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Vhrooom…!!!!
The engine of the bike Suzuki GSX250E that you were modifying and repairing from last one week roared to life. Seeing that you had successfully repaired the leakage and the dents on the bike brought an immense sense of contentment. You give an extra turn to the bolt with your spanner and keep it on the rack beside the bike while picking a water bottle from the table.
“Hufff…so finally it is over”, you mutter “Time to call Chifuyu kun and tell him to come over and check the bike”. If everything goes smoothly, he would be satisfied and what else would you want from your customer.

"But first I should get myself clean", You thought to yourself. After taking a quick shower you change into a casual checked shirt and a plain trouser. You quickly then call your customer.
A man picks up the call, “Matsuno Chifuyu speaking from XJ LAND. How can we help you”.

“Hi Chifuyu kun, this is Y/N. How are you?”, you smile. “OH… hi Y/N-chan” he replies, eagerness noticeable in his voice. “I am totally fine. How have you been?” he continues. “I am fine, thanks for asking chifuyu kun”, you reply with same enthusiasm. “The bike is complete. Please come over and check weather everything is according to what you said. I would like you to test drive it and give me your feedback.”

“Whoaaa..you already finished it. That was quick”. Chifuyu says gushing over you but then he becomes silent for a moment as though thinking about something. He continues after a moment ,“Unfortunately, I am busy today Y/N-chan. Would it be ok if I send my friend instead to pick my bike up? He would be able to check the modifications and repair done.

” Yep sure, you can send him. Please tell him to come any time after 12 pm in afternoon.” You reply smiling. Chifuyu agrees and tells you that he will send his friend’s contact details and will share yours with his friend so that he can contact you.
“And one more thing” chifuyu says suddenly,“ you promised me that you will come to our pet shop once you are finished with the bike.” And before you can say no, he emphasises on the fact that you had modified his bike free of cost. “You do know that I did it for free because I was interested in your bike. Right? One cannot find this model easily nowdays.” You reply.

“Yes I know that you are a bike freak” he jokes “ but still give me a chance to say thanks ”.

You think for a moment. Well, it’s not that bad to take a day off. You had been working continuously for some days now. You never consider yourself a workaholic because you like what you do. Bikes. You love them.

You agree after a moment of thinking and it was mutually decided that you will go to the pet shop with chifuyu’s friend who is coming to pick up the bike. This way you would also be able to check for any faults in the bike while sitting on backseat firsthand.

After disconnecting the call you go to your kitchen and prepare some food. After finishing your meal, you suddenly realise that you have not checked your message. You rummage in your pocket and take out your cell phone.

As you check your message, you see a photograph of a handsome man with long hair tied in a bun and two golden highlighted flicks shadowing his face. His eyes were sandy coloured and there was a beauty mark under his right eye and was wearing an earring in his left ear. His name was written in another message which read ‘Hanemiya Kazutora’ along with his phone number. “Shouldn’t have dressed this casually”, you sigh looking at the picture.

But before you can think about anything else, your door bell rang. “Shit, it might be him, should have called before at least.” You ran downstairs in your garage. You can clearly see the same man standing through the transparent glasses of your shop. You sigh. So he is here after all. Nothing can be done now. All right Y/N you can do it. Just behave normally. No cringing, just normal.

“Hello, Umm Hanemiya kun right?” you ask him after sliding the door open.

“Yes, kazutora is fine though. And you must be Y/N-chan.” he replies, his expression peaceful.

“Nice to meet you kazutora kun. Please follow me”. You say trying not to notice him too much.

Kazutora had a lean built and was taller than you. He had a tattoo on his neck which was partially hidden by the black turtleneck that he was wearing. He had tied his long hair in a bun, his yellow streaks clearly visible. He had a composed demeanour but somehow it made him look more rugged.
You took him to where the bike was standing.

“As you can see the modifications are complete.” you say looking at the bike. “I hope you like it and if there is any problem, I will fix it”.

” You really did fix it, so chifuyu was correct. You are indeed great” Kazutora was looking impressed, not to mention he was noticing you. But she was used to people doing that thanks to her tomboyish clothing and the fact that she was interested in bikes. He was obviously not staring at her because he found her pretty or anything. No, she never found herself pretty, how can she be with all those grease marks on her body and face, always invested in her work. Her work was always her priority. Men will come and go but not her years where she can focus on her career.

“So kazutora kun, would you like to check the bike” you ask pulling yourself out of the train of thoughts.
“Well for once we can both go to pet shop and you can yourself see it.” He smiles at you.

“Yeah, that’s what chifuyu kun said.”, You say looking at him. His smile is so pretty. What the hell were you doing. Focus Y/N. You thought to yourself.

“Omg, I didn’t even ask you? You suddenly walk out of the room leaving kazutora confused and return with water and some snacks for him. “I am sorry I forgot to ask you, would you like something to eat or drink ?”.

“No that’s fine. I had lunch just before leaving my home” he grins at you.

“He must be mentally laughing at me” you thought and sigh. “Let’s go kazutora kun, chifuyu kun must be waiting for us.”

After a few minutes you were riding to the shop while sitting behind kazutora on the same bike that you repaired. Well the engine was working just fine. Suspensions were good. Overall it was a smooth ride to the shop. Now lets wait for kazutora’s review. What would he say? You don’t want your first impression on him to go wrong. Why the hell you are thinking that? You were trying to restrain yourself from thinking anything stupid. But you forgot that you were bad with your expressions.
“Did something happen?....Y/N-chan?” kazutora asks you looking at your expressions while stepping down the bike?

“Motion sickness” ,you reply out of the blue. Motion sickness seriously Y/N what were you thinking.
Kazutora was observing you closely. “I will get you water once we are inside. Lets go.” .

*******

“Hello chifuyu kun, how are you?” You happily ask when you see him while opening the door of the shop. " Hello Y/N-chan. I am good”. He replies cheerfully. “I thought you were busy chifuyu kun”, you ask grinning at him. “Nah, it was the only way you would have come to our shop. I just wanted to thank the pretty lady personally who repaired my bike free of cost.” He exclaims his eyes shining. Your ears go pink.

“You shouldn’t be flirting with our guest chifuyu”. Kazutora jokes casually with him.
“So, what would my beautiful guest like to have?” asks chifuyu ignoring kazutora.

“How about some water first”. You say looking around the shop. You stop at a particular spot where there were photographs pinned to the wall. You could see chifuyu there. “You had a different haircut back then kazutora kun. You are quite unrecognizable. If it weren’t for your eye color I wouldn’t have recognized you.” You look at him. You shouldn’t have said that. He might think that you are noticing him. Idiot Y/N.

