PLAY WITH ME ; ran h. [✓]

TWENTY-SIX

[SURPRISE]

; third person's pov
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4 DAYS LATER...

"What?" ran muttered after hearing y/n's worker let go of those words. Now, he doesn't even know what he was feeling and what to feel. 

'Y/n-san left yesterday to go to london.' 

"I'm excusing myself, sir. i have other work to do." the worker bowed, sprinting inside the shop as ran stood frozen infront of the place. 

"That worker's got to be joking.." sanzu mumbled, also surprised by the sudden news. 

No one was aware that she's leaving—no—no one was aware that she already left, it's been a day and the news just reached them. 

"What the fuck." rindou muttered, looking at his older brother who had an unreadable expression and he was well-aware that ran's trying to process the information he just got. 

"Ran?" 

all of them turned their heads to the side, seeing y/n's assistant, yoshiko. The woman was surprised to see them infront of the shop. 

"Where's y/n?" ran asked, pulling out his gun and directing it to yoshiko who flinched and raised her hands. "L-london!" 

"Fuck, they aren't joking.." sanzu muttered, covering his mouth in distress. 

"Are you kidding or what?" rindou asked, copying his brother's action as he pulled out his own gun. 

"I-i'm not lying! y/n left to sign the contracts on london.." yoshiko answered, tears building up the corners of her eyes. 

"Why the fuck did you not inform us?" ran hissed, lowering his gun as yoshiko breathed a sigh of relief. 

"Y-y/n, she didn't want you to know and she made me promise to do so," yoshiko explained, bowing her head down as an apology. 

"Still—" 

"Manjiro. he texted y/n minutes before you two confronted each other 4 days ago." 

Their eyes widened, surprised by the sudden revelation. their boss? manjiro sano texted y/n? 

"What did he say?" ran asked, growing a bit furious and worried. 

"I didn't see the whole message but y/n told me that it's a small notice that you, ran—asked him if you can come with her to london.." yoshiko paused, noticing the small changes on his expression. 

"And the night after you two decided to take a cool-off, y/n decided that it was best that she's away from you as she is just a 'distraction'." yoshiko finished. 

"No, she's not.." ran muttered. 

All of them were surprised by the reason. even sanzu who's so loyal to mikey that he'll follow anything the latter wants, it was his sister's relationship that mikey dipped onto after all. 

"We can't fight boss." sanzu said, turning to ran who sighed, running his hand through his hair in distress. 

"I know." ran replied, walking away from the shop as he entered his car. 

"Don't follow me." ran said before the windows of his car rolled up, the car engine revving as he drove away.

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7:00PM, LONDON

"They already know." y/n said, sighing as she plopped down the bed of her temporary apartment. 

"Did takeomi messaged you?" 

"Not really, it's ran." y/n replied, glancing at her old phone which continued tinging because of the notifications she was receiving. 

"I told you, he'll be the first and i'm sure he'll continue messaging you until he gets a reply." yoshiko said from the other line as y/n chuckled bitterly. 

"He won't, unfortunately for us." she sighed, leaning back the sofa as she also heard yoshiko sigh on the other line. 

"You're an idiot, a pathetic one." yoshiko hissed and y/n could guess that the former rolled her eyes. 

"I know." y/n replied, closing her eyes as tears formed on the corners of her eyes. 

"I guarantee you that everyday you'll be longing for him." yoshiko informed as y/n chuckled, placing her phone just beside her. 

"Yeah, thanks for the reminder. i gotta go by the way, bye bye." y/n replied, clicking the red button as she heard yoshiko say her 'bye' before sighing and laying down the sofa. 

"I'm sorry." y/n muttered, memories of ran flooding her mind as tears uncontrollably flowed out her h/c eyes who were glassy for minutes now. "Man, i'm so dumb." she muttered, laughing bitterly.

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go

"Oh my goodness, shut up!" y/n sobbed, throwing the sofa pillow at the radio who continued playing the song that seemingly relates to their situation. 

She lifted her forearm to cover her eyes as she silently cried, cursing herself in her mind. 

How dumb, she chose her dreams over him but who won't adjust in her place? Mikey texted her and it was enough to make her realize how she was being an obstacle of ran from being the best of his own capabilities. 

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HOURS LATER, JAPAN

"Brother, that's enough." rindou sighed, taking the bottle away from ran's grasp as the former immediately groaned, trying to reach out for the drink. 

"This is your 6th bottle, you'll have a terrible hangover tomorrow." rindou hissed, slapping ran's hand away as he placed the bottle away from him. 

"Rindouuu..give that back.." ran slurred, eyes closing tightly as he felt dizzy. 

"Stop drinking and take a rest, you're gonna have the best hangover tomorrow." rindou sarcastically replied, helping his brother lay down the sofa. 

Ran hummed sadly as he opened his eyes, looking straight at the ceiling. "There's no best if she's not around.." he muttered, frowning as rindou looked at him, shaking his head. 

"You're so stupidly in love." the younger haitani huffed, shaking his head yet again. "Look at you falling in love and getting all drunk after she left." rindou stated, examining his mess-looking brother who groaned at his reply. 

"You don't know what it feels like, you're still young." the older haitani hissed, pointing his fingers at rindou who rolled his eyes, looking offended. 

"Shut up, i'm gonna get mine soon and they won't leave me." rindou retorted, sitting down infront of him as ran chuckled, snuggling closer to the blanket. 

"She's gonna come back.." he muttered before falling into a deep slumber.

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note: idk if this is even sad or wtf