One year (Usagi X Misaki)

chapter 5

The following day, Misaki patiently waited at a bench at the train station for the train to arrive. He didn't have any of his belongings due to him not wanting to confront Usagi. What seemed to be hours later, the train arrived and he hastily borded, taking an empty seat near the door. The ride was peaceful for the most part until someone's kid started screaming about 10 minutes before he arrived at his stop. Getting off the train a bit annoyed, he quickly spotted his brother, Takahiro, waiting for him.

"Nii-chan! It's been a while." Misaki said with a faint smile.Takahiro smiled back, as cheerful as always.

"Its good to see you again Misaki! Is there anywhere you want to go before we head home?" He asked looked over at him, noticing he didn't have bags or anything. Misaki shook his head no, and they quickly got back to Takahiro's house. The rest of the ride back was also fairly quiet, besides Takahiro asking how Misaki had been.
Takahiro showed Misaki the way to the guest room where he would be staying. As soon as Takahiro left, Misaki plopped down on the bed. His body was stiff from staying still practically the whole day. He soon closed his eyes, only for the words Usagi had said to him to rush through his mind once again. Nearly every night of his first week staying there, he would silently cry himself to bed or wonder why things had turned out the way they did. One particular night, Misaki scrolled through his phone, mindlessly looking at his feed. He stopped his scrolling when he saw an add for a new bar that had been open for about half a year near him, looking for new recruits.

"If I get a job I could help Nii-san since he's letting me stay with him," He said quietly to himself. "Although I have no experience as a bartender..." Plus a drink or two wouldn't hurt, he thought. He tapped the add and took a screenshot of the address. He glanced over at his clock, deciding whether or not to check it out now. With it being not too late, he decided 'why not?' and put his shoes on, before telling Takahiro he was going out. He followed the directions to the bar. It was surprisingly not that far from his brother's house. He looked up at the bright neon pink sign with a little cat on the side. He entered the building and gazed around. His eyes drifted onto a bunch of male strippers wearing very revealing clothing. The audience was nothing but guys too. He immediately looked down, turning a bit red, as he relized it was a gay bar. He quickly pulled out his phone and looked at the website again. It didn't say anything about it being a gay bar! He thought to himself as he made his way over to a barstool. He scrolled through the page again, and it did infact say that it was a gay bar, he just scrolled passed it. Feeling a bit embarrased that he didn't know, he ordered some fancy drink. A tall, fit man with short, slightly curled strawberry hair and ocean blue eyes, seeming to be a foreigner, brought Misaki his drink and started some small talk.

"I've never seen you around here before. Are you new to this kind of thing?" He asked with a smile, placing Misaki's drink down next to him. His voice was somewhat deep, and soft. It was very comforting to listen to.

"Oh, um, I just came here for a drink. I didn't know it was a gay bar, b-but I don't mind." Misaki said shyly, completely forgetting the real reason he had come. He took a small sip of his drink. The bartender thought that Misaki was pretty cute, if he worked here, maybe he could bring in some more customers.

"You know, I need a new employees because  one of the old ones just left to a new city. Not to mention we're still a fairly new establishment. What do you think? You might enjoy working here. You could come here in the morning, around 11, and I could show you around," he said in a calm tone, handing Misaki his business card. Misaki took the card from him and nodded. The card consisted of a jet black back ground and hot pink letters stating the hours its open, the location, phone number, and the name of the bar. Misaki placed the card in his pocket and thought over taking the opportunity for the job. Making his final decision, Misaki spoke.

"I can come tomorrow...if it's no trouble." Misaki replied, vaguely remembering what Usagi had said.

"Sure thing, sweet stuff." The barteneder said with a small wink. "I'm Leo by the way, Katsuki Leo." He said walking off to get another customer their drink. Misaki took another drink of drink, stood up and gave Leo a small wave, before exiting the bar. He was excited and hoped that he would get the job. It was the least he could do for Takahiro for letting him stay at his place.