JUMP BUDDIES [Tendou Satori x Reader]

Chapter 14 - Afraid

"S-Satori?" I called out the redhead as he passed through us like he didn't even noticed what was happening.

"Oh. F/n-chan, you're here!" he responded as he stopped walking.

"W-What are you----------"

"It was getting late and you were still not back. I got worried so I decided to look for you at your workplace."

"I-I was on overtime so----------"

"Hey, hey! Who's this guy, huh?!" the two of us were suddenly cut off. "Just what the hell's your deal?!"

"Why are you butting into people's business?!"

"Stay out of this, boy! This doesn't concerns you!"

The three loud and drunk men were certainly teed off by the middle blocker's sudden interference.

"If f/n's involved, then it always concerns me," I could hear the seriousness in Satori's voice.

"Huh? You mean this thief?" the guy accusing me of stealing his wallet (let him be named Guy1) suddenly grabbed my arm as I winced at the force of his grip, the redhead squinting his eyes at the guy's action. "What are you? Her accomplice?!"

"Well, you could say that," Satori responded as he pinched above the bridge of his nose.

One of them (Guy2) scoffed. "You can still run away, you know. We only want her. We don't need to deal with you, too."

"Oh, c'mon. You guys are pushing me away! I wanna have some fun with the three drunken false accusing idiots," I could see a vein popped up on Guy1's forehead as we heard that.

"Satori!" I can't believe he's actually provoking them and spiralling things out of control.

"You talk like you're asking for a beating, you cocky bastard," Guy1 said as he suddenly pushed me away, making me fall into the ground with a loud thud, not able to see the glare that the redhead was giving him.

"Who the hell do you think you are?!" the other one (Guy3) reacted as their fumes were now concentrated against the redhead. "You're just some tall matchstick who's gonna break so ea----------"

"Keep on breaking them. What, you say?" Satori suddenly started singing and stopped. "No, certainly not their hearts. There's only one of them," he stated and the look in his eyes became belligerent. "Their bones. Every. Single. One. Of. Them," the redhead's voice was getting more malicious at each word.

Guy1 clicked his tongue. "Why you!!!!" he shouted as he threw out the first punch.

The three of them ganged up on Satori as they fought. I watched as they released punch after punch, kick after kick, hitting each other with all their might.

"I wanna help him... I've gotta help him..." I mustered my courage to stand up as my body was still shaking.

But then I saw the way Satori was fighting. He may be outnumbered and their attacks may be hitting him, but he wasn't going down. He was hitting them back, dominating them as his dark red eyes were glowing like a predator on a pitch black night.

"He might actually... slaughter them..."

He looked like a beast who was getting out of control.

"Stop..."

He looked like a ghoul being delighted as he beat the shit out of his opponents.

"Stop it..."

They were being outmatched. The group of three drunk men were wheezing as they started to fall back, the damage already been done by the redhead.

"M-Monster!!!" one of them shouted as they retreated.