-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 fifteen: the third division
You ride on the back of Chifuyu's bike until you and the three others arrive back at Toman. Inside, the lobby is filled with everybody celebrating their victory with drinking and laughter. However, as you walk in, all the talking dies down.
"Just keep your cool," Draken whispers to you as you walk through the crowd. "Mikey's probably going to be pissed."
"How will knowing that he's going to be pissed possibly help me keep my cool?!" you whisper sternly back at him.
"You'll be fine," he assures you, still looking straight ahead as Mikey comes into view.
You approach Mikey who crosses his arms and looks at you with those dead eyes almost as if he can see right past you and doesn't even care whether or not you exist.
"You got some balls coming back here so soon," he says plainly.
"This is where I've wanted to be since the first time I stepped inside. I've never had any malicious thoughts against Toman despite how hard my brother tried," you attempt to explain before trailing off. It's not hard to see that Mikey doesn't really care what you say to him right now. Whatever his decision is, he's already made up his mind.
"You can no longer be part of Toman in our first division," he concludes.
"Mikey, don't you realize what she went through to help us? She was on our-" Draken begins before Mikey groans.
"Can you just let me finish? Y/N, did you know that your brother used to be part of Toman?" he then asks after a brief pause."
You're quite honestly shocked since he hardly ever told you about the things he did in the past. "I knew he was in and out of different gangs but he never told me much. I only really knew that he hated you guys but never explained why," you admit.
Takemichi scoffs and mutters something under his breath at your comment.
"Your brother formerly held the position of third division captain, a role I never should have even given him," Mikey grumbles. "But since you are no longer a member of the first division you are free to take your brother's old spot."
Left completely speechless by his words, you have no idea what to say except to let him keep talking.
"I trust you'll do better with the position than he did, yes?"
"Yes, of course," you nod as you quickly accept the job. "Thank you so much. I will."
"Alright," he hums as he attempts to hide a smile creeping up his face. "You may go now then."
Just as the party reconvenes, you run up to Mikey and throw your arms around him. Though you're definitely not some kind of hug freak, you don't know how else you can better show your appreciation to him.
"I really do apologize for everything my brother has said and done. I'll do whatever I can to promise my loyalty to Toman from here on out," you whisper to him.
"Don't bother," he replies. "As third division captain, I trust you'll help things run smoothly. You already promised you wouldn't make me regret my decision."
"Right," you nod as you release him from the hug.
"No, go enjoy the party. I think someone's waiting to talk to you..."
When you turn around, Draken seems to be waiting for you. You wave goodbye to Mikey and walk to where Draken soon pulls you aside from the crowd.
"Y/N, I've loved Emma for so long, but I'd know what she'd say if she could talk to me right now. It'd probably be something quite similar to match the look Mikey shoots me every time I'm with you. However, neither of them piss me off nearly as much as you do..."
"Where is this going," you sigh as you narrow your eyes at him. "Did you drag me all this way to insult me?"
"What? No, not at all. I'm trying to say that I can't imagine not having feelings for you or lying to you about it. I know everything is a bit complicated, but if you'd want to, I'd like to ask you to be mine before it's too late."
"Yes!" you almost shout as you throw your arms around him. Behind him, at the nearby bar, you see Mitsuya smile and raise his glass to you. You smile and when you release Draken from the hug he kisses you so gently you'd think you were dreaming this whole thing.
"Do you have any business at this party?" you then ask.
"No, I don't think so. What do you mean?" he replies confused.
"Well if you don't want to be here the two of us could go somewhere else..." you hum.
Draken grins as he leans down to whisper in your ear. "I've got a room on one of the upper floors that'll definitely be way quieter than staying here."
"Hm, that sounds like fun," you smile. "Show me the way."
