"What happened to you?"

Emma asked. Her words came out shaky as tears fell down her eyes. She couldn't help but wept at the sight of her [h/c] friend's state.

She wasn't just worried after all.

"Who did this?? How're you feeling? Are you okay? What am I saying, of course you're not!" The girl wailed like a child which made [Y/n] to sit up in a swift manner.

"C-Calm down." She told her. Her expression troubled as she ponders on how to stop and comfort her crying friend first.

"We kept calling you but it kept saying that your phone was off...I was so worried." She sniffled.

[Y/n] glanced at the others before replying to her with a, "I'm alright..."

Emma pursed her lips and frowned."Don't give me that! You're bleeding for pete's sake!" She shouted.

"More over, why do you have this bruise on your neck?? Did someone try to strangle you?!" Emma was beyond worry at this point. Tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes once again.

"No, actually! How dare they hurt you!! Who was it?! Tell me and I'll beat them up-" [Y/n] stops her fuming friend from saying another loud word.

"Emma, calm down." She put a hand on Emma's shoulder while showing a smile. "Let's talk about it later, okay?" In a soft voice she told her.

"It's already late and I need to call my parents first. Can I borrow your phone? Mine's dead..." Emma slowly nods her head and gives her phone as well as her handkerchief.

"Yeah...of course." The blonde sniffled again. "You should do something with that hand of yours.." dejected she said.

"...Yeah, thanks." Emma let out a small sigh and showed a little smile. She watched her [h/c] friend walk away from her.

"Huh? Shouldn't you get yourself treated first, [L/n]-san?" Takemichi asked, a look of disbelief on his face while his friends agreed with him.

"Why should I? It's just some scratch." The girl remarked monotonously which baffled them all. Their eyes went to look at her hands. Red liquid seems to still come out of the said small cut.

"You're bleeding nonstop though..." Akkun muttered which [Y/n] still heard since she looked at him for seconds that the boy himself had to break eye contact first.

His face was flushed for getting stared at so long. He acted cool and tried to look unbothered. Tried.

[Y/n] hums before letting out a small sigh. "I'm a minor which means the hospital would need to call my parents, inform them about my state which also means my parents would flip out, and when they arrive here, they question me, my mom cries and so so does younger brother. "

She counted the things she said with her fingers while the boys stared and blinked their eyes once or twice.

They were taken aback when they heard her explain about how her family would react somewhat in detail.

"I don't wanna deal with that. I'm already exhausted enough for today's event." A grim expression shows on her face. "I don't want a bonus." She finished, face now a little pale just from imagining it all go down.

"I know they mean well but do you get what I'm saying? I just don't want to make them anxious." She adds after a moment of silence while giving them a sharp look.

"I see." Hina hummed and nodded her head in understanding while Emma whispers a, "True..."

"My queen's so cool.." Yamagishi mutters with sparkling eyes while Takuya gave him a weird look since he was the closest to him.

"Well, anyways. I'm heading outside first to make a quick call." She waved her hand with Emma's phone in hand but before leaving, she turned her gaze to a certain blonde boy.

"Takemitchy." [Y/n] called as she puts a hand on his shoulder. "I heard you told the guys to search for me. Thanks..If it weren't for you and the guys...well, you know." She chuckled a little awkwardly before flashing a smile that Takemitchy saw as a genuine one.

"And...good job." The blonde boy hums. It felt like he was being praised for something else and he can't help but show a pleasant smile.

It's a mission success, right?

....

"Urgh, my feet hurts." [Y/n] mumbles with a frown. She was inside of one of the many comfort rooms in the hospital to clean and fix herself up quick before making the said phone call to her parents.

She first washed her face and got rid of the dried blood on her cheek. She hissed and winced when she felt the stinging pain

After washing her blood that trailed near to her elbows, she ripped the light colored handkerchief that Emma gave her after a while of contemplation. She wrapped it a bit tightly on each hands.

She takes off the pin and tie on her hair then squeezed the remaining water in it on the sink then combed her locks using her fingers.

[Y/n] decides to just let her hair down and does the last thing. She unties the already loose sash around her waist and ties it back into two knots as she doesn't want to bother herself on how her mother tied it.

A small hum of satisfaction came from her. Even though she didn't looked as decent as she was before, she still gave herself a look of approval before finally exiting the building.

Finding a quiet spot, she coughed then checked how her voice sounded. Once it's okay, she dialed her father's number who almost instantly picked up after a ring or two.

She greeted him cheerfully before apologizing and telling him about how she lost track of time, you know like a liar, which luckily worked to her favor.

"And so I'm gonna have a sleepover here at the Sano's house." She finished in a beaming smile that even her father could tell. "My voice? Yeah, we went to the karaoke."

Another lie.

