THE MASK (Tokyo Revengers | Takashi Mitsuya x OC)

Chapter 02

.·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙ Unrequited love *̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙

"Hey..." someone called to me from my right side. I shoot my head to the side. I was scared Takashi would notice me. The voice belongs to an old man. I put my hand on my heart, letting out a sigh of relief. He scared the living shit out of me.

The old man had some kind of uniform on and was annoyed for some reason.
"Hi..." I look up at him while sill sitting on the ground.
He frowns and says, "You can't sit there!"

"Why..." I stood up and look at the place I was sitting. The place around the tree was decorated with colorful flowers and I ruined them by sitting on them. "Oh shit! I'm so sorry...I didn't saw them" I slightly bowed to him.

He starts scolding me and tell me about how much time he used to plant those flowers.
From the corner of my eyes I saw Takashi and his friend looking at my direction so I bowed to the man again and I ran. Hop on my bike and went back home.

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A few days later after school I had boxing-class and after that I had work. I was at kickboxing because my father didn't had time for kendo like every Friday.

It was a few minutes over eight and I had to go to work. I work at my uncle's place from nine to twelve on Fridays and the weekends.

But I really wanna see Takashi today. I didn't get to see him at school, since they didn't had PE so I could stalk him from the window. And I didn't want to go to his club room. But two days ago I heard they have a meeting in a abandoned warehouse around this time.
"Should I go to that warehouse?" I ask myself.

In the end I decided to go and see his face and then go to work. After I wore my black leather jacket and pants I headed to my bike with my helmet in my hand.
My mom walked to me as soon as she saw me coming out of my room, "Where are you going?".

"I've to work at uncle's place today" I managed to get the words out as I avoid eye contact with her. She walked closer to me and hold my face in her hands. Made me look her in the eyes. She had a heavy makeup on but that couldn't hide the fact that she's worried.

"I ask your dad thousand times to just let you be! But he's so stubborn...he thinks working in that place is good for you!". She takes a long and deep breath while still staring at me. I didn't say anything, just look her in the eyes.

"My pretty baby..."she squeezed my cheeks. Pursing her lips and made those sounds like she's talking to a toddler. She sounds fake. I pulled myself back, gave her a smile and said, "I have to go..." then I turned around and headed to the parking lot.

Now that I think about it I actually love that job. It's where I've a little freedom even though it isn't completely honest but at least I can let my guard down for a little while.

Uncle doesn't report my every move to my parents. Maybe that is why I feel a little free there.
I hop on my bike and steer it out of the parking lot. The weather was nice and it was almost dark. The wind hit me on my helmet as I speed up towards my destination.

I arrived at the warehouse and maneuver my bike to the side of that building, hiding behind the wall. There were several motorcycles parked at the back entrance. Couple of lightbulbs hanging around the entrance door along with streetlights nearby gave illuminate the place.

I was about to go closer to check the inside from a window that I spotted on the door when someone pulled up in front of entrance with his bike.

There was a girl with short black hair sitting behind him. She hops down from the bike and runs to the warehouse as soon as the bike stops. The guy on motorcycle was Baji. He holds his head in his hands in frustration.