CONNECTIONS, H. Kazutora

015

We arrived at the Tokyo Juvenile detention center. Wasting no time, I hopped off and noticed that Draken isn't coming with me.

"You comin'?" I asked as I stared at him.

"No, i'll just be waiting out here" He replied with a gentle smile, gesturing with his hand for me to go.

Nodding my head, I turn around and walked into the building.

After waiting for a while in the same empty room with a table and a glass screen, footsteps approaching the door in the other side of the room. A familiar guy with a tiger tattoo on his neck walked inside the room towards the chair, gazing at the floor.

"Hey Draken.. Is (name) gonna visit me soon?" The guy asked, his gaze still not leaving the ground.

"Hey Kazu" I greeted him as I placed my elbow on the table resting my head on the palm of my hand with a smile plastered on my face.

Kazu's eyes widened then he looked up to see me right in front of him.

"(name)!" His eyes filled with sparks as the smile on his face growing bigger.

"(name) you finally came to see me!"

"mhm..." I hummed quietly causing the smile on Kazu's face slowly fading away.

"What's wrong? Are you sick? Are you tired? Do you not want to see me? If you don't, you can go back home—"

"What happened to your hair?" I asked him with a childish frown.

"Oh I just asked to get my hair dyed fully black to my original hair color and cut it really short" Kazu replied with a nervous grin as he pointed his index finger at his hair.

(i'm not sure if they allow prisoners in japan to dye and cut their hair but let's just pretend they do)

"But whyyyy you looked so nice with the yellow strands.." I whined hitting the table and rocking the chair that I was sitting on.

We stared at each other for a few minutes before we both bursted out laughing at the same time. Then we just started talking about life and whatever for about 30 minutes before an officer came into the room telling us that the time is up. I waved at Kazu saying my goodbyes before walking out of the door with a big grin. Draken is still waiting outside just staring at his phone.. Smiling? My curiosity got the best of me like always so I sneaked my way behind him, peaking my head out of his shoulder I glanced at his phone and squinted my eyes to see what he's smiling about. Emma! He's scrolling through the messages that Emma sent him.

"Hmm I wonder who that is.." I whispered in a teasing tone trying my best to hold in my laugh.

"Huh— (name)! What the fuck?! Since when were you here!?" He quickly covered his phone and placed it in the pockets of his pants.

"Pfft c'mon you don't gotta hide it from me, you already told me about the feelings towards Emma!" I said out loud but then a hand was placed on my mouth shutting me up.

"Shut up (name)! Someone might hear you!" He scolded me as he pulled my ear making me apologize.

"Tch whatever, anyways how's Kazutora?" Draken asked. Hopping on his bike I started telling him everything, especially about Kazu's hair.

We got back to my apartment. Waving bye at Draken, I unlock the door and walked in. Mikey isn't here anymore, I wonder why? A few snacks from the fridge are missing but there's no mess anywhere in the apartment so I guess that's alright.