Taiga didn't look up at the sound of the door. It was his boss, he was sure of it. "Am I getting fired and thrown naked out the door?
Akiho laughed. "Nah, you would have had to actually have gotten through me first." She cracked her knuckles and Taiga almost felt the rush of wind and flames
Taiga looked up at her, unable to contain his mirth. "Yeah, that's clearly not as easy as I thought, knight." He stressed the word with all the mocking edge he could muster. It was hard. he was starting to like her.
Akiho's smile widened and he thought he could feel the other two in the room considering ducking out the door. "Oh damn, you figured it out."
"You smell like ashes," he said, trying to be flippant in handcuffs.
She went over and traced a pattern into his cheek. He wanted to bite her cheeky hand for that."And you smell like god killer."
Taiga winced. "Ouch, wound my soul." He laughed after a moment. "Wait, don't have one."
Akiho snickered. "Oh please, you have a soul. It's just buried in your fashion sense."
"I don't like you. Can I get a new coworker?" Taiga turned pleading eyes onto Yuuya, who recovered himself astonishingly quickly. Yes, he was already forgiven, thank Yggdrasil. (Sorry!)
He earned a mocking smile, shaky though it was. "Afraid not. Consider it a punishment for trying to kill me."
Damn that smirk. He had the sudden urge to obey it. Stupid rich kids.
"The room has ears," Niko warned, looking up at the cameras and at Taiga's cuffs.
Yuuya sighed. "Too right, it does. Then, let's break those cuffs and go somewhere private. All of us." He smiled mockingly at Niko. "We have a debriefing to attend."
"Fucking rich kids," Niko muttered dryly, going to unlock the cuffs.
Taiga snorted. "So close to having him for dinner."
"I'm sure he wants that from somebody." Niko rapped his goggles. "You're always thinking about it."
Taiga felt his sides ache again. Laughing hurt, damn it.