Ohh To Be Her

ohh to be her

Fun under the Sun

SUMMARY: Manjiro Sano, leader of the most notorious crime syndicate in Japan, invited you to spend a week on his private tropical island. There, you'll experience the height of luxury and the depths of debauchery. Will you succumb to the temptations?

Warnings: rough sex, vaginal sex, vaginal fingering, oral sex, deepthroating, titjob, anal sex, gangbang, impregnation, triple penetration, nipple play, creampie, bondage, gags, consensual non-consent

Pairing: Bonten!Mikey x AFAB!Reader WC: 5.5k

You smirked as you passed fellow revelers on the way to the club. You could feel eyes on you as your hips swayed and the low-riding, tight, black leather pants you wore let everyone see just how well they gripped the jiggling globes of your luscious ass cheeks. The orange top you wore was working overtime to contain your heavy breasts, your cleavage spilling out of the low-cut neckline, but the material was sturdier than it appeared. It had to be to considering how hard you intended to hit the dance floor.

You were about to step out onto the street to cross when a limousine suddenly pulled up in front of you. Your eyes momentarily flashed red in irritation before you raised an eyebrow quizzically as the rear window began to lower.

A handsome man regarded you coolly. Despite the white of his hair, he didn't seem to be old, his pale skin surprisingly smooth and wrinkle free.

"Good evening, madam. Forgive my abruptness, but I would like to make you an offer-"

"Save it mister," You cut in abruptly. "I'm not a prostitute and even if I was, you couldn't afford me, fancy car and all. Now beat it before I stop being polite."

The man's face was nearly unreadable, but you caught the slightest hint of a smirk before he motioned to his driver and the limo drove on.

You gave your hair a toss to shake off you frustration at such a lame pickup attempt before you continued to the club. The doorman didn't slow you down for a second as others continued to wait in line. You made a beeline for the dance floor, letting the blasting music envelope you. You lost yourself in the rhythm and press of other bodies.

After several songs and grinding on many anonymous individuals, you had worked up a thirst. You made you way to the bar, brushing sweaty strands of hair from your face. Before you could open your mouth to order, a drink was set before you. You stared at the glass suspiciously before the presence of someone beside you drew you attention.

Seeing the man from the limo shouldn't have come as a shock, plenty of guys had continued to hit on you after you had snubbed their advances. What was shocking was how out of place he seemed in his crisp and pressed white double-breasted blazer, a red handkerchief in the breast pocket, black shirt, vest and white tie. It clashed horribly with the bar's throngs of young people in various styles of alluring outfits, and yet, he exuded a confidence that made it seem like everyone else were the ones who didn't belong.

"The drink is on the house, madam," he said as he raised a martini in salute.

"What are you? The owner?" You asked derisively, knowing for a fact that that club owner was a much younger man who had hit on you several times.

"Yes, in fact," he said before taking a sip from his drink. "As of several minutes ago."

When you stared at him in disbelief, he raised his free hand above his head and made a short cutting motion. Immediately the music died and the patrons began looking around in confusion.

"Come, join me at a table while my men clear the club so we can have a private conversation."

True to his word, the bouncers were ushering everyone else out of the club. Still in shock, you followed him and sat opposite at one of the tables along the wall. It took several minutes for the club to empty out and they sat in silence, youre trying to keep your surprise in check.

"I suppose an introduction is in order," he said once the place was empty. "My name is Manjiro Sano."

Your eyes widened in recognition of the name, but you have not really seen the man’s face until now. He continued before you could say anything.

"Judging from your reaction, I assume you have heard of my active organization. I am currently Bonten's head, but I am not here in that capacity. Suffice to say my criminal life has not been a happy one for a long time. I'm divesting myself from my syndicate. I've taken what I felt I was due and now I find myself in need of a companion worthy of my station."

He sat back, sipping his drink as he let his words sink in.

"Me?!" You were unable to contain your incredulity before it gave way to anger that drove you to your feet. "I told you already, I'm not a prostitute! You may be the infamous Manjiro Sano of Bonten, but I am not scared to defy you. First of all, I have no business with an underworld king like you. I am sorry -"

"Please, at least hear my offer before you reject it outright," Manjiro said as he reached into an inner coat pocket and withdrew a pen. He began writing on a napkin as he continued, "One week as my escort to my private island. You can leave any time you desire, but while there you will experience the kind of luxury few can even imagine."

Manjiro finished writing on the napkin, folded it in half, and slid it towards you, "And to compensate you for your time and company."

You hesitantly reached out and picked up the napkin as you sat back down, unfolding it to find an obscenely large number written on it.

"I can pay even more if that isn't enough," Manjiro whispered in you ear, causing you to jump in your seat. You hadn't noticed him moving around to your side of the table. As your eyes met his piercing onyx gaze, you were surprised to find no hint of condescension, just earnest desire.

You looked away as your cheeks flushed and your heart raced. The napkin crumpled as you balled your hands into fists to keep from fidgeting.

"I-I suppose checking it out couldn't hurt."

***

Manjiro hadn't been lying about the luxury that awaited you. It had only been a couple of days but you were already wondering how you would go back to your normal life. It wasn't like you had lived a meager life before meeting Manjiro, but it certainly seemed that way in comparison. You ate the finest meals and drank spirits that were beyond top shelf. You swam in crystal clear waters and hiked beautiful trails, and surprisingly, Manjiro was by your side for most of it.

Throughout it all you were aware of his eyes trailing over your body but he never made you feel uncomfortable or tried to push himself upon you. He was engaging and attentive, quick to offer up a new activity or service if there was ever a lull in your revelry, though at that exact moment a lull was just the thing you were looking for.

You were reclined on a beach towel that had a thread count so high it felt almost criminal to lay on it. Your aviator sunglasses kept the sun out of your eyes as you let the sound of the waves sink you into a state of deep relaxation. The only thing that kept you from drifting off to sleep was the sound of footsteps approaching.

"You should be more careful," Manjiro said as he stood over you, his eyes trailing down you body and the orange and yellow striped bikini you wore.

You turned your head a fraction to regard him, "Why? There's nothing dangerous on this island and I doubt any of your staff are a threat."

Manjiro chuckled at the notion, "I was referring to the sun. It would be a shame to have your flawless skin damaged by a sunburn. I have some lotion with me. Would you be so kind as to help me with the hard-to-reach spots?"

It was a small request so you didn't seem the harm in it as you took off your sunglasses and pushed yourself up. Manjiro handed you the bottle and you began to rub a hearty squirt of the stuff into his back. This was the first time you had gotten so close in a situation that might be seen as intimate. Manjiro glanced over his shoulder down at you and you felt a blush creep into you cheeks even though all youre doing was running your hands up and down his back. It actually made you focus more on his body and you noticed that he had a supple and muscular build on the leaner side, similar to a marathon runner's.

"Would you let me return the favor?" Manjiro asked as you finished, catching you off-guard. The idea of his hands running over your body made you shiver in a way that surprised you. You knew he desired you, but sex had never been outright stated as part of your deal, and finding yourself entertaining the idea was startling.

"That would be nice," You found yourself saying before you partially snapped back to your senses. "Just mind my hair," you added in warning before you laid back down on you stomach.

Manjiro knelt beside you, and you glanced back at him out of the corner of your eye as you rested your head on your crossed arms. You found yourself once more eyeing his lithe build when you noticed the bulge of his speedo. You must have stared because Manjiro paused and then glanced down at his crotch. Once more he surprised you when he laughed.

"Do you find this embarrassing?" He asked, oozing confidence as he spread his legs wider to display what seemed to be a truly impressive erection straining against the tight fabric. "I won't deny that part of why I asked you to accompany me was a physical attraction. There's no shame in verbally or physically admitting you arouse me. May I continue?"

You swallowed and nodded before turning away to hide your blush. You still jumped a little as his hands began to work lotion into you skin. Slowly the rubdown became more of a massage and Manjiro surprised you again with his deft touch and strong hands. You barely gasped in surprise when his hands squeezed the back of your thighs and daringly cupped the bottom of your ass. Meeting no resistance, he boldly grabbed your ass cheeks, his fingers sinking deeply as he squeezed and spread them. You bit you lip as he manhandled your bubble butt, knowing you should stop him, but unable to bring yourself to do so.

"Y/N, you are the most exquisite woman I've ever laid eyes on," Manjiro said as one of his hands slipped beneath your bikini bottom. Your knuckles were white as you gripped your arms while his fingers explored the deep valley of you ass. Your asshole puckered and twitched as his fingers brushed over it before diving deeper.

You buried you face into the towel to muffle you moan as his fingers slid over your damp folds. He teasingly probed your pussy as his other hand trailed up your body to undo your top. That brought your head up, only for you to yelp as Manjiro surprised you by rolling you onto you back. You could have easily stopped him but the way he looked at you, the way he touched you, it was intoxicating and you wanted more.

Emboldened, Manjiro kissed you while fondling your breast and teasing you pussy. He deftly rolled your hardening nipple between thumb and index finger while stirring your pussy up with his other hand. You moaned around his lips and squirmed with pleasure but as good as his fingers felt sliding in and out of you pussy, there was something more fulfilling you couldn't stop picturing. Manjiro let out a grunt of surprise as you hand cupped his crotch but he quickly recovered and began slowly, steadily thrusting against you hand. You continued manually stimulating each other until his speedo was thoroughly stained with precum and your cunt was flushed and glistening with fluids.

