( Just wanted y'all to learn something)

***Takemichi's Pov***

" Where exactly are we going, Sapphire?" Macey asked as he continue to follow me. Unfortunately, Maxe won't be around so I'm stuck with him and God! Is it annoying. Good thing, I have a tolerance for people like him... specifically a certain Nanny Dragon and a Man-child.

" We're going at a certain cougar's den..." I answered while taking a turn around an alleyway for a shortcut.

" Oh! Do you mean that guy we encountered at the bike shop?! What are we going to do with him? You said that he's one of the sane people." Part of that was true, though even Baji has fallen into the dark side, all for Mikey. He was one of the few that didn't like Kisaki and even saw him as a threat, not to mention a very good friend.

" Didn't you also mention that dude's dumb?"

" I'm going to take that back..." That's the truth. Takemichi would admit that Baji's dumb on academics but he does have his talents. Besides fighting, taking care of pets especially cats is one of the cool talents he owned.

" So... Yer going to make him smart? How are ya even going to talk to him?" Asked Macey while taking a water bottle for him to drink cause he's parched.

" Well... We do the same old, same old play pretends." She answered him while continuing to head to their destination.

Soon enough, they found it and just in time for the boy with black hair to show up. They pretended that they were wandering around, till they noticed him looking their way. That's where Macey dropped the bomb to get his full attention.

" Akemi-chan! Let's try bringing your friends as I want to meet them." He yelled out loud, enough for the raven-haired boy to hear, instantly shocking him at the revelation. Baji was familiar with the boy, who he knew was at the motorcycle shop, but seeing the girl named 'Akemi' — the girl whom Kazutora and Pachin would talk about left him speechless. 

' Holy crap, were they right about her being an angel! Damn, now I owe Kazutora 200 yen.' He thought while continuing admiring the siad angel from below.

" Macey! What the hell?!" Scolded Akemi while giving a smack at the boy's head, who only laughed at his stunt.

" What? I'm just helping..." Macey surrendered by holding his hands up in the air. " Besides, he seemed to have noticed us already..." He whispered while secretly pointing upwards. The girl followed where he was pointing at and true to his words, Baji was watching them from above. They soon made eye contact with each other...

' Oh fuck! We made eye contact! Calm down and be cool!' Baji internally screamed in his head.

' Baji-kun's kid version hairstyle reminds me of Bonten Kakucho...' Akemi thought, recalling Kakucho's Bonten appearance.

Completely forgetting that Macey was watching them the whole time, with an evil grin on his face. He decided to pull another stunt.

" Yo! Akemi, let's go eat and continue on our tour!" He interfered while pushing the girl to move.

' 10... 9...8...7...' Then started counting in his mind, slowly pushing the girl. He could hear footsteps getting louder and louder. His grin didn't disappear whereas the girl sweatdropped at the sight, thinking that he was plotting something mischievous as always.

' 3...2... Almost there... 1...'

" Wait!" Someone shouted grabbing their attention.

' Got him...' Macey hid his smirk, acting out surprised like his companion as they saw Baji panting for running. Akemi being such a worrisome person didn't hesitate on approaching the boy leaving the twin to watch the scene unfold and even brought out his camera to record everything. This is for blackmailing and bribing purposes, that devil.

" Are you ok?" Akemi asked as she was now faced to face with the cougar. He didn't answer as he was too stunned to even speak, feeling blessed to see such a cute girl in front of him.

" Hello?" She asked again, finally snapping out of his thoughts.

" Uh... Yeah, I'm fine. You just look really cute..." Realizing what he said. The boy started to panic as it sounded weird.

" Uh... I'm sorry if I sounded weird but I wasn't lying about it. N- No! Wait! I mean..." His words were soon replaced with gibberish stuff that Macey, from behind, started wheezing like a kettle.

" Thank you for the compliment. You are very handsome and cute too... Eheh... Sorry if I sounded weird." The girl complimented back, even repeated his words, to make him feel better.

" N- No! You didn't sound weird, just surprised. Akemi, right? My friends have been talking about recently, calling you an angel and such that we didn't believe them... though you look like one..." He mumbled the last part out, continuing to gaze at her oceanic eyes. " Uh... What brings you here in our neighbourhood?" Baji asked, hiding his nervousness.

" Well, I was just giving my friend a tour cause he's new around here." The girl answered while pointing at the twin watching them from behind with a camera in hand. Macey simply waved at them, as the two sweatdropped at the sight.

" Does he always bring a camera in hand?"

" It's a hobby... Don't mind him." Both of them laughed, unknowing the twin's real intentions.

