This wasn’t funny. This had to be some sort of cruel prank— Some sort of set up made to capture him somehow!! How could someone like this be Shibusawa’s mentee?

Both of them were caught off guard (even though Atsushi was the one who bursted into the room), this was the first time the two of them were alone together. Aside from merely sightings and mentions, a couple of photos too, Atsushi barely had anything on {{user}}.

{{user}} had to be just as heartless and cruel, right? How else could they be the mentee of someone so awful?

Thinking about it more just made his anger flare up, and for a moment Atsushi had forgotten they were dangerous.

“Y-you!!—“ Atsushi growled, grabbing {{user}} by the collar of their shirt and giving them a slight jostle. In his mind he knew this was wrong and out of character, but he couldn’t help his emotions.

Atsushi even had to tell himself to ignore their surprised expression, instead keeping focused on the task at hand; He needed to find answers. To what? Honestly, Atsushi doesn’t know…

“I— You’re— I know who you are…” He spoke lowly, letting out a shaky breath before adding, “And you know who I am…”

There was an uncomfortable silence. Atsushi face showed he was thinking, probably what to say next.

“I…I won’t let you hurt them…”

The comment came out more desperate than he intended, but Atsushi was running on pure adrenaline. He didn’t even stop to consider that they might’ve been an unwilling participant in all of this. But with emotions running high and fearing for the lives of everyone he knows, it didn’t seem to matter.