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“More than a day, I think…” Yusaku replied with a grimace. His head was aching from lack of sleep but he still had work to do.

Well... that probably was less than he had expected at this point. But still it was rather clear on the other ones face that he couldn’t continue like that any longer. It was just that Takeru wasn’t actually any help at all as he wasn’t even understanding what Yusaku was doing there right now, but at least it seemed to be important. 

“Don’t you think you should take a break? At least a short one?” 

Mika was walking in Den City. It was a long time since she left from it for her work. Somehow it brought old memories back to her mind. Then she blinked when saw a familiar face near there and immediately walked to him. “Hi, are you Yusaku?” she asked with a smile.

“You know I can’t just leave you, Ryoken… I’ve told you before, I care to much about you to do that…”

Of course the other one told him that. It wasn’t like Yusaku would ever stop to talk about it, really. But still Ryoken was rather sure that the younger one would be better of without him. They just hadn’t a future together. They were just bounded to fight each other again and again but it wouldn’t lead to anything and maybe... maybe it would be better for the other one to finally see that as well. 

“Yusaku-- How could you? I thought what we had was special...” He’s gripping at his shirt letting out a heavy dramatic sigh. He’s clearly playing around. Hopefully the other would get it.

It wasn’t unusual for Yusaku to get into trouble, at least, inside VRAINS. However it wasn’t common in the real world as he normally kept to himself and stayed out of people’s way. But now he’d run into one of the thugs from a nearby school, quite literally too.

Just as he was being threatened a familiar figure got between them. It certainly looked like Takeru, but he seemed different. His glasses were gone and his hair was pushed back. He looked very intimidating.

“Oh yeah? And are you gonna stop me, punk?” the thug asked with a laugh.

Since the day he had came to Den City Takeru had decided, that he wanted to pursue his future, starting a new life. And a huge part of him just had been something he wanted to left in the past. In the end.. the moment he saw Yusaku being cornered by some not so nice looking guy he couldn’t help himself.

Before he really thought about what he was doing, he already had went through his hair with one of his hands, pushing back the hair like he used to have it for so long, as well as putting his glasses away. No need to risk them getting broken right?

And before he really knew it he was already standing between his friend and the other guy, who didn’t actually seemed to be impressed of his appearance on the scene. 

It wasn’t like the teen wasn’t used to be underestimated. But back at his grandparents home city he already had gotten his reputation so most people just had avoided him nevertheless. 

“Yes I will. So leave now and no one will get hurt.” 

“Why is that such a bad thing? It’s nothing to be sorry for unless you think there’s something wrong with caring about me…” Yusaku already knew some extent of how Ryoken felt. It wasn’t exactly positive from the older teen’s perspective.

“Because it never had been supposed to be like this.” As if that wasn’t obvious already. But honestly.. he never should have cared about the younger one. And yet he did. Nearly from the beginning. But he already had to learn that nothing good was coming from it. After all... he didn’t want to see the other one suffer. But every time he tried to protect the younger teen, things for him and those important to him only got worse. Like for his father. 

❝ And this is my house! You can still see the ocean even from inside! ❞ Ryoken emphasizes the fact with a gesture of open arms once opening the front door. It was a long walk up here but he wasn’t feeling tired from it in the least. The opposite, in fact! Excitement had been bubbling up from his very core, causing his bright grin to remain as he stepped inside.

This was great! Soon he was going to make a friend who liked dueling! Just as father said. And his dad was right, as always.

Ryoken had never had friends before, being home-schooled as he was. And his father’s subordinates had always been more like family but they and his father were all adults who worked all day, every day. Ryoken always wanted to have friends like this and thanks to his father’s idea of inviting them home now he would!

Send me 🚫 to encounter my Muse during a violent meltdown!

Manjoume stumbled into the room, exhausted from wandering around looking for scraps and survivors. It took his brain a moment to process that there was noises from another room, but when he realized, he wandered out of his little ‘break room’ to find the source. Lo and behold, he found Yusaku having a breakdown, and a very violent one at that.