Manjiro finally pulled away, if only to shed his speedo and free his cock to bob in the air. You sharply inhaled as you got your first good look at his dick. You were by no means a virgin but the meaty monolith gave you pause even as you sat up to grasp the base. Manjiro moaned his approval as you brought your other hand to caress his heavy balls.

"I promise you won't be disappointed if you give it a try," Manjiro added, his confidence irrepressible as ever.

You obliged, if only to see the look on his face as you wrapped your lips around his tip. It was your turn to tease him as you slurped lewdly on his cock, making no effort to take more than what was already in your mouth. The shudder of pleasure that shot through him as your tongue swirled around his glans felt very satisfying. You could tell Manjiro wanted more as you edged him with slow strokes with both hands, the remnants of lotion making your hands quite slick.

Once you felt he had suffered on the brink enough you eased off him, earning a look of annoyance that quickly shifted to amazement as you lay back on the towel. You reached down, squeezing your heavy breasts between you arms as your hands spread you pussy open in invitation.

"Give it a try, I promise you won't be disappointed," you teased, throwing his boast back at him.

Manjiro practically pounced on you, barely able to maintain his air of superiority as desire raged inside him. You threw your head back as he spread you open slowly, savoring you like a fine wine. He trailed kisses up your chest, as his cock stretched you more than any other man or toy ever had. For the briefest of moments, you stayed embraced like that before Manjiro's grip shifted to your hips, lifting them ever so slightly, and he slammed himself the rest of the way forward.

Your back arched and you gasped at the sudden intensity, but even more than that, was just how amazing it felt to be speared by his cock. He struck depths that left you quaking beneath him and as he pulled back the flare of his mushroom-shaped tip dragged along your walls until your eyes crossed in delicious agony. Manjiro drove himself forward with relentless stamina as his hands shifted to grab the back of yourr thighs. He forced your ass up higher until his balls were heartily slapping against you, resounding across the empty beach.

"Would you grant me a request?" Manjiro suddenly asked, not even breathing hard as he pounded away at your pussy.

"Wh-what did you have in mind?" You asked before you bit you lip to keep back a sad sigh as he pulled out of you.

"Get on your hands and knees."

You blushed but quickly rolled over to comply. You looked back to Manjiro as he once more grabbed your waist and stuffed you full of his cock. This angle wasn't quite as deep but his pace was nearly breakneck in comparison, causing your ass to ripple with his thrusts while your heavy breasts swayed wildly, your excited nipples dragging occasionally along the towel beneath you. He hammered your pussy like he intended to truly get his money's worth out of you, and you let you head fall to rest on you arms, if only to keep him from seeing how his harsh pounding made your limbs tremble with desire.

As if he could sense your enthusiasm at his rough treatment, Manjiro took one hand from your hip and raised it high overhead. The spank sent a shockwave up through your body and though you cried out sharply, it quickly morphed into a hearty moan. Another spank had you driving yourself into his thrusts, panting and grunting as you met his intensity with you own. Manjiro peppered your ass with spanks, occasionally switching hands so both cheeks were decorated with vibrant hand prints. Each strike made your eyes flare red as you threw you head back, whipping you hair this way and that while reveling in the heady mix of pain and pleasure.

Manjiro's stamina was truly incredible, but your need for release outmatched even his incredible pace. With one powerful slam of your ass, you sent Manjiro sprawling, catching him entirely off guard. Before he could pick himself up, you pounced on him, your eyes dangerously red as your hair seemed to be made of fire. You held him down easily with just one hand as the other aligned his cock with your dripping pussy. The force with which you dropped onto his cock made his eyes bulge and were it not for the sand you were fucking on, he might have suffered real damage. As it was, you seemed intent on riding him into the ground, even as the walls of your pussy squeezed him so tight that he thought you might lift him up with just the grip of your sex.

Though he'd been taken by surprise Manjiro quickly recovered and grabbed hold of your pillowy breasts, aggressively mashing one as he brought his mouth to yourr stiff nipple. Your tit flesh was like dough between his fingers as he squeezed and yourr peaked nipple was nearly as sensitive as your clit under his skilled tongue. Your fucking became more a battle of wills, a race to see whose body would give out first and unfortunately for you, Manjiro's spanks weren't quite the same as a battle with a noob white-belter in karate. Your eyes became lazy once more, and you paused as a wave of exhaustion came over you.

In that moment Manjiro rolled you onto your back and this time he rose to his feet as he grabbed your legs, folding you nearly in half. With your ankles by your head in a mating press, Manjiro slammed into you harder and faster than ever. Your pussy gushed like a fountain every time he plunged into you, and you mewled weakly as his cock repeatedly struck the entrance to your womb. Seeing you tremble as you were overwhelmed with pleasure was the catalyst he needed to reach his own climax and with a powerful lung, he drove himself down and came violently. He made smaller, gentler thrusts in time with each swell of his cock, rocking you almost tenderly as he filled you with delicious and copious amount of his fertile seed. Finally, he let your legs drop limply so he could cup your face in his hands, pulling you into a passionate kiss. You shivered, both from the kiss and the sensation of his cock slipping free of your pussy, hot cum oozing from your gaping hole.

When he pulled away, you gulped down air, still shivering as every touch made your nerves scream. Manjiro laid down beside you, watching you with amusement and an unsatiated hunger.

"So, I take it you'll be staying the rest of the week?" He asked, smirking confidently.

You surprised him again as you rolled over to straddle his waist, before laying your body atop his and kissing him deeply. When you pulled away, your eyes were alight with desire as you said, "I think you need to talk a little less if we're going to make up for all the time we wasted not fucking."

With that you slid down his body and enveloped his cock between your massive tits, working them back and forth to massage his cock back to life with your ample breasts.

***

True to your word, you and Manjiro spent the next several days fucking constantly. You still enjoyed the pleasures of the island, but often while enjoying the pleasures of each other's bodies as well. You even fucked shamelessly in front of the staff when meals were prepared and served to them. Manjiro especially enjoyed drinking fine wines from the depths of your bosom as you squeezed your weighty breasts together.

You had just finished a meal and you were on your knees, coaxing dessert from Manjiro's balls. He sat in a chair, unfortunately distracted from you deepthroating his cock. That didn't stop him from grabbing your head and hilting his cock in you throat before pumping a heavy load into your stomach. When he finally let go of you, you coughed heartily but didn't seem all that upset, you had found you enjoyed it when he got rough with you. If anything, you were concerned with his preoccupation.

"Is everything all right?" You asked as you rested you folded arms on his knee, laying your head atop your arms as you looked up at Manjiro.

For the first time since you had met, Manjiro seemed hesitant. He finally looked down to you with a furrowed brow.

"Do you trust me?"

You picked your head up as you frowned. It was a strange question for him to ask after spending the past couple of days fucking you.

"I don't think I would have let you fuck my ass if I didn't," You said as you playfully rocked his leg back and forth, trying dispel the air of unease you felt.

"What if I told you that I've invited a number of my executives to the island to fuck you for an obscene amount of money? Not only that, but if anyone manages to impregnate you, then that man will win the entire pot of money they have all put forward. What would you say to that?"

You searched Manjiro's face for any hint of tomfoolery but he remained somberly serious. You wanted to lash out in outrage, demand if the past few days had meant anything to him, but as expected of a syndicate boss, you’re not surprised if he use you like he use other people simply for their funny gambling games, foul desires, and lecherous amusement, his executives will place bets on who can manage to impregnate you in the shortest span of time, and the winner will take home the entire pot money. Cruel and inhumane indeed. But you couldn't stop thinking about how he had answered your question with a question of his own. Did you trust him?

"I would say that I do trust you, but if I end knocked up with some random guy's baby, you'll owe me far more than money." You emphasized your words by gripping his shaft and squeezing until it was just shy of painful.

Manjiro's face split in a massive smile as he reached down to stroke your cheek affectionately. "You have my word that it won't come to that, not even close."

***

The next day you found yourself naked, and on your knees with your arms bound tightly but comfortably behind your back. You could hear the murmur of a crowd around you, but they seemed to be waiting for something. You hated to admit but the combination of being made to wait and knowing there were so many eyes devouring the sight of you voluptuous naked body was making you wet and needy.

Finally, the sound of something metallic striking glass rang out and the crowd grew silent. Manjiro's voice boomed through the room, "Welcome gentlemen, I know you are all looking forward to today's event. Before we begin, I would like to assure you that Y/N is indeed fertile and ovulating, as you can read from her laboratory analysis results." There was brief pause and some more murmuring before Manjiro continued, "Well then, if there are no further issues, then for the next twenty-four hours fill her up as much as you can and may the most potent man win!"

Your head snapped towards Manjiro's voice, he hadn't mentioned anything about being fucked for a day straight! It was too late to do anything about it as you were immediately surrounded by a press of bodies. Despite their rush they seemed to have decided some sort of pecking order as two purple haired guys positioned you so you were straddling the one with the jellyfishy mullet while the taller guy with the neat hairstyle you assumed to be his brother considering their similar faces, held your shoulders. They unceremoniously began pounding your ass and pussy. The others satisfied themselves with groping and caressing you, pinching your nipples, tugging your ample breasts roughly, and jamming fingers into your mouth through the O-ring gag that forced your mouth open. You moaned and grunted as the cocks of the two brothers fucking you ground against each other through the walls of your body. Eventually a third cock was forced through your gag which belongs to a man with a lovely pink hair, and your cries were reduced to wet gargles as you were facefucked mercilessly by the madman.

