"Do me a favor,"

[Y/n] let out a small hum as she sees Keisuke take in a deep breath before speaking again.

"When it's just the two of us..." he paused, his expression turning soft as red hue coats his cheeks once again.

"I want you to only focus on me."

The atmosphere felt different because of the boy's gaze and words. They weren't failed to be noticed by the female, though she just wonders with an incredulous look on her face, lips slightly gape as she feels like her friend was getting a little too close.

'How did things end up this way???'

Breaking a cold sweat, she notices that Baji was now inches away from her face. She could even feel his hot breath and when she realizes what was gonna happen, she opened her mouth nervous ,

"K-Keisu–"

She was cut off when a familiar ringtone played in the air, coming from the inside of her small bag, basically her phone.

She looked at the raven haired boy with squinted eyes while looking for her phone inside her bag. Baji was startled by the ringtone that before he knew it, he was standing meters away from [Y/n] after getting up or away in a speeding light.

He was like a cat that got surprised, but with a red face.

"It's Mikey." He heard the female mumble and hearing the president of the previous gang he was in made him to unconsciously tuck out the bottom of his lips.

Keisuke watches his friend whose gaze was focused on the phone he felt his heart beat fast when he remembered how [Y/n] looked beneath him, how she looked beautiful, and how her lips looked so kissable...

With those thoughts running in the boy's head, he could hear himself his loud and fast beating heart and with the way how loud it was beating, he was afraid that it would jump straight out of his chest or be heard by someone.

'Are you crazy, Keisuke?!' He shouts at himself while breaking a cold sweat. 'I can't believe you'd go in and try to kiss [Y/n] after telling her that you didn't like her many times!!'

Pursing his lips, he let out a small groan while covering the lower half of his face with his large hand.

'Shit. Knowing how sharp she can be at times, I'm sure she knows by now that I lied since I was about to....fuuuuckk!' He ruffles his black hair in a frustrating manner with a face red as tomato.

"What are you doing?" [Y/n] asked with a certain look on her face. "You're destroying your (beautiful) hair." She said while grimacing before hopping out of the bed.

"Well, Mikey wants to hang out, so..." She trails, a hand behind her head as she averts eye contact which didn't left unnoticed by the black haired boy.

"I'm going to take my leave now."

"Y-Yeah." Keisuke responds with a slight nod of his head after clearing his throat. "Be careful on your way."

As he said those words, [Y/n] nods her head. "Yeah, thanks..." she replied, still avoiding eye contact and since Keisuke was also doing the same thing, he failed to notice the slight hue on her cheeks.

The boy took a glance at his friend's walking form. As much as he wants to see her off, he felt like it would get even more awkward since [Y/n] does seem to caught on by now on what he was about to do.

Not to mention that she was avoiding eye contact. She was looking everywhere but his direction or eyes.

Keisuke lets out a deep sigh when the female finally left his room. He could hear his mother and her talk, bidding each other good bye outside his room before completely leaving their home.

"Arrrgh!" He huffs and lets himself fall down on his bed, a hand covering the upper part of his face as he remembered what he almost did.

[Y/n]'s face...inches away from him...her enchanting [e/c] that seems to sparkle whenever light would shine upon it, and her luscious lips–

"AHHHH!!" He screamed loudly and his sudden outburst didn't fail to surprise his mother on the living room as she was watching his favorite show while sitting on the couch.

Mumbling a, "He must've embarrassed himself in front of [Y/n]." Shrugging her shoulder, Ryoko smiled.

"Hang in there, Keisuke!" She quietly cheered for her son before going back and focusing on the show in front of her.

Back to the teen Baji inside his room, he lets out a deep sigh while looking a bit glum, his face red as a tomato once again.

He runs his hand through his raven locks before putting it on his face, another sigh coming out of him.

"Haa...Have some more self control, Keisuke."

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"No way..."

[Y/n] stops in her tracks for a moment before crossing the road after the light of the pedestrian light went green.

"There's no way." She mutters again. "Keisuke can't possibly like me. Yeah, mhm." The female convinces herself out loud.

'I just can't assume that...' her thoughts were stopped when the memory that occurred minutes ago ran in her mind.

'He was definitely about to kiss me if weren't for Mikey's text...' she went silent for three seconds and after that passed, 'Keisuke, why?!' Her inner self shouted, looking betrayed.

'I thought all you think about is peyoung, your mom, Toman and punching faces!' she grips onto her hair not minding the weird gazes she's receiving as what's going happening right now seems far more important than some random people.

'And here I thought with a positive mind that no one among the tr men would catch feelings for me.' She thought bitterly before letting a deep sigh.

"What even does he like in me?" [Y/n] mumbled while looking at her reflection on a store's glass for a bit.

"I know I'm pretty myself because it's in our genes but I also know my personality isn't that good." She hummed after recalling the faces of her family and resumed her walking.

"Don't tell me Keisuke's into that type of girls? Pretty face but with a not so good personality...??" Shaking her head, the female then whispers a,

"He's got some really weird taste."

[Y/n] arrives at the address Mikey texted her. She stops in front of said place and takes out her phone to check if the name is the name, and it is.

"It's really a hospital." She muttered with a look of disbelief present on her face before getting it replaced into a quizzical one.

"Oh, you're here." Someone suddenly spoke from behind her which didn't fail to surprise and make the [h/c] girl flinch.

She turned around, a hand clutching the fabric of her shirt on her chest, specifically the side of where her heart was beating which was a tad bit fast because of the sudden voice and figure appearing before her.

"You scared me." She mumbled before composing herself as the person in front of her seemed to be smile sweetly and also brightly under the black mask which covered the lower part of his beautiful face and only showed his enchanting verdant eyes that seemed to sparkle thanks to the bright sunlight.