“Yeah I had a different look back then", he says, his expressions unreadable.
When chifuyu hands you a water bottle, you drink profusely. “Tell me chifuyu kun, from where did you brought that bike. It’s not new I can tell that much. It is ten years old atleast.” Suddenly the atmosphere of the shop changes,“Yeah, it belongs to my old friend and mentor Baji san. He died few years back. So now we take care of his bike.”, he replies sadly.

A look of total pain crosses kazutora’s face and he shifts uncomfortably. He picks up the bottle from which you drank and whispers something about filling it up while leaving the room.
“Is he ok?” you ask chifuyu worriedly. “I am sorry I didn’t know or I wouldn’t have asked you.” You continue. “it is ok don’t worry about it.”, He replies while looking at kazutora.

You and chifuyu talk for a while and then he shows you around his shop. “This place is so peaceful and it also smells good not like other typical pet shops. You both take good care of it.” You say looking around the shop.

When you come back to the counter you see kazutora watering the plants. Chifuyu goes into the kitchen to get some snacks for you.

“Kazutora kun?” you call him.

“Hmm” he says still watering the plants.

“Do you also have a bike?” you ask excitedly

He looks at you, a sudden gleam in his eyes which do not go unnoticed by you. “Yes, would you like to see it”, he asks plainly as though trying to restrain his thoughts..
“Yes please..!!” you nod happily.

******

After ten minutes you were standing in their garage gaping at the shining yellow bike with your jaw dropped open. You were looking nothing less than comical to kazutora. He restrains himself from smiling and says “It is HONDA CBT400T with top speed 145 km per hour. I was 13 years old when I first bought it.” “What?” You give him a look of total appreciation as though he was nothing less than a god.” “Damn, no wonder you are so cool”, you say excitedly. “Can I please have look at it.”

“Yes, why not. Feel free. But unfortunately, it does not run anymore” kazutora says sadly. “Oh, I can fix it don’t worry about that.” You say gushing over the bike. Suddenly the expressions on his face changes. “No, I don’t want to fix it. I showed it to you because you were interested, that’s all.”

“But, but… you kept it for all these years right? Doesn’t it mean you actually want to ride it? Come on let me do it. Please.”, You request him making puppy eyes. “No”, he shakes his head and turns to leave. “We should get back to the shop, chifuyu must be looking for you”, he turns back, his expressions unreadable.
“Yeah..” you say disappointed. Giving a last look to the bike you return to the shop with kazutora.

“Y/N-chan, where have you been. I was looking for you” chifuyu looks suspiciously at you and kazutora as you both enter the shop. “kazutora kun was showing me his bike, nothing else. I wonder where did you get these bikes. They are just insane”.

Chifuyu and kazutora smirk at each other. “Here is your strawberry milkshake Y/N-chan.” chifuyu says suddenly changing the subject. “How the heck do you know I like strawberries.” You ask him looking at the pink coloured shake. “Well for once, you look like one.” He replies smiling at you. This time you definitely blush. “Th-thank you chifuyu kun” you stutter.
“You are going overboard with her chifuyu. You are such a cringe.”, This time kazutora closes his eyes and shakes his head as though thinking why was he hearing such fluffy things in first place..

After finishing your shake and snacks you decide to leave, as it was getting late.

“You sure you don’t want chifuyu to drop you”, Kazutora asks you with concern. “No it is fine and I need to pick up some stuff on my way home too.” You reply. Damn it why can’t YOU drop me home kazutora. “You ok?” he asks. You realize you have been staring at him for a while and shake your head. “I am sorry... I was zoned out thinking about stuff I need to buy while walking home.” You reply coming back to your senses.

“So that’s it then. Thanks for today chifuyu and kazutora kun. Nice to meet you. Please call me if you ever need anything. You can visit me anytime you want. It’s nice to have friends in a place like this.” You smile at both of them.

“Same goes for you Y/N-chan. And please we ARE friends. Take care of yourself and call immediately if anything happens on your way home. Remember to call back when you reach home too.”
You smile and nod at both Kazutora and Chifuyu,“Bye then, see you soon”.

*******

After you leave, chifuyu glances at kazutora,"Isn't she nice?" Kazutora does not reply. He was in a deep thought. She could repair that bike she had said.

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“I would be safe if I don’t open the shop tomorrow also. I need to get out of this situation fast. Damn it!!! How the hell I even got into this mess.” You were muttering to yourself frantically and pacing up and down in your room. You close your eyes and hold your head in your hands. What should you do? There should be some or the other way to get out of this situation. You looked out of your bedroom window, it was dark outside. You could see no one in the alley. You sighed and looked at your clock. It was half past ten.

Was there anyone with whom you can seek help? You were raking your brains but none came to mind. Since it’s been only two months that you have been residing in Tokyo you had made no friends. Calling your parents would probably mean only worrying them to no end, they might even end up calling you back to your hometown if it was a question about your safety. Maybe you were overthinking about it. Maybe the matter was not as big as you were making it in your mind.

There was only one way to know. You pick up your phone and call a certain person.

“Hello, chifuyu kun?” you had thought deeply over the matter and decided to call Chifuyu.

“Ohh..Hello Y/N chan.” A voice from the other end spoke but it was not chifuyu’s.” It’s kazutora. I am sorry but chifuyu is busy with a delivery.” You instantly feel your mood lighten up. How can someone’s voice have such an effect on you? You hesitate “ kazutora kun..Umm..I need to speak to you and chifuyu kun about something. “

“Are you okay Y/N chan. You sound worried. What happened?” asks kazutora sensing tension in your voice. ” You never called chifuyu back after reaching. He tried to call you but your phone was switched off.”

“Kazutora kun..can I come to your shop tomorrow first thing in the morning? I would like to discuss everything there” you respond shifting uncomfortably but you were happy to hear concern for you in his voice.

“This is not something to ask about Y/N chan. You can come anytime you want. And if anything is serious we can pick you up right now.” He replies good naturedly. “No it’s nothing to worry about , I will visit you tomorrow in the morning. Thank you so much. Talking to you definitely calmed me down. You are a nice person kazutora kun.” You reply smiling, forgetting that he cannot see you. You can feel kazutora being flustered on the other end of the call. ”But I did nothing”. He mutters confusedly.
“Your voice was enough kazutora kun. So I guess i will meet you and chifuyu tomorrow.” You reply, all your worries leaving you. And what was that sudden confidence in your voice.

Your love for bikes had somehow connected you to them and especially to Kazutora Hanemiya.

