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Shinkane Week 2022 Day 1

I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to return to the youkai AU, and the “charity” prompt gave me the inspiration! Up on FF.net and AO3!

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“Once again, as a reminder, please avoid areas of flooding. Please secure your belongings and stay away from the windows of your residence.” The radio announcer’s voice faded in the background, as Akane walked through the room. Flashlight, batteries, water bottles. She ran her mind through the supplies again, trying to calm her nerves. This certainly wasn’t the first typhoon she’d experienced, but she was alone, in Obaa-chan’s house. A sudden gust of wind tossed the chimes over the porch, and her attention was drawn to the forest stretching beyond.

I wonder how Kougami-san and the other youkai are doing.

The last time she’d seen any of them was three nights ago, before the storm had shifted direction. Kagari had cracked jokes that raised Ginoza’s hackles, though Akane laughed anyway. And Kougami had devoured every bite of the manju offering, tongue slowly running over his teeth afterwards. Despite herself, she blushed at the memory.

A loud boom of thunder made her jump, and she spared another look to the dark treeline. Then, branches snapped and gave way, a large shadow springing out. The dark wolf form was instantly recognizable. Kougami paced about, ears pricking up when she opened the door.

Shinkane Week 2022 Day 3

The “pride” prompt immediately brought samurai to mind, because I do have a soft spot for this Sengoku era AU.

In Discreet

Kougami knew she was waiting.

He placed the inkbrush in its ceramic dish, sensing her gaze on his back. She was far too courteous to inquire, but he could see it in her face every time. The letters, the whispered conversations, the sharpening of his katana. Anyone would be suspicious of a husband’s strange behavior, and over the past month, she’d borne the rumors with unwavering patience.

He lit his pipe, the kizami searing the inside of his mouth. “It’s late.”

“Yes, and so, you should come to bed too.” She lightly replied.

“Go ahead first. I’ll be there soon.”

He expected her to withdraw, as she had the other nights. Empty victories, all of them. But he was wrong, a heavy blanket settling upon his shoulders, and when he looked up, it was into Akane’s eyes. His wife of half a year. Brave, dutiful, kind, and more than he deserved. Her soft hands remained, and he reached to cover them with his own.

“Can we continue our shogi game for a little while? Three turns each?”

She was a deft negotiator, and he couldn’t deny her. “Ah. Acceptable terms.”

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Psycho-Pass Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kougami Shinya/Tsunemori Akane Characters: Kougami Shinya, Tsunemori Akane, Karanomori Shion Additional Tags: Shinkane Week day 2: Diligence and Sloth, exploration of feelings??, shion is the big sister we all need Summary:

he’s chasing her and she’s slowly meeting him halfway.

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For Shinkane Week 2022 Day 2: Diligence/Sloth.

Twitter cross-post can be found here.

Shinkane Week 2022 Day 5

I’d like to say I started shipping them when she shot him or when he talked to her from his hospital bed, but I didn’t. I started shipping them from their first scene together. For the “wrath” prompt!

Turbulent

Ozone and rain.

The Enforcers emerged from the paddy wagon, while Akane hurriedly donned her new jacket. He was the last to step under the temporary shelter, his posture taut and already facing the closest alley. She glimpsed unruly dark hair, a fur-lined collar, and broad shoulders. A stoic side profile, or maybe, ‘brooding’ was the better word. He didn’t meet anyone else’s eyes, completely focused on obtaining the Dominator. But his eyes weren’t eager, the blue glow surging briefly, and he spoke of the case in blunt terms of hunting prey.

Her gaze tracked him, as he walked to the perimeter with clear intent. Kougami Shinya. Her first impression wasn’t of a leashed hound, but a wolf that only accepted to be tamed for the time being.

In the coming weeks, she’d realize how true it was. With every new piece of information she learned, it explained his demeanor. Simmering rage, just barely concealed under a veneer of self-discipline. Everything he did was in pursuit of his target. His quest for revenge was anger distilled, at Makishima, the system that allowed him to slip away, and towards Kougami himself.

