rest of you have the day off. Kunikida, Dazai, Miss (L/N), your work for this officially starts at 7pm two days from now. Take until then to make any necessary preparations. We will have another meeting tomorrow to finalize everything."

This is going to be the most interesting day I have had in a very long time.

Everyone decided it would be a bright idea to go home, including the three of us on the investigation.

As soon as I set foot in my house, my phone started to ring. I took it out of my pocket and decided to answer it.

"Hello?"