lollipop • chishiya shuntarou

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"isn't this the old headquarters?" Kento muttered as soon as they looked around

"Everyone is dead boss.." shiro- another member of the gang, reported after he came back from scanning the place.

Sachi looked around the place, it's been rid of how it looked before. Replaced with screens and controllers.

She remembered the note she stole from chishiya, how familiar the scribble is, only to realize that it was a map of the train.

"They most likely got killed for losing, since we completed the number cards" a voice was heard.

Sachi exchanged a look with kento and shiro, the two took out their gun before they followed sachi entering the big cylinder of screens.

The sound of footsteps alerted arisu and chishiya turning to the other entrance only to be met with sachi.

"Oh, it's you guys." She mumbled.

"Sachi!" They couldn't help but mutter in surprise.

Her eyes landed on kuina and arisu making her sigh in relief.

But then the sounds of machinery starting suddenly erupted, and all the screens lit up.

Only to show mira.

"What?" Sachi muttered.

"Oh." Chishiya said in amusement.

"Have you all thought of your comrades that you lost?" She said through the screen.

Sachi scoffed not wanting to listen to her bullshits.

Chishiya watched her from a far as her hand went into her purse.

Probably craving a lollipop.. he thought and a small smile of fondness almost showed on his face.

But it dissapeared when she pulled out a cigarette instead.

His eyebrows were scrunched as he watched.

"You relapsed?" Kuina couldn't help but whisper to her to which she could only shrug.

A memory flashed through chishiya's mind.

Giggles were heard as the two laid in bed.

Chishiya stopped his chuckles as a small smile rested on his face, eyes watching as she opened a lollipop, popping it into her mouth.

"Were you a smoker?" He couldn't help but ask.

Sachi only smiles.

"Why'd you stop?" He asks her, fingers running through her hair.

Sachi sighs in bliss. "For roku. And my dad. Figured i won't be able to kill him if i died from smoking." She mumbles.

Chishiya nods in understandment.

"Have you smoked before?" She asks and he could only shook his head.

"When did you start smoking?" He asks her softly.

"When i killed that cat. After that, whenever im sad, angry or frustrated. I'd go smoke.."

He looked away and his usual sneer was seen again.

Kento and shiro, both a year younger than her, stared up the screen with their mouth open in awe  but nonetheless kento was still able to light her cigarette.

"That's a lot of screens" shiro muttered in awe.

Sachi couldn't help but smile at his cuteness as she puffs out smoke.

"Shiro hun, she's basically saying how happy she is that our comrades died and your more focused on the number of screens she's using?" She ruffles his hair.

"Are you letting us go back to the real world now?" Kuina's voice rung out.

Sachi's eyebrow rose in curiosity.

But mira only laughed, "I've prepared new games!"

To this sachi smirked in excitement.

There's no way in hell she's not playing it all.

"That's exciting!" Kento couldn't help but smile in excitement.

Arisu and the others couldn't help but look at them like they were the weirdest people in the world.

They are.

"Arisu. Usagi." She called out.

The two immediately turned to her.

"You still have my protection, i want you both to come and stay at our headquarters." She explained.a

Arisu and usagi shared a look. a look of hesitance and determination.

and sachi couldn't help but sigh already knowing their answer.

"I'm sorry. We'd want to fight them."

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"Kuina? Are you sure you're coming with them? I can keep you safe" sachi pleads her friend after she pulled her to the side gently. 

kuina couldn't help but also consider her words, but after finding her newfound determination she couldn't help but decline.

which sachi found dissapointing.

"i'll see you around sachi" she softly smiles before following arisu out through the stairs.

sachi sighs before turning to kento and shiro. "let's go."

the two followed as they went a different way out and onto a different part of tokyo a bit aways from where arisu and the others are.

the other members of the gang are at the headquarters whilst the others decided to look for game arenas, convinced that by playing it all they'll be able to go back to the real world,

but it's mostly because they enjoyed the thrill of playing.

chishiya watched as kuina stepped out from below. he waited for a certain raven haired girl to walk out, but she never did.

his eyebrows scrunched in confusion, he thought that by being with her she'll somehow learn to forgive him, learn to love him again. and he was willing to keep trying until she do so.

he already misses her warmth.

"where's sachi?" he asked kuina but she could only smile sadly.

"she left."

chishiya, with his hands in the pockets of his jacket, immediately turned around to head back down only to be stopped by kuina. "let her be.."

he shook her hands away blankly.

But they both turned as the large screen upfront lit up with the words next level.

their hearts dropped at the words as nervousness struck them.

meanwhile on a rooftop in tokyo.

Kento and shiro smiles in excitement as they stared at the screen watching as large pictures of the face cards roam around tokyo.

With her arms crossed sachi's eyes locked on a certain blonde before it left him, the large picture of the king of hearts catching her attention.

"I'm definitely playing that first."