And despite the warnings, she was unable to stay away.

***

Dust and cigarette smoke.

Adrenaline still buzzed beneath her skin; she redirected the frantic need to move, pulling on the shirt loaned to her. She stole glances at the owner. After four years, Kougami was tanned and more muscular. He’d always been the type to appear thinner with clothes on, but now, that strength was uncontained.

He drove on, turning a corner. “The group is based in one of the abandoned ruins. We have food, water, medicine. Cigarettes are practically currency. We turn the lights off at night, for safety.”

“Have you gotten into many fights?” A faint white line ran down his jawline. She didn’t remember it.

“Plenty. More than I can recall. I can share them with you later.” The car hit a bump. “Sorry.”

“No, it’s alright.” She looked behind. The dirt path was free of drones, the lush trees framing either side. Towards the horizon, a gray haze remained. Another distant boom resounded, and her heart sank.

“Almost there.” He reassured, voice steady.

In this brutal place vastly different from home, Kougami didn’t flinch. He seemed perfectly accustomed. She should’ve been frustrated, appalled, saddened. Even so, all she felt was overwhelming relief that he was alive.

***

Ironwork and warm lights.

She was surprised at how spacious an Enforcer’s quarters were, and compared to her prison, it was a definite upgrade. Her belongings had been moved in quickly, especially with the help she received. “Thank you, again. This isn’t bad, I’ll get to experience how you lived.”

However, Kougami hadn’t budged from the couch, hands interlocked in that familiar pose of deep thought. “I still don’t like that you’re an Enforcer. Statutory or not, it’s the same.”

Akane stood over him, gently caressing his tense shoulders. “I’ll continue investigating, just in a different way. The foxes are out there.”

“Yes, and I won’t stop until every one is arrested. You suffered in that underground cell, and they need to pay.” His tone was foreboding, a dark promise.

After all these years, his default coping mechanism hadn’t changed. She sighed, and buried her lips against the top of his head, amidst the new gray visible. “Will you stay for dinner?”

“Of course.” He brought her in for a kiss, with a searing intensity only he could deliver. His wrath was a reckless beast, but it was fighting for her sake this time, and for once, she couldn’t protest.

Akane

I'm not in love with Kougami Shinya

Tsunemori~ 💖

She used to be so lovely back in season 1!! 🥺💖💖💖

Bonus:

Kougami

I'm not taking information about Kanshikan's sentimental status

Shinya~ 💖

This is a translation of one of the extra chapters from vol.2 of the PP3 manga, featuring the MFA.

I hope you enjoy this short extra 😊

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(Gino the Cafe drove me to do this 😅 I apologize for any mistakes made)

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“I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.”

— Greta Garbo (via quotemadness)

Shinkane Week Day 7: Of Bourbon and Wine (Free Day)

Can also be read on AO3!

Rating: T

Fandom: Psycho-Pass

Pairing: Shinkane (Kogami/Akane)

Characters: Akane Tsunemori, Shinya Kogami, Shion Karanomori

Summary: A rare night off finds Akane and Kogami at the same bar, where stories shared between old friends give way to dormant desires.  

A/N: Author’s notes can be read on AO3.

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God, so sweet, love it for sure

Shinkane Week 2021 Day 5

For the “arranged marriage” prompt, I went for the Sengoku era.

In Place

Akane hoped that at the very least, he would be kind.

She set her mirror down, unable to look at her reflection any longer. The heavy embroidered robes, the cosmetics on her face, her hair hidden away under white silk. The guilt in her eyes.

Yuki had been the charming one, the one who was supposed to marry a general aligned with their closest neighbor. She had cheerfully shown her wedding garments to Akane during her last visit, that she had only met her betrothed once but liked him immensely and he had been pleased with her in turn. It seemed a fitting fate for Yuki, who wanted nothing more than to have a happy marriage.

Then, Sasayama Mitsuru had died on the battlefield.