“Huhh..? What?” kazutora was stunned. You giggled at his hushed response.

*******

After disconnecting the call, kazutora felt uneasy. He starts thinking about whether he should have forced you a little about the matter you were concerned about. You literally sounded worried to him when he initially picked up your call. You sounded scared. Should he call you back? But you said everything was fine. What should he do? Why was he thinking about you so much. It’s not like that he knows you exactly. And what was that comment about his voice. He should better calm down he thought.

He had met you just once. But still somehow you reminded him of someone, someone he used to look up to and admired.
Suddenly a black coloured cat with sharp fangs jumps from the counter and sits between his legs. Kazutora bends down and strokes the cat’s hair. ”It’s time for your nap Peke. Let’s make you comfortable so that you can sleep peacefully.”
You would be coming to the shop again tomorrow and the thought made him smile.

*******

Chifuyu looks up as the doorbell of the shop chimes. “Good Morning Y/N chan. How are you? “. He hurries towards you from behind the counter. “Good morning chifuyu kun”. You greet him back.” Are you alright Y/N chan, kazutora told me about your call when I came back from the delivery, since it was pretty late I thought you might be asleep.” He looks at you with concern. ”I am sorry to barge in like this early in the morning but I needed to discuss something with you and kazutora kun. Umm…Where is he?” the moment you finish your question about kazutora’s whereabouts he comes out of the room from behind the counter. “Good Morning Y/N chan” he greets you. Before you can reply to his gesture he continues coming to a halt near chifuyu “You okay Y/N chan? You sounded scared last night.”

You hesitate, but now was not the time for that so you take a deep breath and fix your eyes on the black cat sitting on the counter “That’s what I want to talk to you both about. Do anyone of you know about a gang named Bonten?” you ask frowning looking down at your intertwined fingers kept on table. Kazutora and chifuyu freeze. chifuyu was the one to ask first ”What about bonten?”

“I have heard somewhere that it is Japan’s largest criminal gang.” You murmur and pause for a moment to turn your gaze towards them. “There are these two people who came to my shop once to get their bike set right , I think it was just before chifuyu’s bike. I saw a hanafuda mark on their bike which unfortunately was the mark of bonten members. I came to know about that mark a while back through news.” You said panicking again at the thought of the memory.

“Did they do anything to you?” asked chifuyu , definitely horrified about what you were going to say next.
“Not at that time.” You whispered and looked down. “But they have been following me since then.”

Chifuyu and kazutora exchanged dark looks. “But did they do anything to you?” Chifuyu again emphasized on the same question.

“They cornered me when I was returning home from your shop. But somehow I managed to get away. Luckily a police van was passing outside the alley in which they cornered me. They got scared and I ran away from there. And and… I kneed and punched the man in the face who was holding me.” Your chest was rising and falling with deep breaths of pure terror. “You did what??” chifuyu cries out. “Please help me” you said panic stricken.

Nobody spoke.

After a while It was kazutora who spoke first “You need to get out of there Y/N chan”. “Get out of where?” you ask half confused half scared.

“I mean your apartment. Leave your apartment right now. You are not safe there”. Kazutora’s voice was bold leaving no room for confusion. ”But where will I go and what about my shop?” you ask frowning.

“You can return to your hometown or you can to any other city. Just leave Tokyo.” Kazutora says. “ But i dont want to go back. I have my business here and there is a lot of hard work invested in it plus i don’t want to worry my family.” You reply frowning your eyebrows.

“You can live here on the second floor in kazutora’s room till this is over. He will shift with me in my room”. This time it was chifuyu who spoke. “ This way you can continue your work after a while. But remember you need to lay low for sometime.”
“But..but..” you stammer. “There is no time for discussion. You can decide after coming back here.” kazutora swiftly picks up the key from the bowl kept in the corner of the counter and looks at you. ”We will explain you later, first get inside the car we need to move. NOW. HURRY.” He emphasises on the last two words.

“But why here, why not somewhere else in this town.” You ask frowning at kazutora. “Because we are the only one’s who can save you. Bonten is more than dangerous, its heinous. You need to be with us if you are not going back to your family. Now please Y/N chan. Do as kazutora says. You do trust us right?” Chifuyu pleads you.

Well obviously you trusted them. You had talked to chifuyu for a whole week while you were modifying his bike as you needed to discuss about the parts that you were replacing. He was definitely a good man.

“Y/N chan, come on. We need to get there fast.” Kazutora rushes over to the car. You hurry behind him.

“I am scared kazutora kun.” You blurt out while pinning your seat belt. “Is it so serious that I need to change my damn apartmen?”. “ Well if they are gang members and that also Bonten than it is. I understand that you are scared. But please remain calm. We will think of something and you are safe with me and chifuyu.” He smiles at you reassuringly while driving the car.

Kazutora stops the car outside your street to check whether anyone was following you . Once he was sure that nobody did he tells you to get out of the car and you both hurry inside the premises of a two story house. The house was surrounded by a boundary wall.

You both hurry towards your apartment which was on the second floor.

It’s been only few months since you started residing in this city therefore you only had things of basic necessity in your apartment. Surprisingly everything fitted in just three medium sized boxes.

You both carried the boxes to the car. After keeping them safely on the backseat you tell kazutora that you are going inside one more time to check whether you left anything behind. As you entered the boundary, kazutora pulls your hand from back and pushes you against the boundary wall still inside the premises so that anyone outside the house would not be able see you both.

“What the...??!!”.Your head bumped a bit against the wall. “shusshh...”.kazutora murmurs for you to quiet down bringing right index finger to his lips. His other hand on your left side almost caging you in. His lips were close to your forehead but apparently he was not aware of it. He was trying to listen intently. Your heart started beating frantically at your close proximity with kazutora but instead you tried to focus on listening too. And then you heard.

Two men were talking to each other. They were passing by your house but suddenly their sound of footsteps stop. “Whose car is this?” A heavy voice spoke. You knew that voice. It was of the same man who cornered you day before yesterday in the alley. Your eyes widened with fear. His voice sent shivers down your body. Kazutora looked at your face sensing tension in your body. “ Its okay Y/N. I am here.” He whispered near your ear pressing your head closer to his body with his right hand. “Nobody is going to do anything to you”. You hold his jacket tightly with both of your hands. It made you feel safe.

