Lawyer AU.
.*Counterpoint*.
"I know what you're going to say." Kondo kept his attention trained to the shuffling of papers as he spoke, and decidedly not on Hijikata standing in silence before his desk. He flipped through the stack once more with his thumb, before sliding it into his briefcase and standing.
Adjusting his belt and then straightening out his suit, Kondo found it strange that Hijikata still hadn't voiced the same dispute which always arose with this particular subject. 'He's just being lazy and you're spoiling him,' was the typical response Hijikata hadn't given this time, but Kondo found himself replying anyway.
"You know that I can't say no...not when Souji asks me to help him with a case." His gaze sought out the cityscape, before he tapped the briefcase against the desk and nodded firmly. "I'll make it up to you later, Toshi, all right?"
As Kondo began a purposeful, swift stride past Hijikata, a hand shot out and grabbed his arm, stilling him.
"Kondo-san..." Hijikata breathed, and then turned so his lips fell against his ear. "Objection."
It appeared...Hijikata had changed his method of presenting his argument on this particular subject, and Kondo found himself strangely at a loss to counter it—at least not when his partner's body was purposefully pressed against his own like this.
He inhaled sharply. When the counterpoint was given like this, well... It made Kondo pause long enough to consider that perhaps Souji hadn't been in such dire need for his assistance after all.