The news had been delivered, along with the fact that the engagement would now be with a different general instead. Yuki had fainted and then grew feverish. It was believed that she had been weakened by the sudden upheaval of events, it was too much for her frail spirit to bear. But whatever the truth was, it would forever remain a mystery. Her dear cousin was gone too quickly, in the span of a night that left Akane numb and paralyzed.

At the funeral, she learned that the wedding would be occurring anyway. With her, in place of Yuki. She barely registered anything after that. The sewing alterations, the packing of her belongings, the trousseau moved to her room, that would only remain so for another two weeks.

Most of the ceremony passed in a blur. She kept her eyes downcast, sensing that her new husband was taller than she was and catching the aroma of kizami when he moved. He must have smoked the shredded tobacco, and she racked her mind for what else she knew about him. He was a little younger than Sasayama had been, but he had already cultivated a favorable reputation. Had he ever met with Yuki?

She glanced up at him, and though she didn’t recognize his handsome features, she couldn’t complain. His expression was stoic, serious. Then, his gaze slid to her, and she immediately turned back to the proceedings. She was much more aware of her surroundings, than she had been since Yuki’s death.

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Anonymous asked:

What do you think dates would look for Ko and Akane? Would they go on them? How do you think they'd spend their time together?

yep, yep! here’s a scenario...

8PM: she contemplates sleeping over at the office tonight but decides against it. she wants her bed. thank god mika allowed her an apartment outside of hq. she needs some distance but that means having to go back there when she’s bone tired. ugh why haven’t they made teleportation technology yet and why does it—oh, hey there.

8:03PM: kou doesn’t say he’s been waiting for some time by the entrance even though she can read it off him and he probably knows that she knows—anyway. he offers to drive.

8:19PM-8:40PM: they just stay in the car talking and forgetting that they’ve already arrived at her place. they’re not gossiping about their colleagues. this is just...intel.

8:41PM: akane asks him if he wants to come up because she’s spent a long time already knowing what she wants. kou agrees because so has he.

8:45-9:30PM: they make something cheap and fast as a late night dinner as they talk easily. the easiest conversation she’s ever had. this is so weird, akane thinks and her cheeks hurt from laughing so much.

9:40PM: she brings out her good sake. she offhandedly mentions that she drunk kagari under the table and kou calls bullshit. akane’s competitive spirit flares.

9:41PM-10:25PM: this is a bad idea. to be fair, she didn’t put any actual money into the bet. she doesn’t even know what the stakes are. kou’s a worthy opponent to no one’s surprise and he wins by an edge. she tells him it’s only because of his body weight and kou drunkenly accuses her of calling him fat. he makes a frank mention that it’s all muscle weight. this is as close to preening as akane has witnessed him doing and she thinks it is the funniest thing ever. anyway they are SLOSHED.

10:42PM: akane is snort giggling talking about some stupid passage from a book she read a week ago and it’s not even funny but that’s not why she stops laughing. a whole dimension could be built in the space between them as he watches her. she knows this routine, because this is what half their conversation is built on. a shared look, a weighted silence. a whole dictionary could be filled from the different meanings of how their glances touch each other and what it must be like to—

10:43PM-5:55AM: ??????

6AM: Wanted to wake you to say goodbye but I didn’t want to risk your wrath if I woke you up. You sass me enough as is. I can see you frowning just reading this. If you’re still annoyed, feel free to glower at me at the meeting later today. I’ll be attending.

she’s not frowning at all. she carries the folded note in her pants pocket. just because.

7:30AM: he looks all business from across the table. she gives him a little glare she doesn’t mean, and yes, there it is. a crack. a hint of a smile.

9AM: kou messages her nonchalantly to confirm if she’s free tonight at 6:30PM? akane nonchalantly says yes. good, he’ll pick her up.

9:05AM-4:29PM: working, NOT fretting

4:30-6PM: akane comes home, gets ready aka showers, shaves (all over), does her makeup, and switches between three outfits before deciding on none of them.

