MIDNIGHT | ( o. shotaro ) ✓

Three

"Anything interesting happened in your life." Renjun asks as he finally joins Shotaro and Yangyang after his shift.

The two of them were currently at Renjun's cafe, they would usually come over after they were done with work. It had become their own safe sanctuary.

"Nope, same old thing everyday. But I am going to be travelling to Japan this winter break for my new fashion line. That's something to look forward too." Yangyang replied.
"That's interesting. What about you Taro." Renjun then looks over at him as he waits for an answer.

"I don't think it's interesting but I did cross paths with Sena yesterday when I was out shopping with my younger friends." Shotaro replies.
"That sounds interesting, tell me more. Where'd you two meet?" Renjun says with a wicked grin on his face. He was nosey and he'd always wondered why Sena and Shotaro didn't seem to get along well.

Everyone in their friend group whether they liked it or not were somehow linked to the girls friend group so they had to get along. Jaemin was dating Jieun, Haechan was dating Kisaki, hell Yangyang was married to Jian. Renjun and Jeno were neutral as they were friendly with everyone. But Sena and Shotaro? Those two always avoided each other like the plague. It got Renjun thinking hard. If he needs to find something to distract himself from Lily, then it might as well be this mysterious relationship between Sena and Shotaro.

"At the retail store that she works at. I didn't even know that she works there. It was awkward when I had to pay because she was the one that was working behind the counter. She was wearing a mask though and pretended as if she didn't recognise me, but I recognise those eyes." Shotaro explains.
"Yikes ." Was all Renjun could say.
"I've always wondered why Sena decides to work as a retailer? Jia told me that she only works there to waste her time." Yangyang stated.
"Huh??" Renjun was now confused.

"She comes from a well off family. I mean she does come from a really large family. But what job she does is really none of my business." Shotaro shrugging his shoulders as his two friends could just stare at him.

"Ok on a serious note. Are you ever going to tell me what happened between the two of you. I sure as hell know that Yangyang probably knows about it since the two of you went to the same high school." Renjun says. He was tired of the secrets.
"Renjun, it's kinda like a secret between bro's that we made during high school. I can't tell you about it because I swore on my life that I wouldn't tell anyone about Shotaro and Sena's relationship unless he wants me to." Yangyang tells him as it only infuriated Renjun even more.
"I'm your bro aren't I? I mean, out of the whole group, the three of us are the closest to each other. We're like three peas in a pod." Renjun complains.

"Ew bro, don't say that. The way that you described it was weird." Yangyang grimaced as he gives Renjun a disgusted look.
"Well if you don't want me to say fucking weird shit then fill me in on the information." He groans before looking over at Shotaro.
"Fine I'll explain it to you. Plus I don't think he'd let either of us leave his cafe later if he doesn't get what he wants." Shotaro gives in as it made Renjun grin widely.

Shotaro fills Renjun in on his 'secret' and his rocky relationship with Sena. Starting from A until Z.
He finishes his storytelling there as it left Renjun in distraught.

"Damn. Hearing your story made mine look like a fucking sitcom the way I overreacted and felt betrayed because Lily was hiding her real identity from me. If my partner told me that I was a bet, my villain origin story would have started there." Renjun stated.
"I'd hate her not going to lie. No wonder why she doesn't want to be associated with you after what she's done." He continues to say as Yangyang slaps his arms.
"Dude maybe she had a reason behind it." He tells him as Renjun could just throw him a look.
"Have you tried asking her why she did it years later?" Renjun asks as Shotaro could just grin.

"I mean I want to talk to her but she's always avoiding me, and I just felt that if I did in fact talk to her, I'd just make her uncomfortable." He says and scratches the back of his head.
"Argh! This is a case of miscommunication. I don't want to hear it. It happened to me before and I suffered the consequences." Renjun screeched as he covers his ears.
"How are you going to resolve this problem if neither of you are willing to talk?" Yangyang says as he lets out a sigh.
"You sound just like Sungchan. He keeps telling me that too." Shotaro says as both his friends looked at him sternly.
"Maybe because he's right!?" They both said in unison.

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Shotaro had just finished his practice in his dance studio. He went back there to practice the new choreography that he had come up with for his next lesson.

He was standing in the sidewalk, waiting for the traffic light to turn red so he can cross the road. He could sense that someone had stood beside him, the lad looking to the side to see one of his students.

"Oh Taro-san." Keiko greeted as she was surprised to see him.
"Keiko, what are you doing here?" He questions when he sees her.

Nakamura Keiko. One of his students who was in her first year of university, and as well as Sena's younger sister. Sena came from a family of seven. Five siblings including her.
They consisted of her two older brothers: Kenzo and Kenji. Sena the first daughter and the middle child. And her two younger sisters Keiko and Mei.

Unlike with Sena, Shotaro actually still has a good relationship with her siblings.

"I'm meeting up with my friends to work on our group project. They wanted to work at the new cafe that had just opened. Did you just get back from the studio?" She replies and then asks him in return.
He nods his head.
"I was working on the new choreography for the next dance tournament." He replies as it intrigued her.
"Our group is going to win for sure because we have you as our teacher!" She says happily whilst clapping her hands like an excited seal.
He could just flash her an eye smile because of her kind words.

"You know I almost didn't recognise you because of that hat that you're wearing. I was pretty unsure to greet you earlier incase you were the wrong person." She said and stared at the front. When was the light going to turn red?

"Hahaha... It's a new hat that I got. I like to wear new items when I buy something new. My friends also sometimes mistaken me of someone else because of my excessive obsession with buying new accessories." He tells her as she lets out a whine.
"Geez, you're just like my sister. Always changing her hair colour for some reason, I always think that she's a random person when she comes back home." Keiko mumbles. The bringing up of her sister had made Shotaro glance over at her.
"Sena changed her hair colour?" He asks as she nods her head.
"She went from having silver hair to pink. I'm surprised her scalp has managed to hold on for that long."

*ting!

The traffic light had turned red as the cars in front of them had stopped and allowed access for the people to walk through the zebra walk.

"Oh looks like we could walk now. I'll see you in tomorrow's class Taro-san!" Keiko bids her goodbye before waving at him and running off.

Shotaro sent her a small wave before walking past the cars. He had one hand in his pockets as his other hand held his phone. Increasing the volume as loud music played in his headphones.

The next time he sees Sena he'd know what she'd look like thanks to her sister. Pink hair and sad eyes.