' Things are certainly getting more interesting~' He thought, the grin never disappearing on his face. Suddenly, he thought of an idea that would surely be useful for bribing.

" Hey, Sapphire!" He interfered making Baji and Akemi turned to face him with curious looks.

" Sis needed some help at home, so I'll be taking my leave. Thanks for the tour, we'll continue it next time. See y'all! Peace!" With that, he quickly left them both 'alone'. Seeing Macey leave left them both confused, especially the girl but eventually shrugged it off before facing each other again to continue on their dialogues.

" Anyways, Do you have any siblings?" Asked the raven boy. The girl almost opened her mouth to speak, but stayed silent for a moment, carefully thinking of the scenario. If she needed to be a male Takemichi, she'll need a decoy to be free on being her girl side. Also, if they knew that Takemichi "is her brother", they might cut her some slack and would prevent her from getting beat up.  From Baji's info on his friends and her observation on their encounter, they would turn soft and even revealed their dork side. As much as she admitted, she loves seeing them being all dorky.

" I have an older brother and his name is Takemichi Hanagaki." Baji let out an 'oh' from her lie before forging a grin while cracking his knuckles.

" Is he a good fighter?"

" P-pardon?" This left her in shock and wanted to laugh.

' Still same old fighting machine, huh? Cute.'

" Yes. But I didn't want him seeing get hurt anymore cause it worries me. Please, don't fight him or I'll be upset." She frowned, her blue eyes getting teary getting the boy's heart to skip the beat quickly. His expression softened, awkwardly patting her head for comfort.

" S- sure..." The girl cheered and ended up hugging him, greatly surprised him but didn't mind it at all and hugged him back.

" Thank you, Kei-chan!" But that didn't stop, as Baji went frozen from when the girl pulled another stunt. After she cheered again, Akemi brought her face too close to his then pecked a kiss at each side of his cheeks. Akemi giggled at his reaction, opening a soft spot for her to cherish.

" Do you promise?" She asked which received no response from the male.

" I'll give you another kiss if you promise."

' Eh?!' Baji has stopped even working at her declaration, thinking that it was all a dream.

" I... Ok, P-promise..." He automatically answered. Realization hit him and couldn't help but turn full red. Akemi couldn't help but admire the newfound experience with Baji and how adorable he looked, especially the nerd style that Chifuyu showed her once on one timeline. Full filling the wish, she tiptoed to meet and brought her lips on his forehead, giving out a quick peck.

" Thank you, Kei-chan. You're a man of your words." And that wasn't a lie.

As for Baji, he felt too lucky. To receive a kiss from the boys proclaimed as an angel was 'heavenly', no pun intended. They soon let of each other from the embrace, finally letting the boy cool down. He then invited her to join him for lunch. The girl unknowingly accepted his invitation, cause she wanted to spend time with him as a fresh start. And the fact that she's still dense that he was proposing a date, so he could show it off to his friends. He could imagine their priceless expressions and would be worth a tale to tell.

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" I'm home..." Takemichi greeted while entering the house, taking off her shoes before flopping on the couch with a grunt.

" How's the date with Cougar jr.?" Asked Maxe who's sitting on the other couch, eating some chicken nuggets in the afternoon.

" It was fine and a fresh experience that he wasn't punching me from the start, unlike before..." The raven girl answered, burying her face on the couch. She continued on her monologue about how much of a great person Baji was, even declaring that the hang-out was fun. Being tired makes you say truthful things, huh? Cause you'd be too tired to even care and was the advantage of their trap.

" Uh-huh... Mind explaining the three kisses ya gave him? That's very bold of ya, Sapphire." Her friend asked again.

" I dunno why but it just fee— Wait..." Slowly realizing what this was about. Takemichi looked at Maxe with a bewildered expression.

" Ya finally realized it, huh?" She looked even bewildered. Suddenly getting up from the couch, she was about to open her mouth to speak till someone beat her to it when they heard a familiar dialogue. Turning their heads, they were met with Macey's gaze who's holding his camera then showed a video of her and Baji on their private moment with maximum volume. The young twin gave a grin, replaying and skipping some parts.

" You set me up!?!" Yelled the girl, her eyes widened in shock.

" Intentionally~" He teased then gave a wink at the end.

" Also, you didn't deny that you had a great time with Cougar Jr, Aye~" The twin continued teasing her left him running around the house with Takemichi chasing him behind, who's holding a slipper that Maxe gave and belonging to her.

" Get back here, Macey!" She yelled as they continued to run around, even going to the backyard. Grady was sleeping in his house, only to be interrupted when two people started playing tag. He looked so annoyed but decided to watch his owner getting pummeled by the girl, too tired to even deal with it.