"I'll be home by noon. Mhm. Good night and bye~" as soon as the call ended, she let out a small groan and a cough before cursing under her breath and walking away from the spot she stood.

"Ah." She let out. Voice evident that she was startled a little when she caught sight of a crying person– a familiar blonde in front of her.

"[n/n]..." Mikey calls out her name quietly. It was soft and sounded longing. [Y/n] sucks in her breath and awkwardly waves her hand.

"Heyyy...Mikey." She greets while cringing at the same time on how her voice came out. 'I'm sure Mikey doesn't like being seen like this..' the girl pondered as she doesn't noticed the said person approaching her.

"Sorry, uh, I didn't mean..to..." she rambled while racking her brain for some sort of excuse.

''Fuckkk, it's so awkward. awkward.' The teen almost let out a groan. "You know what? I'll just take my lea–" the cool touch she felt made her shiver and stop herself from finishing her own sentence.

"Does it hurt?" He asked while the cold finger tips of hand touched the purple on the girl's skin ever so gently and softly that it tickled her.

His other hand took one of hers. The pad of thumb rubbed the purple and reddish faint hand print on her wrist. His touch was also the same as his other.

"M' sorry for not checking up on you the moment you arrived..." he murmured. [Y/n] made eye contact with him, she saw the pool of mixed emotions swirling in his dark orbs. She couldn't point out what they were exactly.

"We'll find the bastard who did this, don't worry." He said. Voice low and quiet that it made her shudder especially when the sad eyes that looked at her seconds ago had turned into a dead and cold one while he showed a sweet smile.

"I'll make them pay, [Y/n]." He whispered to her ear and looked at her straight in the eyes. Mikey slowly leans in as he moves away the strand of hair on the girl's face and tucks it behind her ear.

"So please..." the blonde boy squeezes his arms around [Y/n]'s frame. He was afraid and that was she could tell due to the tightness of his hug.

"Don't scare me like this again." [Y/n] hugs him back. Her own actions surprised herself. Her arms moved before she could even comprehend everything as she wipes his tears away.

"Yeah...sorry.." All she wants to do now was comfort this boy even if he did scare her a little a moment ago. He was still a child. A kid who has such boulder like responsibilities hanging on his shoulders.

Just thinking about the things he went through in the original story she read made her chest tighten. It made her feel like as if her own heart was crumbling due to immense sadness for the boy.

"Both you and Ken-chin, okay?" He mumbled in her comforting embrace. Despite being soaked by the rain, Mikey felt warm and serene.

"Mhm." She replied with a gentle gaze accompanying her feature.

'To be allowed to witness Mikey's vulnerable state like this...' the female flashes a smile then tugs Mikey. She leads him to where the rest of Toman were.

'really isn't just some ordinary person.'

"Hel–" the [h/c] teen weren't even given the chance to finish her small greeting when someone with a black mask startled her with his glaring. It felt like he'd burn holes with that kind of stare.

He strode towards [Y/n]. His long rosy pink hair swayed a little with each step he took. The person could easily be mistaken as a girl due to how pretty the upper part of his face were.

His eyes were a pretty color of azure eyes that accompanied with long lashes

"Did you see its face?" Haruchiyo Akashi or known as Sanzu asked in a dangerously low tone while scanning [Y/n] up and down.

He clearly have a scowl on his pretty face.

"..It?" The female repeated and sweat dropped. She blinked then squinted her eyes if the dark and murderous aura she saw surrounding the blonde boy was simply a hallucination. It wasn't.

The young lad seemed ready for a murder.

"Woah, you're a mess." Keisuke Baji, the boy with long jet black hair muttered after staring for a while in silence with a certain look on his charming face.

"How're you feeling?" He asked next as clear concern twinkled in his bronze orbs while another blonde boy stood just a little behind him. Said boy looked just as worried as Baji and was hesitant about something.

Chifuyu Matsuno looked like he really wanted to talk or ask [Y/n] too but was getting beat up by other people into it.

"When we find the guy who did that to you, we'll beat 'em to pulp!" Nahoya chimes with a huge grin on his face while his brother, Souya agrees by nodding his head. "Definitely."

"Ahaha, tone down a lit–"

"Judging from how you looked earlier, seems like you almost died.." Mucho interjects which made [Y/n] cough as the smile on her face disappeared. She turned her head and gave a look of why would you do this.

"It's already late. Everyone go home." She said, voice authoritative with furrowed brows. "I'm too tired– exhausted even. I don't have any energy to spare for the ruckus you'll make." She heaved and turned around before anyone could retaliate.

"By the way, Is it alright if I stayed over the night at your house? I already told my parents." Hearing the words made Mikey's ears to perk.

"It's more than alright." Emma replied instantly before his brother could. Anyone could easily tell that both siblings had sparkling eyes that twinkled in excitement.

"That's good to kn–"