Catch Of The Day (Reprise) - Naekusaba

in that latest prompt, i thought you were going to have mukuro "catch" naegi

A/N thank you for @tkmacintosh because this is 90% his idea and I just polished it up for posting. I know it’s short but I’ll post another this week :)

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Catch of the Day (Reprise) - naekusaba

Mukuro hadn’t intended to go fishing that day.

The whole Class of 78th was on a mini-field trip courtesy of Togami and his yacht. He actually offered a cruise liner at first but at the insistence of the more practical majority, they had settled for something smaller and more doable. So here they were in the middle of the ocean on the world’s most expensive yacht. And while they were at it, some of them decided to try fishing.

Naturally, Makoto had tried to do so as well. Mukuro had settled for just keeping him company as they waited for a fish to bite. This truly tested their patience since his luck had it out for him. While their classmates were reeling in catches, his remain untouched. After an hour, everyone who had a pole also had caught a fish except him. And then another hour but still no luck.

On the third hour, he should’ve known better than to trust his luck. His first bite and as he got pulled overboard, he thought it might as well be his last. And of course, this had to happen on the one time that Mukuro let him out of her sight. A panicked scream ripped through his throat and when she looked over, he was already falling over with the fishing rod still clenched in fear in his hand.

Naturally, Mukuro just had to jump in and rescue him. In the waters, she saw Makoto and his fish still caught in his line. And to her surprise, he had nabbed the largest fish on his hook. There was this split second in which she debated on what to do with it. Had this been any other circumstance, she would have let the fish get away. But this was technically Makoto’s fish and she thought that he might be disappointed to have it get away. She reached for her reliable combat knife and dove in.

It didn’t take long before Mukuro surfaced with a dead shark under one arm and an unconscious Makoto in the other.

“Looks like Big Sis Muku got the catch of the day!” Junko declared with a proud grin.

“Yeah… Makoto.” Mukuro replied as she then tossed the shark off one side and gently laid down Makoto. She checked his pulse and noted that he was still breathing. Good.

All the while, the rest of the class stared with a mix of shock and amusement. And then there’s Togami. He sighed, pushed his glasses up and then he commented, “I’ll inform the chef of the change of menu. Since we have fresh shark, we might as well enjoy the delicacy.”

Mukuro hadn’t intended to go fishing that day but Makoto was worth the catch.