"Hey, Haru." [Y/n] greets, the nickname of the boy coming out as natural while looking like she was enchanted with said boy's beauty as she mirrored his bright smile, though it seemed like she outshined his since Haruchiyo or Sanzu felt like he was gonna go blind that he needed to squint his eyes.

"You're so pretty," She complimented him out of nowhere, well can't blame her, while patting his head gently so she wouldn't mess his neatly styled hair.

"You make me want to paint a portrait of you and put it inside a museum." [Y/n] adds, her smile widening while her friend sweat drops at her words.

Sanzu enjoy's the girl's touch which felt warm and made him fuzzy on the inside. If it weren't for his mask, [Y/n] would've noticed the tender smile plastered on his face and the red blush coating his cheeks.

He wanted time to stop and cherish this moment forever but of course...

"Ah, I almost forgot about that Mikey texted me to come here." [Y/n] said out loud then put one of her hands on top of the male's shoulder. "You, my friend are a beautiful distraction."

Her words confused Sanzu but he took it as another compliment. "But as much as I love to be in a carefree mode, there are things that I must do and finish."

She pats his shoulder with a serious expression and her words and actions only made the pink haired teen to stare at her in confusion.

[Y/n]'s gaze shifted to the building in front of them, her expression changing into a confused one too but it only lasted for a second or so as it changed once again. It was worry now.

"Did Mikey get hurt?" She asked with anxiety building up but when she heard Sanzu's reply of, "No." with a slight raise of his brow, she let out a sigh of relief before showing a smile again.

"Then why the hospital? Is he visiting someone?" The male silently nods his head and glances at one of her hands.

"He's waiting for us." He said after a moment of silence. "Let's go." With his words, he gently took [Y/n]'s hand in his. He walked and led her inside the building without hearing any protest or a question on why there's a need for him to hold her hand...thankfully.

"I thought Mikey wanted to hang out?" She asked the pink haired boy while in the middle of a ride inside the elevator with him.

"He does." Sanzu replied shortly then adds in a slightly quiet voice. "Mikey just wants you to...visit this person first."

The girl lets out a small hum before silently questioning herself on who might the unknown person be and while in the middle of her thoughts, she felt her hand being lightly raised.

"It's completely healed..." [Y/n] heard her friend mumble as she glanced at him. Haruchiyo was focused on scanning or examining the palm of her hand while rubbing his thumb on it.

A smile couldn't help but to slowly show on the girl's face. 'What a cutie.' She thought, looking all smug before adding in her thoughts a, 'He reminds me of Akio.'

After that, [Y/n] then recalls the grim expression on Haruchiyo's on August 3rd – 4th since it was already midnight when the others got a second look of her after her call with her father then.

'He looked like as if he was ready to murder someone.' She held the bubbling laugh back in her throat. 'It would be best not to tell him or anyone among the boys that it was him who attacked me then.'

The [h/c] teens's expression turned dark, though the sweet smile on her face was still present. 'After all, I have the energy to take care of the trash myself.'

Sanzu felt a shiver in his spine but when he looked around, he only saw the adoring and warm smile on the lovely girl he knows which makes him forget about it since the elevator dinged, indicating that they're already on the nth floor they're suppose to be at.

The two teens walked a bit shortly and as the pink haired boy stopped at one of the hospital door of a room and opened it, she tried to take a quick glance of the person who was being hospitalized.

"Oh, you're finally here!" Mikey's cheery voice reached her ears and since the blonde boy's figure stood in front of her, [Y/n] didn't had the slightest peek about the still unknown person's feature.

"You sure took your sweet moment." Sanzu let out a small scoff at the slightly shorter boy's backhanded statement and begrudgingly let go of the girl's hand since Mikey was practically staring at their linked hands — openly glaring daggers at it.

"Anyways, come in!" The blonde teen beamed a smile while pulling [Y/n] inside by her other free hand which dragged Haru inside, too.

Mikey first intertwines his fingers in the girl's hand before glancing at his pink haired friend who only rolled his eyes in return and copies what he did to [Y/n]'s hand.

And while those two were busy glaring or competing with the staring contest, the female let out a small, "Huh?" When she finally saw the person that Mikey wants her to see, too as Sanzu told her earlier.

"This is..." hearing their female friend mumble made them turn their attention back at her. They saw her slightly wide eyes, expression shocked — completely in disbelief.

"It's been a while since you last came for a visit, and since you've been remembering those loss memories of yours quite well as of lately, I thought it'd be fine for you two to see each other again." The blonde boy states, a smile now present once again on his face.

"And I'm sure he misses you a lot." Mikey's smile grew as it reached his eyes. "After all, you're like family to him."

[Y/n] thought she was hallucinating but since her two friends looked at the person who silently laid on the bed with an oxygen mask.

Her heart raced and ached at the same time for some unknown reason and while that happened she felt Haruchiyo give her hand light squeeze.

The person who she thought was dead...

The person who she thought she failed to save despite knowing how he'll meet his demise after a while when she remembered that she was the person who's been twisting the original story since child in the world she currently resides in...

The person who makes her doubt what her eyes are currently seeing, but since she heard Mikey confirm the guy's identity, it made her feel goosebumps all over.

The person in front of her was obviously...

"Seems like you remember Shinichiro, my big bro."

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❝ Ahhh, finally we all reached this kind of chapt.

It's fun mashing crack and fluff (angst too) then suddenly turn it all serious, hehe.

Anyways, I have a lot more in store for ya all, so kindly be patient with me since there are times (mostly) where it takes a long time for me to update, and stay tuned :3 ❞