Are We a Lie? (Michizou Tachihara x Reader)

Chapter 18: Secrets Unravel in Due Time

For some reason, Michizou had to attend to something at his friend's house over the weekend, so I invited Gin for a sleepover. It was the following afternoon, and we decided to engage in some girl talk.

"You will not believe what happened to me the other day!" Gin cradled her cup of hot chocolate while we lounged on the couch.

"Tell me, tell me!"

"Some ex-Agency guy chased me down and confessed his love to me!" She revealed.

"No!" I gasped. "Who?!"

"His name was Katai and-"

"Hold on, I need a reference pic." I stopped her mid-sentence, pulling out my laptop to search for the Agency's archived group photographs. "Which one?"

The girl indicated the most disheveled man in the photo. I could only see an unkempt twenty-something year-old man with glasses, who, to further complicate matters, had wrapped himself in a pink futon. I can't tell if he'd be a Discord Mod or a Discord Kitten. 

I looked up at her in disgust. "This ugly ass man thought he had a chance with you?!" I laughed. "He must be extra delusional."

The dark-haired girl laughed along with me. "Oh, and Higuchi chased me down too, since she thought I was seeing my brother."

That statement made me choke on one of the marshmallows in my hot chocolate. "Shit, I knew she had it bad, but I never would've expected that!"

"Yeah, she said that she thought I was an assassin that was trying to seduce and kill him."

"I can't believe she hasn't confessed already," I giggled. "She's obviously infatuated with Akutagawa."

The girl blushed. "Yeah, but I don't know how I'd feel about my brother being with our superior."

"Oh shit, I didn't even think of that."

The sound of keys jingling came from the door. I thought Michi was supposed to be gone another day? The red head walked through the living room, pausing at the couch.

"Hey (Y/n)." He leaned down to give me a kiss. "Who's your friend?"

I gazed at the girl with dark hair, and upon her nod, I knew I was permitted to disclose the secret. "It's Gin."

"W-wait, Gin's a girl?" His eyes widened. "How long have you known this?!"

"She literally told me like a week after I joined the mafia."

"Sorry I didn't tell you earlier," Gin apologized.

His jaw remained agape as he set his bag on the back of the couch. "That's fine, it's not like we were too close anyway."

Gin glanced at her phone and then stood up. "It's getting late, I'm gonna head out."

"Thanks for coming over." We hugged, before I walked her out the door.

***

I flung myself onto the bed, right beside where Michizou stood. 

"So, how was, uh... whatever you were doing?" I asked my boyfriend, as he changed into his sleepwear.

"Tedious." He answered, pulling his sweatpants up.

"So, what were you doing?" I asked.

"I was hanging out with some old friends," he vaguely summarized. "They kept nagging me about visiting, so I caved in. Now that I think about it, I left my jacket there. Dammit!"

"Haha, guess that means they'll ask you to visit again," I laughed. "Maybe you can take me next time."

Michi's face froze. "I don't think you'd like them."

"Why not?"

"Uh, they aren't really fans of the Port Mafia," he managed to stumble out.

"Well, you're from the mafia," I chuckled in confusion.

"Yeah, but they don't know that."

"Then don't tell them that I'm with the Port Mafia." I received another frightened look from him. "There's no point in lying. If you just don't want me to meet them, just say so."

"It's not that easy." He couldn't even bring himself to look at me when he sat on the bed. "I really want you to meet them, but there's things that I can't explain. These people are like my family, although we aren't blood related. If they find out about you, they might try to kill you."

"Funny, I'm in a similar situation," I revealed. This is an odd coincidence. I know that I have the Hunting Dogs, but what does he have? "I'm sorry for prying, let's just drop it."

"Thanks."

Maybe, just maybe, we can leave the mafia one day. And if that happens, I can try to convince the Captain to pardon him of his crimes and let him work with us. I know it's a long shot, but it can work. It'll have to.