i o u. -ishimondo story

chapter nine • umbrella

This is a longer chapter have fun lol

Taka's POV

After Mondo and I had gone our separate ways, I went back to the police station to wait for my father to finish up whatever he'd been doing.

I looked around to find Chihiro but they weren't in the back office I usually found them in. Weird...they may be busy.

"Hey." I heard a voice behind me.

"Can I help y-" I was cut off after turning around to feel someone pull me up to their height by the shirt. Yoshida was glaring right into my eyes and did not look happy at all.

"I don't know what your little plan is with working here or defending a damn delinquent, but I'm onto you."

I tightly held onto his hand and forcefully pulled his fist off my shirt.

"You're being unprofessional for someone in your field of work." I told him.

"Why you-" he brung his fist up to swing at me, but stopped when he heard footsteps.

"Taka," Chihiro began while staring at some papers, not aware of what was happening ahead. "Thanks again for def-"

They looked up from the papers and took in the surroundings. "Uh...am I interrupting something?"

Yoshida brought his fist down. "No. I was just talking to Young Ishimaru here, wasn't I?"

"No? You just tried to pun-"

He coughed loudly to attempt to silence what I was gonna say, then shoved past Chihiro and walked back to his office. They watched him and rolled their eyes.

"Are you alright?"

I nodded and adjusted the collar of my shirt that had been messed up. "Yes. Yoshida's just upset about what happened."

"He'll get over it. Anyways, I wanted to thank you again for helping Mondo. And I'm sure he's glad you did too."

I sighed. "You both really don't have to thank me, it was just the right thing to do."

"Fine, fine. I'm sorry about Yoshida, then."

"You don't need to be. He's an adult, you're not responsible for him."

They walked past me and put the papers down into the file cabinet. "Good point, I guess. You'll still hang out with me at lunch, right?"

"Yes. Why wouldn't I?"

Chihiro shrugged. "Just checking." They turned towards the exit of the office and signaled for me to follow. "I think your father's outside right now talking to mine."

I walked with them out the building, both of our fathers standing at their cars.

"Sorry I was gone most of today, there was something big on the other side of town." Takaaki told us. "I can take the both of you there next time if you'd like."

I took a deep breath. "Actually, about that..."

(Timeskip to morning, a school day :D)