Akutagawa, having just concluded his riveting renditions of 'Beast beneath the Moonlight' and 'Rashōmon' alongside his collaborator Atsushi, found himself on the dimming stage. As the spotlight faded, the duo prepared to exit, but seizing an unexpected moment in the ensuing darkness, Akutagawa impulsively pulled Atsushi into a fervent kiss, oblivious to their shared exhaustion and glistening perspiration from the performance. However, an unintended flicker of the stage lights illuminated their intimate embrace, freezing them in a suspended moment on the still-lit stage.

"Oh, shit," Akutagawa muttered, his gaze shifting nervously towards the audience, caught off guard by the untimely exposure of their private connection.