after years, your best friend's older brother makes an earth shattering appearance back into your life. and suddenly, a shared secret not only turns your lives upside down but forces you two to be closer together than ever.
est. may 2023
YOU AND TSUKISHIMA sprinted back to the parking lot hand in hand, and wasted no time getting in the car. you let out a suffocating breath as you backed out and drove off, not caring about the way the tires screeched.
"what. are the fucking odds that those no life's were hanging around the exact market we decided to go to?" you said angrily. after a few second of silence, you looked over at tsukishima to find him lost in thought, his brows furrowed. "maybe they tailed us?" you suggested.
he blinked slowly before looking up. "yeah with your grandma driving, that's 100% possible," he shot back sarcastically.
you couldn't help but roll your eyes at his remark, the tension from what happened between the two of you in the alley still uncomfortably palpable. you couldn't believe that even after all these weeks, the gang still hadn't given up trying to find tsukishima.
the rest of the drive was spent in silence as both you and tsukishima got lost in your own heads. you didn't utter another word to each other until you were pulling into the driveway of amaya's house.
your eyes widened as the realization hit you. "amaya..." you sighed. "we have to find a way to stall amaya and kamran—get them to stay away for longer.
"yeah, i can't let them get looped into this mess." tsukishima had his head in his hands, a sullen look on his face. you only then realized how much this must be weighing on him.
"kei..." you said softly, reaching out to grab his hand. you felt him tense slightly, his gaze moving down to watch you cup his hand between your soft ones, before looking up at you. "it's gonna be okay."
he shook his head in disagreement, "not this time. unless i..." he paused and swallowed down his hesitation. "unless i go."
a frown glazed over your features, slowly letting go of his hand as you began to lean away from him. "what?" you asked breathily. "what do you mean?"
"you know what i mean, yn. i don't want to put you or anyone else in any more danger." when you began to shake your head, a betrayed look in your eyes, tsukishima scrambled for words. he hastily grabbed your arm before you could get out of the car, "what happened today, yn, it can't happen again. i mean, we got lucky today and i guarantee it won't play out like that the next time!"
you ripped your arm from his hand and stepped out of the car. "great, kei. no, that's perfectly fine—go ahead and leave again. because you going out there and getting yourself killed will definitely solve everything!" you didn't mean to yell. or to slam the door and walk away, but you needed to get away from him for a minute. away from everything.
