"You WHAT?!"
Lupin sank back into his chair a bit and gave a nervous laugh "Oh come on, it's a brilliant decision~! Think of it as us taking our business one step further! I don't know why I didn't think of it before!" he said, receiving another angry glare from the gunman sat opposite him at the table in their hide-out.
"Lupin, we didn't think of it before because starting a goddamn LOVE HOTEL isn't something thieves do!" Jigen snapped, slamming his fist against the table and making Lupin recoil a bit more in response.
He waved it off "Calm down, it's not that big of a deal! Besides, I'm going to be splitting the first month's profits between you and Goemon and Fujiko evenly and I'll leave myself out of it… how about that? First month it's all yours, Goemon's and Fujiko's pay!" Lupin said, as if that eased Jigen's distaste towards such a 'business venture'.
Frowning and sitting up straighter, Lupin pouted softly "Aww but come on, that's extremely generous of me to do! Think of all the money we'll be making! It'll be split between the three of you, leaving my cut out for a month! That's like… so much money that I could be getting and yet, I'm kindly giving it to you!"
"For what you're suggesting, Lupin, no amount of money could convince me to-"
"Not even for an entire month's supply of scotch?" Lupin asked, a twinkle in his eye as he placed down a bottle of the finest scotch he could get his hands on, smirking as he saw Jigen's eyes lay upon it and the cogs in his mind turning as he processed the decision before him.
'Is my dignity really worth an entire month of free scotch?' Jigen wondered, more so angry at the fact he was even swayed by such a proposition.
"Ah I see you considering it, well… come on… that scotch is just going to have to be returned to the store if you can't decide…" Lupin said, reaching for the scotch bottle only to have it vanish in an instant, seeing it in Jigen's hands and gaining a wide smirk that stretched from ear to ear.
Seeing Jigen tilt his hat to hide the shameful expression, Lupin knew he had his answer and rose to his feet with a sense of satisfaction, eager to get started on his business venture. "I trust I'll see you at the address then the day before opening, Jigen-chan?" he asked, lingering at the door with that smirk still ever present on his lips, tilting his head just to peek back at the gunman shamefully opening the bottle of scotch.
Raising the bottle as he gulped down a mouthful of it, Jigen paused as he assessed the quality of the scotch, scrunching his nose somewhat at Lupin. He nodded stiffly and that was enough for Lupin to laugh softly to himself and walk out, ready to get things going. This was going to be the best Love Hotel in all of Italy.