6:15PM: kou picks her up. he looks good. he always looks good. is that cologne? akane resists the urge to climb him.

“you look good. you always look good.” did he read her mind? oh wait, he’s talking about her.

6:30PM: driving. why are night car rides so audibly quiet?

“so...do you remember what else happened last night?”

kou doesn’t look away from the road. “only a little. we talked. played some poker then you passed out with your mouth open.”

“hey.”

she can’t tell whether she’s disappointed or relieved. kou must know because his mouth is a little sly.

“were you disappointed because you expected something else?”

“no,” akane sighs, pretends to be aggrieved. “i’m only disappointed that you won the bet.”

“mhmm.”

“besides, if i was expecting anything else, i’d make sure you remembered all of it.”

kou doesn’t say anything but the whites of his knuckles as he grips on the steering wheel are rather telling.

11:19PM: she kisses him goodnight on the cheek in the lobby. they have an early day tomorrow.

“training tomorrow: same time, same place?”

the next day, same time, same place: kou looks up from his comm for a brief second and does a double take at her rather fitting exercise clothes, the most dangerous thing she has in her holo closet.

kou has his moments of subtlety. this is not one of them.

6:10-7:30PM: sparring in the training room. it really is all business here.

8PM: routine dinner, routine talk, akane hasn’t bothered to change. they’re on his couch. she’s babbling about the drones she’s been tasked to oversee and munching on rice with little grace and kou is half-listening, trying to be good, trying not to look at the sliver of skin between her top and shorts.

8:05PM: “oh, fuck it.”

he pulls her to him by the waist, causing her to sprawl inelegantly on his lap, and tells her very seriously, “do you want this to happen?”

she blinks before regarding him with an unimpressed look. “is that an actual ques—”

8:07PM: kou has a little trouble getting his shirt off his head and akane has to help him, giggling the entire time.

8:10PM-??: she stops giggling for awhile.

???? (in the space between wakefulness and sleep): she jolts and the panic of her dreams has her fumbling for an anchor. belatedly, she realizes his arm around her waist.

at her ear, raspy with sleep, “here. i’m here, akane.”

she turns in his arms to face him, burrowing her nose onto his bare chest.

grief shouldn’t feel this sweet.

morning, some time: “you’re still here.”

“and i made breakfast.”

she hugs him from behind as he tends to the pan.

“how long are you staying?”

she meant the question for just this day.

“as long as you’ll have me.”

and he meant the answer for the rest of it.

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Oh God, my heart, this is so so gooddd

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The baby fusses, warbles out something soft like a bird. Kougami adjusts, his face and movements calm as still water. However, Akane senses a hint of anxiety in how he moves his hands where the blanket covers the baby’s skin. She’s never begrudged his callouses and scars even if he and the baby might think differently. Behind them, Yayoi sleeps, as spent as the girl she brought in this morning.

Shion is making a great deal of amusement at his caution, which ordinarily would merit at least an eye roll from Kougami but he probably knows that she’s at her wits’ end anxious and is hiding it with a veneer of humor. Besides, his eyes are locked too firmly on the now dozing little girl in his arms to pay much attention to anything else. Soon enough, when Shion decides that he’s not going to drop her daughter any time soon, he retreats to the corner chair in the hospital room where Akane is perched.

“She’s beautiful,” she whispers. Akane can’t help but slide a finger on little Mayumi’s cheek, filled to the brim with affection and wonder she didn’t know she was capable of harnessing for someone she just met.

“Newborns are tinier than I thought.”

She breathes a laugh. “I just can’t believe she’s finally here.”

“Do you want to hold her?” he offers, moving closer.

Self-conscious as she is, Akane doesn’t hesitate to hold out her arms. He counsels her on how to secure Mayumi’s head and how to position herself, a teacher already in a lesson he learned five minutes ago.

