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Kokonoi had a task to do that Mikey had assigned him to. He was out in the streets of Tokyo. It was a lovely day, and he didn’t have to worry about rain or anything. Kokonoi hated the shower or any weather that made his day horrible.
Kokonoi stopped in his track and turned around. As the man was walking, he passed somebody with blond hair who ran past him. He only saw the person's back but knew who that was—the former first division captain of Toman and the 11th generation of the black dragons.
After Mikey had disbanded, Toman Kokonoi hadn’t heard anything about him compared to the rest of the former members. Takemichi was somebody that even the boss didn’t like speaking about and didn’t understand the reason.
Kokonoi was under Takemichi when he was with Toman. Inui was also part of the division at the time. Kokonoi had just followed since Inui decided to be with Takemichi.
The blond wasn’t muscular or strong, but he had the will to be braver than anybody.
“Wasn’t he wearing a high school uniform?” Kokonoi wouldn’t find it odd for Takemichi to be in high school since he knows that the young man is three years younger than he is.
The twenty-year-old man suddenly had a bad feeling when he looked around the area that he was in. It was not a place a high school student to be in. And the part that worried him was that Takemichi wasn’t a fighter.
Kokonoi turned around, worried as if he was back as a toman member under Takemichi again. The man was sure that Takemichi wasn’t too far away, but he couldn’t find the blond.
“Hey, what did you say!” Kokonoi heard yelling, and it sure wasn’t Takemichi’s voice.
“I’m here to speak to the leader.” It was then he heard that soft-spoken voice with determination.
Kokonoi hurried and spotted the blond. He hadn’t changed much. The blond hair was a bit messy being let down from the days when it was always up. Those eyes of his were still beautiful, as Koko remembers.
“What does a high schooler want with our boss! You want to get killed.”
Kokonoi was afraid of what the punk might do to Takemichi, but the young man didn’t look away. Kokonoi feared for the Takemichi even though he was brave.
The angry man lifted his hand, and Koko knew where this was headed. Kokonoi rushed in and held the punk’s hand before it even swang at Takemichi.
Takemichi looked surprised by the sudden appearance.
“Kokonoi-san”
“Do you realize where you are? Why did you think of coming here and alone?” While still having the punk’s handheld tight, they were speaking.
Kokonoi then kicked the man and sent him flying across. The man went out cold just from that.
Takemichi had a guilty look since Kokonoi was lecturing him. It reminded the older man of when he was in Toman and how Takemichi did things without telling him or Inui.
“My friend needed help, and I wanted to speak with the leader.”
“And you think speaking with him will help. You have not learned from being in Toman. And your not a gang member anymore.”
Takemichi looked depressed, and this made Kokonoi feel bad.
“Tell me what it is, and I will deal with it. You shouldn’t deal with it.”
“But.”
“I’m serious.” Kokonoi glared.
“Fine.”
“Are you still in contact with Inui?”
“Well, yes. We are.” Takemichi looked like he didn’t want to say.
“I’m guessing he doesn’t know why you’re here.” Koko sighed.
Even if this blond was not in Toman, he always caused troubles without meaning to.
Takemichi explained to Kokonoi what he was doing in this area. After that, Kokonoi took the blond home since the older man was worried for him.
After dropping the young man, he went back to the bonten base. He wasn’t able to do the task that was given since Kokonoi was busy with Takemichi.
“Your back so soon,” Mikey said the moment that Kokonoi walked in the front door.
It looked like the boss was about to go out.
“I had to deal with something so that I couldn’t do the task today.”
“I don’t care if you didn’t finish it today, but get it done,” Mikey said.
Mikey was about to leave, but before he did, Kokonoi spoke out.
“I met Takemichi today.”
“Is that so?”
“He was in a bit of trouble, so I ended up helping him. That is why I couldn’t do my tasks today.”
Mikey stood still for a moment before he walked out the door.
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“Where did you disappear to right after class was finished?” Inui was yelling at Takemichi from the other line.
He knew something like this would happen.
Even though Inui and Kokonoi arent together like when they were in black dragons or Toman, they are in pain in the ass.
“I’m sorry I had something to do.”
“I hope you didn’t do anything stupid.”
“I didn’t!” Takemichi lied, knowing quite right that he did cause trouble. “Chifuyu or Hakkai must have told him.”
The call ended, but Takemichi felt exhausted.
“That means that Draken-kun knows too.” Takemichi put both his hands on his head, thinking about what he might say to the blond.
Takemichi was tired, and it felt like a long day. The blond never thought that he would end up seeing Kokonoi and, of course, lecture him.
Takemichi was going to have dinner and go to bed since he had school tomorrow. His phone suddenly vibrated, and he saw it was a text message from one of his friends.
HELP ME
Takemichi was worried about the text.
He tried to message back, but there was no reply. Takemichi didn’t think about it and rushed out the door. The blond knew he would get another lecture if he bumped into Kokonoi again, but now he wasn’t worried about it.
Takemichi didn’t know where he was headed. The blond thought of the place near his friend’s home. The high schooler was right to where to go. There he saw his friend, and he was beaten up.
“Tachi!” Takemichi called out his classmate’s name.
“T-Takemichi.” Tachi stuttered while saying his name.
Takemichi looked at the man who beat his friend up. The blond saw the man was tall with silver hair and red eyes and handsome, but that was not the point.
“Are you Hanagaki Takemichi?” The stranger asked.
“Who are you?” Takemichi didn’t recognize this guy.
“Somebody interested in you. Former 1st division captain and 11th black dragon leader.
The silver hair guy ignored Tachi and walked directly in front of Takemichi. They were this close, and Takemichi had this horrible feeling of being close to this guy.
“You are beautiful.” He said.
