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Normal days were a rarity in Toman. Almost everyday, something crazy would happen or something that would send them all mad with shock. It was truly a routine at this point.
That being said, Mikey doesn’t exactly hate it, it’s just that sometimes he’s too exhausted to deal with any ‘Toman shenanigans’ — as Chifuyu calls them. And today is not a good day for Mikey.
He stayed up all night with Draken playing video games. Sure, okay, that’s totally his fault, but why can’t he get angry at the whole world for every minor inconvenience? He’s Toman’s Commander after all, he can really do whatever he wants.
Draken, however, looks fine despite the fact he probably only got 3 hours of sleep. He’s like a fucking tank. Not even a bag under his eyes or an any sign of an irritable attitude starting to arise. Mikey wishes he could be like him. Right now he feels like he’s going to die.
Which is exactly why Draken is taking charge of the meeting, Takemichi by his side as Acting Commander, as he speaks about god knows what. It sounds like a constant high pitched noise in Mikey’s head, ringing and ringing like an agonising choir playing all the wrong chords.
He wishes it would stop. To just be silent for a second — on second thought, an hour — so he can collect his head and pull himself together. And then..
It stops. Quite abruptly, like pulling the pin up from a gramophone, making a scratching noise in his mind. All the noise stops and Mikey’s head shines clear for once.
At that, he looks up to the left and opens his mouth to ask Draken why he cut himself off so abruptly when the man himself explains with only one word, “Hinata?”
Mikey furrows his eyebrows. ‘ Takemitchy’s girlfriend? ’ He questions. With a puzzled expression, he turns to the entrance of the shrine where Hinata stands, a younger boy at his side, which Mikey can only guess to be Naoto — Takemichi has talked about him before.
He lets his chin fall on his hand, his arm propped in his thigh, head tilted in mock curiosity. He watches, wondering just why she had shown up, seemingly out of nowhere, with no warning whatsoever.
Takemichi shares a panicked glance with Mikey and Draken, wordlessly asking if he can see what’s going on. They both dismiss him with small gestures, a wave of his hand from Mikey and a roll of the eyes from Draken, shooing him away.
Takemichi steps down the couple stairs that elevate the upper part of the shrine and walks through the Toman members, all of which part as he gets closer to them.
Mikey watches him walk away, light on his feet and slightly urgent from the way his fingers twitch by his sides. It’s clear to everyone that Takemichi didn’t know Hinata or Naoto were coming today either. And that, is what makes it even more interesting for Mikey.
Toman’s Commander can see from where he stands that Takemichi has a small smile on his face, despite his eyebrows being upturned in concern. Mikey finds his head tilting more as he smiles softly, finding the whole scene amusing.
Takemichi stops in front of Hinata and Naoto, staring, his eyes flicking from one to the other and then back again, feeling a little panicked.
Over the quiet of the shrine, Mikey hears him speak, “did something.. happen?” His voice comes out in a whisper, but from silent it is, the sound almost glides across the air like a sheet of paper.
Naoto looks up at Takemichi and shakes his head, rolling his eyes in a way that Mikey sees a miniature version of Draken in him. “No, but dad wants you home. You said you’d be back by 6 and it’s 8! We were waiting for you!” Naoto says, crossing his arms in annoyance.
Mikey almost doesn’t find anything wrong with the sentence, rolling his eyes at Takemichi’s inability to keep up with all the stuff he plans. Well, that’s until.. it clicks. Naoto said dad. Not our (his and Hinata’s) dad. Just dad.
Chifuyu seems to catch on just as he does, as smart as ever. “Dad?!” He almost shouts, his eyes wide as his mouth drops in pure shock.
Takemichi turns around in alarm, shoulders hiked up to his ears and a hand on his chest as he breaths deeply, trying to calm himself. “Chifuyu? What’d you scream for?” He asks, slightly confused, although he laughs, “you scared the crap out of me!”
“I thought—” Chifuyu cuts himself off a he gapes, staring at Takemichi, then to Hinata and finally to Naoto. “I thought you and Hina were dating!!”
“What?!” Hinata almost yells, a horrified look on her face. Naoto’s smaller face pulls an expression that can only be described as pure and utter disgust.
“Are you friends idiots, ‘Michi?” Naoto asks at the same time, peaking his head out from behind his brothers shoulder, disturbed.
