You stop walking, watching the four of them continue in the distance. Your fists relax and you look towards the door.
"Oh... you know what- we should look for bathing suits!" Emma bubbles.
"Bathing suits?" Mikey looks at Emma confused.
"We should celebrate your graduation by having a small beach party!" Emma says. A smile growing on her face.
"Sounds fun." Draken nods.
"Sure-" Mikey adds.
"Yuki- lets go look for swim- Yuki?" Emma stops walking when she notices you not with them. Hina turns her head to look for you also. Draken and Mikey do the same.
"Where did Yuki go?" Emma asks.
"Uh- she was just here..." Mikey says in a confused tone.
You stand outside the Bakery staring at the door. Your reflection showing in the glass. You clench onto your sweater and frown. You turn around and head towards the park.
You stop in front of a swing, holding onto the sides of it, staring down at the seat. You take a deep breath and turn around, sitting on it. You stare at the ground as you push yourself. Kicking your feet as you do. Your feet drag across the ground causing the swing to slow down and stop in place. You sink a bit on the swing, leaning on the side a bit. Numbness fills your heart and you don't know whether you should cry or not.
A pair of shoes stop in front of you causing you to look at them. You don't move not really caring much about who it is.
"Do you normally come here to sulk?" The voice asks. You don't respond. They stand against the metal pole to the swing set. He takes a deep breath and stares at you. "I came earlier to talk to you about something... but you weren't home..."
You furrow your eyebrows and then slowly stand up from the swing.
"Where are you going?"
"Home..." You respond still walking away. They grab your shoulder pulling you towards then, facing you their way. You slowly look up to see Baji staring down at you. "I thought you were trying to hide the fact you can't walk." You say pulling away.
"Do you ever look at your texts?" Baji sighs. You ignore him and continue towards the Bakery. "Yuki- answer me." He huffs. You turn the corner of the street and collide with someone. You back away with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry..." You softly say.
"Yuki!" Baji yells, jogging towards you.
"... Are you okay?" The person you bumped into says. You look up to see Izana. Your eyes widen more and then soften. You frown and look down at the ground. Izana furrows his eyebrows. Baji stops behind you and glares at Izana. Izana glares back at him.
"Who the fuck are you?" Baji questions. Izana's eyes relax.
"Izana Kurokawa." Izana replies. Baji grabs your hand and tries to pull you away.
"What are you doing?" You question.
"Let's go... Chifuyu wants to see you-" Baji says pulling you away. Izana grabs your other hand, stopping you and Baji. Baji looks back at Izana.
"Let go of her." Izana suggests.
"No... You let go of her." Baji huffs.
"You're Mikey's little friend... aren't you?" Izana says leaning towards Baji.
"I'm no ones friend..." Baji glares at Izana. Izana smiles and leans his head to the side.
"Actually- I know who you are..." Izana laughs. His eyes go dull. "Baji Keisuke... right- I know what you did." He says in a low tone. Baji squeezes your hand.
"You don't know shit."
"Yeah? Didn't you kill Shin-"
"I didn't kill anyone."
"... right-" Izana's eyes wide and dark. You stare up at him.
"Let's go Yuki..." Baji tries to pull you again but Izana has a tight grip.
"Yuki." Izana says in a low tone. You turn to look at him. He has a straight look on his face. "I didn't know you hung around people like that."
"Huh?" You look at him, feeling a bit shaken by his demeanor.
"I didn't know you were friends with Mikey." He says, staring you in the eyes. Baji grits his teeth and approaches Izana, pushing you aside.
"Let her go." Baji fumes. Izana's eyes still on you. You look towards Baji's hand. You stiffen and you droop your head a bit. You quickly pull the hand Baji is holding and bit down on his hand, drawing blood. He flinches his hand away, looking down at you in shock. "The fuck..." He holds his hand, blood dripping down his hand and down your mouth. "The fuck was that for."
"..." You stand still not responding. Izana leans towards Baji. His eyes wide.
"You're bothering her." He says. Baji glares at him and then at you.
"You know who he is Yuki?" Baji asks.
"He's my friend." You softly answer.
"He's the leader of Tenjiku." Baji adds. You stand still, eyes still tired and your body not moving a bit.
"I know-" You respond. Baji's eyes widen. Izana looks at you in surprise.
"You knew? What about Mikey-"
"I don't care about Mikey..." You stare up at Baji through your hair.
"What do you mean you don't care-" Baji glares at you.
"He's nothing but a liar... a barefaced liar... a jerk."
"The fuck did you say?" Baji fumes moving his hand to grab you.
"Why do you care?" You blankly say. Baji pauses and stares at you. "I thought you didn't care about him... that he wasn't your friend-"
"..." Baji clenches his fists.