Akane is completely enraptured. Mayumi looks as pudgy and as bald as all babies must be but Akane can’t help but think that she’s probably the best looking out of the whole bunch. But she won’t confess to bias even if she is her godmother after all. Mayumi’s eyes blink open and Akane can’t see Yayoi in her features, but the child seems to regard up at her like a slightly annoyed old woman having been disturbed from her nap and she can’t help a small laugh at that.

“Hello, little girl. I can’t wait to spoil you and have your mothers yell at me for being a bad influence.”

“Seems like that’d be my job,” he notes, his tone dry but laced with affection. He must be as in love with her as I am, Akane muses as she looks up at him.

But he’s not watching the baby. He’s watching her.

“What?” she asks, confused.

He takes a moment’s pause as if contemplating something before his mouth softens into a half-smile.

“Nothing. It’s just—she suits you. That’s all.”

Akane looks down at the child, who seems to return her knowing and amused stare. “She suits you, too.”

For the sake of fic god- this is wonderful

A bit change in order of the events in Gekijouban. What would happen if Akane was also kidnapped with Kougami?

Inside the abandoned chapel,the air was damp and smelly. It was already past sunset, the base of the enemy was enlighetened with dim lights. At the center of the chapel, six bodies were present.

“No! NO!” A desperation mixed furious voice escaped from Kogami’s sore throat. A man with a quite bulky appearence, started to walk towards Akane. Kogami tried to rise on his feet but the chains around his wrists were pulled instantly to sides once he moved. He grunted through his teeth, tasting the metalic taste of his blood in his mouth. He was bleeding, almost everywhere. His black shirt was shattered, half of it was hanging from his abdomen to the ground. On his bare skin you could see the whip wounds as well as small yet good amount of blade cuts. He was chained through his wrists, his arms were forcefully hanged to his sides by a blonde woman and a midget man. They once again pulled his arms to warn him to behave. Pain was everywhere. He had a high tolarence of pain yet he just wanted to whine, laying on the cold stone floor. But he knew he couldnt. Because-

“Fuck off!” Kougami, once again cursed when he heard Akane’s distressed voice. His blurry vision focused once again on her. The bulky short haired blonde man was now next to her, grabbing her arms over her head, he sat on her waist.

“Looking at him, maybe we should have called him “Target Romeo” instead of Delta, hmm?” said the black man with a whip in his hands. For a second Kogami didnt hear him as he was too busy worrying about Akane at that moment. He hissed, rose on his knees. He grabbed the chains with his palms, pulling them forward. The men who was handling his chains were caught off of guard so they tripped one or two steps, allowing him to have a step forward. It was enough for him to face the bastard. Their leader, with a bionic arm and leg was nowhere to be seen. Instead of him another man of his, with a basic black shirt and trousers but striking red hair , was carrying out their torture session. He startled when beaten up Kougami got closer. With a calm yet bloodthirsty whisper, Kougami looked directly into their torturer’s eyes.

“If you touch her one more time,” he narrowed his eyes, continued with his stone cold voice. “ I will tear you apart limb by limb with my own teeth.

Everyone in the room halt for a second.

Red haired man was the first to break away from the hostile threat of his. He gulped down, smirked eagerly.

“Not before i tear you apart, you rice-rat.” Just as he finished his sentence, his whip found Kougami’s face. With a sudden pain he kneeled down once again, gasping for air.

“Kougami! Get the fuck off me right now!” Akane saw the moment whip hitting his face. She was also tortured, kicked, punched, even stripped halfway from her clothes. She had only her cargo pants and bra on, her torso fully naked. But nothing hurted as much as seeing him suffering in front of her, more than her. She felt the furious tears coming to her eyes but instead she growled behind her throat, facing the man who was on her stomach. Short haired blonde man was gazing upon her,as if she was a meal he was about to enjoy. She frowned with rage. “Get of me!” hissed. Who was sitting on her was a very muscular man with bionic limbs over his chest and shoulders, twice--no, triple size of her. She realized taking a breath got harder every second. But she didnt care about it, her only thoughts were about how to kick this prick’s ass as soon as possible. She heard some chain clatters but couldnt turn her head as the guy grabbed her chin with a force. “You are one wild cat, arent you?” His disgusting giggling almost made Akane throw up, but she had nothing in her stomach to do so. So she spitted on his face instead.