Mikey feels his brain short circuit. He looks at everyone individually. And they’re.. also baffled. So it wasn’t just him and Chifuyu who thought they were dating. Hakkai’s eyes are almost bulging out of his head, Smiley’s eyes are.. open, and Draken looks like he’s gonna pass out.
So yeah, everyone must of thought they were siblings.
Except Kakucho, and Mitsuya it seems like, judging by their amused expressions.
“You’re all idiots,” Kakucho speaks as he rolls his eyes, leaning on the railing from his place next to Izana, “it’s pretty obvious. Takemitchy and Naoto both have blue eyes.”
“Yeah, obvious for you!” Baji snarls, crossing his arms over his chest, “you grew up with him!”
“By that reasoning, Takemitchy and Hakkai are also brothers,” Kokonoi interjects as he looks at Kakucho like he’s stupid for making such a baseless assumption.
But that expression then turns dumbfounded, as if something came to mind. He looks down, really thinking about it. Kokonoi wonders if he and Mikey are related, considering they both have black eyes.
“Maybe we are!” Takemichi replies sassily, crossing his arms. He then looks to Chifuyu, truly stumped, “you really thought me and Hina were dating?!”
“Well.. yeah!” He speaks quite matter-of-factly, “what about those dates during Christmas, or Easter?!”
Hinata’s usually soft voice echoes around the shrine, much harsher than Mikey has ever heard it before, “don’t call them dates, that’s disgusting Chifuyu!”
Takemichi rubs the back of his neck sheepishly. “It’s just something we’ve done since we were kids,” he explains simply, “Naoto is normally around somewhere as well, but he goes off with his friends after a while. And since me and Hina are in the same year, we just walk around together! It wasn’t weird, but now you’re making it weird.”
Chifuyu looks about ten seconds from ripping his hair out. “Why wouldn’t you tell me?! You let me go around for years thinking you and Hina were dating!!”
“I just thought you were being.. you?” Takemichi explains, arms waving around rapidly in the air as Chifuyu begins to approach him, eyes narrowing in annoyance.
“Partner. I’m about to beat your ass.” He threatens — though it’s not much of a threat if he actually means it. He cracks his knuckles, a fire in his eyes unlike anything Takemichi as seen before, and this is when he realises that Chifuyu is no longer joking.
Mikey watches as Takemichi gulps harshly before taking a cautious step back. Chifuyu continues walking forwards until they’re a meter away from each other. They both look at one another for a second before Chifuyu jumps forwards, arms outstretched to lunge.
Takemichi screams, high-pitched and loud, in a way that does no favours for Mikey’s head. He runs to the corner of the shrine, unable to leave from the steps and hides behind one the muscular men of Toman.
Takemichi can’t be seen from behind the lower member, completely disappearing behind the side frame, but Chifuyu knows he’s there.
“Partner!!” He shouts, grabbing into him from around the lower member. The most muscular of the 3 becomes sandwiched between the best friends. He’s shocked as he shares a look with someone to the side of them.
Chifuyu grapples at Takemichi until he loses his grip and the elder is free to run down the shrine, back towards where Mikey and Draken still sit.
The blue eyed boy hides behind Draken this time and actually climbs up his back, his legs wrapping around the space just below Draken’s pecks and his arms around his neck.
Takemichi literally clings to him like a koala, almost pulling him back, though fortunately he’s able to gain his balance just in time with the help of Kazutora who grabs his flailing arm.
“Takemitchy.” Draken scolds, wincing as Takemichi pulls on his braid, “get the fuck down.”
Takemichi only grasps the man harder as Chifuyu finally arrives by the taller males feet, glaring up at his Partner with a gaze so terrifying that even Mikey feels a little alarmed.
It takes a bit of time, but Draken eventually pulls Takemichi off him, loosing a couple hairs in the first place because, wow, he has a strong grip.
As soon as the blue eyed boy is on the floor, Chifuyu is pouncing on him and tackling him with a fierce war cry. They end up rough housing for a couple minutes, biting and kicking like their lives depend on it.
Well, that is until Taiju forcibly separates them, holding them up in the air like kittens by the back of the neck. Everyone ends up laughing at them, and if Mikey believes he deserves it for unintentionally making them believe he was dating his own sister, that’s something only he would know.
On second thought, maybe he should tell him him. Now.. now he can have Takemichi for himself.