"What're you doing, Takemitchy?"

The familiar voice belonged to non other than Draken. He had a small smile adorning his handsome and intimidating feature but when his dark eyes caught sight of [Y/n] – her bloody mouth and hand, it disappeared instantly as it was replaced with shock.

"[Y/n]?" He called out, voice quiet and low when he did so. His eyes were full of concern and fear at the same time.

The scene reminded him of the time when Mitsuya told him about what happened with their female friend being attacked. He even described her appearance when they finally saw her at the hospital then.

"D-Draken-kun!" Takemichi called out, snapping him out of his trance. "I-I don't know what happened." He stuttered out.

"We were..were just talking and suddenly [Y-Y/n]-san c-coughed blood and now she's...I think she passed out." He told the tall male in a shaky voice.

"I-I asked her if I should take her to the hospital but [Y/n]-san, s-she said she didn't wanna go and that she hates it there...I don't know what to do." He cried even harder. "Please help me...please help [Y/n]-san."

"Why are you crying as if someone's dying?" [Y/n] asked in a weak voice after opening her eyes and looking at Draken.

"Don't give me that look." She rasped out before smiling. "I'm not dying m' fi–"

Another cough with blood.

[Y/n] drew a sharp breath while the two blonde teens' worries only went higher when they saw her brow twitch and her face contorting to a painful expression.

"[Y/n]-san?!" Takemichi shouts out of concern. His pupils dilated while his mouth was agape open.

More cold sweat trailed down her already pale face. Everything hurt – not just her heart this time but every inch of her body.

"Ken-chin!" Mikey arrives with a huge smile on his face behind his tall friend. "I got my Dorayaki and [n/n]'s favorite, let's go visit...."

He didn't finish his sentence as when he got close enough, his eyes widened and his beaming smile disappeared.

He gave a reaction just like Draken.

"[N/n]...?" The two other blondes looked at the shorter male. They know Mikey was now beyond worried due to way how his pupils dilated even if it was only for a second.

"We're taking her to the hospital." Draken declared before scooping the shaking girl in his arms.

"No..." [Y/n] retorts with uneven breathing which caused for the person who picked her up frown and open his mouth to retaliate too.

"The doctors wouldn't be able to do anything about my condition!" She exclaimed while gripping his black and white jacket with so little strength in them.

"Take me home...my parents are at work..." she trailed while taking deep breaths, her brows creased. "Akio's with his friends..the keys are in my pockets...."

She narrowed her eyes as she adds, "Don't tell him or my parents about this or I'm gonna stun gun....you..three..."

Being able to deliver her words, the girl passed out after fighting so hard not to and the last thing she heard was worried voices calling or shouting her name.

"Oi, [Y/n]!"

"[Y-Y/n]-san!"

"[N/n]...?"

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"What's happening to my body there?"

[Y/n] runs her hand through her [h/c] locks before ruffling it out of annoyance and letting an exasperated sigh.

The current future that Takemichi told her aboutwas already enough to give her headaches and Masashi just had to add to the problem, as well as the thing that's happening to her body.

At this point, all of the problems she's currently facing are driving her crazy.

Now she understands well on how Takemichi felt in the manga. The burden to save a person – the love of his life went to saving a lot of peoples fate, their future; his friends.

It went from saving one person to a whole group of friends, the pressure, the burden obviously just went higher or heavier for him to carry yet he still managed and didn't gave up...

That just motivates her.

Even if they don't know, she's actually thankful to them – to the Tokyo revengers characters or manga itself. They helped her get through hard times during her previous life.

Of course there are other animes, manga stories, webtoon or manhwas, etc...yet somehow she's just so infatuated in TR.

And since she's also inside the story or their world, she decided to help Takemichi because she did swear to save the others – their lives or change their fates to the original [Y/n] back then when the moment of truth or realization kicked it.

And obviously, that task or mission isn't so easy. It's all easier said than done.

How suffocating.

But she has to persevere and see the end of it all...where everyone – her friends are all happy and alive.

"Damn it." She muttered while biting her lower lip before glancing at the quiet child in front of her then raised an eyebrow.

"It's been about a month or so since we last saw each other and as far as I remembered, you're quite a talkative and also mischievous looking child." The teen scoffed after folding her arms in front of her chest.

