Keep Me In Place[ON HOLD]

Chapter 28

A/N: Final announcement and probably the most dramatic as yet: we're in the middle of a war right now. It started on the 3rd of May this year and is still ongoing.

It would take too long to go into detail, but I'd be willing to answer any question you have, if you have any, but just go read up on Manipur Conflict on Google or YouTube and keep us in your prayers.

Many people have died and people have lost their loved ones and their houses and belongings, and we don't know what the future holds.

Sorry if it feels like I'm glossing over it, I don't know a better way to express all the horrors that has occurred the past few months, destroying everything that we had in mind for our futures.

There might be nothing much I can do, but please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.<3

I love you all so much and I hope my writing can bring some joy into your lives🐾✨

28. Twisting Of Light and Dark

"Aren't our lives a collision of
The comic and the
Uncertain and the terrifying
And the mundane?"
- Adam Johnson
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Future Time:
Mikey trudged into the bowling alley, hoping to put an end to whatever Takemichi had going on in his search for the now-white-haired man.

Sanzu had gone in before him, and Manjiro found him with a gun pressed against Takemichi's head.

"Shush!!" Sanzu said as Mikey's shoes made a clicking sound against the tiled floor, signalling his presence. "Listen up, the boss will speak now."

Said boss took a seat and a few seconds passed before he spoke his next words.

"Great future isn't it? So, anything you wanna ask?"

"Mikey-kun," Takemichi rummaged through his pant pocket, searching for something and pulling out an envelope. "Here, I want to give you this."

"...and that is?"

"An invitation letter to my wedding. I want you to come no matter what." Takemichi paused before continuing," Everyone is doing well, just as you promised twelve years ago. Everyone, including Hina, is living a happy life. Everyone, except for you."

"Hey man," Sanzu shoved his gun harder against Takemichi's temple," Shut your mouth or I'll kill you."

"Could you leave us alone, Sanzu," Mikey's voice was commanding as he interrupted before the way-too-giddy man could do or say anything further," I want to talk to him, just the two of us."

"Got it," the pink haired man finally replied after a moment of hesitation," I'll be waiting downstairs."

The other two remained silent until Sanzu's footsteps faded out of earshot, Takemichi breaking the silence.

"I couldn't turn back the time with the usual handshake with Naoto because I've fulfilled my goal of saving Hina..."

As Mikey listened to the younger boy's speech, he could feel something tugging inside his body; was it tugging at his heart or his soul? He didn't know what it was or where it came from, but it was as if the darkness was slowly creeping onto his vision and the spaces surrounding him.

Before arriving at the scene, he had half expected you to be there as well, feeling a twinge of disappointment when he found only Takemichi among the rows of seats in the bowling area, though he wasn't sure why, or atleast he didn't want to admit the reason why he had felt disappointed; it had already been twelve years, he should've moved on by now.