“Free me and i will show you what kind of cat i am, you idiot!” she threated him but only got another laugh as a response. Fingers around her chin squeezed her skin more.

“I now see why he is favoring you, kitty. Its much more fun when your partner is wild and reluctant as you are.” The bulky guy, suddenly grabbed her left breast with his free hand. Akane, flinched with the sudden touch but didnt make any sounds, only frowning more. He leaned forward, more of his weight crushing her. His face was so close that she could smell the alcohol from his stinky breath. Akane heard a sudden gasping from her left and looked towards it. Only to catch Kogami’s gaze with hers. She felt shivers on every part of her body. Not because the touch on her skin, but the look in his eyes. His usual bright blue shines were nowhere to be seen. A fresh red wound was over his right forehead to end of his right cheek, covering his agonized expression. His gaze was now pitch black, reminding her a black hole. The monster inside him was already ready to take the control. She almost saw the image of a hellhound. Kogami, didnt- couldnt hold himself anymore, with a exhale, he released the creature inside of him.

A loud thud and one painful scream.

These were the only things Akane could hear when her face once again forcefully pulled back as the guy was kissing, nimping her bare neck now.

Everything happened in seconds.

Kougami, now more different than his usual self, more brutal, grabbed the chain in his right palm and pulled with a sudden inhumanly power, breaking the steel. The woman who was holding the chain fell on the floor but no one cared about her at that moment, since Kougami was already attacking the man in front of him. His right hand, chain still hanging on his wrist, grabbed the neck of the red haired man who was smirking. With a hoarse growl under his breath, he cracked his neck bone as he closed his grasp over him. Man’s body went limp, the smirk still on his lips. Well, he didnt find time to change his expression. Kougami opened his fingers to drop the corpse in his hand. He remembered the second guy who was holding the chain on his left arm when his arm pulled backwards. But Kougami didnt move an inch, only aimed for the guy who was still on Akane. Swinging his right arm back, he threw the broken chain in his right hand to forward. Chain, as his plan, found its aim, tangled around the bulky guy’s neck like a snake as Kougami grabbed the steel and pulled him back. The blonde guy, with shock and confusion, reached to his choked throat with both of his hands, releasing Akane. Making the biggest mistake. Akane without spending a second rose up halfly with her torso and punched the adam apple’s of the guy’s, just over the chains.

She felt the crack before hearing it.

First his eyes shutted down then his body went unconscious over her. But this time Akane pulled herself to left, saving herself from getting crushed by his massive shape. The chain over the laying man was fiercely pulled back again, only then she hurried and pulled her legs from the weight of him. She quickly stood up, turning to Kougami’s side. He was being dragged on the floor as the woman who fell before also started to pull the chain attached to his left arm. Akane panickly turned back to the body of the bulky man, she grabbed the dagger which was placed on the belt of his right leg, then dashed towards the enemy.

Kougami was on his knees and right hand, but another strong pull made him fell on his left side. His bare chest scraped over the rough stone floor. He felt his skin peeled. With a sour whine he blinked. Just before of his blinking, Kougami saw a glance of a brunette hair although his blood was blocking his sight. Akane, reached to the attackers. Woman dropped her grip of the chains and reached over Akane. But she squated down, attacking from low ground, she stabbed her side, near to her kidney. Blonde woman grunted with immerse pain and doubled over, yet Akane saw the odd smile on her face. With a shiver on her spine Akane elbowed her face before turning over the other guy, leaving the dagger on the woman’s body . As she lifted her head to right she was startled when she found a chilly feeling of the metal, now a gun was on her forehead.

“Stop right now! Kneel!” shouted the short, ponytailed man. She could see his hesitation, even in his prosthetic yellow eyeball.

