A lovers arc

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"So why'd you inject me with that shit in the first place if now you're going to help me?" he mumbled to himself under his breath, visibly pissed off. He did eventually finish unbuttoning his shirt, and much couldn't be seen but there was a decently large scar across his chest, and a few others scattered down his upper arm.

He still didn't trust the girl entirely, but he did trust Nishinoya. He glanced over at the woman before leaning back in his seat and closing his eyes, too tired to keep them open.

"Well my original intention was to just slow you down so I could take you out later, but recently I've been given a new set of instructions," she said as she followed him over to the chair and picked up the syringe once again, crouching down by his side and easily spotting where they injected him, since she had left a bruise. She pierced the same area and slowly injected the antidote before rising to her feet again. "Now go to sleep." She sounds in a quiet but commanding tone, tossing the empty syringe.

"What even is your name woman?"

"Hm... Kiyoko"

"Alright then Miss Kiyoko," he said as he inspected his side and pointing to the small scarlet spot that began to form, "no bandaid?" he question as he gestured to Noya that he was free to leave and he nodded in response before exiting the room. 

"I don't think you deserve one." She simply stated as she sealed her duffel bag. He rolled his eyes and fixed his shirt.

"So, this mysterious person giving you these instructions.. what do they want from me?" he questioned in a much calmer tone, it wasn't normal for him to ask things of people this way, but currently, he was at a disadvantage and needed the information. He still had a slight glare in his eyes as he looked at the girl since she was one of the only people who would have dare spoken to him in such a manner.

"Actually, the one who gave me the instructions was a friend of mines." She answered calmly as she stretched her arms up. "He was also the one who made those poisons, but I still don't understand why he told me to give you the antidote." She added. "But you better not make me regret it." She continued as she shot him back a bit of a glare. "I don't know what the client wants either, they just put 400k on your head and said to kill you." She then pulled her gloves off and tucked them into a pocket on the outside of her duffle bag.

There was silence for a few moments before she decided to speak up again.

"So, aren't you supposed to be in a relationship or married or something? And then... have a son to inherit your position once he's old enough? It seems like I'm the only female here." She questioned as she turned around to face him, leaning back on the desk. It wasn't related to their earlier topic at all, but she was still pretty curious. 

Tanaka laughed a little and sit up in his seat, "well if you want to know, my dad originally wanted to give his position to my older sister but she declined, and before he could try to persuade her she left the country so I automatically took over." He sighed before continuing

"And well- relationship-wise I've been in many, they always thought that was was fun and stuff to date a mafia boss, y'know, a 'thrill' but once they figured out how this line of business really functions they get scared and run away, or even get threatened by another mafia." He laughed again before continuing. "One of them even got kidnapped and held hostage in an attempt to get money and shit from me..." He said as his facial expression turned sour and he closed his eyes again. 

Kiyoko listened carefully as he spoke, and her eyes softened a bit. She still did feel a bit of empathy towards him, since she understood how such dangerous lines of work like theirs can impact relationships a lot.

"Have you tried dating any other mafia boss's daughter? They'd probably be a little easier to handle since they're already used to everything." She suggested and he turned his attention to her with a small smile, "I've tried that too, but they're usually overly spoiled or disloyal." He answered quietly as he stood up and walked to the door, locking eyes with the woman once more. "Thank you," he said in a quiet tone as he left to take the woman's advice, even if the sun was already rising, he had nothing planned so he didn't mind sleeping through the day, and fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit his pillow.

The woman decided to stay in that room for the time being and soon fell asleep as well, waking up decently "early" and checking their computer, even though she wasn't fully awake.

Tanaka wasn't able to sleep properly throughout the night though and at one point he just laid in his bed, thinking about one thing alone;

that woman named Kiyoko.

He didn't know if she'd still even be in the mansion, but he wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't. She was still a complete mystery to him but deep down, he wanted to know more about her.

After a few more hours of tossing and turning, Tanaka got up with a slight groan as he parted the curtains to see the bright sun shine through the window before he decided to take a shower. Since he figured the girl had already left so he didn't bother inspecting the office as he wanted to go do something to take his mind off of things, and after a bit of thinking he decided he wanted to go to a strip club, since he hadn't gone to one in a while. He grabbed all the stuff he needed before he left the mansion together with two bodyguards, just to be sure in case something bad would happen.

Kiyoko soon fully woke up once she heard footsteps followed by the sound of a car engine revving. She got up and stretched, her mind a bit foggy so she wasn't totally aware of her surroundings, nor the fact that she was still in Tanaka's mansion. 

She sleepily made her way into the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water, grabbing her utility belt and wrapping it around her waist. 

She shoved her pistol into the holster as she made her way out of the room, continuing downstairs until she reached the main floor. She rubbed her eyes as she pushed the door open and looked outside, immediately noticing the slick black car at the gates.

When he finally figured out where exactly he wanted to stop first he went to give the driver the signal to depart but before he could, he saw a glimpse of the main door opening.

 It only took him a moment and he took a closer look before seeing it was the girl. He had a slight look of surprise in his eyes as he stared at her, then gesturing  to leave as the car started to make its way off of his property. He didn't believe she was capable enough or had a reason to follow him, so he relaxed, leaning into the backseat of the car, making a couple of calls here and there as they were on their way to grab food, and he felt his usual energy slowly going back to normal.