They seemed to redouble their efforts, shifting you again to lay on your back atop a man with a silver long hair as he hammered your asshole while another cock from a tall scarred man with heterochromatic eyes speared your pussy. Someone grabbed your head and tilted it back so they could continue fucking your mouth, it was the pretty man with pink hair again, eventually a fourth man with the purple mullet straddled your stomach as you felt hands squeezing your pillowy breasts together so he could fuck your tits wildly. The bodies kept being replaced by more until you lost count of the number of times you'd been cummed in or on, only that the reek of ejaculate was embedded in your nose and you were starting to feel rather sore all over.

Even though you'd been told the goal was to impregnate you, the men seemed equally content to dump their loads in your ass and mouth and you were soon leaking profusely from all three holes. Despite your initial trepidation, the constant pressure from all sides and the seemingly endless line of dicks plugging your holes was driving you wild. Not because they were satisfying you, but because of their complete inability to do so. It was like an endless battle against foes who tried to measure up to Manjiro but always came up short; every ejaculation was a victory for you. You threw yourself into draining their balls, flexing your lower muscles to tighten your holes, making the men fucking you cry out in pleasure as cum exploded from their cocks.

There were occasional pauses where you were wiped down with a wet cloth and given some water, but the bondage and the rest of the gear was never removed. In time even your stamina began to flag but the men paid your whimpers no mind as they abused your holes and by the time it was finally over you were a moaning, shivering mess that was barely conscious. You were on your side, panting through the O-ring when a hand touched your face. You flinched reflexively but the hand remained and the way it caressed your cheek was familiar. You lifted your head as Manjiro spoke from right beside you.

"Well gentlemen, you've successfully fucked her for an entire day. Thanks to advances in medical technologies, we'll be able to see right now if any of you are going to be a proud papa and win money."

Conception can happen in hours, but implantation usually happens about a week later. The technology Manjiro is talking about directly scans a fertilized egg in your womb and not the hormone called HCG which is only evident after the implantation, making this invention quite handy in their short-timed games.

The gag came off you and though you had to squint and everything was blurry from your teary eyes, you were able to make out a holographic projection above you. As your vision cleared you saw it was a readout of yourself, vitals that was currently updating. An excited hush filled the room as the update percentage climbed toward completion. Despite Manjiro's earlier assurance that everything would be fine, you felt a sour lump in your gut that had nothing to do with the liters of sperm you'd swallowed.

The update reached 100% and groans of disappointment filled the room as the screen flashed negative results. No conception happened. You let your head fall to the floor in relief, barely aware of Manjiro quelling angry cries of protest and ushering everyone else from the room. You laid there on the brink of slipping into unconsciousness when Manjiro returned and knelt beside you. He tenderly undid your restraints and helped you into a sitting position. Your jaw ached from being kept open for so long but you ignored the pain as you spoke.

"How did you know I wouldn't get pregnant?"

Manjiro met your gaze evenly before glancing to the side. You followed his eyes and saw tables lining the edge of the room and many empty glasses atop them all.

"A good businessman always gives himself an edge over the competition. In this case, a little known, fast-acting drug that renders my men temporarily infertile. I made sure they were all dosed by the time they arrived on the island, and slipped more into their drinks as a precaution. By the time they take their wives or mistresses to bed, they'll be perfectly fine."

Sly, loathsome, evil, little creature. You thought. In the end, the proceeds went to his beloved syndicate’s fund. Manjiro looked back at you and his features softened as his hand touched you wrist where the marks of you bindings were vibrant and red.

"Are you all right?"

"I'll be fine. Give me a few hours and we can go back to having some proper fun."

You laughed at the look of surprise on Manjiro's face. "I haven't had a proper orgasm in twenty-four hours, you'll have to work hard to make up for all that wasted time."

***

It was the final day of your arrangement and Manjiro and you had spent every waking moment entangled in each other. You were sitting in his lap, bouncing madly on his cock as he split your ass, your hefty bottom clapping loudly. Manjiro had his face between your breasts, which easily obscured his whole head as he moaned with abandon. You ran your hands through his hair before pulling his head up so you could latch on to his lips. As you kissed deeply, you slammed your ass down and was rewarded with an explosion of heat deep in your bowels. You rocked your hips to wring every last drop from Manjiro's cock before resting your forehead against his and sighing contentedly.

"What would you say to extending your stay with me?" Manjiro suddenly asked as you sat in each other's embrace.

"Mmm, how much longer?" You responded huskily as you flexed your floor muscles to squeeze and massage his cock in your ass, hoping for another round.

"Forever."

“…”

"Marry me, Y/N. Stay by my side here, for the rest of our lives, and bear my children."

…

“I am sorry Manjiro, this was not part of our deal” You leaned down to kiss him as he laid you down and then moaned as his cock surged to life in your asshole. That moan became a sad sigh as he pulled his cock free.

…

Silence bounced, fell off his tongue and sat between them and clogged his throat. It slaughtered his trust. They exchanged blind words, and he did not cry, he did not beg, but blackness filled his ears, blackness lunged in his heart, and something that had been good, a sort of kindly oxygen, turned into a gas oven.

Manjiro chuckled dryly as you lay both down basked in the afterglow of your sex, “Just kidding.”

Finally I can post them together🥴

riding him too slow so that he gets mad & starts pounding u from below so hard all u can do is hold on and cry >>>>>>>>>>

fuck fuck fuck this is so hot

oops ! wrong number <3 | hanma shuji & ryuguji ken

summary: i’ll think of one tomorrow it’s 2:45 i need to sleep -> hanma fucks u n sends a video to ur step brother, who ur also fucking

warnings: mean!hanma, fem!reader, step bro!draken, stepcest, noncon filming, degradation/humiliation, choking, brief impact play, dumbification, somno (hanma fucks u til u pass out n then keeps goin), pet names (baby, princess) unedited and written at 2 am

not doing a full tag list but @sakusins @t-roki @sano-obsessed @scandescent @bokuroskitten @wakasasucker @akihaya @manjiroscum @kisakiapologist

draken frowned as he looked down at his phone, taking in the unknown number and half tempted to ignore, figuring it to be some sort of troll. he sighed as he looked back up, eyes darting around as he tried to figure out where the fuck you were and why you were so late. you had told him to be there at two to pick you up from the mall with your friends, and you knew how much he hated waiting around and he had half a mind to go in there looking for you because it was nearly thirty minutes past two and he wanted to get back home.

his lips twisted down further as he looked back at the notification, brows furrowing as a second attachment came in after the first, finally deciding to open up the thread with the new number, taking in the sight of the two videos.

he hesitated for a split second before clicking on the first, leaning back on his bike and getting comfortable as he eyed the screen suspiciously. for a second, nothing happened—the screen remained black and the there was no noise, and just as draken was about to turn the video off, he finally heard rustling and a voice.

“hey, hey, hey,” the voice was male, familiar, something akin to dread started to pool in his gut. “stop fuckin squirmin.”

a soft whine, an even more familiar voice, met draken’s ears in response. he sat back up straight, now on high alert, lips pressed together and grip tight on his phone as he stared down at the still black screen.

no. there was no way.

“-ji, what’re you doin?” but your voice was unmistakable, the soft lit that always had draken’s blood running hot, the eerily familiar whimper that edged at the end of your sentence.

“ken, c’mon stop teasin.”

“relax, baby,” the male voice cooed—so familiar that it made draken sick to his stomach but he couldn’t quite place from where, “want you to smile pretty for me, ‘kay?”

“huh?” he heard you ask before the dark screen finally shifted, he frowned at the sudden light and as the camera focused in on your face, on your swollen, puffy lips, on the drool staining your cheeks, on your smeared make up and glassy eyes.

and then on the tattooed hand wrapped around your throat, holding you up in view of the camera. sin, stared draken right in the eye and immediately draken’s blood ran hot, his ears were ringing as he stared down at the video, fingers twitching to turn it off but he couldn’t fucking bring himself to.

what the fuck?

“shuji, what’re you doin?” your voice was half slurred, your expression dazed, and draken knew better than anyone that you were already half fucked out on his cock, having rendered you to that state himself countless times before.

you were-

“say hi to your big brother, baby,” hanma shuji’s voice was mocking and draken could only watch as his face dipped into view of the camera when you didn’t register his words, biting down hard on your shoulder—right over a mark that draken had left on you several nights ago.

-fucking hanma shuji?

draken felt bile rise to his throat as familiar, high pitch moan hit his ears, as your body jolted forward toward the camera as hanma rocked his hips into you, as your jaw went slack and your teary eyes rolled back.

“i said say hi,” hanma repeated, voice lower, less mocking and more of a threat, and another whimper ripped from your throat.

“h-h-h-hiii, ken-nii,” you stuttered and slurred over your words, another gasp pulling from your lips as hanma rolled his hips against yours.

