𝚋𝚊𝚓𝚒 𝚔.

chapter 3

･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

You told Manjiro about your part-time job at a convenience store you had after school, making him happy that he'll get free food.

No he won't.

But it humored you how he planned it out without even asking. The place was close to your apartment complex so it wasn't much of a hassle to go to work.
The money you uncle and aunt sent you was enough, it's just that you thought you could have a little more on the side.

They were good people, you thought to yourself, even as distant relatives they still took you in for a while, along with your grandmother who got sick few years ago. Everyone got to an agreement that it'd be the best since both your uncle and aunt worked in big companies and couldn't come so often to help around. So you both moved away for your grandma's sake.

You were still young back then and your help alone wasn't enough. The thought of you being weak always ate you alive and you hated to even think about it.

‧₊˚ ☆彡.。.:*

"Y/N go on and hide", Manjiro said with a smile as to make you feel safe and calm, but a tinge of uneasiness lingered behind it. After making sure you'll follow what he said he let go off your shoulders.
You hid in a small wooden house not that far from your two friends.

Baji watched you leave, making sure you wouldn't get caught with the thugs who came threatening the three of you, claiming it's their territory.
Oh no they didn't just mess with them and in front of the very person him and Mikey are bound to protect at all times.

You secretly watched the situation develop by the corner of the wall. Both of them were outnumbered, but despite you trusting that they will come out of this fight as winners, you were still uneasy in your spot.
Manjiro and Keisuke weren't invincible, other delinquents still managed to somehow lay some weak punches here and there, not that they were affected by them that much.

The black-haired boy was left with the last thug, beating him senseless into the ground and Mikey was just about done with his opponent, both of them unaware of the one they previously dealt with started rising from his spot.
The worst part of it, he pulled out a small pocket knife and you started to panic.

Your legs worked faster than your brain and voice that it took you few steps before he managed to get to Keisuke who was still turned with his back to both you and the boy.
"Keisuke, watch out!", you yelled out when the boy prepared to swing his blade at the still hunched down black-haired male.

Before he could even turn around you already jumped on the guy startling him for a few seconds.

"Oi, GET OFF", he tried getting free from your hold, shaking you off from him.

"NO"

You held his upper arms tight against his body, but with no avail for he was much bigger and stronger than you.
Yanking his hand backwards as far as he could he grazed your shoulder with the knife he held making you wince and making it easer to him to get out of your hold.

It all happened so fast and when Keisuke finally looked behind him when hearing your screams, you were on the ground with a bloodied shoulder.
His eyes widened at the picture of you hurt and his gaze immediately fell onto the culprit, immediately making his face scrunch from rage.

Clenching his fist Keisuke started stomping to the boy who dared to even touch you in the first place but the boy only stood in fear this time seeing his expression and his red stained knuckles.

"I'll kill you", he rasped out through clenched teeth.
He was serious when he said it, tackling the guy to the ground beating him senseless.
Manjiro noticed the commotion when finishing with his part of people he had to deal with. You were desperately calling for Keisuke to stop, with tears glossing over your cheeks, but... for him everything around him blurred out.

Despite hearing her, he couldn't make himself to stop, even after the guy's face couldn't be recognized anymore. His blonde haired friend tried calling him too, but it was when he came close enough to stop his next punch that made Keisuke come to his senses.
"Baji!", Manjiro yelled out, louder, more firm.

Letting go, Keisuke's arm flopped down lifeless. He looked at the girl not that far away from him, recognizing how she looked at him so defeated.

She always tried to fight back, to help in any way she could. Almost every time she'll actually kick some guys in the nuts when it came down to that, but the situations never came as bad as this one. Yes, one time she got slapped back, to which Manjiro and Keisuke resorted to telling her to step back when the similar situations occurred, but today how could she?

Instead this day became something Baji Keisuke won't forget in his entire lifetime, the picture of her in that state would remain to haunt him.

*.゜｡:+.゜｡*

"Here you go, have a nice day!"

Another customer came in and out today. The job was pretty easy and it payed well and your boss was really considerate with your availability and the fact that you went to school. So all in all, it was a chill place.
You sat down since there was no other customer at the moment and it got you spacing out as you flipped through some random magazine.

The whole time you felt like on pins and needles every time the doorbell chimed when anyone would enter the shop, making you think immediately to a certain black-haired boy. There were high possibilities since this was the closest store to the apartment complex where both of you live, well, maybe 'lived' would be better way to describe it.

You still wasn't sure If he still lived there since you weren't brave enough to check, then again why should you care in the first place?
You remembered the day again, the last time you two saw each other and it managed to calm your nerves because If anything it got you thinking about punching him instead of avoiding him completely.

The door bell chimed again, but this time you disinterestedly looked up from your magazine and put on a slight smile as to greet the person that just came in.
"Y/N?"

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