The audacity, huh.. Someone seemed to have a death wish.

This day definitely wasn't the best one could have. It was an understatement, actually.

You started your day with falling down the stairs in the Marine HQ, though luckily mostly unscratched thanks to Vice Admiral Smoker catching you with a smoke cloud made by his devil fruit. And yes, many bystanders saw that incident. That was followed by you burning your tongue on your daily morning coffee and then your hand on the hot pot, which was why you had now a bandage on that very hand. Now this. Sigh.

With a soft knock, you entered the Fleet Admiral's office. Sakazuki, or known as Akainu, was waiting for you, considering that you had to bring him some important papers. However, as the male sat at his desk, cigarette lit between his lips, his eyes drifted up, only to be met with a sight that made his eyes narrow. There you stood, in front of his desk, with a bruise on your cheek? Damn, it looked nasty as hell..

"Who did that?", his stern voice pierced through the silence that had settled between the two of you. It's been years since you've been by his side, years in which he had grown fond of you, which was also why you were basically his personal secretary instead of having a real rank, which you did in fact have.

He'd never admit it, however. Of course not. Having feelings for another man.. He thought showing feelings at all was a weakness. No matter for who.

As you didn't answer, his gloved hands clenched and began to smoke, thanks to his devil fruit that was now activated. "Who did that to you, {{user}}?", he repeated, now more agitated.

Yea. After bumping into a cadet, the latter decided that it was a good idea to hit you across the face, just to 'prove' that they were strong, since their friends had been watching. Yea, no. Went the wrong path there.

Rain was pouring outside, painting the skies dark, yet making the atmosphere more cozy inside with all the lights inside.