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Makoto and his best friend were at a bar, they had just graduated college a few days before and were now discussing their futures. He was now a proud 22-year-old, having attended college for 4 years after high school. The bar was packed full as usual, having gone there to drink multiple times before with their other friends. But it wasn’t like it was a problem or anything…
“So what do you plan to do now?” Leon asked Makoto before taking a big sip of his beer.
“Not sure… But finding a job as soon as possible is definitely on the list.” Makoto said, taking a sip of his beer too.
“What kind of job?”
“Not sure…”
“Come on, you can’t be that uncertain about your future. What job do you see yourself doing?” Leon asked further, getting more drunk as he did so.
“A normal office worker… High school teacher… Maybe even a house husband.” Makoto said, chuckling to himself at the idea of him actually becoming a house husband after already going to college… That would certainly be quite a waste.
“Haha, you were always the butt of those jokes. I remember everyone thinking you were a girl at first. Mondo had to rethink his sexuality.” Leon joked, causing Makoto to have a flashback to that scene…
At least he’s with Taka now… They seem happy together…
“Yeah, yeah… And always how I would be wearing the dress at the wedding.” Makoto said, remembering how annoying it was to have almost every guy and even a few girls comment about how cute he would be in a wedding dress when passing by him in the halls.
“That was just the first year and everyone was just playing around… Can I get another beer over here!” Leon shouted to the bartender, raising his hand to signal where he was.
“Those days are over now… I hope we do good for ourselves, wherever we end up…” Makoto said a little depressingly, sad that his college days are over. He isn’t going to be a student anymore. That was scary to think about, at least for him, Leon seemed to be excited.
“Man, you're making it sound like we’re going to die or something! If anything, this is just a new beginning!” Leon shouted, drunkenly slapping Makoto’s back.
“I guess you’re right… I just hope I get a girlfriend soon… How’s your girlfriend doing?” Makoto asked, remembering how Leon’s past relationships with women usually ended up.
“Kanon scared her off… But I can always get a new one, there’s still plenty of fish in the sea. It's not hard to be a ladies' man when you’re me, after all.” Leon showed off. Many would call him a playboy but he would usually call himself a ladies’ man or gentleman.
“Haha, you can call yourself that after you hold one down for more than a month,” Makoto remembered how brutal Kanon could be when it came to Leon…
She should get a therapist… Her obsession with Leon isn’t healthy…
"Also shouldn’t you be going to the studio to make an album, right now?" Makoto remembered what he bragged about a few weeks ago. And apparently, the secret artist he was collaborating with was pretty hot... At least according to Leon.
“Oh yeah, let’s go to Chihiro’s place for gaming next week, I heard he got that new PlayStation console.” Leon said, placing a few bills on the counter, enough to pay for his and Makoto’s drink along with a few more if Makoto wanted “That should be enough to cover tonight, see ya!” Leon got up from his seat and exited the bar, leaving Makoto all alone to continue drinking as he thought about his future.
But little did he know, four certain girls were staring at him…
“So, what do we do now?” Sayaka, who was in disguise with a black wig and sunglasses, asked her friends, taking a small sip of her beer.
“Move on with our lives, duh,” Junko replied, making a silly and dumb face.
“I mean career-wise, smartass!” Sayaka snapped back, looking visually annoyed through her sunglasses.
“The average person would say get a job. However, we are not average and almost all of us already have a job with good income.” Kyoko answered, saying almost because the only currently unemployed one in their friend group was Mukuro.
“I’ll just keep being a supermodel, doing supermodel things, I guess. Maybe get a new boyfriend.” Junko answered. She didn’t really need anything else in life, she was already rich, famous, and practically set for life besides the boyfriend part. She was still pissed at how her old boyfriend, Yasuke, dumped her for some therapist.
“Get a job and make money… Stay with Junko, I guess.” Mukuro answered, not really wanting anything else in life but to stay with her sister.
“Well, I want to escape the idol industry and start an acting career!” Sayaka said excitedly. She’d been wanting to move away from the idol industry for a while now that she was considered ‘too old’ to continue despite remaining as popular as ever.
“About time, I really can’t believe the way you do it, your idol lifestyle would probably take 20 years off my life if I tried it!” Junko commented, drinking from her glass of beer.
“Come on! It’s not that bad! Besides, how is modeling even better? Both are pretty similar…” Sayaka pointed out, also starting to drink.
“At least, I don’t have to train 8 hours a day and- Wait, Mukuro what are you doing?” Junko asked, noticing how quiet Mukuro had been…
She was distracted. Distracted by someone. Distracted by some guy at the bar counter. The guy looked rather young, with brown hair, green eyes, and still dressed like a poor college student.
“Mukuro… Do you like that guy?” Junko said in shock as Mukuro gave a slight nod, never in her life had she seen her sister actually interested in a boy.
“I mean… He looks pretty cute… His smile is nice too…” Sayaka admitted, now also looking at him.
