Azur Lane | Atonement Rebirth

Special Chapter | Phoenix and Dragon(+Monarch)

[->|<-3rd Person POV->|<-]

"Take care of the other me, okay~." Those words continued to replay inside Y/n's head. Despite it only being a few weeks since the members of META appeared, Y/n couldn't forget what the Taihou look-alike, Phoenix, did. The memory kept on repeating and repeating in his head, to the point his mind began to ache.

On top of that, Y/n couldn't help but feel EXTREMELY guilty about it. Even though it wasn't his fault, nor his doing, he still kissed another woman. Just the thought of cheating and having an affair behind Monarch's back made the young man sick to his stomach. Linghun and Andrian tried to reassure him that it was probably an "accident". Well, to be fair, Linghun was the only one trying to help Y/n. Andrian, on the other hand, was like: "I don't see the problem, the girls and I get along just fine in our relationship. In fact we grew closer because of it. Perhaps the same can work with you."

Nevertheless, the Russian sinner only got murderous glares from the other two. Leonidas was indifferent about the situation and chose to stay out of it. Selfish, maybe, but being able to escape the chaos is good for his health.

And the situation has only gotten even worse... Taihou. Despite her usually friendly and gentle demeanor, she's getting awfully close to not only Y/n, but to Monarch as well. She'd offer to cook meals for them, invited Monarch to take a bath together. Hell, no matter where they went, Taihou would follow in tow. The couple couldn't even find time to be alone together. It was like watching two parents with their needy, clingy child.

Linghun would try to help Y/n, though, unfortunately he's been very busy with his own tasks. He was also given the task of watching over Shoukaku and Zuikaku, so there's only so much he could do.

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Cutting to now, Y/n(best secretary) was seen working with Commander Ikumi... With Taihou also being in the room as well. Normally Ikumi would've kicked anyone out unless they had something serious to discuss. But since there had been an unusually large amount of paperwork piling up, Taihou was recruited as Ikumi's second secretary. Only temporarily. Every now and again, Y/n could feel Taihou's gaze, staring at the man every chance she got. It made it a bit difficult for him to concentrate on his work.

After a while, Taihou made some tea...

[Taihou]: "Here you go, Shikikan-sama~." She gives Ikumi a cup.

[Ikumi]: "Thank you, Taihou. I really appreciate the help." She said, lightly blowing on her tea to cool it off before drinking.

[Taihou]: "You don't have to thank me. It's my honor and my pleasure to serve you."

And then she gave Y/n a cup...