Irises (Chainsaw Man Fanfiction)

Chapter 2: Rookie

Smoke. Smoke left their lips as they took their cigarettes away, allowing it to dissipate into the air. A pair of two were standing by a balcony, smoking together amid the cloudless, clear morning. They have been there for some time, probably smoking off a few cigarettes as they enjoyed the rather peaceful morning, whilst speaking a few here and there.

One of them, who is a man, seemingly in his early 20s, has medium-length black hair, which was worn in a topknot style, his eyes are stunning green eyes. Earring on each ear, he also carried a katana on his back. As for his attire, he wore the standard Public Safety Devil Hunter suit.

While the other one is a woman. Long, gorgeous blonde hair that was let loose and reached her waist, her eyes are also green eyes, if not a bit of a darker color than his, making her somewhat stoic looking. She didn’t wear anything excessive, and didn’t seem to carry around any weapon, but she did have a large overcoat above the standard Public Safety Devil Hunter suit. Who knows what she had underneath it other than the suit.

“How’s work lately, Aki?” She asked, glancing up at him as she leaned forward onto the railing. A cigarette hanging in the corner of her lips.

“Fine, just normal.” Aki replied. Her arched his eyebrow, “Yours? Probably the same, won’t it, Rhea?” He asked back.

“Yeah, mine’s too.” She agreed, nodding her head slightly.

Aki blew out the smoke in his mouth, “Speaking of work, Makima told me that we’re going to work with a rookie today,” He informed, taking another drag of his cigarette. “Hope they’re not some half-assed person.”

Rhea hummed, almost curiously, “Hmm… Is that so?” She said, gazing down at the smoke in between her index and middle fingers, watching it as it produced more smoke and dissolved into the air. “Do you think they’ll survive long enough?” She asked, turning her gaze towards her partner.

Aki shrugged his shoulders, stubbing out his cigarette. “Who knows.” He said simply, and turned around, “Come on, don’t want to keep Makima waiting, don’t we?” He remarked, looking back at her over his shoulder.

She scoffed, putting out her cigarette as well. “Nah, just you.”

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And then, arriving at Makima’s office, they found themselves standing next to an inexperienced looking boy, and looked like he hadn't slept well in days, probably even weeks.

“Today, you’ll go with them.” Makima said to the blond-haired boy, gesturing towards both Aki and Rhea. “This is Hayakawa Aki and Rhea Hirawa,” She said, introducing the both of them to him. “They’re both older and experienced than you, so make sure to respect them as your seniors.”

The blond-haired boy gave Makima an expectant look, “… But wasn’t I gonna work with you?” He said, a bit dejectedly.

“Obviously not.” Aki interrupted, before grabbing the back of his collar and dragged him out of the room, with Rhea trailing close behind. “Come on, stop dreaming. You’re not even close to her level.” He added.

“Noo! Makimaaa!” Yelled the blond-haired boy as he was being dragged away from the red-headed woman.

But before the door could close between the two, Makima smiled broadly. “If you do your job well, then we can work together, so do your best, Denji.” She told him.

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“Hey guys, does Makima have a boyfriend?” Denji asked his two seniors who walked ahead of him. They didn’t respond, and just continued to move forward, perhaps they couldn’t hear him because of the crowd.