"So how come you're all quiet today?" She furrowed her brows. "I have many questions regarding the things you said last time and I waited patiently for this day to come."

She took a step forward towards the little girl. "I deserve to know what you meant, little one."

Was the first thing she said after being quiet all this time.

[Y/n] rolled her eyes due to being already in a foul mood because of the problems she's facing at the same time.

She was about to reply in a snarky way like, 'Oh what a surprise. So that's why my chest was hurting like a bitch.' but the young girl beats her to it as she says another statement again.

she informed which caused for the teen to look down on the dark ground.

The little girl adds with a solemn look.

The young child stared at her older version. She knows what she's thinking. Her – their mom and brother. It was obvious.

She closed her eyes and decided to tell [Y/n] either way.

Silence once again.

The [h/c] teen clenched her fists. She took a deep breath before flashing a smile that looked so sad despite her trying her best to make it happy or real, not forced or whatsoever...

But since they're the same – they have a connection as they are one. It's pointless to lie to each other's faces.

"That's great then." She said, the bright smile on her face not disappearing. "If my body really does die there then that means the burden of the family has finally disappeared."

The little girl looked at her coldly. She scorned.

[Y/n]'s smile went away but it came back on her face after a few seconds. "I'm such an ungrateful and selfish daughter, aren't I?" She asked as a sheepish smile adorned her feature.

"As you said before, we're one." She says in a quiet and soft voice after bending down to the young one's height. "No one will understand us better than ourselves."

She hummed while linking their foreheads and hands together. The small child's shoulder started to shake.

She whispered.

[Y/n] backs her head away, her gaze soft as she looked at her younger self who's eyes glistened due the tears that was threatening to come out.

She wept and shouted.

[Y/n]'s mouth went agape. She soon closed it as it formed a thin line. Sadness was shown in her eyes while on the younger child showed the same emotion but mixed with anger.

She continued to shout out, teeth now clenched as heavy tears streamed down her face.

She shouted again, fist clenched this time She sobbed and choked.

[Y/n] was about to say something but hearing what her younger version blurted out made her halt.

She wailed. Her voice broke when she spoke those words which made the teen'a heart to break.

Hearing the little girl's cries and words made her eyes teary. Everything the child spoke was all true. They're both the same person after all. They share the same feelings, emotions, and thoughts..

Those are all just unspoken things that she kept or hidden away.

Her shaking lips went downwards.

she paused as she let out a sob. " [Y/n] closed her eyes and hugged the weeping child.

"That's not true." The older one finally said something. Her voice was soft and gentle. "I'm sure they'd be happy." She stroke the little girl's head.

She smiled. "I'm sure they'd wish us well in this new life of ours." Her voice almost broke and the tears in her eyes were building up that the only thing that's left was for it to fall – leave and trail down her face but she didn't allow it to happen as she kept looking up.

"Besides, it feels like we've been given a second chance to live the life we've always wanted, right?" Her hand went to the child's chubby cheek, pinching it.

She let out a chuckle when the little girl frowned at her action. "We're healthy, grandma, grandpa, and our dad's alive. We have friends who may be annoying and kind of ridiculous but they're all kind to us, right?"

She brought down her hand and let it fall to her side as she used it to count while speaking. "And not to mention they're our favorite characters in a favorite manga!" She grinned with a soft laughter accompanying it.

"We're gonna live a life that we couldn't do in our first life." She pulled the young one into a warm embrace. "That's why it'll be okay..we'll be okay even if our body dies in that world."

She rubbed her small back. "Let's keep fighting and persevere no matter how hard the battle is."

The little girl finally smiled after nodding her head.

Seeing the child grin from ear to ear made her lips curl up and show another smile again. "Yeah." She replied with a slight nod of her head.

"I'm gonna make him regret that he ever messed with our precious lil' bro and us, too, of course." She raised her hand which was curled so she could fist bump her younger version.

The little girl bumps her small fist against the teen's. They both looked at each other with determination sparkling in their [e/c] eyes.

The child chuckled.

[Y/n] hummed before completely understanding what the little girl said. It slipped her mind and she can't help but let out a sigh.

"Ah, that's right." She ran a hand through her [h/c] locks. "I still need to think of some excuse for what happened."