“This the same house you told me. Sure she lives here?” They even know your house. You agitated uncomfortably and tighten your grip on kazutora’s jacket. Suddenly a gush of wind passes you both and at that moment you inhale kazutora’s scent. You blushed. His scent was doing things to you. Sensing your gaze at him, kazutora looks down at you. Both your eyes meet. The transition of your face colour from pink to scarlet was fast. Slowly kazutora raised his right hand and tucked away a single flick softly behind your ear that was ruffling on your face due to the wind moving past you. His eyes were gentle.

“I have asked around. The owner of this house is out of city. We can come at night. She might have someone over right now.” The man on the other side of the boundary murmured. “ Going inside right now would be dangerous. If only that bitch had opened her store today...” But he did not speak any further. “Let’s go.”

Both of you waited with baited breaths for them to go. After a while when Kazutora felt that those two man had gone he stepped back from you and asked “Are you ok?”. You let go of his jacket and said in a hushed tone “ Yes I am fine. Thank you.” Though you were still scared, but kazutora’s presence there with you was dimming the effect of fear.

Kazutora looked over the boundary wall and gestured you to move slowly. As nothing was left behind in your apartment you both hurry back to the car and kazutora starts the car.
“Sorry if I made you uncomfortable back there.” Kazutora says calmly. “You made me feel safe.” You reply looking at kazutora. A Little pink creeps on his face. The drive to the pet shop was a silent one. And somehow you did not feel frightened at all. And it had everything to do with Kazutora Hanemiya beside you.

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The next morning comes after a not so peaceful nightmare which had you sweating as you woke up to the sunlight coming from the nearby window in your new apartment. You had dreamt about a man who was chasing you inside a dark tunnel and you were trying to get away from him but the tunnel went on turning into a never ending staircase.

“What a stupid dream it was.” You mutter agitating in your blanket. You remove it and get out of your bed. As you come to a halt near window you see Chifuyu hurrying towards a different shop carrying a bag.

Last night he had told you about how he and kazutora used to be gang members but their gang was disbanded several years back. Their leader was a good person and thought about their safety, but had left them after disbanding since the gang was no more. You were shocked to hear the leader of Bonten was the same person. He was called ‘Mikey’. Though chifuyu and kazutora or any member of their previous gang had no connections whatsoever with bonten or mikey after that incident, they still thought there was some good left in Mikey.

Kazutora had also pointed out that the higher ups of a gang do not concern themselves much with civilians. Though mikey was different, if he had known that some of his gang members are trying to hurt a normal citizen he would definitely have his way with them. Since Bonten was a big gang it was difficult for higher ups to keep track of every single of their gang member due to which they sometimes get out of hands creating havoc in the city and threatening normal citizens.

That’s exactly what was happening with you. The people who were following you were low ranked members of Bonten and were taking advantage of it’s image.

You had felt relieved that now you yourself have two people on whom you can rely on. Though chifuyu had told you to stay underground for a while as the gang members might still try to look for you in other areas even after realizing that you have left your original house.

“What a pain.” You say looking out of the window. Turning back you gaze around kazutora’s room. Even the blanket had tiger print on it. He’s got style you thought. You remember how close he was to you yesterday and smile. He was one handsome fella and he sure can get any girl he wants, you should probably forget about him.

You look in the mirror and brush your hair with your hands. You were wearing a pink pyjama dress with little faces of cartoon tiger printed on it. As you go down the spiral staircase connecting your floor to the main shop, you notice kazutora working on the counter. There were no customers.

Hearing your footsteps kazutora looks up. “Good Morning Y/N. How was your sleep?”. But as you close in on him, his eyes switch from your head to toe than back up. What was happening, why was he staring at you like that. Was he checking you out. Nah..that’s not possible you thought. Then you understood, he was looking at your pyjama dress as it had faces of cartoon tiger printed on it. You giggle.

You greet him back taking a chair beside the counter. Kazutora’s hair were tied in a bun with loose locks on either side of his face. He was looking like a fresh breath of air.
“There is some coffee and breakfast in the kitchen”. He tells you without looking at you, engrossed in his work.

From that day your life with those two people started.

*****

A month had already passed since you started living with them.
For your work you designed bike models on your laptop taking up projects from different companies. Whenever you needed to go to a company to talk about a project, kazutora would take you as chifuyu was always busy with the shop. You were not allowed to go out on your own. But you never complained because you liked their company and you got some alone time with kazutora.

Chifuyu had become a good friend of yours with whom you can share anything. Kazutora was a different case. He had open up to you a bit, but it still looked like he was restraining himself as though he has something constantly on his mind, and opening up to you fully will spill all the secrets.

You all had stopped using formalities with each other. Chifuyu still flirted with you sometimes but your heart fluttered for kazutora. Chifuyu might have noticed that because after few days he stopped it.

“So you like him?” he asked you smiling one afternoon when kazutora was not present in the shop. You hiccup spraying out water. “Why do you have to ask such a thing suddenly and that also when I am drinking water?” you ask wiping your mouth and frowning.

“Oh I was just curious..” he smirks at you while also taking a seat near you. “ I have noticed you staring at him countless times since you started living with us.”

“ I ..I dont know chifuyu” you reply sadly looking down. “Tell me..I won’t tell him you know.” He says gently. “Umm.. does he have a girlfriend chifuyu.?” You ask, gathering your courage and eyes twinkling with hope.

“Nope..as far as i know..he never had a girlfriend.” Chifuyu replies gazing at the window. “So I was correct you like him.” Chifuyu smiles. “I kind of...but..but whenever I try to get closer to him he just becomes so reserved as though...I don’t know. What’s his deal? Is he not into girls?” you ask frustated.

“ Oh he is very much into girls. You should look at him while high school girls pass the shop. He blushes like an idiot.” Chifuyu laughs. “Then why did he never had a girlfriend and he was a gang member for god sakes.” You retort rolling your eyes.
“listen Y/N I think he likes you too.” Chifuyu keeps his palm on your head and ruffles your hair. You stare at him dumbstruck. “What on earth made you say that”, you ask after a while, butterflies rising in your chest.

“I have seen him staring at you too many times” chifuyu chuckles. “ You are not making fun of me right because if this is some sort of prank I am going to punch your life out of you. You reply pouting at him. “Calm down Juliet. Our Romeo is bit scared about opening up to people. You see his past was not so good.”

You scrunch your eyebrows, “What about his past?” “I don’t know Y/N, weather I am the right person to tell you that or not but I can assure you that he is a very good person just a little broken.” Chifuyu was staring at the corner of the shop where there were photos pinned on the wall. “Baji san would want him to move on.” You turned and looked in the same direction as him. “I guess since you are not there in that group picture, baji san is the one near kazutora. Right?”, you ask him looking in the same direction as him. Chifuyu nods and smiles at you. “And that middle one must be Mikey, since he is sitting all boss like.”, you continue. “Correct.” Replies chifuyu playfully.

