Light Impulse

Moving forward

Yuuna walked through the apartment, patting down the pockets of her pants and after checking her coat she sighed. She must have forgotten it at the flower store. She felt her heart race a little. She had promised everyone to keep it on her at all times. She peeked around the corner of the hallway and smiled. Mitsuya had fallen asleep on the couch, a garment he was hand sewing a seam for rested on his chest. She walked up to him silently and carefully put the piece of shimmering moss green fabric on the small coffee table before grabbing a blanket. He always slept on the couch like this. When she had first come to realise he didn't have a room of his own she had insisted he'd take hers and she'd sleep on the couch instead but he had shrugged and smiled a little apologetically. 'It has always been this way, I have a hard time sleeping anywhere else by now', he had sighed. She tucked him in carefully and made sure to leave a little light on before she grabbed her coat. She chastised herself internally as she snuck down the stairs. How could she forget the most important thing? As she walked up to the road she swallowed. She hadn't had to use the 'Yuuna-button', as Mikey had started calling it, yet and she seriously hoped she'd be fine the one time she wouldn't be able to call for help. Mitsuya's Impulse caught her eye and for a split second she considered if her driving skills were the better bet in this situation. Convinced she'd sooner crash and die than run into some delinquents she sprung into a run on her way to the nearest bus station.

***

It was already late when Chifuyu's phone started ringing loudly even though it was set to silent mode. His heart rate instantly ramped up as he ran from the shower to grab his phone, knowing it could only mean one thing. "Shit-," he gasped as he noticed the alert on his screen. "SHIT," he cursed as he opened their app and scanned the map. "No, no, no," he begged as he noticed. Her marker was so far away and he didn't have a bike. As he scrambled back into his clothes, his hair still soaking wet, the app Takemichi and Kisaki had built kicked into action. The little dots were set to a muted green by default. But in response to a call for help everyone could hit 'coming' if they were on their way and their dots would light up a bright orange. While he dressed himself and dried his hair to a bare minimum several markers lit up.

***

As they worked late on a custom bike all of them looked up from their work as two of their phones simultaneously started ringing with the same tune. Shinichiro watched in surprise as Draken and Inupi exchanged alarmed looks and both whipped out their phones without even wiping their hands.

"Fuck," Draken hissed, smearing grease all over his phone.

"What's going on? What's that ringtone?" Shinichiro asked, worried, as he noticed the tension in both his guys.

Inupi scanned the map before looking up at Draken. "We're furthest away," he whispered as he looked increasingly worried.

Draken closed his eyes and drew in a deep breath. "This is the worst," he sighed as he let his head sink back.

"What the hell is going on guys?" Shinichiro asked again at a complete loss what was causing this kind of urgency.

Draken looked at Inupi with a pained and desperate frown. "It's a friend, she's in trouble," Draken said veiled. Neither Shinichiro nor Emma knew about Yuuna yet and this did not feel like the right time to break it to him that a girl, once as close as a sister to him, had returned into their lives. Nor did he feel like he was the right person to tell them.

"What do you mean by 'we are furthest away'?" Shinichiro asked inquisitively as he pushed himself away from the bike on his stool, wiping his hands. But before either of them could answer Draken's phone rang.

Draken looked up at Inupi, showing his screen for a second before picking up. "Talk to me," He said curtly.

"Kazutora is close, he's on his way. I'm on my way to pick up Chifuyu. I think we can get there within fifteen minutes. Smiley and Angry are both at the store and texted that they are waiting for us as soon as we get her out," Baji bellowed over the sound of his roaring engine.