#qiali

Pairing: Arima/Sasaki Theme: books

Arima had always given Sasaki excellent book recommendations, so he decided to return the favor. After all, it seemed like the fair thing to do. The man had helped him through a lot, gave him books that he lost himself in when everything else felt like it was crumbling around him.

Given that he was busy with work and that most of what he did read was recommended to him by Arima, Sasaki wasn't sure how to find a book good enough to recommend to him. He knew that Arima's standards for books were high and he wouldn't risk recommending anything that would be subpar.

So he asked his squad.

Urie ignored him.

Saiko didn't hear him.

Mutsuki tried but couldn't come up with anything.

But Shirazu.

"Yeah, yeah! This one's great! I read it all the time!"

He'd even wrapped it and everything, handed it to a grateful Sasaki. He thanked him over and over, decided to put his entire trust in him. He knew Shirazu, knew that he wouldn't lie to him.

So without checking, he handed it to Arima, smiled, told him that a friend he trusted dearly recommended it to him himself. Arima gave a small smile and nodded, unwrapping it and...

"...Ah. I... thank you."

Meanwhile, somewhere else...

"Shit!"

Urie looked up. "What's wrong?"

Shirazu's face paled, holding up a novel with a plain cover and gold scripted writing. Urie stared; he only knew Shirazu to own literature in the form of porn--

"...You didn't--"