Hajime Kokonoi | Tokyo Revengers

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As your shift is closing up, Kokonoi stops by your desk.

"You shift ends in 3 minutes, want a ride home?"

"No thank you, I prefer to walk"

"Have it your way, it's cold out, so don't forget your jacket."

"Kay thanks"

And you start packing up all the work so it's ready to resume in the morning.

You leave the building and start your walk home.

You find your keys and unlock the door. It's been 2 weeks since you even stepped foot in here. Bonten needed to keep an eye on you since you were fresh, which included restricting you from certain sections of town, which happened to include where you lived.

"I need to get to cleaning" and you swept, mopped, and dusted the whole apartment. It's semi clean now, enough for you to live with it. You lay down, and it finally hits you how exhausted you are.

You pull out your phone and the piece of paper in your pocket.

It's his business card. You didn't have time to look at it until now.

You put the number listed in as a contact on your phone. You shoot him a quick text.

"Hey, this is ____, just so you know."

You plug your phone in and start cooking instant ramen in the microwave. You turn on your TV to the news. Apparently that coffee place got robbed at gunpoint. "Good thing we left" all you can think.

*Buzz Buzz* you're getting a phone call.

"Hello, ____ speaking"

"Hey ____, this is Kokonoi. Remember, I gave you my number for emergencies, not for casual conversation."

"You calling me for non emergencies sounds quite casual to me, but anyways, how's your night been?"

*Beep beep* he hung up on you.

"That bastard!" You proclaim as you slam your phone onto your bed.

Sitting down, eating your ramen, you get another notification.

Text from Kokonoi: I'm sorry for my abruptness on hanging up earlier. Something came up that needed my immediate attention.

You: No problem.

The next day.

You get up extra early to make sure you get to work on time. You get to work a few minutes early. As Kokonoi walks in, he asks for you to meet him in his office.

"I'd like to give you a different sort of job."

"I'm intrigued yet concerned."

"My previous assistant quit, so it's not an easy job, but be my personal assistant."

"What does that entail?"

"Anything it needs to"

"Fine."

You're now his personal assistant.

Now you spend your days doing even more mindless activities. Accepting calls, going to his meetings, reading his emails, hell even getting him his morning coffee.

Through going to his meetings, you realize how much deep shit you are in. You've talked with THE invincible Mikey, the infamous Haitani Brothers, and many more famous gangsters. They are definitely interesting characters.

Returning to the office one day, you go to your desk, which is right outside of Kokonoi's office. You hear a faint sobbing from inside his office.

"Sir, I don't mean to be intrusive, but are you okay?"

"Who is it?"

"It's ____"

"Come in"

You open the door to see your boss disheveled.

"SIR ARE YOU OKAY" you exclaim as you run to his desk.

"I'm fine, now sit so I can explain. Every one of my assistants has to go through this explanation."

He spent what seemed like hours talking about this girl, Akane was her name. She was his first love, and she had died when he was young. It was her death anniversary. He normally is able to go to a her grave to mourn, but do to his falling out with Akane's brother, he is restricted from the grave. So he keeps his mourning inside his office.

"Sir, I'm sorry for your loss. Is there any way I can help you during your mourning?"

"Could you fetch me a cigarette?"

"I didn't know you were a smoker, what do you smoke?"

"Not for me, I will visit her grave later tonight when her family won't be there. She loved the smell, weirdly enough. Any one you can buy is fine."

"Alright sir."

And you go down to the local convenience store to get a pack. You remember back during your edgy highschool phase you were a smoker.

"One Marlboro, one Lucky Strike and 2 lighters please."

As you bring the packs back to work, you open up the lucky strike.

"I know I shouldn't pick this back up, but my life is stressful right now, I really don't care."

You walk back into the office.

"Dang it's already 5:40 PM"

"Kokonoi, I got the cigarettes."

"Thank you ______. Can I ask a favor of you?"

"Sure, I don't leave for another 18 minutes."

"Will you accompany me to the grave?"

A/N this chapter was dragging on really long, so evil me gave y'all a cliffhanger