[Honestly? Akechi had assumed he'd meant it to refer to someone who was the lowest of the low, trailing after others' discarded scraps and begging for any amount of recognition while being relegated to the very bottom. That's what he'd taken it as.
So Blue's explanation startles a choking cough out of him, a flush rising rapidly up the back of his neck and staining his ears a brilliant shade of red. Luckily that's mostly covered by his hair, and his cheeks only suffer a light dusting of pink that could be mistaken for anger and not embarrassment. Like, he's still pretty insulted, but not as drastically (??????)]
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So Blue's explanation startles a choking cough out of him, a flush rising rapidly up the back of his neck and staining his ears a brilliant shade of red. Luckily that's mostly covered by his hair, and his cheeks only suffer a light dusting of pink that could be mistaken for anger and not embarrassment. Like, he's still pretty insulted, but not as drastically (??????)]
Excuse me?