“ken-nii,” hanma mocked, “you’re a dirty little bitch, arent ya? fuckin’ your own step brother?”

draken felt his throat close up at his words, fury racing through him as he tried to figure out how exactly hanma had managed to figure that out before irritation took over the fury. of course he figured it out, eyes tracing the marks draken had left on your body—marks that he never would have left if he had known you were fucking whoring yourself out to any available cock.

tears spilled over your cheeks, “n-n-no! ‘m no-“

hanma’s grip on your throat tightened, cutting you off, a broken cry escaped your lips at the same time as a resounding slap met draken’s ear, hanma bringing his free hand down on your ass hard, “you lyin’ to me now, baby?” he cooed and you shook your head immediately as best as you could with the hand around your neck, “‘s what i thought, be a good girl f’me ‘n i’ll consider not sending him this, yeah?”

your eyes shot open immediately, even in your fucked out state, alarm bells went off. draken’s lip curled up into a snarl as he watched you claw at hanma’s wrist, only trying to stop with the threat of draken finding out.

“no! you cant tell him, shuji! he’ll be so mad at me, put the camera away, i don’t-“

“shhh,” hanma chuckled and draken’s vision went red as he watched hanma nudge his nose against the side of your head, biting down on your ear lobe and tugging it gently, watched as your voice faltered and another soft whine slipped from your lips in response, “relax, baby, you’re gunna cum for me one more time, alright? n then i won’t send it, deal?”

“again?” you sobbed, “shuji ‘s been so many times ‘m so sensitive, i don’ think i can-“

hanma clicked his tongue, “gonna give me another, i’ll fuck you all fuckin’ day if i gotta.”

hanma didn’t wait for a response and draken nearly clicked off the video as hanma propped his phone up on what seemed to be a table next to the couch two of you were on—giving draken full sight of your bare body on all fours in front of hanma shuji, who was practically fully dressed behind you.

turn it off, he told himself, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it as hanma’s other hand—punishment—gripped your hip hard. he pulled you up by the neck as he snapped his hips into you, laughing when a shaky cry of his name left your lips.

“so between you n me,” hanma grinned wildly as he pulled you up more so that your back was flush against his chest, and draken couldn’t look away from your slack expression—the lidded eyes you could barely hold open, the drool sliding down your swollen, parted lips to your chin, dripping down your neck. “who fucks ya better? me or your brother?

draken hated how his ears perked up at the question, how his eyes immediately narrowed on the screen. a gurgle of protest escapes your lips, tears streaming down your cheeks faster.

“c’mon, baby, just say it. we both know it’s not him, you wouldn’t’ve come to me if he was fuckin you right,” hanma mocked, “bet he treats you like a glass doll, doesn’t know his precious lil princess just wants to be bent over n fucked like a whore, yeah?”

and draken hated that he was right. and he hated that you nodded.

“‘s you, shuji, s’good, s’good, so so so so good,” a barely coherent string of babbles left your lips and hanma let out another loud laugh, eyes dancing with mirth as he looked up to the camera, letting go of your neck to let your body fall against the couch as he grabbed your hips with both hands.

and draken could only watch as he picked up the pace of his hips, dragging your body back to meet his with every thrust, your weak moans meeting his ears and his eyes trained on your slack jaw and knocked back eyes.

“hear that, ken,” hanma mocked and blood roared in draken’s ears as the rage hit him again now that hanma was directly addressing him through the camera, “cant even properly satisfy your pretty lil step sister, how’s it feel that she has to run to me to get fucked right? bet you’ve never seen her like this, have you?”

draken’s stomach churned as sin slid up your body to grab your hair, yanking your upper body back off the couch to bring your face back in view of the camera.

“have you?” hanma goaded and draken hated how hanma already knew the answer if the cocky grin on his face had anything to say about it—he had never seen you like that before. hanma let go of your hair again, letting you drop back limp to the cushions, grabbing your hip to resume the brutal pace, “aw, you tappin out on me, baby?” hanma cooed and draken watched as you didn’t respond, not with a moan or movement, “too bad.”

hanma didn’t make any move to stop though, if anything, taking the opportunity to fuck you harder, faster, and draken’s mouth was dry as he watched hanma fuck your unconscious form.

“gonna fill her up,” hanma panted and draken had half a mind to turn the audio down so he didn’t have to hear his irritating fucking voice, “gonna stuff her full of my cum n then send her right back to you, n you’re not even gonna know til a few days later when i send this to ya.”

hanma let out another breathless laugh, one that dissolved into an obscene moan as his hips stuttered against your ass before stilling against you.

the video cut off and draken’s body moved on automatic as he clicked on the second one, mind numbing anger sweeping through him as the video loaded, showing your unconscious form laying face down on the couch. he watched as the camera drifted down your body to your ruined cunt, he watched as hanma shuji spread your pussy lips, giving draken full view of hanma’s thick cum leaking out of your cunt.

he couldn’t tear his eyes away as hanma scooped up the leaking cum with two fingers and stuffed it right back into your hole before the video cut off yet again.

his grip on his phone was so tight that it was a miracle he hadn’t broken it yet, and he looked up for a second, vision red as he caught sight of you making your way toward him and his bike, smiling widely and waving.

his phone binged again. draken looked down.

18:32 oops wrong number <3

I for a minute thought that he has a point, but it's still light black for me.

Chifuyu, pointing at a wall: what color is this?

Takemichi: Gray.

(Name): Gray.

Chifuyu, turning to baji: Now tell them what color do you think it is.

Baji: Dark white.

LITTLE DARK AGE

haitani ran x fem!reader x haitani rindou

summary: eight years later, you finally return to tokyo and find yourself caught in the middle of a violent gang war between the two most ruthless criminal organizations of tokyo’s underworld, forced to choose between blood and love.

genre: bonten timeskip, angst, forbidden romance, childhood friends -> strangers -> lovers, 18+ MDNI

warnings: fem!reader, gang violence, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, explicit smut, polyamory, profanity, MCD, unedited, MTBA

chapter warnings: threat of sexual assault, perjury, explicit mentions of class privileges/discrimination, court scene based off of US court of law

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CHAPTER Ⅴ. YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID

SIXTEEN YEARS EARLIER. 

“Is this the best idea?” 

Rindou’s fists were tight at his side, nails digging into his palms as he stood next to his brother, warily eyeing the group of older boys that stood at the mouth of the alley, blocking any possible escape route for the two of them.

Even as the words left his lips, Rindou knew the answer. It might not be the best idea but it was the only one. Kuroiwa and Shimada kept moving closer and closer into their territory, closer to you and your school and the penthouse and Rindou had a sick feeling about it. And he knew that to some extent, his worry was unwarranted--Miss Yua and Mister Ayato were driving you to and from school, to your skating lessons and back. You never went out alone--Rindou was always with you and Ran was hovering around in the distance watching over both of you but…

It only takes one slip up. 

The thought left a bitter taste in his mouth.

“Doesn’t matter,” Ran said and Rindou glanced up at his brother--he was sure that he had never seen him so serious before. Ran’s lips were pressed together tight and his eyes were sharp as he watched the group gathering at the entrance to the alley, more showing up as each second passed. 

Ran stepped forward. Rindou stiffened.

“Too afraid to face us on your own that you had to bring your entire gang, Kuroiwa?” Ran looked deceptively at ease as he mocked the president of Max Maniacs but Rindou knew better--he could see the way that Ran’s shoulders were tenser than usual and he could see the way his lip twitched in irritation.

“Relax,” Kuroiwa stepped forward, Shimada at his heels, a cigarette hanging between his lips, and Rindou grit his teeth at the lazy drawl. Fucking sleaze, Rindou thought to himself, “They’re only here to watch. You know how it goes, we need witnesses.”

“Witnesses are supposed to be neutral,” Rindou spit out and Kuroiwa turned his beady gaze onto him. He didn’t like it, it made his skin crawl. 

“There are no neutral parties in Roppongi,” Kuroiwa said, “Only us and you.”

Rindou exhaled through his nose, teeth grinding together, knowing that Kuroiwa was right. All of the minor gangs that had been littered throughout Roppongi and the rest of Minato had been absorbed into Max Maniacs. And while going to a gang from another ward was possible, the only other real option was the Black Dragons based in Shibuya and Rindou wasn’t even sure if they could be considered an option considering how unstable they had become over the past year. Rindou was pretty sure they had gone through a matter of three leaders in the course of nine months.

“Guess it’ll just be us by the end of the day, though,” Shimada was the one to speak up and Rindou’s gaze darted up, nose wrinkling as the older boy spit out a wad of saliva to the ground. “One way or another,” he added.

“One last chance to settle this peacefully,” Kuroiwa told the two of them and Rindou grimaced.

There would be no settling this peacefully. Rindou knew this, hands tight at his side, Ran knew this from the way his gaze darkened, Kuroiwa knew it from the amused smile twitching on his lips and Shimada knew it from the snort that ripped from his mouth. Even if they did what Kuroiwa and Shimada wanted, joined them… Rindou grimaced. There was already too much bad blood, he and Ran had fought with just about every member they had come across around Roppongi. It would not end well for them. 

“No?” Shimada’s voice grated against Rindou’s ears, hatred stirred in his gut. Ran would end up fighting the president, he would end up fighting Shimada. Unease hit him almost immediately. Shimada is bigger than him. A lot fucking bigger than him. And Rindou had training, yeah, but… He swallowed thickly. 

He’d have to fight smarter, be faster. One hit from Shimada could fuck him up bad. He couldn’t let the two of them gang up on Ran. 