“Indeed, he seems to be a college graduate like us as well,” Kyoko added, now staring at him like Sayaka and Kyoko. They felt he was special in some strange way…
“Too bad, he’s with his friend… I would’ve probably given him a chance if he was alone.” Junko said, only glancing at him once before turning back to everyone else who was still staring at him. “I didn’t think you were interested in guys, Kyoko. I thought you always cared about the Kirigiri legacy more... Or were, you know…” Junko wasn’t sure if Kyoko knew the rumors that she was a lesbian so she decided not to finish her sentence.
“No, I am not, I have never been in a relationship with a woman or felt attracted to one,” Kyoko said, squashing that old rumor from their college days.
“Wait, what? But I thought you were in a relationship with Celeste…” Sayaka said, genuinely shocked at the new information. Sayaka really did believe that rumor…
“All those rumors are false, she only held my hand once when handing me a-” Kyoko explained before being cut off.
“His friend is leaving… He’s alone now…” Mukuro said, causing everyone to look at the brown-haired man again, the red-haired friend with piercings leaving him.
“I want him,” Junko said what the rest of her friends and sister were also thinking.
“But I want him…” Mukuro said in a more serious and aggressive tone. She had always been aggressive since birth, constantly getting into fights with people she or her sister didn’t like.
“I think we all do,” Sayaka stated the obvious, the tension at their table slowly growing as other customers started to notice.
“Indeed, I do as well,” Kyoko said something the other girls never thought they would hear. The tension grew further.
“Only one of us can go up to him…” Junko pointed out.
“I don’t want to crush my friends in a competition…” Sayaka said as if they were her rivals in the idol industry.
“I wouldn’t want to wage war on you all either…” Mukuro said despite not being a soldier or going to war. It was her dream when she was younger but Junko threatened to follow her, getting her to let go of that dream as she could never endanger her younger sister.
“I would rather we not fight over one man. I want our friendships to stay intact before we move on with our lives.” Kyoko said to help ease the situation as everyone around them continued to watch.
“Hello um… Is there a problem here…?” A smiling waitress asked, going up to their table, noticing the commotion that was about to happen.
“Oh, nothing… Just deciding between ourselves who gets to talk to the cute guy up front, drinking all alone.” Junko said casually, taking a sip of her beer.
“You mean the one with brown hair and emerald eyes?” The waitress asked, pointing at him. He was drinking alone at the bar counter, seemingly deep in thought about something.
“Yes,” Sayaka confirmed, nodding her head.
“A-And you all want to t-talk to him…?” The waitress asked, more nervously this time.
“Correct,” Mukuro answered, making a sweat roll down the back of the waitress's neck.
“A-And you all need a w-way to decide how…?” The waitress asked, trying her best to maintain a smile.
“Indeed,” Kyoko replied, crossing her arms.
“I-I see… How about you all try drawing straws… Or something that wouldn’t cause a disturbance?” The waitress suggested, wanting to keep her job.
“Drawing straws… It’s actually been a while since I did that…” Junko commented, thinking back to her childhood, shutting her eyes for a little.
“But does anyone have 4 different sizes of straws…?” Sayaka asked with Junko, Mukuro, and Junko all shaking their heads, saying no.
“Well, I actually do…” The waitress said, pulling out 4 straws, hiding their true sizes by holding them in her fist.
“Huh? Do you just carry those around everywhere you go?” Junko asked, surprised at the waitress as were the others.
“That doesn’t matter! Do you girls want to draw or not?” The waitress shouted in embarrassment, drawing attention from the surrounding tables.
“I’m in,” Mukuro said, quickly picking a straw with her fingers.
“Me too!” Sayaka said right after Mukuro, also picking a straw.
“As am I,” Kyoko said confidently, picking a straw, leaving only one left.
“I guess I’ll have to then,” Junko said in a somewhat sarcastic tone, picking the last straw available.
“Okay… In 3… 2… 1… Draw!” The waitress counted down, her face clearly showing she was done with the entire situation.
They all hoped they drew the lucky straw.
Man… What should I eat for dinner? Makoto thought to himself, continuing to drink without a care in the world. It had already been 10 minutes since Leon left and he was starting to get bored. If only he had someone else to talk to… Maybe like a girlfriend.
Girlfriend… If only I had a girlfriend… How does someone like me even get one…? Makoto drowned himself in his own depressing thoughts until…
“Hello?”
“Ugghhhh… My head…” Makoto muttered quietly, blinking his eyes open to see the usual ceiling he woke up to every morning on his bed. His entire body was sore and his head hurt a little.
I must’ve drank too much last night… How did I even get home? Makoto started to question himself. Leon would usually carry him home if he had too much to drink, which was pretty uncommon… And considering Leon left before him… He turned his head to the left.
Wait… Why are my clothes on the ground!? AND WHY ARE THERE WOMEN’S CLOTHES ON THE GROUND!? And… Condoms… Makoto started to panic, could it be finally happening? He felt strangely happy and nervous at the same time, feeling something fly and bounce in his stomach.
Oh god… Makoto looked at his body… Someone else must be on top of him being covered by the blanket… But who? And why doesn’t he feel their weight? He hoped it was a cute girl.
Here goes nothing… Makoto grabbed the blanket and decided to peek under…