Another sip of hot cocoa later, and Akutagawa nods. "Lead the way," he requests, ready to follow Claudia when she starts walking. It will take him a little while -- but not long -- to learn to navigate easily through Duplicity again.
The air is getting chillier the closer to night it gets, somehow growing colder than it already had been. Akutagawa can see his breath as they walk, squeezing the cup he's holding to at least warm his hands. The more he drinks, however, the more a strange warmth creeps up on him. He recognizes the feeling easily by now, but he has no intention of inconveniencing Claudia.
He's relieved a little when she speaks of quota. His relationship with sex is complicated. Before Duplicity, he'd avoided it entirely, seeing it as a needless distraction to his job. Now, it's a necessity and something that can no longer be ignored. He doesn't hate sex by any means, but it's strange to suddenly have it at the forefront of everything. When Akutagawa's concern has only ever been strength and killing to show strength, sex is a new aspect of life entirely. He'd gotten more accustomed to it with his previous Dominant, but now, it felt like he's back to square one with everything.
"It's a task to take care of and nothing more," he agrees quietly, finding himself growing more uncomfortable with the topic the more the hot cocoa affects him. Ah, why is it suddenly so hot out here?
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The air is getting chillier the closer to night it gets, somehow growing colder than it already had been. Akutagawa can see his breath as they walk, squeezing the cup he's holding to at least warm his hands. The more he drinks, however, the more a strange warmth creeps up on him. He recognizes the feeling easily by now, but he has no intention of inconveniencing Claudia.
He's relieved a little when she speaks of quota. His relationship with sex is complicated. Before Duplicity, he'd avoided it entirely, seeing it as a needless distraction to his job. Now, it's a necessity and something that can no longer be ignored. He doesn't hate sex by any means, but it's strange to suddenly have it at the forefront of everything. When Akutagawa's concern has only ever been strength and killing to show strength, sex is a new aspect of life entirely. He'd gotten more accustomed to it with his previous Dominant, but now, it felt like he's back to square one with everything.
"It's a task to take care of and nothing more," he agrees quietly, finding himself growing more uncomfortable with the topic the more the hot cocoa affects him. Ah, why is it suddenly so hot out here?