Some Hearts || Han Lue [returns 2027]

ᴛ ᴡ ᴇ ɴ ᴛ ʏ - ᴏ ɴ ᴇ

𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼

"I can't believe you're quittin'!"

"I'm not quitting, Twinkie," Bishop said as she packed up her desk. "I put in my two-weeks; I'm needed in South Korea." Bishop was lying to everyone about where she was going. Bishop wasn't leaving the country, but she had to make it seem like she was heading off to teach English somewhere else.

Twinkie raised an eyebrow. "You speak Korean?"

"French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and Korean." Bishop held up each finger as she rattled off the languages she could speak. Normally, Bishop would omit Russian, but it slipped before she had the chance to remember.

Twinkie made a face. "You're fluent in Russian?"

"What, like it's hard?" Bishop said in full Russian.

Twinkie went to make a comment but stopped himself. "You know what, never mind. I don't wanna know why you learned Russian. If you're leavin', you better come to a couple of races before you go." Bishop paused for a moment. She hadn't thought of that – with her lie, she wouldn't be able to go to races anymore. Like Han, she'd have to go invisible. "With Sean as DK, it's more fun, ain't it?"

Bishop couldn't deny that. Sean made the racing scene more enjoyable. The races didn't feel like it was win or lose anymore. With Takashi gone, it was more fun. Bishop would miss those evenings.

"Are you-" Bishop stopped for a moment. She pulled out her cell phone from her pocket, seeing the text message from Benjamin. He informed her that Dominic Toretto was in Tokyo. Bishop looked at Twinkie, "Tonight?"

- 

"I haven't seen him yet," Bishop began. "But what you've told me about him, he'll show up." Bishop was speaking to Han on the other end of the call. She arrived to the race right around the time that Twinkie did. Bishop decided to go alone, which would either be a good or bad thing. The idea of being there alone frightened her, but she knew that Han was just one phone call away. "I'm fine."

"I have the right to worry."

"Yes, you do." Bishop nodded. "But right now, I'm good, seriously." Bishop looked around at the racers. Ever since Sean took over, the atmosphere just felt better. No one was scared to be themselves or to show off their cars. Bishop felt more welcome than she had been. A lot of people who were now coming to the races didn't even know what drifting was or what kind of car culture they were surrounded by. The racers were welcoming them with open arms.

"Hampton's word is good, right?" Han asked. "Dom's in Tokyo?"

"Yeah. I saw the flight info myself, he's here. And his car." Bishop knew that Dominic Toretto's car would be the one thing she'd notice right away. Han told her that Dom's car was a black classic Charger. Not that she really understood what that meant – Han had to show her a picture of it to have a better understanding of the car. "It's gonna be easy to spot an American made car in a sea of imports." Bishop stated.