11:30 a.m Riku's apartment
"Woah you actually have a home? I'm surprised" Hashira threw both bags on the couch and laid on the rug. "Wait Ikeda?" "Hm?" "I guess in the rush of things I forgot to ask, you knew my brother all his life?" Ikeda chuckled. "Nah, I was kidding. I wanted to see if you caught it." Hashira curled up on the couch. "Well it seemed fishy, then how'd you know about the pun? My name?" Ikeda sat on the couch. "Long story." Hashira sat up "I got time." "Nah, not really" Hashira looked around. "So where's the stuff." "Right well..." Ikeda rubbed the back of his head. "I'm not a drug dealer, I find druggies in desperate need and I do everything I can to get them to quit. In exchange, I provide a place for them to stay, food, water, things of that nature." Hashira stood up and went to open the door frantically. "I saved you didn't I? You at least owe me a chance." "How do you know my brother? I want the truth Ikeda." Ikeda sighed again and leaned back into the cushions. "I've seen him around a lot, I even tried to help him, I almost got him clean! But..." "But?" Ikeda threw his throw blanket over himself. "I'll tell you the whole story when you get clean with my help." Hashira sighed and fell to the floor. "Hashira?! You okay?!" Hashira laughed and sat up. "Yeah, yeah it's okay, I'm okay, everything's okay." a small dog perked it's head from the back of the room and ran to Hashira, pouncing on him and licking his face. "W-What is..?!" Ikeda laughed and bent down, petting the dog on top of Hashira. "Her name is Eiko, she's an Akita" Hashira sat up and pushed the dog off his lap. "You couldn't have gotten something quieter like a cat?" Ikeda pulled Eiko close to him and pet her head. "Hey her life was ruff" "Ikeda no-" "I saw her and had to paws for a moment" "Ikeda I swear-" Ikeda held Eiko up on her hind legs and made her dance "I like big pugs and i cannot lie." "Isn't that an American so-" "and IIIIIIII will always wuff youuuuu" "Yep okay no screw this I'm done." Hashira stood up and went to the door, but stopped in his tracks when he heard voices coming close to the door. Ikeda's face went pale as he grabbed Eiko and Hashira and pushed them into the bedroom "Stay in here! Don't come out!"
2:00 p.m Riku's apartment
The door finally opened as Ikeda quietly stepped into the room. "They're gone Hashira." Hashira looked around and saw furniture knocked all around on the ground and a roughed up Ikeda. "Ikeda what the hell happened?!" Ikeda turned his back to Hashira and walked to the living room, fixing things up again. "Ikeda! Ikeda what-?!" "Nothing." "Ikeda..." Hashira walked up behind him and examined the room carefully. There was even a puddle of liquid on the ground, but it wasn't clear to Hashira what it was. "Ikeda, I'm staying here." Ikeda stopped for a minute. "Those guys will come back, it's probably not safe for you." Hashira clenched his fist and looked down. "That's why I'm staying Ikeda, looks like those guys really fucked you up, and I have no idea what the fuck that is over there!" Hashira pointed to the puddle of clear liquids on the floor, but before he could continue, Ikeda's eyes lost all color as they widened. "Hashira close your eyes." "Huh?" "Close your eyes Hashira." Hashira hesitated for a moment, then closed his eyes. He heard footsteps walk close to him, then suddenly two hands gripping both shoulders. "Hashira, there's no need to worry about me." "Why are my eyes closed Ikeda?" "I knew you'd probably jolt away before I got to do this." "Do what?" Ikeda smiled and ruffled his hair. "Hashira, if you can open your eyes and let me do what I'm doing to you now without you pushing me away, then you can stay, you go to rehab, and once you're clean, I'll tell you what happened between me and your brother, and between me and those men." Hashira opened his eyes and broke into a smile. "Ikeda, you're petting me like Eiko." Ikeda laughed and played with his hair some more. "Okay, you can stay, welcome home." "Right, now let's get you bandaged up, Ikeda-sama." "Sama? No, no, no Ikeda-kun." "But aren't you going to be the one guiding me, wait aren't you older than me?! Ikeda-senpai?!" "Ikeda-kun!" Hashira bent down to play with Eiko's ears. "Eiko-pi is so cute when she's not licking my face off." "Eiko-pi? Never knew you were the type for honorifics." "You never knew me yesterday." "Fair enough, now come on let's get you situated Hashira-kun."
(OH JEEZ okay so I'm going full blown on these japanese honorifics and it's all really weird and difficult for me. I'm trying to make this all seem like they're actually in japan, enough though the japanese drug rating is low....well all these are japanese based and I'm doing all my research and I even have cute nicknames for later chapters c: wish me luck ;-;)