She turned her heel while hearing the small child snickering. "See ya later, crybaby."

Her child version shouts with a huff. She exclaimed while scowling.

She gritted her teeth when [Y/n] just walked away and heed her words as nothing.

She stomps her foot like the child she is.

"Yeah, Yeah. Whatever, crybaby." The teen monotonously answered making her small version fuming.

"Bye~" [Y/n] laughed as she sees herself slowly fading away like particles which looked like glitters, starting from her feat.

She asked, a small pout on her face. The teen stared at her before grinning with half lidded eyes.

"Yeah." She replied as her child version mirrors her smile. "There's no such thing as an..."

She continued when the teen paused. "Yep." The female then adds,

"It's been us all along."

They both laughed. She asked in a teasing tone before flashing one last smile as her older version was almost done fading away.

She said, a huge smile on her face which resembled Akio's. Her chest tightened when she remembered that her little brother is supposed to die in just a few days ahead.

"You know we're gonna need more than luck." She chuckled out before closing her eyes and feeling like she'd be awake by now.

The young child waves her hand. When her teenage version was now completely out of sight, she laid on the dark ground and closed her eyes, too.

She opened her eyes, mouth slightly agape.

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"This won't do." Mikey muttered with an icy yet anxious gaze before shifting his eyes to his tall friend, who also seemed as anxious as he was.

The three blondes: Mikey, Takemichi, and Draken. They've been waiting for about an hour now since the thing with their [h/c] happened.

They're waiting for the female to wake up and exit her room and tell them honestly what's happening to her at the living room, on the couch.

"We should bring [n/n] to the hospital and inform her parents, Ken-chin." Mikey states making Draken frown while Takemichi's breath hitches.

The tension in the room was heavy, similar to when he and [Y/n] talked back at the cafe. Give the poor boy some break.

"You heard what [Y/n] said." The tall boy replied with a sigh. "You remember the time when this kind of thing happened? She slept for about a whole week despite coughing and yet the doctors at the hospital she stayed at couldn't point out what was wrong and said that she was alright."

His frown deepened and his expression darkened just like Mikey's when he continued to talk. "So yeah, even if we bring her there the doctors still wouldn't be able to do shit about her condition.

Just when Draken finished talking, they heard a 'ding-dong' sound going on throughout the house from the room they were in.

"I-I'll go get it!" Takemichi volunteered, almost stuttering his whole words while looking all nervous due to the tension in the room.

It looked a like a fight would break and the blonde protagonist was just thankful that they got distracted by the unknown person who rang the doorbell.

Hanagaki scrambled his way through the door before the two scary blondes could gaze at with their scary expressions.

Opening the door, he almost said his thank you with a grateful look but when he saw the person who stood in front of him, his blood went cold for a second before it boiled due to the rising anger he felt.

'The hell's Kisaki doing here?!'

The boy with glasses slightly tilted his head to the side whilst he had both of his hands inside the pocket of his dark colored pants.

"Hanagaki?" Kisaki blurts out, looking a tad confused at the boy who greeted him when he was expecting a part of [Y/n]'s family...especially herself to greet him instead.

"The hell you doing here?" He asked which caused for Takemichi to mirror the frowning look on the younger boy's face.

'I should be asking you that!'

"You're not cheating on Tachibana, right?" He asked while pushing his glasses up. He soon mumbled but audible enough to hear, "Bastard."

"Wait, what???"

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❝Yeah, I'm late but still...Happy birthday King

Izana!

I only drew [Y/n] because I'm still not that good at drawing (and mostly because I got lazy) so yeah, crdts to Ken Wakui for Izana and Kakucho's

❝[Y/n]'s outfit was inspired by Mikey's. She wanted to wear pants but the pants that matched her outfit well was in the laundry basket so she settled with a long skirt instead :D ❞

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Izana: 'She's so pretty...but is it really necessary for her to wear her clothes like that and show her shoulders? Nevermind. I shouldn't be focusing on that. She looks great and the only problem are those disgusting gazes...I can beat them anyways.'

Izana: Kakucho, if you see someone ogling at [Y/n] tell me or just straight up punch them.

Kakucho: Roger that, my king.

[Y/n]: I heard that.

[Y/n]: It's your day Izana, so just focus on having fun and Kakucho...don't comply with his command.