Living A Dead Dream (Baji x OC)

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"Why did I have to come with?" Danny asked before letting out a yawn. To say she was tired and ready to finally go to bed was an understatement. She would've been relatively fine if she had just pulled an all-nighter, but she hadn't gotten a good night's rest in a few nights. All she wanted to do was sleep, even if it meant just being filled in later. It's not like she wasn't used to that anyway.

"Danny? Takemitchy? What're you two doing here?" To the twin's surprise, Draken was right around the corner.

"Oh, Draken!" Takemichi exclaimed in surprise while his sister just yawned again. "We were just heading over to Mikey's place to ask him something."

He nodded. "Well, I'm heading there too. Come on, let's go together."

"Sure," he replied with a smile.

The three continued walking the remaining short distance to their destination. As they did, Draken and Takemichi idly chatted while Danny was practically sleepwalking at this point. Draken, having noticed decided to ask, "Didja stay up late again, Danny?" He's noticed how tired she had been the last few days and it really wasn't anything new. She's told him how when she gets started on something late, she usually loses track of time, but that didn't mean he wasn't worried. They were friends, after all.

"Hm? Oh, yeah," she replied with sleepiness obviously lacing her voice. "Insomnia this time. Tried layin' down, but I didn't get sleepy til this dork decided to drag me out," she briefly explained before jutting her thumb at her brother.

"If I knew you were this tired, I would've let you stay," her brother rebuked, issuing a chuckle from the skyscraper of a male.

Soon enough, the trio reached the Sano family residence. It was a traditional-styled house with paper doors and everything. "MIKEY, I'M HERE!!" Draken shouted by one of the house's doors.

"GO WAIT IN MY ROOM, KENNY!" Mikey shouted from inside the house.

"I MET TAKEMITCHY AND DANNY JUST NOW, I'LL BRING THEM ALONG, ALRIGHT?"

"OKAY!"

So loud... Danny thought with another yawn as they walked.

Takemichi gawked at the place in amazement. He had seen places like this before, but it was surprising to him that this was where Mikey lived. "Whoa... So this is Mikey's place..." he muttered to himself.

"You seriously haven't been here yet?" Danny asked, sounding somewhat curious through the sleepiness drenching her tone.

"Nuh-uh," Takemichi replied, shaking his head. "Wait... you have?" He looked at her in surprise.

"Yup. Sayu's dragged me over a few times to hang out with Emma." Despite her not doing many girly things, she almost always ended up doing their hair. There were a few things she could do with Sayu's hair, but she could really experiment with Emma's long hair.

"Mikey's room is right up here," Draken said as he looked over his shoulder at the siblings.

"Ooooh, it's a different building!" Takemichi said in surprise as they reached the garage-looking building that was separate from the house.

"This was originally the garage where Shinichiro tinkered with his bike all the time," he explained with a small smile.

"I see."

He turned his head toward the two with a bit of a bigger smile before he continued, "Me and Mikey would always come and watch him work. He never got tired, I tell ya."

The three then went inside and while Takemichi gawked at the room, Danny stretched her arms a bit, hoping to get the blood flowing enough to wake her up even just a little bit more. "Whoa! Mikey's room is so cool! His stuff is kinda mature, isn't it?"