a mutually arranged attachment. [yoriichi tsugikini x reader]

『♡』chapter five: nothing but anxiety and coffee

"'I just need to see you healthy and alive and thriving.'?!"

You chuckled humorlessly at Shinobu's reaction as you stared at your drink as you stirred at your iced coffee. Most of the ice had already melted so were left with diluted coffee and the condensation dripping down the plastic cup and pooling onto the table.

You finally looked at her."Yeah, can you believe that?"

"Bro, he is unbelievable." Shinobu shook her head as she picked the lint off of her sweater.

Mitsuri nodded in agreement. "Totally, he needs to get some sense in him."

"And fast, what else happened?"

"And he said that he'd finish the project by himself and then he just basically disappeared after that. Like he was a vampire or something it was really weird. I felt like I was in twilight."

Mitsuri and Shinobu visibly disgruntled with his actions and words.

You put your head in your hands. "I can't believe I cried over this dude, man. He's making me lose my mind for nothing.

"Hey, we've all been there before." Shinobu put a hand on your shoulder, causing you to look up to her. "Not me though, y'all stay safe though."

The three of you burst out in laughter. Shinobu pulled out a green folder and opened it showing it to the both of you. Her being the middle you and Mitsuri leaned in analyzing the documents. "So, I was doing some digging."

Suddenly the folder was snatched out of her hands and you all gazed up from your seats to see a tall white haired male, sipping on an iced latte with wide eyes open. "How the hell do you guys know who Uncle Keshi is?"

"Hey, give that back you narc!" Shinobu shoutes, scrambling to get back the folder filled with papers of apparently Uncle Keshi and God knows what else.

Tengen ignored her as he rifled through the papers that she had printed out and highlighted. You studied him as his face began to get more and more worried. You had only met Tengen a handful of times. He and Shinobu had gone to the same middle school and then he pursued baseball and transferred to a prestigious high school. That still didn't stop him from re-entering Shinobu's life since their families had been friends for generations and well now they went to the same university.

"Narc?" You asked looking at her inquistively.

"Fuck off, why don't you." Tengen grimaced at her as he plopped next to you with his eyes still glued to the papers. He turned to you and Mitsuri and smiled for a moment. "Hello to everyone that's not named Shinobu."

You and Mitsuri laughed. Mitsuri was especially cheery to see him as she greeted him quietly.

"Hi to you, too, Tengen. Why are you a narc?" You asked leaning back and crossing your arms.

Tengen rolled his eyes, but before he could answer Shinobu spoke up. "Because his dad used to work for the Yakuza and now he's a cop."

"No way..." You and Mitsuri's eyes widened as you looked at him.

"Since when was you're dad a Yakuza member?" You asked.

Tengen scoffed. "Since like forever." He narrowed his eyes at Shinobu. "And I'm not a fucking narc."

"You are by default." She retorted looking at her black nails.

"When did your dad cop out?" Mitsuri was trying her best not to laugh at her own joke, but she fist bumped Shinobu in the process.

"You guys are annoying." He nawed on his straw as he looked over at the green folder that was closest to ravenette and he picked it up opening up the contents. "But that's honestly besides the point. How do you know who this is?"