Way Too Many Numbers / Nanbaka x Male!Reader

Meeting Cell 13

AN: [Y/N] is basically [F/N] [L/N], your full name.

3rd POV:

You get dressed in your Nanba issued uniform, looking at yourself in the mirror. You grin, showing off your teeth and wiggling your eyebrows. You feel pretty sexy despite the fact that you're the only one who doesn't have bicolored hair (if your reader has bicolor hair, ignore it). You check yourself out, your [E/C] eyes shining right back at you. You're startled when a knock comes from the door, but you hurry over and open it to see a guard. This extra gives your keycard and prison ID, which you safely tuck away.

You manage to easily find the right railway to building 13, where you get off and start walking for the supervisor office. You stop immediately as you hear hurried footsteps coming from the way to the left. Without a second thought, you follow the noise and come face to face with four guys.

 One is barefoot and in a striped prison suit, has black-red hair and black shackles. You can tell he's number 15, as it's tattooed on his face. Next to him is a guy with a long pink-yellow hair in a braid, sporting number 1 on each of his arms, number 11. There's also a large, muscular man with red-purple mohawk and number 69 is tattooed on his right forearm. Then there's a small guy that looks more like a boy than a man. He has vivid green hair and a bandage over his right eye. Your quick analytic ability spots the number 25 tattooed on his tongue as he gapes at you.

. . .

The situation sinks in, but faster for you as you have training. "Well well well, escapees, huh?" you start, straightening yourself and giving them the stink eye. They look at eachother as if silently communicating, then they all look at you. "Yeah!" they say in unison. You know you can't take them, you're too weak. But it's still your duty to stop them, so you will do so without fighting. "You know what happens when you try escaping, right? New order, any attempted escapees won't be fed for a day." you say, trying to appear casual. The big guy reacts the most at that, his eyes go wide and he gets nervous, while others look at eachother. "I'm gonna go back... Losing meals isn't worth this." the big guy says. "Come on Rock, we will get in trouble together!" the guy with the braid says, trying to hype up his comrade. Rock shakes his head and quietly starts walking off, as the greenette clings onto his arm, whining something about not leaving the others behind. Now just the guy with the braid and the barefoot guy remain.

"Hmm, you sure you don't wanna join your friends? It's still not too late. I hope you are aware what not eating for a day is like, you'll feel hungry the entire day and feel weak." you say. The guy with the braid visibly hesitates, and you look him over again, then grin. "I honestly would go back, I once went a day without food when saving money and my skin was real dry the next day." you say. "Whaat?" the guy with the braid starts, then grabs the barefoot guy by the shoulders and shakes him. "Jyugo, I don't want dry skin because of you!" he shouts, then dashes off. "Oi, Uno!" Jyugo shouts, then sighs in annoyance and looks at me. "And what trick will you use to convince me?" he says, crossing his arms.

You look him up and down and finalize that he's determined. But you also notice that he's not very strong, and seems untrained in combat. "Oh, for guys like you guards have special methods." you say, piquing his curiousity. You smile and pull out your baton, then start walking towards Jyugo. He tenses up, but gets into a combat pose.

*WHACK*

Okay, that was too easy. Jyugo lays on the ground, rubbing his forehead with a whine. You pull out your handcuffs and fasten then around his wrists as he complains, but complies and walks along. "Who are you, anyway? I never saw you before." Jyugo says as he squints at you. "You'll see soon enough." you reply and approach a door with a nameplate. 'Hajime Sugoroku' is carved in the fine metal, showing off the supervisor's name. "What? You're gonna rat me out to Hajime?" Jyugo whines, but you knock on the door. A "Come in" comes through the door, so you enter.

There is a tall man in an office chair. He's bald with slightly tanned skin and sharp red eyes. You immediately notice an x shaped scar below his left eye. Your eyes skim over his ID badge, Hajime Sugoroku. His eyes fall on the man behind you, then on you, then Jyugo again. His eyes seem to glisten with some emotion. You recognize it as... relief?

"Supervisor Sugoroku, my name is [Y/N], reporting for duty." you say, bowing to your superior how is the custom in Japan. "EH?!" Jyugo makes a noise as the pieces click together in his mind, you're a new guard at the building. "Now I am also required to alert you that three other inmates were present while I apprehended 15(Jyugo). They were number 69, 11 and 25. I convinced them to return to their cell, but they could have disobeyed." you say. Sugoroku gets up and walks over, a wide grin on his face.

"Oh [L/N], you spared me a big headache of catching them, especially number 15. I can tell you'll fit right in." he says, taking the handle of Jyugo's handcuffs and beckoning you to follow as well. "You see, cell 13 is filled with four escape artists. Here's number 15, he can unlock anything." Hajime starts, pointing at Jyugo who is keeping his eyes on you. "Then there's number 11, he's very athletic and a professional gambler. The guy can slip through traps." Hajime continues, doing little gestures with his free hand as he talks. "Number 69 is an experienced brawler, but also a big foodie. Then there's number 25. He is resistant to any medicines, except the ones he is given in order to not slip into manic bloodlust. He's rather friendly when he has a healthy dose of the meds in his bloodstream." Hajime finishes just as you arrive at cell 13.

He slips Jyugo inside and takes a peek. Sugoroku then pulls you by your forearm closer to himself so you can see into the cell. The other three inmates are there, talking among eachother, but their attention is soon drawn to you and Hajime. "Oi, it's him again!" Uno says, pointing at you. "Better get used to him, he's a new recruit here. Meet [Y/N]." Hajime says, patting your shoulder. You show no emotion as your eyes skim over them, but you realize you still don't know the greenette's name. The inmates gather close to eachother and start whispering among eachother, to which Hajime shuts the door and sighs, then starts walking while waving you over.

"You have no idea what headache you saved me by stopping them before I noticed they were gone." he says as you both walk, to which your eyes widen as you pipe up. "Wait, why wasn't there an alarm? Is it broken or something?" you say, cocking an eyebrow. "Uh, well..." Hajime starts nervously. He explains you how Mitsuru (the dude you met when you first arrived) is keeping the alarms in building 13 deactivated to keep Hajime from getting trouble with the warden as the cell 13 is very capable of escapes. "I see. Sure, I'll keep your secret." you say, to which he does a sigh of relief. "Anyway, I want you to meet Tanabata(Seitarou's surname) as you both will work closely together." he says, and opens a door for you.