Maitake- Scars

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What if Takemichi maintains all of the scars he receives when time looping again and again and Mikey becomes slightly suspicious...

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When Mikey first started to see cuts and bandages all over Takemitchy it makes sense to assume that he gets it from fights, being a part of a gang now and all, it wasn't unusual to have that bunch of scars, especially a person that doesn't have a lot of experience in fighting.

Mikey knew that, he understood that, he saw it many times before. The thing that baffles him is the fact that the scars are very fast to heal, and yet they kept multiplying.

One day he will see a bruise on his cheeks, and tomorrow he will have an already healed wound on his fist. It's unusual indeed. Wounds never heal that fast and neither can Takemitchy's behavior.

Because various wounds all over his body aren't the only thing that changes, it's his eyes. His eyes, full of shine and emotion. But sometimes he saw a flicker of dullness, it felt like Takemitchy changed within those moments, for a second, it felt like staring at a veteran, a man that has seen a lot of things in his life. A tired man, who has been through a lot. What sets him off the most is the fact that he saw that same eyes before. When he stared at a mirror. He can see himself through his eyes in those short moments. But, they are extremely different. His still shines and glittens. He wondered how he can maintain such a bright outlook.

The way he presents himself is different from Mikey's, and he knows that, both of them know that. But there is something about Takemichi that he knew more than he let on. He may not be the most mature person in the world, but he is not dumb, he is aware.

He can't help but think that there is something that Takemitchy is carrying on his own, that no one noticed -aside from him- a secret that Takemitchy didn't tell him.

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He stared at Takemitchy's torso.

It was an accident at first, walking in on his room without knocking -to be fair the bedroom was not locked- attempting to kidnap Takemitchy again in the middle of the night to accompany him on his dumb journeys. This time, Draken is not here. In fact, he didn't even drag Draken, he wanted to hang out with Takemitchy on his own, protecting him in case of possible brawls. He walks in on his bedroom to discover a naked torso.

He stared at Takemitchy's torso filled with stab wounds(and is that a fucking bullet wound too!?) He stared horrified. Surely he didn't inflict this to himself, right? Despair filled his aching heart, staring at the body he grew to love covered with horrendous memories. And he can't even do anything to prevent and protect him from all these things.

He ask- no, he begged Takemitchy to tell him what happened, to tell him who the fuck did this to him. His crybaby...

He can see Takemitchy's eyes gres duller, the same shade when he's seen it multiple times, but this time, it stayed like that. Slow and slowly he revealed his true colors, of what he is feeling. He is letting himself known. He is letting himself to be free.

Ad yet, that didn't relieve Mikey at all.

He should though, he should be relieved that Takemitchy is showing him what he is feeling. But this look...

He was right, it was similar to his own, and yet, it is completely different. He looks more experienced than Mikey, he looks stronger than Mikey. But at the same time he can see that he is tired as fuck. He can see the fatigue, his eyes screamed "STOP THIS! PLEASE!!" over and over again.

Takemitchy pointed the three bullet wounds on his chest he smiled sweetly to Mikey, but it wasn't the same. The smile didn't lift to his eyes. His smile, unwavering yet fragile.

"You, you've done this to me..."

Mikey's eyes narrowed. What..?

"Taketchy, what do you mean? Wh-what do you mean I've done this?"

"..."

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Mikey felt that he can't recognize who he is at times. He wonders if he is the problem or that the world is the one changing. He always thought what he will be when he grew up, who will stay and who will go away.

But he never expected his future, to be this vile. If what Takemitchy saying is true, then that means he breaks a promise that he made for himself. He might be in a gang, but he can not in any circumstances kill a person. He thought it is too much and too out of line.

But there he goes, doing just that.

He can't help but hug Takemitchy to his chest, chanting waves of "sorry's" and "please forgive me's" spouting out of his mouth over and over again.

He traced the scars delicately, a reminder for his failures, and a warning for him to change whoever he became in the future. He hurted a lot of people in the process, making him blind, didn't noticed who is truly suffering through all of these fights and battles. The one who remained standing till the very end.

And is probably the reason why their lives are still intact to this very day.

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Not much really happened but i like it ofr some reason. Idk why.

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