Fight smarter, he reminded himself. Pretend you’re at the dojo. 

But he’s not at the dojo, this isn’t a supervised spar. They could fucking kill him, kill Ran. They could go after you once taking the two of them out. 

His heartbeat was racing and Rindou could feel the panic beginning to take hold. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, Breathe out.

Losing wasn’t an option. Fight smarter. 

He shared a look with Ran. Calm down, Ran told him silently, we’ll be fine. 

And for a second, Rindou was jealous, and it was for such a petty reason that Rindou didn’t even want to admit it to himself. But he just could never understand where Ran got all of his confidence from. He supposed that was a lie. Of course, Ran was confident, he was good at everything he set his mind to; a natural where Rindou had to put in hours of training just to even have a chance of keeping up. 

And Rindou hated it, he hated how when you were around watching them spar, your eyes would always follow Ran instead of him; he hated how Ran would always stay behind without him having to ask, knowing that Rindou was going to spend extra hours training; he hated how no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t seen to catch up to Ran. 

Now’s not the time, he told himself, focus.

“Guess it’s a no then,” Kuroiwa said after a moment when neither of them responded to Shimada. He looked over at Shimada. “Let’s finish this then.”

Rindou stiffened, Ran’s lips pulled up in a thin, unfriendly smile, “Yeah,” he agreed, “let’s.”

Shimada was on him in a second and Rindou’s eyes shot open, barely dodging a fist aimed for his face. Focus, he told himself, lips twisted down. His eyes darted to the side, catching sight of Kuroiwa engaging Ran in combat.

Fuck, Rindou was more than capable of fighting on his own. He knew that. He did. He was confident in his fighting abilities even if he acknowledged Ran was better. But… it didn’t matter, he reminded himself, more insistently, focus. You won’t win if you don’t focus. Don’t let them gang up on Ran. 

Rindou grunted, taking a blow to the side as he took the opportunity to grab his arm, twisting it hard enough for Shimada to let out a sharp shout of pain before Rindou drove his fist deep into the man’s gut--once, twice, three times, and he was going for a fourth when he found himself flung back hard against the building on the alley.

His head hit the concrete with a painful smack and a loud crunch resounded from his left arm. His vision spun and the breath was ripped from his lungs as he desperately tried to stand back up before Shimada was on him.

“Y’know, we’ve been lookin’ for you fuckin’ douchebags,” Shimada spit out and Rindou wiped the blood from his mouth as he rose back to his feet, begging his vision to stop spotting. “You haven’t been in the alleys you usually hang around, f’months now.”

That’s right. Eight months, to be exact. It had been eight months since they had moved into the penthouse and Rindou still couldn’t get used to having a stable place to live with a roof over their heads, food in their stomachs every morning and every night, to having air conditioning when it was too hot and heat when it was too cold. Even when they had been stuck in that orphanage, they had to fight for food and froze at night during the winter with their flimsy sheets and broken windows. Rindou wasn’t sure there was ever a time before the past eight months that he and Ran were genuinely living and not just surviving.

Focus, he reminded himself again. Focus or you’ll lose it all. 

His heartbeat hammered in his chest. His throat closed up at the thought. He couldn’t. He couldn’t let them lose it--he’d never seen Ran so at ease before these last eight months, so content. He was always stressing about food and clean water and shelter and gangs. He had rarely smiled except for when fighting and even then they weren’t genuine smiles. He couldn’t let them lose it. 

“So we did some lookin’ into it, yeah?” Shimada’s words drew Rindou back to attention, and an uncomfortable feeling began to rise. “We’ve had our eyes on her for a hot minute, y’know? That pretty thing that always hangs around the two of you,” he said, “The Izanagi heiress.” 

Rindou’s heart dropped. “Well take them off her,” he spit out, and he hated the way that his voice slurred.

“Nah, don’t think we will,” Shimada said and the grin on his face was nothing short of lecherous and it made Rindou’s skin crawl. “After we put the two of you down, we might just take her for ourselves.” Rindou’s ears rang, the words echoing in his head, his blood ran hot with fury but Shimada just continued, “You get a piece of her yet? A bit young for my taste but bet she-”

A sickening crack cut him off mid-sentence and Rindou turned his attention toward where Ran was standing over Kuroiwa, face blank and blood staining his face. His eyes widened when he saw Kuroiwa laying limp on the ground, blood pooling around his head. 

Ran turned toward Shimada, “What the fuck did you just say?”

Shimada laughed but Rindou’s body felt cold because he wasn’t sure if he had ever seen Ran like this before, he went to step forward. “Fuck you-” Shimada began but Rindou could only watch as Ran was on him in a second, fist driving so hard into his face that it sent Shimada sprawling to the ground.

“Rindou, hold him down,” Rindou barely even recognized Ran’s voice, staring at him in disbelief. It sounded cold, empty, “Rindou, now.”

Rindou’s body moved on automatic, locking his arms and legs up so that Shimada couldn’t move, grimacing as pain shot through his left arm. He let out a grunt as Shimada desperately tried to kick him off. The laugh that pulled from his lips surprised even him--it was nothing short of cruel as Shimada let out a cry of pain, the joint-locking technique that their Sensei had taught him at the dojo taking effect as the older boy struggled against his hold. 

Ran was on him in a second and the laugh that had been on Rindou’s lips fell instantly catching the lethal expression that had crossed over his brother’s face as he drove his fist into Shimada’s face over and over and over again--blood splattering on his clothes, his face, spilling on the ground below them.

“Ran,” Rindou’s voice was weaker than he intended as he tried and failed, for the first time, to get Ran’s attention. “Ran!”

Ran ignored him and Rindou cringed when a loud crack echoed in his ears as Ran’s fist drove into Shimada’s face again. 

He knew. Rindou knew his brother better than anyone else in the world and he knew that no matter how much Ran tried to avoid you, no matter how hard he tried to push it away, no matter how often he brushed you off whenever you tried to talk to him, Ran cared about you. Rindou could see it in every stolen glance whenever you weren’t paying attention, every time he went out of his way to make sure you didn’t hurt yourself when he could have just let you fall, every time he’d rush finishing whatever they were doing to make sure they could get to your school before classes let out so they could make sure you got home safely. Ran cared about you, and if Rindou knew one thing about Ran, it was that he cared deeply--so deeply that Rindou was sure that it scared him and that was why he was so insistent on holding you at arm’s length.

“Ran, you’re gonna kill him,” Rindou said but he knew that his words weren’t getting to his brother and his hands trembled around Shimada’s limbs as they went limp in his hold, “Ran, we’ve gotta go, we won, we-”

“Oi! Hands in the air, back away from him!” 

No way. Rindou’s heart felt like it was lodged in his throat. He looked up, backing away from Shimada immediately as his eyes fell upon the cops lining the mouth of the alley, guns raised and pointed at him and Ran. He grabbed Ran by the back of the shirt, yanking him off Shimada and Rindou watched as clarity slowly began washing over his face, as his eyes darted between the cops and the dead end alley behind them.

Nowhere to run.

The cops were on the two of them in an instant, yanking Rindou away from Ran and making him let out a hiss of pain at the grip on his left arm. “Hey,” Ran shouted, “The fuck are you doing? Let him go!” 

The cops ignored him and Rindou grimaced as he cuffed his arms behind his back, “Hey,” Ran’s voice was louder, edged on desperate, and Rindou hated it. Ran never sounded desperate, “Let him the fuck go! He didn’t do anything!”

Rindou nearly stumbled to the ground as the cops jostled him forward toward the car, Ran shouting up a storm as they dragged him along. 

“Rin! Ran!” Rindou’s breath caught as he heard your familiar voice calling for them, gaze darting to the side to see you running down the street toward them, eyes wide, panting and still in your school uniform, “Hey! What are you doing with them? Let them go!” 

You pushed past two cops that tried to stop you from reaching them, failing to push through the third as he grabbed you by the arm, dragging you back, “Let me go! Hey, let me go right now!” 

“That’s the Izanagi heiress,” one of the cops holding Ran muttered as they pushed the two of them into the car, “The hell is she doing out here?”

“Ran, Rin! I’ll figure something out, I promise, I-” 

Your voice was cut off as the doors slammed shut behind them and Rindou wanted to cry because he was pretty sure they had just lost exactly what he had feared. 

--

Your feet padded against the white tiles as you took off down the halls of Izanagi HQ, sweating through your school uniform having sprinted halfway across Roppongi to get there. You ignored the secretary yelling behind you, telling you to stop because your uncle was in a meeting. 

You didn’t care. He’s avoided you since your parent’s funeral and you needed him now, so he would deal with you whether he liked it or not. 

You pushed open the doors to his office, catching sight of him talking with an unfamiliar man. You kept your chin high, trying to hide your shakiness as both of the men turned toward you, “I need your assistance immediately!” you said. Your voice shook, your lip trembled, it was not going well.

Your uncle raised his eyebrows, “Y/n,” he murmured, “You should not be here.”

“I need your assistance,” you repeated, and it wasn’t what you had been trying to say. You wanted to tell him that two of your friends, your only friends, were just taken by the cops, that you didn’t know how to help them, but all you could do was repeat yourself in fear that you would break down if you voiced aloud what had happened.

The blood, the limp body, had they killed him? What had happened?

