~answers, avoiding Capitano's gaze and barely able to hold Neuvillette's now.

...were they... concerned about the fact that the two of them were dating?

"...why?"

Ajax shrinks in his seat the moment Capitano calls him out, eyeing him like he's already swarming with guilt for even considering trying to skirt around the question.

He sighs, hanging his head for a moment before awkwardly rubbing at his neck beneath his scarf.

"I... y-yeah, I... yes, sir." He~

~gauge how much Neuvillette already knew.

"...I umm..." He shifts, glancing to the side a moment. "...define `seeing` somebody?"

~question of what the Melusine's can pick up on, turning his head a little like he were distracted by something outside, vaguely wondering if he should find some excuse to leave.

Then; the finishing question hit him, and Ajax's head snapped back to the Iudex, studying him like he were trying to~

The more Neuvillette spoke, the more suspicious and antsy Ajax started to get, hands fidgeting in his lap, unable to quell the nervous movement even when he tried trapping them between his knees.

...did they... already know about him?

"...I... guess?" It's all he can say in response to the~

// ....climbing out of a hole

~once again.

"...what d'you guys need to talk to me about?"

~nothing once more, Ajax fidgeted in his seat anxiously, turning his attention back to Neuvillette.

"...feel like I'm about to get scolded by my parents." He tries to joke to lighten the atmosphere, at least for himself, glancing to Capitano in that brief moment before simply settling on the Iudex~

~Ajax's lips pulled into a thin line when all Capitano did was shake his head, taking a breath and looking behind himself for the chair in question, pulling it a little closer and sitting himself down, still staring up his father like he were searching for whatever was left unsaid.

Finding~

Ajax was only marginally comforted that Capitano and Neuvillette were close enough for the older Harbinger to feel comfortable enough to relax and remove his mask.

The rest of him was still highly suspicious, because that generally meant;

"...you're not here to talk as a Harbinger then, are you?"~

~in a silent show of trying to indicate his curiosity about the lack of mask in Neuvillette's presence.

Having them almost immediately tell him he was not in trouble did little to assuage his suspicion and anxiety, studying Neuvillette's face for any hints, then glancing to Capitano to take in his expression for comparison.

"I uhh..." He pauses, shifting awkwardly, then reaching up to his own face~

~coupled with black gloves that pulled up his wrists, his shirt being buttoned all the way up, suit jacket done up, a red scarf different from his usual one actually properly wrapped around his neck, all as if he were actively trying to hide something.

"Is...something wrong? You guys seem...tense."

~anyway?" He asks, closing the distance between himself and the desk, still looking between the two older men. "Sedene said it was urgent."

It likely only furthered their suspicions of what was happening behind closed doors, the fact that Ajax was wearing a suit with the sleeves pulled down,~

~could interrupt or not.

"Sorry--" He manages out, slipping into the office and gently closing the door. "I was in a meeting at the bank." He offers the explanation carefully, noting Capitano immediately, glancing between him and Neuvillette with anxious suspicion.

"W-what's this all about~

Ajax had tried to hurry as much as he could, but there was only so fast that he could move when he was in the middle of work.

Once he'd been able to get away, he rushed over as fast as he could run, knocking on the door and giving it a moment before sticking his head in to assess whether or not he~