“What?
The man leaned in closer, almost like he was ready to kiss Takemichi. Still, before he could do anything, someone grabbed Takemichi away from the silver-haired man.
Takemichi has pulled away and is in the arms of somebody else. A familiar feeling rose in him. The blond looked up and saw a familiar face.
“Mikey-kun.”
The older man didn’t say anything but glared at the silver-haired man.
“Don’t you dare touch him!”
“Hanma was right. You are protective of him.”
“How does he know Hanma?” Takemichi thought when the silver-haired man spoke that familiar name.
The stranger didn’t stay to deal with Mikey. He lifted his hand up as the sign to retreat.
“I only came here to deal with some things but never thought I would meet Takemichi here.” The man walked away from Takemichi and Mikey.
The classmate ended up thanking Takemichi for the help and went his way.
After Mikey looked at Takemichi was still in his arms.
“Are you okay?” He asked, looking top to bottom at Takemichi.
“I am, but what are you doing here? I mean, I’m happy to see you after so long.”
“I’m happy to see you too,” Mikey said.
Mikey never thought that he would see Takemichi again when Kokonoi told him that he bumped into him earlier, the leader of Bonten didn’t know how to feel. He wanted to see Takemichi too, but inside, Mikey thought he should stay away.
Mikey wanted his friends happy, so he stayed away from them but being away from Takemichi was the worse pain of all.
The leader of Bonten was taking a walk when he heard noises and saw something he wished he hadn’t. Mikey’s eyes shot like a beast when he saw what that stranger was about to do to Takemichi.
“It’s late. Let’s go to my place.” Mikey said.
“I can’t.” Mikey was confused by Takemichi’s answer, and it made him sad. “It’s not that I don’t want to go with you.”
“Why?” Mikey asked.
“I’m sure we will see Kokonoi, and then he will lecture me again.”
“Speaking of Kokonoi, he mentioned seeing you earlier. What trouble did you cause?”
“Why do you think I caused something?”
“Because you do things without thinking.”
“It’s late already, and I’m sure Kokonoi won’t be that bad.”
Mikey didn’t want to send Takemichi home after what happened. He also wanted to spend some time with Takemichi.
“Mikey-kun, you don’t have to hold my hand.”
Mikey had been holding Takemichi’s hand since they decided to Mikey’s place. The older man was afraid something might happen to the blond, so he held his hand all the way.
“It’s okay,” Mikey said. It looked like there was nothing Takemichi could say, so he left it.
“So I heard you made a new gang called Bonten,” Takemichi explained what he heard.
“Did you hear it from the other guys?”
“Yes. I was curious about you since you were not around.”
“They must be worried about you now,” Mikey said.
“Well, Inui can be annoying sometimes. Mitsuya would be strict if he knew about tonight. Chifuyu would be freaked out of what I did alone. Hakkai would be sad I didn’t tell him anything. Draken-kun will get angry for a bit before speaking again. Smiley will smile at me but be mad while doing so. Angry will be the opposite and yell at me for being stupid. And there’s Kazutora who wouldn’t care but later on tell me in private of what I did wrong.”
“Your closer to everybody than before.”
“I guess so. They care about me a lot.”
“Like them, I worry for you too.”
“Mikey-kun, why didn’t you ever come to see us? I missed you being around.”
“Takemitchy, the things I do are dangerous, and I don’t want you or anybody in danger.”
“What about you then?” Mikey didn’t know what to say when he knew that the blond was stubborn.
“When have you been so bold to say things like that?” Mikey sighed.
They finally reached the base of Bonten. Mikey was sure everybody was already asleep since it was already late and the lights were off.
When entering, Takemichi noticed it was big instead but couldn’t see much since it was dark. Mikey guided Takemichi to his room, still holding his hand.
They finally arrived, and Mikey finally let go of Takemichi’s hand and turned on the lights in his room. Takemichi was amazed at how big the room was as well as the king-size bed he had.
“Why do you have such a big bed?” Takemichi asked as he sat on the comfy bed.
“Ask Sanzu since I don’t know either.”
“Sanzu is here too.”
“Yes, along with others you might know.”
Takemichi already knew who the members were since Draken explained everything to him. The blond pretended as if he didn’t know.
“Takemitchy when you see that guy from before again. Stay away from him.”
“You mean that guy with silver hair,” Takemichi recalled the flashback of earlier.
“Yes. He is dangerous.”
“I will.” Takemichi could tell the man was dangerous when he got this close to him.
Mikey could have dropped Takemichi home, but something inside told him that he shouldn’t do that. Mikey wanted to be with Takemichi longer. Those blue eyes of curiosity were the same as he remembers with that innocent look.
“I will drop you off at school tomorrow.”
“To school?”
“You have class. You are a high school student.”
“I am.” Takemichi was surprised, was all with what Mikey said.
“Let’s sleep now. It’s late.”
The two ended up sleeping in the same bed.
“Mikey-kun.”
“What is it?” Mikey answered.
“This reminded me of when you came over to my house before. You slept over just like this.” Takemichi giggled.”
“I remember that day.” Mikey smiled.
“I want to see you even after tomorrow.”
“You want to see me.”
“Do you not want to see me again?” Takemichi made those sad puppy eyes.
“Of course not!”
“You can see me again.” Mikey had lost whenever Takemichi looked at him that way.
Mikey wasn’t not planning not to see Takemichi again. He was planning to watch him from afar, but it looked like that was out of the question since he didn’t want to see Takemichi sad.
“I’m so happy to be able to see you more.” Takemichi smiled.
Takemichi’s eyes slowly closed, and he drifted to sleep. Mikey watched the sleeping figure and wondered if this was all a dream. He touched Takemichi’s face gently, and it was real.