How simple it would be to feign innocence at that accusation, to talk up his role while he was with the Thieves as the detective prince in action, bringing justice to all the world's corruption. If nothing else, it would help keep Akechi one step up over Ren for the remainder of their stay in this place, to maybe even use him when necessary, if the need ever arose.
But he's so goddamn tired of playing pretend. It's been years of smiling so sweetly it makes him sick, years of riding his bike through town as an excuse to pick up conversational topics to be more interesting to the adults around him, years of pretending to care when he has never cared about a single other person a single day in his life.
What's the point of the deception now? What could he possibly have left to lose?]
Sharp as ever, Joker. Yes, that was me, though not initially what I presented you with upon joining you and your cohorts. [a beat, because Akechi will be as dramatic as possible, thank you.] I betrayed you shortly after, brought in the police to take you in for questioning before you could even leave Sae-san's Palace.
[For once in his life, Akechi does not even think about how his body tips forward towards Ren then from where he's still seated on the opposite end of the hot springs, almost eagerly.]
And after you were beaten and drugged and thoroughly interrogated, I ended our bitter rivalry by shooting you in the head. So, imagine my great vexation when I found you alive still some weeks later.
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How simple it would be to feign innocence at that accusation, to talk up his role while he was with the Thieves as the detective prince in action, bringing justice to all the world's corruption. If nothing else, it would help keep Akechi one step up over Ren for the remainder of their stay in this place, to maybe even use him when necessary, if the need ever arose.
But he's so goddamn tired of playing pretend. It's been years of smiling so sweetly it makes him sick, years of riding his bike through town as an excuse to pick up conversational topics to be more interesting to the adults around him, years of pretending to care when he has never cared about a single other person a single day in his life.
What's the point of the deception now? What could he possibly have left to lose?]
Sharp as ever, Joker. Yes, that was me, though not initially what I presented you with upon joining you and your cohorts. [a beat, because Akechi will be as dramatic as possible, thank you.] I betrayed you shortly after, brought in the police to take you in for questioning before you could even leave Sae-san's Palace.
[For once in his life, Akechi does not even think about how his body tips forward towards Ren then from where he's still seated on the opposite end of the hot springs, almost eagerly.]
And after you were beaten and drugged and thoroughly interrogated, I ended our bitter rivalry by shooting you in the head. So, imagine my great vexation when I found you alive still some weeks later.