Your uncle stared at you for a moment but it wasn’t him that spoke next, “You must be y/n, I was wondering when we would meet,” your attention turned to the casually dressed tattooed man lounging next to your uncle, he gave you an easy smile that nearly settled your nerves until the sight of the Haitanis covered in blood came back to mind, “My name is Sugawara Iwao, I’m your uncle’s friend. What do you need help with, little one?” 

Your throat was tight, your nails dug deep into your palms, “M-M-M-” you couldn’t get the word out, “My friends! They’re in trouble! They were taken by the cops, I think-” Ran’s bloody fists, Rindou’s ghastly expression, “I think something bad happened! I don’t know what to do.”

“By your friends, you mean the two boys that have moved into the penthouse?” your uncle questioned and you hesitated under his stare, unable to meet his gaze. You were uncomfortable, and you shouldn’t be uncomfortable because he’s your uncle, but you’ve only seen him once in your whole life and it was at your parents’ and sister’s funeral and it brought back bad memories.

You swallowed thickly, nodding. Your uncle’s lips tightened as he looked down at his phone before rising to his feet, sharing a look with Sugawara Iwao as he left the room, phone pressed to his ear, leaving you with the older man. 

You eyed him from the corner of your gaze, and the expression he directed at you had you shifting in discomfort--sadness? 

“Don’t blame Ichirou for his aloofness,” he murmured, “You look a lot like your mother,” his lips lifted into a wry smile, “Act like her too, from what I can tell.”

Your throat went dry at the verbal reminder of your mother, nails digging even deeper into your skin. You looked away sharply. Sugawara Iwao let out a sigh, “You’ll understand one day.”

And a part of you had wished that you had listened to your uncle’s secretary and waited for this stupid meeting to end because you couldn’t stand the pitiful look Sugawara Iwao was sending your way. 

It took your uncle far too long to come back and when he did, his expression was grim, “Your boys are in quite the situation,” he murmured and your blood went cold. He shared a look with Sugawara Iwao over your head before kneeling down in front of you so that the two of you were face to face. You nearly stepped back away from him but managed to stop yourself. “We should be able to help them.”

Relief hit you like a tidal wave--relief that disappeared very quickly as the ‘but’ came. 

“But I’m going to need you to do something if we want this to work.”

--

“Thank you, your Honor. I call to the stand l/n y/n.”

Rindou blinked, the helplessness that had been clouding his mind since the beginning of the one-sided trial fading for just a second. He wasn’t sure if he heard the name correctly but from the shocked whispers echoing around the courtroom at your surname, he figured he had heard correctly. He turned to look at Ran, who looked just as confused, before they both swiveled around to try to pinpoint where exactly you were.

Why were you even here? Much less being called to the stand?

It’s not like you could say much, not having been there when it happened. And Rindou was pretty sure there wasn’t much you’d be able to do even if you had been there. The prosecution had brought up half of the members of Max Maniacs as witnesses testifying against them, claiming that they had murdered Shimada in cold blood, beating him until he stopped moving, stopped breathing. 

Claiming, Rindou felt sick, wasn’t claiming because it was the truth. He glanced at Ran who was once again staring ahead blankly. He’d barely spoken since the whole thing had gone down but Rindou caught the guilty looks that Ran kept sparing toward him whenever he thought Rindou wasn’t paying attention.

35 years. They were facing a fucking life sentence.

“Will the witness please stand to be sworn in by the bailiff?”

He finally caught sight of you as you rose to your feet, sitting between two well-dressed men--one that he recognized from the pictures around your penthouse as your uncle, and the other who was unfamiliar, tattoos peeking out from underneath his dress shirt.

“Please raise your right hand,” Rindou watched as you swallowed thickly, raising your right hand, “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?”

“I do,” you said and the bailiff nodded at you to come sit at the stand. Rindou watched, confused, as you slipped out of the bench and walked up toward the stand, smoothing out your clothes before taking a seat. 

And Rindou could see the anxiety in your eyes as your gaze drifted over them, not lingering too long before their lawyer asked you to state your name for the court.

“My name is l/n y/n,” you said, and your voice shook, and Rindou fisted his pants tight.

“Miss l/n, you were there at the confrontation between Haitani Ran, Haitani Rindou, Shimada Asahi and Kuroiwa Haruto?” 

“I was,” you said and it took all of Rindou’s willpower not to let his eyes widen because what the fuck were you doing? 

“Miss l/n, can you recount the events as you properly recall?” 

And he watched you hesitate. He watched the way your eyes flickered back toward your uncle and the other man, and he watched as you ripped your gaze from them to look at Rindou and Ran before looking back at the defense lawyer.

“I left school early,” your voice was shaking and Rindou was sure your hands were trembling on your lap as well, “I wanted to get home because I forgot my ice skates. I had lessons right after school and needed to get them.”

You were lying, Rindou’s mouth was dry. You never had ice skating lessons on Thursdays. What the fuck were you doing?

“I was halfway home when they cornered me--Shimada and Kuroiwa, I mean. And-” your voice wavered, Rindou watched your bottom lip wobble. You were going to cry, and Rindou wanted to scream and shake you for trying to get up there and lie for them under oath. You were shit at lying and you were going to get in trouble and- “They were saying awful things, and-and I couldn’t run because they had me cornered and then more of them kept showing up. I-”

“She’s lying!” One of the members of Kuroiwa’s gang was on their feet in a second but one of the cops in the room was on him in a second, forcing him back in his seat.

“I was scared,” you ignored the interruption, “I-I didn’t know what to do and then they showed up,” you nodded at Rindou and Ran, “They fought them to help me but Shimada just wouldn’t stop. He kept making vile threats toward me and them, he kept getting back up.”

And Rindou could only stare, your words barely registering in his head as the lies spilled from your lips like second nature. And a part of him wondered if this was really you, because you were an awful liar--you couldn’t even hide surprises or gifts from them, they always had to pretend to be surprised whenever you finally showed them, but right now, if Rindou hadn't been there himself…

Even as the prosecution rose to begin the cross-examination, the tears spilled over your cheeks but your story didn’t waver. Half of the juries wore aghast expressions, the people attending the trial were whispering amongst themselves, and for a second, Rindou couldn’t understand it. They had been against them--him and Ran, that is, before you had taken the stand. They hadn’t taken anything they said into consideration, believing the word of the prosecution and their witnesses over him. 

So why…

He caught sight of the gleam of expensive jewelry decorating your wrist and neck, the tears streaming down your pretty face, the way your body trembled and your eyes kept darting back toward your uncle. 

Ah. 

He realized very quickly why the tides had shifted in their favor so quickly. It had been the word of two against many at first, but now it was the word of you, a girl with an influential and affluent family name, versus the word of a bunch of delinquents. 

They didn’t stand a chance.

And Rindou couldn’t help the giddy feeling that swept through him as the prosecution concluded the cross-examination, realizing they might not actually be facing as severe of a sentence as originally believed but at the same time, a heavy feeling settled in his chest when he noticed the expression on your face as you stepped off the stand after being dismissed by the judge.

The giddiness disappeared completely when he realized what exactly you had done for them. His throat felt tight.

He watched as you made your way back to where you were sitting with your uncle and the unfamiliar man; as your uncle squeezed your shoulder and leaned down to murmur something in your ear; as you looked up at him, eyes wide and an unreadable expression on your face; as the unfamiliar man patted the top of your head as the judge ordered the bailiff to take the jury to the jury room to consider their verdict. 

And as your uncle looked away and the guilty expression on your face shifted into a more validated one, Rindou had a sick feeling that something had just fundamentally changed.

--- 

“How outdated,” you said distastefully, nose wrinkled as you eyed the surveillance cameras that yours would be replacing, “No wonder crime has skyrocketed so high. How do you expect to catch criminals with… this?” 

“How pretentious,” a familiar voice drawled in response and you nearly rolled your eyes as you looked over your shoulder to face the droopy expression of Yamamoto Takuya, the head of Izanami’s research and development branch. You shot him an irritated look, his lips lifted into a lazy smile in return, “The technology isn’t half-bad, you’re just used to ours.”

Your brows furrowed as you eyed the camera again, shooting a suspicious look back toward your old friend, “You’re late,” you said as he came up behind you, looking over your shoulder to inspect the surveillance camera.

“My flight was delayed, and you asked me to stop and talk to Yamagishi,” he said, he picked one of the cameras up, lips twisting down as he examined it, “maybe they are pretty bad.”

You snorted, actually rolling your eyes this time as you turned to face Takuya, taking in the bags underneath his eyes, “No sleep?” 

“We had a breakthrough in segmenting on the new surveillance cameras--we’d been having trouble successfully separating speech signals from, y’know, regular ambient noise. It wasn’t too extreme but it was enough that it was reducing the effectiveness. Pretty sure we were able to pinpoint the issue though. Been spending the past few days trying to figure out how to fix it without having to redesign the whole program. Will probably go for another two before I crash.”

And you knew better than to try to scold him, or ask him to try to sleep. You had known Yamamoto Takuya since high school and he had always been an overachiever--driving himself into the ground to keep up with you academically, he had chilled once the two of you went to university, you had gotten into the same one abroad and had become friends while studying together there, being the only people each other knew, and when you had built Izanami, he was right at your side working with you on research. 

He had chilled, yes, but you knew he still had the capability of going nights without sleep when he found something that interested him and you knew this issue had been bugging him since the initial development of the new software and the problem arose. 

