𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐝 - s. ᴍᴀɴᴊɪʀᴏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫

January, 2006.

Classes had resumed after winter break. You were at the locker area as the school day just ended. making sure you had everything you needed before closing it and heading out the doors.

As you approach closer, you notice people crowding around the school entrance. You finally walk out and a familiar engine revs.

"Hey, you!" Mikey greets, perched on his CB250T.

You raised a brow, wondering what he could want this time. You haven't seen him since the New Year. You walked over to where he was, ignoring the watchful eyes of students looking at you. "Causing a scene again, I see..."

The blonde chuckles, "I'd rather say... Making an entrance," he says with a smirk. He looks you up and down for a moment. "So, you gonna stand there and stare or hop on?"

You roll your eyes, but concede anyway. Swinging a leg over the motorcycle and sitting down behind him. "I swear, if you start making this a habit—"

Without warning, he starts to drive, causing you to instinctively wrap your arms around his waist tightly and letting out a yelp. Which, in return, makes him laugh. Oh, he definitely did that on purpose.

"Where are we even going?!" You raised your voice enough to be heard over the engine. Mikey chuckles and speaks with a grin, "Oh, just thought I'd make it up to you."

"Huh?! For what?" You asked, both confused and curious. Mikey looks back at you over his shoulder, "For cutting our date short last time."

You blink at him a few times. Witnessing the fight against Taiju made you nearly forget your date was interrupted. Though... You'll never forget this idiot literally stopped kissing you after hearing a damn bike.

You watch as Mikey turns his head back forward as he continues to drive. "You couldn't have just said that before you started driving...?" You say, faux-exasperated.

"Where's the fun in that?" Mikey replies. Without even looking at his face, you knew he was grinning.

The drive went on. You continue to hold onto him as he maneuvers through the streets with fast-paced ease. You lean closer to rest your chin on his shoulder.

After a couple of moments of comfortable silence, save for the engine roaring as Mikey drove, you spoke up. "So, what exactly are we doing today...?"

Mikey lets out an unintelligible sound, but it sounded like an 'I don't know.' You narrow your eyes a little, "What do you mean you don't know?"

Mikey shrugs, "I don't know," he says more coherently, "I was thinking about you and then remembered our date was cut short because of that whole Black Dragons thing."

"You were thinking about me...?" You ask, even though you knew you heard him correctly.

He turns his head slightly, your faces inches closer, as if it wasn't close enough with you resting your chin on his shoulder. "What? You getting shy on me~?"

You rolled your eyes at his tease. "Ugh, no." You deny, "I just... Wasn't expecting that, that's all..." You say somewhat defensively. Mikey just chuckles in response before turning to look ahead again, continuing to drive.

"You really have no plan in mind at all, huh?" You question again. "Nope!" Mikey says, still smiling. You couldn't tell if he was cute, stupid or both.

"Not even where we're going, just cruising around Tokyo, huh?" You ask, even though you knew the answer. "Yep!" He said in response.

You let out a sigh. But you weren't exactly disappointed. If all you were doing was just riding passenger on his bike for hours, cruising around the city, you'd be pretty content with that.