-after sleeping on the streets for the past few months, y/n's
brother appears out of nowhere with a strange proposal. he
offers to give her a place to live and food to eat in exchange
for her to infiltrate an opposing gang under the disguise of
ichi...
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chapter eight: the opposing gang
It's only after the meeting is over that you're able to talk to Draken. He approaches you first, however, which makes you a bit unsure about where this whole thing is going.
"Hey, Y/N, you got a second to talk?" he asks a bit cautiously.
"Yeah, what's up?"
He takes you by the hand and pulls you away from the others. "You think I could give you some advice?"
"Sure, I guess," you shrug, remembering what your brother said about doing as Draken asks of you from now on. "What did I do now?"
"You should lay low for a while otherwise Mikey might change his mind about keeping you here if you piss him off," he explains.
"Why do you care? You're the one who outed me to him in the first place. If he dislikes me then the reason why is because of you."
Y/N!" he grumbles before taking a second to collect his emotions. "I told you that doesn't mean we think poorly of you. I just think you should have told us the truth. There's a lot going on right now and I don't want you to get mixed up in the wrong shit, okay?"
"Draken how was I supposed to walk into a huge group of guys with my tits out and expect to be treated like everyone else? That's not how it works and you know that!" you sternly remind him.
He then looks down for a split second and when his eyes lift back up he seems to be frozen in a state of embarrassment, looking a bit red in the face.
"I wasn't talking about that," he scoffs, trying his best to play himself off cool.
"You were because you were talking about me lying about being a guy," you smirk as you watch him begin to crumble. Though you can admit to yourself it's kinda cute, you'd never admit that to him. "Have you ever even thought about it like that before? How fucking awkward I'd feel if all you guys saw me as was some weak girl who randomly showed up one day?"
When he takes a step back, you grin knowing that you're finally the one to be asking the questions.
"I did what I did for a reason," you continue to spell it all out. "I wasn't trying to get some sick joke out of lying. I just wanted to fit in like everyone else. I don't see what's wrong with that, do you?"
Sure, you're laying all of this on quite thick, but you're not exactly lying to him. You and Tetta created Ichiro because you needed an identity where you could fit in at Toman. On top of that, it has never been a joke to you either.
"No," he quietly remarks.
"Good, I'm going now then."
You spin around to walk away, but he calls out to you. You then turn back and see an apologetic look on his face. He's never done anything to make you think he's any kind of shitty person so you suppose that he is being genuine. Chifuyu was right, he just cares so much for everyone at Toman.
"I won't stop you from walking away from me but please be careful. We don't really know much about Otsuda and I don't want you to get hurt," he admits.
"Thanks, but don't worry about me, I'll be fine," you reassure him with a grin. As you walk away you wonder if Otsuda really would attack you since they must be Tetta's gang. Draken said that Otsuda is sending in spies and that's exactly what your brother has you doing.
You take a deep breath and keep walking back to your division. Later on, Chifuyu and Takemichi approach you with a wave and smiling faces.
"You can go home if you want, Y/N," Chifuyu tells you. "You don't need to stick around for anything."
"Thanks, I think I'll get going then," you smile back.
"Are you going to say bye to Draken first?" Takemichi asks like the oblivious person he is.
"Why would I do that?" you choke as your face begins to heat up for absolutely no reason whatsoever in your opinion.
"Because the two of you are always together," he shrugs. "Aren't you close?"
"What?! That's not true, he just hates me so much that he constantly follows me around," you pout.
The two of them exchange a look before gazing back in your direction.
"What?! Don't give me that look!" you groan.
"What look?!" they both smirk at the same time.
"Goodbye," you roll your eyes as you turn to walk away from them.
As you walk away, you spot Draken off in the distance talking to Mikey. Draken looks over in your direction and you can feel your body freeze before you look away from him.
No way, you scoff as you think to yourself. There's no way you'd ever have feelings for him. He's constantly up your ass for no reason and now he has the audacity to tell you to be careful and that he doesn't want you to get hurt. He seriously needs to decide whether or not he wants you in Toman because this back in forth is only making your body burn up even hotter.
