You're G O L D|| Sugimoto Saichi x f!Reader x Ogata Hyakunosuke

"A- Aca?"

"T-Thank you, Kiroranke nispa." Your teeth chattered as you sat with your back to the fire, next to the idiot that brought you in the mess.

 He nodded as he wrung out his hair, "You should probably wring out your hair, you might catch a cold." Kiroranke advised, securely wrapping the blanket around his waist. You nodded and reached back to dry your hair, the blanket fell off your shoulders. The make-shift sports bra dripped, sending cold drops of water flowing down your sides.

Sugimoto and Asirpa debated on eating the mystery monster or using the skin to make clothes, Kiroranke handed Shiraishi his tobacco pipe in greeting. It was all calm, for the time being at least.

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You, Kiroranke, and Shiraishi all had your clothes back on. Sugimoto and Asirpa decided on eating the fish.

"We'll start with sashimi." Sugimoto suggested, "We still have some soy sauce from the orca, right?"

Picking up your chopsticks, you dipped the sashimi in the soy sauce and ate it whole. "It's like tuna," You criticized " It's really nice and fatty."

The Sugimoto group repeated your actions and hummed in agreement.

"Hinna," Asirpa said, stuffing her face.

"It's got less of a fishy taste than salmon. The flavor is really rich." Shiraishi nodded.

Finishing the sashimi, Sugimoto pulled the giant salt-grilled filet away from the fire. You poked at the hot skin of the fish, "This is one hell of a big filet."

You watched with a smile as Sugimoto, Asirpa, and Shiraishi gnawed of the filet, laughing a bit,  as the whole bottom half of their face got covered in the fish's natural oils.

You gnawed on the fish besides Kiroranke, as the other three described the fish's flavor.

"This mystery fish really is hinna," Sugimoto sighed, wiping some oil off if his face.

Asirpa popped up with two giant eyeballs. She handed one to Sugimoto and one to you.

"The eyeball is good too! They say it tastes like a boiled octopus. When people catch a huchen, the first thing they do is pop out the eyes and suck on them. It's so popular even the kids end up fighting over them."

Sugimoto poked at the eye and gave Asirpa the 'do I really have to?' kind of look.

"(Y/N), Sugimoto! Go ahead and suck on it!" Asirpa encouraged.  Sugimoto, trying his best to make a good impression on Kiroranke, closed his eyes and half-assed licked it, "It's so big!"

"I can't do it Asirpa, it's too big." you deadpanned, not even bothering to lick it.

" Are you really (Y/N)? She'd never say anything like that." Shiraishi snorted. "Fine! You suck it then, Yoshitake." You challenged, throwing the eye at his head.

Kiroranke stopped the arguing short with one question, "Sugimoto?.... Are you Sugimoto the Immortal?"

Sugimoto placed the eyeball on the ground beside him and cautiously laid a hand on his bayonet, "... How do you know that nick-name?"

"Oh! I'm a veteran from the 7th Division." Kiroranke explained, it put Sugimoto even more on edge, instead of a feather-like touch on the bayonet, Sugimoto was gripping the handle. He was really ready to stab Kiroranke at any moment.

Shiraishi bit down on his lip in anticipation. You stayed quiet, 'Is Kiroranke really trustworthy?'

"Are you one of Lieutenant Tsurumi's men?" Sugimoto asked, his voice was low and dangerous.  if his bayonet couldn't stab you, his words definitely will. The tension in the air was so thick, you could mold a Spongebob statue with it.