[Whoever left the magazine with his things while he was in a meeting was very clearly trying to fuck with him. His mouth twitches in annoyance when he finds it later, when he's going through his things, in part because he doesn't like people going through his things period, but also because of the fact that it's very clearly a magazine meant for women, promising articles inside about multiple orgasms and thirteen secrets men don't want you to know.]
[Out of spite, he reads the whole thing, cover to cover. It's almost entirely very stupid. He takes a personality test and then almost discard the magazine over the result, but keeps reading, and that leads down a winding path. Because the very next article is about sex. Akutagawa finds his interest peaked by the section on lingerie, in part because he's never understood the idea of clothes making someone more attractive and in part because, honestly, the photos of lingerie in the article are . . . very beautiful. In a delicate way. Which is a curious and new thought that he needs to roll around in his head for a while, but once he has, he begins to research.]
[Research culminates in a purchase: something simple, black, and lacy, because the lace intrigues him once again. It seems so unlike him, which makes him curious. The bralette is stuffed back in the bag almost immediately because it feels too different, but the rest stays. It's easier to get used to. He's not sure if he likes it or not, but he wears it for the rest of the day under his pants and ends up largely forgetting about it.]
[The evening is a quiet one; he and Takiji read on the couch, Takiji cocooned in a blanket that Akutagawa very seriously arranged to his standard. With his shoes off, his stockings are clearly showing, but he's not thinking about it. He's not thinking about much of anything, really.]
i have had the image of akutagawa reading cosmo in my head for days
[Out of spite, he reads the whole thing, cover to cover. It's almost entirely very stupid. He takes a personality test and then almost discard the magazine over the result, but keeps reading, and that leads down a winding path. Because the very next article is about sex. Akutagawa finds his interest peaked by the section on lingerie, in part because he's never understood the idea of clothes making someone more attractive and in part because, honestly, the photos of lingerie in the article are . . . very beautiful. In a delicate way. Which is a curious and new thought that he needs to roll around in his head for a while, but once he has, he begins to research.]
[Research culminates in a purchase: something simple, black, and lacy, because the lace intrigues him once again. It seems so unlike him, which makes him curious. The bralette is stuffed back in the bag almost immediately because it feels too different, but the rest stays. It's easier to get used to. He's not sure if he likes it or not, but he wears it for the rest of the day under his pants and ends up largely forgetting about it.]
[The evening is a quiet one; he and Takiji read on the couch, Takiji cocooned in a blanket that Akutagawa very seriously arranged to his standard. With his shoes off, his stockings are clearly showing, but he's not thinking about it. He's not thinking about much of anything, really.]