ᴀ ʟᴏsᴛ 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝

Death row

As the two walked next to each other in silence, no word could come out of Naoto's mouth nor did Takemichi could think straight after what he saw.

'What the hell happened? JUST WHAT DID I DO WRONG!?' He kept repeating over and over again. Mind puzzled and confused.

why was Hanma there? How did you know Hina and him were getting attacked? Who killed Hayato? What happened!? What was he missing!?

Questions flew non stop in his head like an unsolved puzzle, nothing made sense. Didn't he save you and Draken? didn't he change the past?

"Takemichi" suddenly Naoto's voice snapped him back to reality, looking around confused his eyes scanned the building in front of him.

"I searched about Draken, I found out there was no death records of him, and that he left Toman" the detective explained giving some hope to his friend but soon his this hope was shattered into pieces.

"Draken is actually..on a death row"

Those words send shock wave into Takemichi's body leaving him frozen. His lips trembled preventing him from speaking as his eyes were wide open from the impact that fell on him.

"NUMBER 248! RYUGUJI KEN! YOU HAVE A VISITOR!!" the man's voice called firmly getting Draken's attention, the last person that visited him was...you.

You would bring him books, towels, magazines, food. Just being there made him happy, he didn't know that the last time he would see you was just a week ago.

But now..he could do is embrace abd accept his upcoming destiny with nothing but open arms. Those pieces that motivated him to live, that pushed him forward to move, that gave him hope that there is still a reason to live for where not there anymore..But up there where he'll finally join.

Walking slowly hands handcuffed together, his footsteps echoed through the hall as his waiting guest could feel his body explode from inpatience with every tic on the clock.

"Long time no see...Takemitchi" the tall male gave his friend a smile happy to see him sitting down he sat properly "glad to see you doing all right"

"Draken-kun.." somehow, all the nervousness disappeared from Takemichi

"This is Naoto, he's the guy who set this visit for us" he then introduced his partner as Naoto nodded greeting and draken did the same.

"So what is it?" Ken asked curiously wondering about the sudden visit "I...didn't know..that you have committed murder and been condemned to death.." Hanagaki was trying his best to talk, gulping his silvia because he felt his mouth dry at each word "What happened to you? Why would you murder someone Draken-kun..? What happened to Toman?" a question after another came out of the boy's mouth wanting to solve his puzzle.

"Takemitchi...I don't regret what I did" the older male spoke with a strict tone his dead eyes still fixed on the smaller male "and being here is just what I deserve"

"Toman ended up like this... because of me"

"Because I didn't stop that one guy"

A new key, a new person perhaps? Who was this one guy Draken was talking about?

"Toman..it was so much better when we were kids...when Sora was alive" a hitch finally left his lips that started to tremble, memories started to play in his mind of the good old days, all they did was run around, trying to make the gang bigger, they brawled like crazy it was like party every single day.

"Yet...Sora had another dream for the gang" the male continued "she didn't care how big it was, how many members there were...she cared about all of us dearly" words stabbed hard into Naoto's heart like a piercing needle "she would always say as long as we have each other that's the most thing that matters"

"Toman was... everything for both of us..me and her" a phrase that made the dark eyes male smile proudly "if I could redo my life I'd choose to live the same way.. just like our Sora used to say...I got no regrets.."

Walking out like a dead corpse, Hanagaki repeated the same words in his head 'kisaki Tetta..' just hearing it sensed shivers in his spine.

"Kisaki adored Mikey and Sora"

"But before we knew it his adoration towards Mikey became hatred"

"For Sora...it became an obsession"

"Kisaki...wants to take away everything that Mikey's holds dear"

"Wait why are we in a library?" Hanagaki looked at Naoto confused, he was taking from a place to another "there is someone we should talk to.." that was the only answer that came from the younger male.

Walking in, not a single voice was heard only the flipping pages that decorated the air of the library filling it with a calm atmosphere.

But then whispers entered Takemichi's ears "who are we visiting?" he asked his voice barely above a whisper.

"Sshhhh...you will see" Naoto hushed him his attention focused on the voice following it.

Turning, their eyes scanned a sitting male reading a book, the mutters where coming from him as he talked to himself.

His voice was dead, no life in them. No hope, no joy...it was sad.

Hanagaki squinted his eyes trying to recognise the person before letting out a gasp.

"Isn't that...Tobio-kun!?"