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Why is there a 48-year-old man dressed up emo?

The street was filled with people, it was 6 pm and people were ready to get off work or go out with their friends or loved ones. It was like an ordinary day for Toichiro. He was heading towards his office to get some documents that are needed for Claw. Although on his way to the office some random person bumped into him. “Oops, I'm sorry!” The girl bowed apologetically, she then looked up at him as he was taller than her, she looked like your typical 21-year-old emo kid on the street loitering. He then said, “It’s alright.” And was about to walk away but the girl grabbed onto the sleeve of his suit, which annoyed him due to her crinkling up his suit, he looked towards her annoyed. She then spoke once again, “Who are you? I don't think I've seen you on this side of town.”

He was baffled, why would she want to know who he is? “ I am Toichiro Suzuki. I own the office building over there.” He pointed to where it was while looking at her dumbfounded. “Are you emo?” She blurted out. “No, I am a high-class businessman. I don’t have the time to be "emo", if you want a better description of who I am, call me a criminal.” He hoped that would scare her off so he could finally go pick up some documents he needed. She looked at him with a hurt expression and whispered “I'm emo though…” She looked like she was about to cry and not wanting to cause a scene. Toichiro sighed and then spoke again. “That was only an example, I mean I am just too busy with my business to be ‘emo’. Though being a criminal boss does give me more freedom, so I can try being an emo I think…” He hoped that she would leave him alone after it but she screamed in excitement. “I can teach you how to be emo!” She looked at him with a hopeful expression. Toichiro thought to himself “It’s been a while since I've done something that didn't work and the documents aren't that important for me to rush. It is supposed to be my day off anyway.” He looked at her for a bit thinking of what to say. “Well that is a kind offer, maybe I can be emo on the weekends, or whenever I can, it can help me clear my mind and think of my goals…” He looked into space as he was thinking of what other benefits he can get from being ‘emo’.

“Alright! My name is Vussie now let's head somewhere to get you ready!” She pulled him along with her to a store that wasn't too far from his office building. Once they got there she told him to wait next to the changing rooms. She ran off to talk to some lady and came back with some things. “Okay, first you need to wear all black, skinny jeans, any shirt but it needs to be black and a studded belt! Oh, and of course some eyeliner! We can fix your hair later.” She shoved the clothing into his hands. Toichiro was a bit startled by her sudden actions. “I wear black almost all the time anyways, so that won't be a problem, it won't be too out of my comfort zone I suppose. But the eyeliner, I have never done that kind of stuff” He said while putting down the clothes in one of the changing rooms. “I can help you put it on and show you how to do it! Don't worry about it.” She smiled as he handed her the eyeliner she gave him earlier. “That would be wonderful, I didn’t realize I would receive a lot of help from you. Though, I feel like I might use an alter ego if I have an emo phase, what would be a good name?” He said the last bit seriously which made Vussie laugh a bit to herself while putting on the eyeliner for him. “Maybe xXDarkCriminalAngelXx!! And tada how do you like the eyeliner? I think you look great now, change into the emo outfit and you should be ready!” She handed him a mirror to look at his new eye look, he admired himself for a bit. “ I do think xXDarkCriminalAngelXx is a good alter ego name, or I can be the Emo King, and I feel like the eyeliner really fits me, but let me put my outfit on first…” He entered the dressing room and started to change.

Then Toichiro comes back out with skinny jeans, a black button-up shirt, a black tie, all-black vans, eyeliner, a studded belt, and slicked-back hair he did with some hair product Vussie handed to him. “Emo King sounds good!! Omg!! You look great Toichi!! Let's go out to an emo club and have some fun before you need to go back to work tomorrow.” She said while looking at him up and down while nodding her head in approval. “Thank you! An emo club sounds fun! Though how do we make sure no one there knows I am the owner of Claw? I have a feeling a few of them would like to see me dead, and this can be a trap! But I still want to have fun, how about I give you some weapons to bring in case things go south?” He said while they both walked out of the store and into the street once again. Toichiro held a bag filled with his other clothing while Vussie was looking at her masterpiece, which was Toichiro. “Yeah some weapons would be good, some people like to harass others sometimes!! But let's have fun and try not to think of that. We are the coolest emo besties!!!” He nodded his head and led her to the office. He entered and many people bowed to him as he walked past, they took the elevator to the basement level and entered a room filled with some weaponry. He headed over to a closet Toichiro pulled out 2 hand axes, 2 knives, and a 9 mm pistol and handed one of each to Vussie.

“I hope you know how to use these, if we do get into a situation where these are needed, just yell and I will save you, we have to look cool for each other so we can be better crimi-emos, right?” He said in a deadpan tone while staring at Vussie seriously. She could barely contain her laughter but calmed herself down before responding. “ I know how to use them! Now let's head over to the club and dance the night away bestie Toichi!!” She had some knowledge due to how she was raised and where she lived when she was younger. “Yes, let's go!” He said while leading her out of the office and back onto the street where they first met, Vussie led the way to the nearest emo club scene she knew of. Toichiro walks with Vussiee while waving at some strangers and smiling, they walk into the club to be met with black lights showing people dancing and drinking, loud music can be heard in the club, and the music is rock-like. Vussie spoke loudly over the music to the best of her ability, “C'mon let's dance bestie!! The music is really good tonight, we are in luck.” She dragged him onto the dance floor. Toichiro starts dancing with Vussiee, they both are laughing and dancing like fools while enjoying the night. Toichiro seems really relaxed and at peace with himself, as he has completely forgotten about his duties. Vussie’s feet started to hurt a bit from the heels she was wearing. “Hey Toichi, let’s get some drinks at the bar. I'm kinda tired, these heels are killing me.” She laughed. Toichiro looks down at Vussiee's feet, to see her wearing heels almost as tall as her. “Yeah, I got you…” Toichiro takes Vussiee into the bar, he orders drinks for the both of them.

