Yakuza!!!

Chapter 25

In the pov of Mei

My eyes were blinded, my mouth was gagged, and I had been stuffed into a trunk of a car.

I was being taken somewhere, and I didn't have a good feeling about it. I wasn't shaking, I wasn't in danger, Chou wouldn't hurt me, but I'm worried about Yamaguchi. 

He will not come, right? So he won't do anything reckless, right?

Chou said he would use me to kill him but will he really step into a trap like that? I wish to think he wouldn't.

I wish to think he wouldn't care enough to come, but at the same time, I want for him to come. I desire for him to save me.

I'm so selfish, aren't I? 

I was the one pushing him away. I was the one who didn't want him, but now even the idea of him dying or having to leave him devastates me.

I wonder if it's because I finally noticed my feelings?

I wish to tell him, but I don't want him to come and get hurt.

His father had mobilized men, right? I wonder why? Did he ask him? 

The car moved smoothly on the road.

I wonder how did they get cars? I hope we are arriving soon. Oxygen is starting to run out. I will blank out soon.

Just as I was wondering, the driver hit the brakes, and we came to a stop. There was a moment of silence, and then a light came as the trunk was opened. 

I couldn't see anything with the blindfold on, but I felt someone grabbing me and raising me off the trunk.

I was frail and short, so he raised me effortlessly and carried me inside on his shoulder like a bag.

I heard a voice as the door opened. A rattle of metal, and as we stepped in, the smell hit me—the smell of metal and rust. 

Are we in an old factory or a warehouse? It smells like it, at least.

I was put to the ground. My face rubbed against the floor, and the sand and rocks on it made me flinch a little. I felt something warm running down my cheek.

Did I get cut?

As the thought came around, I heard a shout towards the door.

"BE CAREFUL WITH HER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, INJURING MY MEICHI!" It was Chou, and he sounded even crazier as he did in the basement.

He ran towards us, and as he reached us, there was a loud thump of a body hitting the floor. Had Chou hit the guy?

I could feel him leaning down to me and pulling me up from the ground, balancing me against something that felt like a pillar.

My hands and legs were tied, and I could feel his hand brushing against my cheek.

"It's not bad. It won't leave a scar. Aren't you glad, Meichi? That incompetent fool didn't scar you." I couldn't answer as I was blinded and gagged. I couldn't see his face or expression, so the only thing I could analyze was his voice.