Lying is a Sin, A Sin Hanagaki Takemichi Commits Too Often

Same Love

We haven't heard from Mikey in a while, so theres a bit in his perspective. Also some Draken and Inupi since I haven't really delved into how Inupi is probs suspicious of Draken. 

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June 22nd, 2017

Mikey had more than enough money. He wasn't cocky. Yes he was. But he could buy pretty much anything Takemichi wanted, most likely because he'd only ever want something cheap because he's so fucking sweet. Kazutora had told him a few days ago that he and Naoto were planning a surprise birthday party for the pretty baker. Obviously he was going to get him a present regardless of that, but he just didn't know what. He was upset, sure, but he knew it was childish to hold a grudge against Takemichi since he never confessed, and he really wanted to stay good friends with him. He knew how unlikely it was now that they were ever going to be in a romantic relationship, but he didn't want to lose all the great memories he had made with the other.

But currently, he was standing in the middle of a high class mall filled with designer brands and he felt like he knew nothing about Takemichi. Why the hell was he here? Takemichi would never want some expensive clothes, he'd be grateful nonetheless because that's just how he was, but it wouldn't be meaningful. He was sure he looked like an idiot, the mall was filled with people due to it being a Saturday and he was just standing there mindlessly staring at a louis vuitton store. Maybe...maybe a piece of jewellery? Takemichi had once told him a few years ago that he actually really loved to wear jewellery but he could never afford anything that he liked. He fished his phone out of his pocket and searched what the birthstone was for the month of June, it told him three options; pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. Perfect. He'd get a custom made piece of jewellery that had one or two of them and he made his trek to the nearby jewellery store.

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"Ken."

Draken lifted his head, tearing his attention away from the motorbike engine he was working on to see Inui standing a metre away. He appeared nervous, his hair was falling out of its ponytail and he kept picking at the skin of his thumb.

"Seishu?"

"Is there...Is there something you've been hiding from me?"

Draken kept his composure, hoping he didn't give any reaction that he is, in fact, hiding something. That one of their best friends is dying.

"No, everything is normal. Why uh, why do you think that?"

Inui was always confident, he was often stoic even when he was happy, but now, he looked off. His eyes kept darting around the room and he couldn't even stand still. "Ar-are you happy with me?" He said finally, refusing eye contact.

That was perhaps the last thing Draken expected to come out of his partner's mouth in this conversation. Yes, they had never explicitly spoken about a label for their relationship, but he was sure they both knew it was something special. Hell, he was planning on officially asking Inui to be his boyfriend, but learning of Takemichi's condition had put him off it. He couldn't verbally make that commitment to Inui knowing he was hiding such a thing. Draken wiped the oil off his hands and discarded the rag before standing up and making a step towards Inui.

"Seishu, I'm the happiest with you...why would you think I'm not?"

"I'm just...no, I sound stupid."

"You don't," he moved closer and caressed the side of his face and waited for Inui's teal eyes to finally look at him, "I want to know what I did to make you even imagine that I'm anything less than happy with you."

"Well, for the last three weeks or so, you've been acting so strange. You just seem so distracted and you barely acknowledge me except when it's necessary at the shop. If...If you like someone else that-that's okay, I mean, nobody has ever actually liked me before or-"