(✓) the scariest future. [UNEDITED]

chapter 4

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"You look tense there, Takemitchy," Chifuyu brightened with an amused smile drawn on the side of his lips. He patted Takemichi's shoulder. "Cheer up!"

"What if," The raven-haired stumbled upon his words, as his throat was tense and his body shake. "What if Mikey doesn't remember me? What if-"

"Stop overthinking," Kazutora chuckled as he sturred the steering wheel and drove across the alley. He then glanced at the rear mirror to see Chifuyu trying to cheer Takemichi up. "Nothing will happen if you keep overanalyzing events that didn't even happen."

"Don't stress yourself, Mitchy- KAZUTORA WATCH THE FUCKIN' ROAD!" Baji held on the handle on top of the car window hoping to survive Kazutora's driving.

"Sorry!" Kazutora said with a giggle. "But come on, you dated Mikey when you were Manila, so he won't just, I don't know, kill you when he sees you."

"You two didn't even break up," Chifuyu crossed his arms and he leaned on the seat. "He just disappeared after Emma's wedding so...he won't kill you."

"It's not helping me but thank you," Takemichi said, trying to break into a genuine smile.

"Cheer up, Mitchy!" Kazutora implied with a grin on his face. "He won't bite! I hope..."

"He's a puppy with rabies, what do you mean?" Baji said.

"It's making me feel worse," Takemitchi covered his face with his hands. Chifuyu patted his back.

"Eh, don't worry about it," Baji said.

2.

"What if Mitchy will get scared of me when he sees me?" Mikey walked back and forth, muttering such things that even Shinichiro and Wakasa couldn't hear. They were in Taiju's restaurant, and the three (or just two, Mikey's walking around the table) were seated near the aquarium full of...sharks. Wakasa held onto Shinichiro's arm as he tried to calm his fear. There were literally real sharks right behind him, swimming.

"Mikey, you're overthinking," Shinichiro said. "We all know he's too kind to think of you that way."

"Though you're a walking red flag," Wakasa implied, tightening his grip onto the ravenette's arm. "He's too colour-blind to see that."

"But still," Mikey stopped in his tracks and looked at the two. He was on the verge of crying for no reason. "I'm a criminal!"

"Why did you become one anyway?" The man with purple and blonde streaks asked, trying to talk his fear out and it isn't working. "I mean, the reason you became a criminal in the past is because of your dark impulsivity and stuff. And that was the effect of the death of Shin-chan, Baji-kun, and more. And more enough, you're acting more like a child."

"Waka, your grip hurts," Shinichiro whispered as he looked at his arm being strangled by his lover. "Loosen it a bit."

"Oh, sorry."

"I don't know as well," Mikey then continued walking back and forth. "Maybe Mitchy knows...if he knows, then he'll despise me! Resent me! He won't love me anymore...!"

Shinichiro and Wakasa looked at each other before sighing at the same time. They just let Mikey walk around and overthink. They can't do anything else to calm his senses down.

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"PUTANGINA!"

Wakasa and Shinichiro flinched by Mikey's sudden scream.

"What did he say?"

"It's a curse in Tagalog," Shinichiro took a cigarette and lit it up. "It's like fuck in English."

something short before we go serious (plus Mitchy and Mikey sharing one brain cell), spotify list:

(I'll curse and nobody will stop me, enjoy the tagalog lessons though)

-seiji