The Brothel [Draken - Tokyo Revengers]

Chapter 2: The Festival

Chapter 2:

Ken was barely home these past few weeks, it all started when he began hanging out with Manjiro. At first, it didn't bother me, but lately, I've been feeling lonely.

They rarely invite me whenever the two go out because it's usually about picking fights with other kids and Ken said he didn't want me to get involved so I would just stay home and wait for him.

"It's getting pretty lonely," I told myself, I was sitting in Ken's bed waiting for him to come home, he promised me we'll have dinner together but it was already 11 PM and he was still out. 

How many times has Ken bailed on me? It happens so much recently that I've started to lose count.

After about 30 more minutes of waiting, Ken finally arrived looking pretty exhausted. He also had bruises on his knuckles and on his face.

"Ken!" I jolted up from the bed and went to check upon him. "I'll go get the first aid kit," I said as I quickly ran downstairs, grabbed the first aid kit, and ran back to Ken's room.

"Haru, why are you still up? It's almost midnight," Ken asked as I started tending to his wounds. I did not respond, I guess he really forgot we were supposed to have dinner together,

My stomach then started rumbling, that's when he remembered our  'date'

"Shit, we were supposed to have dinner together," He said with guilt written all over his face, I chuckled at him as I placed the band-aid on his face. 

"It's fine, I'll just cook instant ramen," I told him, "Have you eaten already?"

"Yeah," He answered apologetically, "I ate with Mikey and his sister, she's really cool, you should meet her, I think you two would get along!"

I froze,

I noticed his eyes lit up as soon as he mentioned her, I didn't know what to say, and I didn't know what to feel about this.

Ken finally likes someone,

That's when I knew he'll never feel the same way I feel about him, because he met Emma.

I was 12 when Draken broke my heart for the first time, and it certainly wasn't the last.

...

Every night I pray that I was wrong, that he doesn't really like her, but I was never wrong especially about Ken, I knew him all too well. I've been with him since the beginning, and for him to like someone may be a new thing because he never liked anyone before, but I could tell.

He wasn't showy, he never showed interest that he liked Emma, but the way he looks at her, the way he finds her amusing when she tries to cling on to him, he fell for her hard.

Where was I when that happened? Stuck in the brothel, waiting for him.

Those are the things I realized after meeting Emma for the first time.

"Haru, the festival is about to start, hurry up!" Ken called, I quickly grabbed my purse and headed out of my room to meet the tall boy waiting for me.

"How do I look?" I asked showing off the kimono Misaki-san lent me, she was one of the senior workers here at the brothel.

"Ugly as usual," Ken teased, I just rolled my eyes at him.

We then headed to Musashi Shrine to celebrate the fireworks festival. It was a chilly night even though it was summer, the place was crowded but it wasn't that bad, you are still able to enjoy the festival as it is.

"You're late!" I heard an unfamiliar voice say the moment we arrived at Musashi Shrine, it was this really pretty blonde girl around my age, she was with Manjiro, I wasn't informed we were going to the festival with his friends