Akane sighed, gave him a bold look.

“You are not even holding the handgrip right.”

The guy, one hand on Kogami’s chain other holding a gun to her, frowned with confusion. And this moment was the moment she was yearning for.

She quickly hit the inside of his gun holding wrist and with a twist she took the gun from his hand, now aiming his head with a stable aim.

“Loose the chain. Now.” She hissed with a wrathful expression on her. Her finger tensed on the trigger.

Short man instantly dropped the chain that he was holding and without even looking his back started to run with gasps.

Not until he disappeared into the darkness of the corridor in front of them Akane relieved. But she immediately tensed up again, turned to her behind. Kougami was laying on the ground, facedown, seemed to be unconsicous.

She panicked and reached to his body in a couple of steps. She glided on her knees next to him on the ground, carefully turning him to his back. His left arm was reaching backwards on the ground, as she carefully grabbed his arm bringing to his side.

“Kougami?” a shaky voice called his name.

She didnt get a response.

All those years as a detective, all those corpses or the murder scenes she saw, nothing made her lose her cool, not completely at least.

But now, she felt her heart stopped. All the blood in her veins, turned into ice.

Kougami!” She gasped with a dying scream, holding his face between her palms. He was cold. So cold. Or was it her fingers? She couldnt tell the diferrence as the panic spreaded over her body more each second. She slicked his bloody damp hair aside, tried to open his eyes. But they shutted down once she stoped touching his eyelids.

Her hands started to tremble, moving around his limp, wounded body. She felt the bruises, semi healed wounds, open and still bleeding cuts.... there was so much blood, so much... while her fear grew bigger inside her own chest, she remembered her first-aid lessons as she leaned over his teared shirt to listen his heartbeats. Just the second agter she put her left ear on his heart, Kougami coughed harshly, shaking her head. Akane quickly pulled her head back and leaned over his face.

“Kougami?! Kougami, can you hear me? Kouga-“

“Stop screaming for a second, please.” He whispered with his dry chapped lips, voice hoarse. His eyes were still closed but a second later they opened slowly. A grayish blue flames showed themselves under the yellow dim lights. His gaze went over her as far as they can, since he couldnt even move his head.

“Are you okay? Do you have any wounds? Where are they- UGH!” She slammed him down when he desperately tried to rise on his elbow.

“For fucks sake, stay down. Oh my god,” she cursed between her sobs. Wiped her own tears to see him clearer, as she was only looking a distorted vision of him a second ago because of the burning tears in her eyes. Kougami knew it was serious, if she was cursing.

“Are you in pain?” He asked softly. Akane looked at his eyes. She saw the pure worry inside of them.

“You are the one who was laying dead just a second ago, dont you dare ask me if i am in pain. Of course i am,” She sobbed once more trying to block the unstoppable tears. She leaned over his face, her forehead on his.

“Please, dont, dont ever do that again.”

Kougami wanted to tease her with a joke but tiredness was stronger. He only sighed to her lips. “I am okay now. Calm down. See?” His trembling right hand placed on her left hand, grabbing his face. As he moved his arm the chains tied to his wrist jangled.

“To be fair, i would much rather have the chains in the bedroom.” No matter how tired, Kougami was Kougami at the end. Akane snorted a small giggle, growing into a real laugh. When he heard her cracked laugh his lips also carved into a grin.

Akane leaned back to look his face properly, did a damage control. Except the whip wound on his face, everything was intact. His right eye was red with blood but it was also responding to her moves, meaning it was okay. She carressed his cheek slightly. “Thank you.”

Kougami leaned over her small palm, silently.

“You did all the job, i was tied down.” He opened his eyes, frowning, was obviously recalling the time when Akane was under that guy minutes ago. “ I should have skinned them alive-“

Akane, silencing him with her thumb on his lips, leaned and put her head on his chest again. Finding peace with his heartbeats. She closed her teary eyes, feeling his hand gently stroking the crown of her head.

‘’What it is in your small head, hmm?’’ asked Kougami.