You wanted to ask what happened in the past that made kazutora so introverted but if chifuyu is not telling you then it must be very personal to kazutora, though you knew that it is going to haunt you till kazutora or chihuyu tells you the truth. You decided to gain kazutora’s trust.

“Will you help me with kazutora Chifuyu?” you ask him lowering your eyes. A blush settling on your cheeks. “Only if you promise to make me that yakisoba again that you made on that day. That was so good.” Chifuyu smiles. “Deal.” You punch your hand in the air. “You are such a kid Y/N.” Chifuyu laughs. “Look who is talking”, You retort.

“What are you both talking about?” kazutora had entered the shop and was carrying several bags containing cat food. “So our Romeo’s back.” Chifuyu exclaims winking at you. Kazutora stops in his tracks “What did you say?” Chifuyu chuckles “ Nothing..Nothing..”and leaves the room smiling.
“What was that about?” kazutora looks at you confused. “No idea” you reply trying hard not to laugh hysterically.

Suddenly you hear voices of giggling and you turn around. A bunch of high school girls were passing the pet shop and few of them were looking at kazutora, one was even pointing at him. Kazutora did not mind them. When they had passed, kazutora looks at the door and sighs ,“Why do they do that?” “Because you are handsome kazutora.” You whisper to yourself forgetting that kazutora was in your hearing range. “Huhh..“ he looks at you skittishly, “What did you said?”

You look over at him and speak with some new found confidence “I said that they look at you because you are handsome.” He looks at you dumbstruck, pink creeping up on his cheeks. He was at loss of words and you heart was pounding.

“Wait ..there is something in your hair.” You suddenly notice a dried leaf in his hair and move to remove it. And as you move close to him you inhale his scent, the feeling went straight to your core. And as you were stepping aside after removing the leaf, you accidently tripped over a chair that was kept just behind you. But before you could fell and hit anything, a hand pulls you by shoulder. You were saved. Kazutora had pulled you towards himself in order to break your fall. “Thank you”, you say huffing. But as you tried to turn and look at him, you felt a shearing pain in your ankle which supposedly had twisted. You snatch his collar and close your eyes with pain so that you can stand straight. “You all right Y/N?”, kazutora asks with concern, his eyebrows scrunched. “I think I twisted my ankle.”, you tell him painfully. He pulls up the chair on which you tripped and slowly makes you sit on it. You let go of his collars as you sit on the chair. " Wait a second",he tells you and rushes inside the room at the back of counter.

He returns with a icepack and bandage. He pulls up another chair for himself and then slowly picks up your twisted ankle and keeps it on his lap gently. “Don’t do that its okay”, you say embarrased by his action but also trembling in pain. But he ignores you and warns you to stay still.

You were sitting there patiently but your mind was racing. Now was the moment you thought.“kazutora..”, you say as you look at him. “Hmm..” he looks back at you and tilts his head making his earring tinkle and smiles. “ Umm... why did you never had a girlfriend?”, you ask him in a low voice. He was now applying a tube on your ankle gently. “ I don’t think they would be happy with me”, he replies looking at you. He did not even asked how you knew that fact about him not having a girlfriend. “But you are so caring you know, always taking me to different places for my projects and now this.”, you protest frowning at him. He grins again this time not looking at you, now wrapping the bandage around your ankle. “Do you want me to have a girlfriend?”, he asks you this time checking your expressions. “No..I mean I want you to have one..but.. but”, you were at total loss for words.

“Would you like to go out with me?” you ask him suddenly. It was now or never. You need to take the step now. “Are you like asking me out?”, he smirks at you. “Not exactly”, you reply. His smile falters at your reply. “ It’s been more than a month that I have gone out to enjoy. We have only been going for my projects. How about we go somewhere tomorrow evening?” you ask him your eyes sparkling with hope. “ Well I guess I will take you.” He replies still holding your foot. “On your bike?” you ask. “Wait. You know my bike isn’t”, but before he could complete his sentence you cut across him, “ I have fixed it.” Kazutora stares at you, his expression blank. You take out a key from your pocket and give him. “You can test drive it.”

Chapter Text

*Three days before the present day*

Chifuyu enters the garage with a tray full of different snacks. You look at him and smile.“Thanks Y/N”, chifuyu nods at you. “You are the one who brought snacks for me, instead I should be thanking you”, you chuckle at chifuyu.

“No I am talking about kazutora’s bike.”, chifuyu replies. You nod at him. You and chifuyu were planning to surprise kazutora on his birthday. How chifuyu got his hands on kazutora’s bike key was a mystery to you. Whenever you tried to ask him about it, he just smirked and did not say anything.

That night kazutora did not return. He had informed chifuyu that he would stay the night at Takemichi. Takemichi was another friend of them whom you had grown fond of. Takemichi and his girlfriend Hina often visited the shop.

It was all the more good for you that kazutora was staying the night away, as it would gave you ample amount of time to repair his bike without him suspecting you.

You and chifuyu had planned everything for kazutora’s birthday. Like how you would gift him his bike a day before his birthday and you would take him out the next therefore giving time to chifuyu for all the arrangement so that both of you can surprise him.

*Back to present*

You smiled at kazutora’s expression. He was beyond shocked as you gave him the key. There was more than startled look on his face which you were not quite able to interpret. Was he angry that even after he instructed you to not repair his bike, you still did it or was he so happy that he was literally not able to react. No, there was something more, more than you were presently able to comprehend.

He hesitantly took the key from your hand and stared at it. “Y/N, why did you do that?”,his voice quiet. He was staring at you, searching your eyes for possible reasons. “ Oh I..I j-just wanted to see you riding your bike and enjoying yourself.”, you stammered. “You see you are my friend too like chifuyu”.

“You should stay away from me.” Kazutora blankly stated still staring at you. “I don’t want to stay away from you.” You reply boldly staring back at him with equal intensity.

“Huhh..” kazutora blinks at your bold reply. “And if you want me to stay away from you, tell me the reason behind it.”, you continue.

There was a pause.

“You remind me of someone Y/N”, kazutora slowly smiles. “You are exactly like him, your boldness, your passion for bikes”, kazutora stops for a moment and then continues looking down at your bandaged foot “Your love for your friends, not many people are like that. I don’t want to hurt you too.”
You were confused. Who was he talking about. Kazutora understood that you were unable to follow his train of thoughts. “Baji...I am talking about Baji.”

