Locked Away In Love

Daredevils

        "Two for Shinjuku-ku." Kouyou said to the bus driver. He looked at us with questionable eyes. Studying our clothes and our chests moving fast from being out of breath. "Please?" Kouyou said, his voice on the edge of tears and he handed the driver more than enough money. The driver sighed.

        "Keep your money. Go ahead and sit down."

        "Thank you." Kouyou bowed and I did as well. We sat down in the middle of the shuttle and saw that only one other person was sitting on the bus with us. I looked at him as he sat in the back looking out the window. He looked at me and smiled. I smiled back and waved. "Takanori, sit down." Kouyou told me and turned around and sat in my seat. 

        "There's a nice man behind us. Maybe he could help."

        "We don't know him. Don't look at him." But I couldn't help it. I wasn't good with looks but he looked like he was our age. He had dark black hair and something on his lip. It was shiny. He was cute too and I wanted to talk to him maybe be friends with him like I was with Ikuko. I got up from our seat. "Taka, sit down." I ignored Kouyou and went to the back of the bus to sit near the mysterious raven man.

        "Hi." I started. He looked at me and smiled. He sat up from his slouched position.

        "Hello." He said smiling, his voice was deep and resonating. It made me shiver. Kouyou came back to pull me towards the front.

        "I'm sorry if he was bothering you."

        "No, not at all. Just being curious. I'm Yuu Shiroyama. And you guys are?" Kouyou sighed in defeat and I smiled at Yuu.

        "I'm Takanori, and this is Kouyou! We're brothers!" Kouyou faked a smile and sat down in the seat next to mine.

        "You guys don't get out much do you? At least you don't Takanori. You shouldn't approach people you don't know. It's not safe." 

        "But you looked so nice, how could you be mean like Dad?"

        "Taka, stop. I'm sorry, he just doesn't know when to stop talking. We don't have many friends." Yuu raised an eyebrow at my last statement and he understood what we meant after Kouyou tried to stop me. 

        "I see... Where are you two headed?" 

        "Shinjuku-ku." Kouyou spoke quickly before I could reveal that they had no where to go. 

        "Family?" Yuu asked, skeptically. 

        "Yeah, family." 

        "I'm 14! I'm older than my friend Ikuko!" Yuu chuckled a little.

        "Oh really? I'm 16, I'm older than my friend Akira as well." 

        "Kouyou is 16! You guys are the same age." Kouyou smiled a little at me and looked back at Yuu. Yuu smiled and looked at Kouyou.

        "Well, isn't that extraordinary. You're very pretty. As anyone told you that?" 

        "You come on strong. As a matter a fact, you're not the first." 

        "No, of course not. That would be a disgrace if no one else could see your beauty." I rolled my eyes. They kept staring at each other and it was getting awkward so I decided to stir the conversation my way.

        "So, what's your friend Akira like, Yuu-chan?" 

        "He's nice, a little rough around the edges but you'd get used to it."