♡ 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 ♡

Chapter 2

As he made his way through the crowd, a single thought ran through his mind.

What is Takemitchy doing here?

What was only a single minute walk, felt like ten hundred hours for Mikey. And as her finally made it to the front, there he saw.

His Takemichtchy looking as radiant as ever. He smiled as he walked up to her.

"Takemitchy." His voice was quiet and soft. The type to make Takemitchy weak to her knees.

She smiled back and looked at him.

"Manjiro."

She walked up to him. She took his hand before she started to make her way back down the steps.

Mikey gladly followed, shocking everyone who was watching the two. Especially a certain four boys.

"What are you doing here? And, how did you know where to find me?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I've been trying to contact you for the past two days, but you kept saying you were busy. So, I came here so I couldn't prolong any longer. As for how I know?"

She looked back at Mikey, a soft smile on curving on her lips.

"You don't do a good job hiding it, Manjiro-kun." She let out a small chuckle.

"But, I knew from the beginning. A friend of mine likes anything and everything to do with gangsters. He saw us one time and interrogated me once I was alone." She let out another quiet chuckle, remembering how Yamagishi shook her 'till she was dizzy.

"Oh..." Mikey looked behind him. His faces slightly flushed from embarrassment. He was trying his hardest to hide the fact of what he does.

That's when he noticed his friends staring down at the top of the steps. The look of confusion on half of their faces. Mikey glared at them, but nothing availed. They continued to stare down at the two. Mikey then huffed out a sigh of annoyance before facing his beautiful girlfriend. As they reached the bottom of the steps, Takemichi turned around to face Mikey.

Her heart began to race once again, but she ignored it.

"Manjiro... The reason I came here was because..." She paused and looked down at the ground. Her lips quivered as tears sprouted from her eyes, down her rosey cheeks.

Mikey saw this and immediately wrapped his arms around her. His hands gently pushed her head into his shoulder, giving a sense of comfortability.

"It's okay, Takemitchy." He smiled and gave her a squeeze, being careful not to hurt her.

"You don't have to tell me right now." His fingers combed through her rave hair. Her hair was soft and easy to brush through. Despite how curly and unruly it looked.

"No, you don't understand Manjiro. I..." She took a deep breath and...

Mikey's eyes went wide. He looked down at his Mitchy. Soon, a million thoughts raced in his own mind. He thought of all the possibilities how that happened. What he was gonna tell his Gramps, Emma, his whole gang. How they were gonna react. If they'd take him seriously. If they were gonna help him. If they'd leave him. If they disown him.

But through all of his thoughts, not once did he let Takemichi go. He continued to hold her close and maybe held her a little too tight because she had tapped his arm, giving him a little signal to loosen up his grip.

After giving it much thought, he closed his eyes and rested his head on top of Takemitchy's head.

"Well, that's... something, Mitchy." He took a deep breath.

"I can understand... if you want to leave. I know this isn't ideal for either of us." Her words were a bit muffled as she was pressing her face against his shoulder, but still clear enough to understand.

"I won't be leaving you. I know it isn't ideal, but I won't just leave you. Especially in your state." He smiled and kissed the top of her head.

This was enough for Takemich to start crying again. She was ready for whatever insults or rough actions she had coming to her. Though she wasn't ready for him to except it so easily.

"Neh~ Such a crybaby Mitchy." He teased.

Takemichi responded with a stiffed laugh before giving him a light punch to his arm.

"Geez, you already cry a lot. I can't imagine how you'll be during your pregnancy." He teased once again.

"Oh, shut up." She smiled. Her faced still pressed up against his shoulder.

Mikey let out a laugh and squeezed her once more. He let out one more deep breath and closed his eyes.
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Word Count: 772 words

Author's Note:
Hello my amazing book lovers! I hope you liked this chapter. I did my best, so yeah. there are some things that I would like to note. 1. Mikey is a little bit taller than Takemichi. I honestly like the tall girl x short boy trope, but when I was writing, I kinda forget and didn't want to redo the whole thing. 2. I like the idea that a lot of other creators have in their stories, which is that, Takemichi's parents aren't home all that often, and I am going to incorporate that into my story. Hopefully, next chapter. Anywho, that's all. I hope you all have a great day/afternoon/night and I will see you all next chapter.