“Wasn’t baji san your and chifuyu’s best friend.” You ask him gently after a while, you knew that this was a hard topic for kazutora.

Kazutora stood up and placed your foot gently on the same chair on which he was sitting . “Yes he was, and he will be. Always.” He replies with all the determination he had so that tears don’t well up in his eyes.

“Tora?” you call him with all the affection you were feeling at that moment. He was taken aback by your sudden use of his pet name. He looks at you confused. But when he realised that you were trying to stand up he suddenly keeps his hands on your shoulders to stop you from getting up “Don’t do that Y/N”.
“Please let me Tora, it was just a little twist, its already getting better, you see”, you try to stand on your swollen foot but scowl in pain and again seize his collars for support. Kazutora tries to make you sit again but you resist him.

“Don’t ...W..wait kazutora”, you stutter. “ What happened...is it paining too much? Should I give you some pain killers?” kazutora blurts out worriedly. You were still clinging on to his shirt.

“Can I hug you?” you ask him slowly gathering courage. Kazutora’s eyes were fixated on you. He was rather unsure of what he had heard. “ Please. Just as a friend”, You pleaded looking directly in his eyes. You need to tell him that he was not alone. He gazes at you dumbfounded but you call him again,“Please Tora.” He melts in your soft eyes and nods.
You put your arms around his neck tenderly and your head on his shoulder. You inhale his sweet scent which did wonders to your mind and the feeling went straight to your core.

“ I am always with you Tora, I will never leave you. NEVER. You can always count on me. And that’s what friends are for. I have never met Baji san but I understand what he meant to you. Like him, I will always stuck by you.” You pause and after a split second you look at him, your arms still around his neck.
He was looking at the opposite wall shocked and teary eyed, though they had not fallen yet. You wipe his eyes with your right hand and tuck his loose hair strands at the back of his ear affectionately.

He slowly hugs you back and buries his head in your shoulder. “Thank you Y/N, you don’t know what it means to me.”, he stammers. You put your head on his shoulder again. A few moments pass by. His hair smelled like pure bliss. You never wanted to part but then you had to stop. It was for your own good, so you unwillingly said “I think its good for today.”, You remove your hands from around his shoulders and grab his shirt again to avoid the pain in your foot. Kazutora looked rather disappointed about breaking the hug suddenly. You chuckle at his expression. “ So did you like my surprise”, you ask with twinkle in your eyes. He nods at you smiling.

“So are you taking me out tomorrow on your bike, handsome?.” You asked him excitedly with a tinge of flirt in your voice emphasizing on the word ‘handsome’. That was so lame, you should better learn how to flirt with guys if you want to survive, you thought.

Kazutora was again astonished at your undaunted comment but he smiled and shook his head “Not till your foot gets better.”, he replies teasing you.

“Hey come on, it will get better by tomorrow and see I can already walk.”, You pouted at him. And sure when you tried to walk, you were slowly able to move without kazutora’s support. “See I told you, it was just a little twist. I am sure it will heal by tomorrow.” You fondly tell him.

“Lets see if it gets better”, he replies looking at your bandaged foot. “Nope, we will definitely go. I don’t want to miss this chance with you.” You look smugly at him leaving no room for any doubts.

*************

“Chifuyu, these are beautiful”, you were walking slowly in a row of dresses which were shimmering in the bright yellow light of the store that you were in.

“ They will look even more beautiful on you.” Chifuyu exclaims. You smile at him. “ But I have never worn these sort of dresses before”, you were worried because you were a tomboy. You had never given much thought to aesthetics, only wore what was comfortable. “We will find something for you, umm..try these”, chifuyu starts to rummage and hands you several dresses. You knew that they also came with a heavy price tag,“Umm chihuyu, these are very expensive. I don’t know......”. “Don’t worry about it, the shop belongs to my friend Mitsuya san. You can pick anything you want”, chifuyu was rather excited talking about his friend while you were changing.

He told you that his friend was also a former captain of the second squad in their gang. You were rather shocked because you never thought that a former delinquent can design such beautiful pieces. Not even single one was bad.

Atlast, after half an hour of trying you finally found a dress that fitted you perfectly. The dress was knee length and light yellow in shade. Its sleeves were drooping on either side of your shoulders and was not too tight nor too loose. It was perfect.
“Chifuyu, I think I found the one”, you called him from inside the dressing room and sure enough when you came out, chifuyu went blank and started gaping at you with his mouth open. He was staring at you vividly, “you look gorgeous Y/N, Kazutora wont be able to tear his eyes off you.” You smiled fondly at chifuyu. “He sure is a one lucky man.”

Chifuyu also helped you choose footwear and when you were checking out, he introduced you to a man with purple highlights. He was lean much like kazutora and chifuyu and was standing with a measuring tape in his hand. He was wearing glasses which were slightly sliding on his nose and he had droopy eyes. Are all delinquents this handsome, you thought.

“Mitsuya kun, thank you for this beautiful dress”, you bow to him. You and chifuyu talk to him for a while before taking your leave.

“Do you need help Y/N?” Chifuyu asks when he saw that you were having trouble climbing his bike. “ Its better than before, I am able to walk normally.” You reply wincing at your leg pain which has reduced a whole lot since the afternoon. “I hope kazutora is still at takemichi’s, I don’t want him to see me with these bags and”, you tap chifuyu on shoulder, “ thanks again chifuyu.”

“What for?”, he asks looking over his shoulder at you with a smile. “For everything”, you reply vividly.
“ I am just following Baji san’s will. He would have done the same thing. And you need to change that habit of thanking me again and again”, and as he starts his bike, the engine revs to life with a roar. The next day was going to be eventful and you both had lot of preparations to do. You smile to yourself as you could only imagine kazutora’s reaction seeing you in his colours.

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As chifuyu turned on the bike and you both were about to go off, a man came running out of the alleyway beside the shop holding a baseball bat. You were shocked and the realization hit you that he was going for chifuyu. Suddenly everything seem to become slow motion to you and before you can react or shout he had already hit him on the side of his head. WHAM..!!The bike came crashing down and you and chifuyu both along with it.

Your head had hit the ground and your vision became blurred. You could barely see chifuyu, who had fainted near you. You tried to get up but the weight of the bike was too much. Then out of nowhere, someone started dragging you out from under the bike . You tried to focus but the pain in your head was too much.

“Chifuyu, Chifuyu..”, you called out, your right arm limping due to pain. Suddenly you heard someone shouting angrily, “ leave her you bastard”. You realised it as Mitsuya kun’s voice. He might have came out of the shop hearing the crash. “Stay away or I kill her”, the man who was holding you shouted back and which indicated there were more than one man. You heard more sounds of punching but the man who was holding you did not stop. “ Get off me, sucker”, you tried to resist and punch that man but you were not quite able to manage it due to the searing pain.

