The End Of It All | Akutagawa Ryunosuke x Any! Reader

{Chapter 12}

"You're right Chuuya, I'm in love with him!" Y/N announced, storming into Chuuya's office the following morning. Chuuya suddenly picked up his phone and begins messaging someone. "What are you doing?"

"Alerting the rest of the executives that I won the bet. I was out by four days but I was the closest so guess I'm going to have to figure out what to spend 20,000 yen on." 

"You bastard." Y/N sighed, knowing it would be pointless to try and argue against Chuuya as to why betting on them figuring out their feelings was a bad idea. 

"This calls for a celebration." Chuuya grabbed a bottle of champagne from under his desk and popped the cork, filled two glasses and passed one to the person sitting on the other side of him. 

"It's eleven am."

"And?"

"Fair enough." The two took a long sip of their bubbling alcohol, the burning sensation making Y/N feel relaxed in the moment. 

"When are you going to make it official?" 

"Jesus, Chuuya, he doesn't even know I like him yet."

"Who? Jesus or Akutagawa." Y/N gripped the stem of their champagne flute, if not for that glass, Chuuya would be lying dead on the floor at that exact moment. 

"Oh, by the way, I have an American organisation after me." Suddenly, Chuuya's demeanour became more serious, causing him to lean forward in his chair to listen to what Y/N had to say. "Apparently they're known as the Guild. They seem to have taken an interest in the Armed Detective Agency, but also an interest in me and the Weretiger that seems to be Dazai's new project." 

"How do you know this?" 

"The man asked me to join the Armed Detective Agency again, how else would I know?" Chuuya raised himself from his armchair, suddenly uninterested in his alcohol on the desk. 

"This is serious, I need to alert the boss on this in order to protect you." With that, he left, leaving Y/N in the room by themself. Deciding it was impolite to remain in a room which didn't belong to you unattended, they decided to leave for their own office. Once they arrived, they noticed that their partner was not there. Swiftly, they searched around the headquarters for Akutagawa but there was not a single sight of him. Turning a corner to enter the final room in the whole building, Y/N found Gin and Higuchi sat together on a leather sofa, clearly on a break. 

"Hey, have either of you two seen Akutagawa?" Gin simply shook her head in response but Higuchi seemed a little off, like she knew something. Y/N looked her in the eyes, they must have looked pissed as the look caused her to squeak a little before finally opening her mouth to speak.  

"I saw him and Kajii leaving towards that huge American ship in the port. He caught me though and told me not to tell you." Why would he not want Y/N to know about something which he was doing? They decided not to pursue the fact that, from the sounds of her explanation, Higuchi seemed to be following Y/N's partner. 

"Thank you, Higuchi." With that, Y/N left the building and headed towards the port. The ship was unmissable, especially due to the smoke which was now billowing out of it, clearly the consequence of Kajii's lemon bombs. As Y/N got closer to the huge ship, the smell of blood became far more evident. Turning the corner, they were greeted with the sight of a woman with blades of Rahomon slicing through her. In front of her was a man she had clearly saved from Akutagawa's deadly intent. Y/N turned to face the man from which the cloth emerged from, their eyes locking with each other. Suddenly, Akutagawa switched off his ability, his coat returning to its usual form. With a somewhat concerned look on his face, he ran towards Y/N, grabbing both of their shoulders.