" I'm just being a good wingman!"

" Shut up and come here, damn it!"

" I'm not sorry nor do I regret anything!"

" Then get back here and let me pummel you!" Takemichi threw the slipper with great accuracy and ended up hitting his head successfully, making him slip and fall.

' Ah, shit!' The twin cried as Takemichi already caught up to him. She grabbed onto his leg then proceeded to drag him inside the house.

" Nnnnnnooooooo! Sister, help me!"

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Meanwhile for Baji Keisuke, the man of his words, the one who saw through Kisaki's sinister head, one of the few people who knew the great Manjiro well enough, the friend they would trust, that one guy who's a Mommy's boy and would do anything for her to be happy and one of the founders of Toman... Is certainly expiring his early life insurance.

This guy dared to taunt his friends about his encounter with 'his Akemi' and how flaunting the three kisses he received, adding the hug as a bonus. The atmosphere has grown worse, especially coming at the certain dragon twins. Mikey however was busy stuffing his mouth with Taiyaki, ignoring the fact that there's going to be a bloodshed next, not that he minded anyways. It was quite entertaining to see his 'friends' fight for that certain girl, as he wanted to meet her for creating such a huge impact on them.

" Oi, Baji..." Mitsuya and Draken spoke at the same time, their tone filled with malice. Baji may be dumb at academics, he admits, he exactly knew what he was doing and was prepared to raise a fist.

" Yeah, wassup~?" Showing off his canines that the girl admired, boosted his confidence and will to fight.

" It's a joke, right?" Kazutora and Pachin joined the discussion, voices filled with malice.

He continued to smirk then showed a picture of him and Akemi at a cafe they usually hang out. The raven made fun of their priceless reactions, not noticing Mikey admiring the photo of the girl.

" She's pretty, I wanna meet her and give her Taiyaki." Now all the attention went to Mikey. They aren't blind nor dense to even see that he has grown to be interested in her at first glance. Baji quickly hid his phone then glared at Mikeh again.

" Back off, Mikey. We found her first, before you." All of them said at the same time causing them to glare at each other again.

( So, Who's going to tell them?

Kakucho and Takuya: *Laughing their asses off* Funny joke people.)

" So if I found her, does that mean I found her first? Great! I mean, I am the leader after all." Everyone stayed quiet at that statement.

' Not with this bullshit again and one of the worst conclusions he's ever said.'

" That has to be one of the most bullshit conclusions, I've ever heard." Said Pachin.

" Agreed." They said in sync while nodding their heads in agreement.

" You guys are so mean! Hmph!" Mikey cried, showing off his usual man-child personality. They all just shrugged it off then started arguing with each other. Their leader just sulked and angrily stuff his face with Taiyaki, watching his friends fight like literally.

" Did I mention that I kissed her back, on the lips~?" Baji taunted again, literally asking for early death and Kisaki wasn't even involved. What's even worse for them, it was true.

" That's bullshit!"

" Deny all you want, fuckers! You know I wouldn't lie~" They started chasing him around the shrine as he continued to taunt them. It was worth it for him.

*** End Of Chapter***

Kakucho: I'm going to tell them.

Oh no, you ARE NOT, Boi! Tell them and I'll write a very heartbreaking moment. Clicks 'edit' on a certain draft dun test me.

Kakucho:

Well, that got ya to shut up finally... Anyways, sorry if I took too long on posting cause I lost motivation. Also, I read the latest manga and I'm like... 😐 ( <— This mah face)

I'm also suspicious about Mikey's dark impulse. I thought that it was his first but No! He had it when they were kids!

As much as I dun want to conclude, he must've had that before... meaning the Sanzu's scar incident was his second time on the dark impulse trigger. Come on, he can't just have that like... He must've had some PTSD for that.

You know, I thought Sanzu's scar came from his household like he was abused but No! Sir Ken Wakui just pulled out an Isayama and slapped us with these! Like how, he slapped us with the Kisaki simp incident. That was a good one though...

So, while waiting for the manga to update till the end... I'm going to do a slow update and change or add scenes, cause it was getting too interesting.

Anyways, Thank you for the 4k plus views and y'all enjoying my book.

I'm also sorry if this was short, Normally it should be at least 3k plus words as to not bore y'all and fuck the ads. I also thank the reader who dmed me and asked for permission to give this book some recognition. Thank you.

Meet my cousin's cat named Ginger. It's a boy.

He loves to sleep beside me, especially at 5 am. Though, he sleeps every time. Lmfao.

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Never wear a white shirt