“Don’t even start,” Takuya said and you rolled your eyes.

“Wasn’t planning on it,” you said, glancing around the open area before turning around to fully face him. Considering your words as you leaned back against the table that the old surveillance technology was resting on, you finally asked, “What did you find out about Bonten?” your voice was quiet, little over a murmur. You were certain you were in a secure location, and that there was no one around to overhear but you couldn’t help but hesitate.

Takuya eyed you curiously before shrugging half-heartedly, “Not much. They’re good at hiding--was able to learn a bit about Kokonoi Hajime, though. Real rich, until you came back to Tokyo was pretty sure he was the richest person here. Surpassed your uncle a couple months back. Has some major footholds in the tech and pharma industries. Was going after Fujitsu Limited to try to secure his place in the tech industry over your uncle.”

Surpassed your uncle, you raised your eyebrows, letting out a low whistle. Impressive for someone that started with nothing.

You let out a huff, “I’m gonna be spending a shit ton at this event, aren’t I?” you muttered, tilting your head up to look at the glass ceiling.

“Oh yeah, a fuck ton,” Takuya agreed, “Doubt it’ll even be because of Kokonoi Hajime though. This auction is apparently a real big shot in the underworld of the east, was hosted in Vladivostok last year--gonna have shady organizations from all over tryna get their hands on the weapons.”

You let out a huff, letting your head drop down, face tilted toward the floor, “‘m gunna have to liquidate all my assets in the Philippines.”

Takuya snorted, “More than that, probably.”

You let out a groan, “Man, I hate it here,” you said, tossing Takuya a withering look when he nudged you.

“Why’re you even doing this, y/n?” Takuya asked quietly, “you hate this shit. I can see it in your face, I know you…”

You tuned him out, you already knew what he was going to say. Takuya hated when Izanami started getting involved with the shadier part of the world, and he knew you hated it too but… you were in too deep to back out now. And it was no one’s fault but your own. And now it wasn’t just you at risk--Ran and Rindou were at risk because of you, you and your technology.

You felt sick to your stomach. 

You shouldn’t have gone to your uncle for help. You should’ve taken the loss, the embarrassment, the failure but-

“They know, Takuya,” you said, cutting him off mid-sentence. Takuya paused, looking at you. You couldn’t meet his eyes, “They know about Munich.”

Takuya’s expression dropped, “How?” he asked and you opened your mouth to respond but hesitated when you heard a pair of heels clicking against the ground, approaching you from behind. 

You looked over your shoulder, a frown tugging at your lips when caught sight of the smooth, silvery pink bob cut of Kawaragi Senju, dressed in a neat, dark suit. “Is it time already?” you asked, pushing off of the table after shooting Takuya a look. He nodded once, making his way deeper into the building to take over overseeing the new installations. You would have to talk to him later, figure out how to approach the situation--figure out if there was a way to find out if Sugawara had any physical evidence on you or your uncle’s involvement in the Munich incident. 

“Almost,” Kawaragi said, “Hanma is out in the car waiting. He can keep waiting though. I wanted to talk to you.”

You raised your eyebrows, waiting for the other young woman to elaborate, “The weapons--when we acquire them--you have a secure place to store them?”

You, you noted, narrowing into her wording of the sentence. 

Interesting, you considered her curiously, did she not want you to hand them over to Sugawara? It seemed that way. 

But you couldn’t help but hesitate.

Why? Because she didn’t trust Sugawara with them or because she was trying to set you up? 

Or are you just reading into it?

You didn’t know, you hated not knowing. It made you anxious.

You had to confirm. Or try to at least. 

“I do,” you finally said, “Is there not a place that all of you use to store… items?”

Kawaragi stared at you for a moment, face conflicted as if she wasn’t sure how to respond. Finally, she decided on, “There is,” her voice left no room for question. So there is a place, but she’d prefer the weapons not be stored there?

Ah, you realized, interesting.

“I see,” you said, “in that case, yes, I do have some place to store them.” 

She nodded once, “Good,” she said, green eyes flickering back toward you momentarily, “Be sure to stick with Hanma or me during the event, there’s bound to be a hit on your head while there.”

She motioned for you to follow her and you did so, smiling thinly, “Having a hit on my head is something I’ve become used to over the years,” you said wryly but your mind was still on overdrive, nitpicking every word of the conversation that both you and she had spoken. Had you been reading into it? No there was no way, the way she worded it… but still… there was always a chance, “Men really do seem to hate women in positions of power.”

Kawaragi snorted, “That they do,” she agreed, holding the door open for you. Your eyes fell on a sleek dark car parked on the side of the road with its window rolled down. Hanma Shuji lounged in the back, raising one hand up in a half-hearted wave before looking back down at his phone. 

Kawaragi didn’t seem inclined to continue the discussion, only walking with you toward the car and slipping into the back seat after you. As soon as you took your seat between them, Hanma leaned in uncomfortably close, “Y/n-chan, nice seeing you again,” he murmured, and it took all of your self-control not to turn to face him, knowing if you turned you’d be bumping noses with him, “You don’t look at all bothered, it’s about to get exciting, y’know? Figured you’d at least be sweating knowing there’s gonna be people after you in there.”

You turned to look at him, eyes cold and so close you could smell the faint scent of smoke on his breath, noses nearly brushing and a slow smile curled at his lips. 

“There’s always people after me,” you said flatly, “Why are you so close to me?” 

And Hanma laughed, not even bothering to move back. Kawaragi spoke before he could say anything, “Because he has no awareness of personal space,” she said dryly.

“Clearly,” you responded and Hanma gave you a mock pout.

“Look at you guys, ganging up on me like that,” he complained, leaning back against the window, eyeing you so knowingly that it had your hair on end. The wide smile shifted into a sharper smirk, “I guess I should’ve expected you two to get along, lotta similarities there.” 

Next to you, Kawaragi stiffened and your eyes narrowed onto Hanma, trying to figure out what exactly he had meant by that. 

It could just be that you’re both women and executives in the organization, you tried to convince yourself, but a heavy feeling settled in your chest--one that made you feel as if it weren’t that simple. 

You decided to ignore the comment, “What’s the game plan for the auction? We have to stay there the whole night or can we leave after we get the weapons?” 

You did not want to stay the whole night--especially if there was a chance that the Haitanis would be there. 

You felt ill. 

Bonten would be there--Sugawara is certain that they’re going to send executives to acquire the weapons. And if they’re there and if Sanzu is one of them, Hanma will recognize the pink hair from how you described in the meeting, and they’ll see the Haitanis with him and realize that they’re all together. The Haitanis would be outed as Bonten executives and there’d be nothing you could do about it.

And for a second, you hated yourself for not giving up the scarred, dark-haired one instead. There were millions of dark-haired men in Tokyo, you could have found a way to work with that to keep the Haitanis’ position in Bonten safe. But now, if Sanzu is there, you’re all but fucked. 

Fuck.

“Sugawara is pretty insistent on us ID’ing the Bonten executives while we’re there,” Hanma said, “Wants us to take out their wallet too, if we can--would cripple them real good.”

“Mm, I’m sure they’re trying to do the same to us,” you said flatly, “How are we going to pinpoint who the Bonten executives are? There’s gonna be a bunch of different organizations there, yeah?” 

Hanma only smiled, eyes dancing with mirth. Dread pooled in your gut. 

“You just leave that part to me, y/n-chan.”

--

Was it on purpose? 

Rindou didn’t know. His grip was tight around his phone as he glanced down at the message you had sent for what seemed like the millionth time since you sent it before turning off the screen, leaning against the wall and letting his hand drop back to his side, eyes sliding shut as mind raced.

He didn’t know, Ran didn’t know. No one knew. 

And Rindou wasn’t sure if he wanted to know.

He wanted to believe it was just a coincidence. That you really just got caught up with work and were letting them know what was going on, unintentionally saving their asses from going out and getting ID’ed by your newly installed biometric technology that was being put up around the city. 

But a part of him hesitated. 

Because ever since you had left to go to university abroad, since you founded Izanami and made your way into the big league industries, you had become less than forthcoming with information toward them. Legitimate explanations had turned into, ‘sorry, gonna be busy, can’t call later,’ until you just straight up ghosted them. 

And this was out of character, going into detail about what exactly the business you were dealing with involved to let them know why you wouldn’t be around. And yes, it might be because you genuinely wanted to reconnect with them, that you wanted them to know you weren’t just blowing them off for nothing--it would be the most logical explanation, Rindou knew that.

But…

But something didn’t sit right with him.

It made his skin crawl. Because why would you be warning them? How would you know they needed to be warned? Did that mean you knew they were in Bonten? How did you know that they were in Bonten? None of it added up and it made Rindou sick to his stomach because he didn’t want you to know that he and Ran had gotten involved with this, how low they had fallen.

He didn’t want you to know. It must have been a stroke of luck. He repeated it over and over again, desperately trying to convince himself.

“We shouldn’t even be here,” Kokonoi said under his breath, “we should have just sent fuckin’ Shion and his guys again.”

“Mikey wanted us to secure it, plus we can plug up their money stream by taking out whoever’s funding them,” Sanzu drawled, “stop bitchin’, Koko.”

Kokonoi shot Sanzu a lethal look, “We’re putting targets on our heads,” Kokonoi hissed, “We’re here to take out their wallet and I’m sure they have the same goal with us. And guess who that is? Me, I am our wallet. I’m the one-”

“Shut up already,” Sanzu complained, “your voice is grating.”