With a sudden chilly wind, her short hair slicked back of her face. Akane slowly opened her eyes as she smelled the salty damp air of the ocean.

Her gaze met with the softest orange colored sunset of the beach where they were laying on a lounge chair, together.

As she tried to fathom the abrupt change of the scenery, she blinked once or twice. Her head was still on his chest. She could hear the steady heartbeats under his broad ribcage. She softly turned her head back to other side, placing her left ear on his chest. She encountered with his beauty, lighten with the mild sunset sunshine. His usual sharp features were now gentle than ever. Without realizing she reached over his cheek to caress his face. Kougami, leaned over her almost ghostly palm. He frowned, fixing his ocean gray irises on her caramel ones.

Akane only smiled as a response.

Thats was all a memory huh, she thought to herself.

Over their kidnapping, a year had passed. A year was a short period of time but the changes were severe on their life. He was now back in Japan, working for Foreign affairs. He had to travel a lot, as expected. And one of those travels turned out to be a good chance as a vacation for them. So here they were on a famous beach yet rather quiet one at the moment, cuddling as the sun was leaving the horizon for the moon to lighten the night.

She knew he was important to her. But that day, when he was lying half-dead in front of her, in her palms; she learnt he was essential to her, like every breathe she took.

She didnt want the world to turn without him.

She didnt want the sun to burn without him.

And most importantly, she didnt want to live a life without him.

Akane put her left palm on his chest, taking a slight boost from his strong muscles, she lifted her head. Now eye to eye, she let her smile get bigger. The whip wound on the right side of his face was almost gone.

‘’Uhm, nothing, just some memories.’’ She whispered, eyes falling down to his lips.

Kougami relaxed his eyebrows, completely letting himself vulnerable in her presence. He always knew the possibility that she could also get nightmares like him, or visions. And he knew it was not some bright memories she recollected a while ago, in his embrace, shaking subtly. He slowly turned his face to the left only to give a small kiss on her palm.

‘’I suggest you to stay in the moment, inspector.’’ He chuckled as Akane frowned lightly.

‘’ I am not one anymore,’’ referring the change in her title by the Sibyl system’s decision.

‘’ You are always one for me.’’ Said Kougami, fixing his eyes on her. He grinned when she got the meaning behind his sentence.

Clever girl, as always.

Another ocean breeze rushed through their embraced bodies, urging Kougami to cover his book holding hand over her back, gazing towards the horizon.

I cant judge her though, everything feels like a distant dream, he thought to himself. Her softness against his firm body, fair scent of her shampoo and salty ocean, complete calm and peace..

These were not the words or moments he kept in his mind so often. Yet, he decided to burn this moment to back of his eyelids. Like he had done to all the times he shared with her.

‘’ Didnt know you could be so poetic,’’ her voice pulled his eyes to herself again. One word from her lips could make him burn the world, destroy everything in sight. But instead, that one word happened to have more affect than any other, holding his ice cold heart with the warmest hug. ‘’Shinya.’’

Next thing he knew, he was already leaning forward to catch her lips like she did to his heart.

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Here goes second attempt of me writing a lovely-dovely Shinkane, i hope you guy can enjoy now imma yeet myself to outer space byEEE

Anonymous asked:

How do you think Shinkane would be in a relationship and do you think they'd keep it a secret or would they flirt openly?

I don’t think they’d flirt openly but I also don’t think they’d keep it a secret. As it is, I feel like most of the characters already know--or at least, those who’ve known them both and how they are together--that they have something going on. They may not be together romantically [yet], but Gino, Shion, etc. are aware that they have a special connection and they do seem to realize that at least on Akane’s side it’s romantic in nature. Kagari’s teasing her and asking if she was in love with him wasn’t out of nowhere, either.

People can’t keep relationships secret even when they aren’t surrounded by detectives, psychologists, and analysts. As subtle as Ko and Akane tend to be with those things, I actually think the reality of them being together would be pretty loud.

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