For the Praise Reiji Akaba Week 2k16

Note that this is not me trying to push the week into any specific date, but the plot bunnies visited me an demanded I wrote this, (What? No Nakajima prompt this must be corrected!)

Day 0 - Nakajima

When the people of Maiami City hear the name Leo Corporations or Leo Duel School, they no longer think of Leo Akaba, or maybe some do but even then its more in a passing thought than an actual memory, for that is the only thing he left behind.

No, the person in people's minds when they heard those words are: Reiji Akaba.

In turn there are many words that come to the minds of people when they hear his name: prodigy duelist, teen genius, youngest CEO in the story, named the most successful "under 25″ by the People Magazine -appropriately composed of 25 individuals all of them topped by the young heir -, the titles under his arms are already countless, some less …prestigious than others - Most sought after bachelor? Really? - Others simply obscure - possessor of bachelor and master's degree before turning 20 - yes the list goes on.

But there were other Nakajima was sure people would never dream to associate with him: introverted, kind, awkward, historical fiction enthusiast, domestic walking disaster, absent-minded, selfless…

Lonely, Guilt-ridden and full of regrets

Nakajima's mind often wanders off into trying to figuring out what his boss is thinking, that it's his job after all: always anticipate his orders, needs or thoughts; trying to figuring out his emotions was an inevitable byproduct of said habits.

There are little moments - more often seen when Reira is around - held gazes on old family photos, a motion taking a second too long to complete after someone name drops Leo Akaba or Yusho Sakaki, an order given with a different pitch, longing looks to groups of kids passing after school…

Does he muse over the lost lives of people he never knew existed? Over the inevitability of war? Does he regret not ever doing enough to minimize the damages? Nakajima can only imagine, feelings never spoken out loud, conversations that never took place… a family that no longer was.

And it may never had.

But is not the Nakajima's job to muse over that, Reiji Akaba does not need, and most likely wouldn't want his sympathy, so he can only do what he does best:

His job.