Protect | A Takizawa Fanfiction

Chapter 1

"Hey Jada, are you there?" I snapped out of deep thought to the snapping of fingers in front of me. "Yeah, sorry I guess I'm just tired Seidou." In reality, I was thinking about my past. A horrible past that is, but it wasn't all that horrible because I had Seidou.

I've known him since we were 8 years old and he's been my boyfriend since we were 15. We met when I moved to Japan with my father. Seidou was my neighbor. When we moved into our home, we introduced ourselves to the Takizawa family. The little boy was hiding behind his mother, obviously shy. "Hello, my name is Jada River. It's nice to meet you!" I held out my hand to shake his. He hesitated at first, but then he shook mine in return. "I'm Seidou Takizawa." He muttered to the point where I could hardly hear him. I smiled at him and I swear I saw his cheeks go a bit red. "Maybe we could play later. Do you like video games?" He perked up at that. "Yes! I have Mario Kart. Would you like to play that with me?!" He screamed with excitement. Maybe this is the first time he's met a girl that plays video games and got excited. Or maybe he's never had friends over to play video games with him. "I would love that! Hey father, after dinner, could I play with Seidou for a bit?" He took a few seconds to come up with an answer. "Sure, as long as it's okay with his mother." Both me and Seidou looked at his mother with puppy dog eyes. She smiled and said that it was fine by her. Let's just say, we became best friends almost right on the spot. We used to go over to each others houses almost everyday after school, even on weekends, but after a few months, it became less and less ever since my father started to...

CRACK!! My mind came back to reality after hearing what sounded like someone being punched. Juuzou punched Seidou in the nose because he took Juuzou's precious snack away from him. Juuzou never followed the rules and one of those rules is to not eat in the meeting room. Seidou must've gotten pissed off at his immaturity and Juuzou must've gotten annoyed with him so he hit Seidou. "Seidou, are you okay?!" I looked at him worried. I looked back at Juuzou and gave him the death stare. "Juuzou, you're gonna get it!" Juuzou didn't say anything, he just laughed. My attention turned back to Seidou's. "Yeah, I'll be fine. It's just a bit of blood and stinging." I ran out of the room to get some tissue. "Here, this should help a bit." I handed the tissue to him. "Thanks Jada." I helped him up and we all sat down and the meeting began.

Both me and Seidou worked as ghoul investigators at the CCG. I loved working here with him. Honestly, I didn't care much about killing ghouls, but more about their motives and how their nature is. Investigating the ghouls from Aogiri Tree was a lot of fun. Something about the high ranked ghouls fascinated me. How did they get so strong? Were those ghouls always like that or did they climb their way up? "Hey Jada, you ready to go home?" I shot my head towards him and gave him a sweet smile. "Yes I am." On our walk home, I asked Seidou a question. "Hey Seidou, do you ever think about your past? Not just the good memories but the bad ones as well?" He looked over at me with those brown eyes of his. Every time he looked at me, I blushed like crazy. I still act the same way as I did when I discovered my feelings for him years ago.

"Yeah I do sometimes. I mostly think about the childhood we shared together. I cherish every minute of it." I blushed and noticed him looking at me which caused me to turn my head away. I don't know why I felt shy all of a sudden. "I think a lot about that day that you found me. It still haunts me. Almost feels like a really bad dream." I could feel tears forming in my eyes and that feeling in my throat. I felt him put his hand on my shoulder and turn me around to give me a hug. "I'll make sure nothing bad happens to you. I'll protect you, I promise." I could feel my heart beat fast. Like a moth at night that's fluttering in the light of a lamp. I don't understand why I'm feeling this way. I haven't had negative thoughts like this in years or even thoughts about all the bad that's happened during my childhood. Seidou broke away from the hug to kiss me. "Don't forget that if you're ever having those negative thoughts again, you talk to me. If you're having a nightmare and wake up and are scared, you wake me up and talk to me about it. If I'm ever away and you need to talk to someone, call me. Even if I don't answer just keep calling until I do. I wanna make sure that you're okay. I'm always here for you Jada." Hearing that almost made all the rain clouds go away, but not entirely. I know that he wants what's best for me and that he loves me no matter what. If he were to disappear someday, I'm not sure what I'd do. He's the only thing I have left in this life. "I love you, Seidou." I gave a weak smile. Judging by the way he looked at me, I could tell that he's worried for me. "I love you too, Jada."