HE'S MINE

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"I want to tell Sanzu that I wanna help Mikey first and see how he responds, then I will decide what to do next." I looked in her eyes and she liked the idea, I can tell.

"I want to help too." she ended up saying after thinking about it for a few seconds, "Hanma has to understand." she mumbled, we both passed each other a smile and headed like idiots who think they are wise, in the direction of the boys. Sanzu shoved his hands in his pockets and gave a jerk to his brows, asking us what happened.

"First, we need a place to sit down." Yuzuha being dramatic, mumbled and the boys shared a brief glance.

Sanzu drove us to the cafe, located near the school, getting us a corner table.

"So?" Hanma, who was impatient to hear it out, asked.

"So there is something wrong in that house," Yuzuha stated and Hanma rolled his eyes, Sanzu was trying hard to read my eyes as I kept stealing eyes from him.

"That something is Mikey, go on." Hanma couldn't hold back to comment and scoff, Yuzuha sighed, they were not co-operating. With their body language and constant staring, things were getting intense.

"You know how Shinichiro used to poisoned my mind?" I had to jump in, "He is brainwashing Mikey." I actually expected a gasp or at least a dramatic glance share moment, but none, they were watching us with this boring look that was making me think twice about if this stuff was really that serious?

"Guys, we saw some weird stuff in that house, in Mikey's room." Yuzuha has to yell to express her frustration, they weren't taking us seriously.

"Are you sure he didn't make you see it? What if he planned to make you feel this way?" Hanma, who I don't blame for not believing in Mikey because Yuzuha has told me how Mikey betrayed them over and over again but at least show some interest when your girl is talking.

"Or did you realize how gorgeous that guy is?" Hanma stated again and this time Yuzuha and I quickly looked at each other and then at him.

"Hanma behave!" that was Sanzu, who was also not interested in this topic, but at least he intervened to show he was still present there.

"Don't you see what's going on here?" Hanma complained, glaring at Sanzu for always stopping him from saying his mind.

"Whatever, we are helping Mikey." Yuzuha, ugh! wrong timing. She declared and Sanzu veered his neck to me, his eyes looking at me like he needed damn answers.

"Obviously, not alone," I added, elbowing Yuzuha in irritation. Now that I have grown up, everyone around me turned twelve again.

"Oh! so who else is helping you?" Hanma bowed on the table to bend our way and made eye contact with me.

"Hanma!" Sanzu gritted his teeth and pulled him back with a bang, Hanma's back hit the back of his chair and we all jumped. It was strange how Hanma didn't even glare back at Sanzu, they really were good friends.

"Ask the sheriff to help him," Sanzu advised, his fingers restlessly being tapped on the table and shaking a leg.

"He wouldn't, although uncle knows their back story now he thinks he is this sweet man, he would never believe in a single word that I say," Yuzuha murmured, obviously why would an adult listen to us? and what proof do we have?

"So it has to be you two." Sanzu nodded and smiled sarcastically, licking his lips and then shaking his head. His posture wasn't still, he kept taping his fingers, scoffing, and shaking his leg.

"Who else would? I had stayed there and I---," I hadn't finished yet when Sanzu interrupted but not in a normal tone, he sounded extremely pissed.

"And you ran away when he tried to force himself on you." his eyes were big and out, he was trying to make a point here, which he wasn't wrong by the way. "You still think he will redeem himself and be a good guy?" his eyes were scaring me, the look on his face was shaking me in my skin.

"Sanzu!" Hanma slowly elbowed Sanzu to calm himself down and we all sat in silence for another two minutes, kind of charging ourselves.

"You don't trust us?" I added up starting the conversation again, I can't let Shinichiro walk free after what he has done to me, and after everything, he has been doing around.

"I don't trust him, It is about him Y/n, why do you have to defend him after everything he has done?" Sanzu was going crazy, his face was getting red and his eyes forming tears. It wasn't like I was going to date Mikey again, or he really thought if I get a chance to be with Mikey I will take it?

"I am defending him, hear yourself. You always blame me for this crap, what is wrong with you?" I couldn't hold it back anymore, I wouldn't want him to accuse me of this same thing my entire life. I get it that I have made wrong decisions in my past, one of them was to date Mikey but that doesnt mean he had to use it against me every time.

"What is wrong with me?" he nodded, his eyes not breaking eye contact, "You want to help him, the guy who does nothing but lies, and what a great justification for his actions, his brother brainwashed him. Good, I will do all the wrong things I can and blame them on my bad past, on my stepie, it is a nice escape, don't you think so?" he slammed the desk and I jumped, Yuzuha and Hanma sat silently, not wanting to intervene.

"You didn't see what I saw Sanzu that's why you don't understand." In my defense, I murmured. He wasn't wrong, but at least he should trust me.

"Cool!" he sighed, Hanma patted his back as he lowered his face and exhaled briefly. I can see his body shuddering, the restlessness was visible.

"Look, if you don't want--," he didn't let me finish,

"No!" he gave a big shake to his head, "we are helping him." he stated and ran his hand through his hair. he just went on and that's why I argued because I wanted to prove him wrong for thinking if I ever get a chance I will choose Mikey over him. "let's order something," he announced with a fake smile and shaky voice.