Keep Fighting

𓊈卍 𝟐𝟒 卍𓊉

Takemichi finds himself surrounded by a white mist. The air around him is warm, and his skin is damp. As his eyes adjust, the white light starts to dim down, revealing multiple naked men sitting and washing their hair.

'Am I in a... Bath house?'

Just as he finally adjusts to his new surroundings, he sees and hears the warm water bubbling in front of him. Curious, he bends forward to see what it is, but the water suddenly shoots up. He recoils with a screech, as someone emerges in front of him.

"Boo! ♡"

"M-Mikey-kun!!?"

Takemichi stares wide eyed and the blonde boy in front of him. His hair isn't tied back as usual, so strands stick to his face. To top that off, he's completely naked, exposing his well built form.

Mikey lets out a light burst of laughter. "You're that surprised?"

"Hey! Pipe down!" A voice echoes from the shower area. "Grow up. You're not a little kid. Quit screwing around in the bath house."

Takemichi's eyes widen when he sees the dragon tattoo peeking out from under a shower hat. "Draken-kun..?!"

"You're a third year middle schooler who still wears a shampoo hat." Mikey shoots back at him. "Don't tell me to grow up."

"Shut up!!"

Mikey sits down in the bath next to Takemichi. "A big guy like him is too afraid of getting shampoo in his eyes. Hilarious right?"

The blonde Hanagaki laughs awkwardly, but internally starts to freak out. 'What's going on here!? I'm palling around in a bath house with Mikey-kun and Draken-kun!?'

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"Welp! It's about time we got out!"

After a few minutes of screwing around and having a good time, Takemichi, Draken and Mikey dry up and put their clothes back on. Once they're all dressed up, they leave the building.

As he steps past the curtain and out into the cool night air, Takemichi suddenly stops in his tracks. Just outside of the bath house waiting for them are three figures. Mitsuya, a tall boy with blonde hair, and another shorter boy with a peach coloured afro and a wide grin on his face.

"We're off to nominate the new third division captain!!"

A bead of sweat forms on Takemichi's temple. "Huh?"

"Let's go, Takemitchy." Mikey starts walking towards the parking lot, where their motorcycles are currently parked. "You can ride with me."

With a stiff nod, Takemichi gets on after Mikey mounts up. He wraps his arms around Mikey as he starts the engine. He's never been on a motorcycle until now, and he's pretty intimidated.

They then start moving. It's slow at first, but as soon as they leave the parking lot, Mikey speeds up. The cool night wind blows through his hair, causing him to shiver since this is a stark contrast to the warm bath house.

"Takemitchy." Mikey suddenly speaks, his tone of voice more serious than his giddy one from before. "How... How's Kano-chin doing?"

Takemichi tenses. 'I haven't heard from Nakano yet...'

"Uhm... I actually haven't heard from her all day..."

The group stops at a stop light, and Mikey ceases talking. Concern starts rising in Takemichi's stomach as he thinks about his sister. Where is she? What is she doing?