"Or... do you actually care?" You ask, glaring at him through your hair. "Are you also a liar?"
"..."
"They all are..." Izana comments. You look towards him.
"Right..." You softly say, looking down at your shoes.
"The fuck happened to you... Since when did you-" Baji stops and then relaxes his eyes. "I don't know why I keep caring about you..." He sighs. You look up at him. "Whatever... I don't care anymore..." He says turning away. "But know you're going against Toman by messing with an enemy Yuki-" Baji says walking away. He stops at the corner and glares back at you. "If I catch you doing anything against Toman... I will kill you myself." He warns. You furrow your eyebrows, watching him turn the corner and disappear.
You clench your fists and bite down on your bottom lip, trying to prevent yourself from screaming.
"Yuki."
You quickly turn your head towards Izana. He stares down at your face and then your hands. He grabs your hand and opens then. You have indents on your inner hand from digging your nails into your palm. He holds your face.
"Relax." He softly says. You stop biting down on your lip. Its red and bruised. He rubs his thumb against your lip. You yank away, and glare at him. He stands still staring at you.
"You're a liar too." You huff. Izana's eyes widen.
"What makes you say that?" He asks. His eyes relaxing.
"Leader of Tenjiku... you're fighting with Toman- and you came to me knowing I had some sort of affiliation." You clench your fists again. "You didn't care to get to know me... you only wanted to use me to upset Mikey."
Izana's eyes widen again. You look down, eyes relaxing.
"I knew it." You turn away and reach towards the door.
"No- Yuki that's not."
"Then why else did you come?" You ask, glaring back at him. He doesn't respond, just staring back at you. "Exactly" You turn back towards the door, pulling it open. He pushes the door close. You glare back up at him but then stop when you see his eyes. The look of defeat in his eyes.
"You're right... I came to you because of Mikey-"
"..." You stare at him, your eyebrows furrow and you grip on the doorknob tightens.
"But- I changed my mind when I got to know you."
"Sure-" You turn towards the door trying to pull it open but Izana stops you again.
"I mean it... I-" He takes a deep breath and stares at the back of your head. "It's been a while since I felt something genuine from someone." You slowly turn your head. "I don't understand it yet... but I wanted to be around you more. You made me feel like I'm wanted by someone..." He grabs your hand. He stares down at it. "I never cared about baking... nor did I see myself becoming a baker- but... That's all I want now." Your eyes widen when you see the softness in his eyes. You relax your eyes, and stare into the bakery.
"You don't have to believe me... but give me some time to show you... please." He asks.
"... sure-" You listlessly say as you pull the door open. You walk into the Bakery. Izana slowly nods. His smile grows a bit and he turns away and walks off into the distance. His smiles disappear and looks down as he walks away, not paying attention to his surroundings. He accidently bumps into someone and continues walking.
The guy that he bumped into turns to look at him and sighs, brushing off his shoulder. He pulls out a cigarette and lights it.
"People have no manners nowadays..." He says taking a puff from the cigarette. He crosses the street and down an alleyway.
BZZZ BZZZ
He rolls his eyes as he pulls out his phone.
"Koda speaking... who is this?" He answers.
"Koda... can you help me with something." The person asks.
"Depends on who I'm speaking to." He says, taking another puff from his cigarette.
"Ayame Yoshizaki."
"Right... what do you want?" He flicks the cigarette.
"I need you to kill someone for me."
"Mmm... That will cost you." Koda walks out from the alley and stops, watching the cars drive by.
"I will pay you well..."
"Right... and who do you want me to kill?" Koda asks, taking another puff.
"Yuki Sato... and Tetta Kisaki."
Koda smiles and flicks the cigarette. He drops it on the ground and crushes it under his shoe.
"Yuki and Kisaki? That's gonna cost you a lot girl."
"I know."
"Alright then... let's meet up tomorrow to discuss this more." He smiles, walking off into the distance. "And bring the real Ayame with you..."
"..."
"I know what Ayame sounds like... and you aren't her."
"How would you-"
"Ayame used to be the hoe I slept with for a good couple of years... I know what she sounds like..."
"... Fine-"
"See you tomorrow, two hours before midnight. I will send you the location... and bring the money- I need to know you mean real business." He smiles.
BEEP BEEP
Koda stops and stares up at the sky. He stares down at his phone and calls someone.
"Yo."
"Ryo... Do me a favor."
"Hm?"
Koda pulls another cigarette out of the box.
"I need you to get me some information on... Tetta Kisaki for me... and see if they have any correlation with Yuki Sato."
"Ight."
Koda puts his phone back into his pocket and cups the cigarette as he lights it. "Always in some mess..." He laughs as he takes a puff and blows the smoke out from his mouth, breathing it back in through his noise. He blows it out his nose and smiles. "I'll kill that bitch for sure this time."