You tried to shout but your throat was choked with tears as you saw chihuyu lying on the street fainted. Your vision was slowly becoming clear, “ Chihuyu, Chihuyu please be alright...”, you cried out. But before you could say anything else you felt a smack on your back of the neck. Your eyes widened for a moment, then everything went dark around you.

******

Your head was hurting, you tried to open your eyes but were not quite able to do it. You tried to move your hands to rub your eyes but you realised, they have been tied to the sides of the chair on which you were sitting. Slowly your vision cleared and you opened your eyes to a dingy room. It was dark and the only source of light was a beam of sunlight that was entering the room from a little circular opening on the ceiling.

“So you finally woke up, my Darling!!”, a shrill voice came out of nowhere. Fear gripped you. “Who are you and where am I?”, you called back, though you knew who was that. You had already recognized his voice. He was the same man who tried to corner you in that dingy alleyway, one and a half month back.

He stepped forward from the corner of the room in the beam light and your fear knew no bounds. “What did you do to chifuyu?”, was your first question when you came to your senses. “Are you talking about that undercut man? I thought your choice was better.” You tried to search the room with your eyes for any trace of chihuyu.

“My name is Haruto and don’t worry, he is not here. We left him there on the road. That bloody friend of his was a good fighter”, he spat on the floor. You realised he was talking about Mitsuya kun. You mentally thanked him for saving Chifuyu.
“What do you want from me?”, you ask slowly though you already knew the answer. “Oh ..just a little revenge”, his grin full of evil intentions.

“You were the one who was and is trying to hurt me”, you retort, your voice growing more and more with every sentence. “ You should have come quietly that day”, he retorts back at you. “You have been roaming with that long haired man? Who was he? Did you think keeping him as your bodyguard will save you?”
As you hear a reference to kazutora, a sudden calm washes over you. You look up at Haruto and whisper ,“You are dead”. “What?,” Haruto replies laughing. “YOU ARE DEAD”, you cry out this time. He became silent.

You continue, huffing, “The man you hit was the vice captain of First Division of Toman and the other one”, you smirk as the transition on his face suddenly takes place from a grin to a horrified look, “ is the cofounder of that gang. You might pretty well understand what Toman is if you are a Bonten member. Your Boss’s first gang.”

Haruto looks at you for a while and then laughs. “Who cares who they are, as long as you are with me they wont be able to hurt me, atleast if they care about you and about Bonten, I have long left that stupid gang. I am on my own now, building my own gang, I have just been using it’s name to avoid trouble sweetie”, he comes near you and traces your jawline and slowly comes face to face with you. You spit on his face, “Stay away from me you bastard”.

Haruto straightens up and wipes his face. “ You shouldn’t have done that,” he speaks coldly and smacks you across the face with such a force that you along with your chair topple on the hard ground. You taste blood.

At that moment, suddenly the ground shivered and you heard a sound of gate crashing as though somebody had run their car into it. You were lying on the ground, your head pounding again. A man came running to Haruto and pointed towards you, “ Boss, two people have entered the premises and are asking for her.”
Haruto punches him in the face, “ What the hell are you doing, kill them.” You smirk at him smugly, “ I told you, You are dead.” He ignores you and gets ready for the ambush.

Two men enter the room, you recognize one as Mitsuya kun and your eyes widens at the other one, kazutora had finally come. He looks at you, his eyes flares at the state of you with the anger that you have never seen before. Another man attacks mitsuya from behind but he dodges and punches him and kazutora charges towards the main culprit.

Haruto sits near your head and places a knife at your throat. “ Let her go”, kazutora stops and speaks in a low dangerous voice. “No, she is mine.”, Haruto whispers coldly. “She is not an object, you bloody bastard.”, kazutora shouts and with that he charges straight for Haruto, kicking the knife out of his hand.

You had never seen kazutora angry, he was always calm. But as you observe him with your eyes widened you realise that his fighting prowess was unrivaled with any men that you had met so far in your life. His punches were to the point and it seemed he was restraining his full power in order to not kill Haruto.
Meanwhile, Mitsuya opens up your ties and picks you up from the floor. You take support of his shoulders and stand up with knees wobbling with fear. You were silently praying for kazutora to not get hurt even though by the looks of it Haruto had no chance against him.

Only after few punches Haruto lied unconscious on the floor and Kazutora looked like a maniac with blood on his face He starts to shout at his unconscious body, “If you ever touched her again with those filthy hands, I would not hold myself back and you would be dead next time.”

He turns towards you and mitsuya and as soon as he was in your range, you try to jump at him but instead topple as a searing pain shoots through your right arm but he catches you. You hug him tightly, tears rolling down your eyes and he holds you with one arm tightly.

“Mitsuya, call the police.”, Those were the last words that you heard before you lose consciousness in kazutora’s arms, “Thanks Tora...”

*******

The next when you open your eyes, you find yourself lying on a bed. Your head felt heavy and you were not able to move your right hand easily. When you looked at it, you found it to be bandaged. So you were in a hospital and every time you tried to recollect your memory about the events of the day, your head hurt.

“So you are up?..”, an excited voice spoke from your left side. You turned your head so fast at the voice that it almost broke your neck. “Chifuyu..”, you start to tear as you saw him sitting on the bed beside yours. His head was bandaged, apart from that everything looked fine. Though there were small scratches on his face. “Now, now don’t cry, or the nurses will scold me.”, chifuyu tries to hush you up. You slowly try to get up and chifuyu helps you to sit straight.

Your voice becomes low and but you still hiccup. “ You are okay, right?” you ask him through tears. “ Yes, I am very well. The wretched man was not able to hit me at a proper angle with that bat.” Chifuyu smiles at you and rubs your forehead. “Is the wound deep?”, you touch his bandage. “Nope, just concussion. Thanks to mitsuya san, he took me to the hospital immediately.”, chifuyu scratched his head. Your eyes again well up with fresh tears, "sorry chifuyu, this happened all because of me. Please forgive me.” Chifuyu went silent and gazed at you with soft eyes, “ It was not your fault,”

“But I am still scared.”, you sigh. “Dont worry, that idiot has been taken care of, kazutora and mitsuya san reported to police and it turned out that he was no longer a member of Bonten, just been using its name to scare people to get his job done.”, chifuyu smiles at you, “ I personally would like to punch him to insanity, if I ever meet him, for all those injuries he had given you.”