Kokonoi looked as if he were about to slap the shit out of Sanzu and Rindou wanted to blow his own brains out, head already pounding. 

“It would look bad on us if we didn’t show,” Kakucho murmured, in agreement with Sanzu for once, “There are higher-ups from a bunch of different organizations here. Would’ve been a sign of weakness if we sent our men.”

Rindou wasn’t too sure of that, he fought back the urge to tug at the high-collared turtleneck he had on, face flushed from heat and the three drinks he had gone through already. And even so, who gives a shit about appearances when their lives are on the line? 

“How will we even know who they are?” Ran asked, “There’s a fuck ton of people here. They could be here already and we have no idea.” 

“Just keep your head on,” Kokonoi said, “We’ll be able t-”

“Oi,” Rindou turned to face Kakucho at the unusually sharp tone from the younger man, lips tugged down, “Think we’ve got company.”

Rindou followed his gaze up toward the balcony, frowning as his eyes fell upon people standing at the edge of the balcony--none other than Hanma fucking Shuji right smack in the middle, leaning on the railing, sin and punishment hanging over it on broad display for everyone to see.

Kawaragi Senju stood right next to him, gaze trained sharply in their direction and Rindou would have looked back to check Sanzu’s reaction had he not physically faltered catching sight of the woman who just approached on Hanma’s other side.

His brows furrowed and he swore his heart faltered, what the fuck?

His head snapped to the side, trying to spot Ran to make sure he wasn’t seeing things but Ran was in just the same state of shock, taking half a step forward, lip parted, eyes wide and aimed on you--you, who was standing next to Hanma Shuji, head tilted to the side as he leaned in close, murmuring something in your ear. 

Rindou’s body was on fire and he shoved his hands into his pockets to hide the way his fingers had started trembling. 

A coincidence? he thought desperately, but the sinking feeling in his chest only grew as Hanma Shuji nudged his nose against the side of your head before nodding in their direction. Rindou watched as your face turned, following Hanma’s eyes down toward where Rindou was standing with Ran, Sanzu, Kakucho and Kokonoi.

Your expression didn’t even shift once, no sign of acknowledgment, or recognition, a sort of stone cold emptiness that had Rindou’s heart in his throat, “That can’t be them,” Rindou didn’t even recognize his own voice as he shook his head, “It must be another group.” 

“It makes sense,” Kokonoi said, voice low, “I don’t know how I didn’t put it together sooner. Of fucking course it was Ichirou that’s been funding them, he’s really the only one that can compete with me financially.”

“No,” Rindou said but even as he spoke, he knew he was only trying to convince himself, “It can’t be, she’s not involved with this shit. She-”

“Rindou,” Kakucho cut him off and Rindou hated the half-pitying look that Kakucho shot in his direction. 

“Don’t fuckin’ look at me like that,” Rindou spit out, mind racing as he looked back at Ran whose lips were twisted into a frown and whose eyes were dark as he looked up at you, Hanma Shuji and Kawaragi Senju.

There was no way, there was just no way, Rindou refused to believe it because he knew you, and he knew you’d never get involved with this life.

Unless you had no choice, a darker voice reminded him and he still tried to argue, no, you wouldn’t-

You had done shady shit in the past--lying on the stand when they were going to be sent to juvie to get their sentence lowered, threatening South at the detention center, you were capable of it but-

But Rindou couldn’t bring himself to believe it. 

Even if he was looking right at you.

His gaze darted back toward Ran again, trying to figure out what the fuck he should do but Ran couldn’t seem to tear his eyes off of you, “Ran,” Rindou muttered quietly, trying to get his attention but his brother didn’t respond, the only sign of acknowledgment being the downward twitch of his lips. “Ran,” Rindou repeated but again got no response.

Rindou’s fist curled tight in his pocket, eyes darting back up toward where you were talking quietly with Hanma, dressed in a dark suit and standing too close to the man for comfort. Or, his comfort at least, you looked more than comfortable half-leaning into Hanma Shuji, whispering to each other like teenage girls at a lunch table in high school.

There’s no way, he thought, teeth grit together tight but he couldn’t even convince himself because Kokonoi was right. They should have known that it was your uncle funding the organization that kept stepping in Bonten’s way at every turn. He was the only one that could match Kokonoi financially, and they should have put together that the moment the tides started shifting into Bonten’s favor, you came back to Tokyo--not to oversee the acquisition, not to see them, but to deepen your uncle and that group’s wallet.

Fuck, Rindou was going to have a panic attack as he slowly realized what this all meant--he could feel his chest tightening and his body was searing hot, it felt like his skin was melting right off his bones. Calm down, he tried to tell himself before he spiraled. The last time he had to deal with this was…

His eyes darted back up toward you and Rindou’s mouth went dry when your eyes met his. He waited for any sort of acknowledgment, or any sort of hint that this might not be what it looks like but all he got was an empty stare in response--cold, calculating, void of any emotion that might soothe Rindou’s growing anxiety.

The means they know anyway, Rindou’s mind was racing, you saw them all at the club--him, Ran, Sanzu, Kakucho, Kokonoi--with the tattoos on broad display, there’s no way-

The hit.

Rindou’s world stilled, the hit, there’s a hit on their wallet--there’s a hit on you, you’re the one funding them, you-

“Sanzu, call off the hit,” Rindou’s voice sounded far away even to his own ears, and he didn’t even know why he was doing this. You left them, you were on the other side, so why- “Sanzu, call off the fucking hit.”

Sanzu didn’t respond, gaze dark and trained solely on Kawaragi Senju, Rindou snapped his attention to Kakucho, “Kakucho, call off the hit,” Rindou hissed. “Call it off.”

Kakucho wouldn’t look at him, “I can’t do that, Rindou,” he murmured and Rindou stepped closer to him, fist tight and arm shaking.

“Kakucho, I’ll fucking kill you, that’s y/n, call off the fucking hit,” Rindou was speaking before his mind could catch up and Rindou knew, he knew that he shouldn’t be saying this--defending you, who seemed to be in league with Bonten’s enemies, it was tantamount to betrayal and he knew that you didn’t deserve his defense but Rindou couldn’t stop himself.

“Rindou, we can’t-”

“Hi!” your familiar voice met his ears and instantly, the anger disappeared and was replaced by confusion. He turned to face, eyes falling upon the wide smile pulling at your lips. If Rindou had been anyone else, he would have fallen for the excited look and bright-eyed gaze you directed toward them.

Or, Kokonoi, actually, he realized once he noticed who your gaze was trained on. Hanma Shuji and Kawaragi Senju followed behind you, the former eyeing you curiously while the latter looked confused.

“You must be Kokonoi Hajime!” you said loudly, pressing a palm to your chest and Rindou’s brows furrowed ever-so slightly. You had met Kokonoi the other night, why… ”It’s a pleasure to finally meet the man that has backed my uncle so neatly into a corner! I must say I’m impressed, the fact that he had to call me back into town to handle you is quite the feat, if I do say so myself! He’s not one to ask for help, you know?” 

“Handle me?” Kokonoi raised his eyebrows, and your smile widened and Rindou wanted to scream. He looked over to Ran, still unsure as to what to do, but Ran was only watching you, frowning deep, eyes dark. 

“Oh, is that what I said? A slip of the tongue,” you laughed it off but for a second, when your gaze darted toward Rindou, the smile didn’t reach your eyes. It was not a slip of the tongue, Rindou recognized, throat tight--you were brought back to help take down Bonten. But you lied like second nature, so well that Rindou barely even caught the lies--all of your old tells long gone, and Rindou wondered just how much you had changed over the years. 

You held your hand out toward Kokonoi.

“L/n y/n,” you introduced, and Rindou watched, an uncomfortable feeling stirring as Kokonoi took your hand and you immediately leaned in close, face inches from him. “But you can call me y/n,” you said, tossing him a wink.

Kokonoi, to his credit, did not look uncomfortable at the sudden proximity, “Call me Hajime,” he said, and your eyes turned up at the words as you finally took a step back. The uncomfortable feeling slipped away as fast as it came. 

“I’m going to go make some rounds, I hope we get the chance to talk again later, Hajime!” 

Rindou hated the way you said his name. He hated the way you didn’t look at him or Ran once. He hated the way your eyes glossed over them as if they weren’t there. He hated the way he could feel Ran’s discomfort even from several feet away. And he hated the way you didn’t even bother to look back as you and Hanma Shuji and Kawaragi Senju started to make your way to the front stage.

“Y/n!” another voice called, accented--German, maybe?--and Rindou watched as your expression dropped, eyes cold and unwelcoming, lips tight. Rindou followed where the voice had come from, eyes falling upon a young blonde man with dark eyes, “It’s been forever!” 

You paused midstep, barely turning your head to look over your shoulder, eyeing the man from the corner of your eye. Hanma’s brows furrowed as he looked between the two of you, Kawaragi’s lips dipped into a frown. 

Your face had drained of color and a heavy feeling settled in Rindou’s chest as he looked between the two of you.

Something was wrong. He was sure he’d never seen you so… scared. You looked fucking scared and it made Rindou’s skin crawl.

“Man, I think the last time we talked was in Munich! Can you believe it's really been six years?” 

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