The bartender looks at them strangely, and says, "A drink for one of the best crimi-emos in the business, on the house." Vussie looked at the bartender weirdly then quickly looked away thinking to herself. No one knows about Toichi’s nickname for us…Who is this man? She whispered to Toichiro. “On the house...Hey, Toichi he seems kinda...suspicious.” Toichiro looks over at the bartender, it is just a young black-haired man, wearing all black, with studs and a black belt, his hair is slick back just like Toichiro's. The bartender is wearing skinny jeans and a black sweatshirt that shows some skin because it is so tight on him. The bartender's face is obscured by the black lights, except for his eyes, you can see the bartender's eyes, which are filled with anger. Toichiro takes note of this and drinks his beer. Vussie chugged her drink quickly to leave the bar already as the bartender keeps looking at her weirdly. “Let's head to the dance floor again he kinda gives me the creeps bestie…” She whispered to Toichiro while walking away from the bar. “Okay, sure bestfriend!” Toichiro says while finishing his own beer.

Toichiro and Vussiee walk back onto the dance floor and start dancing again, though, as they keep dancing, the bartender watches them, with rage in his eyes. At the end of the night, Vussiee and Toichiro are laughing and walking out of the club.”Omg, that was crazy, that dude totally wanted me to thank god you were there bestie to tell him to fuck off like you really beat his ass to a pulp LOL!” She laughed while patting Toichiro’s back. But, suddenly a figure was following them in the shadows of the alleyway they were heading in to leave the club area. “ Of course, I have to protect my best friend from creeps!” He smiled but noticed the person, he stopped for a bit to pretend to tie his shoe and saw it was the bartender. Toichiro looks at the bartender and glares at him, he then notices the bartender has a pistol in his hand. He gets up and whispers to Vussie “Oh great, now we have to fight this guy and the night was going so good…” He sighed but nodded at Vussie to get ready in case they really do need to fight. Toichiro then pulls out his axe and readies himself as the bartender takes aim at Toichiro. ”We should run, but if we run he will just keep coming after us, we should fight back.” He spoke towards Vussie. “Alright! We got this bestie, let's destroy his ass while we look cute as hell!” She said while pulling out the knife she was given earlier and stands behind Toichiro, he seemed to be more experienced in fighting so she would back him up. “Yes, we got this!” says Toichiro while getting his pistol in position.

Then Toichiro charges at the bartender and jumps back as the bartender fires his pistol, missing Toichiro's head by an inch. Toichiro charges in at the bartender again, the bartender swings his pistol at Toichiro, who grabs the barrel as it is coming at him. Toichiro then pulls the gun out of the bartender's hand, making the bartender stumble back. Before Toichiro could do anything with the gun, Vussie comes and stabs the bartender in the stomach, sending the bartender to his knees. Vussie looked at the bartender angrily from having her fun night out ruined. “Alright, now who are you, and why are you attacking us!” She then kicks him with her heels as she was kinda pissed off. The bartender coughs up some blood, it is very dark, and after he wipes his lips he says, "You are Toichiro Suzuki, the owner of Claw, a large criminal organization that sells drugs and commits illegal activities, and I was trying to take you down to stop your operation, and your friend here, she looked like she was your bodyguard... I am sorry, but I failed to take you down." Vussie looked at him weirdly, “Geez never knew people wanted you to die this bad bestie toichi…” Toichiro responded to her with a monotone voice. “It usually comes with being one of the biggest leaders of a criminal organization, though this guy... I feel like something happened between me and him, but I don't remember what happened.” Vussie's anger seems to be getting more intense, and the bartender starts shaking, and says, "I-I'm sorry, I just wanted..." Before the bartender could finish, Vussiee stabs him in the chest, sending him to his death.

Vussie seems to be crying because of the anger in her eyes. She broke down covering her mouth to silence her sobs, she croaked out, “I-I never killed someone before, toichi…” Toichiro hugs Vussiee and she hugs him back, he then says to Vussiee while she is hugging him, "It is okay and I don't blame you for this... I didn't have time before because of the danger he posed to me, but I saw the bartender had a tattoo behind his left ear, it is a tattoo of "D.O.A". I think I see who he is now... he is part of another criminal organization named DOA... I have a few suspicions about that organization..." Vussie sniffled while listening to him carefully, she felt exhausted mentally and physically, and she softly spoke, “Can we leave, I want to go home and clean myself from the blood and my heels are killing me so bad right now I can barely walk.” Toichiro chuckled to lighten up the mood, “I know right? These heels are so awful, not to mention the amount of blood and other stuff on them..”. Toichiro picks up Vussiee and carries her to a car. Toichiro gently opens the door and puts Vussiee in before walking over and getting into the driver's seat. They do have a destination to go to. Vussie blurted out, “ Can we pass by Mcdonald's I want some fries and a mocha frappe.” While staring at him like a little kid asking their parents for something. He laughed at her antics and nodded his head. “Sure best friend, that sounds delightful right now.”