𝚋𝚊𝚓𝚒 𝚔.

chapter 9

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You'd think that someone like Baji Keisuke would never come to his senses after making everything clear for him, but he was just a big dummy like he always was. He took way too long to apologize and even shorter to forget what you told him yesterday.

Is he always this late or have you never payed attention to something like that when it came to situations like this?

You stood by the front door of the building wondering where that fool was and If he went on without you, but then again you were early anyway. Wondering If you should go and knock on his door, you heard the same door click open making you look away from the screen of your phone to the source of sudden noise.

"Keisuke If I have to hear about your grades from your professors one more time, I'll homeschool you and beat the knowledge into you myself!"
You heard presumably his mother and watched how he hurriedly got outside of his apartment by the corner of your eye.

"ALRIGHT!"

Slipping your phone in the pocket of your blazer you looked at the male who annoyingly mumbled random things from obvious frustration. It took him a moment to realize you were waiting for him making him all more relieved that you haven't left yet even though you said you would If he was being late.

"Let's go", he said said after which you complied following him outside, not really wanting to nag him about what his mother said. It was obvious he wasn't doing very good in school.
There was a few moments of silence as you both distanced away from your building before he spoke up again,
"Everything alright?"

"Shouldn't I be the one asking that?", you side eyed him, curious why he said it so suddenly. He glanced to you and turned his gaze straightforward, awkwardly scratching the back of his head.
He realized you were right and the one that should be asked that question was him indeed. It's just that after situations like this, you'd usually jump straight to questioning and worrying about him, so this calmness of yours put him in a strange spot.

"Yeah, just my mom agonizing me about my grades"

"How bad are they?", looking at him beside you, he awkwardly turned his face away, his long dark hair covering his features slightly. He was embarrassed.

"They're... getting better"

"By the sound of it earlier, I hope so, exams are coming in two weeks", you said while checking your phone for today's date, with a blank expression on your face.

"Goddamitt"

It was a comedic sight to see since for all you remembered Baji Keisuke and good grades were never used in the same sentence, and judging by his reaction, it won't be happening anytime soon.
The damn fool should learn by now to open his books and notes (only god knows If he actually takes them during class).

It didn't pass long until you both arrived at the school gates and the students were already pretty loud considering it was still early in the morning.

"Baji", soft voice called out that you immediately recognized.
There he stood, the leader of the Tokyo Manji gang and the person you knew as your best friend.
"Hey, Y/N", he then then gave you a closed eye smile.

"What'd you want?"

"Hey Manjiro", you greeted him back, ignoring the way Baji created a hostile aura around him as soon as he showed up.

"Sorry I couldn't visit when I promised"

"Don't worry about it", your lip curled into a genuine smile, because, how could someone like Sano Manjiro not make anyone happy with his presence?
He nodded in appreciation after which he turned to the problematic boy in question.

"I finally caught you", Baji scoffed and looked away, "You missed two of our meetings"

"Chifuyu tells me what I need to know, I just don't have time for it", adjusting the strap of his bag, he went further, passing by the shorter blonde and grazing his shoulder ever so slightly as he passed by him, "I'll fail classes If I don't move my ass for school a little"

"Since when do you care about school?", Draken turned around.

"Fuck off, I'll come to the shitty meeting, alright?!"

Walking away, Baji left you standing alone with the other two.
"Sorry about him", you said while watching the black haired boy walk away.

"Don't mind, we're all used to it"
When did Baji became so distant? Draken asked an interesting question, since when did he care about grades? Since all you remembered, even the biggest yells and scoldings from his mother couldn't get his ass to move for anything school related.
He seemed more serious now actually, If you looked into the whole thing closely.

"OI, YOU COMING?", the before mentioned boy yelled out making you slightly flinch from the sudden yelling. It's too early for this shit.

Baji Keisuke would never be that dense about some things. He noticed how little you initiated conversation around him unlike the way you were as a kid.
You were kind of a person that would pull his hand and catch his attention to show him how clouds looked pretty today.
You were that kid that would yell out his name from the top of your lungs over your window just to say bye when he was leaving to the gang meeting. Some neighbors would snort out a laugh while the others blamed the new generation for being so loud and inappropriate.

What hurt him the most was that you stopped calling him by his name. For goodness sake, he forgot how you looked when you smiled since few moments ago.
He knew It was probably still haunting you and he couldn't but feel his guts twisting at the thought of you being afraid that he'll lash out again.

Maybe with a little more time, everything would be just like before.

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I've been binge watching everything and anything on netflix these days, so I didn't write that much

But omg, squid game and alice in borderland are such good shows goddamn