“Even I would like to do that”, you totally agreed with chifuyu. But something was nagging you at the back of your mind. “Where is Kazutora?”,your eyes searched the room as though you did not already knew that he was not there.

Chifuyu shifted his gaze from you to a nearby window, “ I dont know”, he finally replied. “He was angry, more angry than I have ever seen him in these recent years. That man who kidnapped you, must have really gotten to him.”

The door opened suddenly and a nurse came in. She was aged and looked motherly. “You are up, sweetie. How are you feeling?”. “ I am good”, you reply trying to hide your face so that nurse soes not notice that you were crying. “Thanks to that man who brought you here, you were in a bad state, though your injuries are minor and will get better soon”, she smiled kindly at you. “ you have been sleeping for a while now. I am glad to see that you are awake.”

You remember something suddenly, “What day it is? How much have I slept?”. “You came here yesterday night and you slept for ten or so hours pretty much.”

You looked at chifuyu, “ Its kazutora’s birthday.” Chifuyu jumped. “ Now now, don’t get yourself excited, you both are injured.”, the nurse spoke looking at your faces.

“I am sorry ma’am but when will we be discharged?”, you ask the nurse hoping she would give you the answer you want. “Probably today by evening”, she replied frowning at your sudden excitement.

The door opened again and your head jerked towards it and this time it was the person for whom your eyes have been waiting, Kazutora entered the room. Your breath stopped for a moment.

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You were waiting for Kazutora on the terrace of a five star restaurant which Chifuyu had arranged for you and him. It was almost night but you can still see the purpulish glow in the horizon. The terrace was quite high, making you appreciate the buildings around you glistening with lights. Tokyo looked beautiful at night. You stood up from your table and lightly limped on to the edge of the terrace to get a clear view of the surroundings. You leg was still sore from the incident though the bandage had been removed.
It has been couple of weeks after the incident. Though you were not totally out of shock, seeing chifuyu dealing with the same sitatution did give you power to overcome all that you have gone through past months.

When kazutora had come to meet you in the hospital that day, it was the first time you saw his feelings raw, it seemed like something has finally gotten to him. You even heard him muttering stuff to himself in the middle of the night when he thought you were asleep. You caught words like ‘will murder him next time’ and ‘should have stayed ‘. Since you were on high dose of pain killers, you were not able to stay awake long enough to hear more.

Back in the present, You opened your arms wide and closed your eyes to inhale deeply. You were wearing the yellow dress that you had brought with Chifuyu for this very night.

“I love you Kazutora”, you whispered to the night air, manifesting Kazutora’s love for you. It’s been ages since you left your room. Kazutora was helping both you and Chifuyu with the daily necessities since you both were injured.

“Maybe I will just eat all the food alone tonight, you seem to be enjoying yourself”, a handsome voice spoke just from behind you. The force with which you turned around made your body lose its balance and you fell directly in Kazutora’s arm.

“Why do you have to fall everytime, when I am near you.”, he spoke with a smirk on his face. “ Believe me, I am wondering the answer to that question too for a long time now”, you speak embarrassingly trying to hide how flushed you were. Kazutora helped you stand up straight. You doubted he heard your confession to the thin air.
The night air was refreshing, light breeze was blowing giving autumn season vibes. Kazutora was looking at you as though he was lost in your eyes. You looked so stunning to him dressed in his colours that he could not control the desires popping up in his mind. He just straight away wanted to confess his feelings for you. But he doubted that you will reciprocate. You had always thought of him as his friend and not to mention his past keeps coming to his mind. He did not wanted to hurt you. He was so lost in thought, that he forgot he was staring at you for a while now.

“Well you can stare all you want, after ordering food. I am starving.”, you start limping towards the table smirking. Kazutora gaps at your sudden sarcasm. He frowns looking at you, then out of nowhere he picks you up in bridal style. “Hey, what the…what are you doing?”, you blurt out, putting your hands around his neck for balance. “Minimizing the time , it will take us to reach the damn table and order food.”, he smirked. “You are evil”, you respond again flushing at his actions. ”Evil is a strong word”, he speaks out plainly, smugness written all over his face.

You were riding behind kazutora on his bike. It was cold and you were wearing his leather jacket which he had given you in the parking lot of the restaurant. Your hands were tucked around kazutora’s waist and your head rested on his shoulder. You were sleepy and kazutora’s shoulder served you as a pillow. “Mmmm…you are very warm Tora.”, you whisper softly in his ears tightening your grip. “You are making me sleepy”.

Kazutora stops the bike near a river. You slip down the bike but as you head towards the river, kazutora holds your wrist and tugs you towards himself, placing his hands around your waist. “I genuinely never thought , I would say this to someone.”, kazutora’s voice was soft and deep, “But I don’t think I can live without you anymore. My heart beats lika a maniac whenever you are near me. It just wants to explode with all the emotions it contains”.

You slowly sat on the bike tank facing him. Placing your palm on his cheek lightly you whisper, “You know, all these emotions that I have been bearing for you, I never thought I will get to say these words to you.”, You pause for a while, take a deep breath, eyes filled with all the affection you continue,” I have fallen for you, not just fallen, but fallen so deep and hard that I won’t ever be able to part with you. Ever. i love you Kazutora.”, you were shaking with emotions.

Kazutora stood there gaping at you as though he did not believe his ears. You Reciprocated. You actually Reciprocated. Did he drank too much at the restaurant. No. He was not a heavy drinker. But then there was only one way to know.

He gently placed his right hand behind your head and moved his face closer to you. He was looking at your lips which were agape. You closed your eyes in anticipation of what was coming next. Time seemed to pass at a slower pace than normal. And the kiss came.

First kiss. Second Kiss. It was turning into a heated session. Kazutora pushed you gently to lay your head on the bike handle and started kissing your neck. The night was chilly but it was not affecting you, instead it was perfect for both of you. After a while you unwillingly parted with his swollen lips, pushing him gently off you

“I think it’s good for now.”, you whispered to kazutora, huffing due to all the intimacy that you shared with him. “Please, All I need is you right now.”, he replied back, his loose hair strands plastered to his face due to all the sweat.

“I also want to. But don’t you think, our home would be a better place for all the fun that we want to have.”, you winked at him smiling. Kazutora stared at you for a while, as though thinking about the implications of having ‘fun’ on the riverside.

“True, let’s head home. Our home.”, he smiled back at you. “And give our dear friend the good news about the mission that you both were planning for so long.” You both laughed at the thought of Chifuyu getting all cheery and throwing party for the sake of you both.
The End.