Day 2: Corruption / Masks / [Games]
Chapter Summary: Akira plays a game.
This is a game, Akira thinks.
The outings, the phone calls, the shared jokes that leave Morgana baffled… They don't mean anything. There's no authenticity behind Akechi's actions, despite Akira reciprocating with genuineness because that's who he is. If the "Black Mask" doesn't murder him, surely someone else who can manipulate him will.
Yet the way Akechi grins tells a different story. The smile, almost a smirk really, is different from the ones on TV, hidden almost completely behind his coffee cup like an unkept secret. And like a fool, Akira finds himself pleading that what they have is real.