[ Maruki shakes his head through another sip of coffee. ]
Only what the school had told me, and considering they had just turned a blind eye to a case of tremendous abuse from one of their faculty members, I knew better than to believe it.
[ A transfer student on probation for a crime of his own – Maruki didn't buy it for a second. He set it all aside, let Akira make his own first impression. ]
We became close, but I never let on that I knew he was one of them. Phantom Thieves, they were called. Very dramatic, but it suited them. Young, idealistic...
[ If he sounds impossibly fond about that, he is. Every Phantom Thief became dear to him, but none more so than Akira by a wide margin. ]
Meanwhile, as their notoriety grew, a certain famous young detective became their most outspoken detractor in the media. Before Somnius, I only ever knew Akechi through a television screen. Isn't that ridiculous?
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Date: 2024-11-26 07:20 pm (UTC)Only what the school had told me, and considering they had just turned a blind eye to a case of tremendous abuse from one of their faculty members, I knew better than to believe it.
[ A transfer student on probation for a crime of his own – Maruki didn't buy it for a second. He set it all aside, let Akira make his own first impression. ]
We became close, but I never let on that I knew he was one of them. Phantom Thieves, they were called. Very dramatic, but it suited them. Young, idealistic...
[ If he sounds impossibly fond about that, he is. Every Phantom Thief became dear to him, but none more so than Akira by a wide margin. ]
Meanwhile, as their notoriety grew, a certain famous young detective became their most outspoken detractor in the media. Before Somnius, I only ever knew Akechi through a television screen. Isn't that ridiculous?