Getting to know you || Maitake/Takemikey

Chapter 3

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Once their improvised meeting finished, Draken drives his sleepy friend who only managed to get one hour to rest before heading to Emma's place and then the airport. The trip to his sister's house it's spent in talking more about their plans, checking if there was a video record of the day Hinata went missing to help them find clues; although if BD is also searching for her, they must have got in their hands any film that could exist. Either way they're going to give it a try. Draken parks the car and then he gets down from it to open the door for his wife to get in. The second she does, she immediately starts nagging her brother for drooling over his shirt. It's an energetic drive after that.

"You're late."

Izana said, faking an anger he isn't really feeling. Emma wastes no time in hugging him as she pulls Mikey to do the same; Draken stares at them with a calmed smile on his face as he stands a couple of meters away. After exchanging greetings and packing Kurokawa's suitcases in the trunk of his car, they all head to a place where they can eat peacefully. Recalling the past, the younger Sano brings out an old promise causing a subtle tension in Manjiro's and Draken's body. This doesn't go unnoticed by the older man in the car who purses his lips in a teasing smirk as he adds comments about his curiosity of said place leaving Mikey with no other choice but to comply, wishing for the persons who will see him doesn't kick them out because of his previous fight.

The four of them enter Clovers after Draken parked the car; he and Manjiro are still tense a bit. Emma walks behind them whilst chit chatting with Izana about how amazing the place is, and how full it is at noon. She suggests switching sites to eat, but Izana dismisses her doubts waving his hand as they walk towards the counter. Takuya greets them, contrary to Mikey's original thoughts, he's acting very polite, as if just yesterday they didn't corner and drug him. He takes their orders and watches them go upstairs to take a seat at one of the tables at the balcony.

"Didn't know you and Takemichi were acquaintances." Izana said nonchalantly as he posed next to him to steal a picture of them all. The comment takes Mikey with his guard low; he wasn't expecting that his brother would say his name so openly. "Since how long have the two of you met?"

"Four months. And I didn't know it was him the one you give BD either, not until yesterday." Mikey retorts; from the corner of his eye, he can see Emma giving Draken a knowing glare seeking for a muted explanation of the tension that suddenly surrounds them.

"Don't be so mad, deals are deals. I told you that I couldn't give you his name. Besides, what would have you done if I had given you his name back then? Hunting him down until he accepts lends you BD? No way, there's so much going on there that I can't let anyone spoil it, especially Toman." They were lucky enough that most of the people chose to stay on the first floor or in the garden area; their conversation it's starting to get a bit intense.

"Is it because of Kisaki?" The mention of the name causes the white-haired man to shut his mouth.

"What did you know about him?"

"He's obsessed with Hinata, so he kidnapped her, knows about plants, and has this incredible hate towards Takemichi."

"Just that?" Izana's question takes him back once again; Mikey hears him humming as he taps the table. Déjà vu. He notices a similarity in the pattern of sounds and the way Atsushi did yesterday, like music notes. "Well, yeah, he asked me to keep it secret because of that."