Mikey's POV

After telling Y/n the whole truth, I felt better. She listened and believed everything I said and accepted it.

I'm really lucky that I have her. This time I'll protect her properly even if I have to kill more people.

I've decided to save everyone but how? Why would Kazutora and Baji try to rob my brother's shop anyway?

I'm so lost again. I don't even know how to start.

"Jiro" called Y/n

"Hmm?" I hummed

"What are you thinking? You look troubled." she said

Her intuition is sharp as ever. The day I doubted her intuition was the trigger of it all. I'm so dumb and blind. I should've listened.

"I don't know how to save aniki. Should I just kill Kazutora?" I said in a low voice.

She cupped my cheeks and made me face her.

"Dame, Tora-kun is your friend. You said that you forgave him in the future right? Then forgive him this time too, he hasn't done anything yet. Let's make sure that he won't do it this time." she said

"You're right, I'm sorry." I said

"Tora-kun, he adores and idolizes you, Jiro. I can see it in his eyes." She said while looking at the view in front of us.

"How about we show them your brother's shop." She suggested.

That's right, In the past, I never told anyone about my brother's shop. Not even Baji knows where it is.

"What would I do without you?" I said and leaned my head on her shoulder.

"What would I do without you?" she said and giggled.

Ah, what did I do to deserve you Y/n...

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"Mikey, where are we going?" Kazutora asked

"Don't tell me that we're going to be the third and fourth wheel to you guys." Baji said

"Of course not, I'm just taking you to a place I love." I said

Y/n giggled. "In other words, he wants to brag." she said

We arrived at my brother's bike shop.

"Why are we here Mikey?" Baji asked.

"This is my brother's shop" I said and smiled

"Eh? Your brother has a shop?" Baji asked

"You have a brother?" Kazutora said.

I guess it was really my fault because I don't talk about my family. I didn't because I know Kazutora is sensitive about family topics.

"Let's go in, aniki is probably fixing a bike." I said

Going inside the shop I saw Wakasa-nii-san watching Shin fixing a bike.

"Aniki" I called

"Oh, Mikey, What are you doing here?" he said

"I came here to show off about how my brother owns a bike shop." I said with my grin

"Oh, are you playing nice because you need something?" he said while smoking.

"Shut up, and stop smoking. You'll start a fire and besides my friends are here. We're just kids." I scolded

"Oh, sorry sorry. So who's the other kid?" He asked.

"Introduce yourself." I said to Kazutora.

"Kazutora, I'm Hanemiya Kazutora, nice to meet you Sano-san." he said and bowed

My brother chuckled and pat his head.

"No need to be so polite, Kazutora-kun. My brother's friends are also my brothers/sisters. You can call me Shinichiro or Shin for short. Nice tattoo by the way." he said

They got along well, I should've done this in the first place. If I had known it was this simple..

"Jiro?" Y/n called and I faced her.

"Can you buy me something to drink? I'm thirsty." She said

"Yeah, wait for me here. I'll be back." I said and went to buy in a convenience store nearby.

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Your POV

Before Jiro introduced Kazutora to Shin-nii, I saw Tora-kun eyeing the motorbike that Shin was fixing.

It was Jiro's dream bike. I asked Jiro to buy me a drink so that I can talk to Kazutora.

"Oh, Where did Mikey go?" asked Shin

"I just made him buy something to drink." I replied.

"Y/n-chan, I didn't notice you there." Shin said

"She's been here the whole time, Shin." Wakasa-san said

"Hahaha, is that so?" He said

"Ne, Shin-nii, who's bike is that your fixing?" I asked

"Oh, this is Mikey's, his birthday is almost near and he loves this bike so I'll give this to him. After he trashed his moped, he doesn't have a ride ever since. Don't tell him about this okay? I'll surprise him." He said

I eyed Tora-kun and he was sweating. I can tell he was guilty. Kei was just listening to Shin. I guess he did not yet know.

I approached Kazutora.

"Tora-kun? Are you alright?" I asked innocently

"Huh? Uh- yeah. I'm fine N/n, why do you ask?" he said avoiding eye contact.

"Hmm? I don't know, you look... nervous, afraid, and...

Guilty." I whispered in a low voice that he can only hear. He flinched.

"How about we get some air?" I said and pulled him outside.

"We'll be outside, It smells like cigarette here." I said to the other boys

After we went outside I faced Kazutora.

"Ne, Tora-kun. Were you planning to steal that bike?" I asked

"Ho- how do you know?" he asked surprised.

"It doesn't matter how I know it. I suggest you forget about that plan." I said

"I just want to make Mikey happy. He was always there for me, I just want to do something for him." He said in a guilty voice.

"I didn't know that this shop was his brother's. I almost robbed Shin-san." He added

"Kazutora, even if it wasn't his brother's bike shop, he'd still be sad you know?" I said

"He won't be happy if you got caught stealing. He doesn't want you to go to juvie. None of us will." I added

"N/n" he muttered.

"We're a family after all. So simple things like hanging out together can make him happy." I said softly

"How about we make him a dorayaki cake? We'll call Kei, Pah and Taka-kun too." I said with a smile.

He teared up, may be consumed by guilt and regret.

"You're right N/n. I'm sorry." He said and wiped his tear.

"I'm not the one to who you should apologize. You don't have to rush." I said and pat his shoulder.

"Y/n? Kazutora?" I turned around and saw Mikey holding different boxes of juice.

*Pffft* "Jiro, why did you buy so much juice?" I asked

"I don't know what flavor you like so I bought different flavors." he said

"It's alright, we'll just share with the others. Let's go inside." I said

We went inside and the others saw us.

After that, they talked about bikes the whole afternoon.

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